Traditional Championship Simulation
I'd seen a lot of the debate over the recent Championship reforms in Football and Hurling. Understand the split-season and round-robin, but was interested in how the Championship may have ended up under the old rules, so simulated results since 2018 under the old rules.
- Used the traditional schedule, with All-Ireland Finals on the First and Third Sunday in September.
- Existing championship fixtures from that year were used whenever possible as results, and simulated results when that was not possible.
- Two-loss knockout format for both competitions.
- Pre-2018 replay rules, with games going to replays after normal time. Qualifier matches and replays of earlier fixtures go to extra time, but not shootouts.
Went a little overboard with this, so wanted to see if viewable. Just hypothetical, but looking realistic?
Posted Mar 6, 2026, 5:38 PM UTC