I was at the Ulster game last Friday. The seasons only overlap a little at the beginning and the end anyway. Connacht more or less have a free run at it over the Winter like United do over the Summer.
In fact having done a bit of research I've found out that there are not as many fixture clashes as you'd imagine.
Only one fixture clash towards the end United's season on the 26th of October
GUFC v Derry
Connacht v Edinburgh
Obviously United's fixtures aren't out yet for next season but Connacht will only have three home games left by the beginning of next season and given that GUFC will probably have away games on some of those weekends there might only be one fixture clash there. Two at most. So basically you're looking at two possibly three fixture clashes in a year. Not an enormous problem really but maybe they could sort something out so there could be zero fixture clashes.
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