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LEINSTER SFC
Tonight (7pm): Laois Hire O’moore Park, J Henry (Mayo)
Laois were impressive in Dunne, who got a straight red. dismissing Leitrim in the Division Hyland has 14 points from 4 final at Croke Park a fortnight play and a mark in his last three ago, firing 3-14 and conceding games. just 0-9. Cormac Egan is injury free and
offaly only managed two wins relocated at wing back. With a and a draw in Division 3 and had run of games he can show his Wicklow and Limerick not been class. so far off the pace, they might Evan o’carroll, Paul Kingston, have made the drop. Eoin Lowry and Mark Barry will
However, two of their losses test the offaly defence in what is were by a single point. a real 50/50 game.
They diced with relegation in Laois have lost just one game thier last game, just edging Limerick all year, at home to Leitrim, out by a point in Tullamore. when a win would have given
Dylan Hyland hit five points them promotion. and is a prolific scorer, but was Whoever holds their nerve here sent off that day, along with Nigel will get the job done.
HOME HOME HOME HOME DRAW DRAW DRAW LAOIS v OFFALY AWAY verdict: DUBLIN v MEATH AWAY LOUTH v WEXFORD DRAW
11/1
AWAY KILDARE v WICKLOW
so MAYBE Kildare have caught a break, although when you lose all seven of your league games, you can hardly point to bad luck.
They were already on the slide before injuries to their two biggest scoring threats — Ben Mccormack and Darragh Kirwan — proved a bridge too far.
at least Kirwan saw game time in the final round against Louth.
The Lilywhites would have expected to be facing Division 3 champions Westmeath, but Wicklow shocked them last weekend.
Christopher o’brien hit three points from play and Dean Healy was an influential figure, hitting
AWAY
5/1
RTE
Tomorrow (4.30pm): Croke Park, T Murphy (Galway)
WE’LL see if Colm o’rourke’s They also got Ronan Ryan back barking dog has some bite here. on the field and Darragh Campion
it’s an onerous task for an extremely came in. young Meath side. it will be interesting to see who
Dublin will be keen to atone for starts in goals for Dublin. Could their Division 1 final defeat by stephen Cluxton return or will he Derry last time out. This might be be held for the all-ireland series? particularly bad time to face them. That would leave Evan Comerford
Meath will be concerned at and David o’hanlon battling it out. leaking three goals against Dublin were without Lee Gannon Longford, a couple of them messy and Cormac Costello for their enough, and one goalie sean League final defeat by Derry. Brennan won’t want to see again. They also have James Mccarthy
James Conlon hit 1-6 from play, and Michael Fitzsimons while Eoghan Frayne and Jordan to bed back in, and very little has Morris both shot four points from been seen of Jack Mccaffrey, play, the latter playing his first so they’ll hardly be in any way game of the year. panicked.
33/1
verdict:
Tomorrow (4pm): Laois Hire O’moore Park, S Mulhare (Laois) WEXFORD are one of the form to be coming together for the teams in the country right now, Mayor of Wexford. but meeting a side which finished Mark Rossitor, who hit 2-2 mid-table in Division 2 is a big against Carlow, and sean Nolan step up. with 1-7 are in fine scoring form.
Ger Brennan is benefitting from Louth’s range of scorers may be Mickey Harte’s work. stabilising too much though, with sam Mulroy, themselves in Division 2 is key. Ryan Burns, Ciaran Downey
Wexford hit four goals past and Tom Jackson all capable of Carlow in the Leinster preliminary racking up big tallies. round last weekend, and were They averaged over 17 points hugely unlucky not to make the per game in Division 2, with Division 4 final and win promotion. Conor Grimes, Tommy Durnin and Ciaran Keenan chipping in.
They only missed out on the The winner here will take on head to head with Leitrim. Kildare or Wicklow, so there is a
it’s John Hegarty’s second year clear path to a Leinster final with and the pieces of the jigsaw appear Dublin on the other side.
verdict:
Tomorrow (1.45pm): O’moore Park, S Lonergan (Tipperary) two points as they recorded a 2-9 to 0-11 victory at Portlaoise.
Getting down, back up again and being prepared for Kildare is a big ask in just a week for oisin Mcconville’s side.
Glenn Ryan’s men suffered final quarter fade-outs in games this spring, so if Wicklow can keep it tight well into the second half they’ll fancy their chances.
you’d imagine Kildare will have more space to operate in here and that may spur them on.
They know that if they’re to make the all-ireland series they need to win here and take out Wexford or Louth in the semi-final.
verdict: GAAGO
THE Football Review Committee, chaired by six time All-ireland winning Dublin manager, Jim Gavin, and with Meath’s Seamus Kenny as secretary, wants your view on the future of the game.
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