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4 hours ago
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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.
Irish Times
13 hours ago
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- Irish Times
Joe Canning: Everything is coming together for Tipperary at the right time
At other times of the year, momentum is something that you can build towards. At this time of the season, nobody wants to be looking for it. The reality with the hurling quarter finals , though, is that at least two teams arrive damaged every year, and a third team are probably licking their wounds too. This year, Tipperary are the team coming with their tails up. Even though they finished third in Munster, there's hardly a mark on them. They haven't lost a game since they were beaten by Cork at the end of April, and that game was a free hit once Darragh McCarthy was sent off in the first minute. That's the only game they've lost since the league final. In the last couple of months, everything has come together. They were very good against Limerick , good enough against Waterford , excellent against Clare and professional against Laois . Their under-20s won a brilliant All-Ireland against Kilkenny and the crowds have come back. The whole mood has changed. Liam Cahill started the season pleading with the Tipp supporters to get behind the team. The memory of them being outnumbered five-to-one by Cork supporters for a game in Thurles last summer would still have been fresh in his mind. READ MORE The embarrassment of that day is long gone. There were four teams in Portlaoise last Saturday for a hurling and football double-header and the biggest crowd was from Tipp, even though everyone knew they were going to win handy. For the first time since early in 2023, Tipperary have momentum. There's an energy about them. Half a dozen of the under-20s are on the senior panel and three of them have made a breakthrough this year: McCarthy, Sam O'Farrell and Oisín O'Donoghue. Tipp needed that injection of freshness. They have more consistency in key positions, and they needed that stability too. Ronan Maher is no longer going around putting out fires: he's their number six and that's it. Eoghan Connolly is the established full back now, even though there is a doubt about his fitness for this weekend. Jake Morris and Andrew Ormonde have been effective at centre forward at different times and both of them have been terrific. John McGrath has come back in from the margins and has had a brilliant championship at full-forward, and his brother Noel has influenced games off the bench. The only big change they've made during the championship has been with the goalie. Otherwise, the spine of the team has been settled. Tipp haven't had that for a long time. Tipp is the kind of place where confidence tends to take off. When the provincial championships were finished, I saw Tipp supporters online mapping out their path to Croke Park: Laois, Galway, then Cork. In their minds, Laois and Galway were just stepping stones. When the Tipp crowd came back, that kind of thinking was going to come with them. Micheál Donoghue made it clear that Galway didn't play in the Leinster final the way they had planned. Photograph: Bryan Keane/Inpho Galway are not in that place at the moment. I didn't think they'd beat Kilkenny in the Leinster final , but I thought they'd bring a performance. I don't think anybody thought it would be like the game in Nowlan Park a few weeks earlier. For an hour it was just as bad. Galway have been here before, coming into a quarter final on the back of a disappointing Leinster final. The pattern, though, is that Galway have usually come up with something. The last time Galway lost at this stage of the championship was in 2013, when Clare beat us. Since then, Galway's record is five from five. I can't remember any year when we were bouncing into the quarter finals feeling great about ourselves. In 2016 we had been poor against Kilkenny in the Leinster final and were hammered in the media afterwards, but we still came out and beat Clare. Galway blew a Leinster final against Kilkenny two years ago but played very well against Tipp in the quarter-final two weeks later. When you look back at the teams from that match, Tipp have made more changes than Galway in the last two years. I've heard people say that Galway are still depending on players from the 2017 team for leadership, and it's hard to argue with that: the two Mannions, the two Burkes, Conor Whelan. [ Tipperary are back in the groove and Jake Morris admits county minors helped light the spark Opens in new window ] But how many leaders do you need on a team? It's a funny thing. Before we won the All-Ireland in 2017, people were always saying that we lacked leaders. Players from the team of the late 1980s – the last Galway team to win an All-Ireland before us – were always giving interviews, pointing out what we were lacking. It used to drive me mad. New leaders will emerge in this group too but it's hard for younger players to step into that role when results haven't been great. Since the 2017 All-Ireland final, Galway have won just one championship game in Croke Park – against Wexford in 2020, at the height of the pandemic. For the last few years Galway have been coming up short in big matches. In that environment, it's not easy for young players to flourish. I'm certain that Galway will come up with something this weekend. After the Leinster final Micheál Donoghue made it clear that Galway didn't play the way they had planned. They've had a fortnight to sort that out. They obviously need more from their forwards: not just a higher work rate, but more scores. The whole package. Cathal Mannion's form has been outstanding but whatever he scores won't be enough unless others chip in. [ Galway's Fintan Burke bullish in advance of championship quarter-final against Tipp Opens in new window ] When Galway and Tipp met in the quarter final two years ago Conor Whelan scored 1-4 from play. That year he was playing in his customary position close to goal; this year he has been playing in the half-forward line. They need him there as a target for puck-outs, but it also means Galway's threat close to goal has been reduced. That's a hard balancing act. I'm convinced that we'll see a positive response from Galway on Saturday. I hope the Galway crowd turn up, but I wouldn't be sure about that. The Tipp crowd definitely will. They're on a roll. It might not stop this weekend.
Irish Times
2 days ago
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- Irish Times
Galway's Fintan Burke bullish in advance of championship quarter-final against Tipp
Fintan Burke had to sit through the second half of this year's Leinster final and watch as, for the third time in four seasons, Galway lost a provincial decider to Kilkenny . Burke entered the game with a slight knee injury and, during the warm-up, he aggravated the problem. He tried to 'run it off' in the opening stages of the contest but came ashore just before half-time 'before any more damage was done'. But what damage has been done to Galway's Liam MacCarthy ambitions because of that loss remains to be seen. They must pick up the pieces of that 3-22 to 1-20 defeat and deliver a performance against Tipperary in Saturday's All-Ireland SHC quarter-final in Limerick (6.15pm). Galway have won the last three championship meetings between the sides, with Tipp's most recent SHC triumph over the Tribesmen coming in 2016. READ MORE 'The most disappointing thing for us and for the group is that we didn't hurl how we want to hurl,' said Burke of Galway's Leinster final display. 'We didn't express the brand of hurling that we're trying to express, which we kind of played on Kilkenny's terms, which is disappointing.' The Tribesmen did string together a revival late in the second half, reducing a 13-point deficit to four twice in the closing stages. But that surge left as many questions as answers. Where was that intensity earlier in the contest? This is the first season of Micheál Donoghue's second term as Galway senior hurling manager. During his first spell, he led the Tribesmen to All-Ireland glory in 2017. 'As I said a few times, it's frustration and disappointment at our performance more than anything [in the Leinster final] and like we know it's not going to be an overnight thing, Micheál coming in and winning All-Irelands. 'It's going to take a year or two for lads to kind of knit in, the younger lads to get used to the older lads and vice versa. But still at the same time, we want to be successful now, there are a few of us pushing on a small bit like and you don't want to be waiting three or four years to be getting successful.' Cathal Mannion will be needed if Galway are to get over the line against Tipperary this weekend. Photograph: Andrew Paton/Inpho If they are to get over the line against Tipperary and set up an All-Ireland semi-final against Cork, chances are Galway will need Cathal Mannion to the fore. Mannion has been in exceptional form this season and for large parts of the Leinster final he alone carried the Galway fight to Kilkenny, finishing the game with 0-11 of their total. 'I suppose he was probably carrying a knock over the last year or two, and in fairness, he got that sorted over the winter. 'People outside the county probably would have forgotten the level of hurler he is. In fairness to us in the group, when you see him day in, day out and week in, week out doing it in training, you're not really surprised, to be honest. In my opinion, I'd have him up there as one of the best ever that's come out of Galway, to be honest.' Whether other analysts of hurling agree with Burke or not, he can't be sure because listening to critics wouldn't be his thing. Burke watched the Munster final the night before Galway's Leinster decider, but stepped away from the screen at the interval. 'I wouldn't watch the analysis, I'd leave the analysis and go have a cup of tea or something. There's a lot of talk there that I wouldn't agree with at half-time. 'I think sometimes a lot of what is said at half-time is just to fill in the 15-minute gap, it has no relevance to how the game is going or how the result is going.' As for the debate on the difference between the Leinster and Munster hurling championships, Burke sees no point in pouring fuel on that particular fire. 'It doesn't bother me and I don't think it bothers anybody on the team. I just think comparisons sometimes it takes away the joy, why not sit back and watch the Munster final and just be like, 'what a class game'. 'And go and watch the Leinster final and if you feel personally that it wasn't at the same standard, well what about it. If every game of hurling was to that standard ... it's not going to work like that. 'So, I just think personally go enjoy whatever you enjoy, you don't need to compare.'
Irish Times
3 days ago
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- Irish Times
Tipperary are back in the groove and Jake Morris admits county minors helped light the spark
Inspiration can stem from any multitude of places or exploits. For the Tipperary senior hurlers, it just happened to be from the Tipperary minor hurlers. Jake Morris, the current Premier County senior vice-captain, was in attendance at the All-Ireland minor final last June when 13-man Tipp overcame Kilkenny after extra-time at Nowlan Park. That victory came just five weeks after the seniors had seen their 2024 campaign unravel, crashing to an ignominious early-season conclusion after failing to win a single game in the Munster SHC . 'I was down in Nowlan Park myself that day and there's no point in saying otherwise – we were embarrassed walking around,' recalled Morris. READ MORE 'You have to go to work, you can't hide away. We were in the trenches after last year, we had to deal with it face-on and take our constructive criticism and move on. 'There was a lot of soul-searching done over the winter, a lot of hard looks in the mirror and seeing what could be done.' But watching the Tipp minors rally back after having two players sent off proved to be a spark for the county, with current senior boss Liam Cahill previously referencing the impact of that underage All-Ireland triumph. Morris says it was the manner of the victory more than anything that resonated with the senior players. It's massive, when you're coming down the home straight of a match down in Ennis or in Semple Stadium and you hear the chanting going — Jake Morris 'It was in terms of looking at a team that fought on their backs together, a united team, a good battling Tipperary team, that never-say-die attitude,' he explained. 'That's what was taken from that day. You never mind losing a game as long as you've shown up and you've performed and you've fought on your back and you can come away together on the bus afterwards and you can look at each other. 'The manner of some of the defeats last year wasn't acceptable. I suppose that's where there were some lessons taken from looking at 16- and 17-year-olds performing last year in Nowlan Park.' The county's seniors have certainly performed this season. Cahill's side posted two wins and a draw in the Munster senior hurling championship to finish third in the group. Tipperary players celebrate after beating Clare in last year's Munster minor hurling final at the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick. Photograph: Ken Sutton/Inpho Last weekend they hammered Laois by 23 points to set up an All-Ireland quarter-final against Galway this Saturday at the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick, 6.15pm. And one of the more noticeable aspects of Tipp games this year has been a growing, returning, fanbase – something that has been recognised by the players. 'It's massive, when you're coming down the home straight of a match down in Ennis or in Semple Stadium and you hear the chanting going, 'Tipp, Tipp, Tipp', and you know that they're going to roar you out over the line,' said Morris. 'I suppose all Tipperary supporters are very fair, they just want to see a team that are battling hard and giving it their all and that's what we're doing this year. I suppose that's why they're getting behind us now, because it's a team that they can enjoy going to watch.' [ 'They do an incredible job': GAA president Jarlath Burns defends CCCC after Jim McGuinness criticism Opens in new window ] Despite being only 26, Morris is acknowledged as one of the real leaders within the Tipp squad. The Nenagh Éire Óg clubman made his Tipp senior debut in 2018. 'Leadership is off the field and on the field and we've a lot of good leaders in that dressingroom,' he said. 'For myself, it was just taking a look in the mirror and saying I need to do more on the field. It's not about giving big, massive speeches in the dressingroom; it's about leading on the field and that's consciously what I was trying to go after.' If Cahill is hoping to create new heroes over the coming seasons, there is little doubt that Noel McGrath remains a colossus within the squad. 'Noel is worth so much to us inside there, he's so good with all the younger lads,' said Morris. 'He'll give you his last bit of energy and he's just such a good lad to have around the dressingroom and then you can see what he does on the field. 'He's like a fine wine, he's getting better. He's a really important player for us, he's been such a good hurler for Tipperary over the years and he just continues to give and give and give.'
BreakingNews.ie
4 days ago
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- BreakingNews.ie
GAA: Double-header in Croke Park confirmed for Saturday
The fixture details have been announced for the preliminary quarter-finals of the All-Ireland football championship. On Saturday, Kerry and Cavan will get the action underway in Fitzgerald Stadium at 3:30 pm, with Dublin hosting Cork at Croke Park at 6.15pm. Advertisement This will be part of a double header, with Limerick taking on Dublin in the All-Ireland quarter-finals at 4pm. Galway will face Tipperary at the Gaelic Grounds in the second hurling quarter-final, with throw-in at 6.15pm. On Sunday, the preliminary quarter-finals continue, with Down hosting Galway at 1.45pm. This will be followed by Donegal hosting Louth at 4pm. In the Tailteann Cup semi-finals, it is a double header at Croke Park, with Wicklow v Limerick up first at 2pm, followed by Kildare v Fermanagh at 4pm. The four SFC preliminary quarter-finals will be shown live on GAA+, while the hurling quarter-finals and Tailteann Cup semi-finals will be televised live on RTÉ. Saturday June 21st All-Ireland preliminary football quarter-finals Kerry v Cavan, Fitzgerald Stadium, GAA+, 3,30pm. Dublin v Cork, Croke Park, GAA+, 6.15pm. All-Ireland hurling quarter-finals Limerick v Dublin, Croke Park, RTÉ, 4pm. Tipperary v Galway, Gaelic Grounds, RTÉ 6.15pm. Sunday June 22nd All-Ireland preliminary football quarter-finals Down v Galway, Newry, GAA+. 1.45pm. Donegal v Louth, Ballybofey, GAA+, 4.00pm. Tailteann Cup semi-finals Wicklow v Limerick, Croke Park, RTÉ, 2pm. Kildare v Fermanagh, RTÉ Croke Park, 4pm.
