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The Irish Sun
10 hours ago
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- The Irish Sun
Jack O'Connor & Kerry receive badly needed boost before Cavan test while John Kiely's Limerick ready for Dublin
KERRY are boosted by the return of some key men for tomorrow's All-Ireland SFC preliminary quarter-final with Cavan. Seán O'Shea, Diarmuid O'Connor and Brian Ó Beaglaioch are all back in the starting line-up after being sidelined for Advertisement Paudie Clifford, who was also absent last time, is named among the subs for the visit of the Breffni to Killarney. But Paul Geaney is still out and Tony Brosnan is another notable player missing. The team shows five changes in total as Brosnan, Micheál Burns, Killian Spillane, Mark O'Shea and Tadhg Morley are replaced by the returning trio, Seán O'Brien and Conor Geaney. Dublin, meanwhile, have kept faith with Advertisement Read More On GAA Cian Hernon has been included in the Galway team for Sunday's trip to Down. Conor Flaherty also retains his place in goal. The In hurling, Dónal Burke has been passed fit enough to be named on the Dublin bench for tomorrow's All-Ireland SHC quarter-final against Limerick. There are two changes to the starting side from the win over Kildare, with Conor Burke and Andrew Dunphy given the nod as Paddy Dunleavy and John Hetherton drop to the bench. Advertisement Most read in GAA Football Comment Treaty boss John Kiely has named an unchanged team for the Croke Park tie but there is one amendment to his list of subs. Fergal O'Connor is included instead of Shane O'Brien, who came off the bench and fired 1-2 in the Munster final penalty-shootout defeat to Cork. 'Just in time for Father's Day' - Dublin GAA legends welcome the birth of precious baby daughter KERRY (SFC v Cavan): S Ryan; P Murphy, J Foley, T O'Sullivan; B Ó Beaglaoich, M Breen, G White; J O'Connor, S O'Brien; D O'Connor, S O'Shea, G O'Sullivan; D Clifford, C Geaney, D Geaney. DUBLIN (SFC v Cork): S Cluxton; T Clancy, S MacMahon, D Byrne; B Howard, J Small, L Gannon; P Ó Cofaigh Byrne, C Kilkenny; K McGinnis, S Bugler, N Scully; P Small, C O'Callaghan, C Costello. Advertisement GALWAY (SFC v Down): C Flaherty; J McGrath, S Fitzgerald, L Silke; D McHugh, S Kelly, C Hernon; P Conroy, J Maher; C Darcy, M Tierney, C McDaid; R Finnerty, S Walsh, M Thompson LIMERICK (SHC v Dublin): N Quaid; S Finn, D Morrissey, M Casey; D Byrnes, K Hayes, B Nash; A English, W O'Donoghue; G Hegarty, C Lynch, T Morrissey; A Gillane, A O'Connor, D Reidy. 1 Jack O'Connor saw his team lose by nine points in a shock upset last time out DUBLIN (SHC v Limerick): S Brennan; J Bellew, P Smyth, C McHugh; P Doyle, C Crummey, A Dunphy; C Burke, B Hayes; R McBride, F Whitely, C O'Sullivan; S Currie, R Hayes, D Ó Dúlaing. Advertisement
Irish Independent
20 hours ago
- Sport
- Irish Independent
Huge boost for Kerry as big names return for preliminary quarter-final clash with Cavan
Sean O'Shea, Diarmuid O'Connor and Brian Ó Beaglaoich are back in the team with Paudie Clifford among the Kerry subs for their All-Ireland preliminary quarter-final against Cavan on Saturday.
Irish Examiner
21 hours ago
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- Irish Examiner
No Geaney and Brosnan as Paudie Clifford returns to Kerry bench
Brian Ó Beaglaoich, Diarmuid O'Connor and Seán O'Shea return to the Kerry team for Saturday's All-Ireland SFC preliminary quarter-final against Cavan in Killarney. Paudie Clifford is named among the substitutes but Paul Geaney is not in the match-day 26. In all, Jack O'Connor makes five personnel changes from the team that started last Saturday's final round game defeat to Meath. Conor Geaney also included along with Seán O'Brien. Tadhg Morley, Mark O'Shea, Micheál Burns and Killian Spillane move to the bench but Tony Brosnan is absent from the squad. Diarmuid O'Connor has missed the last two games having returned from a shoulder injury to face Roscommon in Fitzgerald Stadium. He had been unavailable for two months prior to that comeback following a stunning run of form in the league. Ó Beaglaoich and O'Shea were excluded from the panel that faced Meath for precautionary reasons. Paudie Clifford served a one-match suspension in the Munster final but did not feature until the second round All-Ireland SFC win over Cork when he was replaced prior to half-time with a muscle strain. KERRY (SFC v Cavan): S. Ryan; P. Murphy, J. Foley, T. O'Sullivan; B. Ó Beaglaoich, M. Breen, G. White (c); J. O'Connor, S. O'Brien; D. O'Connor, S. O'Shea, G. O'Sullivan; D. Clifford, C. Geaney, D. Geaney. Subs: S. Murphy, D. Casey, K. Spillane, T. Morley, A. Heinrich, M. Burns, E. Looney, T.L. O'Sullivan, M. O'Shea, P. Clifford, D. Moynihan.
The Irish Sun
02-06-2025
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
‘The physios will be busy' – Jack O'Connor concerned amid Kerry injury crisis surrounding All-Star players
KERRY could be facing an injury crisis for the All-Ireland SFC Group 2 decider against Meath. Kingdom boss Jack O'Connor was forced to use three subs by half-time in their 2 Not ideal for Jack O'Connor coming into the crunch end of the season 2 Diarmuid O'Connor is already ruled out of Kerry's next match against Meath Barry Dan O'Sullivan was withdrawn after 21 minutes with a knee injury and Paudie Clifford departed ten minutes later due to a hamstring issue. Another man who failed to reappear for the second half was Paul Geaney, who damaged his shoulder in a collision with Seán Walsh. Kerry flexed their muscles nonetheless as they racked up 0-21 in the second half to seal a 1-28 to 0-20 win. However, the victory may have come at a cost. O'Connor admitted: 'The physios will be busy now for a while.' The Kerry chief has already ruled Diarmuid O'Connor out of the meeting with Meath after he was marked absent for Saturday's trip to Leeside. Read more on the GAA Having been out with a shoulder injury, O'Connor only returned from a two-month lay-off in the He explained: 'Even in the Roscommon game, he went down two or three times. He's had a bit of an issue with a groin that's going to keep him out for a bit. 'His shoulder needs continual kind of maintenance, but at the moment his groin is giving him bother. I don't know, I'm not a medical man, but you wouldn't be looking at him for the next game.' While his options in midfield would be reduced by the unavailability of Diarmuid O'Connor and O'Sullivan, the Kerry manager was encouraged by how Mark O'Shea affected the game after being called upon. Most read in GAA Football Kerry's subs had a significant impact too. Dylan Geaney, Killian Spillane and Tony Brosnan chipped in with 0-5 between them. Jack said: 'It's testament to the boys who came on, the likes of Mark O'Shea there. Tipperary GAA star 'had to do live apology on RTE' the day after cursing during All-Ireland interview - 'He gave us a great platform in the middle of the field. He caught some great ball and that's great for him. 'You lose one man, another comes in and grows. That's great for the morale of the panel. They all contributed. Killian came on at half-time and kicked two great scores. 'Tony came on and kicked a great two-pointer. Dylan is a good footballer and he showed his class when he came on. We needed them all.' ROYALS RUMBLE While Kerry are already assured of a place in the knockout stages, a ticket to an All-Ireland quarter-final will be at stake when they face Meath at a yet-to-be-confirmed neutral venue on the weekend of June 14-15. The Munster champions will seal top spot by avoiding defeat. The Royals have rebounded from their And they can advance directly to the last eight at the Kingdom's expense if they cause their second seismic upset of the season, having already stunned Dublin. O'Connor said: 'I was up at the Leinster final. I saw them live. I thought that on the day they looked to have better individual players than Louth. 'But Louth had a very orchestrated system that got them through the game and if Meath had that game all over again, they'd man-mark Sam Mulroy. He ran the game. 'I think Meath have some very good individual players, so that'll be no easy game for us. And obviously it looks now like we'll be down a few players so we'll be dipping into our reserves.' SCORERS — Kerry: D Clifford 1-8, 2f, 1tp; S O'Shea 0-9, 3tpf; P Geaney 0-2, T O'Sullivan 0-2, 1tp, K Spillane 0-2, T Brosnan 0-2; P Clifford 0-1, G O'Sullivan 0-1, D Geaney 0-1. Cork: B Hurley 0-7, 2f; M Cronin 0-6, 5f; P Walsh 0-3; C O'Callaghan 0-2; C Óg Jones 0-1, R Deane 0-1
The 42
17-05-2025
- Sport
- The 42
Kerry overcome slow start to beat Roscommon by 10 points
Kerry 3-18 Roscommon 0-17 KERRY, AS EXPECTED, eased to a 10-point win in this Group 2 opener in Killarney, though the hosts needed three second-half goals after a stuttering start to shake off a resolute Roscommon side that might feel hard done by with the margin of defeat. Having trailed by five points at half time, 0-11 to 0-6, Roscommon were still just five off the pace after 49 minutes as Kerry failed to shake off their first half lethargy in those early second half minutes. Indeed, it took the home side almost 12 minutes of the second period to get their first score, from David Clifford, but when the same player goaled on 50 minutes to make it 1-13 to 0-8, there was a strong sense that the game was won right there. Paul Geaney and Gavin White followed up with further goals within the next 10 minutes and that was that. A combination of temperatures in the mid-20s and the lack of jeopardy that will see three of the four teams in each group advance contributed to only 6,814 showing up in Fitzgerald Stadium for an engaging contest, but one that lacked Championship bite. Kerry had Diarmuid O'Connor back in midfield after a two-month absence, but it was Paudie Clifford's non-appearance due to a muscle issue that blunted the hosts' incisiveness and cutting-edge for a lot of the game. Roscommon took the lead in the first minute through Ronan Daly's point, and four minutes later Brian Stack doubled their lead. Advertisement Kerry were back to parity by the ninth minute through Paul Geaney's 'mark' and a Diarmuid O'Connor point. Sean O'Shea evades David Murray. Laszlo Geczo / INPHO Laszlo Geczo / INPHO / INPHO Keith Doyle kicked Roscommon back into the lead after 12 minutes, but Kerry were back in front two minutes later when Clifford converted a two-point free from the sideline. Eddie Nolan and Joe O'Connor traded points, and Ben O'Carroll levelled it at 0-5 apiece in the 25th minute. Sean O'Shea converted a two-point free, and though Daire Cregg's 27th minute point halved the deficit, Diarmuid O'Connor and Joe O'Connor raised white flags and then a breach of the three-up rule by Roscommon presented O'Shea with another two-point free, which he converted to see Kerry lead 0-11 to 0-6 half time lead. The sides exchanged two points apiece in the 15 minutes after the restart before Clifford cut through the Roscommon defence to score the game's first goal to make it 1-13 to 0-8. Kerry added two more points before O'Shea and Paul Geaney played a slick one-two for the latter to tap in a goal on 54 minutes as the Kingdom went 2-15 to 0-8 clear. Goal No 3 arrived on the hour mark with White palming Geaney's inviting pass, and though Roscommon finished with two-point scores from Daly, Conor Cox and Diarmuid Murtagh, Kerry thoughts were already turned to a rematch with Cork in a fortnight in what should surely be a tough test of the Kingdom's credentials. Roscommon host Meath the same weekend. Scorers for Kerry: S O'Shea 0-7 (2 2ptf, 1f), D Clifford 1-3 (2ptf), P Geaney 1-1 (0-1 m), G White 1-0, D O'Connor 0-2, J O'Connor 0-2, T Brosnan 0-1, S Ryan 0-1 ('45'), B O Beaglaoich 0-1 Scorers for Roscommon: R Daly 0-3 (2p), C Cox 0-3 (2p, 1f), D Murtagh 0-3 (2p), B O'Carroll 0-2, C Murtagh 0-2 (f), B Stack 0-1, E Nolan 0-1, K Doyle 0-1, D Cregg 0-1 Kerry: Shane Ryan, Dylan Casey, Jason Foley, Tom O'Sullivan, Brian Ó Beaglaoich, Mike Breen, Gavin White, Diarmuid O'Connor, Barry 'Dan' O'Sullivan, Joe O'Connor, Seán O'Shea, Micheál Burns, David Clifford, Paul Geaney, Dylan Geaney Subs: Tony Brosnan for D Geaney (47), Graham O'Sullivan for M Burns (47), Killian Spillane for D Clifford (61), Tadhg Morley for B O Beaglaoich (62), Mark O'Shea for B D O'Sullivan (62) Roscommon: Conor Carroll; Niall Higgins, Brian Stack, David Murray; Senan Lambe, Ronan Daly, John McManus; Eddie Nolan, Keith Doyle; Dylan Ruane, Enda Smith, Conor Hand; Daire Cregg, Ben O'Carroll, Ciaran Murtagh. Subs: Diarmuid Murtagh for K Doyle (42), Tim Lambe for D Ruane (52), Shane Killoran for E Smith (55), Ciaran Lennon for S Lambe (55), Conor Cox for C Hand (57) Ref: D Coldrick (Meath)
