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BreakingNews.ie
9 hours ago
- Sport
- BreakingNews.ie
GAA weekend preview: What is on and where to watch the action?
There is a great mix of football and hurling action on this weekend with both Championships reaching the quarter-final stage. On Saturday, Kerry face Cavan while Dublin take on Cork at Croke Park. Prior to that, the Dublin hurlers will take on Limerick, while Galway take on Tipperary at the Gaelic Grounds. Advertisement Sunday continues the football action with Down taking on Galway and Donegal facing Louth in Ballybofey. The Tailteann Cup is also on the docket as Wicklow take on Limerick and Kildare face Fermanagh. Wondering when all the games are on and where to watch them? Here is everything you need to know: Saturday, June 21st GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship, Kerry vs Cavan, Fitzgerald Stadium, 3:30pm on GAA+. Team news Elsewhere, 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. Advertisement 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 before that comeback following a stunning run of form in the league. 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. GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship, Dublin vs Cork, Croke Park, 6:15pm on GAA+. Team news Captain Brian Hurley is set to lead Cork on the field for the third consecutive game as John Cleary has named the same team that began last weekend's win over Roscommon for tomorrow's All-Ireland preliminary football quarter-final against Dublin. Advertisement Paul Walsh went off injured with a muscle issue after scoring a point in Portlaoise, but he is included to begin the knock-out game in Croke Park. Cork have been known to make 11th-hour changes to teams, but the team announced for that final round group win over Roscommon commenced that match. From last year's preliminary quarter-final defeat to Louth, there are six changes to the starting side. Rory Maguire and Ruairí Deane, who began that loss in Inniskeen, are on the bench. Meanwhile, Dublin have also named an identical team to the one that started their previous game against Derry last weekend. Advertisement CORK (SFC v Dublin): M.A. Martin; S. Meehan, D. O'Mahony, M. Shanley; B. O'Driscoll, S. Brady, M. Taylor; I. Maguire, C. O'Callaghan; P. Walsh, S. Walsh, S. McDonnell; M. Cronin, B. Hurley (c), C. Jones. 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), C. Costello. Dessie Farrell has named his Dublin Senior Football panel for Saturday's All-Ireland Preliminary Quarter Final against Cork at Croke Park 👕 #UpTheDubs — Dublin GAA (@DubGAAOfficial) June 19, 2025 GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship, Dublin vs Limerick, Croke Park, 4pm on RTÉ Two. GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship, Galway vs Tipperary, Gaelic Grounds, 6:15pm on RTÉ Two. Team news In the hurling championship, Peter McGarry is a surprise inclusion in the Tipperary team to play Galway in Saturday's All-Ireland hurling quarter-final. He made his first senior hurling championship appearance as a substitute against Laois last weekend. Jake Morris returns to the Tipp attack at wing forward, with Andrew Ormond remaining at 11. Eoghan Connolly also returns after missing the Laois game, with Seamus Kennedy, Joe Caesar and Alan Tynan dropping to the bench. Meanwhile, Shane O'Brien is the only player missing from Limerick's Munster SHC final squad as John Kiely has named the same team that began that agonising defeat to Cork for Saturday's All-Ireland quarter-final against Dublin. TIPPERARY (SHC v Galway): R. Shelly; R. Doyle, E. Connolly, M. Breen; C. Morgan, R. Maher (c), B. O'Mara; W. Connors, P. McGarry; J. Morris, A. Ormond, S. O'Farrell; D. McCarthy, J. McGrath, J. Forde. GALWAY (SHC v Tipperary) :D. Fahy; P. Mannion, D. Burke, D. Morrissey; C. Fahy, G. Lee, TJ Brennan; S. Linnane, D. Burke; J. Fleming, C. Mannion, T. Monaghan; C. Whelan (c), B. Concannon, K. Cooney. 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 (c), T. Morrissey; A. Gillane, A. O'Connor, D. Reidy. DUBLIN (SHC v Limerick) : S. Brennan; J. Bellew, P. Smyth, C. McHugh; P. Doyle, C. Crummey (c), A. Dunphy; C. Burke, B. Hayes; R. McBride, F. Whitely, C. O'Sullivan; S. Currie, R. Hayes, D. Ó Dúlaing. Advertisement Sunday, June 22nd GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship, Down vs Galway Páirc Elser, 1:45pm on GAA+. Team news Galway's announced team to face Down in Sunday's All-Ireland SFC preliminary quarter-final in Newry features Cian Hernon and Paul Conroy in place of Jack Glynn and Peter Cooke. Damien Comer is included among the substitutes. GALWAY (SFC v Down) : C. Flaherty; J. McGrath, S. Fitzgerald, L. Silke; D. McHugh, S. Kelly (c), C. Hernon; P. Conroy, J. Maher; C. Darcy, M. Tierney, C. McDaid; R. Finnerty, S. Walsh, M. Thompson. GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship, Donegal vs Louth, Ballybofey 4pm on GAA+ GAA Football All-Ireland Minor Championship, Tyrone vs Roscommon, Kingspan Breffini, 1:30pm. GAA Football All-Ireland Minor Championship, Kerry vs Mayo, Zimmer Biomet Páirc Chíosóg, Ennis. 3:30pm. Tailteann Cup, Wicklow vs Limerick, Croke Park, 2pm on RTÉ Two. Tailteann Cup, Kildare vs Fermanagh, Croke Park, 4pm on RTÉ Two.
BBC News
12 hours ago
- Sport
- BBC News
O'Shea and Clifford return to Kerry panel for Cavan clash
Sean O'Shea has been named in the starting line-up as Kerry welcome back a host of players from injury for their All-Ireland preliminary quarter-final against Clifford is also back and amongst the replacements on the Kerry bench as Jack O'Connor makes five alterations to the side after a shock defeat by Meath in Tullamore last time O'Connor, Conor Geaney and Brian O Beaglaoich return to the side after recovering from injuries with Sean O'Brien replacing Mark O' Spillane, Micheal Burns and Tadhg Morley drop to the bench whilst Tony Brosnan misses out after picking up a hamstring make just one change from their 0-31 to 0-18 defeat against Tyrone in their final group comes in midfield as Oisin Kieran is replaced by Ryan Donohoe for the Breffnimen with Dara McVeety continuing at centre-forward after previously playing at centre-back earlier in the McKiernan returns from injury to make the bench for Raymond Galligan's Shane Ryan; Paul Murphy, Jason Foley, Tom O'Sullivan; Brian O Beaglaoich, Mike Breen, Gavin White; Joe O'Connor, Sean O'Brien; Diarmuid O'Connor, Sean O'Shea, Graham O'Sullivan; David Clifford, Conor Geaney, Dylan Shane Murphy, Dylan Casey, Killian Spillane, Tadhg Morley, Armin Heirich, Micheal Burns, Evan Looney, Tom Leo O'Sullivan, Mark O'Shea, Paudie Clifford, Dara Liam Brady; Niall Carolan, Killian Brady, Cian Reilly; Brian O'Connell, Ciaran Brady, Padraig Faulkner; Ryan Donohoe, Evan Crowe; Gerard Smith, Dara McVeety, Oisin Brady; Cormac O'Reilly, Paddy Lynch, Cian Gary O'Rourke, Luke Fortune, Killian Clarke, Oisin Kiernan, Jason McLoughlin, Ruairi Curran, Luke Molloy, Gearoid McKiernan, Thomas Edward Donohoe, Ryan O'Neill, Sean McEvoy.
Irish Times
3 days ago
- Sport
- Irish Times
Kerry's Paul Geaney champing at the bit to return for win-or-bust clash with Cavan
Paul Geaney isn't about to overthink the potential consequences of the bind Kerry might soon find themselves in. Right now, it's simply Cavan or bust. The defeat to Meath last weekend has tossed Jack O'Connor's men on a very different pathway towards the All-Ireland final than the route they had planned. Should all the preliminary quarter-finals go to script next weekend – with Kerry, Galway, Donegal and Dublin all winning – the Kingdom will face Sam Maguire holders Armagh in an All-Ireland quarter-final because all of the other teams have played the Orchard County in recent weeks. 'It's just all about Cavan,' says Geaney. 'Whatever happens afterwards, it is what it is. READ MORE 'You couldn't be happy with last Saturday [against Meath], everyone's a bit disappointed. We just have to regroup and get things right now for this weekend.' It is a worrying time of the season for a team to deliver such a lacklustre display , but at least it wasn't a result with terminal implications – the safety net of the prelims provides Kerry with a chance to bounce back this weekend. 'I think we need to nail down some things and need to find the energy that's required to mount a challenge,' continues Geaney. 'Obviously, if you don't win this weekend, you don't deserve to be going any further. But it's forced us into a one-game-at-a-time mentality, where it's all about Saturday.' One of the reasons offered up as a possible excuse for Kerry last weekend was the list of absentees because of injury, of which Geaney was one. The Dingle forward hopes to be available to face Cavan having missed the Meath fixture because of a shoulder injury picked up against Cork. About 2018-2019 I found it hard to get motivated — Paul Geaney The Meath match was only the second championship fixture Geaney has missed since making his senior championship debut against Cavan in 2013. He was also absent for the defeat to Cork in 2020. 'Obviously, I've had my troubles with injuries but it was mostly through league or the off-season, so I was disappointed to miss my second ever championship game last weekend.' Geaney has undergone back surgery on two occasions to deal with a fracture that was causing recurring hamstring injuries, but the two-time All Star has been playing some of his best football in recent years. Kerry footballer Paul Geaney with the Sam Maguire Cup at the National Botanic Gardens in Dublin for the launch of the All-Ireland SFC knockout stages. Photograph: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile And that is not just because he has been physically in good condition, but mentally Geaney rediscovered his grá for the game, admitting he had fallen out of love with football. 'I did, yeah. About 2018-2019 I found it hard to get motivated,' he said. 'In the off-season [after 2018], I probably felt I might pack it in. I wasn't playing as good or I wasn't invested. I wasn't giving everything to the club either in a lot of senses. 'I might have been just sick of it, looking back. But I'm glad I stuck at it for a while because if I did step out, I don't know would I have had it to come back. 'I just kind of fought through that patch. I was decent in 2019 and then just fought my way back little by little, getting on a good trajectory to being at my best, which I feel I've been at the last two years.' The new rules have certainly helped too. 'Yeah, that would be a fair comment. I was an out-and-out corner forward at the start. 'And I suppose I started to be more of a false nine than an out-and-out striker in the soccer sense for a lot of those years, where you were kind of more of a link player and weren't scoring as heavily. 'Then obviously there was a lot of defensive work that was needed because the backs started going up the field and you had to mark your man. 'It was nearly more important then to make sure the corner back wasn't scoring 1-3 than you getting 1-3. So, things changed slightly in there. 'But the new rules have kind of flipped it back the other way. I'm still a link man but I get to be the out-and-out striker the odd time as well, so you enjoy that.' There is no sense the 34-year-old is viewing the next few weeks as any sort of farewell tour. 'I'd love to play for as long as I can wear a Kerry jersey,' said Geaney. 'Obviously, S&C (strength and conditioning) has come a long way; I wish I was at the receiving end of it earlier in my career. 'I had a thing with my back surgeon there two years ago and he said, 'whatever you're doing, keep doing it because it's keeping you healthy'. So I'll just do it as long as I can.'
Irish Times
6 days ago
- Sport
- Irish Times
Hungry Meath give Kerry a chasing to book Croke Park quarter-final
All-Ireland SFC: Meath 1-22 Kerry 0-16 An All-Ireland quarter-final in Croke Park for Meath , a preliminary quarter-final in Killarney for Kerry , and a whole week of soul-searching for the latter after this nine-point trouncing in Tullamore. That neither Meath nor Kerry were in danger of going out of the championship in this game took nothing from how Meath approached it: the Royals playing like their very existence depended on it. Kerry have, in mitigation, the painful fact that they were missing six first-choice players – Seán O'Shea the latest to join Paudie Clifford, Paul Geaney, Diarmuid O'Connor, Barry Dan O'Sullivan and Brian Ó Beaglaoich on the treatment table – but that can't be offered as an excuse for the paucity of their performance. If this is what the back-up are capable of, Jack O'Connor has as much remedial work to do this week on his fit players as his medical team have on the wounded. READ MORE Meath weren't without their personnel issues either, but even without their ace forward James Conlon, Meath went after Kerry from the very start. And in Eoghan Freyne, Ruairí Kinsella and Conor Duke they had a trio that scored 15 points between them, which included four two-pointers. Whatever about Kerry's woes, though, for Meath this game was about redemption of sorts. Exactly a year ago they were mugged by 15 points by Kerry in Navan; in Tullamore they were once bitten, twice shy and very much the hunter rather than the hunted. Despite missing James Conlon from their attack, Freyne, Kinsella and Duke more than compensated, with Bryan Menton icing the win with a second-half goal, and wing back Ciarán Caulfield putting in a tour de force display. Kerry kicked two early wides before Meath goalkeeper Billy Hogan converted a 45 and that seemed to set the tone: Kerry scraggly and loose, Meath crisp and on point. Meath led by three points but quickly fell 0-5 to 0-3 behind with Micheál Burns, Dylan Geaney and Brosnan and a two-pointer from David Clifford getting Kerry in front. That should have been the platform for Kerry to kick on but they couldn't. Or Meath wouldn't allow it. Kerry's David Clifford is challenged by Meath's Seán Rafferty and Seán Coffey during the game in Tullamore. Photograph: Tom O'Hanlon/Inpho Kerry were still ahead by two, 0-7 to 0-5, after 20 minutes but then Freyne and Kinsella converted a two-pointer each, with Duke, Jordan Morris and a couple of Freyne frees giving Meath a fully deserved 0-14 to 0-8 half-time lead. Meath had Cathal Hickey sinbinned 30 seconds into the second half but Kerry only took a point off Meath's lead by the time he returned. By the 50th minute Kerry were within two points, 0-16 to 0-14, but not exactly pulling up trees, while Meath never flinched as Kerry breathed down their necks. Kinsella pointed from play, then within two minutes Kinsella and Duke scored two-pointers, and then Menton raised the game's only green flag – Meath ahead by 10 points with 13 minutes left to play. The Meath supporters in the 8,265 crowd didn't want it to end; the Kerry players were on their knees by the time the final hooter sounded. MEATH: Billy Hogan (0-0-1, a 45); Séamus Lavin, Seán Rafferty, Ronan Ryan; Donal Keogan (0-0-1), Seán Coffey (0-0-1), Ciarán Caulfield (0-0-1); Bryan Menton (1-0-0), Adam O'Neill; Conor Duke (0-1-3), Ruairí Kinsella (0-2-1), Cathal Hickey; Jordan Morris (0-0-2, 1f), Keith Curtis (0-0-1), Eoghan Freyne (0-1-3, 2f). Subs: Cian McBride for A O'Neill (h-t); Eoin Harkin for C Hickey (53 mins); Shane Walsh for E Freyne (58); James McEntee for R Kinsella, Diarmuid Moriarty for S Rafferty (both 68). Black card: C Hickey (35-45 mins). KERRY: Shane Ryan; Paul Murphy (0-0-1), Jason Foley, Tom O'Sullivan; Tadhg Morley, Mike Breen, Gavin White; Joe O'Connor, Mark O'Shea; Graham O'Sullivan, Tony Brosnan (0-0-2), Micheal Burns (0-0-1); David Clifford 0-1-3, 1f), Killian Spillane (0-0-3, 2f), Dylan Geaney (0-0-4). Subs: Dylan Casey for M Breen, Ruairí Murphy for M Burns (both 48 mins); Conor Geaney for G O'Sullivan, Seán O'Brien for M O'Shea (both 58); Dara Moynihan for K Spillane (66). Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan).
Irish Times
31-05-2025
- General
- Irish Times
Kerry come away with the spoils after Cork fail to take their chances
All-Ireland SFC: Cork 0-20 Kerry 1-28 Kerry look set for a return to the All-Ireland quarter-finals and Cork are possibly headed for an early championship exit after the Kingdom saw off their Munster neighbours by 11 points in a feisty encounter at Páirc Uí Chaoimh. The winning margin suggests a comfortable walk in the páirc for Kerry, and by the end it was that, but Cork gave them plenty to be concerned about in the first half, after which the home side led by three, 0-13 to 1-7. Cork's problem was they had played with a strong wind and failed to convert three great goal chances. Cork being Cork, they also gifted David Clifford an early goal. Kerry will be just happy to have got out of Cork with a win, but at what cost. Barry Dan O'Sullivan and Paudie Clifford didn't make it to half-time due to injuries, and Paul Geaney didn't come back out for the second half, adding to the concern over Diarmuid O'Connor who didn't make the match day squad. READ MORE And then there were those goal chances given up that Jack O'Connor will know a more ruthless team than Cork will punish. Kerry's Paudie Clifford. Photograph: Bryan Keane/Inpho Cork made a hero out of goalkeeper Shane Ryan who saved brilliantly from Mark Cronin and Matty Taylor, while Taylor was through again late in the first half but was thwarted from getting a shot off. Indeed, the game's only goal came from Cork shooting themselves in the foot when David Clifford intercepted Micheál Aodh Martin's kickout to roll the ball past the goalkeeper and put Kerry 1-2 to 0-1 ahead after six minutes. Kerry were 1-4 to 0-2 ahead by the 12th minute and then Cork found some form with Brian Hurley posting two points, Paul Walsh kicking a two-pointer, and those goal chances being created but not converted. Points from Colm O'Callaghan and Chris Óg Jones evened it up, 0-8 to 1-5, and Cork finished the half well, with Hurley's orange flag after the hooter giving the home side a 0-13 to 1-7 lead at the interval. Playing with a strong wind it hardly seemed enough of a lead, and so it proved. Cronin's free stretched Cork's lead, but David Clifford raked over a huge two-pointer from play, Seán O'Shea converted a free from outside the arc after a three-up breach, and Kerry pulled away after that. Kerry's Micheal Burns and Cork's Seán Brady. Photograph: Bryan Keane/Inpho Killian Spillane came on and kicked two from play, Clifford nailed a two-pointer and a point before O'Shea converted two two-pointers and a free. That had Kerry 1-21 to 0-16 ahead after 53 minutes, and Cork's woes and inability to be ruthless was summed up with Cronin's penalty miss – or rather another Ryan save. Cork head for a neutral venue to face Roscommon in a must-win game for them, while Kerry are all but headed straight to the All-Ireland quarter-finals again. CORK: MA Martin; S Meehan, D O'Mahony, M Shanley; B O'Driscoll, S Brady, M Taylor; I Maguire, C O'Callaghan (0-0-2); P Walsh (0-1-1), S Walsh, S McDonnell; M Cronin (0-0-6, 5f), B Hurley (0-2-3, 2f, 1tpf), C Óg Jones (0-0-1). Subs: S Powter for Meehan (43 mins), R Deane (0-0-1) for McDonnell (50), C O'Mahony for Hurley (60), L Fahy for M Taylor (65), E McSweeney for Walsh (66). KERRY: S Ryan; D Casey, J Foley, T O'Sullivan (0-1-0); B Ó Beaglaoich, M Breen, G White; J O'Connor, BD O'Sullivan; G O'Sullivan (0-0-1), P Clifford (0-0-1), S O'Shea (0-3-3, 3tpf); D Clifford (1-2-4, 2f, 1tpf), P Geaney (0-0-2), M Burns. Subs: M O'Shea for BD O'Sullivan (inj, 21 mins), D Geaney (0-0-1) for P Clifford (31), K Spillane (0-0-2) for Geaney (ht), T Brosnan (0-1-0) for Burns (59), T Morley for Ó Beaglaoich (66) . Referee: D O'Mahoney (Tipperary).
