GAA: Cavan v Donegal, Derry v Galway and all the Tailteann Cup action from around the country as it happens
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The bigger ball is where the GAA action is today as the SFC and Tailteann Cup continue with the clash between current All-Ireland champions Armagh and 2023 winners Dublin the pick of the games.
We'll keep you up to date on all games in our GAA blog below.
4 minutes ago
Game on in Kingspan Breffni and Celtic Park.
4 minutes ago
Eye-catching score-line in O'Connor Park from the early Tailteann Cup throw-ins, with Longford leading by 1-7 to 0-3 after fifteen minutes, with their goal coming from Oran Kenny.
11 minutes ago
Frank Roche at Kingspan Breffni:
Cavan v Donegal
Welcome to the new Group of Death, following Mayo's night of redemption in Omagh. Donegal start as favourites, despite or maybe even because of last week's surprise defeat to Tyrone in their one-time fortress of Ballybofey.
But Cavan will be buoyed, not just by their day-one victory in Castlebar but by the dynamic performance that underpinned it.
First up, though, comes the obligatory 'last-minute' changes. Raymond Galligan makes two alterations from the Cavan 15 unveiled on Friday, with Cian Madden and Seán McEvoy promoted to the home team's starting attack at the expense of Jason McLoughlin (who drops out of the match-day 26) and Ryan O'Neill (who reverts to the bench).
The big news from the Donegal dressing-room is that regular netminder Shaun Patton still hasn't recovered from the ankle injury that saw him miss out against Tyrone eight days ago, so Gavin Mulready deputises again.
There are two other switches from the announced line-up, Caolan McColgan and Conor O'Donnell coming in for Dáire Ó Baoill and All-Star Oisín Gallen.
If Jim McGuinness's charges can frank their favouritism and secure the win that their circumstances demand, it will set up a fascinating last-day finale in a fortnight, leaving all four teams deadlocked on two points apiece ahead of the meetings of Donegal/Mayo and Tyrone/Cavan.
CAVAN – L Brady; N Carolan, B O'Connell, C Reilly; P Faulkner, C Brady, K Brady; E Crowe, O Kiernan; G Smith, C McVeety, C Madden; S McEvoy, R Donohoe, C O'Reilly.
DONEGAL – G Mulready; F Roarty, B McCole, P Mogan; R McHugh, E Ban Gallagher, C Moore; H McFadden, M Langan; C McColgan, C Thompson, S O'Donnell; P McBrearty, M Murphy, C O'Donnell.
21 minutes ago
Dermot Crowe previews Derry-Galway here:
Dermot Crowe: Time for Galway to declare their intentions in Derry after deflating defeat to Dublin
Even with a qualification bar as low as we have in the All-Ireland football group stages — where only four teams are eliminated after 24 games — you still need to win at least one match to stay in the race. If that's not asking too much.
www.independent.ie
24 minutes ago
Crunch clash.
Both Derry and Galway are feeling the pressure having lost their first round games, with both sides hoping to get back on track today.
30 minutes ago
Colm O'Rourke: Armagh can highlight why they're champions against Dublin'
Some pre-match reading:
Colm O'Rourke: Armagh can highlight why they're champions against Dublin
After Dublin were beaten by Meath in the Leinster semi-final, most of the Gaelic games journalists were expecting an early exit from the championship for Dessie Farrell's side.
m.independent.ie
37 minutes ago
It's a sunny summer Sunday, a perfect setting for Gaelic football.
Derry-Galway (2.0) and Dublin-Armagh (4.0) are the big ones in the Sam Maguire today, with the final round of group games in the Tailteann Cup on the cards. Antrim-London (1.45) is knockout while Fermanagh-Wexford (1.45) is the curtain raiser in Croke Park.
We'll guide you through it all.
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