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Provincial club final previews

- MICHAEL VERNEY

TODAY

ULSTER CLUB IFC FINAL Mullahoran (Cavan) v Naomh Eanna (Antrim), Athletic Grounds, 5.0 With an average age of 23, Naomh Éanna’s pace may prove the difference.

Odds: Naomh Éanna 8/13, M’Horan 7/4, Draw 7/1. Verdict: Naomh Éanna

LEINSTER CLUB IHC FINAL Graigue-Ballycalla­n (Kilkenny) v Portlaoise (Laois), Nowlan Park, 1.45 New Laois hurling boss Eddie Brennan should get one over on his selector Tommy Fitzgerald. Odds: Graigue 1/4, Port 10/3, Draw 11/1. Verdict: Graigue-Ballycalla­n

LEINSTER CLUB JHC FINAL Dunnamaggi­n (Kilkenny) v Na Fianna (Meath), Nowlan Park, 12.0 Very difficult to look past the Kilkenny kingpins on home soil. Odds: D’Maggin 1/5, Na Fianna 7/2, Draw 11/1. Verdict: Dunamaggin TOMORROW ULSTER CLUB SFC FINAL

Gaoth Dobhair (Donegal) v Scotstown (Monaghan), Healy Park, 2.0 LIVE TG4 With Odhrán Mac Niallais in the form of his career, Donegal champions Gaoth Dobhair will be hard beaten but a Rory Beggan-inspired Scotstown can call on all of their experience to edge it.

Odds: G Dobhair 4/6, S’Town 13/8, Draw 7/1. Verdict: Scotstown

LEINSTER CLUB SHC FINAL Ballyboden St Enda’s (Dublin) v Ballyhale Shamrocks (Kilkenny), Netwatch Cullen Park, 2.0, Deferred TG4 Joe Fortune’s Ballyboden chase a first Leinster crown and with Conal Keaney still as good as ever, they are stiff opposition for Henry Shefflin’s Ballyhale and they may not be separated. Odds: Ballyhale 1/2, Boden 2/1, Draw 8/1.

Verdict: Draw

MUNSTER CLUB JFC FINAL Beaufort (Kerry) v Dromtarrif­fe (Cork), Mallow, 3.30 This should be one-way traffic for the Kerry side. Odds: Beaufort 1/7, Drom 9/2, Draw 12/1. Verdict: Beaufort

MUNSTER CLUB JHC FINAL Ballinamee­la (Waterford) v Cloughduv (Cork), Mallow, 1.0 Brian Verling’s frees should see Cork champions Cloughduv to success.

Odds: Ball 7/4, Clough 1/2, Draw 9/1. Verdict: Cloughduv

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