Meath hoping to give Dublin as good a game as Cork gave to Kerry
A week ago, Darragh Ó Sé 'couldn't make an argument for Cork getting anywhere close' to beating Kerry in their Munster championship meeting on Saturday, so today he's doffing his cap to them for taking the game in to extra-time. '
It was great to see some of that old fire back in the Cork bellies
,' he writes, having a notion that the team being written off helped put it there. The challenge now, though, is to kick on and prove that they don't need to see the Kerry jersey to keep that fire burning.
Another of football's great rivalries has been a wholly one-sided affair over the last 15 years, it being that long since Meath last beat Dublin. '
If it's not yet a dead rivalry, then it's certainly a dormant one
,' writes Gordon Manning in the build-up to Sunday's game in Portlaoise, which will be the first Dublin-Meath championship fixture outside Croke Park since 1980.
Seán Moran, meanwhile, has been reading through a discussion paper published last week, the subject the effect on Gaelic players' mental health when they're competing in
'an amateur sport in a professional context'
. The findings are stark, but Seán notes that the paper is based on data gathered in 2018 and wonders if matters have improved since then, particularly with the introduction of the split season.
In soccer, there is yet more upheaval at the FAI with the announcement on Tuesday that
Marc Canham is quitting his role as their chief football officer
. His three-year reign was an eventful and not altogether successful one, that 231-day search for a successor to Stephen Kenny especially shambolic.
READ MORE
In rugby,
Gordon D'Arcy wonders what impact Rieko Ioane will have for Leinster
when he arrives in November on a seven-month contract, attack coach
Tyler Bleyendaal looking forward to working with the New Zealander
. But his focus, he tells John O'Sullivan, is on this season's challenges, next up Scarlets in the URC on Saturday.
Connacht and Ulster both face South African opposition as they attempt to keep their top-eight hopes alive, Linley MacKenzie talking to Cullie Tucker ahead of
Connacht's game away to the Lions
, Michael Sadlier hearing from Richie Murphy whose
injury-ravaged Ulster
side host the Sharks.
And in golf, Philip Reid is
counting down to Royal Portrush hosting The Open
in July, when a record crowd of 278,000 spectators will attend the championship, but a lot of work needs to be done before Portmarnock gets the chance to become the first course outside the UK to host the sport's oldest Major.
TV Watch
: There's more coverage of snooker's world championships on BBC1, BBC Four and TNT Sports through the day and evening. At 8.0, Arsenal play Crystal Palace in the Premier League (Sky Sports) and Inter Milan meet AC Milan in the second leg of their Coppa Italia semi-final (Premier Sports 2).
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Irish Examiner
an hour ago
- Irish Examiner
Limerick Desmond league in with chance of first Kennedy Cup
Limerick Desmond League – from the west of the county – can win their first-ever SFAI Kennedy Cup if they prevail in Friday's final against Donegal on home soil of University Limerick. They reached the final of the U14 national inter-league tournament by seeing off last year's finalists North Eastern Regional League in a penalty shootout, with goalkeeper Michael Giltenane the hero. Ronan Magner gave the huge home crowd something to cheer by firing Limerick ahead. The team beat their district league in Wednesday's quarter-final were pegged back by Bobby Curtis's late equaliser but eventually snatched an historic spot in the decider. Cork were denied their place in the final by a resilient Donegal side, who struck late in their semi-final to eke out a 2-1 triumph. Kurt Obanor put the northerners ahead in the first half against the run of play. Seán Horgan's displays for the Rebels have been a highlight of the five-day festival and his cross forced an own-goal to give them 10 minutes to complete the comeback. Instead, Darragh Edwards buried a curler in the last minute to nick it for Donegal. Waterford, beaten quarter-finalists to Cork, advanced to the final of the Plate subsidiary section against Limerick district by sweeping past Kerry. Kilkenny will meet Dundalk in the Shield final, while DDSL and Kildare clash in the Bowl.
Irish Examiner
an hour ago
- Irish Examiner
Kerry make five changes as Mark O'Shea set to make first championship start
The Kerry team announced to start Saturday's All-Ireland SFC Group 2 final round game against Meath in Tullamore shows five changes from the side that began the Round 2 win over Cork. Barry Dan O'Sullivan (knee), Paudie Clifford (hamstring) and Paul Geaney (shoulder) were not expected to start and in come Mark O'Shea for a starting championship debut, Killian Spillane and Dylan Geaney. In defence, Dylan Casey and Brian Ó Beaglaoich make way for the experienced pair of Paul Murphy and Tadhg Morley, although Austin Stacks's man Casey is among the substitutes where Dara Moynihan returns. Morley was a late replacement for Ó Beaglaoich in Cork last month. It's certainly a depleted Kerry group that make the trip to Glenisk O'Connor Park as Diarmuid O'Connor (groin) is still unavailable. A win or a draw will be enough for The Kingdom to top the table and earn an automatic All-Ireland quarter-final place and a two-week break. KERRY (SFC v Meath): S. Ryan; P. Murphy, J. Foley, T. O'Sullivan; T. Morley, M. Breen, G. White (c); J. O'Connor, M. O'Shea; G. O'Sullivan, S. O'Shea, M. Burns; D. Clifford, K. Spillane, D. Geaney. Subs: S. Murphy, D. Casey, T. Brosnan, A. Heinrich, C. Geaney, E. Looney, S. O'Brien, T.L. O'Sullivan, D. Lyne, C. Trant, R. Murphy, D. Bourke, D. Moynihan.
RTÉ News
4 hours ago
- RTÉ News
Ryan Cullen and Charlie Eastwood set for the 24 Hours of Le Mans
There are two Irish divers, Ryan Cullen and Charlie Eastwood - the 2018 Motorsport Ireland Young Racing Driver of the Year - competing in this weekend's in world's most famous motor race: the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Sadly, the race will not contain the Cork born racer Matt Griffin who finished on the podium at the Le Mans 24-hour race in 2013, as well as winning the Spa 24-hour race twice. It's left to Cullen and Eastwood to fly the flag for Ireland in Le Mans with Cullen racing in a three-man driver line up for the Vector Racing team while Eastwood is with TF sport. Cullen will race alongside the Brazilian Pietro Fittipaldi, who is test and reserve driver with the Hass F1 team, and grandson of two-time F1 world champion Emerson Fittipaldi. Cullen's other team-mate is the Russian Vladislav Lomko who, like the Irish man and Fittipaldi, is racing with Vector Racing in the European Le Mans series where the trio lie second in the championship after the opening two round in Spain and France. The team will compete in the LMP2 category in Le Mans this weekend. Eastwood, meanwhile, is poised to make a run at the LMGT3 category with TF Sport driving the #81 Corvette Z06 GT3.R and will be accompanied by teammates Rui Andrade and Tom Van Rompuy. While their Corvette has been held back so far by a few hiccups and sits 15th in the standings, its number 33 team car– which won the first round of the World Endurance Championship in Qatar - will arrive at Circuit de la Sarthe as leader of the LMGT3 standings. The battle in a class of twenty-four cars will obviously be fierce and tight. "Last year we didn't have a great race at Le Mans, but we took a big step forward after the race and during the summer break," said Eastwood. "That showed with some really strong performances in the last three events last year, and we've carried that forward into this season. "We are all looking forward to Le Mans, as for one reason or another we haven't had the start of the season we were hoping for. "I love every single part of Le Mans. It is the best endurance race in the world and by far. "I have so many good memories and key memories of Le Mans: my first laps, the first time I did the parade, the first time I did a qualifying lap, the first time I took the start and heard the roar of the crowd over the engine, which I've never heard anywhere else. "And I have fond memories of winning in 2020. This race it is a dream for many, and I have been lucky enough to do it several times and win it." Eastwood was part of the TF Sport team that won the LMGTE Am category at the 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans. The race will roar off the grid on Saturday at 3pm Irish time. Meanwhile, Kris Meeke, the five time winner at World Rally Championship level, has withdrawn his entry for next week's Donegal International Rally. The 45 year old was due to race in a Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 with navigator Brian Hoy in Donegal the car which is at the top of the standings with Meeke at the wheel in the 2025 Portuguese Rally Championship with the Irishman winning three of the opening four rounds. However Hoy was hospitalised after a crash while navigating Garry Jenning's Ford Fiesta Rally2 at the recent Cavan Stages Rally and Hoy is not fit enough to compete in Donegal next week. "I had hoped to be out on Donegal International Rally this year, and Brian Hoy was due to co-drive" said Meeke on social media. "Out of respect to Brian, I felt uneasy to search around for a co-driver who I'd no experience with. "So, finally we decided to postpone our entry until the future. Huge thanks to all who put in the effort to put everything together.
