There’s potentially a great deal on offer for the winners, giving them home advantage should they go deep in the competition. Listen | 54:41“Then, obviously, we turned up (to Dukes) and saw the pitch was unplayable because it was too hard, it was frozen. “From our point of view, I suppose it’s frustrating, but we can only follow the rules of the competition. “We have (essentially) a home knockout game,” said Murphy of Saturday’s game. “So, let’s take it week in, week out, and we’ll go from there.

Source: The Irish Times January 14, 2026 02:07 UTC