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Tyrone v Dublin live updates from the All-Ireland quarter-final
Tyrone v Dublin live updates from the All-Ireland quarter-final

Irish Daily Mirror

time4 days ago

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Tyrone v Dublin live updates from the All-Ireland quarter-final

The second of Saturday's All-Ireland Senior Football Championship quarter-finals sees Tyrone and Dublin collide at Croke Park. The match has a 6.15pm throw-in time, with the action only being shown live on GAA+. A one match pass for the game costs €12. Tyrone and Dublin's rivalry has been relatively quiet over the past few years compared to the 'Battle of Omagh' era, although that could well change tonight as both sides seek to book their place in the last four of the Championship. They've met twice in All-Ireland finals with Dublin winning in both 1995 and 2018. In between times, the Red Hands had some memorable wins over the Dubs courtesy of one of the greatest goals ever scored in Croke Park by Owen Mulligan. His stone-cold staredown of Hill 16 in the quarter-final replay of 2005 after plundering another goal helped Tyrone on their way to a second All-Ireland crown and they've doubled that tally with further titles in 2008 and 2021. They arrive at the quarter-final stages of this year's Championship as possibly the most unpredictable of the teams left standing in the race for the Sam Maguire. Could Malachy O'Rourke follow in the footsteps of Mickey Harte and Brian Dooher and Feargal Logan and guide Tyrone to All-Ireland glory in his first season in charge? Today's game sees both Tyrone and Dublin at a crossroads with one team seeking to prove their All-Ireland credentials and another bidding to show they still belong at the top table. So much of Dublin's fate rests on the shoulders of Con O'Callaghan. The Cuala ace is named on the bench, but it would be a surprise if he isn't in from the start. Tyrone have lost key defender Michael McKernan for today and possibly the remainder of the season with a shoulder injury, although Conor Meyler made a welcome return against Cavan after almost two years on the sideline. Should Tyrone win this evening, they'll feel a fifth All-Ireland title is suddenly very attainable while a win for Dublin would see them enter the last four with renewed sense of belief. We'll bring you live updates below. Allianz Football League Division One: Tyrone 2-20 Dublin 1-16 Tyrone lost their Division One status after a nine-year stint in the top flight despite an impressive final day win over Dublin at O'Neills Healy Park. Goals in either half from Darragh Canavan and Michael McKernan and a nine-point haul from Man-of-the-Match Darren McCurry wasn't enough to spare the Red Hands, who'll join Derry in Division Two next season. When Malachy O'Rourke sifts through the totality of Tyrone's campaign, there will be more positives than negatives as they claim the unwanted distinction of being the first team relegated from Division One on seven points. Yet, a few key moments contributed to their demise. Shane Walsh's last-gasp two-point free to salvage a draw for Galway in Tuam and their failure to score in the final quarter against Kerry despite the Kingdom losing David Cliford and Joe O'Connor to late black cards in Pomeroy spring to mind. Tyrone saved their best performance until last on a day when they realistically needed to win and hope one of Armagh, Kerry and Mayo didn't. They kept their end of the bargain despite an early blunder from Niall Morgan to gift Dublin an early goal. The Tyrone goalkeeper, who landed on his neck after making a great fetch in the opening minutes, came off his line to collect a David Byrne delivery, but failed to collect the ball, leaving Con O'Callaghan free to fire into an empty net. With Stephen Cluxton absent from the Dublin teamsheet, Gavin Sheridan was given the nod, but he could do little to prevent Tyrone from hitting the front via a stunning Darragh Canavan goal following a delightful pass from McCurry. The hosts were never behind from that point and kicked 10 points clear by half-time with the aid of a strong breeze with Kieran McGeary and McCurry (two) landing pointers while Canavan added a point from play after the hooter sounded. With results elsewhere going against them, Tyrone still had to take care of business. While they lost the second half 0-12 to 1-6, Michael McKernan's goal meant a second half comeback never materialised from the Dubs, despite a rally of five two-pointers. Four of those came from the boot of Cormac Costello, although his final score after the hooter was retaken with scores of fans already on the pitch. It capped off an unsatisfactory afternoon for both teams, although Dublin will at least have the consolation of Division One football in 2026. TYRONE: N Morgan 0-2 (0-2 45s); A Clarke, P Teague, N Devlin; M McKernan 1-0, R Brennan, K McGeary 0-2 (1tp); B Kennedy, C Kilpatrick; C Daly, M Donnelly 0-1, A Donaghy; P Harte 0-1, D McCurry 0-9 (1tp, 1tpfs, 0-3fs), D Canavan 1-3. Subs: S O'Donnell for Donnelly (41), R Canavan 0-2 for Harte (55) M O'Neill for D Canavan (56), S O'Hare for A Donaghy (64). DUBLIN: G Sheridan; D Byrne, T Clancy, C Tyrrell; C Murphy, S McMahon, G McEneaney; B Howard, P Ó Cofaigh Byrne; R McGarry, S Bugler 0-4 (1tp), N Scully 0-2; K McGinnis, C O'Callaghan 1-0, C Costello 0-8 (2tp, 2 tpfs). Subs: C Kilkenny for McGinnis (41), L O'Dell (1tp) for McGarry (43), J Madden for Ó Cofaigh Byrne (48), D Keogh for Scully (56), E O'Donnell for McEneaney (60). REFEREE: D Coldrick (Meath).

McKernan not in Tyrone panel for Dublin quarter-final
McKernan not in Tyrone panel for Dublin quarter-final

BBC News

time6 days ago

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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.

O'Rourke pleased with 'efficient' Tyrone display
O'Rourke pleased with 'efficient' Tyrone display

BBC News

time15-06-2025

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O'Rourke pleased with 'efficient' Tyrone display

Tyrone boss Malachy O'Rourke praised his side's efficiency in their 0-31 to 0-18 win over Cavan which booked their place in the All-Ireland Red Hands bounced back well from defeat against Mayo last time out as they swept away Cavan at Brewster had 11 different scorers as Darren McCurry top scored with 0-9 while Darragh Canavan finished with 0-5 and O'Rourke was content with their attacking display."We are delighted, I thought we were efficient up front when we did get the chances, we took a lot of them and I think in the first half our shot to score ratio was maybe 80% which was really high, so very pleased with that," he told BBC Sport NI."I thought early on we were conceding a bit of space, and they could have been closer to us but as the game went on, we got a stranglehold round the middle we won a lot of breaking ball, and we used the ball really well going forward." McKernan an injury worry for Red Hands Tyrone finished top of Group Four with the win, beating Donegal on the head-to-head rule and it means they go straight through to the last gives them an extra week's rest over their opponent, who will play in the preliminary quarter-finals next weekend.O'Rourke hopes they can use the additional week's rest to their advantage, although he admitted they may be without forward Michael McKernan for their next game after he went off holding his left arm just two minutes into the Cavan game."We were disappointed with the Mayo defeat, so we wanted to make sure we had a better performance today to give us our best chance of topping the group and getting through to the quarter-final so delighted with that and it's a case of recovering and focusing on what's ahead," he added."There's no doubt after high intensity games like these boys will be sore, so it gives you a bit of time to recover."Unfortunately, Micheal McKernan picked up a bad injury, he's away to hospital we don't know exactly what it is but we're hoping it is not as serious as it might be, and he'll have a chance to be there in two weeks' time."

Tyrone into All-Ireland quarters with big Cavan win
Tyrone into All-Ireland quarters with big Cavan win

BBC News

time15-06-2025

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  • BBC News

Tyrone into All-Ireland quarters with big Cavan win

Tyrone cruised into the last-eight of the All-Ireland series by beating Cavan by 0-31 to 0-18 to top Group Four at Brewster Park. The Red Hands were rampant in attack and gave a resounding reaction to their defeat by Mayo at Healy Park a fortnight ago with 11 different McCurry top scored with 0-9 while Darragh Canavan finished with 0-5. Tyrone finish top of the group beating Donegal on the head to head rule after the Tir Chonaill beat Mayo in Roscommon, and it means they go straight through to the O'Rourke's side led 0-18 to 0-7 at the break and hit seven unanswered points in a row including two, two pointers, first from Niall Morgan from a free before Peter Harte raised an orange flag to establish a seven point lead. Rory Brennan and Paddy Lynch who finished with nine points of his own traded two pointers but it was the speed and flair of the Red Hand attack that really was the story of the half despite seeming to struggle early on with their own kick-out as Cavan brought a physicality that was lacking in their Ulster defeat to the same opposition in April. The one blemish on the Tyrone first-half was losing Michael McKernan to injury after just two minutes with the Coalisland attacker exiting the field holding his left arm. Raymond Galligan's side needed a spark in the second half and got it through another Lynch two pointer. McCurry and Cormac O'Reilly traded scores before Tyrone hit six unanswered scores to lead 0-24 to 0-12 with twenty left to play. Arguably the biggest cheer of the day was reserved for Conor Meyler, who returned to be play for Tyrone for the first time in almost two years after a horrific run with injury. His last appearance came against Kerry at Croke Park in the last-eight of the All-Ireland in 2023. The Red Hands finished with a flourish as McCurry landed another two pointer while Under 20 footballer of the year Eoin McElholm came off the bench to put the icing on the cake and seal a thirteen point win for his county. Tyrone: Niall Morgan (0-2 2ptf); Cormac Quinn, Padraig Hampsey, Niall Devlin (0-1); Michael McKernan, Rory Brennan (0-3 1 2pt), Kieran McGeary (0-2); Brian Kennedy, Peter Teague; Seanie O'Donnell (0-1), Conn Kilpatrick, Ciaran Daly (0-1); Darren McCurry (0-9 3f, 1 2ptf), Mattie Donnelly (0-4), Darragh Canavan (0-5 1f).Subs: Peter Harte (0-2) for M McKernan (3), Aidan Clarke for N Devlin (30), Eoin McElholm (0-1) for M Donnelly (47), Ben McDonnell for C Kilpatrick (67)Cavan: Liam Brady; Niall Carolan, Killian Brady, Cian Reilly; Brian O'Connell, Ciaran Brady, Padraig Faulkner; Oisin Kiernan, Evan Crowe; Gerard Smith, Dara McVeety, Oisin Brady (0-1); Cormac O'Reilly (0-4), Paddy Lynch (0-9 1 45 3f 2 2ptf), Cian Sean McEvoy (0-1) for K Brady (32), Ryan O'Neill (0-2 1 2pt) for O Brady (50), Ruairi Curran (0-1) for O Kiernan (54), Killian Clarke for C Brady (61), Luke Fortune for C Reilly (66)Referee: Paddy Neilan (Roscommon)

Tyrone beaten again as Mayo edge Castlebar battle
Tyrone beaten again as Mayo edge Castlebar battle

BBC News

time16-02-2025

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Tyrone beaten again as Mayo edge Castlebar battle

Tyrone fell to a second straight Division One defeat as Mayo edged an attritional battle in Castlebar to win 0-12 to 0-10 and move off the bottom of the table. The Ulster county led 0-5 to 0-4 at the break and 0-9 to 0-7 with 20 minutes remaining, but the Westerners finished strongly to claim their first win of the campaign. Tyrone - still without their Errigal Ciaran contingent - also ended the game with 14 men after defender Michael McKernan was shown a second yellow card late Niall Morgan top-scored with 0-3 for Tyrone, who welcome Kerry to Omagh next week in a must-win game for Malachy O'Rourke's a largely forgettable first half, Mayo scored three of the opening four points through Frank Irwin, Davitt Neary and Cian McHale, with Morgan hitting Tyrone's only point in the opening dominated possession early on and could have scored a goal after seven minutes only for Morgan to deny Eoin McLoughlin, who also failed to turn in the rebound. But after Brian Kennedy notched a much-needed score for the visitors, Mayo were temporarily reduced to 14 men when Conor Reid was shown a black card following a clash with Darren McCurry. And while Matthew Ruane scored a lovely point for the hosts, scores from Michael McKernan, Mark Bradley and Eoin McElholm late in the first half gave Tyrone a slender advantage at the break. Despite Jordan Flynn's two-pointer putting Mayo back in front early in the second half, Tyrone built a two-point lead through a couple of Darren McCurry frees and two Morgan scores, one of which came from play. But after Ryan O'Donoghue and Fergal Boland brought Mayo level, the impressive Irwin curled a fine effort over the bar to nudge Kevin McStay's side in front once more. Cathal McShane came off the bench to knock over an important free for Tyrone before Morgan failed with a goal-bound shot when he could have taken a missed chance allowed Mayo to break up the field and win a free, which O'Donoghue converted to put the hosts ahead. And after McKernan was dismissed for hauling down Neary, Boland scored to ensure a much-needed Mayo victory and increase pressure on the Red Hands.

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