01-08-2025
Women's All-Ireland SFC final: All You Need to Know
Meath and Dublin lock horns again in the decider, four years on from the Royals causing a surprise when winning a first title after defeating their Leinster rivals.
The Royals followed up in 2022, with Dublin regaining their title the following year
Sunday's decider at Croke Park throws in at 4.15pm, with Antrim v Louth getting things up and running in the junior final at 11.45am, followed by Laois v Tyrone in the intermediate decider at 1.45pm.
ONLINE
Live updates of the senior clash and match reports on RTÉ.ie and the RTÉ News app.
TV
TG4 will broadcast live coverage of the senior and intermediate finals final, with the junior showdown on the TG4 Player. Watch highlights on The Sunday Game from 9.30pm on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player
RADIO
Live commentary on Sunday Sport on RTÉ Radio 1 and on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta's Spórt an Lae.
WEATHER
Cloud and rain will clear from the southeast on Sunday morning and for the rest of the day there'll be a good amount of dry and bright weather, with just a few showers in the northwest. Cloud will slowly build from the southwest through the evening. Highest temperatures of 16 to 20 degrees with a moderate to fresh westerly wind, easing later. For more go to
Meath v Dublin, Croke Park, 4.15pm
Orlagh Nolan is named to start in the Dublin team.
Nolan's 2024 season was cruelly cut short by an ACL injury sustained before the quarter-final clash with Galway but she returned against the same opposition in the recent semi-final – and performed well in a substitute's role as the Sky Blues won a dramatic game after extra-time.
She comes in for Caoimhe O'Connor, who sustained a hamstring injury against Galway last time out.
That's the only change in personnel from the semi-final, with Meath opting for an unchanged starting line-up.
However, there may be a change in personnel for the Royal County, as key defender Katie Newe was forced off with a knee injury during the semi-final win against Kerry.
Dublin won the most recent competitive clash between them, in the 2025 TG4 Leinster final.
Meath's last victory against their old rivals was in a National League Division 1 group game – while the Royals last achieved a championship win against Dublin in 2022, in Leinster.
The counties have not met in the All-Ireland series since the dramatic 2021 All-Ireland final.
Dublin are readying themselves for the 14th Senior final in the county's history – and a win for the Sky Blues would hand them a seventh All-Ireland crown. They were previous winners in 2010, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2023.
Dublin: A Shiels; J Tobin, L Caffrey, N Donlon; S Goldrick, M Byrne, N Crowley; É O'Dowd, H McGinnis; N Owens, C Rowe (capt), O Nolan; H Tyrrell, N Hetherton, K Sullivan.
Meath: R Murray; Á Sheridan, MK Lynch, K Newe; A Cleary (capt), S Wall, K Kealy; O Sheehy, M Farrelly; M Thynne, N Gallogly, C Smyth; E Duggan, V Wall, K Cole.
Antrim v Louth, Croke Park, 11.45pm
Antrim: A Devlin; N McIntosh, M Blaney, M Mulholland; S O'Neill, C Brown, C McKenna; A Mulholland, Á Tubridy; T Mellon, M O'Neill, A Kelly; B Devlin (capt), O Dahunsi, L Agnew.
Louth: R Lambe Fagan; R Beirth, E Hand, E Murray; H Lambe Sally, S McLaughlin, L Byrne; Á Breen (capt), A Halligan; L White, E Byrne, S Matthews; A Russell, K Flood, C Nolan.
Laois v Tyrone, Croke Park, 1.45pm
Laois: E Barry; S Farrelly, C Dunne, F McEvoy; A Gorman, A Moore, A Moran (capt.); F Dooley, J Moore; S Havill, E Galvin, C Crowley; E Lacey, E Lawlor, M Nerney.
