Dublin's Drive for Five? GAA 2019

[anton pulisov]

Fucking Kilkenny

[elguapo4]

The throw in is always a pain in the arse, it's one challenge, just get on with it.

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

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See what happens when the ref waits ten seconds too long to throw the ball in,

[elguapo4]

Tyrone beat Roscommon by four in the first of the football Super 8s.Half time in Croke park, Cork lead Dublin by four early on but a Dublin goal right on half time leaves six between them, going to be tough for Cork to close that gap.

[elguapo4]

Laois beat Dublin by two points in the hurling championship. The biggest shock of the season, Laois go on to play Tipperary in the quarter finals next week.

[elguapo4]

Meath edge out Clare to earn the dubious privilege of getting hammered by Donegai , Mayo and Kerry in the super 8s.

[elguapo4]

Tyrone and Cork through their play offs, Mayo currently beating Galway to likely join them.

[elguapo4]

There's a couple of very TV friendly draws in the last round of qualifiers with a Connaught and Ulster derby.
Tyrone v Cavan
Galway v Mayo
Meath v Clare
Cork v Laois

The Super 8 line up is
Group 1
Dublin
Roscommon
Cork/ Laois
Cavan/ Tyrone

Group 2
Donegal
Kerry
Meath/ Clare
Galway/ Mayo

[elguapo4]

Cracking Munster hurling final. It's probably a dress rehearsal for the All Ireland final but nobody's told them,Limerick and Tipperary going at it like crazy.

[elguapo4]

Clare beating Westmeath was probably the biggest shock,if you could call it that. There was some bloke on the telly the other day, talking about the Irish open golf,which is being held in Clare this year, and he said "Clare may be out of the all Ireland (hurling) but we have the Open " I felt like shouting "You're still in the football you twat " but I didn't.

[Diable Rouge]

Clare and Mayo both win by the bare minimum, Laois defeat Offaly by five. Pleasingly, there are three teams from each province in the final 12, and thus two from each in the final round of qualifiers.

[Diable Rouge]

Tyrone win rather comfortably in Newbridge, 2-22 to 1-15.

[Diable Rouge]

Plans for the proposed Tier 2 Championship have been revealed by the GAA, while the club finals would be held in January.

[Diable Rouge]

Hurling - Joe McDonagh Cup Final: Laois v Westmeath

A busy weekend for the O'Moore County, facing a second Midlands derby in the space of 24 hours, albeit in the small ball game here. Their group encounter finished in a draw, suggesting little between the sides, and this is the Lake County's second consecutive decider, having lost to Carlow in 2018. However, Laois have suggested against Kerry and Antrim that they have the greater potential for improvement. The winners will play Cork in the All-Ireland series, the losers face Dublin.

Munster Hurling Final: Limerick v Tipperary

The All-Ireland champions face the 100% team of this year's renewal, though the Shannonsiders did rest a number of regulars in their round-robin meeting. Tipp have been scoring for fun, routinely breaching the 30-point barrier this summer, and a surprising Limerick frailty indicates underlying problems unlikely to be addressed by Sunday.

Leinster Hurling Final: Kilkenny v Wexford

It's fair to say neither manager is particularly beloved by neutrals, with Davy Fitzgerald prone to volcanism in his interactions with officialdom, while the expectoration-prone Cody reduced the Championship to a procession when the Cats were at their peak. As for this Sunday, a shock may well be on the cards, as the Model County displayed true grit in the course of their three Leinster draws, whereas Kilkenny were found badly wanting in their defeat to the now eliminated Galway.

[Diable Rouge]

Round Three Football Qualifiers:

Kildare v Tyrone (5 p.m. Saturday):

Newbridge is certainly a tricky venue for visiting sides, as Mayo discovered last year, and the atmosphere should certainly favour the Lilywhites. That said, Tyrone are used to similar occasions in Ulster, and should have sufficient quality to narrowly prevail here.

Westmeath v Clare (6 p.m., "):

An unusual Cusack Park face-off, despite the respective stadia being in different provinces, with both counties honouring the GAA founder. It has already been a fruitful 2019 for the Midlanders, winning promotion to Division Two, and defeating two other Munster counties to arrive at this juncture. Still, the Banner showed their exposure to a higher standard of football in their dismissal of Leitrim, and can pull off another away ambush here.

Laois v Offaly (7 p.m., "):

Unusual for the Faithful footballers to have a lengthier summer than the hurlers, but owing largely to the luck of the draw, as the lowest-ranked county remaining have yet to meet a side above Division Three after being defeated by Meath. The same applies to Laois, who also lost to the Royals, but successive promotions suggest they have greater fortitude in this instance.

Mayo v Armagh (7 p.m., "):

Every year, columnists decide that this is the last-chance saloon for the Westerners in pursuit of their Holy Grail, and in truth, the law of diminishing returns increasingly applies. After defeats to Galway in recent years, and Roscommon this summer, the battle for Sam appears distinctly Sisyphean, and while they should prevail this weekend, the Super 8s appear a bridge too far.

[elguapo4]

That Kildare game could be a cracker, Tyrone haven't set the world on fire yet. Mayo against Armagh is hardly a gimme for the home side either.

[Diable Rouge]

As always the GAA are insanely and hilariously pleased with themselves that a foreigner plays one of their games. I'm not sure if this is more or less exciting than the time a black lad played for Westmeath.

Oh, he's still with them. Guaranteed to have at least one Division Three team in the final round of qualifiers, while Tyrone won't relish travelling to Newbridge:

Round Three Qualifier Draw:

Mayo v Armagh
Kildare v Tyrone
Westmeath v Clare
Laois v Offaly

[seand]

There are times when GAA followers become increasingly cynical of the inter-county scene, but Leitrim hurlers have won their first-ever national title, defeating Lancashire 2-23 to 2-22 after extra time to lift the Lory Meagher Cup - the only counties yet to win any laurels since the inception of lower-tier tournaments are Cavan, Monaghan, and Wicklow, who might have been expected to fare better.

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As always the GAA are insanely and hilariously pleased with themselves that a foreigner plays one of their games. I'm not sure if this is more or less exciting than the time a black lad played for Westmeath.

[Diable Rouge]

Donegal certainly won't be frightened by the champions' performance.

[elguapo4]

Bizarre is one way of describing it, at least you can change channels.

[Diable Rouge]

This is a bizarre Leinster final - Dublin lead 0-5 to 0-1 in first-half injury time.

[Diable Rouge]

Make that 4/10 - a shocking second half display, even in victory - certainly wouldn't trouble Mayo or Tyrone in the Super 8s, at any rate. Monaghan are the first Division One casualty of the season, with Armagh dispatching them by 2-17 to 1-12.

[Diable Rouge]

Pretty much a 6/10 Kerry performance so far - excellent going forwards, but still getting torn to shreds any time a player runs straight at them, would have easily coughed up at least another two goals against Dublin or Mayo.

[elguapo4]

Kerry leading by 7 at ht,Mayo leading Down and Armagh ahead of Monaghan.

[Diable Rouge]

Looks all the remaining Division Four counties will be exiting tonight - Limerick trail Westmeath by 7 at the break, while Leitrim are getting a flaking from Clare (2-12 to 0-6 at HT). Laois did defeat Derry by 1-12 to 0-12, while Tyrone, predictably, defeated Longford by four (2-15 to 1-14), even though the Midlanders scored the final 1-3 without reply of the contest.