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The Irish Sun
8 hours ago
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- The Irish Sun
What TV channel is Tyrone vs Dublin on? Stream, throw-in time and odds for All-Ireland quarter-final
DUBLIN will face Tyrone in an All-Ireland senior football quarter-final at Croke Park this evening. Dessie Farrell's side overcame Cork A The Red Hands topped what many considered to be a group of death consisting of Donegal, Mayo and Cavan. Dublin had it no easier with a second place finish in their group behind reigning champions Armagh and ahead of Galway and Derry. Tyrone and Dublin have faced already this year in the Allianz League. The O'Neill County got the upper hand over the Liffeysiders Read more on GAA The win unfortunately wouldn't be enough for Tyrone to avoid relegation as they finished just behind Armagh on points scored to finish seventh. Here's everything you need to know before watching the huge clash: WHAT TV CHANNEL/STREAM IS TYRONE VS DUBLIN ON? The much anticipated encounter will be available to stream on GAA+. Sunday's quarter finals Meath vs Galway and Armagh vs Kerry will be shown live on RTÉ 2 whereas the two Saturday games Monaghan vs Donegal and Dublin vs Tyrone will be only available to stream on GAA+. Most read in GAA Football WHAT TIME IS THROW-IN? Throw-in is at 6:15pm for the Dublin and Tyrone clash as Donegal face Monaghan at 4pm in the Croke Park double header. WHAT ARE THE ODDS? Bookmakers have this match-up to be a very tight contest with the odds of Dublin to win in 70 minutes at 11/10 with Tyrone to advance without extra-time also set at 11/10. 'So much integrity' - RTE viewers hail Stephen Cluxton for 'principled stand' Dublin GAA icon took during Parnells saga The odds for the game to be level after 70 minutes is 17/2 and the handicap at just one point in Dublin's favour. FIERCE RIVALRY The sides have history in the competition, playing each other three times in it since 2018. Dublin won all three encounters, most recently in 2019 in the Super 8's group stage in Omagh. The Dubs came away 1-16 to 0-13 winners to top the group. Tyrone finished second in a group containing Roscommon and Cork. 1 Dublin will be hoping to achieve what they couldn't last year and get into the All-Ireland final Most notably however, in 2018 the sides met in the All-Ireland final as Jim Gavin's men lifted Sam Maguire for the fourth year in a row. Tyrone hearts were sank as they lost by six points to the team they had already faced and lost to in their Super 8's group stage that year. The final being a repeat of the 1995 All-Ireland final where the Dubs scraped passed the Red Hands by just a point. Tyrone would have their special day three years later however, beating Mayo - the team that knocked Dublin out in the semi-final - in the 2021 All-Ireland final.
Extra.ie
a day ago
- Sport
- Extra.ie
Clinical decision leaves Mayo in a familar state of flux
After a three-month review into the 2024 campaign, Mayo County Board eventually confirmed Kevin McStay as manager for the following season late last September. Ten days after that 2025 campaign concluded, by startling contrast, McStay is gone, and with him one of the best-stacked management teams in the country. Stephen Rochford took Mayo closer than anyone to a first All-Ireland since 1951 in his own time in charge. Donie Buckley is among the small band of football coaches with a national profile; Joe Canney is a highly regarded figure who has emerged through the celebrated Corofin culture; and there were figures in Mayo who insisted that another selector, Damien Mulligan, would one day manage the county. Kevin McStay has been axed by the Mayo County Board. Pic: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile All are out, relieved of their duties, to echo the sentiment in a county board statement that dropped shortly before 9.30pm on Wednesday, and which carried the cold and clinical message heretofore confined to Premier League dismissal notices. Perhaps the Mayo executive was trying to avoid the mistakes of last summer, when the months-long interregnum between the team's exit on penalties to Derry in the Championship and confirmation that McStay would be there for year three of his four-year term gave rise to rampant speculation. Much of this was aired from the floor of a county board meeting by delegates. Gossip about player unhappiness and unease was publicly uttered. Derry goalkeeper Odhran Lynch saves a penalty from Mayo's Ryan O'Donoghue during last year's shoot-out. Pic: INPHO/James Crombie Whether much or indeed any of it had a foundation in reality never became clear, but what the entire farrago meant was that the management team started the year at a significant disadvantage in public perception terms. A middling Allianz League campaign didn't assuage doubts, especially when it concluded with a thorough beating from Kerry in the final. The Connacht campaign hardly fired either, with stumbles against Sligo and Leitrim countered only by a rousing third quarter against Galway. Drearily familiar failings cost Mayo that day, when, after levelling the match, they didn't have the attacking edge to kick on. Aidan O'Shea at the final whistle against Donegal. Pic: INPHO/James Crombie It was eventually the same problem that did for them against Donegal in the group series game, which saw them leave the Championship almost a fortnight ago. Turning possession into points has been the besetting failure of Mayo teams for at least a generation, and while managers can't magic up the fabled 'marquee forward', the ongoing difficulties of squeezing more points out of the possession they did win was a major problem for McStay and his coaching team. The transformation in football this summer exacerbated Mayo's difficulties, given their inability to land two-pointers while all around them, the main contenders for Sam Maguire did so. There was an ominous early portent of this in the League when Galway devoured them in MacHale Park, winning by 10 points, their tally bloated by seven two-pointers across the 70 minutes. Kevin McStay. Pic: Seb Daly/Sportsfile There was a grim symbolism in Mayo's last act of the Connacht final being a two-point attempt from Matthew Ruane drifting wide. But it wasn't the only area of the new game that Mayo struggled with at times, with their kick-out a point of weakness in the spring but which tightened up considerably as the summer progressed. Scoring was the issue, with Ryan O'Donoghue carrying an enormous burden. It wasn't the only problem, but it was more often than not a decisive one. It's not the only frustration McStay, a palpably decent man who considered managing his county a pinnacle achievement, should feel. Ryan O'Donoghue carried an enormous burden when it came to scoring. Pic: Seb Daly/Sportsfile The way in which his departure was announced was shoddy, via a statement that was both unfeeling and clunky. It has only been a matter of weeks since he had to step aside following health concerns, with Rochford taking over for the group games against Tyrone and Donegal. The former brought a famous win in Omagh, the latter ended with dramatic late defeat. But neither of these games are the reason Mayo footballers will watch on this weekend as the Championship enters a thrilling turn. Stephen Rochford and Kevin McStay. Pic: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile Their dismal defeat at home to Cavan in the first round of the group series is what did for them, an outcome that was as abject as the performance that preceded it. And it was that tendency to fall apart that was crucial, too: Mayo's floor was always potentially alarmingly low, just as their ceiling sometimes felt promisingly high. And now the search begins for the next saviour, the next soul willing to take on the oppressive hopes of a people stone-mad for football. The way McStay's departure was announced was shoddy. Pic: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile There is a presumption that the county board has a man in mind, but that theory is mainly borne of the circumstances in which the last man was packed off: if they were that brutal in getting rid of McStay, goes this line of reasoning, then they surely must have someone they'd like to step up. It's a generous analysis, and if it doesn't come to pass, then local unhappiness will only grow. A significant number of Mayo supporters may have been demanding change, but more again will understand McStay's years of service to the cause, and the impact that Stephen Rochford has had, too. Debate is already underway, as it should be, about who gets the gig, about whether it should be an outsider or a native, about what went wrong and what must come next. The pursuit is endless — but events of the past 36 hours have seen the dream darken.
RTÉ News
2 days ago
- Sport
- RTÉ News
'Totally unnecessary' - Former goalkeeper Rob Hennelly angered by Mayo GAA statement on Kevin McStay departure
Former Mayo goalkeeper Rob Hennelly has hit out at their county board following the statement issued about Kevin McStay's departure as manager, describing it as "unnecessary" and lacking in professionalism. The decision by Mayo to look for a manager was expected at some point in the off-season, given their performance in the All-Ireland series in the last two years. Despite winning an Allianz League title, the Green and Red have failed to reach the latter stages of the Sam Maguire, a competition which has yet to begin the semi-final stage. McStay was forced to step aside for health reasons before the end of the round-robin series after taking ill at training. Mayo opted to "relieve" the veteran boss of the role last night. The lack of well-wishing in regards McStay's health within the statement drew considerable outrage, something Hennelly strongly agreed with. He said: "I'm disappointed but not overly surprised with regards to how it was done. "It seems very quick in the way they obviously went about it and I was very surprised because Kevin management's team put in massive shifts. "One of the hardest jobs you're going to get in GAA is managing Mayo. "They put everything into it, and unfortunately, results weren't what they would have wanted, particularly over the last two years. "But regardless, the way it was kind of handled in the end didn't fit the work that they put into it, and what they've done for Mayo as well. "That's Kevin, that's Stephen Rochford, and obviously all the backroom team. It's a lot of people who have been involved in Mayo a long time and put a lot of work into it, so really disappointed but not overly surprised with regards to how it was done. "We've had a tendency to do things probably not in the right way in Mayo, unfortunately, "It was unnecessary the way it was done in the end." Hennelly felt Mayo could have waited for next month to make a decision or otherwise acknowledge the circumstances which forced McStay out of the job earlier in the campaign. He referenced Antrim GAA's comments regarding Andy McEntee who did not have his term extended. Mayo thanked McStay in a 60-word contribution about his time with the county, while the Saffrons had a more detailed description of Entee's tenure. Hennelly continued: "It has been really abrupt. The championship is not even over. I'd say it's probably a bit unsettling for him and for everyone around him as well in the management team "I'm sure it was not easy news for him to get himself "Setting aside whether you think it's the right decision or wrong decision, there's still always going to be a better way of going about it. "I think people have made the contrast between the way Andy McEntee has left Antrim and how Kevin has left Mayo. "I think the big disappointment for Mayo supporters is just how it's been handled. "Unfortunately it's another example of where we're just not handling things well when it comes to how we go about our business in Mayo "It's a ruthless game generally if your performances or results aren't there "In the case of Andy McEntee, it was heartfelt from Antrim. There were words about him when he was leaving, and Kevin deserved that at least. "The initial communication of it wasn't professional. It wasn't fair. It wasn't representative of the three years of effort. "From someone who's played under Kevin but also just from a Mayo supporter perspective, it's not really good enough. "Whether you're a player or a supporter, particularly when you consider the last couple of months where he has had health concerns, it's very disappointing and totally unnecessary."
Irish Independent
20-06-2025
- Sport
- Irish Independent
Louth camogs on the winning trail too
Not forgetting the senior hurlers winning Division 4 of the Allianz League or the U17 hurlers winning the Celtic Challenge Cup. Then there's the senior Ladies footballers retaining their Leinster crown…but what about the third sport within the GAA 2027 amalgamation plans? Camogie has also been flying the flag for Louth, if somewhat under the radar. A few weeks ago the U16s lost out in an All-Ireland final to Mayo and just over a week past, the county U14 side won a Leinster Blitz Cup in Wexford, defeating Meath in the final. That win now puts the side into the All-Ireland Blitz series in August. For Sara English (Naomh Fionnbarra & St Anne's), along with her co-management of Maurice Rafferty (St Feckins) and Shane Fennell (St Brides), the cup success was a culmination of months of dedication from the young squad. 'We'd trials in January so they've been training up until the blitz,' explained Sara. 'In between that we've had a few challenge matches, there was a one-off match against Monaghan – that's part of the fixtures for this U14 squad - and we played in a blitz in Cavan winning two games and losing one. 'This was our first big blitz, the Leinster Blitz. It's one where teams have the opportunity to win silverware.' Played in atrocious weather conditions as the heavens opened and stayed opened most of the day as their first match was due to start against Meath, a game they lost, Louth won their next two games beating Wicklow and Carlow to make the semi-final. "It meant that we'd be in a final; if we beat Laois we'd be in the cup final and if we lost we'd still be in the shield final,' she said. ADVERTISEMENT 'But we were going for the cup, there was no shield coming back to Louth. So we went out, beat Laois in the semi-final and then reversed the earlier result against Meath to win the final. They did fantastic and all the girls got to play and get some game time.' The recent success of the county camogs has gone relatively unnoticed, slipping under the radar. The fact is, camogie players don't get the recognition their efforts deserve and people don't realise the work they put in, particularly at county level and, irrespective of whether the results go against them or not, their efforts are equal to what others are doing. Sara acknowledged that was the case however, she was quick to point out that the development of the player as a person, was equally important and that is something they get with their particular squad. 'There are only seven clubs in Louth and we're a really small, and tight, community and these girls play in their leagues with their clubs against each other and it's lovely to see how many different friendships have been formed through the Louth panel and different clubs mixing with each other, little groups of friends,' said Sara. 'They mightn't have been friends on day one or day five or week five, but now they're friends and that's great. 'But the attendance at training has been outstanding. We have a panel of 30 and we've had huge attendance at training every week and that stands to them; it stands to the development of them. And there's the social aspect of it. We ran a half day camp over the Easter period and sure they had great craic at it.' The success too adds to the players own self-esteem, the fact that they have won, Sara agreed, is a boost to their confidence. 'Yeah, they were delighted and they were delighted it was a cup because you know a shield is great too, but I mean, a cup is the big one, even if it's in their own division, it's something to strive for, that we actually won the cup final,' said Sara. 'And now we go in August, to the All Ireland series… an All Ireland Blitz on Saturday August 9 and then to the All-Ireland Camogie Final on the Sunday and we get to march around Croke Park, all of the under 14 development teams in the country get to march around at the half-time break. So we will fly the Louth flag high that day.'
Irish Examiner
18-06-2025
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Oisín O'Neill: They keep continuously changing the rules and as players, that's frustrating
A free for a foul on a player successfully claiming a kick-out mark will take place from where the infringement was made starting with this weekend's All-Ireland SFC preliminary quarter-finals and Tailteann Cup semi-finals. In an electronic vote prompted by the presentation of the Football Review Committee proposal at Central Council on Saturday, delegates voted 38 to one in favour of changing the experimental rule as it existed, which was a free brought forward 50 metres. Players fouled will have the option of taking a free from where the mark was awarded or a solo and go. That rule had caused major grievances for several inter-county managers including Kerry's Jack O'Connor and Cork's John Cleary. Counties had been utilising the option to bring the resultant free outside the 40m arc to kick two-point frees. However, Armagh manager Kieran McGeeney questioned the proposal on Saturday and Oisín O'Neill explained his manager's concern is the number of alterations to the list of experimental rules. 'I think Kieran's biggest issue with them is that they constantly change,' said the Crossmaglen Rangers man. Read More Jarlath Burns defends GAA's fixtures body in wake of Donegal criticism 'Half the league and then they changed and now they're talking about another change this week. Like, there's four rounds of championship left. 'He has no issue. It's more just that they keep continuously changing and as players, that's frustrating because your coach is working on one thing one week and then it might change. 'But look, whatever it is, it is and we'll be ready for the quarter-final in two weeks to do a massive rethink on what you're doing on some certain aspects.' At least Armagh will have that amount of time to adjust but this weekend's eight All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finalists will have half that period to respond. O'Neill recalls the previous amendments after Round 5 of the Allianz League. 'We probably had to tweak a few things that we've been working on and change certain things that we were trying to work on such as the mark. "You had to hold your hands up after going up and now you're being told you've five steps or whatever.'
