GAA: Follow all the football action from around the country as the SFC group stage concludes
There's a bumper day of action as the group phase of the All-Ireland SFC reaches its conclusion.
You can follow all the action as it happens from around the grounds in our liveblog below.
All-Ireland SFC
Louth v Clare, Laois Hire O'Moore Park, 2.0
Monaghan v Down, Box-It Athletic Grounds, 2.0 – RTÉ 2
Donegal v Mayo, King & Moffatt Dr Hyde Park, 4.0 – RTÉ 2
Tyrone v Cavan, Brewster Park, 4.0
Tailteann Cup quarter-finals
Wicklow v Westmeath, Echelon Park, 1.15 – GAA+
Limerick v Wexford, TUS Gaelic Grounds, 3.45 – GAA+
All-Ireland MHC semi-final
Cork v Clare, FBD Semple Stadium, 1.0 – TG4
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Colm O'Rourke: Day of reckoning is upon Mayo as Donegal will not take any prisoners in battle to progress
Colm O'Rourke: Day of reckoning is upon Mayo as Donegal will not take any prisoners in battle to progress
Mayo face a day of reckoning today. If both Mayo and Cavan lose then Cavan qualify in third place on the head-to-head, even if their scoring difference is very poor. Donegal will qualify unless both Cavan and Mayo win, which is very unlikely.
m.independent.ie
22 minutes ago
First up today is the Tailteann Cup last eight clash between Westmeath and Wicklow in Aughrim, with the away side on a high after a big win over Laois last week.
30 minutes ago
Some reading before today's clashes.
Joe Brolly: Mayo folk are oblivious to rampant 'MHOS' but harsh reality coming their way will be soon forgotten
Joe Brolly: Mayo folk are oblivious to rampant 'MHOS' but harsh reality coming their way will be soon forgotten
If this were an All-Ireland final against Donegal, then Mayo would have no chance today. In fact, if Mayo were playing Carlow in the final, they would have no chance. But it isn't. And when it isn't the final, Mayo always have a chance.
m.independent.ie
39 minutes ago
Lots of crunch football clashes today in the final round of group stages of the Tailteann Cup and the Sam Maguire. Mayo-Donegal tops the bill at 4.0 and we'll be guiding you through all of the action.
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Home comforts have Donegal's Shane O'Donnell in flying form
Sitting on the bench for the final moments of Donegal's clash with Mayo at Dr Hyde Park on Sunday, Shane O'Donnell was cognisant of the permutations as the game entered its final moments. Fergal Boland's sweet outside of the boot strike had just brought Mayo level. Their championship was alive and Cavan's over. A win would change nothing for Donegal. The draw would have been sufficient for them to claim second in the group and a home preliminary quarter-final spot. Still, Shaun Patton sent a kickout towards halfway, finding Ciarán Moore. The hooter blared, but the half-back hared forward and his winner stuck a dagger in Mayo's championship heart. Mayo's year had stopped beating but Cavan's still had a pulse. 'I was fully aware because I was just after coming off at that stage,' explained O'Donnell at the All-Ireland SFC knockout stages launch. 'Now the boys on the pitch was probably a different story. When you are caught up in those type of games and those type of moments, you are not thinking about other things. 'There was a few boys probably shouting at him to kick it out. There was probably a few boys shouting at Shaun to drain the clock and wait for the hooter to go. 'It was just so hard to get messages on board even when I was on the pitch. You were unable to hear things from the sideline just because of the way the stand was. The stand was on top of the bench nearly.' O'Donnell has nailed down a half-forward spot for himself in this Donegal team. The St Eunan's man made his inter-county debut in 2022 during Declan Bonner's final year in charge. He stepped away for the 2023 season before returning last year when Jim McGuinness made his comeback. The biggest factor in his consistent form has been returning to live in Donegal. 'I was in Dublin there for four years so it was very taxing on the body, which kind of led to me taking the break as well there in between,' he said. 'I suppose after my first year in I thought maybe that I wasn't performing as much as I would have liked to be performing. I was maybe putting that down to fatigue and tiredness. Driving can be hard on the body as well with hamstrings. Last year, I was kind of nearly living out of the car at one stage. 'I stepped back a bit then and tried to focus on my career and my college. When I went back in last year with Jim coming back, it was hard to turn it down. 'It worked out well with how my timetable was in terms of placement and in terms of DCU. But it was a busy season last year with Sigerson as well. You were having two games a week nearly during the league. That was tough. It was nice to get on the other side of that and put all my focus into one thing. 'Comparing to other years, I feel a lot fresher and a lot healthier now this year.' Leaving the panel for the 2023 season was a tough decision, but also the right one. 'The first year I went in, we got to the Ulster final,' he said. 'We fell short in extra-time against Derry, who were flying at the time. 'I had to be selfish in a way and look after my body myself and other things as well. I got to go out to America in that summer which was a nice freshener, which I suppose drove the hunger back into me then to get back and play football.' Donegal face Louth in Ballybofey on Sunday. Ulster champions against Leinster champions. O'Donnell does think it curious that none of the provincial champions managed to win their groups and progress straight to the quarter-finals. 'We took our eye off the ball I think against Tyrone,' said O'Donnell, 'so we're probably in the place that we probably deserve to be.'
Irish Daily Mirror
6 hours ago
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'Icon' Michael Murphy hailed by Donegal team mate Shane O'Donnell
Shane O'Donnell isn't surprised 'idol' Michael Murphy is thriving on his return to the inter-county stage. Murphy's u-turn on his Donegal career last Autumn came out of the blue. And while many felt he might be an impact sub for Donegal, the big Glenswilly man has not only cemented a starting place, but has been the main main in recent weeks. Murphy's threat as a long kick out option for Shaun Patton and his dead ball ability have seen the 2012 All-Ireland winning captain even more central to Donegal's plans than many imagined. With Patrick McBreaty currently not seeing much game time and Oisin Gallen out of form, Murphy has stepped up to the plate once again. Murphy, who turns 36 in August, picked up the RTE Man of the Match award after last weekend's victory over Mayo and has been highly influential throughout this year's Championship. 'He's a bit of an icon in there for a lot of us because there's a lot of young boys there that wouldn't have played with him beforehand,' said O'Donnell. 'Now, thankfully I was there for his last year under Declan Bonnar and Stephen Rochford. 'I was able to work with him for a year but there's a lot of new faces there at the minute that wouldn't have seen him there before. "I think a lot of us now just kind of idolise him and look up to him, which is always a good thing I suppose - to have him there as well.' New faces like Finbarr Roarty and Ciaran Moore - both flying for Donegal this year - are getting their first experience of working alongside Murphy as team mates. O'Donnell says he's not surprised at Murphy's impact: 'When you're in the club championship, Glenswilly were flying with him there and he was performing well in all those games. 'I had a fair idea that he would have settled in well whenever he came back, probably not as well as what he's doing at the minute. 'He's performing in all the big games for us at the minute and he's coming away with individual awards as well. 'He's doing very well and I'm very happy for him because there's no better man to be getting that recognition, because he deserves it. 'It's good to have him back. He's a great man and he's a great ambassador for Donegal.'
RTÉ News
8 hours ago
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Nadine Doherty: Vikki Wall being held to a 'different standard' by refereeing calls
Former Donegal footballer Nadine Doherty feels Meath's two-time All-Ireland winner Vikki Wall is held to a "different standard" to her peers when it comes to refereeing decisions. Speaking to RTÉ's Game On, Doherty highlighted Wall's sin-binning in Meath's 0-07 to 0-04 win over Kildare and felt the decision was harsh on the 27-year-old, with the yellow card incurred in the 44th minute when she was adjudged to have fouled Claire Sullivan. "The biggest talking point in that game was Vikki Wall's sin-bin. It wasn't a sin-bin for me," said Doherty. "I just felt that Vikki had the ball, she was at full pace which is a lot of pace but that's her strength, so she can't be punished for that. "And the Kildare player came across her, very clearly put two hands up to Vikki's chest. Vikki saw this late, turned her shoulder to protect herself as you would and straight away I knew she'd get a sin-bin, and you could see she was dumbfounded, as was everybody." Doherty feels that has not been an isolated occurrence and feels the player has been incurring more on-field punishment than has been warranted by the way she plays the game. "It just angers me to be honest because she's one of our top players," she said. "Look, Vikki is attritional, she has a lot of pace. Does she commit fouls? Of course she does. "But I just feel she's held to a higher standard. Not even a higher standard but a different standard when it comes to the majority of referees in this country. "I just think she's one of our top players, who has come home from AFL. She could easily have stayed out there (in Australia) for a year. "She has come home, back into that Meath team, she's upping the standard of our game and I just don't understand how week after week these calls are made against her." While she viewed Wall's sin-binning as "simply a bad call", Doherty did distinguish that from the wider issue of the charging rule in women's football. "I just think the charge rule is outdated. I don't know why it's in our game. Is it to keep our game and I put this in inverted commas, a 'non-contact sport' game? "The game isn't non-contact. It's full-contact, it's a physical game. I don't see the point of (the charge rule) because it actually puts refs in positions where sometimes I feel they don't actually know what the right call is. They might argue that. "Because it's such split-second tackles, it's all in the moment. But I just think at the weekend that Vikki was punished and shouldn't have been and I just think over the last few years, she's held to a different standard in that regard. "And teams also play into that. You can see it. When Vikki has the ball and she's at full tilt, teams play into it and sometimes that's the only way they can stop her is to draw a charge." Follow a live blog on the All-Ireland Football Championship on Saturday and Sunday on and the RTÉ News app. Listen to updates on Saturday Sport and Sunday Sport on RTÉ Radio 1. Watch highlights on The Saturday Game at 9.15pm and The Sunday Game from 9.30pm on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player.
