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Paul Brennan: The All-Ireland Group Stage will feel like proper knock-out championship fare… for some at least

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Speaking after the Munster final, Jack O’Connor said ‘the real championship starts here’ and with the provincial championships behind us, it sort of feels that way

Tony Brosnan – pictured in action against Tommy Durnin of Louth in the 2023 All-Ireland SFC Group Phase Round 3 game in Portaloise – will be hoping to retain his starting place in the team for the Group Phase opener against Monaghan on Saturday

Speaking after the Munster final, Jack O’Connor said ‘the real championship starts here’ and with the provincial championships behind us, it sort of feels that way. Here are three things that should keep us engaged this weekend and beyond.

There is no doubt that for the top teams, the All-Ireland contenders – the Kerrys, the Dublins, the Derrys if you will – that the policy of three teams qualifying from each of the four groups holds little jeopardy for them. Whatever about the reward for topping a group and the ‘penalty’ for coming second and third, there is no sense of the championship having reached its knock-out element for several of the top teams.

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