Mayo’s Eoin O’Donoghue on Ciaran McDonald joining set-up | kicking on in 2020 | qualifier difficulty

Although traditionally rivals through their county allegiance, NUIG’s Robert Finnerty and Eoin O’Donoghue and UCC’s Darragh Fitzgibbon and Mark Kehoe have joined forces with Electric Ireland to launch the 2020 Electric Ireland Fitzgibbon, Sigerson and Higher Education Championships. Electric Ireland’s First Class Rivals platform in 2020 aims to celebrate the unexpected alliances formed when County rivals, united by their college, come and play together in pursuit of one common goal.