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The 42
22-07-2025
- Sport
- The 42
Drogheda United travel to Derry City for repeat of 2024 FAI Cup final after third-round draw
A REPEAT OF the 2024 FAI Cup final awaits in the third round of the 2025 competition as Derry City host the reigning champions Drogheda United. Drogheda were crowned champions last year for the second time in their history after a 2-0 victory at the Aviva Stadium. The sides meet again at the Brandywell on the weekend of Sunday, 17 August. Advertisement A classic Dublin derby between St Patrick's Athletic and current Premier Division champions Shelbourne is also a standout tie from the draw. Two other clashes between local rivals will come in the form of Kerry FC v Cobh Ramblers while Salthill Devon take on Galway United. An all-Munster meeting of Cork City and Waterford has also been confirmed following the draw while Longford Town will travel to take on Shamrock Rovers. Bohemians will welcome Sligo Rovers to Dalymount Park. Fixtures will take place on the weekend of Sunday, 17 August, with RTÉ providing live coverage of third-round action. The station will also cover the two quarter-finals, both semi-finals, as well as the final at Aviva Stadium on Sunday, 9 November. FAI Cup Third-Round Draw
Irish Examiner
17-07-2025
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
'You go to Croke Park, you don't show up, you get what comes after that': McLoughlin recalls low of 2014 fall to Tipp
On Sunday, Cork will have four survivors and Tipperary two in their squads from their last and inaugural senior hurling championship meeting in Croke Park. Munster champions Cork were caught cold by a Tipperary team who had stormed their way through the qualifiers and won that All-Ireland semi-final by 10 points. A dire performance 11 years ago hardly has a bearing now, but in front of almost 70,000 people, the vast majority of whom were from Cork, it took a lot of the good away from beating Limerick five weeks earlier. Upon his substitution in the 55th minute, Aidan Walsh apologised to manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy. Nevertheless, it serves as a reminder that being favourites and winning Munster doesn't go a whole way against a team from the province in Croke Park. In the last 10 all-Munster All-Ireland semi-finals or finals, the provincial winners have lost six times. Only Limerick (2020 and twice in '21) and Tipperary in '09 backed up their trophies. 'It was our first Munster in a number of years (eight), so there was obviously a high from that,' recalls Lorcán McLoughlin. 'And then you have to come down to kind of build up again. 'And Tipp just had been through the mill a few times. They'd been in All-Ireland finals a couple of years, and they just had a lot of experience, and they were ready. They hit the ground, and we were flat, and that's what happens. You go to Croke Park, you don't show up, you get what comes after that.' More had been expected after coming so close to emulating the previous All-Ireland success in 2005. 'We were a new team, an inexperienced team, but we got a great run at it from the All-Ireland quarter-finals and you build and build the confidence.' The feeling among the Cork players was dejection, McLoughlin says. 'It's no different to Sunday, where you appreciate the support. When you deliver a performance like that, it's hugely disappointing because outside of losing the game, you kind of realise the effort that supporters put in as well to kind of make that trip up.' Not that the Kanturk man is expecting history to repeat itself on Sunday. 'We've learned a lot from the last 12 months, really. We've learned a lot about the team. I think as supporters, we've learned a lot as well, that no game can be taken for granted. You still have to go and win it and deliver the performance. 'Finals are there to be won and you do whatever you have to do to win a final as well. They delivered a perfect performance, a brilliant performance against Dublin. I don't think anyone they played that day would have beaten them but the final is a new game again. 'I think there's enough there in terms of experience. I think the team are firing. There'll be nothing taken for granted against Tipperary. And there should be nothing taken for granted based on some of the lessons over the last 12 months.'
Extra.ie
16-07-2025
- Climate
- Extra.ie
Met Éireann predicts trouble for All-Ireland final
Cork and Tipperary hurlers are set to face difficult conditions in Croke Park this weekend with Irish weather up to its usual tricks. Despite a recent heatwave, this week has been up and down in terms of sunshine as heavy showers continue to break periodically throughout the days. According to the latest Met Éireann forecast, these bouts of rain will continue into the weekend and Sunday's final looks set to face some of the worst of it. Cork and Tipperary hurlers are set to face difficult conditions in Croke Park this weekend with Irish weather up to its usual tricks. Pic: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile Over 80,000 fans who will be attending the highly-anticipated showdown will likely need their ponchos and rain jackets with 'thundery showers, merging into longer spells of rain' forecast for the big day. This could also spell trouble for both sides in the final with wet and blustery conditions sure to play their part in how the afternoon unfolds. Sunday's forecast also includes 'spot flooding, local hail and lightning' but there will be chances of warm spells of sunshine in some parts of the country. Despite a recent heatwave, this week has been up and down in terms of sunshine as heavy showers continue to break periodically throughout the days. Pic: Tom Honan The build up to the weekend looks similar as well with the forecast predicting 'a mix of sunny spells and scattered showers' on Friday. However, these showers will turn heavy later in the afternoon and evening across east and northeast counties. Friday night will likely be mostly dry but isolated showers are still expected. The hurling showdown will get underway at 3.30pm on Sunday afternoon in Croke Park. Pic: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile Saturday looks set to be mostly dry with scattered showers continuing to dampen washing lines. The night time will see 'thundery bursts of rain' however, although some areas could escape the downpour. The hurling showdown will get underway at 3.30pm on Sunday afternoon in Croke Park. It is just the sixth time that the final will be an all-Munster affair. The previous time two Munster sides met in the final was just last year when Cork fell to defeat against Clare. The Rebels will be hoping to avoid a similar fate and secure their first All-Ireland title since 2005. Meanwhile, Tipperary's last success story in the competition came back in 2019 when they smashed through Kilkenny in a 3-25 to 0-20 victory. The difficult conditions forecast by Met Éireann will surely mean another entertaining and unpredictable clash for both sides and the hundreds of thousands of fans set to be tuned in.
Irish Independent
15-07-2025
- Sport
- Irish Independent
Kerry cricket team qualify for All-Ireland National Cup final
On Sunday, by a nerve-racking margin of nine runs, Kerry held their nerve against Carrickfergus to secure a place in their very first All-Ireland National Cup final. That event will take place at Bready Cricket Club in Tyrone – which hosts international matches – on August 17, and to add a little more spice to Kerry cricket history, their opponents will be Galway, who play in the Munster leagues with Kerry. So in cricket terms, the All-Ireland National Cup final is going to be an all-Munster affair.
Irish Examiner
14-07-2025
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
All-Ireland SHC final: 10 things recent Cork-Tipp meetings have told us
1. There will be goals And first prize for stating the obvious goes to… yes, we get you. When the two finalists who combined have scored 31 goals (Cork 17, Tipperary 14) and conceded 24 (Cork 11, Tipperary 13) it's an easy conclusion to reach. But it's what they bring out in each other that is the greatest reason to believe green flags will be plentiful. Their last eight championship meetings have yielded three goals or more and the average is almost four goals per match while Cork have scored four in each of their last three clashes. 2. Alan Connolly likes playing Tipperary Back-to-back hat-tricks would be a tall order for most but the Blackrock man achieved that feat in last year's league and later scored a trio of goals against Tipperary in their championship meeting. In three SHC clashes with the neighbours, he has scored 5-1, his latest goal coming three months ago. 3. Jake Morris likes playing Cork With late scores, Morris going back to his under-age years has been the bane of Cork. Also, in four straight senior championship games, he found the net against them and in each of his last three has produced three points from play. His total in the counties' three 2025 meetings is 1-7. 4. We have some indication of match-ups… some In their Munster meeting the match-ups began: Seán O'Donoghue v Darragh McCarthy, Eoin Downey v John McGrath, Niall O'Leary v Jason Forde, Ciarán Joyce v Darragh Stakelum, Rob Downey v Jake Morris, Mark Coleman v Conor Bowe and Robert Doyle v Alan Connolly, Eoghan Connolly v Brian Hayes, Michael Breen v Patrick Horgan, Sam O'Farrell v Seamus Harnedy, Ronan Maher v Darragh Fitzgibbon and Bryan O'Mara v Declan Dalton. McCarthy's red card before the throw-in made a hash of some of Cahill's plans and U20 All-Ireland winning captain O'Farrell is now in the forwards. Cahill probably didn't get a true indication of whether O'Mara is more suited to marking Dalton or speedster Barrett. Eoghan Connolly would seem tailor-made to shadow Hayes again. At the other end, O'Donoghue will surely pick up McCarthy again. Rob Downey will have a height advantage on Andrew Ormond but Ormond is resilient. Joyce has to be the man for Morris. 5. There won't be any more pre-match flare-ups It's one thing to start poking hurleys into each other in the second round of the Munster SHC but on hurling's biggest day referee Liam Gordon isn't going to tolerate the mass of clashes that broke out prior to their meeting in April. Besides, it can be counter-productive, Waterford's moves prior to the 2008 All-Ireland final against Kilkenny being the case in point. Too much is on the line to be too silly. 6. Cork won't mind having given out that Munster drubbing Cork will be hoping Tipperary don't come back to avenge their Munster defeat as Clare eventually did in 2013. However, it is the only time in four all-Munster All-Ireland finals in which the team victorious in the province has lost on the ultimate stage. Clare pulled off two wins over Cork last year as their predecessors did against Tipperary in 1997 as Limerick did in 2020 when they beat Waterford twice. And best mention league-All-Ireland final doubles too. Cork are aiming to emulate the likes of Limerick two years ago, Kilkenny in 2009 and '14 and Tipperary in 1950. No team has reversed a league defeat in the All-Ireland decider against the same opposition. 7. Tipperary won't mind having taken that Munster drubbing One can imagine Noel McGrath this week telling his younger team-mates about 2010 and '19 and how Tipperary came back from 10 and 12-point tankings against Cork and Limerick in Munster to later win All-Irelands. And those losses were with 15 men. Tipperary parked April's 15-point loss to Cork when they beat Clare in Ennis two weeks later, something Cork had failed to do the previous month. If one other hurling county has a superiority complex, it's Tipperary. 8. Three months is a long time in hurling Conor Bowe started the game in SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh yet can't make the Tipperary panel now. Gearóid O'Connor came off the bench in that game having began the Division 1 final at the same venue three weeks earlier yet has also been absent from the squad. That game was goalkeeper Barry Hogan's last before being replaced by Rhy Shelly. As for Cork, Ethan Twomey seems to be the biggest fall guy from Cork's one defeat to Limerick. After three starts, he has seen no action since being dropped for the final Munster SHC round victory over Waterford. 9. The stats that weigh heavy in Cork's favour Obviously, all the Cork group know what it takes and feels like to defeat Tipperary in championship but only seven of the Tipp panel have experienced the boot being on the other foot. Breen, Ronan Maher, John and Noel McGrath, Forde, Morris and Willie Connors all played in November 2020 when the county defeated Cork in an All-Ireland qualifier. Since then, the SHC record reads three Cork wins and one draw and their average margin in those wins is a pounding 15 points. 10. Tipperary's inside line is scoring more but not as deadly as Cork's We will preface our point by stating the incredible statistic by Peter McNamara that leading hurler of the year candidate Hayes has scored or assisted 20 of Cork's 35 championship goals (10 goals, 10 direct assists). However, Tipperary's triumvirate of McCarthy, McGrath and Forde in seven SHC appearances have amassed 9-90 (an average of 18 points per game and McCarthy was suspended for one game) compared to the Cork's trio of Horgan, Hayes and Connolly's 12-67 in six (17 points per game). However, 45% of those Tipp's scores came from frees/65s whereas Horgan's placed balls account for less than 40%.
