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BBC News
2 days ago
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- BBC News
McKernan not in Tyrone panel for Dublin quarter-final
Michael McKernan has not been not included in Tyrone's matchday panel for Saturday's All-Ireland quarter-final against Dublin. The 2021 All-Ireland winner - one of the county's standout players this year - was forced off early in the Red Hands' preliminary quarter-final win over Cavan with a shoulder injury. As a result, Peter Teague moves from the full-back line to cover McKernan at right wing-back, with Padraig Hampsey taking the number three shirt. Mark Bradley is named at full-forward after not featuring against Cavan, while Malachy O'Rourke's bench includes Peter Harte, Conor Meyler, Ruairi Canavan and Eoin McElholm. For Dublin, captain Con O'Callaghan is named among the subs having missed out on last week's preliminary quarter-final win over O'Dell was a late replacement for the Cuala club-man and he keeps his place in the Dublin attack, as does Eoin Murchan who was a late switch for Theo Clancy who is also named to start on the manager Dessie Farrell opts to make late switches remains to be seen, but as it stands, the Dubs will start with the same XV that got them Niall Morgan; Cormac Quinn, Padraig Hampsey, Niall Devlin; Peter Teague, Rory Brennan, Kieran McGeary; Brian Kennedy, Conn Kilpatrick; Seanie O'Donnell, Mattie Donnelly, Ciaran Daly; Darren McCurry, Mark Bradley, Darragh Canavan. Subs: Oisin O'Kane, Aidan Clarke, Michael Rafferty, Frank Burns, Shea O'Hare, Ben McDonnell, Michael O'Neill, Peter Harte, Conor Meyler, Ruairi Canavan, Eoin McElholm. Dublin: Stephen Cluxton; Eoin Murchan, David Byrne, Sean MacMahon; Brian Howard, John Small, Lee Gannon; Peadar O Cofaigh-Byrne, Killian McGinnis; Sean Bugler, Ciaran Kilkenny, Niall Scully; Paddy Small, Cormac Costello, Lorcan O' Evan Comerford, Luke Breathnach, Theo Clancy, Nathan Doran, Ethan Dunne, Alex Gavin, Tom Lahiff, Greg McEneaney, Ross McGarry, Cian Murphy, Con O'Callaghan, Niall O'Callaghan, Brian O'Leary.
BBC News
3 days ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Kickouts key in Tyrone v Dublin quarter-final
Tyrone All-Ireland winning defender Gavin Devlin believes kickouts will be important in the Red Hands' All-Ireland quarter-final against O'Rourke's side have had the benefit of a week off after topping their group, whilst Dublin had to overcome Cork in their preliminary who worked with Micky Harte at Tyrone, Derry and Louth, acknowledges the last eight tie is a tough one to call, but he backs the Red Hands to edge past the Dubs - if they can get the kickout right."It's the mouthwatering game that stood out from the off and it's two teams who will think they have a chance," he told BBC Sport NI. "Kickouts now are monumental and it's a platform to build from. A lot on Saturday will come down to kickouts, it's who can control their own kickout and get their hands on the ball and who can get after the other kickout and steal possession. "Whoever does that will win the game."Devlin, who won the Sam Maguire in 2003 and 2005, thinks that Dublin will be a much bigger threat if midfielder Con O'Callaghan is fit to feature after he missed the win over Cork."There's a lot made about Con last week and if he was available or not, we are not privy to the inside, maybe Con just was not available but if he was available and Dessie [O'Farrell] just decided not to put him in it was a gamble that paid off now he has the benefit of an extra week," he added."Everyone knows how important he is and Dublin still have those household names and characters that can turn the game. They're not the giants they once were but they still have transitional moments where they break forward and every pass is forward, and they have the know-how."Tyrone will be under no illusions of what they have to do to shut it down."Devlin, who now manages Derry club Magherafelt, also praised Tyrone's steady improvement under O'Rourke and hopes they are starting to peak at the right time."I've been really impressed by Tyrone although they got relegated in the National League, they left a lot of points behind but against Armagh they showed serious resilience and to top the group the way they did, with that win in Ballybofey against Donegal, it shows serious belief is with Tyrone."
Irish Times
7 days ago
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- Irish Times
Dessie Farrell hopeful Con O'Callaghan will be fighting fit for quarter-final
Dublin's Con-undrum. The deflationary impact on the county's supporters of the news that Con O'Callaghan would not line out was testament to the captain's importance to his team. Official confirmation of this state of affairs had emerged in the aftermath of the previous match he had missed in Croke Park, the defeat by Armagh when the wildness of the shooting, 18 wides, prompted a not so coded reaction from manager Dessie Farrell: ' ... one or two players that we needed something from, we needed a score or two from, just they never came from us and the gap was always too big.' Two weeks later, O'Callaghan was a late addition to the team to play Derry. The problem was a hamstring injury picked up against Galway in the vital group win in Salthill. After the narrow victory, Farrell admitted the player's inclusion had been a bit of a gamble. 'Yeah, you're never sure. We toyed with the idea maybe of holding him and keeping him for impact. But the risk with a player who's been injured and keeping him is that you use a sub and then he goes down and you have to use another sub, so we said we'd go Con from the start in the finish up and just delighted he was able to get through the game.' READ MORE Despite this full match and 0-5 scored, there were clearly concerns about his actual fitness. Farrell had a decision to make on Saturday. Could Dublin navigate the challenge of Cork without their key leader and attacking presence? He was completely aware of the pitfalls of being seen to take opponents lightly by keeping O'Callaghan under wraps. 'Yeah, that was the plan. It's not to say that we knew this wouldn't be a tight affair but we were just going to hope that we had enough. There were conversations with the coaches with a couple of minutes to go. We just decided to hold on. If it was a little bit tighter, I think you would have seen him come in for sure, yeah. 'We took the decision not to bring him on there. We sort of run the gauntlet on it a little bit for the last 10 minutes or so. Thankfully, that decision worked out, and we gave him an extra seven days to recover, and he should be good for the next day.' If 'should be good for the next day' doesn't sound like a ringing declaration, the decision at least gives the player another week for recovery. Dublin will know their All-Ireland quarter-final opponents on Monday when the draw is made shortly after 8.30am on Morning Ireland. The teams in the other pot are Armagh, Meath, Monaghan and Tyrone. As they met in the group stages, Dublin are protected from Armagh but can draw any of the other three. Meath have already defeated them in this year's Leinster semi-final.
Irish Times
21-06-2025
- Sport
- Irish Times
Dublin get there in the end against battling Cork
All-Ireland SFC preliminary quarter-final: Dublin 1-19 Cork 1-16 For a long time, this was shaping up to be Cork 's big win of the season. Just as Donegal had run foul of a fluent performance by John Cleary's team a year ago, so too Dublin looked to be on the receiving end this time. There were a couple of differences. Twelve months ago, Cork were at home in Páirc Uí Rinn and more alarmingly for the home team, this was no round-robin affair but an All-Ireland preliminary quarter-final. In the end, Dublin had enough composure to see it out but for most of the match, Cork were either ahead or staying within a point or two. READ MORE The evening started poorly for Dublin with the news that captain, Con O'Callaghan was out. He was replaced by Lorcan O'Dell but only a few weeks ago, in his absence, Armagh had won much as they liked on a visit to Croke Park and an air of apprehension settled on the disappointing crowd of 36,546. Initially, there looked no issue and the favourites sprang into a four-point lead, with a brace of points from Paddy Small and others from Ciarán Kilkenny and Seán Bugler. Cork's calm persistence characterised the first half. Chris Jones was allowed to get too close and opened the scoring in the ninth minute, followed shortly after by Mark Cronin's free to halve the lead. In the 12th minute a line ball from Brian Hurley into Ian Maguire was carried towards the Dublin goal before he spotted Jones making a run and like that the ball was in the net and the lead changed hands. Hurley's follow-up point meant that his team had shot an unanswered 1-3 in seven minutes. Dublin had been having some success on kick-outs, as Peadar Ó Cofaigh-Byrne got his hand to most, landing in his vicinity but Cork's intervention on the breaks improved and by the end of the half, they were stretching away by four after Jones kicked another score for a lead of 1-8 to 0-7. There were some bright spots for Dublin. An energetic display by Killian McGinnis was highlighted by one dispossession in the 23rd minute and Ó Cofaigh-Byrne won a throw-in to provide an assist for Cormac Costello but there was generally too much tentative play and a shot total of fewer than 30 told its own story by the end. On the stroke of half-time, Bugler hoisted a two-pointer to cut the deficit to two, 0-9 to 1-8 – an important contribution given how subdued the team's overall display was proving. [ Inspired 14-man Dublin beat Limerick in remarkable championship shock Opens in new window ] GAA All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Preliminary Quarter-Final, Croke Park, Dublin 21/6/2025 Dublin vs Cork Dublin's goalkeeper Stephen Cluxton dejected after Cork scored the opening goal Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/James Crombie Cork's inside forwards were constantly threatening and appeared able to score almost at will. Goalkeeper Stephen Cluxton came to his team's rescue when Jones was in on goal again but his opposite number Micheál Aodh Martin landed the 45. On the resumption, Bugler filled in the Con O'Callaghan role from last week by lurking on the spare sideline, awaiting the pop pass from Ó Cofaigh-Byrne, which had sourced two points against Derry at the start of either half but on this occasion, the Cuala centrefielder was beaten to the punch and Cork took off instead. Dublin did however level the match by outscoring their opponents 0-3 to 0-1 in the first 10 minutes of the half and even better, almost immediately hit the front, as Brian Howard rediscovered his scoring touch not from one of those sidestep and kick points but having pushed up front, he broke inside the D, lost the defence with a turn and rifled the ball into the net to put his team in front, 1-12 to 1-9. It will have disappointed Dessie Farrell that his team didn't use this as a turning point, instead continuing to play loosely and without much conviction. Cork to their credit took the goal in their stride and within three minutes, Colm O'Callaghan and Jones, from a turnover, reduced the deficit by two. Dublin needed to keep the scoreboard moving but Paddy Small kicked a terrible wide and after Ó Cofaigh-Byrne provided an assist for Gannon, his shot from an ambitiously tight angle was swallowed up by the Cork defence. Going into the final quarter, Seán Walsh restored Cork's lead and all the momentum of the Howard goal had evaporated. There was some energy off the bench for Dublin with the arrival of Cian Murphy and Luke Breathnach and the match teetered. To the winners' credit, they finally asserted themselves and after replacement Cathail O'Mahony levelled for Cork for the last time, Costello clipped a point from a Murphy assist and Paddy Small extended the lead. Cronin pulled one back but Daniel O'Mahony fouled Costello off the ball, giving his victim an easy free. In the 67th minute, the last chance came for Cork but Seán McDonnell's attempt at a two-pointer fell short into Cluxton's grateful embrace. The final play saw Howard set up Breathnach for the insurance score. Dublin make it into the quarter-final draw. It wasn't easy but what has been, this season? Dublin: S Cluxton; E Murchan, D Byrne, S McMahon; B Howard (1-0-0), J Small (0-0-1), L Gannon (0-0-1); P Ó Cofaigh Byrne, C Kilkenny (capt; 0-0-1); K McGinnis, S Bugler (0-1-3), N Scully (0-0-1); P Small (0-0-4), C Costello (0-0-5 2f), L O'Dell Subs: C Murphy for O'Dell (45 mins), L Breathnach (0-0-1) for McGinnis (56 mins), T Lahiff for Gannon (59 mins), N Doran for Scully (68 mins). Cork: MA Martin (0-0-1 45); D O'Mahony, M Shanley N Lordan; B O'Driscoll, S Brady, M Taylor; I Maguire (0-0-1), C O'Callaghan (0-0-2); P Walsh, S Walsh (0-0-1), S McDonnell; M Cronin (0-0-5, 2f), B Hurley (capt; 0-0-2), C Óg Jones (1-0-3). Subs: E McSweeney for P Walsh (48 mins), C O'Mahony (0-0-1) for Hurley (55 mins), S Powter for Taylor (58 mins), L Fahy for Lordan (63 mins). Referee: S Hurson (Tyrone).
BBC News
21-06-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Dublin edge battling Cork to reach All-Ireland last eight
Dublin held off a battling Cork side to win 1-19 to 1-16 at Croke Park and progress to the All-Ireland recovered from a poor start to lead 1-8 to 0-9 at half-time with Chris Og Jones scoring their goal with a composed were much improved in the second half with the forward trio of Cormac Costello, Paddy Small and Sean Bugler helping the hosts to a win after Brian Howard's goal had got them back in the wait for a first championship win over Dublin in 15 years goes on, as they fell agonisingly short against a more experienced Dubs were dealt a blow before throw-in as three-time All Star Con O'Callaghan, who was named to start after returning from injury in the win against Derry, dropped out of the squad. They started well as Paddy Small got an early point after 30 seconds, weaving through and tapping over when it looked like a goal chance would open fisted over another, again after driving directly at the Cork defence, with points from Ciaran Kilkenny and Bulger stretching the dominant Dubs' grew into the game and responded in ruthless fashion as Og Jones curled home their first point on eight minutes before their top scorer Mark Cronin added a Jones then rattled home a goal on 11 minutes, firing past Stephen Cluxton after Cork opted to take a quick sideline ball as the Rebels moved a point Hurley came to life with two well-taken points sandwiched in between John Small registering Dublin's first score in 13 two sides exchanged a few points before Og Jones squandered the chance of a second goal as his low effort from a tight angle was denied by then hit two-pointer as the half was drawing to a close to cut the gap to two points at the break. Dessie Farrell's side knew they needed to raise the tempo in the second half to stay in the competition and they managed to level five minutes after the restart after another fast momentum truly swung in their favour on 45 minutes as Howard drove inside before rifling into the roof of the net for his first championship goal as Dublin led for the first time since the fourth lead was swiftly wiped out as Cork reacted well to the goal, kicking three points in a Lordan also blocked a goal chance from Lee Gannon, before Sean Walsh registered another point to edge the John Cleary's men back in Costello levelled, and the two sides swapped scores for a period as the tight affair remained on a was until the influential Costello re-established a two-point lead for Dublin with a long-range McDonnell squandered the chance to level the game for the seventh time as his two-pointer attempt from a free dropped Breathnach had an impact from the bench as he curled over a late insurance point as Dublin moved into the last eight.
