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Fri 10 Oct 2007Antrim to seek place in Munster championshipAntrim chair John McSparran has confirmed the county will apply to the Munster Council to be considered for a place in its provincial championship. The Ulster champions were extremely critical of the new championship structures accepted by last weekend's special congress, which oblige Antrim to play Galway in the first round every year before proceeding to a likely meeting with Munster's first-round losers."It might seem a perverse thing for us to do," he said, "but it would mean that when we were beaten we would probably have a chance to play one of the first-round losers in Leinster.