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The first episode featured the quarter-final draw and focused on the reactions of the individual teams upon discovering the identity of their "bainisteoir".
He remained in the top 16 the following season without reaching a ranking quarter-final, but dropped out a year later.
Two of the clubs qualified directly for the second round (the semi-final stage) and the other four had to play two quarter-final matches.
First round losers continued fencing to determine ranking spots for fifth through eighth, while the quarter-final winners met in the semi-finals.
From the quarter-final stage it became a simple knockout tournament.
Each of the eight teams that reached the quarter-final stage played two matches.
The winner of each quarter-final will go on to the semi-finals and the semi-final winners to the final, to be held at a neutral venue.
Ballyduff were the defending champions, however, they were defeated in the quarter-final stage.