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On the field their mix-and-match team came up short against Tipperary last week in Thurles, the deficit largely apparent in a lacklustre attack that managed just five scores from play from their starting six – who, to be fair, weren’t well served by an uninspired supply throughout. They should be more fired up for this after such a mediocre outing. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"U3DWRUQXCBHHBMYT7SEYMCUUJE","additional_properties":{},"content":"Kilkenny’s match with Limerick was called off but the previous outing was a comfortable win in Wexford, where the disinclination to build on a huge half-time lead was most uncharacteristic. Martin Keoghan has been largely carrying the visitors’ attack but the extra week might allow some game time for the Ballyhale trio TJ Reid, Adrian Mullen and Richie Reid as well as last year’s top forward, John Donnelly. <b>Verdict: </b>Cork","type":"text"},{"_id":"NOZXY7NBCZC75NEE2ZBFQHGZPU","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"W3TQISKYI5DYLD4ORC2JNQVFTI","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Wexford v Galway, Chadwicks Wexford Park, 5pm –</b> There was a morale boost for Wexford last week in a deserved win at Cusack Park. It underlined how important Lee Chin is to the team, as the former All Star returned to action, bringing physical focus to the forwards and driving the team to a first win. Manager Keith Rossiter was a happier man after three successive defeats. While the requisite effort and work rate were all there, there were also good performances around the field – such as Damien Reck after his switch on to a previously rampant Tony Kelly. 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Tom Monaghan has also been in good form at centrefield and the team has performed well after the crash-and-burn against Tipp of a very callow opening-day team. <b>Verdict: </b>Galway","type":"text"},{"_id":"XP5GI5HMENBETESOP54LLPRIRU","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division 2: </b>Kerry v Meath, Austin Stack Park, 3.30pm.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KGZAHKM6XVEMHGLQYE7SDY6WTQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division 4: </b>Lancashire v Louth, GAA Centre of Excellence, Abbottstown, 2pm; Leitrim v Monaghan, Glennon Bros Pearse Park, 2pm.","type":"text"},{"_id":"XJWDSUXKHZF5VIURLEUGKWPD2I","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Sunday</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"XGQULONIAZFVRNHMK2MCPJCIMM","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division 1A</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"WALXXTWJCJE6VEG5W7OI7G5Q4Q","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Limerick v Clare, TUS Gaelic Grounds, Limerick, 3.45pm (Live TG4) –</b> The latest chapter in a defining rivalry in recent championships comes at a downbeat time for the All-Ireland champions, as they travel to take on their predecessors. Clare got back a number of their first team for Wexford’s visit last week but clearly things aren’t nearly up to speed. John Conlon’s return was cut short, as it also had been last year, and meant they were missing their entire half-back line with David McInerney and Diarmuid Ryan still out; more broadly, the whole middle third may struggle. News of Shane O’Donnell’s unavailability for the rest of the year is another drain on morale. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"LYRJNVRDXJHNRFZACCBMA5BQFQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"Y33TD4XWQBEH7LURXGG2RZKSX4","additional_properties":{},"content":"Limerick have been in buoyant form, the only unbeaten team in the division – albeit after only two matches – and getting good mileage out of their younger or emerging players, Aidan O’Connor particularly impressive in attack over the opening matches. Their big challenge for the year – the injury to goalkeeper Nickie Quaid – has been positively addressed to date by alternating Jason Gillane and Shane Dowling, both of whom had decent outings, varying their restarts as required. Limerick were the one team to frustrate Clare in last year’s championship, availing of their generosity on day one and keeping them at bay in the Munster final. John Kiely’s team are also motoring better at present and will be eyeing up the opportunity to make a point to their neighbours. <b>Verdict: </b>Limerick","type":"text"},{"_id":"4YEEUOY3S5B27ADRA5LZWXGZCY","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division 1B</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"AJS7HYOM25HM5MBE3CRTDRGZRQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Carlow v Antrim, Netwatch Cullen Park, 2.30pm – </b>Carlow’s performances are disguised by their having played only two matches but, equally in those contests, they have taken points off the two leading counties in the division, drawing with Offaly and beating Waterford. Antrim have been finding life tough so far and are second from bottom. You’d have to fancy the home team. <b>Verdict: </b>Carlow","type":"text"},{"_id":"5L2KIMNNMVHIRKMLOTZDVCGHGY","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Offaly v Westmeath, Glenisk O’Connor Park, 2pm – </b>Last week’s match against Dublin in Croke Park saw Offaly emerge with the points after a great tussle and featuring a five-point-from-play contribution from Oisín Kelly. They rolled with the punches in the first half before exploiting Conor Burke’s red card, setting up Dan Ravenhill’s winner from a monster free. Westmeath have struggled to make an impact in the division, losing all three so far. <b>Verdict: </b>Offaly","type":"text"},{"_id":"IOJUKIJW4BBSHNE2JOTJDVCRHY","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"XFLU2XWFAFDVRJ2H2TORIDW6ZY","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Waterford v Dublin, Walsh Park, 2pm (Live TG4 app, deferred) – </b>An important match for two of the original promotion favourites, both of whom have now been beaten. The home side got back on track after the shock defeat by Carlow. Dublin actually have a very good record in the fixture – one defeat in the last 10 years over five matches – and will be driven by last week’s near-miss against Offaly, when an at-times superior display yielded nothing, as well as the imminent return of some missing stalwarts. <b>Verdict: </b>Dublin","type":"text"},{"_id":"LVER5UCA5RBUFCTI57CBSKQLUA","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division 2: </b>Down v Tyrone, Ballycran 2pm; Kildare v Donegal, Newbridge 2pm.","type":"text"},{"_id":"HBCMUAU7M5F2HEWKWXMCQUA46Q","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division 3:</b> Sligo v Armagh, Markievicz Park, 2.30pm; Cavan v Wicklow, Kingspan Breffni, 2pm; Mayo v Roscommon, Hastings Insurance MacHale Park, 2pm.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CLHJSXEAN5G6JERJKPCOZ5AWXI","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division 4: </b>Warwickshire v Fermanagh, Páirc na hÉireann, Birmingham, 2pm.","type":"text"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{"byline":"Seán Moran"}},"name":"Seán Moran"}]},"description":{"basic":"After a recent bereavement and mediocre form, expect the Cork hurlers to find their mojo again"},"display_date":"2025-03-01T06:00:01Z","headlines":{"basic":"Weekend hurling previews: Fired-up Cork will look to repel Kilkenny attack","native":""},"label":{"audio_project_id":{"text":"5469"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"D7CCCLUQRFEIDBOGY5K4N6QJKY","auth":{"1":"6bddef3bd6da7dcb19c30415253773997c9514bb42238a1c9d1ee2612b8fcc8b"},"type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/D7CCCLUQRFEIDBOGY5K4N6QJKY.jpg"}},"subtype":"default","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Gaelic Games"},{"name":"Sport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/03/01/weekend-hurling-previews-fired-up-cork-will-look-to-repel-kilkenny-attack/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/sport/gaelic-games","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Gaelic Games"}}}},{"_id":"Y2U5YVWNRZD57MCVNQM4LOJLLY","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":458,"audio_url":"https://beyondwords-cdn-b7fyckdeejejb6dj.a03.azurefd.net/audio/projects/5469/podcasts/1de7b5a0-218a-40b0-a940-6a15f8afc5c2/versions/1740757762/media/1a115ee4591988bb71dc8c36aabd92b4_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/03/01/kildare-embracing-all-things-new-in-promotion-pursuit/","content_elements":[{"_id":"JJWVBC37NRG6RNH3YQ6H72YS3Q","additional_properties":{},"content":"As <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/kildare-gaa/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/kildare-gaa/\">Kildare</a> marched towards a 13-points victory over Laois last Saturday evening, it was announced that a crowd of 6,950 had spilled through the swanky new turnstiles at St Conleth’s Park to watch the <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/national-football-league/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/national-football-league/\">Division 3 encounter</a>.","type":"text"},{"_id":"FWYFQ5NVP5A4TCC6X46R7N4GPE","additional_properties":{},"content":"This, then, is Kildare on the move again.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZOD4Z3YVZFGBJKR5MCF6WMME5I","additional_properties":{},"content":"Last May, the Lilywhites had played a Tailteann Cup match against Longford at their Centre of Excellence – the Hawkfield venue was capped to a maximum capacity of 1,500. 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The tent was swiftly packed up, the season never to be spoken about again. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"SAVBHNO425BBLFTMKM36RLV5KU","additional_properties":{},"content":"Only five of that Kildare team started last Saturday’s win over Laois – their fourth successive victory of 2025.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5RECLNM7AFGEJAI67AWPOQOUEQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"Kildare and Wexford are currently the only teams in the country with a 100 per cent record in this year’s league. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"NV7Z36FEQBEMBAOBPRI67KI3JE","additional_properties":{},"content":"“There is a good buzz around the place and you would notice it when you talk to people about football,” says former Kildare captain Eamonn Callaghan.","type":"text"},{"_id":"LVLWRQ2ZMRBYLCQU5UKWOFXFXQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Obviously there is a new management team with Brian (Flanagan) coming in, you have the new county ground, the new rules, and there are a lot of new players getting a chance so there is a freshness.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"LXAYCIHTJBA2TE6NZSVG3WROIQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"Flanagan’s ascent to the big gig has been swift, though it too came to pass somewhat as a consequence of circumstances. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"XMRA4D35DFFRZHEVJWNE7ZQRDU","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"7CWMP5PK75FCFJEG3JZINOYSW4","additional_properties":{},"content":"A mainstay during Kieran McGeeney’s reign, Flanagan played with Kildare from 2007-13, but a serious knee injury forced him to announce his retirement in 2014 at just 29.","type":"text"},{"_id":"Y4WGJNB6WBFTFMSKJKOYQ2DVT4","additional_properties":{},"content":"He had undergone several operations, including a complete posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, but ultimately Flanagan was unable to return.","type":"text"},{"_id":"C725IEXIZ5AGJH7AT5DYRCNEMA","additional_properties":{},"content":"He quickly gravitated towards coaching. He was Kildare junior manager, coached with his club Johnstownbridge and also had a spell in charge of DIT’s Sigerson team. In 2016 Cian O’Neill included Flanagan as part of his Kildare senior football backroom team.","type":"text"},{"_id":"M7XIUBCR3BCEDCTJL6PXK7KMXQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"Flanagan subsequently had a brief spell as part of Jack Cooney’s management set-up in Westmeath before being appointed as Kildare’s under-20 manager in September 2020.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KM3CR6HAMJESNOLR4QCV3ZZH7Y","additional_properties":{},"content":"From there the stars aligned. In 2022 Flanagan guided the Lilywhites to a Leinster title and also an All-Ireland final appearance, losing to Tyrone. But the following season Kildare went all the way, beating Sligo in the 2023 All-Ireland under-20 decider. Two months later, he stepped down as manager.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VYMMWOEAXJCRPFXUB5MQV7AKU4","additional_properties":{},"content":"He later took charge of a Kildare under-23 development squad – a feeder team for the seniors – and was also part the Summerhill management team last season when they won the Meath SFC.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QMDUOLNXUJHALOE6E7TLOBXB3E","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"HQDS6OJX3RBE3PFTFLW2YPZ4BY","additional_properties":{},"content":"But as Kildare stumbled from one defeat to another throughout 2024, a change of management seemed inevitable. Flanagan and Davy Burke were the standout names bandied about as potential successors. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"U4AU22M4IFBWRKC5NSPI76W5D4","additional_properties":{},"content":"In September, Flanagan was confirmed as Kildare’s man and was handed a four-year term. Clearly this is to be a long-term project, not a quick-fix, sticky plaster job. He assembled a strong backroom team that includes Aidan O’Rourke, Damien Hendy and Daryl Flynn.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CSI7VNSNRNCATOBHOMIFH6XFNQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"Callaghan was Flanagan’s last captain with Kildare.","type":"text"},{"_id":"MORO5D2EZRFM3GKGHRKIYP2UHY","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Brian is a really good lad. He was great craic around the place, a great man to have in a dressingroom. He got on well with everybody, but then on the pitch there was no messing, he was very disciplined and committed in his approach to football, a really shrewd operator,” recalls the Naas clubman.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CSRPWQ24S5BZFNZCINPK4G4BF4","additional_properties":{},"content":"“He was a great team-mate to have because he would do anything for you on the pitch. He kind of ticks a lot of boxes in that respect, he’s a very good people-person.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"OLRGEBLGIFHZXFVT2JVYUDZVHE","additional_properties":{},"content":"It has been noticeable after matches how the Kildare players and management have stayed on the pitch with fans, signing autographs and posing for photos, as if part of the project is to reconnect the team with its people.","type":"text"},{"_id":"J4GT2H3RFRA5BP3TSKQE4OEWOM","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Even after the challenge game against Galway in January, when it was freezing cold, they stayed out,” recalls Ger McNally, Kfm commentator.","type":"text"},{"_id":"YC4NCEC6WVDA3PKZNCKZE5OZYQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"“In fairness to the previous management team, the unavailability of St Conleth’s Park last year had a big impact, and that is often overlooked.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GMKUV6FS6RAIHMR5DPJFAMJAVM","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"GSTCV47IJNCARL247XHICWPP3E","additional_properties":{},"content":"“There were no games in Newbridge, the team were losing matches, morale was low – they were all contributing factors to what was a disappointing season.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"EKOKNKFLTVFDLGXGQY4HB5O2DM","additional_properties":{},"content":"That it was. Kildare lost all their league games in 2024 and were the lowest scoring side of all 16 in the top two divisions, managing just 82 points from seven matches to average 11.7 points per game. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"PKVOF2FPNZDVTPIZNQ2GCJEKPY","additional_properties":{},"content":"This season (albeit with the added benefit of the new two-point scores) Kildare have already scored 100 points in four games, averaging 25 points per outing. And Kildare’s scoring difference of 56+ is by far the best in the country. Wexford are next up on 31+. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"NBO2HDOAWNEWVL2YW7BFIBPO74","additional_properties":{},"content":"Kildare aren’t reliant on just one player for scores, either. There are two Lilywhites among the top six scorers in the division – Darragh Kirwan and Alex Beirne. 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Context is important though, and while Division 3 is not where Kildare football sees itself, life is harder up the ladder.","type":"text"},{"_id":"BNRSAX5TSZAI7BRPBZ6VYHS4JY","additional_properties":{},"content":"“In some ways maybe it’s a blessing in disguise for a new manager and new players to be in Division 3, it’s a more forgiving breathing ground,” adds McNally.","type":"text"},{"_id":"I2KDOOFOO5CZNCB7WM5A5IUQQM","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Going back to 2016, in Cian O’Neill’s first year, Kildare were in Division 3 then as well and were able to create some momentum.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"FKMDM4N5FBBPDHEHERCZBQ33DY","additional_properties":{},"content":"O’Neill guided Kildare to promotion that spring and they harnessed that progress to achieve back-to-back promotions by finishing second in Division 2 the following season.","type":"text"},{"_id":"X2BHEJQ7FBGNXD2N5ZX27STTUU","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"ALM46H4G5JDQPGABPIAGY3VY5Y","additional_properties":{},"content":"Callaghan remembers those promotion seasons and the important lessons they provided. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"3CKLLHFC4NGNBPI4EW5FY5F6OI","additional_properties":{},"content":"“A challenge for Kildare later in the season will be when they come up against Division 1 and 2 teams, because that is another step up that will require further improvement.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"VDZAJ7UOWZD2FM4CJ4GUMT5EOU","additional_properties":{},"content":"Ultimately, in terms of league football, a return to Division 1 is the goal and this time unaccompanied by perennial yo-yoing. 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I would hope in four or five years we are in Division 1 and holding our own, being very competitive.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"4USUHT3VHRGPZMI5RFP4UJS44I","additional_properties":{},"content":"This weekend, with promotion in their sights, it’s a trip to Ennis for Flanagan’s charges – the latest milepost at the outset of what might just become a very special journey for Kildare football.","type":"text"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{"byline":"Gordon Manning"}},"name":"Gordon Manning"}]},"description":{"basic":"After a bleak 2024, the Lilywhites have made an impressive start under new manager Brian Flanagan"},"display_date":"2025-03-01T06:00:01Z","headlines":{"basic":"Kildare embracing all things new in promotion pursuit","native":""},"label":{"audio_project_id":{"text":"5469"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"WRQZOG4UV5DKZKTCXYX4VM7LOA","auth":{"1":"99c9805eb1b037124a64f423e3a42b70e797ffbeaf602f59c0e64f70c51f2b48"},"type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/WRQZOG4UV5DKZKTCXYX4VM7LOA.jpg"}},"subtype":"feature","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Gaelic Games"},{"name":"Sport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/03/01/kildare-embracing-all-things-new-in-promotion-pursuit/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/sport/gaelic-games","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Gaelic Games"}}}},{"_id":"RAVLHBMM7VCO7IF57JP6VIHZYM","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":511,"audio_url":"https://beyondwords-cdn-b7fyckdeejejb6dj.a03.azurefd.net/audio/projects/5469/podcasts/8559f18d-d633-4201-bdbd-6e3e79c686f8/versions/1740760521/media/2f5f2b8e4bbbbe6e4e6aa73ef550e69d_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/03/01/gaelic-football-previews-expect-feistiness-as-armagh-host-dublin/","content_elements":[{"_id":"SYMP6MWF35BE7CTBBZRZUHXZLA","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Saturday </b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"SK64BWQZUFCUBC47BUHVSUPJEA","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division One</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"CY3VJVY7I5HGXFLSUVYWZVJC5E","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Armagh v Dublin, BOX-IT Athletic Grounds, Armagh 7.35pm (Live, RTÉ)</b> <b>–</b> <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/dublin-gaa/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/dublin-gaa/\">Dublin</a> have put in a significant campaign to date, blooding new players and picking up points as they go. Their player of the campaign so far, Seán Bugler, suffered a knock last weekend and may be rested. Still, Dessie Farrell was able to return Con O’Callaghan to the fray against Derry and he also saw good displays from Brian Howard in his optimal position at centrefield and against the formidable Conor Glass-Anton Tohill pairing. <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/armagh/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/armagh/\">Armagh</a> should really have done better last week but ended up rallying for a draw against Mayo. Their performances have been mixed, a good half here and a good half there but rarely both together. The good news is that All Star Rian O’Neill is back in training for the All-Ireland champions although not named in the match panel. The counties haven’t met here for 14 years and a feisty evening is on the cards. <b>Verdict</b>: Dublin","type":"text"},{"_id":"Y2XO3XZCPREEHEAAIXE2ZD4FKA","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Mayo v Kerry, Hastings Insurance MacHale Park, 3pm –</b> A cheery outing for both teams last week. Although Mayo let a good opportunity of an away win slip, they still showed powers of recovery in rebounding from a poor first half. Kerry’s away form continued to outstrip their home fortunes, as they conducted another goals-driven raid on Ulster. The compatibility of <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/david-clifford/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/david-clifford/\">David Clifford</a> and the new rules was showcased in his first start this year with a hat-trick against Tyrone. Jack O’Connor’s team is developing with some decent new talent in defence and attack plus a competitive centrefield built around Diarmuid O’Connor with Barry Dan O’Sullivan or Joe O’Connor. Mayo are up and running after a difficult start and the hopes vested in Davitt Neary were encouraged by his well-taken goal in Armagh. The challenge for Mayo is two-fold: to raise their scoring rate against the division’s most productive attack and, correspondingly, to mark tightly, as the 3v3 rule gives great opportunity to Kerry. <b>Verdict</b>: Kerry","type":"text"},{"_id":"FVR673A2EQE2HV6V6CM3M3654E","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"VAWSQVKCH5BMZOCPUSVDP36EWY","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division Two</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"UCCBNPRYRJG4ZLQFYVUXEBQVJI","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Cork v Roscommon, SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh, 7pm –</b> Roscommon’s setback last week has re-energised the promotion race and given encouragement to the likes of Cork, now just two points off the leaders. Davey Burke was clearly unimpressed by his team’s lack of resistance in the face of a committed Meath display and makes four changes for this. Cork were sloppy in possession during the comprehensive defeat by Monaghan last week and will need to improve on that if they are to stop the visitors getting back on track. <b>Verdict</b>: Roscommon","type":"text"},{"_id":"456YGDZTBBBW7GGCDTYZT62Z2E","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Cavan v Down, Kingspan Breffni, Cavan, 6pm –</b> A contest at the wrong end of the table for both teams. Cavan have momentum though, having won their last two matches but Down’s only victory had to be quarried out of a 10-point deficit, against Cork. Cavan had to retrieve a 14-point deficit against Westmeath and looked done but a storming second half with the wind rescued matters. <b>Verdict</b>: Cavan","type":"text"},{"_id":"EFRVB5THUFG6FOXPIN72RQFDZA","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division Three</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"UKDWJNXBG5CH7AF47GZYYU7YCY","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Laois v Antrim; O’Moore Park, Portlaoise, 5pm − </b>Both teams have suffered from a lack of consistency so far this season – having lost two and won two games apiece. Shipping heavy defeats isn’t a good sign either, but to remain in the race for promotion a victory here is required. Laois might just have more punch up top. <b>Verdict:</b> Laois ","type":"text"},{"_id":"5H52JKTU3JGSDCPB475CMQW6IM","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Fermanagh v Sligo; Brewster Park, Enniskillen 6pm −</b> Fermanagh halted Offaly’s gallop last weekend with a well organised display to see off one of the division’s early pacesetters. Sligo’s underwhelming start to the campaign has seen them lose three games on the bounce and another defeat here would leave them languishing in the relegation zone with little hope of survival. That should focus minds. <b>Verdict: </b>Draw ","type":"text"},{"_id":"I5VSKOGH4VFYNL3FDHYG2R56FQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division Four</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"L2BIDTFHGJFEBBKDAMOXZPFLD4","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Limerick v Tipperary; Mick Neville Park, Rathkeale, 6.30pm − </b>Tipp surprised many with their strong start to the season, picking up five points from their opening three games. However, last weekend’s defeat to London might have drained the air from their balloon. Limerick will aim to seize on that vulnerability. <b>Verdict: </b>Limerick ","type":"text"},{"_id":"6FLGNAB2CVCTPBMRUSN26CRVXQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Waterford v Wexford; Fraher Field, Dungarvan, 6.30pm − </b>The table toppers against the basement dwellers – for John Hegarty’s Wexford this is a must win if they are to maintain their strong promotion charge. The Model County are three from three so far, while Waterford have yet to pick up a point. <b>Verdict:</b> Wexford","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZD3KUGUMVJCZNCN3POIBQZ4M4U","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Sunday</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"L2KZ7TQGV5BPZMRO6MIJ2H2AKY","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division One</b> ","type":"text"},{"_id":"2JFLCPWDTFXG2B24L5N42XMF7E","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"L2KZ7TQGV5BPZMRO6MIJ2H2AKY","additional_properties":{},"content":"","type":"text"},{"_id":"YW6MEDP3QFFEBOSB553N7QO2SE","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Donegal v Derry, Ballyshannon, 1.45pm (Live, TG4) –</b> Another Ulster derby but between teams in different states of repair, who will be facing each other in the championship in five weeks. Donegal lowered the stakes against Galway by making changes and resting players. They were unable to harness the Salthill breeze to rectify a big half-time deficit. They have nonetheless been impressive so far and look too strong for a Derry side that has been struggling for form, a little unlucky at home in that with little adjustment, they could have beaten both Kerry and Galway. Last week’s trimming in Croke Park was however deflating and it’s unlikely that Jim McGuinness would be as blase about losing this. <b>Verdict</b>: Donegal","type":"text"},{"_id":"AFLW5WZ5JNBI3EH7HAZIN43UOQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Galway v Tyrone, Tuam Stadium, 1.45pm –</b> Galway are the only unbeaten team in the division, having seen off Donegal last week. They are the team to have made the greatest amount of hay from the new rules. Shane Walsh’s ability to kick from distance has generated 12 two-pointers to date, an average of three per match but he hasn’t been the only one and Pádraic Joyce’s team look on course for the league final. Tyrone for periods last week appeared to have the edge on Kerry but David Clifford’s goals ultimately broke them. Malachy O’Rourke had the encouragement of seeing Darragh Canavan return to action – and productively with 1-4 off the bench. Kerry’s centrefield had great success going after Tyrone’s kick-outs, which will be an encouragement for the in-form John Maher and Paul Conroy. <b>Verdict</b>: Galway","type":"text"},{"_id":"2WFHNBU6GFGCJGBCS62F6IGNJQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division Two</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"WE27E6OWNVFABABP5WAOEOINAA","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Louth v Monaghan, DEFY Páirc Mhuire, Ardee, 2pm –</b> Louth played well last week to realign their campaign after a couple of defeats. With so much focus on wind advantage, Ger Brennan’s team managed to restrict Down against the elements and then turn things around. Monaghan will be a different proposition, however. The visitors are the division’s highest scorers whereas Louth are the lowest. <b>Verdict</b>: Monaghan","type":"text"},{"_id":"D46GU323ZFHONDN57FDZU2NMHU","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Westmeath v Meath, TEG Cusack Park, Mullingar,</b> <b>3.15pm</b> <b>–</b> Robbie Brennan has triggered some optimism in Meath with a run of decent performances and second place in the table. The defeat of Roscommon was impressive, like Louth, keeping the half-time deficit within reason and hitting them for goals in the second half. Westmeath’s run of narrow defeats continued, as they handed over a big lead, partly to do with the elements but more through indiscipline. <b>Verdict</b>: Meath","type":"text"},{"_id":"BPBRMAHHEZFLNHQHSXA5K66PRI","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division Three</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"HFVUFG4IRNBEPFUID7XMINPVAQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Clare v Kildare; Cusack Park, Ennis, 2pm − </b>Peter Keane’s Clare have looked decent in their most recent outings – wins over Limerick and Fermanagh, though that opening round loss to Antrim might yet come back to haunt them in terms of the promotion places. This will be the biggest test of Brian Flanagan’s Kildare so far, but the Lilywhites are the form team in the division. <b>Verdict: </b>Kildare ","type":"text"},{"_id":"KZILNKYWRVH5XGLLMMZ3FEPAYA","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Leitrim v Offaly, Ballinamore, 2pm − </b>Having lost their opening four games, Leitrim’s chances of avoiding the drop already look forlorn. With a scoring difference of minus 73, it’s hard to see matters improving against an Offaly team stung by a loss to Fermanagh last weekend. <b>Verdict:</b> Offaly ","type":"text"},{"_id":"SEVEHGWJGVFVPCDEQLPMGNW4UA","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division Four</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"LYBE4IR4HVAODIGSPIGAFUWOEA","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>London v Longford; McGovern Park, Ruislip 12.30pm − </b>London have already taken two scalps in this year’s league – a home win over Wicklow and an away victory over Tipperary. Longford, who picked up their first win of the campaign against Waterford last weekend, are forewarned. Nonetheless, London have the capabilities to make this a very tricky afternoon for the visitors. <b>Verdict: </b>London ","type":"text"},{"_id":"AKZPHCNQTRA2RA3VRL553M6XGU","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Wicklow v Carlow; Echelon Park, Aughrim, 2pm − </b>After a surprise opening round loss to London, Oisín McConville’s Wicklow appear to have got back on track following wins over Waterford and Longford. Carlow’s form has been sporadic – one win, one loss, two draws. And despite only playing three games compared to Carlow’s four, Wicklow have scored six points more than the Barrowsiders. <b>Verdict:</b> Wicklow","type":"text"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{"byline":"Gordon Manning"}},"name":"Gordon Manning"},{"additional_properties":{"original":{"byline":"Seán Moran"}},"name":"Seán Moran"}]},"description":{"basic":"The bad news for Mayo is new rules seem to play to Kerry and David Clifford’s strengths "},"display_date":"2025-03-01T06:00:01Z","headlines":{"basic":"Gaelic football previews: Expect feistiness as Armagh host Dublin ","native":""},"label":{"audio_project_id":{"text":"5469"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"YS2M2EG6VUELUFWY3E6QRAVUOY","auth":{"1":"88b1f6a03fa12650313fe28ebddb2048b61747c170444e59b1184caf41beac99"},"type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/YS2M2EG6VUELUFWY3E6QRAVUOY.jpg"}},"subtype":"default","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Gaelic Games"},{"name":"Sport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/03/01/gaelic-football-previews-expect-feistiness-as-armagh-host-dublin/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/sport/gaelic-games","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Gaelic Games"}}}},{"_id":"XZKHSZIY4VHWBHNMEFM2AAEOQI","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":524,"audio_url":"https://beyondwords-cdn-b7fyckdeejejb6dj.a03.azurefd.net/audio/projects/5469/podcasts/3ed7ac4e-eb19-43e3-948a-ed9032f8dd68/versions/1740750402/media/3202993d63f8e481e4ef119d40dc51df_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/03/01/seamus-orourke-on-stage-i-realised-im-getting-back-to-the-same-buzz-i-had-when-i-played-for-leitrim/","content_elements":[{"_id":"UYNSW37QGNGMPDIUPDFSMP2SUY","additional_properties":{},"content":"Out of the blue last week an email from Séan Lowry landed in Séamus O’Rourke’s inbox. It was a warm salute from long ago. Lowry had come across the passage in Leaning on Gates, O’Rourke’s bestselling memoir, where he recalls the day they marked each other in a Connacht semi-final, separated by the full width of fame and accomplishment, but joined briefly at the hip. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"XPI4XNHAGJHXLHKA2IE5YXJQYI","additional_properties":{},"content":"Lowry had won three All-Irelands and two All-Stars in a glittering career with <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/offaly/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/offaly/\">Offaly</a>, and he had landed in <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/mayo-gaa/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/mayo-gaa/\">Mayo</a> for a final spin on the carousel. O’Rourke was a young buck whose career as a footballer had been fired from a canon in his teens. His father, whose approval never reached his son’s needs or wants, was lying in hospital with prostate cancer.","type":"text"},{"_id":"M4PPQEPCXVGYNILKZ2FNYMKH7I","additional_properties":{},"content":"“It was my mother’s birthday, and Séan Lowry was a hero of mine,” he writes, “and now I was expected to hammer all kinds of shite out of Séan Lowry and my father wouldn’t be there to see it.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"XW2JRXEGXJBWHHQWKZUMRHILTE","additional_properties":{},"content":"Mayo beat them by more than treble scores, but O’Rourke had held Lowry scoreless and in the prosecution that follows every championship defeat O’Rourke was found not guilty. Word had reached his father in hospital.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TCP3HLYHUZFGLG54YKAFI5HBXA","additional_properties":{},"content":"“‘There was a man here earlier, said today’s paper gave you a good write-up. Said you played well. If you could believe the paper ...’”, O’Rourke wrote of the post-match debrief in the hospital ward, watching the compliment skid into the ditch immediately after it left his father’s mouth.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KBHKYC5QYNEO7FE4MQCLBHOBEU","additional_properties":{},"content":"“I was 20 at the time,” says O’Rourke now. “That game was 40 years ago.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"L2H7RHCT6BHIZJIIPF3T5WNKX4","additional_properties":{},"content":"In the Hollywood treatment of his life, O’Rourke’s career as a footballer would be shimmied into an origin story, before he became an award-winning writer, director, actor, storyteller and poet – though he insists that his poems disqualify him from such a label.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VEJMSWGK4ZDQNKHEC7OAKJLGSI","additional_properties":{},"content":"In that other world he was a child star. At 15 years of age O’Rourke was picked for the <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/leitrim-gaa/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/leitrim-gaa/\">Leitrim</a> minors, the same year that he quit school. The panel was announced on the pages of the Leitrim Observer “and to me it was one of the most magical things ever”. The honour was not index-linked to Leitrim’s prospects; it had its own standing.","type":"text"},{"_id":"U2Z6JZROQVBYHGOSYRM63QW7XA","additional_properties":{},"content":"“I left school at 15 so in lots of ways Gaelic football was my education,” he says. “I was very quiet and shy, actually. We were all backwards at that time. But getting to play for the county opened things up hugely. And I was all up for it, like. In Carrigallen [where O’Rourke grew up] the GAA was everything.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"CVA4VVAZHFDSTA5VFACQVY7RQA","additional_properties":{},"content":"When O’Rourke was 18, he played minor, senior, junior and under-21 for Leitrim in the same season. The rules wouldn’t allow it now, but even when it was permitted something like that was against all odds. Growing up, he was bigger than his peers and his size gained him notice; but if he was no good, his size would have drawn attention to that too. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"MOZWV2HF2NCBBFDSYZGNWMZMP4","additional_properties":{},"content":"In the 16 plays O’Rourke has written one of the recurring themes is the conflict between hope and hopelessness. In his early life, playing football for Leitrim hosted that battle, endlessly. If there was no hope, why would you do it? But if there needed to be hope, where would it come from?","type":"text"},{"_id":"PIT6N27SGJB7TFSLEDPJSDWBVM","additional_properties":{},"content":"“In my first year Mayo beat us by 25 points, you know, and the thing was, it was going to be the same every year. Everyone thought that. The manager would say the right things, but you knew he didn’t believe it. But then Tony McGowan came in as manager, with a big optimistic smile, and he said, ‘Lads, I think we can win this.’ He gave us so much enjoyment. He brought us down to play challenge matches against Kerry and good teams. And it was the first time I had hope.” ","type":"text"},{"_id":"MXQXXPVZZJBGZH4VINDBQ75TAQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"In the end they blew a minor Connacht final against Galway, butchering four goal chances in the first 10 minutes and losing by three points. In defeat, though, their hope had been vindicated. 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","type":"text"},{"_id":"PNX2CFY3ZVCNNFMQEF43ICFYHQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"“My father was not quite a farmer nor a fool but came close to proving me wrong on both counts at different times in my life,” he wrote. “He’s gone over 20 years now, and there’s not a day goes by that I don’t talk to him or quote him or feed from his legacy. A true man and a father of his time ... Awkward and straight at the same time.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"WHWXOBWPUZHZNM5IE4346YL3PA","additional_properties":{},"content":"“You weren’t as bad as I often saw ya,” his father told him after one match, flirting with a kind word, without knowing how to make the next move. “I suppose what it was,” says O’Rourke, “he couldn’t bear the thought of you failing. It wasn’t that he didn’t wish you well.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VUVRUB4CKZARZFX7CQNC3LJUL4","additional_properties":{},"content":"“The reality of it is that until I was 25, the GAA was everything, and there was a five-year period in my life where I had to come to terms with not being good enough to play beyond that. Like, I never got to play in Croke Park, but I thought at one point I was going to get there.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"XLPD7QDSFNBMJO3ZMZ77XTI72Y","additional_properties":{},"content":"He started to have intimations of his mortality as an intercounty footballer as he climbed through the grades. The game was quicker at higher altitudes, and he lacked the pace to keep up. O’Rourke was still only 29 when Leitrim won the Connacht title in 1994, their first in 67 years. Many of the players he had soldiered with were still on the team, but he was long gone.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OV2TQMGH6ZB73FKQV6E6G62N2M","additional_properties":{},"content":"There’s a line in one of his plays that captures how he felt. “I was delighted with myself for being so delighted for them,” it reads.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TRVTHZZD3ZFCNG4BL3XVYWCXHI","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"OV2TQMGH6ZB73FKQV6E6G62N2M","additional_properties":{},"content":"","type":"text"},{"_id":"TNEUJUFVCRBLPGVAXFTG7H4RVA","additional_properties":{},"content":"He was in his mid-20s when he first dipped his toe in amateur dramatics in Carrigallen. Part of it was replacement therapy. “After I quit with the county, I had a big gap, a big hole in my life. And also, the big dream was gone, you know.","type":"text"},{"_id":"R7JM4C7UVBB7JBNZVJEQUT5LMM","additional_properties":{},"content":"“I was lucky enough to be pulled into the theatre mostly because I was a carpenter and I might make the set – and also, I had access to a van. But I also got a wee part in this play and I’d never been on stage before. I got such a buzz out of doing my little piece in front of an audience and I realised, ‘I’m getting back to the same buzz I had when I played for Leitrim.’”","type":"text"},{"_id":"A4A5OIXA3JGVXIVUFQINCOBKW4","additional_properties":{},"content":"He had started to write poems around that time. At first, he didn’t write them down. He would compose the lines in his mind, and there they would sit, hidden in storage. But with the local theatre group it was customary for one of the cast to write a poem about their season and one year he was asked to do it.","type":"text"},{"_id":"IMCWZDIMKNFYHFI5EQ6XYEAXMA","additional_properties":{},"content":"“I wrote the poem and did it in front of people and it went down really well. It was a bit of a performance. And, you know, I often wondered was that what I was looking for in my football career as opposed to actually winning medals? Like, in my head, it wasn’t always about winning, it was also about a bit of style. You know, you’d love to be kicking the good points.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"T2C2DOSWU5EXHKVNZCIAC3UJCU","additional_properties":{},"content":"O’Rourke was in his mid-40s when he took the plunge and committed to a life of theatre work and writing. His first gig carried the promise of six weeks work. He convinced himself that carpentry was his safety net, when really it wasn’t; there was no going back. 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At the Palace Theatre in Fermoy, he walked on stage in a white Panama hat and sandals and jeans that were folded in a cuff at his ankles, shape-shifting from one character to another for an enchanting hour. He left the stage to a standing ovation.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GQP32EO5PVEPHAI2WLVBSMS7G4","additional_properties":{},"content":"“When I was playing with the county, when the weather was good and it was a championship game, and you were running on to a lovely pitch, you had this doubt, ‘I’m not sure I’m going to have the pace for this.’ Now, when I go out on to a big pitch, whether it’s the Gaiety Theatre or wherever, I’m not frightened of the pitch. I think, ‘I’ll keep up here.’ ","type":"text"},{"_id":"IGWHB5ILLREM7GREONKJ3I62QI","additional_properties":{},"content":"“That’s the difference. 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Dublin got a goal late on but then Offaly responded, showed good character and they will take a lot of heart from that.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"B5B5P6SULJH63OLWLC6GPPLFQE","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802533},"content":"Over a dozen of last year’s triumphant under-20 champions – Offaly’s maiden All-Ireland at that grade – are involved with the senior panel this term.","type":"text"},{"_id":"V3KCGZK6CJAXFHA7YGLTSJGIPY","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802534},"content":"“I’ve been blessed in terms of being involved with some of them through the minors and under-20s,” adds Pilkington. “I can’t say I’ve influenced them much really because it’s just their natural talent. The thing I’ve tried to bring to them and I’d always say is that when you get to senior intercounty championship level, you don’t get time on the ball.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"DLX7Z5REFJG4VJKQIWIERPMS7Y","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802535},"content":"But as ever, success also brings its fair share of challenges. Should Offaly advance to the Division 1B final, that match is scheduled for Sunday, April 6th. Just 24 hours earlier, the Offaly under-20s are fixed to play Galway in their Leinster championship opener.","type":"text"},{"_id":"SVYWO6SDSBDGTJAYBPFEYGK3XE","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802536},"content":"For players on both panels – including James Mahon, Donal Shirley, Dan Ravenhill and Ter Guinan – that would create issues unless a change of fixture could be facilitated.","type":"text"},{"_id":"MQSFJ5Z2JRCOFHVJQY3BMNUJUM","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802537},"content":"There is plenty of hurling to be done before that bridge needs crossing, though. After Westmeath the seniors have to go down to Waterford – “I’d see that as a real championship test,” says Pilkington.","type":"text"},{"_id":"UPDK52YPVFHZRDUNSLP5CTCUJI","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802538},"content":"“Waterford won’t give them time on the ball, they’ll bring physicality and they obviously have some top-class players as well, so that will be a real challenge.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"2RONMX6SWZGPHIIAMNQ5K7GVFI","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802539},"content":"The kind of challenge Offaly have been meeting head on these days.","type":"text"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{"byline":"Gordon Manning"}},"name":"Gordon Manning"}]},"description":{"basic":"Victory over Westmeath on Sunday would leave Faithful well placed to win promotion from Division 1B"},"display_date":"2025-02-27T06:00:01Z","headlines":{"basic":"Offaly senior hurlers look to step out of shadows","native":""},"label":{"audio_project_id":{"text":"5469"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"IBMP64VDNBX5LN4B5M2AECDK3Y","auth":{"1":"6d2cc7e4c010423f33228b1791926c78165983a8cf347b59006ee7530a95356c"},"type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/IBMP64VDNBX5LN4B5M2AECDK3Y.jpg"}},"subtype":"feature","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Gaelic Games"},{"name":"Sport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/27/offaly-seniors-look-to-step-out-of-shadows/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/sport/gaelic-games","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Gaelic Games"}}}},{"_id":"T6TABDMIKNC2PBI6FTHYZT4O5I","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":317,"audio_url":"https://beyondwords-cdn-b7fyckdeejejb6dj.a03.azurefd.net/audio/projects/5469/podcasts/9a2a53a3-08d4-4fbb-820a-250d5e63a2bb/versions/1740586998/media/ae2a193d10ca47413567f77d78884c28_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/27/ciaran-murphy-some-gaa-fans-want-saving-from-new-goalkeeping-reality/","content_elements":[{"_id":"NGSZU2SMLZFBLBAJIHW7UAI4WY","additional_properties":{},"content":"<a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/\">Goalkeepers</a> are feeling the heat right now, from all sides, but they are also a house divided. Never mind the long-established Goalkeepers’ Union – would representatives of the regular goalies, the sweeper-keepers and the recently relocated outfielders even talk to each other at the monthly meetings? ","type":"text"},{"_id":"B6UX7TQJQRGARP67FG6PUBN3DY","additional_properties":{},"content":"Shop steward Niall Morgan has been having his say on the number one bone of contention people have with number ones currently – their presence in the opposition half, creating 12 v 11 overlaps. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"EQNEFAVHAFHCZIRQ4V5PHRWLCU","additional_properties":{},"content":"“It would not be my role any more,” said Morgan last week, when he was presented with the idea of potentially being restricted to his goal line. “I genuinely don’t see where you would get any enjoyment out of playing that role. If they stop the goalkeeper from going forward altogether, there’s going to be a number of goalkeepers would walk away.” ","type":"text"},{"_id":"E75ILEVU5NELZKNQB4DP5IWWYE","additional_properties":{},"content":"He also claimed that any limits placed on goalkeepers now would only be “taking away an advantage that the likes of <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/tyrone-gaa/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/tyrone-gaa/\">Tyrone</a>, Monaghan and Armagh have on other teams”. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"BWQDJ2MJUJGNHOHPPXPJBLC2UI","additional_properties":{},"content":"We might start with the last point first. With all due respect to Morgan, this is a profound misunderstanding of the problem as people see it. 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That has been replicated throughout the league thus far.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5RC6C2D7DVCOJE6P7Z2HJXZGOU","additional_properties":{},"content":"The abolition of the 12 v 11 is therefore not aimed purely at those goalkeepers who are capable of adding substantially to their team on the scoreboard. We are seeing keepers who previously had no interest in venturing up the field now being asked to do it. That’s the new reality. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"PMTCQFAPFTAHYTLAASAYX57UGE","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"76B4WFAG4RG5LASMPHLXRLISR4","additional_properties":{},"content":"There are other teething problems. Derry manager Paddy Tally was interviewed on TG4 before their game against Galway two weekends ago, and he was asked about his decision to persist with Neil McNicholl, an outfield player who had started the previous week against Kerry and conceded five goals. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"HVEENFFAQRF45EWLZHAF2UGJQY","additional_properties":{},"content":"In Tally’s mind, there just isn’t a role any more for a traditional shot-stopper. This is certainly a point of view. But about 30 minutes after that interview aired, Paul Conroy sent Dylan McHugh through on goal. McHugh’s shot was poorly hit, straight down the middle of the goal, but McNicholl had jumped out of the way of it. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"EOOQ5DCEQJGNBKN2EOOR2O3FRE","additional_properties":{},"content":"To Tally’s credit, he stuck with his man for their game in Croke Park against the Dubs last weekend – and McNicholl then promptly let two shots in under his crossbar from 13m out. If you’re conceding goals at that rate, you’d have to be pretty spectacular up the other end. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"F7JLGTSHEVFTVDOAENV2RUE2MA","additional_properties":{},"content":"So managers, and keepers, are trying to adjust. Amid all this, kick-outs are now going long 79 per cent of the time in this league, according to the Games Intelligence Unit – having been at pretty much 50 per cent for the last two championship seasons. Managers are bemoaning the lack of control they can exert on kick-outs, to which the nation at large is ... supremely nonplussed. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"RZHROCHCCFEFROCAUH5MRWETJA","additional_properties":{},"content":"If goalkeepers can’t be sure of retaining possession from kick-outs, the punishment for a wide is far less. A wide need not be followed by chasing the ball forlornly for four minutes, as was often the case last year. And fans love it. They wanted contests for possession, and they’re getting it from kick-outs. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"RDX4ZUH2KZCQ7P5EATTOFTZDCI","additional_properties":{},"content":"The Games Intelligence Unit also revealed that the ratio of handpasses to kick-passes has stayed basically static from the last two championships, although the solo-and-go is a complicating factor here – free-kicks were counted as kick-passes in the last two years, and obviously not all of those are now kick-passes. The number of handpasses may be static because the goalie is always there to receive the ball from lads who couldn’t be bothered trying to kick the ball forward. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"5QVBWJM7P5DV7HRN5IGDG6O6H4","additional_properties":{},"content":"Remove that comfort blanket and maybe that number comes down. Regardless of that, if the number of handpasses remains static, but the number of turnovers of possession goes through the roof, no one is going to care too much. 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If this season sees a return to old-fashioned corner backs and corner forwards, old-fashioned big lumps in midfield, and old-fashioned goalkeepers, then the great unwashed may well say – “we’ve got our game back”. 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Tipperary are top of the table with six points from four matches while Cork and Limerick are both on three points, though the Treaty County have only played two matches.","type":"text"},{"_id":"377WAS6ZA5FCBIKXERJUBS4APY","additional_properties":{},"content":"Wexford have two points from four matches while Clare are bottom of the table following three successive defeats.","type":"text"},{"_id":"YD6X23BILBBMVB4HKP42NB755A","additional_properties":{},"content":"Meanwhile, two football refixtures have been confirmed as well, with the Division Three match between Sligo and Clare to take place on Sunday, March 9th at 1.30 in Markievicz Park, while the Division Four Wexford v Wicklow game will be played on Saturday, March 8th at 6pm in Wexford Park.","type":"text"},{"_id":"7AIIZ6AS6NAWRGNP5B2DORQJAQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_green\">Refixtures</mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"MQ5KIOHIN5EWBCKK7M2VVW6A3A","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Allianz Hurling League – Division 1A:</b> Kilkenny v Limerick, Saturday, March 15th, Nowlan Park, 3.30. <b>Division 1B:</b> Laois v Carlow, Saturday, March 15th or Sunday, March 16th, O’Moore Park, tbc. <b>Division 2:</b> Meath v Down, Saturday, March 15th, Trim, 1.30. <b>Division 3:</b> Cavan v Armagh, Saturday, March 15th, Breffni Park, 2.0.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6DIFMOD7CVBXLI4NG436M6HBQY","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Allianz Football League – Division 3:</b> Sligo v Clare, Sunday, March 9th, Markievicz Park, 1.30. <b>Division 4:</b> Wexford v Wicklow, Saturday March 8th, Wexford Park, 6.0","type":"text"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{"byline":"Gordon Manning"}},"name":"Gordon Manning"}]},"description":{"basic":"GAA confirm a number of refixtures in both hurling and football after the recent wet weather "},"display_date":"2025-02-26T18:57:50.891Z","headlines":{"basic":"Kilkenny v Limerick league refixture to take place on St Patrick’s weekend ","native":""},"label":{"audio_project_id":{"text":"5469"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"SAVPZSD6C624LF2WQK4CA3NQIY","auth":{"1":"b2450577fea956786c7dd02c621dea1a2fece8b7b46b11f0c9eb6a0e8a3712c4"},"type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/SAVPZSD6C624LF2WQK4CA3NQIY.jpg"}},"subtype":"default","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Gaelic Games"},{"name":"Sport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/27/kilkenny-v-limerick-league-refixture-to-take-place-on-st-patricks-weekend/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/sport/gaelic-games","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Gaelic Games"}}}},{"_id":"XNYQK6JMVFEULOF3GQKDEIKDMU","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":307,"audio_url":"https://beyondwords-cdn-b7fyckdeejejb6dj.a03.azurefd.net/audio/projects/5469/podcasts/049fd88d-dee7-4c1c-855c-d4ee6a3fe43a/versions/1740507901/media/fe86e009090a9df31c3e678f49940cf7_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/26/brid-stacks-inspirational-career-to-be-featured-on-laochra-gael/","content_elements":[{"_id":"W5OMN57NPFCGVJSDDWVOBT27B4","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505408995},"content":"Bríd Stack’s sporting journey has taken her from <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/cork-gaa\">Cork</a> to Croke Park and to Australia, but the 11-time All-Ireland winner hopes her playing days are not over just yet.","type":"text"},{"_id":"M4A4Z4BXI5GFXASCFUJPYCGOGY","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505408996},"content":"Stack’s remarkable career is the focus of Thursday night’s Laochra Gael on TG4 – apart from her achievements on the field she has in recent years also become a strong advocate for women’s health and female participation in sport.","type":"text"},{"_id":"SZFMLBB4E5ASVH4NXMKPAYYGBQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505408997},"content":"The mother of two is currently seven months pregnant and hopes to get back playing with her club, St Vals, later this year. In the recent past, that outlet to continue playing football has proved invaluable in helping Stack after she suffered miscarriages – a topic she now openly discusses to try support other women.","type":"text"},{"_id":"23LCUSCPJJHUDIEIOWQCXZHA5A","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505408998},"content":"“I found it difficult to speak about properly because I actually went through another one last summer while the filming was going on,” she says. “It probably took for me to have the second one to probably talk to people about it.","type":"text"},{"_id":"UIEN5NBDYNAPXFMYFID2QLC7EQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505408999},"content":"“I remember going back to sport, and going back to St Vals in particular after the second one was vital for me. It probably was only in hindsight, looking back on it, that I realised just how much of a distraction it gave me and how it helped me kind of get over it a bit.","type":"text"},{"_id":"BAAZH5QZLRB5BOJCYNREIPNXLE","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505409000},"content":"“I guess the hardest thing about it is that it’s very much out of your control. I can only speak for myself, but you question yourself so much when it happens, maybe I shouldn’t be training, maybe I shouldn’t be running, maybe I’m too old etc. The reality is it affects so many women and in so many different ways.","type":"text"},{"_id":"I6NNEPJNJ5DF7PU7WNTFNTTNSY","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505409001},"content":"“Going forward it certainly changes your mindset during a healthy pregnancy in that you’re never fully at ease until you have that baby safely in your arms.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"JTKZ37KNNRDVPMRV6O5BMEUZAA","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505409002},"content":"Stack (38) believes it is beneficial for women to talk about such matters.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ODLM6NBFYRJYLIPNLBLCKQXKJA","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505409003},"type":"image"},{"_id":"J4EGT5RSTJAPJFVV2S55IR57FE","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505409004},"content":"“There is kind of this taboo that you can’t tell anybody until you are 12 weeks [pregnant], which I just think is ridiculous because you are instantly excited from the second you see that positive pregnancy test.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZIREGBXWQZACVNMMQQ3J4JOAWE","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505409005},"content":"“To keep that to yourself and then for something to not come to fruition is very difficult to try deal with by yourself. 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But when Cárthach Óg was so young, it was certainly a difficult time.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"6KFG3PPRJ5H4BFFCMMTWCZKISQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505409010},"content":"Stack, who returned to play with the Giants the following season, was among the trailblazers in terms of Irish players joining <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/aflw\" target=\"_self\">AFLW</a> clubs.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DELZYOR2VJFP7PNEOX5FSTC43U","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505409011},"content":"In recent years the number of Irish players has mushroomed. Meath captain Aoibhín Cleary has become the latest to sign for a club Down Under, joining Richmond.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZKMRB47YNREZLD7EBOPSXW2KFY","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505409012},"type":"image"},{"_id":"A3JBIGPT3NAHNGAMURWPTOESZE","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505409014},"content":"It appears there will now be more than 40 Irish players in AFLW for the first time but while Stack understands the concerns of such a talent drain, the former Cork footballer believes the figures will start decreasing in the seasons ahead.","type":"text"},{"_id":"Y447DVMERZEN7EUYNHFZ67TEUQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505409015},"content":"“I suppose when you hear another big name like that, another All-Ireland winner going down, I suppose it can kind of unsettle you a small bit,” she adds.","type":"text"},{"_id":"RYEH55GXGZCO3DYECLOFE4QL3I","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505409016},"content":"“But I think over time, just like with the men, it will kind of filter out a small little bit. I know there are girls going over, but there’s also girls coming back.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KDAMEHOEEFFW3CZVRZHD3PXAH4","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505409017},"content":"“If they get the opportunity to go over, it is a phenomenal experience, I can vouch for it, it is amazing. But over time I think that it will peter out. And I think there’s a lot of maybe weathering the storm a small bit in the coming years for the LGFA.","type":"text"},{"_id":"LDL32Z7JJFAW7P7HMTSMGX6KWM","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505409018},"content":"“The Irish girls were going over as ready-made athletes, whereas now the [AFLW] academies are starting to churn out these excellent players. They’re just completely ready to play whereas maybe in previous years that wasn’t the case.","type":"text"},{"_id":"V7FW5YHMVJA7FG2ZBY63NQ3YKY","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505409019},"content":"“You’re going to see the academies churning out a lot more players. You’re going to see maybe the demand [dropping] on the Irish to come over. So, it’s going to be a lot harder to break into the AFLW in the coming years.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"UBHECXYA5FHQNFJCRGW5NWYHZY","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505409020},"content":"But Stack hopes to be breaking into the team with St Vals again later this season. The boots are not ready for the garage just yet.","type":"text"},{"_id":"E35HQOYEEZC5VKX3Y6OHC5AOJM","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505409021},"content":"“I still have that competitiveness in me, I still want to play senior football.","type":"text"},{"_id":"33TX3I2RHVDTFL3VB4UMUW6ODI","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505409022},"content":"“Yeah, I’d love to go back and play again if the body is able – I suppose the mind still wants to play but if the body is still able after this we’ll see.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"NO3BF7I3JBHHHGSTG5U3AUMJ6U","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505409023},"content":"<i>– Brid Stack’s Laochra Gael episode will be broadcast on Thursday at 9.30pm on TG4.</i>","type":"text"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{"byline":"Gordon Manning"}},"name":"Gordon Manning"}]},"description":{"basic":"Cork mother of two is seven months pregnant and hopes to get back playing with her club later this year"},"display_date":"2025-02-26T06:00:00Z","headlines":{"basic":"Bríd Stack’s inspirational career to be featured on Laochra Gael","native":""},"label":{"audio_project_id":{"text":"5469"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"4Q72B65B5A7PPEYO43PAEDONXQ","auth":{"1":"abb2328d4d0829e2ed4a927099683e6233a215360ea907900cbf0cddd40fb004"},"type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/4Q72B65B5A7PPEYO43PAEDONXQ.jpg"}},"subtype":"default","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Gaelic Games"},{"name":"Sport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/26/brid-stacks-inspirational-career-to-be-featured-on-laochra-gael/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/sport/gaelic-games","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Gaelic Games"}}}},{"_id":"2XZIC4VB2FCZJKXZPE6SZUKIMM","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":343,"audio_url":"https://beyondwords-cdn-b7fyckdeejejb6dj.a03.azurefd.net/audio/projects/5469/podcasts/3dfa0471-b7ba-4171-8f4d-547751484b81/versions/1740497718/media/c064f50c263b0a8e0a92774948d954e7_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/26/gaa-congress-is-well-past-its-use-by-date-as-a-governing-forum/","content_elements":[{"_id":"HDVJE2N4PZHQDBCDSFYNMVIXNE","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063520},"content":"On Friday night in Donegal, GAA president <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/jarlath-burns/\" target=\"_blank\">Jarlath Burns</a> reminded delegates that it was the centenary of the <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/gaa-congress/\" target=\"_blank\">congress</a> that had decided to name a stand in Croke Park in memory of Tipperary footballer Mick Hogan, the only player to be killed on Bloody Sunday.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DZEZPM3JKVAMVDZEOMYVBY43VQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063521},"content":"It was also the 30th anniversary of a less grave but nonetheless significant congress held in Dublin. As it was a rules year (a year ending in 5 or 0 – a restriction that came close to repeal last Saturday, narrowly failing to get the necessary 60 per cent of delegates), 1995 saw a number of motions looking to change hurling and football.","type":"text"},{"_id":"A3WYP6N6YBDM7FIH2APDG2MRMA","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063522},"content":"The hurling proposals are relevant in a couple of respects. Given that we saw at the weekend the quixotic campaign against abuse of the handpass by Conor O’Donovan fail but fare better than expected given the battalions lined up against him, it is interesting to see a Cork motion from 30 years ago, looking to prohibit the handpass from a player who has received one.","type":"text"},{"_id":"YZ7YQ2X6L5A57J7BVONRAVBFJ4","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063523},"content":"Cork were consistent at the weekend, as the only county to speak in favour of the Tipperary motion, which received the backing of a third of the delegates.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QJUS72YCKRE7VPG7H74366BOSU","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063524},"content":"Most strikingly, a glance through the 1995 motions’ agenda indicates that every proposal came from a county.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TOLV55NUHBG4BJGCSAZUMCOBRM","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063525},"content":"This meant that if rules changes were being devised at national level, which they were, it was still necessary to find a county to act as a vehicle for the proposals.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JKSLHH7TKRBL5EHRCWCKD7RX3E","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063526},"content":"Of the 33 motions advanced in April 1995 to amend playing rules in both football and hurling, 28 were proposed by Carlow, a task that proved overwhelming for a county delegation that hadn’t been primarily involved in their formulation.","type":"text"},{"_id":"WBUDNBQ5XJAUZBLYPWXKTRQVBU","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063527},"content":"What was significant was that Croke Park took note of the shortcomings of the system and the following years when the Hurling Development Committee came up with its raft of proposals to reform the championship, it left nothing to chance.","type":"text"},{"_id":"MV5KYYJJFRAH7KRVG6GEFHQKEM","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063528},"content":"For the first time, even though once again a county – on this occasion, Westmeath – had to do some heavy lifting, there was a concerted effort to tour the album. Counties were visited and briefed on the ideas so that they would not be exclusively dependent on the floor of congress to do the persuading.","type":"text"},{"_id":"3IDI4GURP2BXG3FFMWYE3B7YWM","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063529},"type":"image"},{"_id":"RZNPRUA7YZFV5PS7C5HAQ5B4TY","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063530},"content":"Considering the central idea was the historic proposal to dismantle the traditional, pure knockout format, there was a major onus to explain in a way that wouldn’t frighten the horses. It worked.","type":"text"},{"_id":"7PTVEDWPQZASTFXW5GIAECX5TY","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063531},"content":"A glance at the congress clár three years later in 1999 indicates that change was on the way. At that congress, a suite of changes to the disciplinary rules was proposed en bloc by the old Games Administration Committee, whose disciplinary subcommittee had drafted them.","type":"text"},{"_id":"2NS4WKRBXND77EHVK4Z2C4OXUA","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063532},"content":"Gradually, units other than counties were allowed to bring motions to congress. There has been pushback against this – one year a proposal was brought to restore the exclusivity of counties in respect of putting ideas before congress. It was based on the concern that only big, central committees would have a realistic chance of getting things passed.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6SANGXT2WBDY3DXJTMZTPLKVQU","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063533},"content":"At the weekend, club proposals were outnumbered 15-25 by those from other, bigger units. It was noticeable that three of the most publicised motions did come from clubs but were fronted by well-known personalities. O’Donovan is a former All-Ireland winner and his campaign on the handpass has been dogged and persistent.","type":"text"},{"_id":"4BK4LWK6HFHNHFKBBXEHKBZEV4","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063534},"content":"For all his work, it appeared that the central premise – handpassing has led to frequent throwing of the sliotar – was being swept aside too easily and unconvincingly.","type":"text"},{"_id":"7JDFTBYNSVG47O45G5XEBD53ZM","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063535},"content":"The idea that the current rule should simply be more strictly enforced appears impractical in a game that referees themselves acknowledge moves so fast that they end up giving players “the benefit of the doubt” when handpassing.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NR54QG7QBNFFNF6CLCR3ZGCGZY","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063536},"content":"There was no appetite for the change however because of a fear that it would slow down the game, so once more the GAA goes down the path of saying one thing but doing another.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KTFJIQ7J7ZFL3HXLAVQNBC3GZI","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063537},"content":"O’Donovan didn’t even get the consolation prize of an offer to withdraw his motion and have it considered further – as happened with former Dublin All-Star Noel McCaffrey, father of Jack, in relation to his motion that players should have to play a minimum number of club matches before representing their county – an idea that very few would oppose in principle.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CIJJIIOJGRC53MCTEUWYUXUA2A","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063538},"type":"image"},{"_id":"NBPYQF6BD5D7HKYXZ5X3ZRYJPI","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063539},"content":"The same happened to Wexford All-Ireland winning manager Liam Griffin whose drive to require all clubs to offer juvenile hurling from under-7 to under-10 was also referred to the HDC for consideration.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KYQMX24S5FHQ3JOJR7VE7ECXZM","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063540},"content":"One way or the other, the motions didn’t pass and it will be a surprise if they materialise with the same force on future congress agenda.","type":"text"},{"_id":"L2A6JGQY2RE7JMUSNZWM2OFNII","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063541},"content":"Congress is well past its use-by date as a governing forum. Pressure from the games calendar – plenty of delegates were getting ready to charge off to matches – makes for a rushed atmosphere despite Jarlath Burns’s earnest reassurance that everything would get adequate time.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6ZNUG53CGZF2LLIO6766NR6F7E","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063542},"content":"Friday night’s shooting down – it was withdrawn given its slim prospects – of the motion to align the rule on kit and equipment manufacture with EU law for reasons that were of tangential relevance, reflected badly on everyone.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QJO37DI34ZHZ3AUP52XDP7K7ZY","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063543},"content":"DG Tom Ryan accepted that the top table had maybe not explained clearly enough the need to remove the stipulation “shall be of Irish manufacture”.","type":"text"},{"_id":"57GDWLBUXFE5HPAA3GSKR2I4CA","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063544},"content":"Instead, the GAA’s regulatory exposure will continue until the autumn when another attempt to solve the problem will go to special congress. Such matters are ill-suited to the congress format of limited discussion and volatile enthusiasms on the floor.","type":"text"},{"_id":"B5XU65KJZVBQLCYYHYW7INGSDI","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063545},"content":"Congress should be for broad policy and ethos as well as the effective briefing system of the Friday workshops. Governance issues should be capable of introduction with the imprimatur of Central Council, which after all represents every county, and the management committee.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6FNMLPDU6ZAD7AMB7M2XRFH3AE","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063546},"content":"It would be useful were congress 2025 to be remembered as a turning point in that respect.","type":"text"},{"_id":"RUXIW5IQS5BDPEOPZ2HUYHDW2Q","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063547},"content":"email: <a href=\"mailto:sean.moran@irishtimes.com\">sean.moran@irishtimes.com</a>","type":"text"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{"byline":"Seán Moran"}},"name":"Seán Moran"}]},"description":{"basic":"Shooting down of motion to align rule on kit and equipment manufacture with EU law reflected badly on everyone"},"display_date":"2025-02-26T06:00:00Z","headlines":{"basic":"GAA Congress is well past its use-by date as a governing forum","native":""},"label":{"audio_project_id":{"text":"5469"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"ECIUVY2YHZBHTPFIWRYWMK5QO4","auth":{"1":"49e59b766e4a381d138bf28138c39d68b34a4a3b75a15a77af30505fe39acf3b"},"focal_point":{"x":1466,"y":225},"type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/ECIUVY2YHZBHTPFIWRYWMK5QO4.jpg"}},"subtype":"columnist","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Gaelic Games"},{"name":"Sport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/26/gaa-congress-is-well-past-its-use-by-date-as-a-governing-forum/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/sport/gaelic-games","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Gaelic Games"}}}},{"_id":"A5MOH5V7KVAPJFFTMIITY6FTZ4","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":150,"audio_url":"https://beyondwords-cdn-b7fyckdeejejb6dj.a03.azurefd.net/audio/projects/5469/podcasts/cf67d8ba-5cf3-41fe-92ff-49a6da0a4f7b/versions/1740487671/media/16b355c8bce1e615236743ad48018824_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/25/former-kerry-player-and-coach-johnny-culloty-dies-aged-88/","content_elements":[{"_id":"RE244PKON5ADHLLXO6AZ2LN5KM","additional_properties":{},"content":"Five-times All-Ireland senior football championship winner Johnny Culloty has died at the age of 88.","type":"text"},{"_id":"BKXOZKU5YVFEPFHWMW62DIXR2Y","additional_properties":{},"content":"Culloty won the first of those five medals as a forward in 1955 but was the <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/kerry-gaa\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/kerry-gaa\">Kerry</a> goalkeeper for the other four – 1959, 1962, 1969, 1970. His five senior medals were claimed across three decades. The Killarney Legion clubman lifted the Sam Maguire as team captain in 1969.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VOTUHHS3Z5FP3EUDXFT4XRFNIM","additional_properties":{},"content":"A talented dual player, he also hurled for Kerry as well and was part of the Kingdom’s 1961 All-Ireland junior hurling championship winning side. 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He was involved in numerous teams all his Legion life and served as club chairman too.","type":"text"},{"_id":"MVOEG2V7GZFALJNZTFDXMCUUSA","additional_properties":{},"content":"“In later years he was a driving force, alongside his partner in crime Pat Healy, in the clubs Development Committee, and the current facilities are the fruits of the work Johnny and his cohorts put in.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"IWYXMXQZJZD4NEIUQJ7TFZ65YU","additional_properties":{},"content":"*Reposing at O’Shea’s Funeral Home, Killarney on Wednesday from 3.30pm to 6.30pm followed by removal to St Mary’s Cathedral. 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The report on the first three rounds of the National Football League by the GAA’s Games Intelligence Unit provides some parameters for that discussion.","type":"text"},{"_id":"AHNXL5CMXRGT5FUYA2VUFQNB3I","additional_properties":{},"content":"The obvious findings are the preponderance of long kick-outs and the increase in contested kick-outs but there was some disappointment that the handpass to kick pass ratio had hardly budged from the 2023 and ’24 figures of 3.2:1 and 3.4:1 during the opening weeks of the season.","type":"text"},{"_id":"MZ3UAE2CPNELHKGXW6IRUYTQIQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"Paul Earley, one of the GAA’s most qualified coaches and a veteran of Eugene McGee’s FRC in 2012, has predictably been taking a keen interest in how the game is evolving and believes there are a number of changes that could be made before the summer rules are finalised.","type":"text"},{"_id":"C6RJ23UQFREV5NHUDA7MP32GVE","additional_properties":{},"content":"One is the role of the goalkeeper. This has attracted much comment because of the fact that the roaming ‘keeper is allowed to create an imbalance by joining the attack, causing a 12-11 overload.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CXIRJA5GLVFTFHQU7BXSE6RI6U","additional_properties":{},"content":"This has effectively shifted the potential for endless handpassing from defence to attack, as the “extra man” goalkeeper becomes an outlet for holding possession.","type":"text"},{"_id":"X6CTHEEOIJD27LYDL7HPKNIE74","additional_properties":{},"content":"“I think one of the objectives of the FRC is that they wanted a more ‘vertical’ game,” says Earley, “as opposed to a ‘horizontal’ game, which we were used to in recent years”. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"OLDX6IIPBRASVPC7EIJB7BJUB4","additional_properties":{},"content":"“If that is a stated aim or stated goal, then having the goalkeeper come up and get involved in the game past the halfway line, doesn’t facilitate that. In fact, it facilitates the more horizontal game. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"LZSRV6QUFVGF3GV67QEQ7FULWU","additional_properties":{},"content":"Derry’s kick-out was demolished but pretending it was about who wanted it more won’t do them any good","type":"interstitial_link"},{"_id":"THW2VH42XZBJ7N7G7VTIIYA3WU","additional_properties":{},"content":"“I’ve heard a couple of people and maybe a couple of coaches as well say, ‘look, the game is so fast now that we need periods of slow play to kind of balance it’, but the referee has a role that there are various stoppages in the game anyway – you know, players can take a breather if there are injuries or if the clock is stopping for subs and whatnot.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"W7ELDN37IZA4HI3KHGXHSYECPQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"Another factor in the decline of kick passing is the new “solo and go” provision, allowing players to take off on being awarded a free with a buffer zone of four metres. 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That would have been the interesting one.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"VLCTSZ4P7NC5XGXB7MLLZVBBYA","additional_properties":{},"content":"Earley is in agreement with the complaints of some managers on two issues, red-card and black-card punishments and the number of replacements that teams should be allowed to make.","type":"text"},{"_id":"RQD2GEOWZ5FGPFOPKCY7GJDE5A","additional_properties":{},"content":"Teams losing a player for disciplinary reasons are allowed to “borrow” someone from their 3v3 structure, which effectively allows them to mitigate their penalty.","type":"text"},{"_id":"YLYQZDMBJBD6TCNRWHG5FWIIXM","additional_properties":{},"content":"“That’s maybe one of the unintended consequences,” he says. “I’m sure they’ve looked at all of that but when you look at it, it doesn’t really punish the offending team.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TXZQ35DZPJC5VBGPE4LLZBWDFA","additional_properties":{},"content":"“It should give an advantage obviously to the opposition when they’re a man up or two men up. The bulk of the game has been played between the two 45-metre lines so having a numerical advantage there would be significant. So, if you lose a player, you just have to keep your 3v3 up, which means you’re down a player in the central area.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"GP4RRDBSAYWGC54RMPMG5PHWXA","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"JW3KRCVK7JAGLPJLJBIUXUOUPE","additional_properties":{},"content":"He would also allow more than the permitted five replacements but restrict the opportunity to bring them on to the field.","type":"text"},{"_id":"RKYNDJDKE5GKFJ2KVBHHY7PIDE","additional_properties":{},"content":"“I would go with six or seven subs and have maybe three occasions in each half when they can come on, other than for injuries.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"7GTVHOHRFBHRRD2ADFJCGBMZHQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"He would also consult regularly with referees because of the increased physical demands on them, which creates mental fatigue affecting decision-making, particularly at the end of matches, and he favours video assistance in top intercounty matches.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KNKBNCXZENEAXOU3AZFJXYKQGM","additional_properties":{},"content":"Seán Moran: Ratios shift ominously as the GAA fights to hold its audience","type":"interstitial_link"},{"_id":"6VZC52UFPVCGLD6XCPSP7562CU","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Soccer has it; rugby has it. It’s not a big extension to move it to championship football and the GAA.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"PMTV3FYQLRFBFIJUE23JGTY66M","additional_properties":{},"content":"Whereas he acknowledges the positive impact on long-range shooting of the two-point score for kicks beyond 40 metres, Earley doesn’t believe frees should come into that category.","type":"text"},{"_id":"N56ZR3FKSFHBNA6N7UIXVBEOMA","additional_properties":{},"content":"“I would only give the two points from open play. Now the question is, does that encourage fouling outside? I’m not sure if it would because you foul outside, then you give a foul away, then with the solo and goal you’re almost giving the guy a free run inside. 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Some teams are having to shift around their personnel to suit it and give battlefield promotions to midfielders whose size demands their inclusion rather than their skill. By contrast, Derry already had two All-Star midfielders in the shape of Conor Glass and Brendan Rodgers and can now throw the imposing figure of Anton Tohill into the mix.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZTYIBMQSRFDEBLDPP6X2K7SDGM","additional_properties":{},"content":"Yet on Saturday night, it was <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/dublin-gaa/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/dublin-gaa/\">Dublin</a>’s complete domination of the Derry kick-out that turned the game the home side’s way. After a quarter of an hour, Derry led 0-6 to 0-3. Dublin outscored them from there to the break by 1-7 to 0-0. Dessie Farrell’s side thoroughly ransacked Neil McNicholl’s kick-out in that period, sourcing 1-4 of their scores from it. For good measure, they put up the first point of the second half off his first kick-out after the restart.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DI7T2VBDEJHV5EUETL24XF7PWI","additional_properties":{},"content":"That was the game, basically. Derry went half an hour without scoring, conceding 1-10 along the way and coughing up 1-5 directly from their own kick-out. That’s never going to get it done for any team but it’s especially debilitating for a side like Derry, who would like to think they have the jump on most teams in that area. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"LDYBBREUERCW5LTUDA6GLOFU2I","additional_properties":{},"content":"Afterwards, Paddy Tally didn’t put a tooth in it. Asked if there was any science or tactics to the way the kick-out is now, he more or less threw his hands in the air in response.","type":"text"},{"_id":"7JX6RBTO6FB5HON6GMRBCKMEWQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"“There is some of it, but sometimes it just comes down to really good individual play. I thought Brian Howard tonight was outstanding in the middle for Dublin, he seemed to boss the kick-out. I thought Anton did really well for us. Anton, I think, won six, maybe seven clean kick-outs out there, so he was very good. But Brian Howard maybe dominated from the Dublin point of view. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"OWKY2YJETRAJ5ORYCMTNKUEZM4","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Also Dublin won on the break ball, but they’re very strong on that. I think that’s what disappointed us tonight. Now, in fairness, Niall Toner and Ciarán McFaul were two of our better break-ball winners in the last few matches, and both were off injured. I think we didn’t really adjust as well after that. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"O675XLYUIBAHBLBYHCACB5UC7Y","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"6PIITNC27BBIVMFKNUK4U37TAY","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Science-wise, the ball is going to go out to the middle now. It’s really going down to back to midfielders who can win ball. 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Ethan Rafferty went long into traffic at times and Colm Reape did the same. But both goalkeepers found some variation too. Reape had some success finding Enda Hession with short kick-outs to the edge of the arc, although it helps when Hession has the pace to get past his man and get Mayo moving up the pitch.","type":"text"},{"_id":"UJAHT4PZCRH3LFZZUXJGDCHYJQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"ES4V4L5D35F4HIW7X7KKBLVOKY","additional_properties":{},"content":"It was a couple of Rafferty’s kick-outs in the second half that really caught the eye though. With Armagh under the pump and Mayo starting to get motoring on the back of Davitt Neary and Ryan O’Donoghue’s energy, Rafferty twice put the ball down and waved everyone over to the left-hand side of the pitch as he looked at it. 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They haven’t all been universally welcomed and certainly some tweaking will be needed, but creating space for inside forwards has allowed the gifted shooters to display their talents again – no longer are teams capable of simply double marking the opposition’s best forward or taking them out of the game by bottling them up within a mass defence.","type":"text"},{"_id":"44SZJGJSC5AD3J6TW4YEKKZHZY","additional_properties":{},"content":"Last Sunday’s game against Tyrone was Clifford’s first start of the season. He finished the contest with 3-3 – who could have guessed that with a little more room the Kerry forward would make hay?","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZBMTX6EJYRBRLMSV22SJVVUINI","additional_properties":{},"content":"Walsh is probably the outstanding player in this year’s league and has fired over two-pointers in all four of Galway’s games. He finished Sunday’s win over Donegal with 11 points – including four two-pointers.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZFW2XBNTFRCFRHVSVL437CI3NI","additional_properties":{},"content":"Darragh Canavan returned to action for Tyrone on Sunday and chipped in with 1-4. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"OIIXMRQZ4BEBTBF4WBZRQEOQIY","subtype":"twitter","type":"oembed_response"},{"_id":"HI2ATIU7W5EG3M3GDTRLDSK5BA","additional_properties":{},"content":"The FRC’s Statistical Analysis Report shows that the average number of shots per game has increased from 49.9 in the 2024 championship to 56.1 in this year’s league – a figure that is likely to grow when the weather and pitches improve.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DOY45L2OYBHIRP22MHKXCGUTU4","additional_properties":{},"content":"So, this morning the talk is all of Clifford and Walsh. The previous weekend Diarmuid Murtagh scored 12 points for Roscommon as he became the county’s all-time top scorer while Michael Murphy made headline with a silver screen type comeback for Donegal on the same day. In this new version of Gaelic football, it seems forwards are taking centre stage as the lead characters once more. <b>— Gordon Manning</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"EHT325PAOFFDZMPN77VRVENGYM","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"W346ZVG36JB33GYYDR5RZ6T4OI","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Davitt Neary adds a splash of you-can’t-teach-that to the Mayo attack</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"H6VYKFLHSJAGZEQE52TH3ANBEA","additional_properties":{},"content":"Welcome to the jungle, Davitt Neary. The young Mayo wing-forward had already given notice in the first three league games that he might be considered a find but his goal against Armagh on Saturday evening moved things onto another level. He doesn’t get to be a surprise package to anyone now.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NP5Y33V775DT7MBEIZENZOT7KI","additional_properties":{},"content":"His turn of speed, his direct running, the coolness of his finish – all these aspects of his goal were impressive. But what Mayo people would have taken away from it most of all was the sheer chutzpah of it. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"YJ6G4XPG3BCUXF5UHWGPQ2JZ54","additional_properties":{},"content":"Mayo were six points down with just over 20 minutes to go in the back yard of the All-Ireland champions when Neary took off running as Ryan O’Donoghue stood over a sideline ball. The pass to him was clever but there was also a hint of the hospital about it – a smidge later getting to it and Neary would have been clattered by Paddy Burns. Burns turns 32 this year, Neary was playing in his fourth senior game for Mayo. You’d have forgiven the young man for thinking twice.","type":"text"},{"_id":"MYHZDYJHLNBEFECVYDREDO3Y2E","additional_properties":{},"content":"But not a bit of it. He had the wit to flick the ball past Burns and send the experienced defender for a taxi. He zipped into the Armagh square, leaving Jemar Hall (no slough) for dead. And instead of snatching at it, as many, many Mayo forwards down through the generations would have done, he had the stones to flick a right-footed finish in the manner of Con O’Callaghan in the 2017 final.","type":"text"},{"_id":"WSE7CCKZBNAEHHH2VK5WPSTQAM","subtype":"twitter","type":"oembed_response"},{"_id":"4CU63FBAEVCTXM2T2IVFXTYXTQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"Unlike Con, Neary has no underage GAA pedigree. He was better known as a soccer player as a teenager and is also a national and European champion kickboxer. So maybe he doesn’t know what he doesn’t know and doesn’t come to the Mayo scene carrying any sort of baggage.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TKKCCRVDMNEDLKDS57R3CSNIZE","additional_properties":{},"content":"Either way, this was the exact right play at the exact right time and brought Mayo back into a game they were gone out of. It’s only the league and there are miles to go and history weighs heavy on any Mayo forward who flashes a bit of early leg. But there was an element of you-can’t teach-that in Davitt’s goal. Every serious team needs a bit of it.<b> — Malachy Clerkin</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"Z5LRTI6IQZBLVPR6OELJI7IJCE","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"6QKJJ3ZFPVDADDBIDCU52S5FKU","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Lohan’s odd league history with Wexford</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"N5DW6YTSBBBH5IG2FZHIGZ6EN4","additional_properties":{},"content":"Clare’s unexpected defeat by Wexford in Ennis is the latest eventful outcome of matches between the pair during Brian Lohan’s management. The All-Ireland winning manager took over in time for the 2020 competition and has never beaten Wexford in the spring competition in Ennis but has never been beaten in Wexford.","type":"text"},{"_id":"FKSET5PDKBA4HIVBUE4XTD6J4Y","additional_properties":{},"content":"Of the counties’ six league matches since 2020, Wexford hold the balance of success, 3-2 with one draw.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TXHGY6C7DJHGZAFKRL5MHMGXWI","additional_properties":{},"content":"On taking over, Lohan very quickly found himself in Wexford in a face-off with former county team-mate Davy Fitzgerald, manager of the then Leinster champions. A low-scoring win maintained Clare’s good start to a league that would end in the grim chaos of Covid.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZSQPZX3X3NFSRF4MTZTW6YX3SQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"It also featured an impressive turn in the half forwards by the home manager’s namesake David Fitzgerald, who had just been re-purposed as a half-forward after a county career at wing-back and would later win two All Stars in his new position.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JWLORTZWVZFEBOEWTXTA45FMSE","additional_properties":{},"content":"Keith Rossiter on Sunday was the third manager of the county to line up against Lohan in the past six years. All of them, Fitzgerald and Darragh Egan previously, have now won a league match in Cusack Park.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GZU5T5DBDRGQXMIFP3V6HKF5XM","additional_properties":{},"content":"Of course, Egan also had the worst experience in the fixture, the whopping 6-25 to 1-18 defeat in the 2023 league.","type":"text"},{"_id":"BDH23TO3ZVADXM272JPCXCH5TQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"There is a championship bottom line to all of this, all the more peculiar given the contrasting league fortunes. Lohan has faced Wexford four times in five years and won all of them, including last year’s All-Ireland quarter-final en route to the Liam MacCarthy. <b>— Seán Moran</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"DHZUMNRBSZCR3O6B4QN2Y7K4KU","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"4DXNG2N7ERES5HLEWSXSFFCGMM","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Without adjusting for inflation, goals still carry weight </b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"QMWCUPEYUBHPVEP5ZTQC24X4P4","additional_properties":{},"content":"After Cork lost to Tipperary by four points on Saturday night Pat Ryan bemoaned the goal chances they had missed. By his reckoning Cork had left “six or seven” goals behind them. When they reflected on last season it was clearly something that had come out in the wash.","type":"text"},{"_id":"7Z7EUMITP5BO7HWCLHMAV7ACO4","additional_properties":{},"content":"“That’s something that we have to work on, because that was an Achilles heel we had last year,” said Ryan. “We were creating an awful lot of chances and our efficiency from open play was very good for points – it was very good again tonight – but our efficiency for taking goal opportunities is something we’ve been working on but obviously needs further work.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"YPDBN3SBY5BXTLGFFPH4FUYUEI","additional_properties":{},"content":"The scoring boom in hurling has been driven by points, and particularly long-range shooting. In football’s rule changes the proposal for a four-point goal was dropped before the league but it is a conversation that has popped up in hurling too in recent seasons. With the glut of points had goals been devalued? 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inflicted a first defeat on <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/donegal-gaa\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/donegal-gaa\">Donegal</a> at Pearse Stadium.","type":"text"},{"_id":"XAGEYXWLZVGRRB6AWQWZZGFL5A","additional_properties":{},"content":"Shane Walsh led the way with a masterclass in shooting as Galway hit seven two-pointers with the wind and never looked like surrendering their 0-17 to 0-1 interval lead despite having a man sent off before the break and suffering two black cards in the second half.","type":"text"},{"_id":"PFZEN4II4ZDL7HCIM6AHILEJY4","additional_properties":{},"content":"“A lot of twos in the first half gave us a good lead and we probably learnt from Derry last week that playing against the breeze is tough and you have to dog it out and that’s what we did. 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He got 25 minutes last week and it was brilliant for everyone to see him back on the pitch. Hopefully he will be back, it’s only a short-term thing,” said McFadden, who conceded they left themselves with too much to do after the opening half.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ARZHUGLCA5FJBFERA4MNKN737Q","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Galway made easy work of it in the first half, they were kicking over two-pointers which aren’t easy. You were looking at the scoreboard and it was going two, four, six, eight. They played well even in the second half when they were down a man or two, but at times it looked like they had the extra man. 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Walsh was superb, shooting four two-pointers in the opening half, three of them from play, landing kicks off both feet and from all angles.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JW7S62ULQK556JZKJVXXXHYOEE","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"6K66A3A74RG23ONB75P6GDVUSI","additional_properties":{},"content":"Galway shot seven two-pointers with the wind as Tierney, goalkeeper Conor Flaherty — a late replacement for Connor Gleeson before they switched at the break — and Rob Finnerty scored from range.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ND66NR757NBYBOMOWNHALYBPI4","additional_properties":{},"content":"Conor O’Donnell eventually opened Donegal’s account from a 20-metre free five minutes from the break.","type":"text"},{"_id":"J4EP425B3ZHSLLYXDZCTXKI2ZI","additional_properties":{},"content":"A couple of two-pointers from Daire Ó Baoill and one from Conor O’Donnell helped Donegal reduce the margin after the restart but Walsh responded with a couple of points for Galway to leave it 0-19 to 0-6 after 50 minutes.","type":"text"},{"_id":"4UK2QZNWDFGOHBYSJIX5JVNDLY","additional_properties":{},"content":"But then Galway defender O’Flaherty was black-carded for an off-the-ball push on Shane O’Donnell. That left Galway down to 13 men for 10 minutes but they only conceded points to Ciarán Thompson, Oisín Gallen and Ó Baoill during that spell to take a 0-19 to 0-9 lead into the closing 13 minutes.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OFQWBUKZDVDUDPEWLUSXJJIAII","additional_properties":{},"content":"Péadar Mogan went forward to shoot a two-pointer for Donegal but after another point from Walsh, Galway were again reduced to 13 men after 63 minutes when substitute Ó Laoi pulled down Mark Curran as the Donegal defender tried to come out.","type":"text"},{"_id":"2TIPJG5VPRHOHC33W4NYNQMR2Y","additional_properties":{},"content":"But Donegal never looked like saving their unbeaten start to the campaign with Walsh and the superb John Maher extending Galway’s lead.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VDDOK6DDAJBATIWZRYAXJ67H2A","additional_properties":{},"content":"Shane O’Donnell, Ó Baoill and Thompson hit late points for Donegal but it was Galway who repeated their All-Ireland semi-final success to make it three wins and a draw so far in this campaign. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"FQAEXWKRXVGTVPRMISY5RFOAVI","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>GALWAY:</b> C Flaherty (0-1-0); J McGrath, S Kelly, D O’Flaherty (0-0-1); D McHugh, S Fitzgerald, L Silke (0-0-1); C Hernon, J Maher (0-0-1); C Sweeney, S O’Neill, C D’Arcy; R Finnerty (0-1-1, 1tpf), M Tierney (0-1-0), S Walsh (0-4-3, 1tpf, 2f). ","type":"text"},{"_id":"O2NOLFYCFJA4HOPTQTQRH3ZPKM","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Subs:</b> C Gleeson for Flaherty (half-time); J Glynn for Fitzgerald, F Ó Laoi for O’Neill (both 44 mins); S Ó Maoilchiaráin for Hernon (50); M Thompson for Finnerty (60).","type":"text"},{"_id":"WFR2ZJ7LANH7FJD6DG7TEBLMP4","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>DONEGAL:</b> S Patton; M Curran, B McCole, P Mogan (0-1-0); E McHugh, C McGonigle, C Moore; H McFadden, D Mac Giolla Bríde; O Doherty, D Ó Baoill (0-2-2), J Brennan; S O’Donnell (0-0-1), O Gallen (0-0-1), C O’Donnell (0-0-2). ","type":"text"},{"_id":"O7YZS2T4AJAFPODSWCOQNYQJJY","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Subs:</b> E Bán Gallagher for McHugh, C Thompson (0-0-2) for Mac Giolla Bríde, N O’Donnell for Doherty (all half-time); J Mac Ceallabhuí for McFadden, C McGuinness for Brennan (both 57 mins).","type":"text"},{"_id":"4XDO6I3UYNCVBJ5XRPPPSIH2CM","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Referee:</b> David Coldrick (Meath).","type":"text"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"John Fallon at Pearse Stadium"}]},"description":{"basic":"Tribesmen had Matthew Tierney sent off just before the break but led by 16 points at half-time"},"display_date":"2025-02-23T19:31:15.759Z","headlines":{"basic":"Seán Kelly’s two-pointer tally helps Galway breeze past Donegal in Salthill ","native":""},"label":{"audio_project_id":{"text":"5469"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"YS2M2EG6VUELUFWY3E6QRAVUOY","auth":{"1":"88b1f6a03fa12650313fe28ebddb2048b61747c170444e59b1184caf41beac99"},"type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/YS2M2EG6VUELUFWY3E6QRAVUOY.jpg"}},"subtype":"default","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Gaelic Games"},{"name":"Sport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/23/sean-kellys-two-point-tally-helps-galway-breeze-past-donegal-in-salthill/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/sport/gaelic-games","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Gaelic Games"}}}},{"_id":"D3JRHRRPBNAETCH4WZ2FT7GJYY","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":450,"audio_url":"https://beyondwords-cdn-b7fyckdeejejb6dj.a03.azurefd.net/audio/projects/5469/podcasts/a86547a4-9fbf-4d91-a80c-3684f4eaf453/versions/1740337487/media/f970b024c22648d9788946638b1c1215_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/23/gaago-gone-as-association-moves-forward-with-re-branded-gaa/","content_elements":[{"_id":"FJQRS7ELKNA4HHFYOQP5SJO5XE","additional_properties":{},"content":"The <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/\">GAA</a> is to launch a new streaming service to replace <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/gaago/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/gaago/\">GAAGo</a>. In his address to the weekend’s annual congress in Donegal, association president <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/jarlath-burns/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/jarlath-burns/\">Jarlath Burns</a> confirmed the establishment of GAA+, which will broadcast its first live matches on the opening weekend of this year’s championship.","type":"text"},{"_id":"B5VV4BFEENEYJDYZMLJS3WRV6A","additional_properties":{},"content":"The new service is owned by the GAA, as opposed to the GAAGo, which was a joint venture with <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/rte/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/rte/\">RTÉ</a> and has proved controversial.","type":"text"},{"_id":"YBLA22IPURFQNOUZARHSPPJKDA","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Late last year we made the decision to retain the rights for media packages 5 and 6, previously shown domestically by GAAGo, before exploring what we would do with them.","type":"text"},{"_id":"B45YMYGPOZGMZPWJZAKWLHKSDU","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Today, I am pleased to confirm the next phase in our ‘over the top’/‘direct to fan’ streaming offering with the announcement of our fully GAA-owned and operated service called GAA+.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"CRQ7E32FRBD3BI3753CPAOPDEQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"Speaking later, Burns said the association was grateful to RTÉ for the partnership in GAAGo, which was established in 2014, initially as a streaming service for overseas audiences, and which, in 2023, acquired live rights in the domestic market.","type":"text"},{"_id":"M5JRUL4E3ZERTOQUPO3U6QO4VE","additional_properties":{},"content":"“They are still our main broadcast partner, and we really value that ... but now we are ready to do this ourselves ... but we couldn’t have got to where we were without the help of RTÉ.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"L6CX7B6DT5AH5AVS3BX3FI5334","additional_properties":{},"content":"Congress also approved a new format for the football championship, a sixth format between planned and Covid-enforced changes since 2017. It re-introduces a knock-out pathway from provincial championship into the All-Ireland stages in both the Sam Maguire and Tailteann Cups.","type":"text"},{"_id":"2T2JINRKX5BVHOSHD7ROBZZBR4","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"VUF4EZKSG5HA5DFWYRTXXN3GYM","additional_properties":{},"content":"This replaces the round-robin format that has been in place for the past two years. The change had been well flagged and didn’t attract any pivotal opposition. It was endorsed by 93 per cent of the delegates.","type":"text"},{"_id":"V5KKRL4B35DZ7KQJF3IDCEKEWI","additional_properties":{},"content":"A motion that had <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/22/d-day-for-conor-odonovans-17-year-crusade-to-clean-up-the-handpass/#:~:text=Motion%201%20is%20intended%20to,and%20then%20handpass%20it%20away.\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/22/d-day-for-conor-odonovans-17-year-crusade-to-clean-up-the-handpass/#:~:text=Motion%201%20is%20intended%20to,and%20then%20handpass%20it%20away.\">attracted publicity</a> was number one on the clár, from former Tipperary hurler Conor O’Donovan and his club Nenagh Éire Óg. It proposed modifying the handpass in hurling by not allowing it to be made with the hand holding the ball.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CPF3XARLXRDTRJHOYMZHQHRDVU","additional_properties":{},"content":"“The sport of hurling has become more possession-based,” O’Donovan told delegates, “primarily through its range of handpassing skills. The type of handpass that is most used by players is where the ball is offloaded directly from the same hand that is holding it.","type":"text"},{"_id":"SODOPGCZEJDARIMAEYXCSFLXMI","additional_properties":{},"content":"“However, in doing so, players are a lot more frequently engaging in the act of throwing the ball, which is seldom penalised by referees.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"I7O37RPTNVDRFHEL52YNJYXCGA","additional_properties":{},"content":"Opposition came from the hurling development committee, whose chair, Terry Reilly, said that the game “would be slowed down” and that a skill “would be significantly affected”. He urged that referees be allowed to police the situation under the current rule.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OBT4Y4EFOFCCXFRME5E7XTV2JI","additional_properties":{},"content":"Delegates voted it down 67-33 per cent.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VEU2LKA3LBDGJGOTBMTIOHZCHI","additional_properties":{},"content":"Other personality-led motions came from former Dublin All Star Noel McCaffrey and Wexford’s 1996 All-Ireland winning manager Liam Griffin.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OTDRSLIRUFB77AKGJID7H3BODI","additional_properties":{},"content":"The first was McCaffrey’s proposal that players should be obliged to have played four club league matches before representing their county. There was much commending the spirit of the motion but taking issue with the substance, which was opposed as impractical by London, Cork and Galway.","type":"text"},{"_id":"YB3RVJYIIRHJDIX2B3FF2I66HU","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"ATSDIVIV6RGSVC4ZRA4OXI26EQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"An amendment – that matches from the previous year could count – had come too late for inclusion and Burns suggested that the motion be withdrawn and re-submitted in amended form next year.","type":"text"},{"_id":"T4I3YGCYGFFJVKOY7KTS7TXVT4","additional_properties":{},"content":"McCaffrey agreed, albeit with a couple of reservations.","type":"text"},{"_id":"4NF6LDA22ZHTXK54QQXGC6MDEU","additional_properties":{},"content":"Griffin’s suggestion that all clubs have juvenile hurling teams from under-7 to under-10 was also withdrawn, in this case so that it could be taken up and further considered by the hurling development committee.","type":"text"},{"_id":"E7GMSHCFHNCS7MMPILVNHOT25E","additional_properties":{},"content":"A proposal, motion 22, that an additional suspension should apply to anyone insisting on a hearing for more serious infractions when “the hearing had no prospect of success” or “the hearing request was an abuse of process” was eventually passed by 81 per cent to 19.","type":"text"},{"_id":"EUFLZPZBNBE7DF5Y7LYCNR7ZGI","additional_properties":{},"content":"There was push-back against the idea but a persuasive intervention by the association’s president, based on the importance of players accepting punishment for infractions rather than constantly seeking to get off at committee, got it back on track.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CBE7SXGJPVC5LETME4HZKWDDHA","additional_properties":{},"content":"Motion 18 was overwhelmingly passed, 96-4 per cent. It proposed the implementation of a code of conduct for adult safeguarding.","type":"text"},{"_id":"33LA7QIJCZAK3HINZ4FBIWZZ3E","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>How main motions fared</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"YJZEWQ6MIJAHHNRJFLJBYJQNWA","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 1: </b>Conor O’Donovan’s proposal to prohibit the use of the hand holding the ball to handpass or palm it away. (Nenagh Éire Óg, Tipperary). <b>Rejected 67-33 per cent</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"SXLDDC4YPFFLTIC6PGHU6CATPU","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 3: </b>A proposal to add provincial finals to All-Ireland finals as exempt from winner-on-the-day protocols. As a reaction to last year’s hurling All-Ireland going to extra time, it also stipulated that All-Ireland finals go straight to a replay if level after normal time. (Central Council/CCCC). <b>Withdrawn</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"5XMVMCPJVVH5FOQYOWY7EH2MSI","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 7: </b>This proposed to abandon the five-year rule for tabling motions on playing rules and allow them in any given year. (Cloonacool, Sligo). <b>Supported 58-42 but failed to reach 60 per cent</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"TJVXG43H5RBZXIYFACGKSSIX7Y","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 10: </b>To further dismantle the old prohibitions on other sports by allowing clubs to make their ancillary facilities available to other sports and community-based groups. (Danesfort, Kilkenny). <b>Supported 53-47 but failed to reach 60 per cent</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"KJRFSBFMK5HNHEWCCZ6RJEMKGI","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 12: </b>Noel McCaffrey’s redefinition of eligibility for intercounty championship which would have required a player to have played a minimum of four league games with their club in that calendar year. (Clontarf, Dublin). <b>Withdrawn</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"N34FKXM3UFF6BI7VECDENZ662Q","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 13: </b>From Wexford’s All-Ireland winning manager Liam Griffin, this would have obliged every club to field at least one hurling team at under-7, under-8, under-9 and/or under-10. (St Mary’s Rosslare, Wexford). <b>Withdrawn</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"V4LXDMNZ5FFA7FPSFK6A3EDNUM","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 14: </b>That Europe be permitted to compete in the Tier 5 Lory Meagher Cup in 2026. (Maastricht GAA, Europe). <b>Accepted 95-5</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"YUYLKTBXARAHPK2VC5H6FF4CQM","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 17: </b>To govern the calling of special congresses and restore the power of Central Council to determine the number of delegates entitled to attend. This is to reverse a recent decision that stipulated there should be full delegations at a special congress. (Connacht, Leinster and Munster provincial councils). <b>Rejected 28-72</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"T5UGBD3GQ5CT3GMRXVVUHNSFYU","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 19: </b>Proposal to discontinue the All-Ireland group stages and introduce in 2026 a series of knock-out and qualifier rounds after the provincial championships as the format for All-Ireland SFC and Tailteann Cup. (Central Council/CCCC). <b>Accepted 93-7</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"K4BWNTQZ5NB2DH6QZRMT4THYIA","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 21: </b>Grant permission for the council or committee in charge to consider additional suspensions or penalties in excess of the minimum permitted under rule should the gravity of the case deem it appropriate. (Central Council/CCCC/CHC/CAC). <b>Accepted 97-3</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"FBQZV6QDSNFLVMZB46ONMMO4YU","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 38: </b>That the GAA should maintain a neutral stance in any non-GAA campaign/movement subject to a new ‘advocacy policy’, to be adopted by Central Council. (Central Council). <b>Accepted 95-5</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"MKTUC2Z2RJEG5BLHTVGQRJDJAY","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 39: </b>To bring Official Guide policy on playing gear and equipment in line with EU law by removing the wording “Shall be of Irish manufacture”. Instead, the regulation would state: “shall be manufactured by a GAA licensed kit manufacturer”. Also applicable to replica playing gear. (Central Council). <b>Withdrawn</b>","type":"text"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{"byline":"Seán Moran"}},"name":"Seán Moran"}]},"description":{"basic":"Hurling handpass reform rejected at congress but football championship change sails through"},"display_date":"2025-02-23T18:59:42.178Z","headlines":{"basic":"GAAGo gone as association moves forward with re-branded GAA+","native":""},"label":{"audio_project_id":{"text":"5469"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"D6XOIHZZWRB3XMFJPROY7L6LVI","auth":{"1":"a9babed7f5116826ef7e6e5e7572596c86ccf9651246d840bb93ce6457b44b67"},"type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/D6XOIHZZWRB3XMFJPROY7L6LVI.jpg"}},"subtype":"default","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Gaelic Games"},{"name":"Sport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/23/gaago-gone-as-association-moves-forward-with-re-branded-gaa/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/sport/gaelic-games","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Gaelic Games"}}}},{"_id":"PFSWEDVJINF3HIDHHRTF2FYIKA","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":269,"audio_url":"https://beyondwords-cdn-b7fyckdeejejb6dj.a03.azurefd.net/audio/projects/5469/podcasts/9ace792f-ca9c-4e77-845e-aa8793104c73/versions/1740332294/media/127a829da0368c02c6049bab7cf72a0a_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/23/cavan-come-back-from-12-points-behind-to-beat-westmeath/","content_elements":[{"_id":"GWGJJIYLF5GEBHRIJFXS2NRSLY","additional_properties":{"_id":1740335399241},"content":"<b>NFL Division Two: Westmeath 0-21 Cavan 1-22</b>","type":"header"},{"_id":"4JV3DBXC2FBRTEZJB7Q5MVOGJI","additional_properties":{"_id":1740335399242},"content":"<a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/cavan-gaa/\" target=\"_blank\">Cavan</a> recovered from a 12-point deficit at half-time to edge out <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/westmeath-gaa/\" target=\"_blank\">Westmeath</a> (managed by former Cavan star Dermot McCabe) in a pulsating and incident-packed game played on a heavy pitch in Mullingar. Indeed, the match had been in doubt up to noon.","type":"text"},{"_id":"SY3ZQHJRCRHBLEMOTEWVZQE6PY","additional_properties":{"_id":1740335399243},"content":"Westmeath had the aid of a strong wind in the first half, but it was Cavan who opened the scoring via James Smith after 80 seconds. The same player scored his side’s second point all of 16 minutes later, but between the two scores Westmeath went on a scoring spree, registering 0-12 in the process.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TBC2ZBTNCJBOTJIFD65LZTFQUM","additional_properties":{"_id":1740335399244},"content":"Eight of these came via four two-pointers – two of them from Danny McCartan frees (with Cavan paying for some indiscipline) and the other two from Luke Loughlin (a free and open play). This left the scoreboard at the end of the opening quarter reading: Westmeath 0-12 Cavan 0-2.","type":"text"},{"_id":"YLRQTSHX5FECFKFQA5PMRG75NE","additional_properties":{"_id":1740335399245},"content":"Team captain Ronan Wallace stretched the home team’s lead with another two-pointer from play in the 20th minute, and they were well in control when leading by 0-17 to 0-4 with 32 minutes on the clock.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6KNB274KH5BMDHQMKR5L67SXTA","additional_properties":{"_id":1740335399246},"content":"However, an incident in the 33rd minute between Jack Geoghegan and James Smith saw the Westmeath man pick up a second yellow (and red) and his opponent a first yellow, while Jamie Gonoud picked up a black card for getting involved. This left Westmeath with 13 men for the remainder of the half. At the interval, the Lake County led by 0-17 to 0-5, but given the strength of the wind and the availability of two-point scores, it looked a deceptive scoreline.","type":"text"},{"_id":"WYHFT5WIYBDBPGMEQKKC3GJF34","additional_properties":{"_id":1740335399247},"content":"On the change of ends, sandwiched between a point exchange between the respective number 10s, Gerard Smith and Danny McCartan, half-time sub Conor Madden spurned a glorious goal chance for the Breffni men. However, they gradually took control and dominated possession from kickouts taken from both ends of the pitch and the gap was down to three points (0-18 to 0-15) with 45 minutes on the clock, the lively Oisín Brady doing most of the damage for the winners.","type":"text"},{"_id":"27FLGL2UFRB4NC4NA2T3I3Z7Y4","additional_properties":{"_id":1740335399248},"content":"A point apiece from Loughlin (a free) and Danny McCartan steadied home fans’ nerves, but the relief was temporary with the outstanding James Smith firing over a point before Gerard Smith made the most of a turnover by soloing almost half the length of the pitch before slotting the ball low to the net in the 58th minute. A black card soon followed for Cavan sub Killian Clarke, before a great two-pointer by Dara McVeety in the 62nd minute put Raymond Galligan’s troops ahead for the first time (1-18 to 0-20) since the third minute.","type":"text"},{"_id":"SLH23FPOUBFL5C5SLHP656QM6E","additional_properties":{"_id":1740335399249},"content":"They always looked the likelier winners from that moment onwards, and Westmeath’s woes were compounded when they picked up their second red card of what was a pulsating contest when Gonoud got a yellow with five minutes remaining to go with his earlier black.","type":"text"},{"_id":"MAWX2AUAY5HWJPWMC6WUOIQO5M","additional_properties":{"_id":1740335399250},"content":"Cavan now have four points on the board, while Westmeath – despite being very competitive in all four matches to date – remain pointless and in grave danger of relegation to Division Three.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JTXM7EDDY5CFPFOPB33MA47KT4","additional_properties":{"_id":1740335399251},"content":"<b>Westmeath:</b> C McCormack; J Gonoud, C Drumm, J Geoghegan; R Wallace (0-1-0), C Dillon (0-0-1), M Whittaker (0-0-1); S McCartan, R Connellan; D McCartan (0-2-2, 2tpf), B Cooney (0-0-1), K O’Sullivan (0-0-2); L Dolan (0-0-1), L Loughlin (0-2-2, 1tpf, 2f), B Kelly (0-0-1). Subs: K Martin for Cooney (h-t), E Gaffney for Kelly (42), D Scahill for Dolan (53), R Forde for Martin (62), S Smith for Whittaker (67).","type":"text"},{"_id":"JGHS6LEAFNBNTEPIQO4U3BTW5U","additional_properties":{"_id":1740335399252},"content":"<b>Cavan:</b> G O’Rourke; N Carolan, B O’Connell, J McLoughlin; P Faulkner, C Brady, L Fortune; J Smith (0-0-3), E Crowe; G Smith (1-0-1), D McVeety (0-2-0), O Kiernan (0-0-1); R O’Neill, G McKiernan (0-0-5), O Brady (0-1-2, 1tpf, 1f). Subs: Cian Madden (0-0-2) for O’Neill (h-t), Conor Madden for Fortune (h-t), K Clarke for Crowe (45), D Lovett (0-1-0) for Kiernan (56), S McEvoy for O Brady (69).","type":"text"},{"_id":"QHKKYQE4RVDJFIMSSCTE6OPTV4","additional_properties":{"_id":1740335399253},"content":"<b>Referee:</b> Derek O’Mahoney (Tipperary).","type":"text"},{"_id":"RWNXOGSYWBGJXF2MKY5XLUKDXI","additional_properties":{"_id":"2Z6XLY75EFELFAEX74USGTO2JQ"},"content":"On Saturday: Monaghan returned to winning ways in entertaining clash with Cork","type":"interstitial_link"},{"_id":"3AQCLNQG7VDXHCC23RYR7HPKME","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Meath 2-18 Roscommon 0-17</b>","type":"header"},{"_id":"OGNYBUK2ZNGP5NADEYG5VBZ2XM","additional_properties":{},"content":"The Robbie Brennan revolution is up and running in Meath after the Royal County chalked up their third successive win following this victory over the tabletoppers in Division Two at Páirc Tailteann.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DIZLTUEJCRF7REU3BPOMUBTX5U","additional_properties":{},"content":"Roscommon were well on course to make a quick return to the top tier following an unblemished record in their opening three encounters, but they were halted firmly in their tracks by a resurgent Meath, who overcame a six-point second half deficit to end up comfortable and convincing winners.","type":"text"},{"_id":"XNFNYGHJYVD6DHMDWTTZH22PUQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"The win for Meath leaves them very much in the mix for promotion after an excellent display, particularly in the second half when they had the advantage of the stiff breeze. After electing to play against the elements in the opening half, the hosts found themselves 0-8 to 0-12 in arrears at half-time.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JKPDNSUO3JCIJMWWQWVYDYZIFQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"The visitors hit the opening two scores of the second half from Enda Smith and Ciarain Murtagh (free) to go six clear by the 40th minute and at that stage Meath were facing an uphill battle. However, Meath then struck for two goals in the space of 40 seconds to wipe out Roscommon’s lead and turn the game on its head. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"CVD25FJPA5EEREISVVGXDNBHHY","additional_properties":{},"content":"A great move started by Sean Rafferty and continued by Jordan Morris ended with Sean Coffey finishing low to the net to halve the deficit on 42 minutes. Meath won possession from the kick-out and Ronan Jones ran on to Eoghan Frayne’s through ball and produced a great finish to the net to draw the sides’ level.","type":"text"},{"_id":"O35KASM2NBESVI2FCTJAKHDAOI","additional_properties":{},"content":"Frayne then pointed Meath ahead before Roscommon responded with Cian McKeon pointing to restore parity. Meath then enjoyed another purple patch starting with a point from Ciaran Caulfield and they then struck three two-pointers from Conor Duke (two) and Eoghan Frayne in a four-minute spell to open up a 2-16 to 0-15 lead by the 57th minute.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5PTYR32YWNDODDMCDHEHLXWOAA","additional_properties":{},"content":"There was no way back for Roscommon after that though they almost had a goal on 59 minutes as Diarmuid Murtagh attempted to apply the finishing touch but keeper Billy Hogan got down somehow to scoop the ball off the goal line.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DDP6CRTRAZGIVL5676MGROPRA4","additional_properties":{},"content":"Roscommon started with a two-pointer from Ciarain Murtagh inside two minutes and keeper Conor Carroll repeated the feat as they led 0-5 to 0-4 after 15 minutes.","type":"text"},{"_id":"B6IKBZVN45BX5E352G7NT33UEY","additional_properties":{},"content":"Meath keeper Billy Hogan converted a brace of ‘45s and the hosts were just the minimum in arrears after Shane Walsh pointed on 25 minutes. 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Some 41 scores overall, but it would come down to the minimum.","type":"text"},{"_id":"I5PEK6TVCBAAFB3SQ5KUNTS5FE","additional_properties":{},"content":"Louth now leapfrog their opponents on the suffocating league table with their crucial second win of the season.","type":"text"},{"_id":"XLVFXSBLCRHP5EBIYLUE4VUO7A","additional_properties":{},"content":"When Odhran Murdock’s last-gasp effort deep into additional time sailed wide, the relief was palpable among the home supporters. Two valuable league points confirmed by Martin McNally’s full-time whistle.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TQDVDKDM4RAADCOTWL5IAWFAHE","additional_properties":{},"content":"Louth deserved the win, managing the elements much better than the visitors. With the wind at their back in the opening half, Down looked to pull away at time but did not, while against the elements in the second half they had chances to salvage something from the game but did not.","type":"text"},{"_id":"3T26TP5EXVHHPDKW5Q2OY7YABY","additional_properties":{},"content":"Louth were feeling the effects of Down’s shoot-on-sight policy in the game’s beginning. Using the wind expertly Down raised four orange flags.","type":"text"},{"_id":"X7BEDIO23RHEFJXYFKSGZ3AI7U","additional_properties":{},"content":"Danny Magill, whose All-Ireland winning father Micheal, manages locally, hit the first one, Daniel Guinness, Pat Havern and Ceilum Doherty all found the range in an impressive shooting display.","type":"text"},{"_id":"R4AZ5EQI6NBSBPTSYPROMI5B4A","additional_properties":{},"content":"Despite that menace going forward, Louth were able to grow into the game with a much more possession-based approach and Down’s Achilles heel at the back handed Louth a route back into the game.","type":"text"},{"_id":"BEQTXJBDOJCF3HOOJP6L4VWJ3Q","additional_properties":{},"content":"Ronan Burns spilled Sam Mulroy’s tame effort and namesake Ryan Burns was on hand to turn it home. 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I wrote to him on the 20th of December asking where he had got to with those action points.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QD4DSN5UFNFRLHY23ZYQZK7IXM","additional_properties":{"_id":1740261813411},"content":"“And I’m still waiting for a reply. And it’s February 22nd.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VF66TQHSJ5F4FFDGLETNPJDQ3U","additional_properties":{"_id":1740261813412},"content":"“If you just put that into context, the president of the biggest sporting organisation in Ireland is in contact through writing and he hasn’t still received an acknowledgment that he wrote to the Minister.","type":"text"},{"_id":"EAYJZ3AGQVDXFOXAYQI65B7R4E","additional_properties":{"_id":1740261813413},"content":"“If you compare that to Charlie McConalogue [new Irish Minister for Sport], who has just been appointed, I’ve now had two meetings with him. I was in Ballybofey and he came here to see me at Congress and we’re meeting at the Taoiseach next week.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"2X6E76BL4IZNNHGDQRY7FMNM2M","additional_properties":{"_id":"TDD6HZWEONASZGYINKE5ZQATMU"},"type":"image"},{"_id":"Q46R44WJ25HJJEBMSEQWVND3HY","additional_properties":{"_id":1740261813415},"content":"Burns added that when Lyons had been appointed last year, he had received an invitation to a GAA match of his own choosing but despite the 2024 dominance of Ulster counties in football, he had yet to take up the offer.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KAI3ZAXTHNFPNF6472JWQ7MA3E","additional_properties":{"_id":1740261813416},"content":"“He has yet to attend a match of hurling or football. And if you look at the success that the GAA has had in the last year in Ulster, and what we won, and he hasn’t attended any of those. I understand that it’s a difficulty attending games on a Sunday, but Armagh played Tyrone Saturday night a week ago in front of 14,000 people, I don’t know if he would know whether it’s on or not.","type":"text"},{"_id":"IXUC6PKLMRAGXMAFEWBTQELMUM","additional_properties":{"_id":1740261813417},"content":"“So, I don’t want to be negative. We have to work with these people, but I also want to be realistic about what we’re dealing with and how challenging the landscape is for us, and for [Ulster GAA officials] Stephen McGeehan, Brian McEvoy, Tom Daly, people who are living this every day. They are becoming extremely frustrated. 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Alan Tynan soared highest to claim the puck-out and released Jake Morris into space. The vice-captain only had eyes for the net and found it with his bouncing finish for a 1-1 to 0-3 lead.","type":"text"},{"_id":"4HIQL3UKABCRTMZAWD7K75M2RY","additional_properties":{},"content":"Cork were back ahead with a green-flag response in the eighth minute. From a short puck-out, Tim O’Mahony’s fine pass picked out Shane Barrett’s run and Cork walked it in from there. Brian Hayes rounded the keeper to apply the final touch.","type":"text"},{"_id":"K6WSLQATTFAMVJN5IJKWEGYBVM","additional_properties":{},"content":"The Rebels tagged on the next pair to lead 1-5 to 1-2 including a Newtownshandrum combination finished off by Cormac O’Brien via O’Mahony’s pass.","type":"text"},{"_id":"EOGLXLDGVFE5ZG33UTKAAFLCCM","additional_properties":{},"content":"They traded further goal chances soon after. A loose pull by Niall O’Leary went straight to McCarthy who whizzed over the bar. 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The teenage talent reeled off four points in a row, including three from play, to edge Tipp back ahead by one.","type":"text"},{"_id":"75KZYJ23LRAVPOFFQMQNTW5MLQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"Mullins equalised as the sides began to exchange points before Cork reeled off three in succession approaching the break.","type":"text"},{"_id":"F4A23UTKAJA7ZF2GUYZOT62CPY","additional_properties":{},"content":"After a couple of Darragh Fitzgibbon frees, the returning Robbie O’Flynn made it 1-11 to 1-9 but Tipp ended stronger.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5W6G3GOGWVCYDAK4NJHFDK2LS4","additional_properties":{},"content":"Jason Forde capitalised on a mistake, McCarthy won a free for himself, and then landed his best score of the half while falling by the sideline to raise a huge cheer from the home crowd. His 0-8 total made it 1-12 to 1-11 at the break.","type":"text"},{"_id":"Q66PDQGXQRC7JC7TI233OBOH2E","subtype":"twitter","type":"oembed_response"},{"_id":"N5MHMDR7TVDYHOQPZQK4XVSXFY","additional_properties":{},"content":"Pat Ryan swapped Niall O’Leary across on to McCarthy during the interval and although Tipp restarted with a couple of Gearóid O’Connor points and a Tynan peach, Cork began to get a grip on this game.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZTVJDQFRIFBZDLQSZYFM5YKXUQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"The visitors struck four in a row with substitutes Patrick Horgan and Diarmuid Healy quickly off the mark to level for an eighth time at 1-17 apiece.","type":"text"},{"_id":"APN4HXQMX5F3FHWGIXKCIAPK3E","additional_properties":{},"content":"Crucially, Hayes missed the target from an acute angle when batting for goal.","type":"text"},{"_id":"D4RL25HNUVBWRDBPC533YS66S4","additional_properties":{},"content":"No sooner were they level than Tipp’s revival brought 1-3 without reply.","type":"text"},{"_id":"4EAERP67R5GNDPXF3YFLBTWIEM","additional_properties":{},"content":"It began with a Ronan Maher free and a Morris turnover score. Then, after sniping a point, Craig Morgan made the burst forward to create the goal for half-time replacement Walsh to beat the keeper.","type":"text"},{"_id":"EJ3UCJ5GOBCYDCOP3PLPAFNCLE","additional_properties":{},"content":"Horgan and Oisín O’Donoghue swapped points as Cork tried to come back with further scores from Fitzgibbon.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VQXGHTG6FVF37OXKDCW2OCF3XA","additional_properties":{},"content":"They could not get any closer than four although Hogan had to save from Barrett and intercept from Hayes to protect their cushion.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GYUYT3TPEZEBPM5IKYEFLSI7YU","additional_properties":{},"content":"When Fitzgibbon’s 65 drifted wide with seconds remaining, the points were assured for Tipp.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QOXECWILWRF4BEWBAIQN5VRPKE","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Tipperary:</b> B Hogan; E Connolly, M Breen, R Doyle; J Caesar, R Maher (0-1f), B O’Mara; C Morgan (0-1), W Connors (0-1); G O’Connor (0-3), A Tynan (0-1), J Morris (1-1); S Kenneally, J Forde (0-3), D McCarthy (0-10, 5f). <b>Subs:</b> D Walsh (1-0) for Kenneally (h-t), O O’Donoghue (0-1) for Connors (55 mins), M Corcoran for O’Mara (56), J McGrath for Forde (67), N McGrath for O’Connor (70).","type":"text"},{"_id":"DAOS5R4A2ZFHNL3ODGCTJYQWAQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Cork:</b> P Collins; G Millerick, E Downey, N O’Leary; M Mullins (0-1), C Joyce, C O’Brien (0-1); T O’Mahony, D Fitzgibbon (0-11, 6f, 1 65); E Twomey, S Barrett (0-1), R O’Flynn (0-2); J O’Connor (0-1), B Hayes (1-0), R Cotter. <b>Subs:</b> P Horgan (0-3, 1f) for Cotter (46 mins), D Healy (0-1) for O’Flynn (47), L Meade for O’Mahony (49), J Cahalane for O’Connor (55), B Roche for Twomey (63, inj).","type":"text"},{"_id":"3K2VR55OARC3PAAFCGSZU6TTPE","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Referee:</b> L Gordon (Galway).","type":"text"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Stephen Barry"}]},"description":{"basic":"Dylan Walsh scores killer goal for Premier County in engrossing contest with Cork"},"display_date":"2025-02-22T22:17:55.479Z","headlines":{"basic":"Darragh McCarthy inspires Tipperary to impressive win over Cork","native":""},"label":{"audio_project_id":{"text":"5469"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"EBLNMHQLNPCI7S7YYA22TP6DOA","auth":{"1":"8128ec0b59156b690668db7d81646f94463eb23740d6215ec1940d49ac0e4cdf"},"focal_point":{"x":1170,"y":333},"type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/EBLNMHQLNPCI7S7YYA22TP6DOA.jpg"}},"subtype":"default","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Gaelic Games"},{"name":"Sport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/22/darragh-mccarthy-inspires-tipperary-to-impressive-win-over-cork/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/sport/gaelic-games","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Gaelic Games"}}}},{"_id":"PEDMFHKYYNDYHM3TKKABVSG32U","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":410,"audio_url":"https://beyondwords-cdn-b7fyckdeejejb6dj.a03.azurefd.net/audio/projects/5469/podcasts/56439b8b-6c5d-49f1-803a-32f5be0a5420/versions/1740314783/media/094003a700380844d3e1d5f67842a576_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/22/sean-bugler-and-brian-howard-exceptional-as-dublin-swat-derry-aside-with-11-point-win/","content_elements":[{"_id":"5CDUU6N275BPXFZBFL7PWH73YM","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>NFL Division One: Dublin 3-20 Derry 2-12</b> ","type":"header"},{"_id":"YZG6TCED3NBGLKOXBUI5ZT2ZNE","additional_properties":{},"content":"Forget the scoreboard, forget the goals, forget even the first spring sighting of Con O’Callaghan in a <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/dublin-gaa/\" target=\"_blank\">Dublin</a> jersey. The best snapshot of Saturday night’s destruction of <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/derry-gaa/\" target=\"_blank\">Derry</a> from the home side’s point of view was seeing Seán Bugler chatting happily away to BBC reporter Mark Sidebottom afterwards while receiving his Man of the Match award.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OLMEEUA7LRDKVDXGXLP2WODW6M","additional_properties":{},"content":"Bugler has been far and away the best Dublin player of the league so far and wouldn’t have too many peers in any performance audit across the four divisions. He kicked six points from play here, bringing his total to 19 in four games so far, with only one from a free. But his night ended prematurely – he hobbled off 10 minutes from time after fending off a late Derry attack.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OTZX7AK6RBDB7CMWUDD4JIHGDI","additional_properties":{},"content":"It looked like a bad one. Bugler was down for a full two minutes and eventually limped away with the help of two of the Dublin backroom team. But had it been significantly serious, he surely would have gone straight down the tunnel. As it was, he sat in front of the bench and was happy enough to stand in and take his bit of crystal at the end.","type":"text"},{"_id":"WTUHD24DHZDIDLAEOZKR4DZUTQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Hope so,” said Dessie Farrell afterwards when we asked if Bugler was okay. “I think he got a kick in the calf trying to block that last one. He’s hobbling around badly there at the minute so we’ll keep an eye on him.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"K6XHDKFLIVD5VMTV46IMXJO6BE","additional_properties":{},"content":"Bugler wasn’t the only Dub who shone in front of the 18,920 crowd. Brian Howard was exceptional too and Theo Clancy made short work of quelling Shane McGuigan. Add in some stylish shooting from young Luke Breathnach and a bull-rushing turn at full-forward from Eoghan O’Donnell and Farrell can see the next generation taking hold.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GA7QAN5J4NDEPBJYHA2R5BW4QM","additional_properties":{},"content":"“That’s the natural evolution. As senior men move on, other players assume those roles. And Seán is definitely doing that for us on the pitch, which is great to see.","type":"text"},{"_id":"4OFEUAD2XCEUF3TRLP4QNX7BSQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"MJLPZJOGYNH53KHYXMCLRBW4X4","additional_properties":{},"content":"“And that’s what we need. Probably on the face of it, you’re worried about a deficit of leadership in the group with so many big players moving out. But it’s great to see other men, that emerging leadership talent within the group and really stepping up.","type":"text"},{"_id":"XZYEZSPQHFCYFDO3VEVWUGN6ZI","additional_properties":{},"content":"“It’s not just on the field of play. It’s around the group too. Lads are very sensitive to where the group is at now and putting in a big effort in terms of driving it on and making sure there is no gap in terms of leadership within the squad.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"RKFMP2D2Q5AEVA5RMDN3FQE3KU","additional_properties":{},"content":"For Derry, this was another evening to forget. After a decent opening, they faded from view entirely and will spend the rest of the campaign fighting relegation. They had no answer to Dublin’s smooth transitions and precise shooting – at one stage, they went 40 minutes without a score from play.","type":"text"},{"_id":"3TTLUCYJ65HWJLKECJTF4ZVEOI","additional_properties":{},"content":"That said, they were unlucky to see a McGuigan punched effort come back off the inside of the post on 16 minutes – it trickled along the line and was cleared by Evan Comerford. Had it gone in, Derry would have gone 1-5 to 0-3 clear at the stage. As it was, a McGuigan free soon after was their last score of any kind for a full half hour.","type":"text"},{"_id":"O6YI6GVPTRDQXMLMNVAUIPRLG4","additional_properties":{},"content":"Dublin led by 1-10 to 0-6 at the break, their goal coming courtesy of a nice finish by Niall Scully after trojan work by O’Donnell. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"T5ICSOVUHBGKTKRKX6LLY3IXL4","subtype":"twitter","type":"oembed_response"},{"_id":"NUP3UNOD6JEHBMWZDKPWYPHAEQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"Bugler had four points from play by this stage, Breathnach had three. Howard was devastating under the Derry kick-out and continued in the same vein after the restart, setting up Dublin’s first three points of the second half to leave the home side 10 up and cruising with 25 minutes to go.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QCGHYFSGBNBCPENXBGBNAUY63I","additional_properties":{},"content":"Derry came with a couple of flurries to take the bad look off the scoreboard. Brendan Rogers snapped in a goal after a risky pass from Ethan Doherty and Conor Glass finished off a classy move involving Anton Tohill and McGuigan. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"NSQMISSFMNB27EYGC2EMPLAKV4","subtype":"twitter","type":"oembed_response"},{"_id":"COBGDCVEOBHI5IRWE5OROX6HWA","additional_properties":{},"content":"But they couldn’t keep pace with the scoring at the other end, where O’Callaghan came off the bench to swish four (including their only two-pointer of the night) and goals rained in from Alan Tyrrell and Lorcan O’Dell.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QNUC4EXGMBDV7BUZVA5Z2VWF5M","additional_properties":{},"content":"Tyrrell’s was a fluke – he was going for a point and it dropped softly in under the bar. O’Dell’s was anything but, his rasper of a shot finding the roof of the net. But even so, Derry’s experiment of playing an outfielder in goals in the shape of Neil McNicholl might need a rethink. All three Dublin goals went in directly under the black spot. Full-time goalkeepers don’t tend to allow that kind of thing.","type":"text"},{"_id":"RM7OZIRM6VACNDYBB37W4EF7WY","subtype":"twitter","type":"oembed_response"},{"_id":"ZJNBZM5T6ZF45GTTZDNBOY4DKQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"“There may be something in that, alright,” said Paddy Tally afterwards. “I think up to this point, Neil’s done pretty well. The first game, the Kerry game, we conceded five goals and some of them I wouldn’t count or blame the goalkeeper for them. But tonight I think Neil will be disappointed in himself. There were a couple of goals he felt he should have done better on them but that maybe is part of the trade-off.","type":"text"},{"_id":"LFOONXDRMVAHDHBK4XWMEDANGA","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Neil’s been outstanding in his last couple of matches. You couldn’t fault him for what he’s done. 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Carlow 0-13 Limerick 1-17 FT","type":"text"},{"_id":"LUORBQYBUVGKROV5ERR4V3G2LA","additional_properties":{"_id":1740246892604},"content":"<b>Hurling</b>","type":"header"},{"_id":"F6XKCXCO55CJXEEOOJDLL4OCI4","additional_properties":{"_id":1740246892605},"content":"<b>Division 1A:</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"DBXQXESNGVGPTBVNPCTRU3NY64","additional_properties":{"_id":1740246892606},"content":"Tipperary 2-22 Cork 1-11 FT","type":"text"},{"_id":"3547PGQTCND5BDBAQAZQD56SJM","additional_properties":{"_id":1740246892607},"content":"<b>Division 1B:</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"P5YJ5NWH5FD4BCPNGKJJHOBCHQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1740246892608},"content":"Dublin 1-23 Offaly 0-27 FT","type":"text"},{"_id":"AUGOMG75HZBT3KVU3A667GQVFU","additional_properties":{"_id":1740246892609},"content":"<b>Division Two:</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"5JSSTTBLO5F5VFTWTWOTXXEWQM","additional_properties":{"_id":1740246892610},"content":"Derry 0-17 Kildare 2-25 FT","type":"text"},{"_id":"JBAWP35MQNC3LB4U2XXG7WQBMA","additional_properties":{"_id":"WDB6ZSZOAZHJ3IXHX4FB452Y6A"},"embed":{"config":{"dateTimeField":1740248193733},"id":"timestamp-90911","url":"/"},"subtype":"timestamp_powerup","type":"custom_embed"},{"_id":"QDWFPXXM65FKLKBPTPALZ6SHG4","additional_properties":{"_id":1740251549338},"content":"Mayo are launching a comeback against Armagh. 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Craig Morgan misses a good chance, looks for a free as his hand was hit as striking but not given. Then a goal attempt, Ronan Maher is caught by Barrett, he shoots low but good save by Hogan. Fitzgibbon scores another one from a free.","type":"text"},{"_id":"O5LQPMXAE5HNBCKH3SIYKX62QE","additional_properties":{"_id":1740260712900},"content":"<b>Tipperary 2-22 Cork 1-21</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"IRS3SJXUGNFAJPSWM6SYULU7LM","additional_properties":{"_id":"AQQDNHVYXVFJ7HK5H534ILZQRI"},"embed":{"config":{"dateTimeField":1740258300000},"id":"timestamp-13033","url":"/"},"subtype":"timestamp_powerup","type":"custom_embed"},{"_id":"RCUI4PG2EREQJLYYXXWFNFEXQQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1740260712902},"content":"<b>72 mins: </b>Cork going for goal, they had numbers over but poor decision making with the pass and Hogan comes out smartly to knock it out for a 65. 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We can’t stay looking in the back mirror and focus on the future. We’re down in the trenches, it’s hard to listen to the otside noise. We need to focus on what’s in the dressingroom.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OFZ4LA3AZANDU34O53OPVKSJ5U","additional_properties":{"_id":"LKG5KOXV6FBRTD3ZIIZJG25N7Y"},"type":"image"},{"_id":"P5KSBDBFK5HMTHLXBVSCOMDNXU","additional_properties":{"_id":1740260712911},"content":"<b>Ronan Maher named man of the match:</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"QHGUFTPBHJGVNIXEYBIB5DQJXA","additional_properties":{"_id":1740260712912},"content":"It’s a great atmosphere, it’s great to play these games on a Saturday night. Happy with the performance. Lads worked well for each other. Big performance from a few new lads. 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This clash had it all – top-class scoring, a ceaseless workrate, a plethora of outstanding individual displays and the prospect that there might be more on the horizon.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CJCBSFMTW5CATD5QRTULLEZCFY","additional_properties":{},"content":"It was Armagh who swept into an impressive lead in the first quarter and continued to wield their authority until half-time with Kieran McGeeney’s men launching a wave of attacks. Conor Turbitt was in particularly fine form as they cemented their advantage on the scoreboard.","type":"text"},{"_id":"77P3FULIARBVTJGUWDEMKXEVBY","additional_properties":{},"content":"It was the ever-dangerous Turbitt and Ross McQillaan who landed early points before Armagh gained a significant breakthrough in the 15th minute when corner back Paddy Burns roared through to flash home a spectacular goal.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6OBKTUK56BEOVOF7ZLNFBMTPEA","subtype":"twitter","type":"oembed_response"},{"_id":"FH25C2KZVZDGBFQZDRYVHFRWKA","additional_properties":{},"content":"Mayo found it difficult to find their rhythm and when Ryan O’Donoghue hoisted over a point in the 16th minute it looked as if the visitors Mayo might muster a strong response.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KIWOKRP3SRDGVEOC2AGAHQQQ4Y","additional_properties":{},"content":"But instead Armagh chalked up six points without reply which propelled them into a 1-9 to 0-3 lead with Rory Grugan, Oisin Conaty, goalkeeper Ethan Rafferty and the inimitable Turbitt hitting the target.","type":"text"},{"_id":"7EO3DIFBDRAHLFMRQ7CZK5LO7I","additional_properties":{},"content":"Jordan Flynn and Ryan O’Donoghue managed to pilfer points immediately before the break but Mayo found themselves struggling to find their cohesion and make their all too occasional raids count.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZRVZIBZGVNHXNB7JLUJOJ2QRI4","additional_properties":{},"content":"Turbitt tacked on another point to leave Armagh ahead by 1-10 to 0-5 at the halfway stage.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OMGXM6SWEZGJ3PKBARMTR2RV44","additional_properties":{},"content":"But it was a different story in the second half when Mayo staged a vibrant comeback that saw them restrict their opponents’ momentum. With Matthew Ruane imposing at midfield, Jordan Flynn, Ryan O’Donoghue and Paul Towey shared a blitz of points Davitt Neary whipped in a spectacular goal and Aidan O’Shea imposed himself when summoned from the bench.","type":"text"},{"_id":"4ROD64P3IVD4TJ34RT36PBH7QQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"Mayo manager Kevin McStay heaped praise on his side at the finish.","type":"text"},{"_id":"UUIWJYNKQBCHZIGSB3HTFEU5IU","additional_properties":{},"content":"“I thought they stuck at it extremely well and they really managed that last play very well when we might have snatched a win. 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Mark Cronin scored 1-8 to keep Cork in it, but Rory Beggan’s long-range frees into the wind in the second half proved crucial for Monaghan.","type":"text"},{"_id":"RL4TUX7IZ5DQVFXFQYC5UWMGDI","additional_properties":{},"content":"Cork were first on the scoreboard through Cathail O’Mahony, but while it took Monaghan seven minutes to open their account, their first score was a major, with Jack McCarron converting a penalty. The visitors replied through the in-form Chris Óg Jones, while both sides had shots at goal saved during the opening quarter, with Rory Beggan and Patrick Doyle denying Mark Cronin and Stephen O’Hanlon.","type":"text"},{"_id":"UU64WEE5CJF2LJ62MM4U3MEVWQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"O’Hanlon wouldn’t have to wait too much longer, however, until he cut in to mark his first appearance of the season with Monaghan’s second goal. Seán Jones added a two-point score for the hosts, with David Garland, Ciarán McNulty and McCarron also on target, while Seán McDonnell, Paul Walsh and Cronin kept Cork in touch. Monaghan hit the net again when O’Hanlon turned provider for Ryan Wylie to coolly tuck away and send his side in at half-time leading by 3-5 to 0-5.","type":"text"},{"_id":"LOEBPN6NAFGCLNQAEDEPZCDCBA","additional_properties":{},"content":"An exhibition of free-taking by Rory Beggan helped keep Monaghan clear in the second half, despite Cork gradually getting on top in the middle third. Cronin kicked some fine scores to keep the Rebels in the hunt and he buried the second penalty of the game on the hour mark to give their challenge further impetus. The visitors were slowly working their way back into the mix, but points from Conor McCarthy and McNulty gave Monaghan some breathing space, before Beggan took his personal tally to 0-7 deep into added time.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VZ33WD5S5ZDE5LOMA5BI5KC2MQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Monaghan:</b> Rory Beggan (0-3-1, 3 tpf, 1f); Ryan O’Toole, Killian Lavelle, Dylan Byrne; Ryan Wylie (1-0-0), Louis Kelly, Conor McCarthy (0-0-1); Mícheál McCarville, Gavin McPhillips; Stephen O’Hanlon (1-0-0), Mícheál Bannigan (capt), Ciarán McNulty (0-0-2); Jack McCarron (1-0-2, 1-0 pen, 0-2f), Seán Jones, David Garland (0-0-2).","type":"text"},{"_id":"KKA5CSODSBE7THHL4RIUON26MA","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Subs:</b> Andrew Woods for Jones (52); Kieran Duffy for Wylie (55); Jason Irwin for O’Hanlon (58); Bobby McCaul for McCarron (61); Kevin Loughran for Kelly (69).","type":"text"},{"_id":"YSPTGPHHVFAIBJTDK4VQVDV6UI","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Cork:</b> Patrick Doyle; Seán Brady, Neil Lordan, Daniel O’Mahony (capt); Mattie Taylor, Brian O’Driscoll, Rory Maguire; Seán Walsh, Colm O’Callaghan; Paul Walsh (0-0-1), Tommy Walsh, Seán McDonnell (0-0-1); Mark Cronin (1-2-4, 1-0 pen, 1 tpf, 4f), Cathail O’Mahony (0-0-2), Chris Óg Jones (0-0-2, 1f).","type":"text"},{"_id":"IRIL5V6T4FHX5I6GIFSCFG6N74","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Subs:</b> Briain Murphy for Lordan (inj, 27); Ruairí Deane for O’Driscoll (38); Ian Maguire for P Walsh (42); Eoghan McSweeney for O’Mahony (53); Conor Cahalane (0-1) for T Walsh (60); Luke Murphy for McDonnell (66).","type":"text"},{"_id":"7EI27UXQ35ABLPCUYWKHGNPLA4","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Referee: </b>Fergal Kelly (Longford).","type":"text"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Colm Shalvey"}]},"description":{"basic":"First-half goals by Jack McCarron, Stephen O’Hanlon and Ryan Wylie sent Farney County on their way"},"display_date":"2025-02-22T17:51:14.535Z","headlines":{"basic":"Monaghan return to winning ways in entertaining clash with Cork","native":""},"label":{"audio_project_id":{"text":"5469"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"HEAJZF5M6ZEQZECAPRKMOB7MEY","auth":{"1":"7ebc727d49fd418bbc47e4f49a273b356cb9c4a53ac69e7aaa2557585eb4761d"},"type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/HEAJZF5M6ZEQZECAPRKMOB7MEY"}},"subtype":"default","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Gaelic Games"},{"name":"Sport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/22/monaghan-return-to-winning-ways-in-entertaining-clash-with-cork/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/sport/gaelic-games","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Gaelic Games"}}}},{"_id":"EER3YOZ4JZEVDKUFUMYIOXV43U","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":232,"audio_url":"https://beyondwords-cdn-b7fyckdeejejb6dj.a03.azurefd.net/audio/projects/5469/podcasts/da99e21f-07d7-401f-abd3-ad5182f96f2d/versions/1740237613/media/c92083506c921799076ae6cb1ba7eaba_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/22/gaa-annual-congress-jarlath-burns-confirms-new-streaming-service-gaa/","content_elements":[{"_id":"QWTJI77OF5G4XJN3BKZKHB4IGI","additional_properties":{},"content":"The <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/gaa\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/gaa\">GAA</a> is to launch a new streaming service to replace <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/gaago\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/gaago\">GAAGo</a>. In his address to annual congress, association president <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/jarlath-burns\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/jarlath-burns\">Jarlath Burns</a> confirmed the establishment of GAA+.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GZQMIGHX5VESNPGKLGTB4DXFVI","additional_properties":{},"content":"The new service is owned by the GAA, as opposed to the GAAGo, which was a joint venture with RTÉ and which has proved controversial.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5ZVUARZ4DVCYFGVVCDNHOH5ZXU","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Late last year we made the decision to retain the rights for media packages 5 and 6, previously shown domestically by GAAGo, before exploring what we would do with them.","type":"text"},{"_id":"Q2LJHQFC5FHA5GN27V7UPSNR34","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Today, I am pleased to confirm the next phase in our ‘over the top/direct to fan’ streaming offering with the announcement of our fully GAA-owned and operated service called GAA+. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"A4725GQ6JBESNF73CS5J23J2YQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"“GAA+ will mean more content across live matches and additional programming, including midweek programming, and continued value for members and supporters alike. It will stream its first live games from the opening weekend of this year’s championship.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"P5K2ZPOLZRGOJHYV3ZSL2KCKRQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"He said that the move was taken for a number of reasons, strategic and to “future-proof” the media rights, particularly in the digital sphere.","type":"text"},{"_id":"4MMX2DYZYFCPJCYUMS5HTDFWIU","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Our growing in-house expertise allows us to pursue this project entirely on our own in the domestic and international markets, but I would like to acknowledge and thank RTÉ for their collaboration and partnership over the course of the last decade. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"VM3F4VKMCVAU5ILZWZUD7FHCFM","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Their know-how and experience were vital in establishing proof of concept for what was a new venture and a first in Irish sport.","type":"text"},{"_id":"PDBIQI3OCRGHPDFTXL3NY2ZAJ4","additional_properties":{},"content":"“We look forward to working with them as traditional media partners for many years to come – as part of a mutually beneficial relationship that stretches back to the first European Sports broadcast on 2RN in 1926. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"LUFTELUEQFAZVOGDUSENOUBREM","additional_properties":{},"content":"“This latest development represents a major step forward for us in managing and utilising our own rights and when you consider the seismic changes in the media landscape over the last decade, this has to be welcomed. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"IB6GETQTEVAHZDQJFOXCF4V46U","additional_properties":{},"content":"More details about the schedule will be confirmed in the coming weeks.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"WDTPCU6ANRHXBOV62LJEJOVLKA","additional_properties":{},"content":"Taking the service in-house can be seen as the fulfilment of a long-held ambition within the GAA, expressed as far back as the 2002 Strategic Review Committee report.","type":"text"},{"_id":"K6XPUZAGBJCNBF643UOO7KTXDM","additional_properties":{},"content":"In his speech, he also reflected positively on the work of the <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/football-review-committee-frc\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/football-review-committee-frc\">Football Review Committee</a>, which he established last year and which produced the experimental rules under which the current league season has been proceeding.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NBSRTTPR35BQ3DIA2OURS6NC2I","additional_properties":{},"content":"“It is a long time since there has been this much excitement and positive commentary about Gaelic football. If they have done nothing else, our Football Review Committee has restored people’s faith in the game, made people fall in love with the game again and see the enormous potential that exists.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NBJXSWRWVBAHNL34LUKG6KRWBE","additional_properties":{},"content":"“The mission is not over, and there will be twists and turns between now and a gathering for Special Congress next October to agree on the final amendments for a finished article in 2026.” ","type":"text"},{"_id":"CPF2KPGYEFCH5FINIVEZR2VY5M","additional_properties":{},"content":"On Casement Park, Burns said the priority now was to secure a stadium for Ulster GAA activities now that the idea of the ground as a venue for Euro 28 has been abandoned.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OHJHSFQB4BGJLMZU6MLIIHMHKE","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Whilst we are all getting impatient about Casement Park, we urge all of the parties to come together to ensure that we can have a stadium in Ulster that will be modern, fit for purpose, future-proofed and capable of serving the needs of our Association. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"OTXR5DMZX5CTPAGBZAIJH5Y76Y","additional_properties":{},"content":"“As president, and on behalf of all the members of our Association, we will accept no more empty promises. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"PMW7CYYPB5AYLEFBARUYQ5XBB4","additional_properties":{},"content":"“It is also important to acknowledge that we have major infrastructural projects to consider such as Louth, Navan, the finishing of Walsh Park and Semple Stadium, which is the genuine home of hurling. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"HZNXUSOJIBFGTIEE75HBE23TRU","additional_properties":{},"content":"“I would like to reassure the delegates here today that we have a plan to finance this which is at an advanced stage and we are meeting the Government next week to present it to them and if this plan comes together, it will create financial support which will fund a proper 10-year infrastructure strategy which will not only prepare the GAA for integration – but will future-proof us for the next 30 years and I am really confident that this will happen.” ","type":"text"},{"_id":"DD6E4ST3LBCIFA3VI2WXVNARZE","additional_properties":{},"content":"","type":"text"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{"byline":"Seán Moran"}},"name":"Seán Moran"}]},"description":{"basic":"In-house service will replace GAAGo and will stream live games from the start of the championship"},"display_date":"2025-02-22T15:15:07.038Z","headlines":{"basic":"GAA annual congress: Jarlath Burns confirms new streaming service GAA+","native":""},"label":{"audio_project_id":{"text":"5469"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"VFMWAAFVZNDXJ2X5UGIQ5727FU","auth":{"1":"d147dee15379c4c25c5c26665456053fe088032c16c4a3ad4bd86145707c8bb3"},"type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/VFMWAAFVZNDXJ2X5UGIQ5727FU.jpg"}},"subtype":"default","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Gaelic Games"},{"name":"Sport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/22/gaa-annual-congress-jarlath-burns-confirms-new-streaming-service-gaa/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/sport/gaelic-games","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Gaelic Games"}}}},{"_id":"K5XMHPTADRDDBBMG5BTBBJVPJQ","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":440,"audio_url":"https://beyondwords-cdn-b7fyckdeejejb6dj.a03.azurefd.net/audio/projects/5469/podcasts/a4f3f1ed-d9be-4f3f-a57a-8b607bacd212/versions/1740235142/media/65402b30669b15982a7d2f258d9e0d3c_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/22/weekend-gaelic-football-previews-galway-and-donegal-ready-to-rumble/","content_elements":[{"_id":"HUVGZAPYZNFUDMUZUS4YZ3C37A","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Saturday</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"VWALP7HPTRCTZOICB4MXO5WRO4","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Division One</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"HXWWA45LXNAJLAEJNG5PKLT3TA","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Dublin v Derry, Croke Park, 7.30pm (Live on BBC iPlayer & GAAGo) –</b> Two of last week’s big comeback-producers meet with echoes of last year ringing out. The counties contested the league final, which turned into a compelling match, and arguably influenced both teams for the worse: leading to Derry peaking too soon with an early season title, followed by a disastrous championship as well as the puncturing of what looked really good form by Dublin – a thread they never really regathered during what followed. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"AXAX4N74QFCJFJ6KMMIDO43PFA","additional_properties":{},"content":"Dessie Farrell has been consistently banging the ‘talent identification, not results’ drum this season but he will nonetheless be extremely satisfied to have turned over a big deficit in Kerry with a strong and nerveless end game. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"RN5QJOHTDNAHXM5HXO3FOVTGCA","additional_properties":{},"content":"Derry exploited Galway’s inertia but were also impressive, especially second-half introduction Lachlan Murray who energised the attack. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"IQWLQH24CRBR3JIAV5LWNPXXKA","additional_properties":{},"content":"The visitors can be expected to maintain their improvement whereas Dublin may be able to welcome back some more returning players from Cuala and Sigerson commitments. It should be a decent contest with perhaps, Dublin to kick on from last week. <b>Verdict: </b>Dublin","type":"text"},{"_id":"5ZYHISNZRVHIXNNMVRT3VVTHPQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"ETO4ZS3WVBEHTLRTNQIOZ3CO6U","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Armagh v Mayo, BOX-IT Athletic Grounds, Armagh, 5pm – </b>For once there was no talk about disregarding results and focusing on performance, as Mayo launched a late charge to register a first win of the season against Tyrone in dismal conditions in Castlebar. The return of Aidan O’Shea, Jordan Flynn and Jack Coyne was another positive for Kevin McStay’s team, hoping to build on the outcome and secure enough points to stay put in the division. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"GENEKLY37VGJDDJXC4MHAEIUNU","additional_properties":{},"content":"Armagh, as maybe to be expected from new All-Ireland champions, have been inconsistent, mixing good and bad in their matches to date – the meltdown against Donegal being the most recent negative indicator. Mayo could have got more from their earlier matches and with players coming back and an enhanced two-pointer capability, they could cause a surprise in the champions’ back yard. <b>Verdict: </b>Mayo","type":"text"},{"_id":"WSHTIIIVH5FJ7BPK442TVQGNIQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Division Two</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"YWFGQMV4MBH7BM63QH4K2QZCD4","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Monaghan v Cork, Inniskeen, 2.30pm (game switched from Sunday) –</b> Two of the contenders for the division behind Roscommon come together in this rearranged fixture. Monaghan have been scoring freely but Cork have been a bit chaotic, having to scramble hard to beat Westmeath, despite a major input of 3-4 from Chris Óg Jones. The home side can impose a tighter structure here. <b>Verdict: </b>Monaghan","type":"text"},{"_id":"OV6ZAY2YZ5COTNPXCTRBC3U2EI","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Division Three</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"5LEZWH5JTJFXBIXL32ZJMXKLTI","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Antrim v Leitrim, Corrigan Park, Belfast, 2.30pm</b> <b>–</b> Indiscipline cost Andy McEntee’s Antrim dearly against Offaly last weekend but they have a chance to move away from the relegation zone against a Leitrim side for which the opening few weeks have been difficult. They are bottom of the table following three defeats and carrying a scoring difference of minus 59. <b>Verdict:</b> Antrim ","type":"text"},{"_id":"JUJXEUUGOJAGBEGB2XBHWEZC4E","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Kildare v Laois, Cedral St Conleth’s, Newbridge, 7pm – </b>Brian Flanagan’s Kildare have been the pace setters in the division and boast the best scoring difference in the country with plus 44. Laois, despite missing several key players, have managed to pick up two wins so far but Kildare should be too strong in Newbridge. <b>Verdict: </b>Kildare","type":"text"},{"_id":"KSKCP752HNE7RJMZ4HSETA72X4","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Division Four</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"3RPQMLU6OFBGXOW43ASMUNHSTE","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Tipperary v London, FBD Semple Stadium, Thurles, 5pm</b> <b>–</b> Tipp have been the bolter from the pack in this division. Given the huge turnover of players, they are without 15 of last year’s panel, it seemed certain the Premier County would not be in the promotion race but after two wins and a draw in their opening three matches, Philly Ryan’s side have momentum.<b> Verdict:</b> Tipperary","type":"text"},{"_id":"U5NRVWMHKBEGVM6AJQJFNMHF7U","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Carlow v Limerick, Netwatch Cullen Park, Carlow, 6pm</b> <b>–</b> This is a significant game in the battle for promotion as the loser here will find it hard to finish in the top two. Both sides are on three points and there is very little between the teams in terms of scores for and against. Should be tight. <b>Verdict: </b>Draw","type":"text"},{"_id":"F243FTW5AFCDXMIKM6LIBUWO6A","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"42DM3EU52VHHDK3NJPKPJ53IXA","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Sunday</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"3B3F57WHT5DFVLCG5HEHMTX75A","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Division One</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"FZFWDMKYINBMPBOOFEOIX6RQQE","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Galway v Donegal, Pearse Stadium, Salthill 3.45pm (Live on TG4) –</b> Two unbeaten teams collide in a rematch of last year’s All-Ireland semi-final. Donegal have looked the more impressive but Galway have been excellent when playing in their upper register. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"2F5HGMKHKNEQZESFMFN3RHTVJA","additional_properties":{},"content":"Pádraic Joyce has been dealing with nearly a full deck and they were devastating in the first half at Celtic Park. The facility with two-pointers – Shane Walsh is the top scorer in the division – has given them an edge so far but the visitors come with a practised running threat and the glow of Michael Murphy’s sensational comeback after two years’ absence. <b>Verdict:</b> Donegal","type":"text"},{"_id":"LNDIH4NGHRBPDOX2ZEYW5CEGYA","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Tyrone v Kerry, Pomeroy 1.45pm (Deferred, TG4) –</b> Both teams come with a single win, over Derry, to their name to date. Kerry should be livid at losing a 12-point lead at home but at times they looked really threatening, particularly on the break and in the creation of goal openings. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"HXQK3ISOENGW5HKYUCOG7VW73Y","additional_properties":{},"content":"Tyrone looked humdrum in Castlebar, their forwards eking out little enough and being outscored by goalkeeper Niall Morgan whose movement and eye for the gap made him their most dangerous attacker – no wonder talk of trimming the expanded role is causing concern in the county. With David Clifford on the comeback trail, despite a quiet reappearance last week, the visitors look more convincing. <b>Verdict:</b> Kerry","type":"text"},{"_id":"LH4X5DGWZVF3PIJEPT6NVI32AI","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Division Two</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"VCBA7OEBZVGT7I5PGJ7H4SLNMQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Meath v Roscommon, Páirc Tailteann, Navan 2.45pm –</b> Roscommon’s latest meeting with the chasing pack sees them off to Navan to take on a Meath team, which has been scoring as heavily as they have. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"IDSOQQ67JBCHLIGZBT3TEUL5CA","additional_properties":{},"content":"Diarmuid Murtagh was in exceptional form against Monaghan but there was also kudos for rookie Conor Hand’s pace and penetration. The home side put in a terrific second half in Newry last week with Eoghan Frayne and Jordan Morris in prolific form – so, a shoot-out looks definitely on the cards. <b>Verdict:</b> Roscommon","type":"text"},{"_id":"E4LJJUDOX5EE5MP7IVXTKTIDFI","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"QXNXFH64FNCCVGTIFPEHK77SZM","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Louth v Down, DEFY Páirc Mhuire, Ardee 2.30pm –</b> Louth slipped up against Cavan in what looked like a consequential match for survival in the division whereas it has been a disappointing season for Down, who have lost two matches at home despite being in strong positions. Louth’s late leaking of goals against Cavan cost them dearly and this may not improve things. <b>Verdict:</b> Down","type":"text"},{"_id":"R5SDNOU2PJAU7GFKLBHIGX5J34","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Westmeath v Cavan, TEG Cusack Park, Mullingar 2pm –</b> For a team bottom of the table after three matches, Westmeath are averaging just a little more than one-score defeats. Manager Dermot McCabe is the focus, as the county he works for, comes to visit. Cavan got up and running last week – maybe it’s Westmeath’s turn. <b>Verdict: </b>Westmeath","type":"text"},{"_id":"LF32XLENBVBLNBAHY2KASTWWLQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Division Three</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"FUKHUQSRSBEHLARU373LH3SK6A","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Fermanagh v Offaly, St Joseph’s, Ederney –</b> The Mickey Harte bounce sees Offaly sitting joint top of the table with Kildare on six points after three rounds. They face a tricky test in Enniskillen but Fermanagh will need to start shoring up some defensive frailties if they are to pick up more wins. <b>Verdict: </b>Offaly","type":"text"},{"_id":"YHDUY4HUNBCKHBOXZT7KBCIVKI","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Sligo v Clare, Markievicz Park, Sligo, 1.30pm</b> <b>– postponed </b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"GFWR6HLSHNCGDFUSX556KSJPJU","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Division Four</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"XLQU4DDSFBGINKSIOPHAWMJTLM","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Longford v Waterford, Glennon Brothers Pearse Park, 2pm</b> <b>–</b> Two teams without a win so far in this year’s league – Longford picked up a point against Limerick while Waterford have lost all three of their fixtures. 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Former county player and All-Ireland winner Conor O’Donovan presented a detailed case on how the current rule is impossible to enforce and facilitates throwing the ball.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JTNOSQ4QO5BYFCOHBJZVJEKARI","additional_properties":{},"content":"His solution, to prohibit using the hand holding the ball to make the pass, was opposed by two speakers from two important committees and publicly supported by only one county, Cork.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZN7SGHET3JBMRMRG7UNEVIUFCQ","additional_properties":{},"content":" The vote went against the proposal by 67.6 per cent to 32.4.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OJ4OP4J7KZA6PAYBPIGUD2SSTU","additional_properties":{},"content":" O’Donovan laid out the case in favour of his reform.","type":"text"},{"_id":"E2DAAN53QNAQJHPEE43ETRNNBY","additional_properties":{},"content":"“The sport of hurling has become more possession-based, primarily through its range of handpassing skills. The type of handpass that is most used by players is where the ball is offloaded directly from the same hand that is holding it. However, in doing so, players are a lot more frequently engaging in the act of throwing the ball, which is seldom penalised by referees.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DSZPELTPCVGN7DS6677ZPKRWSA","additional_properties":{},"content":"“One of the key reasons why referees do not penalise it is because they physically cannot see how the ball was released by the player so they give the benefit of the doubt to the player and, while unintended, this facilitates more and more instances of players throwing the ball.","type":"text"},{"_id":"4KGKNHJ6VREGLI2O67IFQ5ATYY","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Conversely, on occasions it does happen that referees penalise players for throwing the ball when in fact the players have handpasses it correctly.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GO522D6LPFGVHD7R4YWW7HBZOY","additional_properties":{},"content":"“It was well summed up by hurling analyst Liam Sheedy<b> </b>on RTÉ’s The Sunday Game on the night of April 17th, 2022 ... when he said that the referees are being asked to do the impossible in trying to decide on it.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"4V32WB35RVDYXNBFMUOCTNMDTA","additional_properties":{},"content":"He also cited a range of media reports and opinions, casting doubt on the permissibility of many handpasses and echoing the point that these technical fouls were going unpunished.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DQ7WWSUDBBHI3BPA55XVHZCIPQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"O’Donovan’s proposed solution had been trialled in a third-level competition and led to a steep rise in the ratio of stick passing to handpassing.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6WIYDTGZ4NAWHF5FN4FM2KV7LU","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Until it’s tried, we’ll never know if it works. Indeed, as already outlined, the Freshers hurling trial in late 2023 demonstrates that amended Rule 4.2 (b) does work. Whether you are a current player, former player, coach, team manager, administrator or supporter, we should all agree that both the integrity and the skills of the game of hurling must be preserved above all else, in order to maintain its stature as the greatest field game in the world.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"IDIAQR3QXJA3PPEZEI6IO72BNQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"Opposing, Terry Reilly, chair of the Hurling Development Committee said: “We as committee discussed this on two occasions and are strongly against the introduction of this rule.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"CHLV4KWJMVGIHMFGCNGDSUFQ6I","additional_properties":{},"content":"He said that the game “would be slowed down” and that a skill “would be significantly affected”. He urged that referees be allowed to police the situation under the current rule.","type":"text"},{"_id":"MGR2FEUHJZBDTB3FSDDTTFOICY","additional_properties":{},"content":"Liam Keane, chair of the Standing Committee on Playing Rules, said that it was the SCPR’s role “to evaluate playing rule motions”. Their view was that the proposal, “would slow down the game and penalise a skill”.","type":"text"},{"_id":"T2ZN2ENJKVFX5A3ENQALZDVLK4","additional_properties":{},"content":"Pat Horgan, Cork chair, referred to previous speakers describing the handpass as a skill. “Throwing ball in not a skill. 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One of the questions was, ‘What would you like to change about the game?’","type":"text"},{"_id":"QJBASQ2LZBAWTOXIRD47TOKYSU","additional_properties":{},"content":" “I would ban the handpass in its current form,” he replied, “because of the way some players ‘palm’ the ball, it resembles a throw.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"OZP7GM3IYJCS7BXJUNZEWZLQI4","additional_properties":{},"content":"This weekend O’Donovan will be in Donegal town to present a motion from Éire Óg to the GAA’s annual congress. Motion 1 is intended to remove any ambiguity about handpassing, by stipulating that the hand holding the ball may not be used to play it on.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CZOFFHLBIZAAVO6SIVO3ZNC5P4","additional_properties":{},"content":"A player who wants to, can switch their hurl to free up the other hand to make the pass or they can play the ball off their stick and then handpass it away.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VSFUOLAFIJAM7AN4NIDR7OBUDY","additional_properties":{},"content":"It represents the culmination of a 17-year crusade by O’Donovan to regulate handpassing and eliminate the scourge of ball throwing, which he sees as endemic to the modern game.","type":"text"},{"_id":"XI46HMX6KNGX5OFVC4JZKMGWEI","additional_properties":{},"content":"The point at which “a definite striking action of a hand” becomes a throw and therefore a technical foul has become so hard to determine, a leading referee conceded that half the time, the handpass can’t be seen properly, so players have to get the benefit of the doubt.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VREPAVKDDRCQLEFNL7RXKVGJQQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"CB5OI5Z6MRF6VESRWAQDD7SX6M","additional_properties":{},"content":"“I actually raised this issue with Croke Park back in 2008, would you believe?” says O’Donovan. “Way, way back. 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Let’s see if I can just start some sort of an awareness, if you like, about the issue.","type":"text"},{"_id":"K5THADDBMZCYVKD6RDMB4FX5QY","additional_properties":{},"content":"“We’ve arrived now at this point where, thankfully, there’s a motion going to Congress to be voted on, which, if passed, will just eliminate the ball throwing from the game.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"UOZNXJCGBBGIZKQ2IG4JJGDYUQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"Is that what the game wants? Whereas most reasonable observers would accept the validity of the Nenagh case, there is still the fact that every year the hurling championship produces gripping matches and extraordinary spectacle. Do most take the view that hurling isn’t broken and therefore doesn’t require fixing?","type":"text"},{"_id":"IPYHTUPRSND75AOE4OCNVQJFBE","additional_properties":{},"content":"Westmeath’s Barry Kelly, a four-time All-Ireland referee, was asked two years ago to form a work group by Prof David Hassan, chair of the GAA’s Standing Committee on the Playing Rules (SCPR), specifically to consider the handpass.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6HFUSGFXGJHBRNQX3MNACCZQOM","additional_properties":{},"content":"Handle with care: GAA wary of effect of handpass rule change on hurling’s ecosystem","type":"interstitial_link"},{"_id":"JBAVSXRXJ5FX5FS5JVZ7K7L3OY","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"GP2IPU2Q3ZDI7FBNQFCBYFVVGI","additional_properties":{},"content":"At the time, Hassan spoke to this newspaper about why the committee had decided to look at the handpass despite conflicting views. He said there are two sides to the debate but that handpassing encourages the possession game and removing the element of contest from the game.","type":"text"},{"_id":"II5XKNAYUBAYPO7FBVQZOE3OPE","additional_properties":{},"content":"“There is a group strongly of the view that we need to change the rule and, equally, a group who are perfectly content to let referees make the call under the current rule. Inevitably there is a distribution of views. You’re also seeing a general de-risking of the game.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"FK4PUH6IBRAE7BV6JTP5BVMRDY","additional_properties":{},"content":"In the five years until 2023 there was a 40 per cent increase in the number of handpasses in intercounty hurling, up to 99 per game.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5WQHT5HLORCJJKHAEI24T4L5XA","additional_properties":{},"content":"According to Kelly, that hasn’t been long moving into three digits. “I think the average now is well over 100 per game.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"WBU7AIM6MFCTVOSKTKANYFXFH4","additional_properties":{},"content":"He is supportive of the O’Donovan proposal but conscious that with the football rules trial ongoing, the hurling league, and with it the handpass, aren’t getting rapt attention","type":"text"},{"_id":"RGGPZGTS7NDUBN5EYAVY3RZFNA","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Since last summer, when there was the few, usual dodgy handpasses, it’s been forgotten about in the haze of fantastic hurling finals and semi-finals and so on.","type":"text"},{"_id":"RQV2SWTZOJHFLJQF2YQKYOX7TY","additional_properties":{},"content":"“It’s almost like, you know, I have a troublesome teenager but he gets 600 points in the Leaving Cert, so we forget about the fact that he can be ... well, troublesome. You know, it’s kind of like, oh well, he’s a good kid overall.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"UM2W34KBTZEULL3QQ3WG3YLI5Q","additional_properties":{},"content":"After looking at the situation, Kelly’s work group trialled the Nenagh proposals as well as a stipulation that puck-outs travel to at least the 45m line, in a higher education freshers competition. The results were transformative.","type":"text"},{"_id":"FWB46AXPABEWLIFSTZOQEWNBOE","additional_properties":{},"content":"In the 2023 All-Ireland senior hurling championship, for every handpass there were 1.5 stick passes. In the following year’s third-level trials, however, for every handpass, there were eight stick passes. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"KZACAH45TRCSNP67VTZVM4WIWA","additional_properties":{},"content":"“I was at two games and then I watched the final online,” says O’Donovan. “You could see how easily the players adapted to it.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"SGQNRGVLM5BXXJLNMIX4EYC2EI","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"KZACAH45TRCSNP67VTZVM4WIWA","additional_properties":{},"content":"As well as those who are prepared to overlook the incidence of foul handpassing for the sake of a fast-moving game, there are others who believe that the modern game should accommodate the tactic without asking too many questions.","type":"text"},{"_id":"XAFK3O6KJVBTNCM2RSESGKQQ4I","additional_properties":{},"content":"Last summer, Cork had a goal by Brian Hayes disallowed because of the scoring assist by Alan Connolly was deemed to have been a throw. Forensic, slow-motion analysis on The Sunday Game suggested that the call had been wrong.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OVFVGXUW5FCVHK7VSM2LNVANLU","additional_properties":{},"content":"O’Donovan argues that whereas the pundits go to town on examples of wrongly penalised throws, they are often happy to overlook mistakes that go the other way, which he attributes to a natural bias among those involved in the game or recently retired, from whom the ranks of punditry are largely drawn.","type":"text"},{"_id":"WXNG6YLQE5GSPG5Z4KAOIFCB4Y","additional_properties":{},"content":"“I think if you’re looking at it from the perspective of a current player or a coach or a manager,” says O’Donovan, “you’ll say everything is fine but if you’re looking at it from the perspective of a spectator or a supporter, which is the category I would be in now, it’s not fine.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NVQ5OMOVKBDYVI7XMC5FHXBB2A","additional_properties":{},"content":"“In a way, referees are having to engage in guesswork. Was the ball thrown or was it handpassed legally? And if referees are engaging in guesswork, that’s clearly undermining the integrity of the rules of hurling.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"G76QT2OCO5DI3JBHO7O5AD43ZA","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Main motions for congress</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"2EVBU5FW7JGGXEVR4DWPS4FXQY","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 1: </b>Conor O’Donovan’s proposal to prohibit the use of the hand holding the ball to handpass or palm it away. (Nenagh Éire Óg, Tipperary)","type":"text"},{"_id":"WQUTXDT6GJDUFPKJ7FNX6HZA5U","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 3: </b>A proposal to add provincial finals to All-Ireland finals as exempt from winner on the day protocols. As a reaction to last year’s hurling All-Ireland going to extra time, it also stipulates that All-Ireland finals go straight to a replay if level after normal time. (Central Council/CCCC)","type":"text"},{"_id":"4RPJ2HUEXZCDPBDDYZCHD4CNT4","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 7: </b>This proposes to abandon the five-year rule for tabling motions on playing rules and allow them in any given year. (Cloonacool, Sligo)","type":"text"},{"_id":"JXXEQZBKEFBSPLJY44D4WU3AP4","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 10: </b>To further dismantle the old prohibitions on other sports by allowing clubs to make their facilities available to other sports and community-based groups. (Danesfort, Kilkenny)","type":"text"},{"_id":"7XLIPEUIZ5CB3DYZ2UEYHBJXKQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 12: </b>Noel McCaffrey’s redefinition of eligibility for intercounty championship which requires a player to have played a minimum of four league games with their club in that calendar year. (Clontarf, Dublin)","type":"text"},{"_id":"J5HAHPM2OJEYFBGOGZ2B4MBGQY","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 13: </b>From Wexford’s All-Ireland winning manager Liam Griffin, this would oblige every club to field at least one hurling team at under-7, under-8, under-9 and/or under-10. (St Mary’s Rosslare, Wexford)","type":"text"},{"_id":"DNZGLY3ZV5AIHMZPXS5BLSLH7E","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 14: </b>That Europe be permitted to compete in the Lory Meagher Cup in 2026. (Maastricht GAA, Europe)","type":"text"},{"_id":"X66KJ7NE4JGH7FOVGUIV6KALTE","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 17: </b>To govern the calling of special congresses and restore the power of Central Council to determine the number of delegates entitled to attend. This is to reverse a recent decision that stipulated there should be full delegations at a special congress. (Connacht, Leinster and Munster provincial councils)","type":"text"},{"_id":"BOT3FRULERC65MJVAGYEJ7RQPU","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 19: </b>Proposal to discontinue the All-Ireland group stages and introduce in 2026 a series of knock-out and qualifier rounds after the provincial championships as the format for All-Ireland SFC and Tailteann Cup. (Central Council/CCCC)","type":"text"},{"_id":"7BAKW4VLLJEWFH4C5IO6SGXAAM","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 21: </b>Grant permission for the council or committee in charge to consider additional suspensions or penalties in excess of the minimum permitted under rule should the gravity of the case deem it appropriate. (Central Council/CCCC/CHC/CAC)","type":"text"},{"_id":"BCVZXGJ2ORFIFEWYRPVJTEEKTY","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 38: </b>That the GAA should maintain a neutral stance in any non-GAA campaign/movement subject to a new ‘Advocacy Policy,’ which shall be adopted by Central Council. (Central Council)","type":"text"},{"_id":"6RFZH3JM75GJPJIIQZMZJTDJKM","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 39: </b>To bring Official Guide policy on playing gear and equipment in line with EU law by removing the wording ‘Shall be of Irish manufacture. 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It’s bad enough that his <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/westmeath-gaa/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/westmeath-gaa/\">Westmeath</a> team has lost three games out of three and are sitting at the bottom of Division Two. Now, with relegation looming, he faces Cavan, the county whose jersey he graced for 17 seasons at senior level.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DYHPRTF7RFAVTNKEAIHJU7KLS4","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Yeah, so what?” says you. Managers facing off against their own nearest and dearest is hardly new. In the past couple of seasons alone, we’ve had Mickey Harte, Gavin Devlin and Paddy Tally manage Derry against Tyrone, we’ve had Davy Burke manage Roscommon against Kildare, we’ve had Ger Brennan take a Louth team to give the Dubs a rattle. There’s nothing new under the sun.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JEWM3WKEAZEEFFEUNXJRG4IF2E","additional_properties":{},"content":"Except, in this case, maybe there is. On top of managing Westmeath, McCabe is actually an employee of the <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/cavan-gaa/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/cavan-gaa/\">Cavan</a> county board. For the past dozen years, his day job has been head of games in Cavan, overseeing the structures and pathways and grassroots coaching for underage kids across the county. When he goes to work, he goes to his office in Kingspan Breffni Park. That’s an awkward week around the kettle and the custard creams.","type":"text"},{"_id":"FLHU4SKZDZEEPPLCZ2AJPMWOAM","additional_properties":{},"content":"Understandably enough, McCabe passed on the offer of an interview for this piece. Hard to blame him. It must be a head-spinning thing, to be fighting for your Division Two life, fighting for your season, while plotting against the county whose long-term fortunes you earn your daily bread trying to improve.","type":"text"},{"_id":"3FSOEIXZMNHULHKIUL4FOGJ6AY","additional_properties":{},"content":"“It’s a difficult position for him,” says Seánie Johnston, who knows whereof he speaks, of course. “Dermot is his own character, a very strong-minded person. But it’s just added to it this week with the situation both teams are in. Every game is important obviously but this is a real four-pointer. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"DNI42BH4WJFTJF7YQGP4UOCJPE","additional_properties":{},"content":"“It’s really win or bust for Westmeath. Obviously Cavan got that win under their belt over Louth last week so that got them a bit of breathing room. That was huge for them, whereas Westmeath seem to have been extremely unlucky in their games not to have any points on the board. They really have to win at the weekend.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"N4QVIAINZBA3LC45QLVF6EOENA","additional_properties":{},"content":"That’s the thing. Technically speaking, the stakes wouldn’t be any lower if Westmeath were playing any of the other Division Two teams this weekend. McCabe’s side have already lost to Louth, Monaghan and Cork. After Sunday, their remaining games are home to a resurgent Meath, away to Down, home to Roscommon, the best team in the division. Winning this weekend is vital, no matter who is in the other dressingroom.","type":"text"},{"_id":"BVISBFQOM5EJREPNHI5CX7T624","additional_properties":{},"content":"But life is life, at the same time. There’s no point pretending this is Just Another Game, either for Cavan or for McCabe himself. In an ideal world, he’d have welcomed his people to Mullingar this weekend with both sides in mid-table and everyone throwing around a few wry chuckles about it all. This is a knottier scene than that, though.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KHFBIQ7F6NDL7HUB3HMZC3HGAA","additional_properties":{},"content":"For one thing, McCabe’s status in Cavan football looms over everything. When the Irish Independent ran a Covid-times feature on each county’s top 20 players of the past 50 years, there was very little argument when they put McCabe at the top of the Cavan poll. Even allowing for the fact that Cavan went on to win their first Ulster title in 23 years that winter, it’s unthinkable that any of the current crop would displace him five years on.","type":"text"},{"_id":"SAIL5GJIKFHJ5EHTYA3BPYFR4U","additional_properties":{},"content":"He played from 1994 to 2010, making 132 appearances in total. He scored 16-228 in that time, mostly at midfield and occasionally at full-forward. He won Ulster titles at senior and under-21 level, as well as picking up an All Star in 1997, the only Cavan player to win one between 1978 and 2020. He’s also the only Cavan player ever to have been picked on two International Rules squads and was exceptional in the series win over Australia in 1998.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GBFMFPFWTFATXORTBDGCCKTWBQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"In his post-playing days, McCabe managed Cavan to their only Ulster minor title of the past 50 years in 2011. He was appointed as Cavan’s games development manager in 2013 and was a selector under Mickey Graham during the senior team’s glorious run through the winter of 2020. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"LUZYEP23PNCBPAJS7XQE5U7BVU","additional_properties":{},"content":"At club level, he has been at the forefront of any success Gowna have had over the past three decades. The club had a single county title to its name before he came along – of the eight they’ve won since, McCabe played on six of those teams in the 1990s and early 2000s and co-managed the most recent two in 2022 and 2023. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"KCII2ZRATZEGTKJGUIVH7ZIFKU","additional_properties":{},"content":"Long story short, there will be very few – if any – players in the Cavan 26 to face Westmeath who haven’t shared a dressingroom with McCabe, been through his hands as a coach or at the very least played against one of his Gowna teams. His knowledge of their habits and foibles will be forensic, his capacity for being surprised by anything they do will be slim.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JDWJE77AEBBY7MNPCCCPVU6MXU","additional_properties":{},"content":"All of which makes Westmeath one of the least attractive places for Raymond Galligan and his Cavan side to have to go this weekend. Even by the standards of Division Two, where every game is a coin-flip, needing a result against a team managed by someone with such detailed knowledge of your team is hardly ideal. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"B6TGWAZT6RH7ZH3ZDRQPKV3RBQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Cavan badly needed the bit of luck with the goal off the kick-out against Louth last week,” says Johnston. “There was a downer around the whole of the county after the first couple of weeks of the league. There was a real fear of going back down to Division Three and losing the Sam Maguire status.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5LGGCMDC45AXXKRLFGMB5ABU2U","additional_properties":{},"content":"“So getting that win gives you back a bit of momentum and now you’re going down to play the team below you. If Cavan win, they’re not safe but it goes a long way. Cavan people have good memories – in 2016, we lost their first two games in Division Two but turned it around to win five games on the bounce to get promoted. You just don’t know where momentum can bring you.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"6CVVEAWDB5GJJAAOLO3IPOGV4U","additional_properties":{},"content":"Unspoken in all of this is the existential threat in Cavan’s particular circumstances right now. There’s no avoiding the fact that Galligan’s team is beginning to grow old together. The win over Louth last Sunday was ground out through experience as much as anything. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"VDM6B2TN7NBUJDPDZFS2J5NMPE","additional_properties":{},"content":"Their top scorers were Gearóid McKiernan (34), Jason McLoughlin (32), Dara McVeety (31) and Conor Madden (31). Throw in Pádraig Faulkner and Killian Clarke (both 31), as well as Ciarán Brady and Gerard Smith (both 30) and you have the rump of a team with more years behind it than ahead of it.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DEIYJAPBYZC7ZBGCX7SLFIONOU","additional_properties":{},"content":"By itself, that doesn’t have to be disastrous, obviously. Lots of teams would be looking on with envy at having that amount of experience around the place – not least the Westmeath dressingroom, which has seen John Heslin, James Dolan, Andy McCormack, Kevin Maguire and Ronan O’Toole walk out the door in the past six months alone. But much as McCabe wouldn’t admit it, losing all those heavy-hitters has to buy him a measure of grace and leeway.","type":"text"},{"_id":"WRWASEB2XFEL7OA5HL4AUCL6BE","additional_properties":{},"content":"Galligan has no such luxury. If Cavan are relegated, he surely won’t have all the over-30 gang back for next year. A summer in the Tailteann Cup isn’t what McKiernan came back for after his year out in 2024 and with Paddy Lynch’s return from an ACL injury going slower than hoped, there is a real worry that the whole operation is in a delicate place just now. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"UQMOACJJ3ZALRDJFKOOVPQHDOQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"Feeding that worry is the fact that Cavan have done very little of note at underage level for the past decade. Having been the kings of the Ulster under-21 scene in the early 2010s, they’ve made just one Ulster final at that grade since 2014. At minor level, they’ve been to two Ulster finals since that 2011 title and lost them both. On the schools scene, St Pat’s Cavan have been to one MacRory Cup final since the 1970s, winning it in 2015. But otherwise, the cupboard is pretty bare.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JIFYLURSVZBF3GSFXORJFBLAHE","additional_properties":{},"content":"All of which informs the fact that plenty of eyebrows were raised when McCabe was appointed as Westmeath manager last October. It wasn’t that people expected him to sit around waiting for vacancy to arise if and when Galligan’s time in the Cavan job is done, more that it felt like an incredibly difficult circle for anyone to square. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"UZGW7YAM2FBX3PXIPGXO5VBYLU","additional_properties":{},"content":"When part of your job is cultivating the next crop of Cavan footballers – and the next one, and the one after that – managing another county seems like it would bring a world of unnecessary hassle down upon you. Especially since everyone knew that Cavan and Westmeath would be facing off this spring and that they’d likely be scrapping over the same patch of Division Two land. It’s counterintuitive at best – and there’s plenty in Cavan who have less printable terms for it.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JGC5WEDZTJG6NHP4UME2II5S7E","additional_properties":{},"content":"But McCabe has never been anything but his own man. Anyone who has worked with him cites a restless football brain and a headstrong leadership style. Many Cavan footballers from down the years would baulk at managing against their own county. McCabe was the best of them and still he took the Westmeath job knowing it was on the cards. Everybody gets to make their own way in the world.","type":"text"},{"_id":"A7SUEQKIVNB3LEOUMZIUIMZTAA","additional_properties":{},"content":"“At least it’s not in Breffni,” says Johnston, who famously made his Kildare debut against his former (and future) Cavan team-mates in a 2012 qualifier down in the big bowl on the edge of Cavan town. “He’s luckier than I was!”","type":"text"},{"_id":"I2KEYP522BDJDCJFPHKSZQ5IGY","additional_properties":{},"content":"Nothing new under the sun. 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In the past two championship meetings in Thurles, Cork have a) considerably outnumbered the home support and b) won both matches by an accumulated 30 points. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"QROZ7NXJOZDCHNAJLDXDYMSPQY","additional_properties":{},"content":"It’s not saying a great deal to expect an improved performance from the home team but Liam Cahill’s side have been diligent in the league, both in terms of gathering points and developing options – nowhere more conspicuous than in the full forwards where rising stars Darragh McCarthy, in his senior debut campaign, and Seán Kenneally have made a big impact. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"OBEXOPMKTFADTAMEORH6G2XVO4","additional_properties":{},"content":"Cahill also has Gearóid O’Connor coming off a standout display in the Fitzgibbon Cup final. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"4V2DN4IMZ5GU5MNEQ5IQJ7OFNM","additional_properties":{},"content":"Cork are unbeaten, having duked it out for a draw with Limerick, and they bring back All Star full-back Eoin Downey among others for this. This should be a good match but you’d feel that Cork are farther down the road of handling these types of contests despite the absence of four of the attack that went to town on Tipp last May. <b>Verdict:</b> Cork","type":"text"},{"_id":"TGLJ2HDVGBE33LW2LIUP56SCDQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division 1B: Dublin v Offaly, Croke Park, 5.15 </b>– There is a lot at stake in this one, because the winner should advance to the divisional final and claim one of the two promotion spots. Offaly appear to be a team on the rise again after many years spent in hurling’s backwaters but this will be their sternest test of the campaign. Dublin also look rejuvenated this season and All-Ireland club-winning manager Niall Ó Ceallacháin has brought fresh energy and belief to the group. They will look to build on their positive league start in the Croke Park double header. <b>Verdict:</b> Dublin","type":"text"},{"_id":"SSDHBJJPTZGN5B5GZXABDBVUFQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division 2:</b> Derry v Kildare, Celtic Park, 3.0","type":"text"},{"_id":"NZZ424FRVFH57BUILZILVPARPY","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division 3:</b> Mayo v London, Connacht Centre of Excellence, 6.0","type":"text"},{"_id":"MHNBJRV3SFEWBLN2MD4RDSKOTY","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division 4:</b> Longford v Lancashire, Glennon Brothers Pearse Park, 2.0; Monaghan v Warwickshire, Clones, 2.0.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JC6ABQHUK5GSVFPCWDTWBJV2HI","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"KVXLVE3HEZBMDIRLGE32EEXB2U","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Sunday</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"LX2NDNCMDRDM5H64PZUGM7SU5I","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division 1A: Clare v Wexford, Cusack Park, Ennis 1.45 – </b>Two teams in need of points after going five matches between them without a win and now propping up the table. Neither have been helped by big injury lists and both will be trying to reintegrate returning players. There the comparisons end. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"FHUGVXEU4FESFAW6MOYQB45RWY","additional_properties":{},"content":"Wexford are almost certain relegation candidates whereas the All-Ireland champions have the potential to pull out of the tailspin in the remaining four fixtures, starting here. Keith Rossiter has an unenviable job trying to identify and acclimatise a new generation of players. A similarly experimental league meeting with Clare two years ago ended in a 22-point defeat that scandalised the county. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"HGMLUDG4JZBJBOF56LTRGJVW7Q","additional_properties":{},"content":"Rossiter was probably happier with his team’s most recent outing, a retrieved potential thrashing by Kilkenny, than Brian Lohan, whose team were poor when going down to Galway. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"DDN3LFGNIZHEXAMKSAUYXNVP4A","additional_properties":{},"content":"Wexford are expected to welcome back Lee Chin from his extended preseason break and maybe Rory O’Connor from injury. Clare are also strengthening, having been missing two-thirds of their championship team. The trialling of younger players goes on for both managers and there were some good displays for Lohan in the Fitzgibbon, such as Colm O’Meara putting in a strong performance for UL. Home win. <b>Verdict:</b> Clare","type":"text"},{"_id":"5E4PL5ZXBNHS3DW6O6BXWPBYTI","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"XAMZRQYE6VDNPFUJYCAPQZG6RU","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division 1A: Kilkenny v Limerick, UPMC Nowlan Park, Kilkenny 1.45 [Live on TG4] –</b> Limerick have started the league very positively. The late concessions that cost them a draw in Cork didn’t overshadow how well the newcomers played and for a team with minimal change since breaking through in 2018, that is important for John Kiely. They navigated a feisty visit from Tipp in their last outing and got a greatly improved display from Cian Lynch as part of the overall performance. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"6C4BX2LJKJC4TCANN6PK4CVBRI","additional_properties":{},"content":"There are options for management in nearly every line of the field, as illustrated by UL’s Fitzgibbon win last week. Adam English looks well capable of slotting in at centrefield whereas Barry Murphy has provided a decent impression of the expansive Barry Nash corner back role. Colin Coughlan (UL captain) and Aidan O’Connor have played well in the half backs and half forwards, allowing that neither line has obvious vacancies. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"IDSJEN7HLBF67EW5RPCR2U5QLY","additional_properties":{},"content":"Limerick’s situation is coincidentally just what Kilkenny aspire to. After the bloodless win in Wexford, a very good point was made – that despite the recent under-20 All-Ireland win, the county isn’t producing players, who are putting pressure on first teamers and giving Derek Lyng selection dilemmas. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"E5F3Y6KRYVB4TAVHU4FZV2YE6Q","additional_properties":{},"content":"Still, the established Martin Keoghan has been in top form so far and the Ballyhale duo of TJ Reid and Adrian Mullen were in the dressingroom the last day and may be close to return. The visitors look too strong and to have to many options. <b>Verdict: </b>Limerick","type":"text"},{"_id":"BLKICRCYBJC6TOJ6RA2C3CORGE","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division 1B: Antrim v Waterford, Corrigan Park, 1.30 (Live on BBC iPlayer & GAAGo)</b> –Davy Fitzgerald was strong in his criticism of Antrim’s away form after their 15-point reversal at the hands of Offaly in Tullamore last time out. But they did beat Westmeath in their only home game so far this season, so Corrigan Park remains Antrim’s best chance of avoiding relegation. Fitzgerald knows all about their opponents having managed Waterford up uuntilt season. However, Waterford already got stung in this year’s league against Carlow so they should be primed to meet this test head on. <b>Verdict: </b>Waterford","type":"text"},{"_id":"5YXBMRO4IFFUJHRUJ4UFI5Q5BI","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division 1B: Laois v Carlow, Laois Hire O’Moore Park, Portlaoise, 2.0</b> – This derby tends to be tight and ferocious – a game both teams always believe they can win. Carlow’s form has been better in terms of results with a draw against Offaly and a victory over Waterford. Laois beat Westmeath but lost their other two fixtures – against Offaly and Waterford. If Carlow can maintain their early season form, they should edge it. <b>Verdict:</b> Carlow","type":"text"},{"_id":"J5CYT42ZNNGK3D3YQCPCWCQGUY","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division 2:</b> Meath v Down, Trim 1.15; Donegal v Kerry, O’Donnell Park, Letterkenny 1.0","type":"text"},{"_id":"AU2GJVFKRBC4PFFQYQ6HOGWY5M","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division 3:</b> Cavan v Armagh, Kingspan Breffni, Cavan 2.0; Wicklow v Roscommon, Echelon Park, Aughrim 2.0","type":"text"},{"_id":"RUWKEKKWDBHADGACAEV7R6FSGM","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division 4: </b>Louth v Leitrim, Darver 1.15. 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The Bellaghy club chairman was murdered in May 1997 and his family have spent the past 27 years pursuing justice for his memory.","type":"text"},{"_id":"IJW5J3TCDFGANAWIMN2V47KCXA","additional_properties":{},"content":"In December, a High Court judge in Northern Ireland ordered a public inquiry into the murder after finding the British government remained in breach of a human rights duty to examine the full extent of state collusion in the killing.","type":"text"},{"_id":"MCQ3QWD2G5DZTF27KAX4SZD2JI","additional_properties":{},"content":"That government lodged a notice of appeal and this awaits determination.","type":"text"},{"_id":"PNBFCKSZWRCDHD6LJ3LGVPQO24","additional_properties":{},"content":"Burns sketched the history of political targeting of association members, noting that it was the congress of 100 years ago, which in 1925 decided to name a stand in Croke Park in memory of Michael Hogan, the Tipperary footballer, who died on Bloody Sunday in 1920.","type":"text"},{"_id":"2QAHWC6CI5EMBPYPUHCELVJW6I","additional_properties":{},"content":"He further noted that Friday was the 37th anniversary of the murder of 23-year-old <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/aidan-mcanespie/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/aidan-mcanespie/\">Aidan McAnespie</a>, shot dead at the border near Aughnacloy while on his way to a match with his club Aghaloo O’Neills and also raised the memory of Seán Farmer and Colm McCartney, who were murdered at a bogus checkpoint in Armagh returning from the All-Ireland football semi-final at Croke Park in August 1975.","type":"text"},{"_id":"RBCNVVDXMZE3HA7QPDLLDJM7JQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"“GAA Congress brings together the largest contingent of GAA members every year,” said Burns. “People who are representatives of the likes of Seán Brown, a family man, a community man and a GAA man who was abducted and murdered while he stayed back alone to lock up the club grounds of Bellaghy Wolfe Tones.","type":"text"},{"_id":"R7DNXDVQ7FCAZID4UECNLHNVEU","additional_properties":{},"content":"“The dignity and determination that the Brown family have shown in the face of the obfuscation of the British Government and Northern Secretary is admirable. Tonight ... I have invited Seán’s widow Bridie and the rest of the Brown family to see at first-hand the esteem in which they are held and how their resolve is acknowledged. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"ISDUXL5U4RHLTE2RKNVRGZ6TH4","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Seán was one of our own and we make no apologies for doing all we can to assist the long-suffering, dignified but steadfast and resolute family that are the Browns. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"W42HYTX7BZFYJLDZVDNAU7VZ4I","additional_properties":{},"content":"“To do otherwise would be a failure to live up to our ideals and values as an organisation and as their extended family.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"NV4QLXCXIFH3PA4DO7DBR7I44U","additional_properties":{},"content":"Brown’s daughter Clare addressed delegates and thanked them for the opportunity to speak.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VSDAZOZ23NDQNFWC3FKF455X24","additional_properties":{},"content":"“On the night of May 12th, 1997, our father, Seán Brown, was doing what he had done countless times before. Locking up the gates of his beloved club, Bellaghy Wolfe Tones, in Co Derry.","type":"text"},{"_id":"BLMWZQULEZBCTBI67RSTRKIYB4","additional_properties":{},"content":"“As chairman, he had just finished overseeing another busy club meeting, where plans were made for the summer months of Gaelic games. Those plans, at least for him, were never to be realised. That night, a group of armed men abducted and murdered our father.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JVH2WEJ6RJCJJNDPEXD43O4BHY","additional_properties":{},"content":"“His killing was an act of brutal violence, but what followed has been just as cruel. Decades of cover-ups, failed investigations, and deliberate obstruction of justice. For nearly 28 years, our family has fought tirelessly for the truth.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"4VDOBOJQURBS5A7G5MBWIGXLEY","additional_properties":{},"content":"She said that the family had attended court “over 57 times”.","type":"text"},{"_id":"IMVLCNUT5VCQNMRGZRW27IJTXM","additional_properties":{},"content":"“From the inquest proceedings, which began in March of 2023, it became painfully clear that state agencies deliberately withheld critical evidence to prevent the truth from emerging.","type":"text"},{"_id":"Z7OCR4D2ABHOBE4QEMZSFI3WWA","additional_properties":{},"content":"“We know now that up to 25 suspects were involved in his killing, many of them state agents. The coroner formally urged the Secretary of State to convene a public inquiry, and even the Chief Constable of the PSNI has stated he would not oppose one. Taoiseach Micheál Martin has also publicly supported calls for a full public inquiry.","type":"text"},{"_id":"2FPU4S43PJHEZPNB6VS3DFC5KM","additional_properties":{},"content":"“And yet, instead of truth and accountability, we have been met with resistance. The Secretary of State has not only denied our family justice but has actively appealed a High Court ruling that has called for a public inquiry.","type":"text"},{"_id":"AQECH54OUNEKLGRMHSE5HT3LGA","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Why? Why is our family and our 87-year-old mother being treated with such contempt? What are they so desperate to hide? The outpouring of support from the GAA family has been a source of strength to us, to Jarlath, Brian McEvoy, Michael Geoghegan and John Keenan, who have all stood with us in court, and to all of you who have lent your voices to our cause.","type":"text"},{"_id":"36POANM3SVHXHF7CRSEI52AM2Q","additional_properties":{},"content":"“We are deeply grateful. The GAA is more than a sporting organisation. It is a community, a movement. A force for good. Tonight, I ask for your continued support.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"U3ESSNKFHJCW7IHGVYFCETHIUQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"Later in the evening, a motion changing the requirement that GAA kit and equipment be of Irish manufacture to it being ‘manufactured by a GAA licensed kit manufacturer’ was withdrawn by Burns for re-presentation to next autumn’s special congress – which will finalise the FRC proposals on new football playing rules.","type":"text"},{"_id":"LHOTXDKHQJDVDMNTZN5XOATAYU","additional_properties":{},"content":"This followed growing reservations expressed from the floor late in Friday’s session that the proposed motion would undermine current Irish suppliers.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DOT7CJP4ERCSJN2OQ34S33VPBY","additional_properties":{},"content":"It had been proposed by Central Council as a necessary item of housekeeping to ensure that the GAA stayed in line with EU rules on competition.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ORA3XWDA5ZC2BOAYFVEIRKU7CM","additional_properties":{},"content":"Burns said he was constrained in what he could say but the motion had been brought on foot of legal advice and that the association was potentially facing a fine of €10 million.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6BMXBEFR3JBZBLR4KZ22ZQF6N4","additional_properties":{},"content":"Those querying motion 39 included former president and MEP Seán Kelly, Galway chair Paul Bellew, Tyrone secretary Michael Kerr, Down secretary Seán Óg McAteer, Limerick secretary Mike O’Riordan and Dublin chair Ken O’Sullivan, who said that his county would oppose.","type":"text"},{"_id":"MOP5PQNHFNBKJESWF2KWFZGWUI","additional_properties":{},"content":"Meanwhile, Tom Ryan has been granted a five-year extension to his contract as director general of the association. The reappointment was approved by the central council and endorsed unanimously by delegates.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NSBU7CQ63VH5ND3UHC3USNR5XI","additional_properties":{},"content":"Praising Ryan for the calm and clear judgment he brought to the role, Burns described him as “a model of the ability to defuse situations”.","type":"text"},{"_id":"WLQTUKA3OBGDXGNLEFTS7REKQY","additional_properties":{},"content":"Ryan, who had indicated a willingness to stay on, told delegates: “Every day is a privilege, which I don’t take lightly.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"PEZCI73NAVCWDEHAGTT3QQ3ZHA","additional_properties":{},"content":"Ryan was appointed initially for a seven-year term in April 2018 and had previously served as finance director. 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","type":"text"},{"_id":"AS5LGV5SKZF7VHGZ7LE5S5A33Q","additional_properties":{},"content":"“I know for a fact that there’s an under-20 player in Kerry being rang by coaches from an Australian club telling him how he did in matches after watching him on Clubber.","type":"text"},{"_id":"HASFHTELLRENRENPQECVLRAH64","additional_properties":{"_id":1739983349610},"content":"“I don’t know what the rules are, but if it was soccer or rugby I don’t think they’d be allowed to do that when a fella is doing his Leaving Cert. Don’t get me wrong, fellas think I’m completely against [players] going out, but if the offer is there I’d always wish him all the best and hope they are a success out there.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OVCUPKMJFVEWNOGYDLBOT3MWBE","additional_properties":{"_id":1739983349611},"content":"“But as a Kerry man, I hate the way it’s done, I just hate the way there’s 15 years going into a young fella and it’s just, ‘Oh yeah we’ll have that fella there and we’ll shoot off’. And it kind of annoys me that the want isn’t there to play for Kerry more than anything else, if that makes sense.","type":"text"},{"_id":"HVXVTUHPA5CN3FU7IAX4BVQOZU","additional_properties":{"_id":1739983349612},"content":"“It makes sense to me, like, I’d rather nothing but to play for Kerry and win All-Irelands for Kerry. 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I know [of a Tyrone player] who was asked to go, but he wanted to stay home playing football and that was his decision, it wasn’t anything that was offered to him, he wanted to stay home.","type":"text"},{"_id":"IMKCI7YQ2T63QJN5KZYTAITRDM","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"DAN3M5MKYZH65O3FWFSWBWU3VI","additional_properties":{"_id":1739983349617},"content":"“And for whatever reason our lads want to shoot off and that’s just the way it is. It’s just frustration and I’m more frustrated that our lads don’t want to stay at home. Look, I wish the lads well and all that, but it’s a huge loss to Kerry football no matter what way you look at it – Cillian Burke [Geelong] has gone, Rob Monahan [Carlton] has gone, Mark O’Connor [Geelong] has gone.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JCR6UD3IVRFDXNPDSZ44XOOIHI","additional_properties":{"_id":1739983349621},"content":"“But I’ve kind of my peace made with it, we’re an amateur organisation, there’s no way you can bring money into that, there’s no way you can bring compensation in, there’s no way you can bring structure because we’re an amateur organisation. We’re prime pickings, sure why wouldn’t the Aussie Rules do it?”","type":"text"},{"_id":"GZXUMCWMIZFYDK2J7KBESY57OI","additional_properties":{"_id":1739983349622},"content":"Still, Ó Sé hopes Kerry can this year do what no team from the county has managed since 2008 and win an All-Ireland under-20/21 title.","type":"text"},{"_id":"D6TUJMRLOBFOJPT6QIOIAYVBAM","additional_properties":{"_id":1739983349623},"content":"In 2024 he managed the Kingdom to a first All-Ireland final appearance at the grade in 16 years but they came up short in that decider to Tyrone. The 2025 provincial under-20 competitions will begin in March.","type":"text"},{"_id":"LCRIMIIXZ5AALCCJIXZPIBS6LY","additional_properties":{"_id":1739983349624},"content":"There is a feeling this season could be Jack O’Connor’s last as Kerry senior manager but Ó Sé says it is not a position he is eyeing up.","type":"text"},{"_id":"X6KR6LLW7RHHDBCVC3HQPGNYMY","additional_properties":{"_id":1739983349625},"content":"“No, right now I wouldn’t. I would never say never but it’s not on my radar,” stated the five-time Sam Maguire winner, who is a school principal in Fermoy, Cork.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NT4UTVN5NJFOROFLY5ILWCU5P4","additional_properties":{"_id":1739983349626},"content":"“I’m flat to the mat, it’s busy, you have home life, you have work and you have football. I think there’s so much pressure with it [senior intercounty management], you’d have to be a certain type of individual to take it on and to be mad enough to take it on at times. 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(Central Council)","type":"text"},{"_id":"HCXNA43J3RDGVG3MEE33WK5N6Q","additional_properties":{"_id":1739818724300},"content":"· Proposal to introduce a new format for the All-Ireland SFC and Tailteann Cup. For explainer, see above. (Central Council/CCCC)","type":"text"},{"_id":"D4AYNMNNQFAB3NFCQPWS3IPVSU","additional_properties":{"_id":1739818724301},"content":"· Grant permission for the council or committee in charge to consider additional suspensions or penalties in excess of the minimum permitted under rule should the gravity of the case deem it appropriate. (Central Council/CCCC/CHC/CAC)","type":"text"},{"_id":"S3PRBDRTARCA5AQJG7FWD7EMKE","additional_properties":{"_id":1739818724302},"content":"· The GAA should maintain a neutral stance in any non-GAA campaign/movement subject to an advocacy policy which shall be adopted by Central Council. (Central Council)","type":"text"},{"_id":"W3BQ7HF4XVE5LO4HZCBPHJDRRQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1739818724303},"content":"· Official guide policy on playing gear and equipment to be amended by removing the wording “Shall be of Irish manufacture”. Instead the regulation would state: “All jerseys, shorts, stockings, tracksuits (tops and bottoms) and kitbags, worn and/or used for official matches, in pre-match or post-match television or video interviews, player walk-ups and photographs, <i>shall be manufactured by a GAA Licensed Kit Manufacturer</i>. 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","type":"text"},{"_id":"KGHD2IU2P5GN5FYPDHQ4YUF5SA","additional_properties":{},"content":"Most kick-outs now are contested in the middle third, which had a massive impact on Saturday night’s game, for example. Given the strength of the wind Dublin won just less than 50 per cent of their kick-outs in the first half and Kerry won a little more than 50 per cent in the second. Neither team was able to make a stress-free exit without putting the ball at risk.","type":"text"},{"_id":"YX6DEWIUMNEFPJVB6PTW6DCDB4","additional_properties":{},"content":"The other major ideological battleground is shooting. In the derelict game we have left behind, working the ball to designated shooting zones was the main purpose of the endless rounds of keep-ball. Ideally, nobody wanted to shoot from outside the D, or from the flanks. The heavy emphasis on efficiency identified risk as the enemy.","type":"text"},{"_id":"Q5UYQBMNVJACBALF6DWYXOJTZ4","additional_properties":{},"content":"In the new game it is clear already that the two-point arc has the potential to be transformative. Under the old rules, anybody shooting from that distance was guilty of an offence against the game plan. It was an unconscionable risk. In some instances, it would have been condemned as an act of grandstanding or hare-brained panic.","type":"text"},{"_id":"SR6AKO54HNBKZKTLLCTO2ALCRU","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"TU7NF5UZAZDTVO5YYMR7WAFYLQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"In the new rules that kind of risky kicking has been incentivised. On Saturday night, two pointers shaped the game. In the opening quarter, Kerry kicked a pair of them in succession at a time in the match when Dublin had more than 75 per cent possession, according to RTÉ’s statistics. 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Kerry couldn’t hang on to a 12-point lead on Saturday night; Cork couldn’t hold on to a 10-point lead against Down in round two; <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/15/determined-derry-fight-back-to-draw-against-galway/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/15/determined-derry-fight-back-to-draw-against-galway/\">Galway surrendered a nine-point lead against Derry</a> on Saturday evening. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"EIXXWEDE3ZGNPE6OR7W7HQFOWY","additional_properties":{},"content":"The general spike in scoring has been adrenalised by the 3v3 imperative, so that turnovers in the defensive half are leading to more productive counterattacks, and the solo-and-go frees, that are giving defences less time to set up. But ultimately, the championship will be decided on two pointers. How many are you prepared to attempt? How many reliable outside shooters do you have? Will Kerry leave David Clifford inside? Would that be crazy? ","type":"text"},{"_id":"YET4A7R3OBGMNLED27M7T6I2ME","additional_properties":{},"content":"How it pans out will be fascinating. In hurling, scoring has gone through the roof over the last decade, enabled by the modern ball, but also by changed thinking. When Limerick took over their emphasis was on volume. Their first principle was to always have more shots than their opponents, even if that meant shipping more wides. By increasing their output, wides came at a smaller cost. That forced all of their putative rivals to play the same numbers game.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NLRAHFJFL5B2ZHNVNAKXUHZBEI","additional_properties":{},"content":"Nobody in football has adopted that approach. Efficiency was always king, not volume. With the turn the game has taken the actuaries in every back-room team must be forced to revise their view of risk. 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Everything about his <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/16/michael-murphy-makes-impactful-return-for-donegal-in-win-over-armagh/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/16/michael-murphy-makes-impactful-return-for-donegal-in-win-over-armagh/\">comeback in Ballybofey on Sunday</a> felt like one of those feel-good if somewhat schmaltzy sports movies where the grizzled hero returns for one last spin on the carousel. It had everything – the stadium erupting as he made his way off the bench, the rattled opponent meeting him head on (ahem), the sending off, the score with his first play, the flock of kids (and adults) surrounding him long after the final whistle looking for selfies, autographs, or just simply to be in his orbit for a brief moment. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"TWNV2LWK2JARFCRP3JX6MDIKVU","subtype":"twitter","type":"oembed_response"},{"_id":"A3MNSH2RBVBVRPSX2MY65DUIXI","additional_properties":{},"content":"Even during his stint in the media over recent years, after matches he was working at, it was not unusual to see Murphy surrounded by supporters. Some players just have that presence, that ‘it’ factor. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"E6NL4HSSQ5EF5HX27E7VOAXBBA","additional_properties":{},"content":"And as for the grizzled hero part, that was not so much the case with the 2012 All-Ireland winning captain on Sunday as he looked to be in superb physical shape. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"KMVWV5X2ERE7DGY5HD76BAIECU","additional_properties":{},"content":"With Murphy and Jim McGuinness reunited again – there is no doubt his return to intercounty football is a massive boost for Donegal. But it is actually a treat for all sports fans because rarely do we get a second chance to see a truly special player go at it again. 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And not because Donegal won, but because the county’s greatest ever player was out there in the thick of it again, a sight most believed had been consigned to the past, and he lit up Ballybofey.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DTR5MGP7DJA33GQMLBEDUWSBK4","additional_properties":{},"content":"Whatever way the script plays out from here, the opening scene of Michael Murphy’s comeback grabbed your attention. – <b>Gordon Manning </b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"TJ4UZ3SSCFESLPGONOQCA5R7K4","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Sin bin advantage?</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"REZEFDB6GVCKDNGO46IA4LSFJQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"Confusion reigned in Castlebar. <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/mayo-gaa/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/mayo-gaa/\">Mayo</a>’s Conor Reid was black carded in the 26th minute for a ‘body collide’ on <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/tyrone-gaa/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/tyrone-gaa/\">Tyrone</a>’s Darren McCurry. In the wing forward’s absence, the visitors overturned a 0-2 to 0-3 deficit into a 0-5 to 0-4 lead at the break.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6WAOTOIJKS42VHQWRBI6TXY4OA","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"GLXWWW437ZCWNOXMEH2PDZQL7M","additional_properties":{},"content":"Yet, Tyrone felt they hadn’t been able to press home the sinbinning advantage. Reduced to 14, Mayo availed of what looks like an anomaly or unintended consequence of the FRC changes. A team with a player off the field for disciplinary reasons is allowed to play two in either half of the field and the home side cleverly juggled between ‘two up’ and ‘two back’.","type":"text"},{"_id":"IJA6WTPPYFGYLNPRNEV2S62C4Q","additional_properties":{},"content":"In a game where the perfectly permissible latitude for goalkeepers to create a 12 v 11 overload by joining the attack is coming under increased scrutiny, it is surely anomalous that a team weakened by indiscipline is able to mitigate their loss by ‘borrowing’ players at either end of the field.","type":"text"},{"_id":"MNVE4JNW5BHNFNTIZFVUDASKXQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"It also created major problems for referee Barry Cassidy and his match officials, who with Tyrone players frantically appealing 3v3 breaches in apparent or wilful ignorance of the rule, got into a tangle before Cassidy corrected the error.","type":"text"},{"_id":"LHKXMQMWTBHQZI7M4RQV3ZPKXQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"Afterwards the managers reflected on the situation. Asked had there been confusion about the rule, Mayo’s Kevin McStay agreed. “Well, there was, yeah. In a very simple way, there was, yeah, I’d say on all sides.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JKDMGURQKBCV7PAJULEKAVO4DU","additional_properties":{},"content":"“The black card didn’t help it because people then forgot that you could go to two. I think Barry might have forgotten that at one moment as well. But in fairness, he stopped the play and talked it through, and we got the right decision, and I think we got caught once as well.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"F2FV7YGFJ5BSBHAPHCFJYT337Q","additional_properties":{},"content":"Mayo dig in for strong finish to claim first win of the season against Tyrone","type":"interstitial_link"},{"_id":"6FFQI5GFMVEIZNYPAGCDJDEKBM","additional_properties":{},"content":"Tyrone manager Malachy O’Rourke, previously a member of the <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/football-review-committee-frc/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/football-review-committee-frc/\">FRC</a>, questioned whether teams in Tyrone’s position were actually receiving any advantage from the penalty.","type":"text"},{"_id":"AIHXUZGFQBDUTP4JC3SCGUG5YA","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Yeah, you could argue that. You were thinking that the black card would give us an advantage and it didn’t really. There’s a number of different things that come up now and maybe they’re not working as was intended.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DSJ3XSDRT5C6HCUO3ZVTW7A6KA","additional_properties":{},"content":"“But again – I keep going back to the same thing – I suppose you just have to give these things time. I think the referees are even trying to get used to the rules, so there is a lot of frustration. Nobody at times is sure what’s going on.","type":"text"},{"_id":"PNMYLNXA2NFOXGYACPT4P6ZQ3U","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Hopefully, it will over the next few weeks become a bit clearer, but that is definitely one concern you’d have coming out of the game.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"MLFILAP3SRGOTEBDAQZKZB2IEU","additional_properties":{},"content":"McStay also made an essential point about the whole project. “There’s nothing about the rules that are second nature. Like we’ve all been reared doing things a certain way, for 40 years maybe. But these rules are well-intentioned; they’re working pretty well.” – <b>Seán Moran</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"JJMNPALC4JC3FLK5E2K7ONCJNU","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Questions & Answers</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"XOYPKNUHG5A47ALKUE2C72CZXQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"If the good men of the FRC have any gallantry about them at all, they’ll be sending Joanne Cantwell a thank you card this morning. If they have any left-field thought going spare they’ll be asking RTÉ if they can borrow her once a week from here on out, maybe even on a Monday morning, and ask her to give them a grilling on the football rules. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"EPXAGOZUVFDPVDAJG7NINRMZ6U","subtype":"twitter","type":"oembed_response"},{"_id":"RP6UT22T2RH5FOASKXFINYKGVQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"She shone a light into Peter Canavan’s eyes on League Sunday and it meant that viewers got clarity around the new guideline around kick-outs having to be taken inside 20 seconds. This was an instruction issued to referees in the course of the previous week and yet this was the first time anyone from the FRC was appearing in public to talk about it. Canavan had clearly been well briefed and was ready for Cantwell’s questions, meaning anyone who watched it came away better informed.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NCHTP3S26RHOZA2OEV2FJRMTIE","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"RP6UT22T2RH5FOASKXFINYKGVQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"Changing football on the fly is a difficult, multilayered problem with all sorts of plates spinning and unintended consequences arising. But as Canavan showed last night, communicating is the easy bit. All you need is a time and a place and a camera and the willingness to explain.","type":"text"},{"_id":"4WOQCNPWMJETFAAYDL44RA5L6A","additional_properties":{},"content":"Everyone accepts that there will be teething problems. Nobody has any great issue with that, as long as they’re not left to stew in their own confusion. The FRC’s cause would benefit enormously from a weekly slot where one of their number fielded questions for 20 minutes after a weekend, breaking down passages of play, giving a sense of where their thinking is on certain rules.","type":"text"},{"_id":"F52WGF2QAVHKXD5OLYW5CV53AU","additional_properties":{},"content":"Cantwell’s forensic, informed, just-one-more-thing style of questioning did the FRC a big favour by forcing them to communicate better. They should learn from it. – <b>Malachy Clerkin</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"HX2K3GBXMND5BHWULXSBZQVADI","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Kerry’s conundrum</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"ZFLY547AURB2DC3H5AIZSQ5BVY","additional_properties":{},"content":"Sixteen minutes into the second half on Saturday night, the massive home crowd in Tralee erupted at the sight of David Clifford. Kerry were still five points up against Dublin, but they had only scored once since half-time and there were early signs of distress. This time, <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/15/dublin-steal-the-points-from-kerry-in-adrenalin-fuelled-finale/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/15/dublin-steal-the-points-from-kerry-in-adrenalin-fuelled-finale/\">Clifford couldn’t do anything about it</a>.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NCWDP7HRSJBW5KNKKXRDOPWQXY","additional_properties":{},"content":"By the end of last year, Clifford was the poster boy for the what the locals believed was general fatigue in the Kerry ranks. After a gruelling couple of years with club and county Clifford had been flat all summer. In the All-Ireland semi-final Armagh looked stronger the longer the game went on. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"RGZNWHPRABDYBBXPC3YHXB7UJE","additional_properties":{},"content":"The complaint was that too many key players had appeared in nearly all of Kerry’s 14 league and championship matches. Gavin White, Seán O’Shea and Joe O’Connor were ever-present; Tadhg Morley, Paul Murphy, Shane Ryan, Dara Moynihan, Paudie Clifford and David Clifford had only missed one match; Jason Foley had only missed two.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NOJJG6NWC4FWJDMOORQUZFVVYY","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"M4XAF25BQ5DT7P7LTMTYDAKDDU","additional_properties":{},"content":"Whatever rest had been scheduled for the Clifford brothers at the beginning of last year was chalked off when Kerry lost their opening league game to Derry; a week later the Cliffords appeared against Monaghan. This year, David’s return was just 12 days later; Paudie was back for round one of the league.","type":"text"},{"_id":"7PMIRNF36ZACFMJZG4EJRMB37I","additional_properties":{},"content":"The Kerry players were so exhausted by the end of last season that they circulated a letter asking to be excused from the District club championships. This caused a huge amount of disquiet and generated a certain amount of pushback, but many of the players stood their ground.","type":"text"},{"_id":"HCZLH7MAQBFCVPB44MK3VNMRYI","additional_properties":{},"content":"But what do Kerry do now? Having gathered just two points from their opening three games they’re facing the prospect of being dragged into a relegation scrap. Three of their remaining four games are away from home against Tyrone, Mayo and Galway. How much rotation can they afford to do? ","type":"text"},{"_id":"QZQKPI5GXRHIRLY3P7KPYXZOC4","additional_properties":{},"content":"One of the other local complaints last year was that young players weren’t being blooded. The youngest starter on Kerry’s championship team was Joe O’Connor, who was 24. At the moment, that looks like a job for whoever succeeds Jack O’Connor. Right now, his concern is staying in Division One. – <b>Denis Walsh</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"NPF5QHSZNVG7NP2AKSGASBN3LI","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>History in the Hyde</b></mark><mark class=\"hl_yellow\"> </mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"6LS6K7XTPBCJBMUGHHS45YSB5A","additional_properties":{},"content":"Diarmuid Murtagh’s tally of <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/16/diarmuid-murtagh-stars-as-roscommon-take-advantage-of-the-wind-to-overcome-monaghan/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/16/diarmuid-murtagh-stars-as-roscommon-take-advantage-of-the-wind-to-overcome-monaghan/\">12 points at Dr Hyde Park on Sunday</a> moved the forward top of the pile as Roscommon’s all-time leading scorer with 19-333.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ESG7QPW4TJBZBFULY47SFFTPMM","additional_properties":{},"content":"Murtagh has been in superb form during this year’s league campaign and has been Roscommon’s top marksman in all three of their games so far – wins over Down, Louth, Monaghan.","type":"text"},{"_id":"R2WA4PSU6ZHAHMMYE7JFOVKVWI","additional_properties":{},"content":"And in stats compiled by county chairman Brian Carroll, Sunday’s display sees Murtagh overtake Dermot Earley at the summit of Roscommon’s scoring roll of honour. 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Another brother, Brian, also previously played for the county – so it’s fair to say the Murtagh family has given Roscommon some service, not to mention some amount of scores.","type":"text"},{"_id":"37ZOPFE55VGKTJQDI7F72B3GBY","additional_properties":{},"content":"Murtagh’s St Faithleach’s club stated: “A truly historic day in the primrose and blue for Diarmuid Murtagh as he took his overall Roscommon tally to 19-423 making him the top scorer of all time for the Roscommon senior football team.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5JSKQ3YJABDIFB6NH5NYNXCDH4","additional_properties":{},"content":"“He is a dedicated professional and a role model to the youth of St Faithleach GAA and the wider GAA community. 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The Armagh captain, for reasons known only to himself, went with his head to Murphy’s chest.","type":"text"},{"_id":"J3VEJBGII5E6PBKYGFHUFXP2CA","additional_properties":{},"content":"The Donegal support were yet to sit having given Murphy a standing ovation when referee Sean Hurson drew the red card.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GNPR75C73VEWRB3V7NH6LD75OI","additional_properties":{},"content":"The volume went up a little further when Murphy arrowed over a delightful score soon after and ended the afternoon with three points to his tally. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"UW7JMMCWFBEXZFVL74HVSJYE3Q","additional_properties":{},"content":"“I spoke about him in the dressingroom to our own lads,” McGuinness said after the game. “It’s great to have him. There isn’t much that I can say about Michael that hasn’t been said before. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"A4RYUOAK6RF4JH7MMIXDRLPP6A","additional_properties":{},"content":"“He has done an awful lot of work to put himself in that position. 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Jarly Óg Burns, on as a temporary sub, and Tomas McCormack combined for McMullan to lash his shot past Shaun Patton.","type":"text"},{"_id":"F3IQIFM3QFAEJO7NOJ3ESWZI2I","additional_properties":{},"content":"Donegal’s response was an uninterrupted 10-point blitz, punctured only when Jason Duffy ended Armagh’s near half-hour wait for a point, the score reducing the Orchard’s arrears to six for the break, 0-12 to 1-3.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KDM5F6KUHJEPVCGAHUQWFDPDLE","additional_properties":{},"content":"Donegal’s flurry included a brace by Ryan McHugh and a stylish Conor O’Donnell point that put five between them in the 27th minute.","type":"text"},{"_id":"L5MGV3MWDRD3TPQMIZN3OP5I64","additional_properties":{},"content":"Via a pair of two-pointers, one each from Ben Crealy and Andrew Murnin, Armagh were creeping back into things when the day took its decisive twist.","type":"text"},{"_id":"L7XGEBP4FRDQLO6YWC43QC5HLA","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Discipline was huge in the outcome of the game,” said Armagh manager Kieran McGeeney. “It was on our side that we let it go. It’s a harsh lesson for us, but you just have to take it in the chin and walk on”.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TKHDI4SZ6NEQZN4NHRF7YSVS2Y","additional_properties":{},"content":"McGuinness said: “These games will always go to the wire. You just have to roll with the punches in many respects and try to see it out.","type":"text"},{"_id":"54FTRLJE45CSZCIW6B3WFXJQZQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"“It’s great for the lads. It’s the type of game that sticks in the memory whenever you hang the boots up.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5XUVD2BFBNFVLLR3JC5UGLD36U","additional_properties":{},"content":"“In terms of the experience and the atmosphere and the vibe around the town, it’s great for the lads. It’s the type of game that sticks in the memory whenever you hang the boots up.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"IVULXY24O5G4LPJ6CNYVU5GOPQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"But in deciding to take his boots down off nail again, Murphy had the final say with a point in the closing seconds, almost as if he was never away.","type":"text"},{"_id":"R7FGZTFEIFECVHQ7UIEKKSIPYY","additional_properties":{},"content":"His Donegal tally now stands at 34 goals and 616 points in 178 games, and counting.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KSDQOQAN2VG4NKCF23ZWKEMURA","additional_properties":{},"content":"“A phenomenal player,” remarked Ryan McHugh. “It’s unbelievable to have him. 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It’s great, this new game, I love it anyway.","type":"text"},{"_id":"SEIHHETSUFGG5CY6QWMF5X5EMI","additional_properties":{"_id":1739729713804},"content":"“We actually now have a creative game, it has reinvigorated us as coaches because it went stale, you probably didn’t even know you were stale but you were. It’s class now.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"KFOKPAFWR5CVZHUJTGOOHMKLDI","additional_properties":{"_id":1739729713805},"content":"If Murtagh – who racked up a total of 12 points – delivered a kicking exhibition, then league newcomer Conor Hand produced several bursts of speed that lit up a grey and damp Hyde Park. Monaghan simply could not stop his blistering incisions through the centre of their defence and Hand finished the game with three points to his name.","type":"text"},{"_id":"LV76ENXHBVB6VLGX22RTGITT3E","additional_properties":{"_id":1739729713806},"content":"Roscommon also created at least four decent goal chances in the opening 20 minutes of the contest but failed to raise any green flags. At times they seemed to try force the issue rather than tap over for a simple point – but in this brave new world for Gaelic football, playing the percentages has thankfully lost some of its lustre.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CEMZQGPABBDONMZQNFPA6Z6ZOM","additional_properties":{"_id":1739729713807},"content":"“There’s two ways of looking at that,” explained Burke. “Can you work the scoreboard against the breeze? Could we have fisted a few scores? But we told them before they went out that we wanted them to enjoy themselves. Forwards want to go for goal, so we left four out there, but on another day [they might go in].”","type":"text"},{"_id":"SP3MEPPLBKFZ46X2ZTBMQ2G2QA","additional_properties":{"_id":"EWIWV77U4FH3XIOZHRYZZTSKG4"},"type":"image"},{"_id":"RZDCFKJVENERBH3NKFBTBPFI4E","additional_properties":{"_id":1739729713808},"content":"Roscommon and Monaghan were both relegated from Division One last season so negotiating an immediate return to the top flight would be part of their early-season plan. This was the Farney County’s first defeat of the campaign.","type":"text"},{"_id":"AD6PTL4IB5G5LHY3GVK6KFGZ7E","additional_properties":{"_id":1739729713809},"content":"Their madcap opening goal would have been unimaginable a few months back. With Carroll out of his goal to try provide Roscommon with an overload, Monaghan grabbed possession and from near the centre of the field the impressive Micheál Bannigan let fly towards the unattended Roscommon sticks.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TUKSZKVN5VDVXCYZZITIUH2SBY","additional_properties":{"_id":1739729713810},"content":"The ball bounced off the left stanchion and then bobbled across to hit the right post, before David Garland slid in and redirected it over the line, 1-5 to 0-3.","type":"text"},{"_id":"EY7I2BC4CVFAHIDFEIIREMDEVI","additional_properties":{"_id":1739729713811},"content":"The second goal was a thunderbolt from Bannigan, the Monaghan captain unleashing an unstoppable 27th-minute shot after the Farney turned over a Roscommon kickout, 2-5 to 0-5.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TOXGU5UWVJCDNCMI7QLDULHBYY","additional_properties":{"_id":1739729713812},"content":"Roscommon kicked three of the last four points before the turnaround though and it took them just eight minutes of the second half to restore parity.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6K5NROTTXZCP3HQF4HXJQSANGY","additional_properties":{"_id":1739729713813},"content":"“I think Roscommon managed the wind better in the second half, they managed to get a few two-pointers in the second half when they had the wind and ultimately that was the difference in the game,” said Monaghan manager Gabriel Bannigan.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JYZWKX4NQZDSVLYE7OYPBD6VI4","additional_properties":{"_id":1739729713814},"content":"“I knew at half-time that with our lead we were going to have to really turn in a huge performance in the second half to hold on.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"VLPRG2H7MRCDTBOHLRZXUAXC5E","additional_properties":{"_id":1739729713815},"content":"The first of those two-pointers came from Murtagh in the 43rd minute and on the very next play Hand put on the afterburners to score the equalising point. Roscommon had all the momentum and in the opening 15 minutes after the break they outscored Monaghan 0-7 to 0-1.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KGYLHTO7GVDVNHIWGLVEDAPKLY","additional_properties":{"_id":1739729713816},"content":"Conor McCarthy kept Monaghan in touch with a dogged, determined display – he scored two points midway through the half and with five minutes remaining goalkeeper Rory Beggan curled over an equalising score.","type":"text"},{"_id":"EQ223AO2VVCIPMVQGNS3ZHSIIA","additional_properties":{"_id":1739729713817},"content":"But the Roscommon bench made a big impression coming down the straight. Senan Lambe fisted the home side back in front before Cox smacked over a lovely two-pointer and followed that up with a score from inside the arc. They had made the game’s decisive move.","type":"text"},{"_id":"56XL642CZRDJBAU63FEKTMMSPI","additional_properties":{"_id":1739729713818},"content":"Fittingly, the last action of the afternoon was for Murtagh to kick over his fourth two-pointer. The free had been awarded just before the hooter sounded so supporters had to be ushered back off the pitch to allow Murtagh take the kick. Roscommon travel to Meath next weekend while Monaghan are at home to Cork.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QHNKRJ256VHLVOAVWAHKYCJG6M","additional_properties":{"_id":1739729713819},"content":"“I was up in Newry last night, that’s a right good Meath team,” added Burke. “They’re very big and strong and it looks like they have a rake of work done, so we’ll get the full pipe in Navan.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"XS3ER72UORDATKKNON42NM3EOM","additional_properties":{"_id":1739729713820},"content":"<b>ROSCOMMON:</b> Conor Carroll; Pearse Frost, John McManus, Niall Higgins; Ronan Daly (0-0-1), Brian Stack, Dylan Ruane; Keith Doyle, Shane Cunnane; Cian McKeon, Ultan Harney, Conor Hand (0-0-3); Diarmuid Murtagh (0-4-4, 2tpf, 2f), Donie Smith (0-0-2), Ciaráin Murtagh (0-0-3). <b>Subs:</b> Ruaidhrí Fallon for Stack (40 mins); Eddie Nolan for Harney (49 mins); Senan Lambe (0-0-1) for Daly (54 mins); Ben O’Carroll for Smith (57 mins); Conor Cox (0-1-1) for McKeon (64 mins)","type":"text"},{"_id":"3B26F53QBFCWZJ4JNG4J57W5LU","additional_properties":{"_id":1739729713821},"content":"<b>MONAGHAN:</b> Rory Beggan (0-0-1); Ryan Wylie, Killian Lavelle, Dylan Byrne; Ryan O’Toole (0-0-1), Colm Lennon, Conor McCarthy (0-0-2); Gavin McPhillips, Micheál McCarville (0-1-0); Louis Kelly (0-0-1), Micheál Bannigan (1-0-4, 2f), Ciarán McNulty (0-0-1); David Garland (1-0-1), Stephen Mooney (0-0-1), Fergal Hanratty. <b>Subs:</b> Jack McCarron for Lennon (29 mins); Kevin Loughran for Hanratty (ht); Bobby McCaul for Mooney (44 mins); Darren Hughes for McPhillips (62 mins); Seán Jones for Garland (67 mins)","type":"text"},{"_id":"B5RFKGCV6JEF5KI7DYZ6C32JMU","additional_properties":{"_id":1739729713822},"content":"<b>REFEREE:</b> Thomas Murphy (Galway).","type":"text"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{"byline":"Gordon Manning"}},"name":"Gordon Manning"}]},"description":{"basic":"Roscommon manager Davy Burke says he loves the new rules after victory at Dr Hyde Park"},"display_date":"2025-02-16T18:46:21.47Z","headlines":{"basic":"Diarmuid Murtagh stars as Roscommon take advantage of the wind to overcome Monaghan","native":""},"label":{"audio_project_id":{"text":"5469"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"FFC2B234DZQ2ANRJO6RJAHAKTI","auth":{"1":"06255de6293d37500a67b00944ce7e06f90c96f264412b63fda151dcaaadfcf2"},"focal_point":{"x":2837,"y":155},"type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/FFC2B234DZQ2ANRJO6RJAHAKTI.jpg"}},"subtype":"default","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Gaelic Games"},{"name":"Sport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/16/diarmuid-murtagh-stars-as-roscommon-take-advantage-of-the-wind-to-overcome-monaghan/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/sport/gaelic-games","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Gaelic Games"}}}},{"_id":"A77QQYUR3JEEVBKZE5AHPBZEBA","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":377,"audio_url":"https://beyondwords-cdn-b7fyckdeejejb6dj.a03.azurefd.net/audio/projects/5469/podcasts/dffb7847-85a9-4405-8261-42fc4e29f609/versions/1739730249/media/478330e927383a20b9411618c130df32_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/16/mayo-dig-in-for-strong-finish-to-claim-first-win-of-the-season-against-tyrone/","content_elements":[{"_id":"DMXNDSGBQVGPRHSXUS7Z5O72Q4","additional_properties":{},"content":"NFL Division 1: Mayo 0-12 Tyrone 0-10","type":"header"},{"_id":"FHNK2OS4WBBENEL4HT7ZZNXC6Y","additional_properties":{},"content":"In fairness to both counties, this is probably what happens when teams start to feel pressure about their long-term prospects.","type":"text"},{"_id":"62T226FRAZCK7FFVIDXBWWAQ2Q","additional_properties":{},"content":"Sunday’s <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/national-football-league/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/national-football-league/\">National Football League</a> Division 1 encounter turned into a version of Russian roulette. <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/mayo-gaa/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/mayo-gaa/\">Mayo</a> and <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/tyrone-gaa/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/tyrone-gaa/\">Tyrone</a> furiously unloading blanks before the home side joyously found their chambers loaded in the dying minutes to record a first win of the season.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QI6YMEWL2VAULPTRQKQMFWFMFA","additional_properties":{},"content":"After a dispiriting defeat in the same venue by <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/galway-gaa/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/galway-gaa/\">Galway</a> two weeks earlier, this was an important result for Mayo, bringing their first points of the league. Manager Kevin McStay was relieved but upbeat at the strong finale.","type":"text"},{"_id":"SUTLGDT4DFAYRBWHKZNYD6ZB2M","additional_properties":{},"content":"“I think it was deserved. I would say that I suppose. We worked very, very hard in terms of the effort, massive, and I’m delighted with that, just right to the very end, a few critical balls the last four or five minutes.","type":"text"},{"_id":"AAS4MGN35VCRNHE5DPZV3VZPXQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"“One kick-out I remember in particular ... we really needed that kick out and we went after it and got it. So very pleased, very pleased with the reaction over the last fortnight. But some of our numbers were very, very good the last two weeks.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"KZZ5GVNGWJHY3CUP7KT73YUXDE","additional_properties":{},"content":"A dreary afternoon in a cold and wet MacHale Park was not enlivened by the first half, which featured endless recycling of the ball around the 40-metre arc and little inclination to either fashion openings in Mayo’s case or convert possession into scores in Tyrone’s.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CMAR4FKL6VHUDBDT7MT5GFTQTA","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"N5DGFK6OLFCARKQSQXAEW6JPJE","additional_properties":{},"content":"A straight-faced PA announcement reminded anyone fleeing the dismal proceedings at half-time that they would have to pay to get back in – assuming that they could be recaptured.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DUDNT73P6JDFZEL4LZZFCMTDH4","additional_properties":{},"content":"Statistics tell the tale. After an opening point in the third minute by the impressive Frank Irwin, who would end up top-scoring from play with 0-3, there followed 14 scoreless minutes.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GTU6JFNCOZCQVGMZ5YRCT45IRU","additional_properties":{},"content":"Mayo did get Eoghan McLaughlin in behind for a shot on goal in the seventh minute but Niall Morgan saved and then, McLaughlin missed the rebound. Reticence about getting shots away was leaving the home team in familiar territory.","type":"text"},{"_id":"HMPFITOSXVFI7K7BV5BJ36DVU4","additional_properties":{},"content":"As McStay mentioned, their matches to date have featured good stats on possession and attempted shots but their finishing has been the graph line where encouraging data becomes discouraging.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DJM3TDYQOVBGZP7SFWGDJSYNSM","additional_properties":{},"content":"Mayo lost Conor Reid to a black card in the 26th minute for a body collide with Darren McCurry, seeing him finish the half in the sin bin. In his absence, Tyrone found their scoring boots after much wayward shooting and Michael McKernan, Mark Bradley and Eoin McElholm pushed the visitors in to a 0-5 to 0-4 half-time lead.","type":"text"},{"_id":"AWEPAZWF4VEARM6LWCSIGDN3T4","additional_properties":{},"content":"For all the shortcomings going forward, both defences were effective and played their part in keeping the scoreline depressed, compared to what the FRC rules have accustomed attendances to expect.","type":"text"},{"_id":"XCKRHPGPKVE3VH22I4T5HN264M","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"OLE3IJTIWZHXPHHWMSCZFBIHU4","additional_properties":{},"content":"The rules also created a bit of chaos when Mayo were reported for a 3v3 breach when, because of the sinbinning, they were entitled to keep just two at either end. Referee Barry Cassidy corrected the error.","type":"text"},{"_id":"4UB5CBE4CVCMFDAPFNF7VANYDM","additional_properties":{},"content":"Mayo restarted well and Jordan Flynn, on his inter-county reappearance nailed a two-pointer – the only such score on a day when the orange flag was comparatively an endangered species. Flynn also took a steeplejack catch at one stage as he made a positive return to action.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QSCXNX7NGJEG5GEGST55OGDMKA","additional_properties":{},"content":"The scoring rate wasn’t much improved otherwise but when Morgan, on one of his regular excursions, sidestepped into space and kicked a point to put his team 0-9 to 0-7 ahead, Mayo were creaking.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JNSCSE4MORFFJHHAJC7BOSZWNA","additional_properties":{},"content":"They were a stronger collective by now. In addition to Flynn, there were also comebacks for Jack Coyne and Aidan O’Shea. Neither Ryan O’Donoghue nor Fergal Boland started but on entering the fray after half-time both kicked a brace of points.","type":"text"},{"_id":"H735NXXOM5GR5MTNEBQJJ5T4JU","additional_properties":{},"content":"Nothing came easy however and Darren McHale made a hash of a chance to hit the front at 0-9 each – appearing to decide late that he’s go for goal instead of the straightforward point and getting blocked.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JW4KYRMWYBALTGGOC2CC4LNTKE","additional_properties":{},"content":"McStay said afterwards that he had been impressed by how McHale and Boland had persevered when things weren’t going their way. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"FFP4PAMS75DCRCIQSMI4HLNIEY","additional_properties":{},"content":"The window of opportunity eventually opened at 0-10 each in the 69th minute. McKernan, already on a yellow, brought down the lively Davitt Neary and was sent off.","type":"text"},{"_id":"WHWBQ3CGLZFJZGLAZJUDOVNMLM","additional_properties":{},"content":"O’Donoghue kicked the free and suitably buoyed, Mayo regathered the restart and exuberantly kept the ball while pressing until Boland was afforded a chance which he converted for the final score.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VVXXJO7HAVALPCL54MNEUFKZHY","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"DGRX5SRQORFCBKWZMQSKBZHKUI","additional_properties":{},"content":"After a vibrant opening day against Derry, Tyrone are now looking to recreate that early momentum after two defeats. Manager Malachy O’Rourke said he hoped to have the Canavan’s back for next week.","type":"text"},{"_id":"46DY5V72GNCFHLKHA3ZFTN4YEY","additional_properties":{},"content":"“It is a wee bit of short-term pain, there’s no doubt about that but we’re hoping that in the longer term it will stand to us and that the boys will come back fresh ... hungry, ready for work and it will stand to us.","type":"text"},{"_id":"XNRFBJO4KJEAZEDJSTH62QYKCA","additional_properties":{},"content":"“But we do know that this league is unforgiving, we’ve got Kerry next and then away to Galway. it’s tough games ahead. but that’s the challenge.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"RJJFRIAHBNE4TKXH4QUDQGSL4M","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>MAYO:</b> C Reape; E O’Donoghue, D McHugh, E Hession; S Coen, D McBrien, E McLaughlin; J Flynn (0-1-0), M Ruane (0-0-1); C Reid, D McHale, D Neary (0-0-1); P Towey, F Irwin (0-0-3), C McHale (0-0-1f).","type":"text"},{"_id":"VGJG34Y4OBHK3DAIOUY4IBAHGI","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Subs:</b> R O’Donoghue (0-0-2f) for C McHale (h-t), F Boland (0-0-2) for Towey (46 mins), J Coyne for Coen (60), A O’Shea for Reid, S Callinan for McLaughlin (both 65).","type":"text"},{"_id":"I6O7PRENXRFSND7L76VSTSNNUE","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>TYRONE:</b> N Morgan (0-0-3, 1f); A Clarke, P Teague, N Devlin; K McGeary, M McKernan (0-0-1), R Brennan; B Kennedy (0-0-1), L Gray; S O’Donnell, C Kilpatrick, M Bradley (0-0-1); C Daly (0-0-1), D McCurry (0-0-2f), R Cassidy.","type":"text"},{"_id":"AYAGTSNH3FFLXLCDEUROEFTQN4","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Subs: </b>S O’Hare for Gray (h-t), R Cassidy for O’Donnell, M Donnelly for McGeary (both 46 mins), A Donaghy for Daly (60), C McShane (0-0-1f) for Cassidy (61).","type":"text"},{"_id":"2ZLBLQVZBBEKVK5H3L2LNB3MDQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>REFEREE: </b>B Cassidy (Derry).","type":"text"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{"byline":"Seán Moran"}},"name":"Seán Moran"}]},"description":{"basic":"Kevin McStay relieved to earn first points at MacHale Park"},"display_date":"2025-02-16T18:18:56.285Z","headlines":{"basic":"Mayo dig in for strong finish to claim first win of the season against Tyrone","native":""},"label":{"audio_project_id":{"text":"5469"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"UU7O7UYFWZFK5D3AV33PSXUWBM","auth":{"1":"a25baca259be3430f0f80025ed7b30bc9ac20bdba8dd8c57754e43f3ca5552b1"},"type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/UU7O7UYFWZFK5D3AV33PSXUWBM.jpg"}},"subtype":"default","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Gaelic Games"},{"name":"Sport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/16/mayo-dig-in-for-strong-finish-to-claim-first-win-of-the-season-against-tyrone/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/sport/gaelic-games","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Gaelic Games"}}}},{"_id":"KO7QMJOEC5DB5EVLIIUDTLH3R4","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":310,"audio_url":"https://beyondwords-cdn-b7fyckdeejejb6dj.a03.azurefd.net/audio/projects/5469/podcasts/bbf00309-867e-4fff-8a32-0aeffb35574b/versions/1739729459/media/60f2af7ff640f620d3fea3507c221083_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/16/cavan-get-much-needed-win-in-topsy-turvy-battle-with-louth/","content_elements":[{"_id":"O7NFNWTYWJAI7EWDHKLMXQVYWM","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>NFL Division Two: Cavan 3-15 Louth 0-18</b>","type":"header"},{"_id":"SIB6PBOPBND4BDM5OZZK7KYL2I","additional_properties":{},"content":"A game of if onlys in Cavan. 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And there was massive improvement on kickout statistics for ourselves this weekend. It was one of those things, a small portion of the game and a couple of goals go in. To be fair to Niall, he has done so much for this group in his short Louth career.","type":"text"},{"_id":"FBQ45Y6ZERDKJIDVIJA4QU2N6Y","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Further out the field, there were opportunities that we left behind us and there were turnovers that killed us in the middle of the field, the middle channel, and Cavan punished us.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"B54VVVYAINAMXKE2BV6O27TI2E","additional_properties":{},"content":"For mid-February, on a sticky pitch, it was an enjoyable encounter with plenty of turnovers and speedy counter-attacking, facilitated by the new rules.","type":"text"},{"_id":"HWEBHXCDIRFQXPDT4YKW7CUBJE","additional_properties":{},"content":"Jason McLoughlin struck Cavan’s first goal, dampening Louth’s mood after a strong start, while Dara McVeety, wearing number six but operating principally in attack, was excellent for the 2020 Ulster champions with four points.","type":"text"},{"_id":"H7L3GY2DKJDGNI5LYCQLPTPTTU","additional_properties":{},"content":"McKiernan, just back after a season out, finished with 1-2 and underlined his generational talent again while Cavan goalkeeper Gary O’Rourke converted a free and pulled off a number of saves to deny Louth a goal.","type":"text"},{"_id":"F2CWQY7LI5AGJGXCDRWIHPBHK4","additional_properties":{},"content":"“We knew it was a huge game in regards to the table,” said Cavan manager Galligan. “But also because we haven’t won here at Breffni in a long time. It was important to us to get a win for the fans who have been very loyal to us over the years.","type":"text"},{"_id":"RX7PMSQAOBEPPFTXC5A2KUPJYI","additional_properties":{},"content":"“It would have been easy for the lads to drop their heads but look, they’ve done a huge amount of work over the last six, eight, 10 weeks. We knew we were always going to get the rub of the green once we kept working hard.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"FYBRYGSS5JHEXODJY34P6WYQ3E","additional_properties":{},"content":"It was a big improvement on Cavan’s 10-point round two defeat to Meath though Louth initially hinted at more heartache.","type":"text"},{"_id":"H5KS3LULJ5FGPIFJMXBMGZTNSU","additional_properties":{},"content":"Ryan Burns boomed over a Louth two-pointer early on before adding another point and the visitors were good value for their 0-5 to 0-2 lead.","type":"text"},{"_id":"7BZKPHQ77FCOJKEOPYERXVZFFQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"The McLoughlin goal and McVeety’s excellence hauled Cavan back but Louth were just about good value for their 0-12 to 1-7 half-time lead.","type":"text"},{"_id":"L4ICPVIQCVFVRKHGDT7SI5HVRM","additional_properties":{},"content":"The sides were level twice after the restart but Louth, carving out five second-half goal chances, largely remained in pole position until those two calamitous goal concessions. They will host neighbours Down next Sunday while Cavan will travel to rock bottom Westmeath.","type":"text"},{"_id":"BYXUBIBXMFEIHFM4H7ZPMAEZIQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Cavan: </b>G O’Rourke (0-0-1, 1f); B O’Connell, P Faulkner (0-0-1), J McLoughlin (1-0-0); N Carolan, L Fortune (0-0-1), O Kiernan; J Smith (0-0-2), E Crowe (0-0-1); G Smith, C Brady, O Brady (0-0-1); D Lovett G McKiernan (1-0-2, 2f), D McVeety (0-0-4).","type":"text"},{"_id":"3QLBA5GDFBEINGDPTDBS65YHCI","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Subs:</b> S McEvoy for Lovett (40); Conor Madden (1-1-0) for Faulkner (50); Cian Madden for O Brady (55); K Clarke for Crowe (59); R O’Neill for G Smith (67).","type":"text"},{"_id":"I2KK76EVKZFSFJNYR3YXWUSR2Y","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Louth:</b> N McDonnell; D McKenny, D Campbell, D Nally; C McKeever, P Lynch, F Malone; T Durnin (0-1-0), C Grimes; A McDonnell (0-1-0), S Mulroy (0-0-6, 3f), L Jackson (0-0-2); R Burns (0-1-1), V Leddy, C Downey (0-0-2).","type":"text"},{"_id":"T6PKXVQEXRFB7OT3HPAOR3IGAY","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Subs:</b> L Gray for Malone (40); C Keenan for Grimes (44); P Matthews for Leddy (44); C Byrne for McDonnell (52); C Murphy (0-0-1) for Nally (52); P McStravick for McKeever (62-f/t, blood).","type":"text"},{"_id":"RE4BZWLCPNBAHKL5SGYJREPKSY","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Referee:</b> P Faloon (Down).","type":"text"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Paul Keane"}]},"description":{"basic":"Home side won in Cavan for first since May 2023 as Louth gifted two goals"},"display_date":"2025-02-16T18:05:52.59Z","headlines":{"basic":"Cavan get much-needed win in topsy-turvy battle with Louth","native":""},"label":{"audio_project_id":{"text":"5469"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"MVFANAQUSPNOPHAW336NBGHNRQ","auth":{"1":"d99a19ddae1ebf1916feb97459099ea5bae6108fb28d86037504d708512ae3cb"},"focal_point":{"x":1270,"y":143},"type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/MVFANAQUSPNOPHAW336NBGHNRQ.jpg"}},"subtype":"default","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Gaelic Games"},{"name":"Sport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/16/cavan-get-much-needed-win-in-topsy-turvy-battle-with-louth/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/sport/gaelic-games","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Gaelic Games"}}}},{"_id":"IM2QKBIIEBGZJPNT2F7F2NCMNA","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":203,"audio_url":"https://beyondwords-cdn-b7fyckdeejejb6dj.a03.azurefd.net/audio/projects/5469/podcasts/c6525b33-95b1-4638-a0b1-b964533b8918/versions/1739725778/media/10a5a28b1436445ccbc156620129e791_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/16/nfl-div-three-wrap-kildare-and-offaly-set-the-pace-with-impressive-wins/","content_elements":[{"_id":"TUGZOVLF45EILLVIK4NV4SC22U","additional_properties":{"_id":1739724677957},"content":"Flying <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/kildare-gaa/\" target=\"_blank\">Kildare</a> and <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/offaly-gaa/\" target=\"_blank\">Offaly</a> continued to set the early pace in Division Three of the National Football League with impressively easy wins on Sunday. With six points out of their first three games, they have set the benchmark for others, although there is a lot of football to be played yet with plenty of potential twists and turns.","type":"text"},{"_id":"PAE464YVAVG6BBVKLSQSR4EUME","additional_properties":{"_id":1739724677958},"content":"Clare and an improving Laois side are on four points and well in the promotion race after recording important wins on Sunday. The Ulster sides, Antrim and Fermanagh are on two points each after their defeats on Sunday and while they may be harbouring hopes of getting into the promotion battle, their big priority at this stage is to retain their Division Three status.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZLKEL7S6Y5AZBGMXZANY2KIM6A","additional_properties":{"_id":1739724677959},"content":"Leitrim are pointless from their three games and with a horrific-looking scoring difference of -59 points are odds on for the drop back to Division Four. Sligo are also pointless after a third consecutive defeat and in the throes of a desperate relegation dogfight.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DRZJAR2JR5CI5DOTTAM6JWFZ2U","additional_properties":{"_id":1739724677960},"content":"Red-hot promotion favourites, Kildare were responsible for Leitrim’s scoring difference nose diving in Ballinamore on Sunday as they ran riot in a 1-27 to 0-7 win. Kildare did the ground work in the first half, scoring points for fun with Alex Beirne weighing in with a 24th-minute goal. They led by 1-17 to 0-1 at half time and while the advent of two pointers means that big deficits can and are being overturned, this gap was just too big and the visitors won pulling up in the second half.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6JVQW5H6LJE4NMBJED6OFM7ZHI","additional_properties":{"_id":1739724677961},"content":"Offaly have exceeded the expectations of their supporters with three wins out of three under joint managers Declan Kelly and Mickey Harte as well as playing some exciting, attacking football. They had a third big win, this time 4-19 to 0-15, over Antrim in Tullamore, though the visitors gave them a big helping hand when midfielders Conor Stewart and Conor Hand were red carded in the first six minutes of the second half.","type":"text"},{"_id":"C5H33RBK7JAXPKLSKFCACDRITQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1739724677962},"content":"Playing against the wind in the first half, goals from Shane Tierney and Cillian Bourke helped Offaly to a 2-8 to 0-12 interval lead with three two pointers keeping Antrim alive. It unravelled for the northerners early in the second half, though they fought hard to trail by 0-14 to 2-11 after 50 minutes. Two Keith O’Neill goals helped Offaly to enhance their scoring difference as they outscored them by 2-8 to 0-1 in the closing 20 minutes.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TSJJLDLTS5F2NCFYZZJSJFY7KQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1739724677963},"content":"Laois have recovered very well from a first-round loss to Offaly with wins over Leitrim and Sligo. They laid the foundations for a 0-23 to 0-16 win over Sligo in the first half in Portlaoise where their 0-14 to 0-4 lead was a more than adequate cushion to see out the deal after the break.","type":"text"},{"_id":"3FJKD4EBONGUZPN7MKCAZTVND4","additional_properties":{"_id":1739724677964},"content":"The only truly competitive game of the round was in Ennis where Clare recorded a crucial 1-17 to 1-15 win over Fermanagh. This was a real tough encounter the whole way with little between the sides. An early Alan Sweeney goal gave Clare the initiative but Fermanagh struck back with a Joe McDade three-pointer to level it up at 1-3 each.","type":"text"},{"_id":"YRO2ONZTMVAV3DTZR7PWJNNBMI","additional_properties":{"_id":1739724677965},"content":"Clare got six of the next nine points for a 1-9 to 1-6 half time lead. There was next to nothing in it throughout the second half with Fermanagh trailing by just a point, 1-15 to 1-14, as the final whistle began to loom into spectators’ thoughts. 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On the field their mix-and-match team came up short against Tipperary last week in Thurles, the deficit largely apparent in a lacklustre attack that managed just five scores from play from their starting six – who, to be fair, weren’t well served by an uninspired supply throughout. They should be more fired up for this after such a mediocre outing. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"U3DWRUQXCBHHBMYT7SEYMCUUJE","additional_properties":{},"content":"Kilkenny’s match with Limerick was called off but the previous outing was a comfortable win in Wexford, where the disinclination to build on a huge half-time lead was most uncharacteristic. Martin Keoghan has been largely carrying the visitors’ attack but the extra week might allow some game time for the Ballyhale trio TJ Reid, Adrian Mullen and Richie Reid as well as last year’s top forward, John Donnelly. <b>Verdict: </b>Cork","type":"text"},{"_id":"NOZXY7NBCZC75NEE2ZBFQHGZPU","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"W3TQISKYI5DYLD4ORC2JNQVFTI","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Wexford v Galway, Chadwicks Wexford Park, 5pm –</b> There was a morale boost for Wexford last week in a deserved win at Cusack Park. It underlined how important Lee Chin is to the team, as the former All Star returned to action, bringing physical focus to the forwards and driving the team to a first win. Manager Keith Rossiter was a happier man after three successive defeats. While the requisite effort and work rate were all there, there were also good performances around the field – such as Damien Reck after his switch on to a previously rampant Tony Kelly. 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Tom Monaghan has also been in good form at centrefield and the team has performed well after the crash-and-burn against Tipp of a very callow opening-day team. <b>Verdict: </b>Galway","type":"text"},{"_id":"XP5GI5HMENBETESOP54LLPRIRU","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division 2: </b>Kerry v Meath, Austin Stack Park, 3.30pm.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KGZAHKM6XVEMHGLQYE7SDY6WTQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division 4: </b>Lancashire v Louth, GAA Centre of Excellence, Abbottstown, 2pm; Leitrim v Monaghan, Glennon Bros Pearse Park, 2pm.","type":"text"},{"_id":"XJWDSUXKHZF5VIURLEUGKWPD2I","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Sunday</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"XGQULONIAZFVRNHMK2MCPJCIMM","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division 1A</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"WALXXTWJCJE6VEG5W7OI7G5Q4Q","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Limerick v Clare, TUS Gaelic Grounds, Limerick, 3.45pm (Live TG4) –</b> The latest chapter in a defining rivalry in recent championships comes at a downbeat time for the All-Ireland champions, as they travel to take on their predecessors. Clare got back a number of their first team for Wexford’s visit last week but clearly things aren’t nearly up to speed. John Conlon’s return was cut short, as it also had been last year, and meant they were missing their entire half-back line with David McInerney and Diarmuid Ryan still out; more broadly, the whole middle third may struggle. News of Shane O’Donnell’s unavailability for the rest of the year is another drain on morale. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"LYRJNVRDXJHNRFZACCBMA5BQFQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"Y33TD4XWQBEH7LURXGG2RZKSX4","additional_properties":{},"content":"Limerick have been in buoyant form, the only unbeaten team in the division – albeit after only two matches – and getting good mileage out of their younger or emerging players, Aidan O’Connor particularly impressive in attack over the opening matches. Their big challenge for the year – the injury to goalkeeper Nickie Quaid – has been positively addressed to date by alternating Jason Gillane and Shane Dowling, both of whom had decent outings, varying their restarts as required. Limerick were the one team to frustrate Clare in last year’s championship, availing of their generosity on day one and keeping them at bay in the Munster final. John Kiely’s team are also motoring better at present and will be eyeing up the opportunity to make a point to their neighbours. <b>Verdict: </b>Limerick","type":"text"},{"_id":"4YEEUOY3S5B27ADRA5LZWXGZCY","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division 1B</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"AJS7HYOM25HM5MBE3CRTDRGZRQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Carlow v Antrim, Netwatch Cullen Park, 2.30pm – </b>Carlow’s performances are disguised by their having played only two matches but, equally in those contests, they have taken points off the two leading counties in the division, drawing with Offaly and beating Waterford. Antrim have been finding life tough so far and are second from bottom. You’d have to fancy the home team. <b>Verdict: </b>Carlow","type":"text"},{"_id":"5L2KIMNNMVHIRKMLOTZDVCGHGY","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Offaly v Westmeath, Glenisk O’Connor Park, 2pm – </b>Last week’s match against Dublin in Croke Park saw Offaly emerge with the points after a great tussle and featuring a five-point-from-play contribution from Oisín Kelly. They rolled with the punches in the first half before exploiting Conor Burke’s red card, setting up Dan Ravenhill’s winner from a monster free. Westmeath have struggled to make an impact in the division, losing all three so far. <b>Verdict: </b>Offaly","type":"text"},{"_id":"IOJUKIJW4BBSHNE2JOTJDVCRHY","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"XFLU2XWFAFDVRJ2H2TORIDW6ZY","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Waterford v Dublin, Walsh Park, 2pm (Live TG4 app, deferred) – </b>An important match for two of the original promotion favourites, both of whom have now been beaten. The home side got back on track after the shock defeat by Carlow. Dublin actually have a very good record in the fixture – one defeat in the last 10 years over five matches – and will be driven by last week’s near-miss against Offaly, when an at-times superior display yielded nothing, as well as the imminent return of some missing stalwarts. <b>Verdict: </b>Dublin","type":"text"},{"_id":"LVER5UCA5RBUFCTI57CBSKQLUA","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division 2: </b>Down v Tyrone, Ballycran 2pm; Kildare v Donegal, Newbridge 2pm.","type":"text"},{"_id":"HBCMUAU7M5F2HEWKWXMCQUA46Q","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division 3:</b> Sligo v Armagh, Markievicz Park, 2.30pm; Cavan v Wicklow, Kingspan Breffni, 2pm; Mayo v Roscommon, Hastings Insurance MacHale Park, 2pm.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CLHJSXEAN5G6JERJKPCOZ5AWXI","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division 4: </b>Warwickshire v Fermanagh, Páirc na hÉireann, Birmingham, 2pm.","type":"text"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{"byline":"Seán Moran"}},"name":"Seán Moran"}]},"description":{"basic":"After a recent bereavement and mediocre form, expect the Cork hurlers to find their mojo again"},"display_date":"2025-03-01T06:00:01Z","headlines":{"basic":"Weekend hurling previews: Fired-up Cork will look to repel Kilkenny attack","native":""},"label":{"audio_project_id":{"text":"5469"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"D7CCCLUQRFEIDBOGY5K4N6QJKY","auth":{"1":"6bddef3bd6da7dcb19c30415253773997c9514bb42238a1c9d1ee2612b8fcc8b"},"type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/D7CCCLUQRFEIDBOGY5K4N6QJKY.jpg"}},"subtype":"default","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Gaelic Games"},{"name":"Sport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/03/01/weekend-hurling-previews-fired-up-cork-will-look-to-repel-kilkenny-attack/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/sport/gaelic-games","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Gaelic Games"}}}},{"_id":"Y2U5YVWNRZD57MCVNQM4LOJLLY","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":458,"audio_url":"https://beyondwords-cdn-b7fyckdeejejb6dj.a03.azurefd.net/audio/projects/5469/podcasts/1de7b5a0-218a-40b0-a940-6a15f8afc5c2/versions/1740757762/media/1a115ee4591988bb71dc8c36aabd92b4_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/03/01/kildare-embracing-all-things-new-in-promotion-pursuit/","content_elements":[{"_id":"JJWVBC37NRG6RNH3YQ6H72YS3Q","additional_properties":{},"content":"As <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/kildare-gaa/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/kildare-gaa/\">Kildare</a> marched towards a 13-points victory over Laois last Saturday evening, it was announced that a crowd of 6,950 had spilled through the swanky new turnstiles at St Conleth’s Park to watch the <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/national-football-league/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/national-football-league/\">Division 3 encounter</a>.","type":"text"},{"_id":"FWYFQ5NVP5A4TCC6X46R7N4GPE","additional_properties":{},"content":"This, then, is Kildare on the move again.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZOD4Z3YVZFGBJKR5MCF6WMME5I","additional_properties":{},"content":"Last May, the Lilywhites had played a Tailteann Cup match against Longford at their Centre of Excellence – the Hawkfield venue was capped to a maximum capacity of 1,500. 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In 2016 Cian O’Neill included Flanagan as part of his Kildare senior football backroom team.","type":"text"},{"_id":"M7XIUBCR3BCEDCTJL6PXK7KMXQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"Flanagan subsequently had a brief spell as part of Jack Cooney’s management set-up in Westmeath before being appointed as Kildare’s under-20 manager in September 2020.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KM3CR6HAMJESNOLR4QCV3ZZH7Y","additional_properties":{},"content":"From there the stars aligned. In 2022 Flanagan guided the Lilywhites to a Leinster title and also an All-Ireland final appearance, losing to Tyrone. But the following season Kildare went all the way, beating Sligo in the 2023 All-Ireland under-20 decider. Two months later, he stepped down as manager.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VYMMWOEAXJCRPFXUB5MQV7AKU4","additional_properties":{},"content":"He later took charge of a Kildare under-23 development squad – a feeder team for the seniors – and was also part the Summerhill management team last season when they won the Meath SFC.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QMDUOLNXUJHALOE6E7TLOBXB3E","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"HQDS6OJX3RBE3PFTFLW2YPZ4BY","additional_properties":{},"content":"But as Kildare stumbled from one defeat to another throughout 2024, a change of management seemed inevitable. Flanagan and Davy Burke were the standout names bandied about as potential successors. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"U4AU22M4IFBWRKC5NSPI76W5D4","additional_properties":{},"content":"In September, Flanagan was confirmed as Kildare’s man and was handed a four-year term. Clearly this is to be a long-term project, not a quick-fix, sticky plaster job. He assembled a strong backroom team that includes Aidan O’Rourke, Damien Hendy and Daryl Flynn.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CSI7VNSNRNCATOBHOMIFH6XFNQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"Callaghan was Flanagan’s last captain with Kildare.","type":"text"},{"_id":"MORO5D2EZRFM3GKGHRKIYP2UHY","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Brian is a really good lad. He was great craic around the place, a great man to have in a dressingroom. He got on well with everybody, but then on the pitch there was no messing, he was very disciplined and committed in his approach to football, a really shrewd operator,” recalls the Naas clubman.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CSRPWQ24S5BZFNZCINPK4G4BF4","additional_properties":{},"content":"“He was a great team-mate to have because he would do anything for you on the pitch. He kind of ticks a lot of boxes in that respect, he’s a very good people-person.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"OLRGEBLGIFHZXFVT2JVYUDZVHE","additional_properties":{},"content":"It has been noticeable after matches how the Kildare players and management have stayed on the pitch with fans, signing autographs and posing for photos, as if part of the project is to reconnect the team with its people.","type":"text"},{"_id":"J4GT2H3RFRA5BP3TSKQE4OEWOM","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Even after the challenge game against Galway in January, when it was freezing cold, they stayed out,” recalls Ger McNally, Kfm commentator.","type":"text"},{"_id":"YC4NCEC6WVDA3PKZNCKZE5OZYQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"“In fairness to the previous management team, the unavailability of St Conleth’s Park last year had a big impact, and that is often overlooked.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GMKUV6FS6RAIHMR5DPJFAMJAVM","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"GSTCV47IJNCARL247XHICWPP3E","additional_properties":{},"content":"“There were no games in Newbridge, the team were losing matches, morale was low – they were all contributing factors to what was a disappointing season.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"EKOKNKFLTVFDLGXGQY4HB5O2DM","additional_properties":{},"content":"That it was. Kildare lost all their league games in 2024 and were the lowest scoring side of all 16 in the top two divisions, managing just 82 points from seven matches to average 11.7 points per game. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"PKVOF2FPNZDVTPIZNQ2GCJEKPY","additional_properties":{},"content":"This season (albeit with the added benefit of the new two-point scores) Kildare have already scored 100 points in four games, averaging 25 points per outing. And Kildare’s scoring difference of 56+ is by far the best in the country. Wexford are next up on 31+. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"NBO2HDOAWNEWVL2YW7BFIBPO74","additional_properties":{},"content":"Kildare aren’t reliant on just one player for scores, either. There are two Lilywhites among the top six scorers in the division – Darragh Kirwan and Alex Beirne. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"MW635ZFFNRGYDE6HFDDX2XBELE","additional_properties":{},"content":"From the moment Kildare suffered a 14-point loss to Armagh last February, there was a sense the spark had gone and the 2024 season was destined to play out as a lacklustre long goodbye. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"IJXVYRE7X5BDPG6RBJE34ZV434","additional_properties":{},"content":"During Glenn Ryan’s three seasons at the helm (one in Division 1 and two in Division 2) Kildare won five league matches, drew one and lost 15. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"5GKVC5ZD55D4DHPEWROXQWQEO4","additional_properties":{},"content":"Should they beat Clare this Sunday (throw-in 2pm), Kildare will have won as many league games over the past five weeks as they managed in the previous three years. Context is important though, and while Division 3 is not where Kildare football sees itself, life is harder up the ladder.","type":"text"},{"_id":"BNRSAX5TSZAI7BRPBZ6VYHS4JY","additional_properties":{},"content":"“In some ways maybe it’s a blessing in disguise for a new manager and new players to be in Division 3, it’s a more forgiving breathing ground,” adds McNally.","type":"text"},{"_id":"I2KDOOFOO5CZNCB7WM5A5IUQQM","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Going back to 2016, in Cian O’Neill’s first year, Kildare were in Division 3 then as well and were able to create some momentum.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"FKMDM4N5FBBPDHEHERCZBQ33DY","additional_properties":{},"content":"O’Neill guided Kildare to promotion that spring and they harnessed that progress to achieve back-to-back promotions by finishing second in Division 2 the following season.","type":"text"},{"_id":"X2BHEJQ7FBGNXD2N5ZX27STTUU","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"ALM46H4G5JDQPGABPIAGY3VY5Y","additional_properties":{},"content":"Callaghan remembers those promotion seasons and the important lessons they provided. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"3CKLLHFC4NGNBPI4EW5FY5F6OI","additional_properties":{},"content":"“A challenge for Kildare later in the season will be when they come up against Division 1 and 2 teams, because that is another step up that will require further improvement.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"VDZAJ7UOWZD2FM4CJ4GUMT5EOU","additional_properties":{},"content":"Ultimately, in terms of league football, a return to Division 1 is the goal and this time unaccompanied by perennial yo-yoing. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"PBCHLUTFGZAGJFFFLIIDMOSJFY","additional_properties":{},"content":"“I hope Kildare fans aren’t expecting miracles from Brian and the lads this year,” adds Callaghan.","type":"text"},{"_id":"FFEAPJG6UBGD7MVIRDH4YPZW2U","additional_properties":{},"content":"“What I think is more important than just getting to Division 1 over the next few years is to be consistently competitive when you are there.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5LK3MCOM4JHKDPM343QK6AJJJ4","additional_properties":{},"content":"“You don’t want to be constantly moving up and down the divisions, that’s no good for anybody. I would hope in four or five years we are in Division 1 and holding our own, being very competitive.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"4USUHT3VHRGPZMI5RFP4UJS44I","additional_properties":{},"content":"This weekend, with promotion in their sights, it’s a trip to Ennis for Flanagan’s charges – the latest milepost at the outset of what might just become a very special journey for Kildare football.","type":"text"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{"byline":"Gordon Manning"}},"name":"Gordon Manning"}]},"description":{"basic":"After a bleak 2024, the Lilywhites have made an impressive start under new manager Brian Flanagan"},"display_date":"2025-03-01T06:00:01Z","headlines":{"basic":"Kildare embracing all things new in promotion pursuit","native":""},"label":{"audio_project_id":{"text":"5469"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"WRQZOG4UV5DKZKTCXYX4VM7LOA","auth":{"1":"99c9805eb1b037124a64f423e3a42b70e797ffbeaf602f59c0e64f70c51f2b48"},"type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/WRQZOG4UV5DKZKTCXYX4VM7LOA.jpg"}},"subtype":"feature","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Gaelic Games"},{"name":"Sport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/03/01/kildare-embracing-all-things-new-in-promotion-pursuit/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/sport/gaelic-games","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Gaelic Games"}}}},{"_id":"RAVLHBMM7VCO7IF57JP6VIHZYM","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":511,"audio_url":"https://beyondwords-cdn-b7fyckdeejejb6dj.a03.azurefd.net/audio/projects/5469/podcasts/8559f18d-d633-4201-bdbd-6e3e79c686f8/versions/1740760521/media/2f5f2b8e4bbbbe6e4e6aa73ef550e69d_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/03/01/gaelic-football-previews-expect-feistiness-as-armagh-host-dublin/","content_elements":[{"_id":"SYMP6MWF35BE7CTBBZRZUHXZLA","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Saturday </b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"SK64BWQZUFCUBC47BUHVSUPJEA","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division One</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"CY3VJVY7I5HGXFLSUVYWZVJC5E","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Armagh v Dublin, BOX-IT Athletic Grounds, Armagh 7.35pm (Live, RTÉ)</b> <b>–</b> <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/dublin-gaa/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/dublin-gaa/\">Dublin</a> have put in a significant campaign to date, blooding new players and picking up points as they go. Their player of the campaign so far, Seán Bugler, suffered a knock last weekend and may be rested. Still, Dessie Farrell was able to return Con O’Callaghan to the fray against Derry and he also saw good displays from Brian Howard in his optimal position at centrefield and against the formidable Conor Glass-Anton Tohill pairing. <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/armagh/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/armagh/\">Armagh</a> should really have done better last week but ended up rallying for a draw against Mayo. Their performances have been mixed, a good half here and a good half there but rarely both together. The good news is that All Star Rian O’Neill is back in training for the All-Ireland champions although not named in the match panel. The counties haven’t met here for 14 years and a feisty evening is on the cards. <b>Verdict</b>: Dublin","type":"text"},{"_id":"Y2XO3XZCPREEHEAAIXE2ZD4FKA","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Mayo v Kerry, Hastings Insurance MacHale Park, 3pm –</b> A cheery outing for both teams last week. Although Mayo let a good opportunity of an away win slip, they still showed powers of recovery in rebounding from a poor first half. Kerry’s away form continued to outstrip their home fortunes, as they conducted another goals-driven raid on Ulster. The compatibility of <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/david-clifford/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/david-clifford/\">David Clifford</a> and the new rules was showcased in his first start this year with a hat-trick against Tyrone. Jack O’Connor’s team is developing with some decent new talent in defence and attack plus a competitive centrefield built around Diarmuid O’Connor with Barry Dan O’Sullivan or Joe O’Connor. Mayo are up and running after a difficult start and the hopes vested in Davitt Neary were encouraged by his well-taken goal in Armagh. The challenge for Mayo is two-fold: to raise their scoring rate against the division’s most productive attack and, correspondingly, to mark tightly, as the 3v3 rule gives great opportunity to Kerry. <b>Verdict</b>: Kerry","type":"text"},{"_id":"FVR673A2EQE2HV6V6CM3M3654E","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"VAWSQVKCH5BMZOCPUSVDP36EWY","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division Two</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"UCCBNPRYRJG4ZLQFYVUXEBQVJI","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Cork v Roscommon, SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh, 7pm –</b> Roscommon’s setback last week has re-energised the promotion race and given encouragement to the likes of Cork, now just two points off the leaders. Davey Burke was clearly unimpressed by his team’s lack of resistance in the face of a committed Meath display and makes four changes for this. Cork were sloppy in possession during the comprehensive defeat by Monaghan last week and will need to improve on that if they are to stop the visitors getting back on track. <b>Verdict</b>: Roscommon","type":"text"},{"_id":"456YGDZTBBBW7GGCDTYZT62Z2E","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Cavan v Down, Kingspan Breffni, Cavan, 6pm –</b> A contest at the wrong end of the table for both teams. Cavan have momentum though, having won their last two matches but Down’s only victory had to be quarried out of a 10-point deficit, against Cork. Cavan had to retrieve a 14-point deficit against Westmeath and looked done but a storming second half with the wind rescued matters. <b>Verdict</b>: Cavan","type":"text"},{"_id":"EFRVB5THUFG6FOXPIN72RQFDZA","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division Three</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"UKDWJNXBG5CH7AF47GZYYU7YCY","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Laois v Antrim; O’Moore Park, Portlaoise, 5pm − </b>Both teams have suffered from a lack of consistency so far this season – having lost two and won two games apiece. Shipping heavy defeats isn’t a good sign either, but to remain in the race for promotion a victory here is required. Laois might just have more punch up top. <b>Verdict:</b> Laois ","type":"text"},{"_id":"5H52JKTU3JGSDCPB475CMQW6IM","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Fermanagh v Sligo; Brewster Park, Enniskillen 6pm −</b> Fermanagh halted Offaly’s gallop last weekend with a well organised display to see off one of the division’s early pacesetters. Sligo’s underwhelming start to the campaign has seen them lose three games on the bounce and another defeat here would leave them languishing in the relegation zone with little hope of survival. That should focus minds. <b>Verdict: </b>Draw ","type":"text"},{"_id":"I5VSKOGH4VFYNL3FDHYG2R56FQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division Four</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"L2BIDTFHGJFEBBKDAMOXZPFLD4","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Limerick v Tipperary; Mick Neville Park, Rathkeale, 6.30pm − </b>Tipp surprised many with their strong start to the season, picking up five points from their opening three games. However, last weekend’s defeat to London might have drained the air from their balloon. Limerick will aim to seize on that vulnerability. <b>Verdict: </b>Limerick ","type":"text"},{"_id":"6FLGNAB2CVCTPBMRUSN26CRVXQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Waterford v Wexford; Fraher Field, Dungarvan, 6.30pm − </b>The table toppers against the basement dwellers – for John Hegarty’s Wexford this is a must win if they are to maintain their strong promotion charge. The Model County are three from three so far, while Waterford have yet to pick up a point. <b>Verdict:</b> Wexford","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZD3KUGUMVJCZNCN3POIBQZ4M4U","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Sunday</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"L2KZ7TQGV5BPZMRO6MIJ2H2AKY","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division One</b> ","type":"text"},{"_id":"2JFLCPWDTFXG2B24L5N42XMF7E","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"L2KZ7TQGV5BPZMRO6MIJ2H2AKY","additional_properties":{},"content":"","type":"text"},{"_id":"YW6MEDP3QFFEBOSB553N7QO2SE","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Donegal v Derry, Ballyshannon, 1.45pm (Live, TG4) –</b> Another Ulster derby but between teams in different states of repair, who will be facing each other in the championship in five weeks. Donegal lowered the stakes against Galway by making changes and resting players. They were unable to harness the Salthill breeze to rectify a big half-time deficit. They have nonetheless been impressive so far and look too strong for a Derry side that has been struggling for form, a little unlucky at home in that with little adjustment, they could have beaten both Kerry and Galway. Last week’s trimming in Croke Park was however deflating and it’s unlikely that Jim McGuinness would be as blase about losing this. <b>Verdict</b>: Donegal","type":"text"},{"_id":"AFLW5WZ5JNBI3EH7HAZIN43UOQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Galway v Tyrone, Tuam Stadium, 1.45pm –</b> Galway are the only unbeaten team in the division, having seen off Donegal last week. They are the team to have made the greatest amount of hay from the new rules. Shane Walsh’s ability to kick from distance has generated 12 two-pointers to date, an average of three per match but he hasn’t been the only one and Pádraic Joyce’s team look on course for the league final. Tyrone for periods last week appeared to have the edge on Kerry but David Clifford’s goals ultimately broke them. Malachy O’Rourke had the encouragement of seeing Darragh Canavan return to action – and productively with 1-4 off the bench. Kerry’s centrefield had great success going after Tyrone’s kick-outs, which will be an encouragement for the in-form John Maher and Paul Conroy. <b>Verdict</b>: Galway","type":"text"},{"_id":"2WFHNBU6GFGCJGBCS62F6IGNJQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division Two</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"WE27E6OWNVFABABP5WAOEOINAA","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Louth v Monaghan, DEFY Páirc Mhuire, Ardee, 2pm –</b> Louth played well last week to realign their campaign after a couple of defeats. With so much focus on wind advantage, Ger Brennan’s team managed to restrict Down against the elements and then turn things around. Monaghan will be a different proposition, however. The visitors are the division’s highest scorers whereas Louth are the lowest. <b>Verdict</b>: Monaghan","type":"text"},{"_id":"D46GU323ZFHONDN57FDZU2NMHU","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Westmeath v Meath, TEG Cusack Park, Mullingar,</b> <b>3.15pm</b> <b>–</b> Robbie Brennan has triggered some optimism in Meath with a run of decent performances and second place in the table. The defeat of Roscommon was impressive, like Louth, keeping the half-time deficit within reason and hitting them for goals in the second half. Westmeath’s run of narrow defeats continued, as they handed over a big lead, partly to do with the elements but more through indiscipline. <b>Verdict</b>: Meath","type":"text"},{"_id":"BPBRMAHHEZFLNHQHSXA5K66PRI","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division Three</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"HFVUFG4IRNBEPFUID7XMINPVAQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Clare v Kildare; Cusack Park, Ennis, 2pm − </b>Peter Keane’s Clare have looked decent in their most recent outings – wins over Limerick and Fermanagh, though that opening round loss to Antrim might yet come back to haunt them in terms of the promotion places. This will be the biggest test of Brian Flanagan’s Kildare so far, but the Lilywhites are the form team in the division. <b>Verdict: </b>Kildare ","type":"text"},{"_id":"KZILNKYWRVH5XGLLMMZ3FEPAYA","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Leitrim v Offaly, Ballinamore, 2pm − </b>Having lost their opening four games, Leitrim’s chances of avoiding the drop already look forlorn. With a scoring difference of minus 73, it’s hard to see matters improving against an Offaly team stung by a loss to Fermanagh last weekend. <b>Verdict:</b> Offaly ","type":"text"},{"_id":"SEVEHGWJGVFVPCDEQLPMGNW4UA","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division Four</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"LYBE4IR4HVAODIGSPIGAFUWOEA","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>London v Longford; McGovern Park, Ruislip 12.30pm − </b>London have already taken two scalps in this year’s league – a home win over Wicklow and an away victory over Tipperary. Longford, who picked up their first win of the campaign against Waterford last weekend, are forewarned. Nonetheless, London have the capabilities to make this a very tricky afternoon for the visitors. <b>Verdict: </b>London ","type":"text"},{"_id":"AKZPHCNQTRA2RA3VRL553M6XGU","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Wicklow v Carlow; Echelon Park, Aughrim, 2pm − </b>After a surprise opening round loss to London, Oisín McConville’s Wicklow appear to have got back on track following wins over Waterford and Longford. Carlow’s form has been sporadic – one win, one loss, two draws. And despite only playing three games compared to Carlow’s four, Wicklow have scored six points more than the Barrowsiders. <b>Verdict:</b> Wicklow","type":"text"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{"byline":"Gordon Manning"}},"name":"Gordon Manning"},{"additional_properties":{"original":{"byline":"Seán Moran"}},"name":"Seán Moran"}]},"description":{"basic":"The bad news for Mayo is new rules seem to play to Kerry and David Clifford’s strengths "},"display_date":"2025-03-01T06:00:01Z","headlines":{"basic":"Gaelic football previews: Expect feistiness as Armagh host Dublin ","native":""},"label":{"audio_project_id":{"text":"5469"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"YS2M2EG6VUELUFWY3E6QRAVUOY","auth":{"1":"88b1f6a03fa12650313fe28ebddb2048b61747c170444e59b1184caf41beac99"},"type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/YS2M2EG6VUELUFWY3E6QRAVUOY.jpg"}},"subtype":"default","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Gaelic Games"},{"name":"Sport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/03/01/gaelic-football-previews-expect-feistiness-as-armagh-host-dublin/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/sport/gaelic-games","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Gaelic Games"}}}},{"_id":"XZKHSZIY4VHWBHNMEFM2AAEOQI","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":524,"audio_url":"https://beyondwords-cdn-b7fyckdeejejb6dj.a03.azurefd.net/audio/projects/5469/podcasts/3ed7ac4e-eb19-43e3-948a-ed9032f8dd68/versions/1740750402/media/3202993d63f8e481e4ef119d40dc51df_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/03/01/seamus-orourke-on-stage-i-realised-im-getting-back-to-the-same-buzz-i-had-when-i-played-for-leitrim/","content_elements":[{"_id":"UYNSW37QGNGMPDIUPDFSMP2SUY","additional_properties":{},"content":"Out of the blue last week an email from Séan Lowry landed in Séamus O’Rourke’s inbox. It was a warm salute from long ago. Lowry had come across the passage in Leaning on Gates, O’Rourke’s bestselling memoir, where he recalls the day they marked each other in a Connacht semi-final, separated by the full width of fame and accomplishment, but joined briefly at the hip. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"XPI4XNHAGJHXLHKA2IE5YXJQYI","additional_properties":{},"content":"Lowry had won three All-Irelands and two All-Stars in a glittering career with <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/offaly/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/offaly/\">Offaly</a>, and he had landed in <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/mayo-gaa/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/mayo-gaa/\">Mayo</a> for a final spin on the carousel. O’Rourke was a young buck whose career as a footballer had been fired from a canon in his teens. His father, whose approval never reached his son’s needs or wants, was lying in hospital with prostate cancer.","type":"text"},{"_id":"M4PPQEPCXVGYNILKZ2FNYMKH7I","additional_properties":{},"content":"“It was my mother’s birthday, and Séan Lowry was a hero of mine,” he writes, “and now I was expected to hammer all kinds of shite out of Séan Lowry and my father wouldn’t be there to see it.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"XW2JRXEGXJBWHHQWKZUMRHILTE","additional_properties":{},"content":"Mayo beat them by more than treble scores, but O’Rourke had held Lowry scoreless and in the prosecution that follows every championship defeat O’Rourke was found not guilty. Word had reached his father in hospital.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TCP3HLYHUZFGLG54YKAFI5HBXA","additional_properties":{},"content":"“‘There was a man here earlier, said today’s paper gave you a good write-up. Said you played well. If you could believe the paper ...’”, O’Rourke wrote of the post-match debrief in the hospital ward, watching the compliment skid into the ditch immediately after it left his father’s mouth.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KBHKYC5QYNEO7FE4MQCLBHOBEU","additional_properties":{},"content":"“I was 20 at the time,” says O’Rourke now. “That game was 40 years ago.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"L2H7RHCT6BHIZJIIPF3T5WNKX4","additional_properties":{},"content":"In the Hollywood treatment of his life, O’Rourke’s career as a footballer would be shimmied into an origin story, before he became an award-winning writer, director, actor, storyteller and poet – though he insists that his poems disqualify him from such a label.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VEJMSWGK4ZDQNKHEC7OAKJLGSI","additional_properties":{},"content":"In that other world he was a child star. At 15 years of age O’Rourke was picked for the <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/leitrim-gaa/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/leitrim-gaa/\">Leitrim</a> minors, the same year that he quit school. The panel was announced on the pages of the Leitrim Observer “and to me it was one of the most magical things ever”. The honour was not index-linked to Leitrim’s prospects; it had its own standing.","type":"text"},{"_id":"U2Z6JZROQVBYHGOSYRM63QW7XA","additional_properties":{},"content":"“I left school at 15 so in lots of ways Gaelic football was my education,” he says. “I was very quiet and shy, actually. We were all backwards at that time. But getting to play for the county opened things up hugely. And I was all up for it, like. In Carrigallen [where O’Rourke grew up] the GAA was everything.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"CVA4VVAZHFDSTA5VFACQVY7RQA","additional_properties":{},"content":"When O’Rourke was 18, he played minor, senior, junior and under-21 for Leitrim in the same season. The rules wouldn’t allow it now, but even when it was permitted something like that was against all odds. Growing up, he was bigger than his peers and his size gained him notice; but if he was no good, his size would have drawn attention to that too. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"MOZWV2HF2NCBBFDSYZGNWMZMP4","additional_properties":{},"content":"In the 16 plays O’Rourke has written one of the recurring themes is the conflict between hope and hopelessness. In his early life, playing football for Leitrim hosted that battle, endlessly. If there was no hope, why would you do it? But if there needed to be hope, where would it come from?","type":"text"},{"_id":"PIT6N27SGJB7TFSLEDPJSDWBVM","additional_properties":{},"content":"“In my first year Mayo beat us by 25 points, you know, and the thing was, it was going to be the same every year. Everyone thought that. The manager would say the right things, but you knew he didn’t believe it. But then Tony McGowan came in as manager, with a big optimistic smile, and he said, ‘Lads, I think we can win this.’ He gave us so much enjoyment. He brought us down to play challenge matches against Kerry and good teams. And it was the first time I had hope.” ","type":"text"},{"_id":"MXQXXPVZZJBGZH4VINDBQ75TAQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"In the end they blew a minor Connacht final against Galway, butchering four goal chances in the first 10 minutes and losing by three points. In defeat, though, their hope had been vindicated. 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","type":"text"},{"_id":"PNX2CFY3ZVCNNFMQEF43ICFYHQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"“My father was not quite a farmer nor a fool but came close to proving me wrong on both counts at different times in my life,” he wrote. “He’s gone over 20 years now, and there’s not a day goes by that I don’t talk to him or quote him or feed from his legacy. A true man and a father of his time ... Awkward and straight at the same time.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"WHWXOBWPUZHZNM5IE4346YL3PA","additional_properties":{},"content":"“You weren’t as bad as I often saw ya,” his father told him after one match, flirting with a kind word, without knowing how to make the next move. “I suppose what it was,” says O’Rourke, “he couldn’t bear the thought of you failing. It wasn’t that he didn’t wish you well.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VUVRUB4CKZARZFX7CQNC3LJUL4","additional_properties":{},"content":"“The reality of it is that until I was 25, the GAA was everything, and there was a five-year period in my life where I had to come to terms with not being good enough to play beyond that. Like, I never got to play in Croke Park, but I thought at one point I was going to get there.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"XLPD7QDSFNBMJO3ZMZ77XTI72Y","additional_properties":{},"content":"He started to have intimations of his mortality as an intercounty footballer as he climbed through the grades. The game was quicker at higher altitudes, and he lacked the pace to keep up. O’Rourke was still only 29 when Leitrim won the Connacht title in 1994, their first in 67 years. Many of the players he had soldiered with were still on the team, but he was long gone.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OV2TQMGH6ZB73FKQV6E6G62N2M","additional_properties":{},"content":"There’s a line in one of his plays that captures how he felt. “I was delighted with myself for being so delighted for them,” it reads.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TRVTHZZD3ZFCNG4BL3XVYWCXHI","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"OV2TQMGH6ZB73FKQV6E6G62N2M","additional_properties":{},"content":"","type":"text"},{"_id":"TNEUJUFVCRBLPGVAXFTG7H4RVA","additional_properties":{},"content":"He was in his mid-20s when he first dipped his toe in amateur dramatics in Carrigallen. Part of it was replacement therapy. “After I quit with the county, I had a big gap, a big hole in my life. And also, the big dream was gone, you know.","type":"text"},{"_id":"R7JM4C7UVBB7JBNZVJEQUT5LMM","additional_properties":{},"content":"“I was lucky enough to be pulled into the theatre mostly because I was a carpenter and I might make the set – and also, I had access to a van. But I also got a wee part in this play and I’d never been on stage before. I got such a buzz out of doing my little piece in front of an audience and I realised, ‘I’m getting back to the same buzz I had when I played for Leitrim.’”","type":"text"},{"_id":"A4A5OIXA3JGVXIVUFQINCOBKW4","additional_properties":{},"content":"He had started to write poems around that time. At first, he didn’t write them down. He would compose the lines in his mind, and there they would sit, hidden in storage. But with the local theatre group it was customary for one of the cast to write a poem about their season and one year he was asked to do it.","type":"text"},{"_id":"IMCWZDIMKNFYHFI5EQ6XYEAXMA","additional_properties":{},"content":"“I wrote the poem and did it in front of people and it went down really well. It was a bit of a performance. And, you know, I often wondered was that what I was looking for in my football career as opposed to actually winning medals? Like, in my head, it wasn’t always about winning, it was also about a bit of style. You know, you’d love to be kicking the good points.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"T2C2DOSWU5EXHKVNZCIAC3UJCU","additional_properties":{},"content":"O’Rourke was in his mid-40s when he took the plunge and committed to a life of theatre work and writing. His first gig carried the promise of six weeks work. He convinced himself that carpentry was his safety net, when really it wasn’t; there was no going back. 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For the All-Ireland under-20 decider in Nowlan Park last June, Offaly fans vastly outnumbered their Tipperary counterparts among the 25,825 in attendance.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OTXPZYQXWJG5BF5BUH6DJP6X2I","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802516},"content":"A crowd of 12,487 watched Offaly beat Laois in the 2022 Leinster minor final, with throw-in delayed due to the large volume of supporters at O’Moore Park.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QSLRIQONVVAIDHEUL6EATISVCU","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802517},"content":"“The crowds following those teams have been unprecedented,” says Pilkington. “Offaly people are definitely behind those lads, they love watching them hurl and it’s not just because of their skill level – it’s the work rate, the closing down, the chasing, the blocking.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CULB4Y65NNEGJC7B5EKB3GLLHQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802518},"content":"“It comes from the likes of Adam Screeney, he can do anything he wants with a ball, but the other side of his game is that he will chase down a corner back, turning over defenders time and time again.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VWGN4AG3HB5SRG55WV6EMCVQKQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802519},"type":"image"},{"_id":"YF4ZFXWEWVGPHLWJWUSMFZ3FZQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802520},"content":"“And it’s the same with other lads there, that commitment and effort is what Offaly people – and I think supporters in any county – like to see from their players. Now, that hasn’t been seen as much at senior level just yet but hopefully that will come.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"2LIDRN5H7NHJNHQHDDQXZT5FPE","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802521},"content":"Just two years ago Offaly were competing in Division 2A alongside Kildare, Kerry, Carlow, Derry and Down.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5BMYUOQNO5DJNO5NRV2VXNI2IE","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802522},"content":"They beat Kildare in the divisional final that April. Of the starting 15 from that Division 2A final two years ago, only three lined out from the off at Croke Park against Dublin last Saturday evening – Ciarán Burke, Jason Sampson and Killian Sampson.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JYJP7TUJXVESNC63Y3UIAS2XRY","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802523},"content":"The permutations for promotion from Division 1B are somewhat convoluted but essentially if Offaly beat Westmeath and the Dublin-Waterford game produces a winner, then it would be a surprise if the Faithful didn’t ultimately secure a top two finish.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NTZ5NELUPRCARLJVDMKLON7HBQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802524},"content":"Offaly have seven points with two games remaining – at home to Westmeath and away to Waterford. Nine points should be enough, but that comes with a health warning.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KNMLUSIA3BFODKNBVGDY6MJTOM","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802525},"content":"Dublin and Waterford are both on four points but with three games remaining. Should they play out a draw on Sunday both teams could conceivably still finish the league with nine points. Carlow are also still in the mix for now – they are on three points but have four games remaining.","type":"text"},{"_id":"MTO4A5BJBZHQ3HYEWTTFO2J3Y4","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802526},"content":"And while Pilkington is delighted to see the buzz return to Offaly hurling, the Birr man is cautious not to overstate the progress just yet.","type":"text"},{"_id":"G7CCSPJ5TBHKBDV26CDAKFXJUU","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802527},"content":"“Their best display was at home to Antrim, in terms of doing everything you want your team to be doing, it was an impressive display.","type":"text"},{"_id":"YEKKMQJDI5ADJJYM2LTBMAYAW4","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802528},"content":"“But I wasn’t overly gone on their displays against Carlow or Laois, even though they did beat Laois. And although they beat Dublin last Saturday, you have to be honest and say that in many ways that was a game Dublin left behind.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"PCBSXE2WARDNLO7VBW6ABFBJOI","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802529},"content":"Still, it’s exactly the kind of contest Offaly would not have snatched a victory from in previous years.","type":"text"},{"_id":"RLQXVWCEPIMLT5EJYLPZ3CXBLQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802530},"type":"image"},{"_id":"5AD7F7DDTFH73LWRPX2ZTDOZLA","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802531},"content":"The Dubs led for most of the game and with 10 minutes of normal time remaining Offaly trailed by four. But Offaly outscored their opponents 0-11 to 1-3 coming down the straight, winning the game thanks to a monster free from Dan Ravenhill deep in injury-time.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TR33LCXLQFFB3F3OVL5RXW6IBU","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802532},"content":"“They played well in the last 10 minutes or so and I’d imagine that is what Johnny Kelly is trying to get them to do for longer periods in games. Dublin got a goal late on but then Offaly responded, showed good character and they will take a lot of heart from that.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"B5B5P6SULJH63OLWLC6GPPLFQE","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802533},"content":"Over a dozen of last year’s triumphant under-20 champions – Offaly’s maiden All-Ireland at that grade – are involved with the senior panel this term.","type":"text"},{"_id":"V3KCGZK6CJAXFHA7YGLTSJGIPY","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802534},"content":"“I’ve been blessed in terms of being involved with some of them through the minors and under-20s,” adds Pilkington. “I can’t say I’ve influenced them much really because it’s just their natural talent. The thing I’ve tried to bring to them and I’d always say is that when you get to senior intercounty championship level, you don’t get time on the ball.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"DLX7Z5REFJG4VJKQIWIERPMS7Y","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802535},"content":"But as ever, success also brings its fair share of challenges. Should Offaly advance to the Division 1B final, that match is scheduled for Sunday, April 6th. Just 24 hours earlier, the Offaly under-20s are fixed to play Galway in their Leinster championship opener.","type":"text"},{"_id":"SVYWO6SDSBDGTJAYBPFEYGK3XE","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802536},"content":"For players on both panels – including James Mahon, Donal Shirley, Dan Ravenhill and Ter Guinan – that would create issues unless a change of fixture could be facilitated.","type":"text"},{"_id":"MQSFJ5Z2JRCOFHVJQY3BMNUJUM","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802537},"content":"There is plenty of hurling to be done before that bridge needs crossing, though. After Westmeath the seniors have to go down to Waterford – “I’d see that as a real championship test,” says Pilkington.","type":"text"},{"_id":"UPDK52YPVFHZRDUNSLP5CTCUJI","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802538},"content":"“Waterford won’t give them time on the ball, they’ll bring physicality and they obviously have some top-class players as well, so that will be a real challenge.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"2RONMX6SWZGPHIIAMNQ5K7GVFI","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802539},"content":"The kind of challenge Offaly have been meeting head on these days.","type":"text"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{"byline":"Gordon Manning"}},"name":"Gordon Manning"}]},"description":{"basic":"Victory over Westmeath on Sunday would leave Faithful well placed to win promotion from Division 1B"},"display_date":"2025-02-27T06:00:01Z","headlines":{"basic":"Offaly senior hurlers look to step out of shadows","native":""},"label":{"audio_project_id":{"text":"5469"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"IBMP64VDNBX5LN4B5M2AECDK3Y","auth":{"1":"6d2cc7e4c010423f33228b1791926c78165983a8cf347b59006ee7530a95356c"},"type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/IBMP64VDNBX5LN4B5M2AECDK3Y.jpg"}},"subtype":"feature","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Gaelic Games"},{"name":"Sport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/27/offaly-seniors-look-to-step-out-of-shadows/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/sport/gaelic-games","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Gaelic Games"}}}},{"_id":"T6TABDMIKNC2PBI6FTHYZT4O5I","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":317,"audio_url":"https://beyondwords-cdn-b7fyckdeejejb6dj.a03.azurefd.net/audio/projects/5469/podcasts/9a2a53a3-08d4-4fbb-820a-250d5e63a2bb/versions/1740586998/media/ae2a193d10ca47413567f77d78884c28_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/27/ciaran-murphy-some-gaa-fans-want-saving-from-new-goalkeeping-reality/","content_elements":[{"_id":"NGSZU2SMLZFBLBAJIHW7UAI4WY","additional_properties":{},"content":"<a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/\">Goalkeepers</a> are feeling the heat right now, from all sides, but they are also a house divided. Never mind the long-established Goalkeepers’ Union – would representatives of the regular goalies, the sweeper-keepers and the recently relocated outfielders even talk to each other at the monthly meetings? ","type":"text"},{"_id":"B6UX7TQJQRGARP67FG6PUBN3DY","additional_properties":{},"content":"Shop steward Niall Morgan has been having his say on the number one bone of contention people have with number ones currently – their presence in the opposition half, creating 12 v 11 overlaps. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"EQNEFAVHAFHCZIRQ4V5PHRWLCU","additional_properties":{},"content":"“It would not be my role any more,” said Morgan last week, when he was presented with the idea of potentially being restricted to his goal line. “I genuinely don’t see where you would get any enjoyment out of playing that role. If they stop the goalkeeper from going forward altogether, there’s going to be a number of goalkeepers would walk away.” ","type":"text"},{"_id":"E75ILEVU5NELZKNQB4DP5IWWYE","additional_properties":{},"content":"He also claimed that any limits placed on goalkeepers now would only be “taking away an advantage that the likes of <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/tyrone-gaa/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/tyrone-gaa/\">Tyrone</a>, Monaghan and Armagh have on other teams”. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"BWQDJ2MJUJGNHOHPPXPJBLC2UI","additional_properties":{},"content":"We might start with the last point first. With all due respect to Morgan, this is a profound misunderstanding of the problem as people see it. 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Amid all this, kick-outs are now going long 79 per cent of the time in this league, according to the Games Intelligence Unit – having been at pretty much 50 per cent for the last two championship seasons. Managers are bemoaning the lack of control they can exert on kick-outs, to which the nation at large is ... supremely nonplussed. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"RZHROCHCCFEFROCAUH5MRWETJA","additional_properties":{},"content":"If goalkeepers can’t be sure of retaining possession from kick-outs, the punishment for a wide is far less. A wide need not be followed by chasing the ball forlornly for four minutes, as was often the case last year. And fans love it. They wanted contests for possession, and they’re getting it from kick-outs. 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In the recent past, that outlet to continue playing football has proved invaluable in helping Stack after she suffered miscarriages – a topic she now openly discusses to try support other women.","type":"text"},{"_id":"23LCUSCPJJHUDIEIOWQCXZHA5A","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505408998},"content":"“I found it difficult to speak about properly because I actually went through another one last summer while the filming was going on,” she says. “It probably took for me to have the second one to probably talk to people about it.","type":"text"},{"_id":"UIEN5NBDYNAPXFMYFID2QLC7EQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505408999},"content":"“I remember going back to sport, and going back to St Vals in particular after the second one was vital for me. It probably was only in hindsight, looking back on it, that I realised just how much of a distraction it gave me and how it helped me kind of get over it a bit.","type":"text"},{"_id":"BAAZH5QZLRB5BOJCYNREIPNXLE","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505409000},"content":"“I guess the hardest thing about it is that it’s very much out of your control. I can only speak for myself, but you question yourself so much when it happens, maybe I shouldn’t be training, maybe I shouldn’t be running, maybe I’m too old etc. The reality is it affects so many women and in so many different ways.","type":"text"},{"_id":"I6NNEPJNJ5DF7PU7WNTFNTTNSY","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505409001},"content":"“Going forward it certainly changes your mindset during a healthy pregnancy in that you’re never fully at ease until you have that baby safely in your arms.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"JTKZ37KNNRDVPMRV6O5BMEUZAA","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505409002},"content":"Stack (38) believes it is beneficial for women to talk about such matters.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ODLM6NBFYRJYLIPNLBLCKQXKJA","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505409003},"type":"image"},{"_id":"J4EGT5RSTJAPJFVV2S55IR57FE","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505409004},"content":"“There is kind of this taboo that you can’t tell anybody until you are 12 weeks [pregnant], which I just think is ridiculous because you are instantly excited from the second you see that positive pregnancy test.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZIREGBXWQZACVNMMQQ3J4JOAWE","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505409005},"content":"“To keep that to yourself and then for something to not come to fruition is very difficult to try deal with by yourself. 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They’re the first thing you think about in the morning and the last thing you think about at night. So it probably weighs on me a little bit that I had a deadly amount of guilt about the injury – just what it could have done to my family in the long-term.","type":"text"},{"_id":"4JA5AOAZN5DQJJER7AIXMSGP6I","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505409009},"content":"“I suppose four years on I’ve certainly made my peace with it, I’ve gone back playing football, loved football and enjoyed football. 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Meath captain Aoibhín Cleary has become the latest to sign for a club Down Under, joining Richmond.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZKMRB47YNREZLD7EBOPSXW2KFY","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505409012},"type":"image"},{"_id":"A3JBIGPT3NAHNGAMURWPTOESZE","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505409014},"content":"It appears there will now be more than 40 Irish players in AFLW for the first time but while Stack understands the concerns of such a talent drain, the former Cork footballer believes the figures will start decreasing in the seasons ahead.","type":"text"},{"_id":"Y447DVMERZEN7EUYNHFZ67TEUQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505409015},"content":"“I suppose when you hear another big name like that, another All-Ireland winner going down, I suppose it can kind of unsettle you a small bit,” she adds.","type":"text"},{"_id":"RYEH55GXGZCO3DYECLOFE4QL3I","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505409016},"content":"“But I think over time, just like with the men, it will kind of filter out a small little bit. I know there are girls going over, but there’s also girls coming back.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KDAMEHOEEFFW3CZVRZHD3PXAH4","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505409017},"content":"“If they get the opportunity to go over, it is a phenomenal experience, I can vouch for it, it is amazing. But over time I think that it will peter out. And I think there’s a lot of maybe weathering the storm a small bit in the coming years for the LGFA.","type":"text"},{"_id":"LDL32Z7JJFAW7P7HMTSMGX6KWM","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505409018},"content":"“The Irish girls were going over as ready-made athletes, whereas now the [AFLW] academies are starting to churn out these excellent players. They’re just completely ready to play whereas maybe in previous years that wasn’t the case.","type":"text"},{"_id":"V7FW5YHMVJA7FG2ZBY63NQ3YKY","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505409019},"content":"“You’re going to see the academies churning out a lot more players. You’re going to see maybe the demand [dropping] on the Irish to come over. So, it’s going to be a lot harder to break into the AFLW in the coming years.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"UBHECXYA5FHQNFJCRGW5NWYHZY","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505409020},"content":"But Stack hopes to be breaking into the team with St Vals again later this season. The boots are not ready for the garage just yet.","type":"text"},{"_id":"E35HQOYEEZC5VKX3Y6OHC5AOJM","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505409021},"content":"“I still have that competitiveness in me, I still want to play senior football.","type":"text"},{"_id":"33TX3I2RHVDTFL3VB4UMUW6ODI","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505409022},"content":"“Yeah, I’d love to go back and play again if the body is able – I suppose the mind still wants to play but if the body is still able after this we’ll see.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"NO3BF7I3JBHHHGSTG5U3AUMJ6U","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505409023},"content":"<i>– Brid Stack’s Laochra Gael episode will be broadcast on Thursday at 9.30pm on TG4.</i>","type":"text"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{"byline":"Gordon Manning"}},"name":"Gordon Manning"}]},"description":{"basic":"Cork mother of two is seven months pregnant and hopes to get back playing with her club later this year"},"display_date":"2025-02-26T06:00:00Z","headlines":{"basic":"Bríd Stack’s inspirational career to be featured on Laochra Gael","native":""},"label":{"audio_project_id":{"text":"5469"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"4Q72B65B5A7PPEYO43PAEDONXQ","auth":{"1":"abb2328d4d0829e2ed4a927099683e6233a215360ea907900cbf0cddd40fb004"},"type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/4Q72B65B5A7PPEYO43PAEDONXQ.jpg"}},"subtype":"default","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Gaelic Games"},{"name":"Sport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/26/brid-stacks-inspirational-career-to-be-featured-on-laochra-gael/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/sport/gaelic-games","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Gaelic Games"}}}},{"_id":"2XZIC4VB2FCZJKXZPE6SZUKIMM","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":343,"audio_url":"https://beyondwords-cdn-b7fyckdeejejb6dj.a03.azurefd.net/audio/projects/5469/podcasts/3dfa0471-b7ba-4171-8f4d-547751484b81/versions/1740497718/media/c064f50c263b0a8e0a92774948d954e7_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/26/gaa-congress-is-well-past-its-use-by-date-as-a-governing-forum/","content_elements":[{"_id":"HDVJE2N4PZHQDBCDSFYNMVIXNE","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063520},"content":"On Friday night in Donegal, GAA president <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/jarlath-burns/\" target=\"_blank\">Jarlath Burns</a> reminded delegates that it was the centenary of the <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/gaa-congress/\" target=\"_blank\">congress</a> that had decided to name a stand in Croke Park in memory of Tipperary footballer Mick Hogan, the only player to be killed on Bloody Sunday.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DZEZPM3JKVAMVDZEOMYVBY43VQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063521},"content":"It was also the 30th anniversary of a less grave but nonetheless significant congress held in Dublin. 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O’Donovan is a former All-Ireland winner and his campaign on the handpass has been dogged and persistent.","type":"text"},{"_id":"4BK4LWK6HFHNHFKBBXEHKBZEV4","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063534},"content":"For all his work, it appeared that the central premise – handpassing has led to frequent throwing of the sliotar – was being swept aside too easily and unconvincingly.","type":"text"},{"_id":"7JDFTBYNSVG47O45G5XEBD53ZM","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063535},"content":"The idea that the current rule should simply be more strictly enforced appears impractical in a game that referees themselves acknowledge moves so fast that they end up giving players “the benefit of the doubt” when handpassing.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NR54QG7QBNFFNF6CLCR3ZGCGZY","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063536},"content":"There was no appetite for the change however because of a fear that it would slow down the game, so once more the GAA goes down the path of saying one thing but doing another.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KTFJIQ7J7ZFL3HXLAVQNBC3GZI","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063537},"content":"O’Donovan didn’t even get the consolation prize of an offer to withdraw his motion and have it considered further – as happened with former Dublin All-Star Noel McCaffrey, father of Jack, in relation to his motion that players should have to play a minimum number of club matches before representing their county – an idea that very few would oppose in principle.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CIJJIIOJGRC53MCTEUWYUXUA2A","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063538},"type":"image"},{"_id":"NBPYQF6BD5D7HKYXZ5X3ZRYJPI","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063539},"content":"The same happened to Wexford All-Ireland winning manager Liam Griffin whose drive to require all clubs to offer juvenile hurling from under-7 to under-10 was also referred to the HDC for consideration.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KYQMX24S5FHQ3JOJR7VE7ECXZM","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063540},"content":"One way or the other, the motions didn’t pass and it will be a surprise if they materialise with the same force on future congress agenda.","type":"text"},{"_id":"L2A6JGQY2RE7JMUSNZWM2OFNII","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063541},"content":"Congress is well past its use-by date as a governing forum. Pressure from the games calendar – plenty of delegates were getting ready to charge off to matches – makes for a rushed atmosphere despite Jarlath Burns’s earnest reassurance that everything would get adequate time.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6ZNUG53CGZF2LLIO6766NR6F7E","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063542},"content":"Friday night’s shooting down – it was withdrawn given its slim prospects – of the motion to align the rule on kit and equipment manufacture with EU law for reasons that were of tangential relevance, reflected badly on everyone.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QJO37DI34ZHZ3AUP52XDP7K7ZY","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063543},"content":"DG Tom Ryan accepted that the top table had maybe not explained clearly enough the need to remove the stipulation “shall be of Irish manufacture”.","type":"text"},{"_id":"57GDWLBUXFE5HPAA3GSKR2I4CA","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063544},"content":"Instead, the GAA’s regulatory exposure will continue until the autumn when another attempt to solve the problem will go to special congress. Such matters are ill-suited to the congress format of limited discussion and volatile enthusiasms on the floor.","type":"text"},{"_id":"B5XU65KJZVBQLCYYHYW7INGSDI","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063545},"content":"Congress should be for broad policy and ethos as well as the effective briefing system of the Friday workshops. 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The report on the first three rounds of the National Football League by the GAA’s Games Intelligence Unit provides some parameters for that discussion.","type":"text"},{"_id":"AHNXL5CMXRGT5FUYA2VUFQNB3I","additional_properties":{},"content":"The obvious findings are the preponderance of long kick-outs and the increase in contested kick-outs but there was some disappointment that the handpass to kick pass ratio had hardly budged from the 2023 and ’24 figures of 3.2:1 and 3.4:1 during the opening weeks of the season.","type":"text"},{"_id":"MZ3UAE2CPNELHKGXW6IRUYTQIQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"Paul Earley, one of the GAA’s most qualified coaches and a veteran of Eugene McGee’s FRC in 2012, has predictably been taking a keen interest in how the game is evolving and believes there are a number of changes that could be made before the summer rules are finalised.","type":"text"},{"_id":"C6RJ23UQFREV5NHUDA7MP32GVE","additional_properties":{},"content":"One is the role of the goalkeeper. This has attracted much comment because of the fact that the roaming ‘keeper is allowed to create an imbalance by joining the attack, causing a 12-11 overload.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CXIRJA5GLVFTFHQU7BXSE6RI6U","additional_properties":{},"content":"This has effectively shifted the potential for endless handpassing from defence to attack, as the “extra man” goalkeeper becomes an outlet for holding possession.","type":"text"},{"_id":"X6CTHEEOIJD27LYDL7HPKNIE74","additional_properties":{},"content":"“I think one of the objectives of the FRC is that they wanted a more ‘vertical’ game,” says Earley, “as opposed to a ‘horizontal’ game, which we were used to in recent years”. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"OLDX6IIPBRASVPC7EIJB7BJUB4","additional_properties":{},"content":"“If that is a stated aim or stated goal, then having the goalkeeper come up and get involved in the game past the halfway line, doesn’t facilitate that. In fact, it facilitates the more horizontal game. 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That doesn’t count as a kick.","type":"text"},{"_id":"LIIY3KV4TVG5DKSNNAV53LZFIY","additional_properties":{},"content":"Earley says precise comparisons can’t be made between the current league and the 2023 and ’24 figures– which is based on championship fixtures – because the data that stripped out frees from kick passes wasn’t gathered in the previous years.","type":"text"},{"_id":"AAD6KX3QQAH4TCGZKBDQDJMI6A","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"HEDWNO3Q45FKNMDO2BRW337G3M","additional_properties":{},"content":"“I noticed in the statistical evidence they had the kick pass ‘including frees’ ratio, which was the same. They had the kick pass in open play ratio but they didn’t have data for that from the last couple of years compared it against. 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The bulk of the game has been played between the two 45-metre lines so having a numerical advantage there would be significant. So, if you lose a player, you just have to keep your 3v3 up, which means you’re down a player in the central area.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"GP4RRDBSAYWGC54RMPMG5PHWXA","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"JW3KRCVK7JAGLPJLJBIUXUOUPE","additional_properties":{},"content":"He would also allow more than the permitted five replacements but restrict the opportunity to bring them on to the field.","type":"text"},{"_id":"RKYNDJDKE5GKFJ2KVBHHY7PIDE","additional_properties":{},"content":"“I would go with six or seven subs and have maybe three occasions in each half when they can come on, other than for injuries.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"7GTVHOHRFBHRRD2ADFJCGBMZHQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"He would also consult regularly with referees because of the increased physical demands on them, which creates mental fatigue affecting decision-making, particularly at the end of matches, and he favours video assistance in top intercounty matches.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KNKBNCXZENEAXOU3AZFJXYKQGM","additional_properties":{},"content":"Seán Moran: Ratios shift ominously as the GAA fights to hold its audience","type":"interstitial_link"},{"_id":"6VZC52UFPVCGLD6XCPSP7562CU","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Soccer has it; rugby has it. 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Some teams are having to shift around their personnel to suit it and give battlefield promotions to midfielders whose size demands their inclusion rather than their skill. By contrast, Derry already had two All-Star midfielders in the shape of Conor Glass and Brendan Rodgers and can now throw the imposing figure of Anton Tohill into the mix.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZTYIBMQSRFDEBLDPP6X2K7SDGM","additional_properties":{},"content":"Yet on Saturday night, it was <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/dublin-gaa/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/dublin-gaa/\">Dublin</a>’s complete domination of the Derry kick-out that turned the game the home side’s way. After a quarter of an hour, Derry led 0-6 to 0-3. Dublin outscored them from there to the break by 1-7 to 0-0. Dessie Farrell’s side thoroughly ransacked Neil McNicholl’s kick-out in that period, sourcing 1-4 of their scores from it. For good measure, they put up the first point of the second half off his first kick-out after the restart.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DI7T2VBDEJHV5EUETL24XF7PWI","additional_properties":{},"content":"That was the game, basically. Derry went half an hour without scoring, conceding 1-10 along the way and coughing up 1-5 directly from their own kick-out. That’s never going to get it done for any team but it’s especially debilitating for a side like Derry, who would like to think they have the jump on most teams in that area. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"LDYBBREUERCW5LTUDA6GLOFU2I","additional_properties":{},"content":"Afterwards, Paddy Tally didn’t put a tooth in it. Asked if there was any science or tactics to the way the kick-out is now, he more or less threw his hands in the air in response.","type":"text"},{"_id":"7JX6RBTO6FB5HON6GMRBCKMEWQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"“There is some of it, but sometimes it just comes down to really good individual play. 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There are certain things you can work on but really the players have to take a lot of responsibility for themselves when they’re in there. It’s really fighting hard to get it sometimes and it’s just who wants it most.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"7GETC2GEXBAG3HFIG4FQJ4EIUQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"Tally is a thoughtful coach in general, and his team had just taken a hiding so it’s not really fair to hold his take up to too harsh a light here. But declaring that kick-outs are going to come down to who wants it most feels like a bit of a cop-out and it’s hard to imagine its something Tally really believes. Certainly come summer it will be a shock if Derry, of all teams, don’t come peddling something more sophisticated.","type":"text"},{"_id":"C23AZRXRDNA3LHVZWR7ZBAK2OU","additional_properties":{},"content":"A hint of what might evolve over time was on show in the Armagh v Mayo game earlier on Saturday at the Athletic Grounds. Ethan Rafferty went long into traffic at times and Colm Reape did the same. But both goalkeepers found some variation too. Reape had some success finding Enda Hession with short kick-outs to the edge of the arc, although it helps when Hession has the pace to get past his man and get Mayo moving up the pitch.","type":"text"},{"_id":"UJAHT4PZCRH3LFZZUXJGDCHYJQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"ES4V4L5D35F4HIW7X7KKBLVOKY","additional_properties":{},"content":"It was a couple of Rafferty’s kick-outs in the second half that really caught the eye though. With Armagh under the pump and Mayo starting to get motoring on the back of Davitt Neary and Ryan O’Donoghue’s energy, Rafferty twice put the ball down and waved everyone over to the left-hand side of the pitch as he looked at it. 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And absolutely, sometimes he waved everyone over to one side and kicked the ball into the roulette wheel and took Armagh’s chances with what developed. Grimley, Murnin and Jarly Óg Burns held their own, but Mayo mined plenty of scoring chances from it too.","type":"text"},{"_id":"WN5U7WKMCJC5DM2UCVPFEGI7TM","additional_properties":{},"content":"So Tally’s not being entirely disingenuous. There is definitely going to be an element of lottery around the kick-out, even for the teams who are best at tilting the odds in their favour. But kick-out strategies will evolve too. Teams will come up with ways to squeeze out some of the chaos that a lot of us are so enjoying.","type":"text"},{"_id":"G6O3G2ILSRH2JML54Q75BU4SLQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"Some of it will be about who wants it more. 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They haven’t all been universally welcomed and certainly some tweaking will be needed, but creating space for inside forwards has allowed the gifted shooters to display their talents again – no longer are teams capable of simply double marking the opposition’s best forward or taking them out of the game by bottling them up within a mass defence.","type":"text"},{"_id":"44SZJGJSC5AD3J6TW4YEKKZHZY","additional_properties":{},"content":"Last Sunday’s game against Tyrone was Clifford’s first start of the season. He finished the contest with 3-3 – who could have guessed that with a little more room the Kerry forward would make hay?","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZBMTX6EJYRBRLMSV22SJVVUINI","additional_properties":{},"content":"Walsh is probably the outstanding player in this year’s league and has fired over two-pointers in all four of Galway’s games. He finished Sunday’s win over Donegal with 11 points – including four two-pointers.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZFW2XBNTFRCFRHVSVL437CI3NI","additional_properties":{},"content":"Darragh Canavan returned to action for Tyrone on Sunday and chipped in with 1-4. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"OIIXMRQZ4BEBTBF4WBZRQEOQIY","subtype":"twitter","type":"oembed_response"},{"_id":"HI2ATIU7W5EG3M3GDTRLDSK5BA","additional_properties":{},"content":"The FRC’s Statistical Analysis Report shows that the average number of shots per game has increased from 49.9 in the 2024 championship to 56.1 in this year’s league – a figure that is likely to grow when the weather and pitches improve.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DOY45L2OYBHIRP22MHKXCGUTU4","additional_properties":{},"content":"So, this morning the talk is all of Clifford and Walsh. The previous weekend Diarmuid Murtagh scored 12 points for Roscommon as he became the county’s all-time top scorer while Michael Murphy made headline with a silver screen type comeback for Donegal on the same day. In this new version of Gaelic football, it seems forwards are taking centre stage as the lead characters once more. <b>— Gordon Manning</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"EHT325PAOFFDZMPN77VRVENGYM","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"W346ZVG36JB33GYYDR5RZ6T4OI","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Davitt Neary adds a splash of you-can’t-teach-that to the Mayo attack</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"H6VYKFLHSJAGZEQE52TH3ANBEA","additional_properties":{},"content":"Welcome to the jungle, Davitt Neary. The young Mayo wing-forward had already given notice in the first three league games that he might be considered a find but his goal against Armagh on Saturday evening moved things onto another level. He doesn’t get to be a surprise package to anyone now.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NP5Y33V775DT7MBEIZENZOT7KI","additional_properties":{},"content":"His turn of speed, his direct running, the coolness of his finish – all these aspects of his goal were impressive. But what Mayo people would have taken away from it most of all was the sheer chutzpah of it. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"YJ6G4XPG3BCUXF5UHWGPQ2JZ54","additional_properties":{},"content":"Mayo were six points down with just over 20 minutes to go in the back yard of the All-Ireland champions when Neary took off running as Ryan O’Donoghue stood over a sideline ball. The pass to him was clever but there was also a hint of the hospital about it – a smidge later getting to it and Neary would have been clattered by Paddy Burns. Burns turns 32 this year, Neary was playing in his fourth senior game for Mayo. You’d have forgiven the young man for thinking twice.","type":"text"},{"_id":"MYHZDYJHLNBEFECVYDREDO3Y2E","additional_properties":{},"content":"But not a bit of it. He had the wit to flick the ball past Burns and send the experienced defender for a taxi. He zipped into the Armagh square, leaving Jemar Hall (no slough) for dead. And instead of snatching at it, as many, many Mayo forwards down through the generations would have done, he had the stones to flick a right-footed finish in the manner of Con O’Callaghan in the 2017 final.","type":"text"},{"_id":"WSE7CCKZBNAEHHH2VK5WPSTQAM","subtype":"twitter","type":"oembed_response"},{"_id":"4CU63FBAEVCTXM2T2IVFXTYXTQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"Unlike Con, Neary has no underage GAA pedigree. He was better known as a soccer player as a teenager and is also a national and European champion kickboxer. So maybe he doesn’t know what he doesn’t know and doesn’t come to the Mayo scene carrying any sort of baggage.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TKKCCRVDMNEDLKDS57R3CSNIZE","additional_properties":{},"content":"Either way, this was the exact right play at the exact right time and brought Mayo back into a game they were gone out of. It’s only the league and there are miles to go and history weighs heavy on any Mayo forward who flashes a bit of early leg. But there was an element of you-can’t teach-that in Davitt’s goal. 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The All-Ireland winning manager took over in time for the 2020 competition and has never beaten Wexford in the spring competition in Ennis but has never been beaten in Wexford.","type":"text"},{"_id":"FKSET5PDKBA4HIVBUE4XTD6J4Y","additional_properties":{},"content":"Of the counties’ six league matches since 2020, Wexford hold the balance of success, 3-2 with one draw.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TXHGY6C7DJHGZAFKRL5MHMGXWI","additional_properties":{},"content":"On taking over, Lohan very quickly found himself in Wexford in a face-off with former county team-mate Davy Fitzgerald, manager of the then Leinster champions. A low-scoring win maintained Clare’s good start to a league that would end in the grim chaos of Covid.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZSQPZX3X3NFSRF4MTZTW6YX3SQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"It also featured an impressive turn in the half forwards by the home manager’s namesake David Fitzgerald, who had just been re-purposed as a half-forward after a county career at wing-back and would later win two All Stars in his new position.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JWLORTZWVZFEBOEWTXTA45FMSE","additional_properties":{},"content":"Keith Rossiter on Sunday was the third manager of the county to line up against Lohan in the past six years. All of them, Fitzgerald and Darragh Egan previously, have now won a league match in Cusack Park.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GZU5T5DBDRGQXMIFP3V6HKF5XM","additional_properties":{},"content":"Of course, Egan also had the worst experience in the fixture, the whopping 6-25 to 1-18 defeat in the 2023 league.","type":"text"},{"_id":"BDH23TO3ZVADXM272JPCXCH5TQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"There is a championship bottom line to all of this, all the more peculiar given the contrasting league fortunes. Lohan has faced Wexford four times in five years and won all of them, including last year’s All-Ireland quarter-final en route to the Liam MacCarthy. <b>— Seán Moran</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"DHZUMNRBSZCR3O6B4QN2Y7K4KU","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"4DXNG2N7ERES5HLEWSXSFFCGMM","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Without adjusting for inflation, goals still carry weight </b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"QMWCUPEYUBHPVEP5ZTQC24X4P4","additional_properties":{},"content":"After Cork lost to Tipperary by four points on Saturday night Pat Ryan bemoaned the goal chances they had missed. By his reckoning Cork had left “six or seven” goals behind them. When they reflected on last season it was clearly something that had come out in the wash.","type":"text"},{"_id":"7Z7EUMITP5BO7HWCLHMAV7ACO4","additional_properties":{},"content":"“That’s something that we have to work on, because that was an Achilles heel we had last year,” said Ryan. “We were creating an awful lot of chances and our efficiency from open play was very good for points – it was very good again tonight – but our efficiency for taking goal opportunities is something we’ve been working on but obviously needs further work.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"YPDBN3SBY5BXTLGFFPH4FUYUEI","additional_properties":{},"content":"The scoring boom in hurling has been driven by points, and particularly long-range shooting. In football’s rule changes the proposal for a four-point goal was dropped before the league but it is a conversation that has popped up in hurling too in recent seasons. With the glut of points had goals been devalued? Did the value of a goal need to be adjusted for inflation? ","type":"text"},{"_id":"P24GDESKG5HTDMEUONDKFK3Y5U","additional_properties":{},"content":"In the absence of a forensic report from the GAA’s newly established Games Intelligence Unit, it is interesting to note that only two games in the top two tiers of the league this year have been won by a team that scored fewer goals than their opponents. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"D6ZV5MFTTFBOVPJ2MJQOEG7QNA","additional_properties":{},"content":"In last year’s Liam MacCarthy Cup, which is a bigger sample size, a similar pattern emerges. Only two games were won by teams who scored fewer goals than their opponents. It is not a coincidence that in this year’s league and last year’s championship Limerick were one of the teams who managed to win while scoring fewer goals than the opposition. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"Z6RV7SPXVRCOHMPIY4ZG47FL4Q","additional_properties":{},"content":"Setting aside goals, Cork averaged 27 points in their eight championship games last summer (including 70 minutes in the All-Ireland final) and scored more points than their opponents in five of those games. 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So, thank you for giving me the opportunity to rule that out very clearly.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"IKIV7GF4ORCRZL6AGHOYXYR7PQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"He’s not the first GAA president to have been linked with a run for the Áras – MEP Seán Kelly is a perennial – but the office hasn’t anything like as strong a connection with the association as the role of taoiseach: incumbent Micheál Martin, Enda Kenny, Brian Cowen and Bertie Ahern to name only the most recent.","type":"text"},{"_id":"3HCV4P6LAZBJ3FSY4YNCD5MUBU","additional_properties":{},"content":"Obviously, Mary McAleese (1997-2011) is an exception and for her troubles now chairs the Steering Group on Integration between the GAA and the women’s Gaelic sports organisations.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JOM6WZHHYBBETHNJATSIW2XPAU","additional_properties":{},"content":"But strangely, previous presidents of Ireland, no matter how steeped in the struggle for independence – Eamon De Valera (who had been a rugby player) and Seán T O’Kelly (a strong Gaelic League activist) – there have been few with a strong background in the GAA.","type":"text"},{"_id":"UTXQFINPXVFFDJBVXFTFUMVMBI","additional_properties":{},"content":"In history, one of the most prominent connections between the association and the Áras was the embarrassing removal of the first holder of the office, Douglas Hyde, another Irish language activist, from his role as patron of the GAA for attending a 1938 soccer international between Ireland and Poland. <b>— Seán Moran</b>","type":"text"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[]},"description":{"basic":"Cork rue lack of efficiency in front of goal; Jarlath Burns says he is concentrating on just one presidency"},"display_date":"2025-02-24T11:17:09.442Z","headlines":{"basic":"Five things we learned from the GAA weekend: Football is for forwards again, and Mayo find some x-factor","native":""},"label":{"audio_project_id":{"text":"5469"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"NTEFUMBYTVBN3GG2RAGGIPNYOU","auth":{"1":"bc74b2ba5a18a4d1f98d74759fb7b76d05490801bf6e0ca595a0953a40461c68"},"type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/NTEFUMBYTVBN3GG2RAGGIPNYOU.jpg"}},"subtype":"analysis","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Gaelic Games"},{"name":"Sport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/24/five-things-we-learned-from-the-gaa-weekend-football-is-for-forwards-again-and-mayo-find-some-x-factor/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/sport/gaelic-games","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Gaelic Games"}}}},{"_id":"DDHURFLHJJDMHG4DUMMDSNVIDA","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":418,"audio_url":"https://beyondwords-cdn-b7fyckdeejejb6dj.a03.azurefd.net/audio/projects/8948/podcasts/1fa281ab-9ea1-491a-82fe-14ef81cd7f06/versions/1740342606/media/2102518ab9f2ad6a28e87f0710575efb_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/24/armagh-maintain-100-start-to-league-campaign-with-win-over-mayo/","content_elements":[{"_id":"S2MF6473MVE2NC5UCW7EWZCFCI","additional_properties":{"_id":1740340367928},"content":"<a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/armagh-gaa/\" target=\"_blank\">Armagh</a> joint manager Darnell Parkinson said that strong competition for places is driving the standard for the reigning Lidl NFL champions as they maintained their 100 per cent start to the defence of their crown with a 2-14 to 1-10 win over <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/mayo-gaa/\" target=\"_blank\">Mayo</a>.","type":"text"},{"_id":"BCSRWYAT4VDT3JBJLCR6ED4N4Q","additional_properties":{"_id":1740340367929},"content":"“We were happy with the first half, maybe not so much with the second half but it’s always good to get a win and still come out with a lot of things to improve on. 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A goal from substitute Caoimhe O’Connor brought Dublin back into contention at 0-7 to 1-2 at the break.","type":"text"},{"_id":"C6YBAAW3ZNAQHMIOSUYLBD2DDY","additional_properties":{"_id":1740340367947},"content":"Waterford continued to hold the lead for most of the third quarter before Niamh Hetherton got Dublin’s second goal to get within a point of the visitors.","type":"text"},{"_id":"7NWTTA3KX5CTZNTUVAMGPFHVLY","additional_properties":{"_id":1740340367948},"content":"Kellyann Hogan edged Waterford in front with a free in the closing stages but Kate Sullivan rescued a draw for Dublin with a late free on a final scoreline of 2-7 to 0-13.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6TDDFNDAHZGQRNWFKDXVVRHAFY","additional_properties":{"_id":1740340367949},"content":"“Dublin played well in the second half,” said Waterford manager Tomas Mac an tSaoir. “You’d think that they actually had an extra player for some of the second half, the way they played. I suppose that’s a lot to do with their experience. 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Lots of positives to be taken from it, but also we know there is lots to work on,” said Casey.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GLFKDZOZFFHTBDTHQYNUJ2AMUM","additional_properties":{"_id":1740340367952},"content":"In the big promotion clash in Division 2, Cork made their trip to Monaghan a winning one with Katie Quirke shooting 0-7 in a 1-9 to 1-3 win.","type":"text"},{"_id":"AJVULJHOWFE6XNNIK23KQVDU5M","additional_properties":{"_id":1740340367953},"content":"Galway also kept up their promotion drive when a goal from Roisín Leonard helped them ease to a 1-14 to 0-3 win over Westmeath.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DEM6OZG3ABCYNETA6MUJXB72PU","additional_properties":{"_id":1740340367954},"content":"Two goals from Kirsty Crotty helped Tipperary to a 2-6 to 0-7 win over Clare, while Jodie McFadden converted a late penalty to rescue a draw for Donegal against a Roscommon side for whom Aishling Hanly hit 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inflicted a first defeat on <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/donegal-gaa\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/donegal-gaa\">Donegal</a> at Pearse Stadium.","type":"text"},{"_id":"XAGEYXWLZVGRRB6AWQWZZGFL5A","additional_properties":{},"content":"Shane Walsh led the way with a masterclass in shooting as Galway hit seven two-pointers with the wind and never looked like surrendering their 0-17 to 0-1 interval lead despite having a man sent off before the break and suffering two black cards in the second half.","type":"text"},{"_id":"PFZEN4II4ZDL7HCIM6AHILEJY4","additional_properties":{},"content":"“A lot of twos in the first half gave us a good lead and we probably learnt from Derry last week that playing against the breeze is tough and you have to dog it out and that’s what we did. 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He got 25 minutes last week and it was brilliant for everyone to see him back on the pitch. Hopefully he will be back, it’s only a short-term thing,” said McFadden, who conceded they left themselves with too much to do after the opening half.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ARZHUGLCA5FJBFERA4MNKN737Q","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Galway made easy work of it in the first half, they were kicking over two-pointers which aren’t easy. You were looking at the scoreboard and it was going two, four, six, eight. They played well even in the second half when they were down a man or two, but at times it looked like they had the extra man. We couldn’t make the extra man, or two men, count when we had them.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"ESYHPCD2LZCALJK6HVPBRFFSX4","additional_properties":{},"content":"Galway’s Matthew Tierney was harshly red-carded just before the interval when he went to shoulder Hugh McFadden, who dipped in the challenge, while Daniel O’Flaherty and Finnian O Laoi were black-carded during the second half.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GOEFCK322BCVTFQ5AZ4GJOLTEQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"But it made little difference to the outcome. Walsh was superb, shooting four two-pointers in the opening half, three of them from play, landing kicks off both feet and from all angles.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JW7S62ULQK556JZKJVXXXHYOEE","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"6K66A3A74RG23ONB75P6GDVUSI","additional_properties":{},"content":"Galway shot seven two-pointers with the wind as Tierney, goalkeeper Conor Flaherty — a late replacement for Connor Gleeson before they switched at the break — and Rob Finnerty scored from range.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ND66NR757NBYBOMOWNHALYBPI4","additional_properties":{},"content":"Conor O’Donnell eventually opened Donegal’s account from a 20-metre free five minutes from the break.","type":"text"},{"_id":"J4EP425B3ZHSLLYXDZCTXKI2ZI","additional_properties":{},"content":"A couple of two-pointers from Daire Ó Baoill and one from Conor O’Donnell helped Donegal reduce the margin after the restart but Walsh responded with a couple of points for Galway to leave it 0-19 to 0-6 after 50 minutes.","type":"text"},{"_id":"4UK2QZNWDFGOHBYSJIX5JVNDLY","additional_properties":{},"content":"But then Galway defender O’Flaherty was black-carded for an off-the-ball push on Shane O’Donnell. That left Galway down to 13 men for 10 minutes but they only conceded points to Ciarán Thompson, Oisín Gallen and Ó Baoill during that spell to take a 0-19 to 0-9 lead into the closing 13 minutes.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OFQWBUKZDVDUDPEWLUSXJJIAII","additional_properties":{},"content":"Péadar Mogan went forward to shoot a two-pointer for Donegal but after another point from Walsh, Galway were again reduced to 13 men after 63 minutes when substitute Ó Laoi pulled down Mark Curran as the Donegal defender tried to come out.","type":"text"},{"_id":"2TIPJG5VPRHOHC33W4NYNQMR2Y","additional_properties":{},"content":"But Donegal never looked like saving their unbeaten start to the campaign with Walsh and the superb John Maher extending Galway’s lead.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VDDOK6DDAJBATIWZRYAXJ67H2A","additional_properties":{},"content":"Shane O’Donnell, Ó Baoill and Thompson hit late points for Donegal but it was Galway who repeated their All-Ireland semi-final success to make it three wins and a draw so far in this campaign. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"FQAEXWKRXVGTVPRMISY5RFOAVI","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>GALWAY:</b> C Flaherty (0-1-0); J McGrath, S Kelly, D O’Flaherty (0-0-1); D McHugh, S Fitzgerald, L Silke (0-0-1); C Hernon, J Maher (0-0-1); C Sweeney, S O’Neill, C D’Arcy; R Finnerty (0-1-1, 1tpf), M Tierney (0-1-0), S Walsh (0-4-3, 1tpf, 2f). ","type":"text"},{"_id":"O2NOLFYCFJA4HOPTQTQRH3ZPKM","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Subs:</b> C Gleeson for Flaherty (half-time); J Glynn for Fitzgerald, F Ó Laoi for O’Neill (both 44 mins); S Ó Maoilchiaráin for Hernon (50); M Thompson for Finnerty (60).","type":"text"},{"_id":"WFR2ZJ7LANH7FJD6DG7TEBLMP4","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>DONEGAL:</b> S Patton; M Curran, B McCole, P Mogan (0-1-0); E McHugh, C McGonigle, C Moore; H McFadden, D Mac Giolla Bríde; O Doherty, D Ó Baoill (0-2-2), J Brennan; S O’Donnell (0-0-1), O Gallen (0-0-1), C O’Donnell (0-0-2). 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In his address to the weekend’s annual congress in Donegal, association president <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/jarlath-burns/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/jarlath-burns/\">Jarlath Burns</a> confirmed the establishment of GAA+, which will broadcast its first live matches on the opening weekend of this year’s championship.","type":"text"},{"_id":"B5VV4BFEENEYJDYZMLJS3WRV6A","additional_properties":{},"content":"The new service is owned by the GAA, as opposed to the GAAGo, which was a joint venture with <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/rte/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/rte/\">RTÉ</a> and has proved controversial.","type":"text"},{"_id":"YBLA22IPURFQNOUZARHSPPJKDA","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Late last year we made the decision to retain the rights for media packages 5 and 6, previously shown domestically by GAAGo, before exploring what we would do with them.","type":"text"},{"_id":"B45YMYGPOZGMZPWJZAKWLHKSDU","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Today, I am pleased to confirm the next phase in our ‘over the top’/‘direct to fan’ streaming offering with the announcement of our fully GAA-owned and operated service called GAA+.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"CRQ7E32FRBD3BI3753CPAOPDEQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"Speaking later, Burns said the association was grateful to RTÉ for the partnership in GAAGo, which was established in 2014, initially as a streaming service for overseas audiences, and which, in 2023, acquired live rights in the domestic market.","type":"text"},{"_id":"M5JRUL4E3ZERTOQUPO3U6QO4VE","additional_properties":{},"content":"“They are still our main broadcast partner, and we really value that ... but now we are ready to do this ourselves ... but we couldn’t have got to where we were without the help of RTÉ.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"L6CX7B6DT5AH5AVS3BX3FI5334","additional_properties":{},"content":"Congress also approved a new format for the football championship, a sixth format between planned and Covid-enforced changes since 2017. It re-introduces a knock-out pathway from provincial championship into the All-Ireland stages in both the Sam Maguire and Tailteann Cups.","type":"text"},{"_id":"2T2JINRKX5BVHOSHD7ROBZZBR4","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"VUF4EZKSG5HA5DFWYRTXXN3GYM","additional_properties":{},"content":"This replaces the round-robin format that has been in place for the past two years. The change had been well flagged and didn’t attract any pivotal opposition. It was endorsed by 93 per cent of the delegates.","type":"text"},{"_id":"V5KKRL4B35DZ7KQJF3IDCEKEWI","additional_properties":{},"content":"A motion that had <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/22/d-day-for-conor-odonovans-17-year-crusade-to-clean-up-the-handpass/#:~:text=Motion%201%20is%20intended%20to,and%20then%20handpass%20it%20away.\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/22/d-day-for-conor-odonovans-17-year-crusade-to-clean-up-the-handpass/#:~:text=Motion%201%20is%20intended%20to,and%20then%20handpass%20it%20away.\">attracted publicity</a> was number one on the clár, from former Tipperary hurler Conor O’Donovan and his club Nenagh Éire Óg. It proposed modifying the handpass in hurling by not allowing it to be made with the hand holding the ball.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CPF3XARLXRDTRJHOYMZHQHRDVU","additional_properties":{},"content":"“The sport of hurling has become more possession-based,” O’Donovan told delegates, “primarily through its range of handpassing skills. The type of handpass that is most used by players is where the ball is offloaded directly from the same hand that is holding it.","type":"text"},{"_id":"SODOPGCZEJDARIMAEYXCSFLXMI","additional_properties":{},"content":"“However, in doing so, players are a lot more frequently engaging in the act of throwing the ball, which is seldom penalised by referees.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"I7O37RPTNVDRFHEL52YNJYXCGA","additional_properties":{},"content":"Opposition came from the hurling development committee, whose chair, Terry Reilly, said that the game “would be slowed down” and that a skill “would be significantly affected”. He urged that referees be allowed to police the situation under the current rule.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OBT4Y4EFOFCCXFRME5E7XTV2JI","additional_properties":{},"content":"Delegates voted it down 67-33 per cent.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VEU2LKA3LBDGJGOTBMTIOHZCHI","additional_properties":{},"content":"Other personality-led motions came from former Dublin All Star Noel McCaffrey and Wexford’s 1996 All-Ireland winning manager Liam Griffin.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OTDRSLIRUFB77AKGJID7H3BODI","additional_properties":{},"content":"The first was McCaffrey’s proposal that players should be obliged to have played four club league matches before representing their county. There was much commending the spirit of the motion but taking issue with the substance, which was opposed as impractical by London, Cork and Galway.","type":"text"},{"_id":"YB3RVJYIIRHJDIX2B3FF2I66HU","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"ATSDIVIV6RGSVC4ZRA4OXI26EQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"An amendment – that matches from the previous year could count – had come too late for inclusion and Burns suggested that the motion be withdrawn and re-submitted in amended form next year.","type":"text"},{"_id":"T4I3YGCYGFFJVKOY7KTS7TXVT4","additional_properties":{},"content":"McCaffrey agreed, albeit with a couple of reservations.","type":"text"},{"_id":"4NF6LDA22ZHTXK54QQXGC6MDEU","additional_properties":{},"content":"Griffin’s suggestion that all clubs have juvenile hurling teams from under-7 to under-10 was also withdrawn, in this case so that it could be taken up and further considered by the hurling development committee.","type":"text"},{"_id":"E7GMSHCFHNCS7MMPILVNHOT25E","additional_properties":{},"content":"A proposal, motion 22, that an additional suspension should apply to anyone insisting on a hearing for more serious infractions when “the hearing had no prospect of success” or “the hearing request was an abuse of process” was eventually passed by 81 per cent to 19.","type":"text"},{"_id":"EUFLZPZBNBE7DF5Y7LYCNR7ZGI","additional_properties":{},"content":"There was push-back against the idea but a persuasive intervention by the association’s president, based on the importance of players accepting punishment for infractions rather than constantly seeking to get off at committee, got it back on track.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CBE7SXGJPVC5LETME4HZKWDDHA","additional_properties":{},"content":"Motion 18 was overwhelmingly passed, 96-4 per cent. It proposed the implementation of a code of conduct for adult safeguarding.","type":"text"},{"_id":"33LA7QIJCZAK3HINZ4FBIWZZ3E","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>How main motions fared</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"YJZEWQ6MIJAHHNRJFLJBYJQNWA","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 1: </b>Conor O’Donovan’s proposal to prohibit the use of the hand holding the ball to handpass or palm it away. (Nenagh Éire Óg, Tipperary). <b>Rejected 67-33 per cent</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"SXLDDC4YPFFLTIC6PGHU6CATPU","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 3: </b>A proposal to add provincial finals to All-Ireland finals as exempt from winner-on-the-day protocols. As a reaction to last year’s hurling All-Ireland going to extra time, it also stipulated that All-Ireland finals go straight to a replay if level after normal time. (Central Council/CCCC). <b>Withdrawn</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"5XMVMCPJVVH5FOQYOWY7EH2MSI","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 7: </b>This proposed to abandon the five-year rule for tabling motions on playing rules and allow them in any given year. (Cloonacool, Sligo). <b>Supported 58-42 but failed to reach 60 per cent</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"TJVXG43H5RBZXIYFACGKSSIX7Y","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 10: </b>To further dismantle the old prohibitions on other sports by allowing clubs to make their ancillary facilities available to other sports and community-based groups. (Danesfort, Kilkenny). <b>Supported 53-47 but failed to reach 60 per cent</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"KJRFSBFMK5HNHEWCCZ6RJEMKGI","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 12: </b>Noel McCaffrey’s redefinition of eligibility for intercounty championship which would have required a player to have played a minimum of four league games with their club in that calendar year. (Clontarf, Dublin). <b>Withdrawn</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"N34FKXM3UFF6BI7VECDENZ662Q","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 13: </b>From Wexford’s All-Ireland winning manager Liam Griffin, this would have obliged every club to field at least one hurling team at under-7, under-8, under-9 and/or under-10. (St Mary’s Rosslare, Wexford). <b>Withdrawn</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"V4LXDMNZ5FFA7FPSFK6A3EDNUM","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 14: </b>That Europe be permitted to compete in the Tier 5 Lory Meagher Cup in 2026. (Maastricht GAA, Europe). <b>Accepted 95-5</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"YUYLKTBXARAHPK2VC5H6FF4CQM","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 17: </b>To govern the calling of special congresses and restore the power of Central Council to determine the number of delegates entitled to attend. This is to reverse a recent decision that stipulated there should be full delegations at a special congress. (Connacht, Leinster and Munster provincial councils). <b>Rejected 28-72</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"T5UGBD3GQ5CT3GMRXVVUHNSFYU","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 19: </b>Proposal to discontinue the All-Ireland group stages and introduce in 2026 a series of knock-out and qualifier rounds after the provincial championships as the format for All-Ireland SFC and Tailteann Cup. (Central Council/CCCC). <b>Accepted 93-7</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"K4BWNTQZ5NB2DH6QZRMT4THYIA","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 21: </b>Grant permission for the council or committee in charge to consider additional suspensions or penalties in excess of the minimum permitted under rule should the gravity of the case deem it appropriate. (Central Council/CCCC/CHC/CAC). <b>Accepted 97-3</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"FBQZV6QDSNFLVMZB46ONMMO4YU","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 38: </b>That the GAA should maintain a neutral stance in any non-GAA campaign/movement subject to a new ‘advocacy policy’, to be adopted by Central Council. (Central Council). <b>Accepted 95-5</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"MKTUC2Z2RJEG5BLHTVGQRJDJAY","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 39: </b>To bring Official Guide policy on playing gear and equipment in line with EU law by removing the wording “Shall be of Irish manufacture”. Instead, the regulation would state: “shall be manufactured by a GAA licensed kit manufacturer”. Also applicable to replica playing gear. (Central Council). <b>Withdrawn</b>","type":"text"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{"byline":"Seán Moran"}},"name":"Seán Moran"}]},"description":{"basic":"Hurling handpass reform rejected at congress but football championship change sails through"},"display_date":"2025-02-23T18:59:42.178Z","headlines":{"basic":"GAAGo gone as association moves forward with re-branded GAA+","native":""},"label":{"audio_project_id":{"text":"5469"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"D6XOIHZZWRB3XMFJPROY7L6LVI","auth":{"1":"a9babed7f5116826ef7e6e5e7572596c86ccf9651246d840bb93ce6457b44b67"},"type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/D6XOIHZZWRB3XMFJPROY7L6LVI.jpg"}},"subtype":"default","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Gaelic Games"},{"name":"Sport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/23/gaago-gone-as-association-moves-forward-with-re-branded-gaa/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/sport/gaelic-games","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Gaelic Games"}}}},{"_id":"PFSWEDVJINF3HIDHHRTF2FYIKA","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":269,"audio_url":"https://beyondwords-cdn-b7fyckdeejejb6dj.a03.azurefd.net/audio/projects/5469/podcasts/9ace792f-ca9c-4e77-845e-aa8793104c73/versions/1740332294/media/127a829da0368c02c6049bab7cf72a0a_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/23/cavan-come-back-from-12-points-behind-to-beat-westmeath/","content_elements":[{"_id":"GWGJJIYLF5GEBHRIJFXS2NRSLY","additional_properties":{"_id":1740335399241},"content":"<b>NFL Division Two: Westmeath 0-21 Cavan 1-22</b>","type":"header"},{"_id":"4JV3DBXC2FBRTEZJB7Q5MVOGJI","additional_properties":{"_id":1740335399242},"content":"<a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/cavan-gaa/\" target=\"_blank\">Cavan</a> recovered from a 12-point deficit at half-time to edge out <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/westmeath-gaa/\" target=\"_blank\">Westmeath</a> (managed by former Cavan star Dermot McCabe) in a pulsating and incident-packed game played on a heavy pitch in Mullingar. Indeed, the match had been in doubt up to noon.","type":"text"},{"_id":"SY3ZQHJRCRHBLEMOTEWVZQE6PY","additional_properties":{"_id":1740335399243},"content":"Westmeath had the aid of a strong wind in the first half, but it was Cavan who opened the scoring via James Smith after 80 seconds. The same player scored his side’s second point all of 16 minutes later, but between the two scores Westmeath went on a scoring spree, registering 0-12 in the process.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TBC2ZBTNCJBOTJIFD65LZTFQUM","additional_properties":{"_id":1740335399244},"content":"Eight of these came via four two-pointers – two of them from Danny McCartan frees (with Cavan paying for some indiscipline) and the other two from Luke Loughlin (a free and open play). This left the scoreboard at the end of the opening quarter reading: Westmeath 0-12 Cavan 0-2.","type":"text"},{"_id":"YLRQTSHX5FECFKFQA5PMRG75NE","additional_properties":{"_id":1740335399245},"content":"Team captain Ronan Wallace stretched the home team’s lead with another two-pointer from play in the 20th minute, and they were well in control when leading by 0-17 to 0-4 with 32 minutes on the clock.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6KNB274KH5BMDHQMKR5L67SXTA","additional_properties":{"_id":1740335399246},"content":"However, an incident in the 33rd minute between Jack Geoghegan and James Smith saw the Westmeath man pick up a second yellow (and red) and his opponent a first yellow, while Jamie Gonoud picked up a black card for getting involved. This left Westmeath with 13 men for the remainder of the half. At the interval, the Lake County led by 0-17 to 0-5, but given the strength of the wind and the availability of two-point scores, it looked a deceptive scoreline.","type":"text"},{"_id":"WYHFT5WIYBDBPGMEQKKC3GJF34","additional_properties":{"_id":1740335399247},"content":"On the change of ends, sandwiched between a point exchange between the respective number 10s, Gerard Smith and Danny McCartan, half-time sub Conor Madden spurned a glorious goal chance for the Breffni men. However, they gradually took control and dominated possession from kickouts taken from both ends of the pitch and the gap was down to three points (0-18 to 0-15) with 45 minutes on the clock, the lively Oisín Brady doing most of the damage for the winners.","type":"text"},{"_id":"27FLGL2UFRB4NC4NA2T3I3Z7Y4","additional_properties":{"_id":1740335399248},"content":"A point apiece from Loughlin (a free) and Danny McCartan steadied home fans’ nerves, but the relief was temporary with the outstanding James Smith firing over a point before Gerard Smith made the most of a turnover by soloing almost half the length of the pitch before slotting the ball low to the net in the 58th minute. A black card soon followed for Cavan sub Killian Clarke, before a great two-pointer by Dara McVeety in the 62nd minute put Raymond Galligan’s troops ahead for the first time (1-18 to 0-20) since the third minute.","type":"text"},{"_id":"SLH23FPOUBFL5C5SLHP656QM6E","additional_properties":{"_id":1740335399249},"content":"They always looked the likelier winners from that moment onwards, and Westmeath’s woes were compounded when they picked up their second red card of what was a pulsating contest when Gonoud got a yellow with five minutes remaining to go with his earlier black.","type":"text"},{"_id":"MAWX2AUAY5HWJPWMC6WUOIQO5M","additional_properties":{"_id":1740335399250},"content":"Cavan now have four points on the board, while Westmeath – despite being very competitive in all four matches to date – remain pointless and in grave danger of relegation to Division Three.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JTXM7EDDY5CFPFOPB33MA47KT4","additional_properties":{"_id":1740335399251},"content":"<b>Westmeath:</b> C McCormack; J Gonoud, C Drumm, J Geoghegan; R Wallace (0-1-0), C Dillon (0-0-1), M Whittaker (0-0-1); S McCartan, R Connellan; D McCartan (0-2-2, 2tpf), B Cooney (0-0-1), K O’Sullivan (0-0-2); L Dolan (0-0-1), L Loughlin (0-2-2, 1tpf, 2f), B Kelly (0-0-1). Subs: K Martin for Cooney (h-t), E Gaffney for Kelly (42), D Scahill for Dolan (53), R Forde for Martin (62), S Smith for Whittaker (67).","type":"text"},{"_id":"JGHS6LEAFNBNTEPIQO4U3BTW5U","additional_properties":{"_id":1740335399252},"content":"<b>Cavan:</b> G O’Rourke; N Carolan, B O’Connell, J McLoughlin; P Faulkner, C Brady, L Fortune; J Smith (0-0-3), E Crowe; G Smith (1-0-1), D McVeety (0-2-0), O Kiernan (0-0-1); R O’Neill, G McKiernan (0-0-5), O Brady (0-1-2, 1tpf, 1f). Subs: Cian Madden (0-0-2) for O’Neill (h-t), Conor Madden for Fortune (h-t), K Clarke for Crowe (45), D Lovett (0-1-0) for Kiernan (56), S McEvoy for O Brady (69).","type":"text"},{"_id":"QHKKYQE4RVDJFIMSSCTE6OPTV4","additional_properties":{"_id":1740335399253},"content":"<b>Referee:</b> Derek O’Mahoney (Tipperary).","type":"text"},{"_id":"RWNXOGSYWBGJXF2MKY5XLUKDXI","additional_properties":{"_id":"2Z6XLY75EFELFAEX74USGTO2JQ"},"content":"On Saturday: Monaghan returned to winning ways in entertaining clash with Cork","type":"interstitial_link"},{"_id":"3AQCLNQG7VDXHCC23RYR7HPKME","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Meath 2-18 Roscommon 0-17</b>","type":"header"},{"_id":"OGNYBUK2ZNGP5NADEYG5VBZ2XM","additional_properties":{},"content":"The Robbie Brennan revolution is up and running in Meath after the Royal County chalked up their third successive win following this victory over the tabletoppers in Division Two at Páirc Tailteann.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DIZLTUEJCRF7REU3BPOMUBTX5U","additional_properties":{},"content":"Roscommon were well on course to make a quick return to the top tier following an unblemished record in their opening three encounters, but they were halted firmly in their tracks by a resurgent Meath, who overcame a six-point second half deficit to end up comfortable and convincing winners.","type":"text"},{"_id":"XNFNYGHJYVD6DHMDWTTZH22PUQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"The win for Meath leaves them very much in the mix for promotion after an excellent display, particularly in the second half when they had the advantage of the stiff breeze. After electing to play against the elements in the opening half, the hosts found themselves 0-8 to 0-12 in arrears at half-time.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JKPDNSUO3JCIJMWWQWVYDYZIFQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"The visitors hit the opening two scores of the second half from Enda Smith and Ciarain Murtagh (free) to go six clear by the 40th minute and at that stage Meath were facing an uphill battle. However, Meath then struck for two goals in the space of 40 seconds to wipe out Roscommon’s lead and turn the game on its head. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"CVD25FJPA5EEREISVVGXDNBHHY","additional_properties":{},"content":"A great move started by Sean Rafferty and continued by Jordan Morris ended with Sean Coffey finishing low to the net to halve the deficit on 42 minutes. Meath won possession from the kick-out and Ronan Jones ran on to Eoghan Frayne’s through ball and produced a great finish to the net to draw the sides’ level.","type":"text"},{"_id":"O35KASM2NBESVI2FCTJAKHDAOI","additional_properties":{},"content":"Frayne then pointed Meath ahead before Roscommon responded with Cian McKeon pointing to restore parity. Meath then enjoyed another purple patch starting with a point from Ciaran Caulfield and they then struck three two-pointers from Conor Duke (two) and Eoghan Frayne in a four-minute spell to open up a 2-16 to 0-15 lead by the 57th minute.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5PTYR32YWNDODDMCDHEHLXWOAA","additional_properties":{},"content":"There was no way back for Roscommon after that though they almost had a goal on 59 minutes as Diarmuid Murtagh attempted to apply the finishing touch but keeper Billy Hogan got down somehow to scoop the ball off the goal line.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DDP6CRTRAZGIVL5676MGROPRA4","additional_properties":{},"content":"Roscommon started with a two-pointer from Ciarain Murtagh inside two minutes and keeper Conor Carroll repeated the feat as they led 0-5 to 0-4 after 15 minutes.","type":"text"},{"_id":"B6IKBZVN45BX5E352G7NT33UEY","additional_properties":{},"content":"Meath keeper Billy Hogan converted a brace of ‘45s and the hosts were just the minimum in arrears after Shane Walsh pointed on 25 minutes. But, Roscommon finished the half strongly and were boosted by three points from wing back, Dylan Ruane (one two-pointer) as they led by four at the break, but not enough considering the severity of the elements.","type":"text"},{"_id":"Z3IN6DNJKZGHLEZDMZCJ3TBQOM","additional_properties":{},"content":"While Frayne and Duke took the scoring honours in attack, both midfielders Bryan Menton and Jack Flynn won more than the share against former All-Star Enda Smith and Keith Doyle. 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Some 41 scores overall, but it would come down to the minimum.","type":"text"},{"_id":"I5PEK6TVCBAAFB3SQ5KUNTS5FE","additional_properties":{},"content":"Louth now leapfrog their opponents on the suffocating league table with their crucial second win of the season.","type":"text"},{"_id":"XLVFXSBLCRHP5EBIYLUE4VUO7A","additional_properties":{},"content":"When Odhran Murdock’s last-gasp effort deep into additional time sailed wide, the relief was palpable among the home supporters. Two valuable league points confirmed by Martin McNally’s full-time whistle.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TQDVDKDM4RAADCOTWL5IAWFAHE","additional_properties":{},"content":"Louth deserved the win, managing the elements much better than the visitors. With the wind at their back in the opening half, Down looked to pull away at time but did not, while against the elements in the second half they had chances to salvage something from the game but did not.","type":"text"},{"_id":"3T26TP5EXVHHPDKW5Q2OY7YABY","additional_properties":{},"content":"Louth were feeling the effects of Down’s shoot-on-sight policy in the game’s beginning. Using the wind expertly Down raised four orange flags.","type":"text"},{"_id":"X7BEDIO23RHEFJXYFKSGZ3AI7U","additional_properties":{},"content":"Danny Magill, whose All-Ireland winning father Micheal, manages locally, hit the first one, Daniel Guinness, Pat Havern and Ceilum Doherty all found the range in an impressive shooting display.","type":"text"},{"_id":"R4AZ5EQI6NBSBPTSYPROMI5B4A","additional_properties":{},"content":"Despite that menace going forward, Louth were able to grow into the game with a much more possession-based approach and Down’s Achilles heel at the back handed Louth a route back into the game.","type":"text"},{"_id":"BEQTXJBDOJCF3HOOJP6L4VWJ3Q","additional_properties":{},"content":"Ronan Burns spilled Sam Mulroy’s tame effort and namesake Ryan Burns was on hand to turn it home. Outplayed Louth were now in touch thanks to that lifeline.","type":"text"},{"_id":"HXQOUE2YIVA4LGZHK5O7GDEIYE","additional_properties":{},"content":"The mental gymnastics again flipped in hosts favour when Mulroy led a late surge with three points to cut the gap to two points at the break. That was a crushing blow to Conor Laverty’s side’s psyche for the second half against the wind.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CQMQRAUX55CV5KU2TQWRQRX424","additional_properties":{},"content":"Louth methodically levelled and took the lead through the imposing Mulroy. Smelling blood, Louth turned the screw and essentially won the game with a Kieran McArdle goal.","type":"text"},{"_id":"FQLZC76NYBDQRF5BPGVBTFJA6E","additional_properties":{},"content":"Four points the lead at that stage, with a wind at their backs, Louth set their stall and managed the game from that vantage point.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DO7COD2OFZEURDQNY4AO4C5BDA","additional_properties":{},"content":"Down did cut the gap to one point, twice but Ger Brennan’s side showed enough nous to earn a valuable win. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"4NPUFS7HKJFTJJJCL23J5CS2IY","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Louth:</b> N McDonnell; D Corcoran, D Campbell, D McKenny; D Nally, P Lynch, L Jackson (0-0-1), T Durnin (0-0-1), C Byrne; A McDonnell (0-0-1), C Keenan (0-0-1), C Grimes; K McArdle (1-0-0), S Mulroy (0-1-8, 4f, 1tpf, 1′45), R Burns (1-1-0, 1tp). Subs: D McConnon (0-0-1) for Keenan (38), P Mathews for McDonnell (50), A Williams for Lynch (55), T Jackson for Byrne (57), L Grey for L Jackson (66).","type":"text"},{"_id":"G4YQNCSF5ZB27G2HPVMTASGCDE","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Down:</b> R Burns; P Fegan, R McEvoy, P McCarthy; P Laverty, D Guinness (0-1-2), M Rooney; P Havern (0-1-5, 3f), A McClements; D Magill (0-1-1), J Guinness, S Millar; C Doherty (0-1-0), O Murdock (0-0-1), C McCrickard (0-0-2). 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Prunty, Iarlaith Daly, Mikey Kiely, Stephen Bennett and Dessie Hutchinson superb.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DJGKSQGR5JFPJDX4WR4XAO7C44","additional_properties":{},"content":"Playing with an extremely strong wind at their backs, Waterford immediately set about building a big lead and had two points on the board within the opening minute.","type":"text"},{"_id":"7SUICHNDW5DVVMETK5XSONILJI","additional_properties":{},"content":"The lead was three with 10 played when they grabbed their first goal as a superb poc-out from Billy Nolan found Connor Prunty in stride with the ball worked to Kevin Mahony to crack home.","type":"text"},{"_id":"3YVDNZSPTZGVZL3UVZ6HW5PYRQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"Their second goal came six minutes later and from a Stephen Bennett penalty, awarded as he was adjudged to have been clipped outside the area, but deemed a goalscoring opportunity denied and Keelan Molloy would spend 10 minutes in the sinbin to compound 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Donegal and Dublin are joint second both with six points while Kerry are next with four. However, it’s looking ropey for Derry at the bottom - Paddy Tally’s side only have one point after four games. Derry play Donegal next, defeat there would leave them facing a real battle to survive in Division One. Tyrone (2pts), Mayo (3pts), Armagh (3pts) are dangling over the relegation trapdoor too.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OQN7KTEOXRH5FLISFQGIHPOHCI","additional_properties":{"_id":1740335873869},"content":"<b>Division Two: </b>Meath’s win over Roscommon has really opened the race for promotion. A win for Roscommon would have left them sitting comfortably at the top and with a cushion to third place. Instead Roscommon, Monaghan, Meath are joint top with six points. Cork, Louth, Cavan are all on four points while Down have two. Westmeath have yet to pick up any points and sit bottom with zero - they will do well to avoid the drop at this stage.","type":"text"},{"_id":"22CL2EQDLNCLNM6IVMMEG5IWAA","additional_properties":{"_id":1740335873870},"content":"<b>Division Three:</b> Kildare’s immediate return to Division Two remains on track - they are top of the table with eight points after four consecutive victories. At the other end of the Division Three table, Leitrim and Sligo are in danger of getting cut adrift. Leitrim have lost all four of their games so far, while Sligo have lost all three of their outings.","type":"text"},{"_id":"7XBHWIKLK5G53G2EXOWXC2GAFQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1740335873871},"content":"<b>Division Four: </b>The postponed Wexford-Wicklow games means the top of the table remains very congested. Wexford are sin first with six points and are still favourites for promotion. Limerick and Tipperary are just behind with five points, but both have any extra game played. 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He needed it,” said O’Connor.","type":"text"},{"_id":"63Z4U3LA35FGHPPRZVFJXG6SOU","additional_properties":{},"content":"“He had a period there for two or three years where he was virtually playing all-year round. Great to see, just hope he can keep that form going.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"I45EQGSLMNDHTCYLUAFOE2RPGI","additional_properties":{},"content":"Kerry went after Tyrone’s kickouts in the closing stages, claiming vital possessions that they turned into scores on a blustery afternoon in the Tyrone highlands.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OZX4DBRP5FAELDVX42LQ2SFEJ4","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Yeah, finished strong. We won four of Tyrone’s last five kickouts. I think that was critical,” the manager reflected.","type":"text"},{"_id":"V3F2D6ZH4FD67L3NRGKX4O3FYY","additional_properties":{},"content":"“That was an awful tough game. A lot of things went against us. 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Then, after sniping a point, Craig Morgan made the burst forward to create the goal for half-time replacement Walsh to beat the keeper.","type":"text"},{"_id":"EJ3UCJ5GOBCYDCOP3PLPAFNCLE","additional_properties":{},"content":"Horgan and Oisín O’Donoghue swapped points as Cork tried to come back with further scores from Fitzgibbon.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VQXGHTG6FVF37OXKDCW2OCF3XA","additional_properties":{},"content":"They could not get any closer than four although Hogan had to save from Barrett and intercept from Hayes to protect their cushion.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GYUYT3TPEZEBPM5IKYEFLSI7YU","additional_properties":{},"content":"When Fitzgibbon’s 65 drifted wide with seconds remaining, the points were assured for Tipp.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QOXECWILWRF4BEWBAIQN5VRPKE","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Tipperary:</b> B Hogan; E Connolly, M Breen, R Doyle; J Caesar, R Maher (0-1f), B O’Mara; C Morgan (0-1), W Connors (0-1); G O’Connor (0-3), A Tynan (0-1), J Morris (1-1); S Kenneally, J Forde (0-3), D McCarthy (0-10, 5f). <b>Subs:</b> D Walsh (1-0) for Kenneally (h-t), O O’Donoghue (0-1) for Connors (55 mins), M Corcoran for O’Mara (56), J McGrath for Forde (67), N McGrath for O’Connor (70).","type":"text"},{"_id":"DAOS5R4A2ZFHNL3ODGCTJYQWAQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Cork:</b> P Collins; G Millerick, E Downey, N O’Leary; M Mullins (0-1), C Joyce, C O’Brien (0-1); T O’Mahony, D Fitzgibbon (0-11, 6f, 1 65); E Twomey, S Barrett (0-1), R O’Flynn (0-2); J O’Connor (0-1), B Hayes (1-0), R Cotter. <b>Subs:</b> P Horgan (0-3, 1f) for Cotter (46 mins), D Healy (0-1) for O’Flynn (47), L Meade for O’Mahony (49), J Cahalane for O’Connor (55), B Roche for Twomey (63, inj).","type":"text"},{"_id":"3K2VR55OARC3PAAFCGSZU6TTPE","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Referee:</b> L Gordon (Galway).","type":"text"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Stephen Barry"}]},"description":{"basic":"Dylan Walsh scores killer goal for Premier County in engrossing contest with Cork"},"display_date":"2025-02-22T22:17:55.479Z","headlines":{"basic":"Darragh McCarthy inspires Tipperary to impressive win over Cork","native":""},"label":{"audio_project_id":{"text":"5469"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"EBLNMHQLNPCI7S7YYA22TP6DOA","auth":{"1":"8128ec0b59156b690668db7d81646f94463eb23740d6215ec1940d49ac0e4cdf"},"focal_point":{"x":1170,"y":333},"type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/EBLNMHQLNPCI7S7YYA22TP6DOA.jpg"}},"subtype":"default","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Gaelic Games"},{"name":"Sport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/22/darragh-mccarthy-inspires-tipperary-to-impressive-win-over-cork/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/sport/gaelic-games","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Gaelic Games"}}}},{"_id":"PEDMFHKYYNDYHM3TKKABVSG32U","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":410,"audio_url":"https://beyondwords-cdn-b7fyckdeejejb6dj.a03.azurefd.net/audio/projects/5469/podcasts/56439b8b-6c5d-49f1-803a-32f5be0a5420/versions/1740314783/media/094003a700380844d3e1d5f67842a576_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/22/sean-bugler-and-brian-howard-exceptional-as-dublin-swat-derry-aside-with-11-point-win/","content_elements":[{"_id":"5CDUU6N275BPXFZBFL7PWH73YM","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>NFL Division One: Dublin 3-20 Derry 2-12</b> ","type":"header"},{"_id":"YZG6TCED3NBGLKOXBUI5ZT2ZNE","additional_properties":{},"content":"Forget the scoreboard, forget the goals, forget even the first spring sighting of Con O’Callaghan in a <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/dublin-gaa/\" target=\"_blank\">Dublin</a> jersey. The best snapshot of Saturday night’s destruction of <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/derry-gaa/\" target=\"_blank\">Derry</a> from the home side’s point of view was seeing Seán Bugler chatting happily away to BBC reporter Mark Sidebottom afterwards while receiving his Man of the Match award.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OLMEEUA7LRDKVDXGXLP2WODW6M","additional_properties":{},"content":"Bugler has been far and away the best Dublin player of the league so far and wouldn’t have too many peers in any performance audit across the four divisions. He kicked six points from play here, bringing his total to 19 in four games so far, with only one from a free. But his night ended prematurely – he hobbled off 10 minutes from time after fending off a late Derry attack.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OTZX7AK6RBDB7CMWUDD4JIHGDI","additional_properties":{},"content":"It looked like a bad one. Bugler was down for a full two minutes and eventually limped away with the help of two of the Dublin backroom team. But had it been significantly serious, he surely would have gone straight down the tunnel. As it was, he sat in front of the bench and was happy enough to stand in and take his bit of crystal at the end.","type":"text"},{"_id":"WTUHD24DHZDIDLAEOZKR4DZUTQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Hope so,” said Dessie Farrell afterwards when we asked if Bugler was okay. “I think he got a kick in the calf trying to block that last one. He’s hobbling around badly there at the minute so we’ll keep an eye on him.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"K6XHDKFLIVD5VMTV46IMXJO6BE","additional_properties":{},"content":"Bugler wasn’t the only Dub who shone in front of the 18,920 crowd. Brian Howard was exceptional too and Theo Clancy made short work of quelling Shane McGuigan. Add in some stylish shooting from young Luke Breathnach and a bull-rushing turn at full-forward from Eoghan O’Donnell and Farrell can see the next generation taking hold.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GA7QAN5J4NDEPBJYHA2R5BW4QM","additional_properties":{},"content":"“That’s the natural evolution. As senior men move on, other players assume those roles. And Seán is definitely doing that for us on the pitch, which is great to see.","type":"text"},{"_id":"4OFEUAD2XCEUF3TRLP4QNX7BSQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"MJLPZJOGYNH53KHYXMCLRBW4X4","additional_properties":{},"content":"“And that’s what we need. Probably on the face of it, you’re worried about a deficit of leadership in the group with so many big players moving out. But it’s great to see other men, that emerging leadership talent within the group and really stepping up.","type":"text"},{"_id":"XZYEZSPQHFCYFDO3VEVWUGN6ZI","additional_properties":{},"content":"“It’s not just on the field of play. It’s around the group too. Lads are very sensitive to where the group is at now and putting in a big effort in terms of driving it on and making sure there is no gap in terms of leadership within the squad.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"RKFMP2D2Q5AEVA5RMDN3FQE3KU","additional_properties":{},"content":"For Derry, this was another evening to forget. After a decent opening, they faded from view entirely and will spend the rest of the campaign fighting relegation. They had no answer to Dublin’s smooth transitions and precise shooting – at one stage, they went 40 minutes without a score from play.","type":"text"},{"_id":"3TTLUCYJ65HWJLKECJTF4ZVEOI","additional_properties":{},"content":"That said, they were unlucky to see a McGuigan punched effort come back off the inside of the post on 16 minutes – it trickled along the line and was cleared by Evan Comerford. Had it gone in, Derry would have gone 1-5 to 0-3 clear at the stage. As it was, a McGuigan free soon after was their last score of any kind for a full half hour.","type":"text"},{"_id":"O6YI6GVPTRDQXMLMNVAUIPRLG4","additional_properties":{},"content":"Dublin led by 1-10 to 0-6 at the break, their goal coming courtesy of a nice finish by Niall Scully after trojan work by O’Donnell. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"T5ICSOVUHBGKTKRKX6LLY3IXL4","subtype":"twitter","type":"oembed_response"},{"_id":"NUP3UNOD6JEHBMWZDKPWYPHAEQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"Bugler had four points from play by this stage, Breathnach had three. Howard was devastating under the Derry kick-out and continued in the same vein after the restart, setting up Dublin’s first three points of the second half to leave the home side 10 up and cruising with 25 minutes to go.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QCGHYFSGBNBCPENXBGBNAUY63I","additional_properties":{},"content":"Derry came with a couple of flurries to take the bad look off the scoreboard. Brendan Rogers snapped in a goal after a risky pass from Ethan Doherty and Conor Glass finished off a classy move involving Anton Tohill and McGuigan. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"NSQMISSFMNB27EYGC2EMPLAKV4","subtype":"twitter","type":"oembed_response"},{"_id":"COBGDCVEOBHI5IRWE5OROX6HWA","additional_properties":{},"content":"But they couldn’t keep pace with the scoring at the other end, where O’Callaghan came off the bench to swish four (including their only two-pointer of the night) and goals rained in from Alan Tyrrell and Lorcan O’Dell.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QNUC4EXGMBDV7BUZVA5Z2VWF5M","additional_properties":{},"content":"Tyrrell’s was a fluke – he was going for a point and it dropped softly in under the bar. O’Dell’s was anything but, his rasper of a shot finding the roof of the net. But even so, Derry’s experiment of playing an outfielder in goals in the shape of Neil McNicholl might need a rethink. All three Dublin goals went in directly under the black spot. Full-time goalkeepers don’t tend to allow that kind of thing.","type":"text"},{"_id":"RM7OZIRM6VACNDYBB37W4EF7WY","subtype":"twitter","type":"oembed_response"},{"_id":"ZJNBZM5T6ZF45GTTZDNBOY4DKQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"“There may be something in that, alright,” said Paddy Tally afterwards. “I think up to this point, Neil’s done pretty well. The first game, the Kerry game, we conceded five goals and some of them I wouldn’t count or blame the goalkeeper for them. But tonight I think Neil will be disappointed in himself. There were a couple of goals he felt he should have done better on them but that maybe is part of the trade-off.","type":"text"},{"_id":"LFOONXDRMVAHDHBK4XWMEDANGA","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Neil’s been outstanding in his last couple of matches. You couldn’t fault him for what he’s done. He’s stood in there really well, and he’ll be as disappointed as anybody with the goals tonight.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"BMF5V2GTV5FNBNYOJO4M6ZUJZ4","additional_properties":{},"content":"As for the Dubs, they did this without Ciarán Kilkenny, Lee Gannon, either of the Small brothers, Eoin Murchan, Stephen Cluxton and Cormac Costello. Not all of them will be back – Farrell told us afterwards that the luckless Gannon will miss most of the season. But the conveyor belt keeps rolling. 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Earlier, Monaghan beat Cork to make it three wins from four in Division Two, while Armagh lead Mayo 1-10 to 0-5 at the break in their Division One game. 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A goal by Davitt Neary and a two-pointer by Ryan O’Donoghue in quick succession. It’s 1-14 to 1-13 to Armagh now, with 52 minutes gone.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JVJAIWIM4VHCNCURDY5ZFGVARE","subtype":"twitter","type":"oembed_response"},{"_id":"6NP66IOEFBB2HPV52HJXY4CIWA","additional_properties":{"_id":"5CWPWRNZJBH4DHAVYGW64GVJIQ"},"embed":{"config":{"dateTimeField":1740248700000},"id":"timestamp-7574","url":"/"},"subtype":"timestamp_powerup","type":"custom_embed"},{"_id":"67HHZLVRVZGPJMUA66FA7ZWYZU","additional_properties":{"_id":1740251549341},"content":"Mayo and Armagh exchange points from play, Matthew Ruane and Rory Grugan, then a point by Neary to equalise. What a comeback. 1-15 each after 59 mins. Then Aidan O’Shea puts Mayo ahead! 1-16 to 1-15.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TDO3KZEYCNBPZE7BQQULP7Q7ZY","subtype":"twitter","type":"oembed_response"},{"_id":"JUYJDBRAIJCMFCSDWB3IQ3U764","additional_properties":{"_id":"GDMGHGAOEZAYNNJG35DPJ2ISXU"},"embed":{"config":{"dateTimeField":1740249180000},"id":"timestamp-61065","url":"/"},"subtype":"timestamp_powerup","type":"custom_embed"},{"_id":"B4XV5JZJ7ZGMHJ6TNEWY5OJNFQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1740251549344},"content":"A point from Ryan O’Donoghue gives Mayo a two-point lead with four minutes left. Stefan Campbell reduces it back to a point with an nicely kicked point. <b>Armagh 1-16 Mayo 1-17</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"ARNIJ3DUUJDCPPGURJEDMST4AA","additional_properties":{"_id":"JEUTUM42W5DR5KLC3K3I4QBLD4"},"embed":{"config":{"dateTimeField":1740249300000},"id":"timestamp-78704","url":"/"},"subtype":"timestamp_powerup","type":"custom_embed"},{"_id":"QM5L7OQB7FDHDMUBDNLUUP4V2Q","additional_properties":{"_id":1740251549346},"content":"Turbitt levels the scores with a free!<b> Armagh 1-17 Mayo 1-17</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"JXWENPZ44NFLPHYE6CKHI3RNGY","additional_properties":{"_id":1740251549347},"content":"That’s the final score, a thrilling draw in Armagh.","type":"text"},{"_id":"23ZK2LOTEJDAJLM3NTHDCSQ3AU","additional_properties":{"_id":"VSTW6QPCNFBS5B6S5XS3EFN57Q"},"embed":{"config":{"dateTimeField":1740250260833},"id":"timestamp-24041","url":"/"},"subtype":"timestamp_powerup","type":"custom_embed"},{"_id":"7VNBJXDY2FE2PL6EPCA3HMPIOE","additional_properties":{"_id":1740251549349},"content":"In hurling, a big comeback by Offaly! 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We can’t stay looking in the back mirror and focus on the future. We’re down in the trenches, it’s hard to listen to the otside noise. We need to focus on what’s in the dressingroom.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OFZ4LA3AZANDU34O53OPVKSJ5U","additional_properties":{"_id":"LKG5KOXV6FBRTD3ZIIZJG25N7Y"},"type":"image"},{"_id":"P5KSBDBFK5HMTHLXBVSCOMDNXU","additional_properties":{"_id":1740260712911},"content":"<b>Ronan Maher named man of the match:</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"QHGUFTPBHJGVNIXEYBIB5DQJXA","additional_properties":{"_id":1740260712912},"content":"It’s a great atmosphere, it’s great to play these games on a Saturday night. Happy with the performance. Lads worked well for each other. Big performance from a few new lads. 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Bugler won a deserved man of the match.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ISAZQ5IGYUYTOHGXQIEOJSTCLU","additional_properties":{"_id":"OKQAJKQZOZEC3EXBSLFG6QAXFA"},"type":"image"},{"_id":"ICZKFSNUM5BT3BYUBPEG7UR3HI","additional_properties":{},"content":"That’s all from me for tonight, good night!","type":"text"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"free"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{"byline":"David Gorman"}},"name":"David Gorman"}]},"description":{"basic":"Mayo come from behind to get draw against Armagh; Offaly beat Dublin at the death in hurling"},"display_date":"2025-02-22T21:45:56.081Z","headlines":{"basic":"GAA Saturday as it happened: Tipperary beat Cork in hurling as Dublin beat Derry in football","native":""},"label":{"live":{"text":"inactive"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"3BCPGLNZ65ZRY7V346RGUORKFY","auth":{"1":"c3122d9104c84ef865bbafb48f7d8d7373abb01a8402388226e8ecf9b0ab02cd"},"type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/3BCPGLNZ65ZRY7V346RGUORKFY.jpg"}},"subtype":"live-story","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Gaelic Games"},{"name":"Sport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/22/gaa-saturday-live-score-updates-tipperary-take-on-cork-in-hurling-while-dublin-play-derry-in-football/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/sport/gaelic-games","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Gaelic Games"}}}},{"_id":"NHSNGA3Z5ND6DGA6XGPFVK452Q","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":239,"audio_url":"https://beyondwords-cdn-b7fyckdeejejb6dj.a03.azurefd.net/audio/projects/5469/podcasts/d02ea0fd-6a69-4a07-a338-aa402f6b2c89/versions/1740260968/media/7bb5b2acbc6ed51df378d4135a9c1733_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/22/armagh-and-mayo-cannot-be-separated-in-thriller-at-athletic-grounds/","content_elements":[{"_id":"FJQRS7ELKNA4HHFYOQP5SJO5XE","additional_properties":{"_id":1740259328756},"content":"<b>NFL Division One: Armagh 1-17 Mayo 1-17</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"WVUBNYGQH5CBHB2VDN5HXQUG2E","additional_properties":{},"content":"There may have been helping of mundane fare in the Allianz Football League to date but Saturday night’s confrontation between <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/armagh-gaa/\" target=\"_blank\">Armagh</a> and <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/mayo-gaa/\" target=\"_blank\">Mayo</a> at the Athletic Grounds transported the competition to a temporary high.","type":"text"},{"_id":"2CLHM2AYLNFSTBMCVOR7RH2IKU","additional_properties":{},"content":"In a game that had everything, the sides finished all square leaving a capacity crowd breathless. This clash had it all – top-class scoring, a ceaseless workrate, a plethora of outstanding individual displays and the prospect that there might be more on the horizon.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CJCBSFMTW5CATD5QRTULLEZCFY","additional_properties":{},"content":"It was Armagh who swept into an impressive lead in the first quarter and continued to wield their authority until half-time with Kieran McGeeney’s men launching a wave of attacks. Conor Turbitt was in particularly fine form as they cemented their advantage on the scoreboard.","type":"text"},{"_id":"77P3FULIARBVTJGUWDEMKXEVBY","additional_properties":{},"content":"It was the ever-dangerous Turbitt and Ross McQillaan who landed early points before Armagh gained a significant breakthrough in the 15th minute when corner back Paddy Burns roared through to flash home a spectacular goal.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6OBKTUK56BEOVOF7ZLNFBMTPEA","subtype":"twitter","type":"oembed_response"},{"_id":"FH25C2KZVZDGBFQZDRYVHFRWKA","additional_properties":{},"content":"Mayo found it difficult to find their rhythm and when Ryan O’Donoghue hoisted over a point in the 16th minute it looked as if the visitors Mayo might muster a strong response.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KIWOKRP3SRDGVEOC2AGAHQQQ4Y","additional_properties":{},"content":"But instead Armagh chalked up six points without reply which propelled them into a 1-9 to 0-3 lead with Rory Grugan, Oisin Conaty, goalkeeper Ethan Rafferty and the inimitable Turbitt hitting the target.","type":"text"},{"_id":"7EO3DIFBDRAHLFMRQ7CZK5LO7I","additional_properties":{},"content":"Jordan Flynn and Ryan O’Donoghue managed to pilfer points immediately before the break but Mayo found themselves struggling to find their cohesion and make their all too occasional raids count.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZRVZIBZGVNHXNB7JLUJOJ2QRI4","additional_properties":{},"content":"Turbitt tacked on another point to leave Armagh ahead by 1-10 to 0-5 at the halfway stage.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OMGXM6SWEZGJ3PKBARMTR2RV44","additional_properties":{},"content":"But it was a different story in the second half when Mayo staged a vibrant comeback that saw them restrict their opponents’ momentum. With Matthew Ruane imposing at midfield, Jordan Flynn, Ryan O’Donoghue and Paul Towey shared a blitz of points Davitt Neary whipped in a spectacular goal and Aidan O’Shea imposed himself when summoned from the bench.","type":"text"},{"_id":"4ROD64P3IVD4TJ34RT36PBH7QQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"Mayo manager Kevin McStay heaped praise on his side at the finish.","type":"text"},{"_id":"UUIWJYNKQBCHZIGSB3HTFEU5IU","additional_properties":{},"content":"“I thought they stuck at it extremely well and they really managed that last play very well when we might have snatched a win. But we can take a lot from this game there is no doubt about that,” said McStay.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NVRSAP3GVRBXZLKUADEZY4CGP4","additional_properties":{},"content":"His Armagh counterpart Kieran McGeeney also took a philosophical view of the proceedings.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GXKTXYERFBEJRG3N74PS3JXATI","additional_properties":{},"content":"“I thought that we might have got over the line in the end but it was not to be. I thought we might have built on our first-half performance but it was not to be. Nonetheless we stuck at our task and that was the main thing,” said McGeeney.","type":"text"},{"_id":"WZM6IHWNE5GJ7EPEPH6H6AUXEY","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Armagh: </b>E Rafferty (0-1-1); T McCormack, B McCambridge, P Burns (1-0-0); C Mackin, J Duffy (0-0-1), R McQuillan (0-0-2); B Crealey, N Grimley; J Hall, R Grugan (0-0-4, 1f), D McMullan; C Turbitt (0-0-4, 1f, 1s), A Murnin (0-0-1), O Conaty (0-0-1). <b>Subs:</b> J Burns for Crealey (19), S Campbell (0-0-1) for Hall (53), P McGrane for Conaty (52), P McGrane for Conaty 962), C McConville for Duffy (63).","type":"text"},{"_id":"M3KNNJTBZJCBPGVCS5X7DSMHCM","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Mayo: </b>C Reape; E O’Donoghue, E Hession; S Coen (0-1-0), D McBrien, E McLaughlin; C Reid, M Ruane (0-0-3); D Neary (1-0-1), F Irwin, J Flynn (0-0-2); P Towey (0-0-2), D McHale, R O’Donoghue (0-1-4, 1f).<b> Subs: </b>J Carney for Reid (31), A O’Shea (0-0-1) for Irwin (40), F Boland for Towey (62), J Coyne for Flynn (66).","type":"text"},{"_id":"2F2GBRX4OBHDPNT6GN4IYPYRTA","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Referee: </b>Barry Tiernan (Dublin).","type":"text"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"John Campbell"}]},"description":{"basic":"Mayo launch comeback in second half and almost snatch the victory"},"display_date":"2025-02-22T21:44:20.039Z","headlines":{"basic":"Armagh and Mayo cannot be separated in thriller at Athletic Grounds","native":""},"label":{"audio_project_id":{"text":"5469"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"6HLDABWWAF74DGMOTLZBPUCJBQ","auth":{"1":"a85d9c5f4af018d328059df3304cf9672d691c39e07348896bafc632d3ce4872"},"type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/6HLDABWWAF74DGMOTLZBPUCJBQ.jpg"}},"subtype":"default","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Gaelic Games"},{"name":"Sport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/22/armagh-and-mayo-cannot-be-separated-in-thriller-at-athletic-grounds/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/sport/gaelic-games","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Gaelic Games"}}}},{"_id":"CBKTAFIL7VFJTCYEQCKNYWW77M","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":214,"audio_url":"https://beyondwords-cdn-b7fyckdeejejb6dj.a03.azurefd.net/audio/projects/5469/podcasts/f9fd551d-8c63-4310-b2de-7004053a84b3/versions/1740246984/media/df05893cd50aa5c459edfcf8e21cb446_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/22/monaghan-return-to-winning-ways-in-entertaining-clash-with-cork/","content_elements":[{"_id":"JMBST7B6Z5EONCMVZZWRV4J2SU","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>NFL Division Two: Monaghan 3-16 Cork 1-15</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"KT5EPGWUBJAXFD67X5ZCQGLRRE","additional_properties":{},"content":"<a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/monaghan-gaa/\" target=\"_blank\">Monaghan</a> returned to winning ways in Division Two of the Allianz NFL in an entertaining clash with <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/cork-gaa/\" target=\"_blank\">Cork</a> in Inniskeen on Saturday.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CTSHU4DPWFHEZEIQBWFZEOC2RA","additional_properties":{},"content":"First-half goals by Jack McCarron, Stephen O’Hanlon and Ryan Wylie sent Monaghan on their way to their third win from four games as they once again passed the 20-point mark. Mark Cronin scored 1-8 to keep Cork in it, but Rory Beggan’s long-range frees into the wind in the second half proved crucial for Monaghan.","type":"text"},{"_id":"RL4TUX7IZ5DQVFXFQYC5UWMGDI","additional_properties":{},"content":"Cork were first on the scoreboard through Cathail O’Mahony, but while it took Monaghan seven minutes to open their account, their first score was a major, with Jack McCarron converting a penalty. The visitors replied through the in-form Chris Óg Jones, while both sides had shots at goal saved during the opening quarter, with Rory Beggan and Patrick Doyle denying Mark Cronin and Stephen O’Hanlon.","type":"text"},{"_id":"UU64WEE5CJF2LJ62MM4U3MEVWQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"O’Hanlon wouldn’t have to wait too much longer, however, until he cut in to mark his first appearance of the season with Monaghan’s second goal. Seán Jones added a two-point score for the hosts, with David Garland, Ciarán McNulty and McCarron also on target, while Seán McDonnell, Paul Walsh and Cronin kept Cork in touch. Monaghan hit the net again when O’Hanlon turned provider for Ryan Wylie to coolly tuck away and send his side in at half-time leading by 3-5 to 0-5.","type":"text"},{"_id":"LOEBPN6NAFGCLNQAEDEPZCDCBA","additional_properties":{},"content":"An exhibition of free-taking by Rory Beggan helped keep Monaghan clear in the second half, despite Cork gradually getting on top in the middle third. Cronin kicked some fine scores to keep the Rebels in the hunt and he buried the second penalty of the game on the hour mark to give their challenge further impetus. The visitors were slowly working their way back into the mix, but points from Conor McCarthy and McNulty gave Monaghan some breathing space, before Beggan took his personal tally to 0-7 deep into added time.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VZ33WD5S5ZDE5LOMA5BI5KC2MQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Monaghan:</b> Rory Beggan (0-3-1, 3 tpf, 1f); Ryan O’Toole, Killian Lavelle, Dylan Byrne; Ryan Wylie (1-0-0), Louis Kelly, Conor McCarthy (0-0-1); Mícheál McCarville, Gavin McPhillips; Stephen O’Hanlon (1-0-0), Mícheál Bannigan (capt), Ciarán McNulty (0-0-2); Jack McCarron (1-0-2, 1-0 pen, 0-2f), Seán Jones, David Garland (0-0-2).","type":"text"},{"_id":"KKA5CSODSBE7THHL4RIUON26MA","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Subs:</b> Andrew Woods for Jones (52); Kieran Duffy for Wylie (55); Jason Irwin for O’Hanlon (58); Bobby McCaul for McCarron (61); Kevin Loughran for Kelly (69).","type":"text"},{"_id":"YSPTGPHHVFAIBJTDK4VQVDV6UI","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Cork:</b> Patrick Doyle; Seán Brady, Neil Lordan, Daniel O’Mahony (capt); Mattie Taylor, Brian O’Driscoll, Rory Maguire; Seán Walsh, Colm O’Callaghan; Paul Walsh (0-0-1), Tommy Walsh, Seán McDonnell (0-0-1); Mark Cronin (1-2-4, 1-0 pen, 1 tpf, 4f), Cathail O’Mahony (0-0-2), Chris Óg Jones (0-0-2, 1f).","type":"text"},{"_id":"IRIL5V6T4FHX5I6GIFSCFG6N74","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Subs:</b> Briain Murphy for Lordan (inj, 27); Ruairí Deane for O’Driscoll (38); Ian Maguire for P Walsh (42); Eoghan McSweeney for O’Mahony (53); Conor Cahalane (0-1) for T Walsh (60); Luke Murphy for McDonnell (66).","type":"text"},{"_id":"7EI27UXQ35ABLPCUYWKHGNPLA4","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Referee: </b>Fergal Kelly (Longford).","type":"text"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Colm Shalvey"}]},"description":{"basic":"First-half goals by Jack McCarron, Stephen O’Hanlon and Ryan Wylie sent Farney County on their way"},"display_date":"2025-02-22T17:51:14.535Z","headlines":{"basic":"Monaghan return to winning ways in entertaining clash with Cork","native":""},"label":{"audio_project_id":{"text":"5469"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"HEAJZF5M6ZEQZECAPRKMOB7MEY","auth":{"1":"7ebc727d49fd418bbc47e4f49a273b356cb9c4a53ac69e7aaa2557585eb4761d"},"type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/HEAJZF5M6ZEQZECAPRKMOB7MEY"}},"subtype":"default","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Gaelic Games"},{"name":"Sport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/22/monaghan-return-to-winning-ways-in-entertaining-clash-with-cork/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/sport/gaelic-games","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Gaelic Games"}}}}],"count":10000,"_id":"e6506bd56136f98e55d325e17950143e1f2c478fdf55e8eea4fc867d8b8fffd1"},"expires":1740831191244,"lastModified":1740830890860},"{\"excludeSections\":\"\",\"feedOffset\":0,\"feedSize\":50,\"includeSections\":\"/sport/gaelic-games\"}":{"data":{"content_elements":[{"_id":"BAEZ5KMCPNDWNCPEMPZEW57EMA","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":329,"audio_url":"https://beyondwords-cdn-b7fyckdeejejb6dj.a03.azurefd.net/audio/projects/5469/podcasts/9c569bb9-d897-4da0-8003-56eee4d9ddf8/versions/1740765308/media/2447bf822e882c71b1602d2808aa59f6_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/03/01/weekend-hurling-previews-fired-up-cork-will-look-to-repel-kilkenny-attack/","content_elements":[{"_id":"M4XCGL64RBDI3B2K5GJSE6MA2U","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Saturday</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"WAXSC5JULZGWDLYNRLBCB4PUZE","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division 1A</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"7O47P7RAC5FBVFOHPEMLYW5ZRI","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Cork v Kilkenny, SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh, 5pm (Live, TG4) –</b> A pall hangs over Cork after the sad and untimely death of manager Pat Ryan’s brother, Ray. On the field their mix-and-match team came up short against Tipperary last week in Thurles, the deficit largely apparent in a lacklustre attack that managed just five scores from play from their starting six – who, to be fair, weren’t well served by an uninspired supply throughout. They should be more fired up for this after such a mediocre outing. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"U3DWRUQXCBHHBMYT7SEYMCUUJE","additional_properties":{},"content":"Kilkenny’s match with Limerick was called off but the previous outing was a comfortable win in Wexford, where the disinclination to build on a huge half-time lead was most uncharacteristic. Martin Keoghan has been largely carrying the visitors’ attack but the extra week might allow some game time for the Ballyhale trio TJ Reid, Adrian Mullen and Richie Reid as well as last year’s top forward, John Donnelly. <b>Verdict: </b>Cork","type":"text"},{"_id":"NOZXY7NBCZC75NEE2ZBFQHGZPU","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"W3TQISKYI5DYLD4ORC2JNQVFTI","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Wexford v Galway, Chadwicks Wexford Park, 5pm –</b> There was a morale boost for Wexford last week in a deserved win at Cusack Park. It underlined how important Lee Chin is to the team, as the former All Star returned to action, bringing physical focus to the forwards and driving the team to a first win. Manager Keith Rossiter was a happier man after three successive defeats. While the requisite effort and work rate were all there, there were also good performances around the field – such as Damien Reck after his switch on to a previously rampant Tony Kelly. 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Tom Monaghan has also been in good form at centrefield and the team has performed well after the crash-and-burn against Tipp of a very callow opening-day team. <b>Verdict: </b>Galway","type":"text"},{"_id":"XP5GI5HMENBETESOP54LLPRIRU","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division 2: </b>Kerry v Meath, Austin Stack Park, 3.30pm.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KGZAHKM6XVEMHGLQYE7SDY6WTQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division 4: </b>Lancashire v Louth, GAA Centre of Excellence, Abbottstown, 2pm; Leitrim v Monaghan, Glennon Bros Pearse Park, 2pm.","type":"text"},{"_id":"XJWDSUXKHZF5VIURLEUGKWPD2I","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Sunday</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"XGQULONIAZFVRNHMK2MCPJCIMM","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division 1A</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"WALXXTWJCJE6VEG5W7OI7G5Q4Q","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Limerick v Clare, TUS Gaelic Grounds, Limerick, 3.45pm (Live TG4) –</b> The latest chapter in a defining rivalry in recent championships comes at a downbeat time for the All-Ireland champions, as they travel to take on their predecessors. Clare got back a number of their first team for Wexford’s visit last week but clearly things aren’t nearly up to speed. John Conlon’s return was cut short, as it also had been last year, and meant they were missing their entire half-back line with David McInerney and Diarmuid Ryan still out; more broadly, the whole middle third may struggle. News of Shane O’Donnell’s unavailability for the rest of the year is another drain on morale. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"LYRJNVRDXJHNRFZACCBMA5BQFQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"Y33TD4XWQBEH7LURXGG2RZKSX4","additional_properties":{},"content":"Limerick have been in buoyant form, the only unbeaten team in the division – albeit after only two matches – and getting good mileage out of their younger or emerging players, Aidan O’Connor particularly impressive in attack over the opening matches. Their big challenge for the year – the injury to goalkeeper Nickie Quaid – has been positively addressed to date by alternating Jason Gillane and Shane Dowling, both of whom had decent outings, varying their restarts as required. Limerick were the one team to frustrate Clare in last year’s championship, availing of their generosity on day one and keeping them at bay in the Munster final. John Kiely’s team are also motoring better at present and will be eyeing up the opportunity to make a point to their neighbours. <b>Verdict: </b>Limerick","type":"text"},{"_id":"4YEEUOY3S5B27ADRA5LZWXGZCY","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division 1B</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"AJS7HYOM25HM5MBE3CRTDRGZRQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Carlow v Antrim, Netwatch Cullen Park, 2.30pm – </b>Carlow’s performances are disguised by their having played only two matches but, equally in those contests, they have taken points off the two leading counties in the division, drawing with Offaly and beating Waterford. Antrim have been finding life tough so far and are second from bottom. You’d have to fancy the home team. <b>Verdict: </b>Carlow","type":"text"},{"_id":"5L2KIMNNMVHIRKMLOTZDVCGHGY","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Offaly v Westmeath, Glenisk O’Connor Park, 2pm – </b>Last week’s match against Dublin in Croke Park saw Offaly emerge with the points after a great tussle and featuring a five-point-from-play contribution from Oisín Kelly. They rolled with the punches in the first half before exploiting Conor Burke’s red card, setting up Dan Ravenhill’s winner from a monster free. Westmeath have struggled to make an impact in the division, losing all three so far. <b>Verdict: </b>Offaly","type":"text"},{"_id":"IOJUKIJW4BBSHNE2JOTJDVCRHY","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"XFLU2XWFAFDVRJ2H2TORIDW6ZY","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Waterford v Dublin, Walsh Park, 2pm (Live TG4 app, deferred) – </b>An important match for two of the original promotion favourites, both of whom have now been beaten. The home side got back on track after the shock defeat by Carlow. Dublin actually have a very good record in the fixture – one defeat in the last 10 years over five matches – and will be driven by last week’s near-miss against Offaly, when an at-times superior display yielded nothing, as well as the imminent return of some missing stalwarts. <b>Verdict: </b>Dublin","type":"text"},{"_id":"LVER5UCA5RBUFCTI57CBSKQLUA","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division 2: </b>Down v Tyrone, Ballycran 2pm; Kildare v Donegal, Newbridge 2pm.","type":"text"},{"_id":"HBCMUAU7M5F2HEWKWXMCQUA46Q","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division 3:</b> Sligo v Armagh, Markievicz Park, 2.30pm; Cavan v Wicklow, Kingspan Breffni, 2pm; Mayo v Roscommon, Hastings Insurance MacHale Park, 2pm.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CLHJSXEAN5G6JERJKPCOZ5AWXI","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division 4: </b>Warwickshire v Fermanagh, Páirc na hÉireann, Birmingham, 2pm.","type":"text"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{"byline":"Seán Moran"}},"name":"Seán Moran"}]},"description":{"basic":"After a recent bereavement and mediocre form, expect the Cork hurlers to find their mojo again"},"display_date":"2025-03-01T06:00:01Z","headlines":{"basic":"Weekend hurling previews: Fired-up Cork will look to repel Kilkenny attack","native":""},"label":{"audio_project_id":{"text":"5469"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"D7CCCLUQRFEIDBOGY5K4N6QJKY","auth":{"1":"6bddef3bd6da7dcb19c30415253773997c9514bb42238a1c9d1ee2612b8fcc8b"},"type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/D7CCCLUQRFEIDBOGY5K4N6QJKY.jpg"}},"subtype":"default","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Gaelic Games"},{"name":"Sport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/03/01/weekend-hurling-previews-fired-up-cork-will-look-to-repel-kilkenny-attack/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/sport/gaelic-games","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Gaelic Games"}}}},{"_id":"Y2U5YVWNRZD57MCVNQM4LOJLLY","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":458,"audio_url":"https://beyondwords-cdn-b7fyckdeejejb6dj.a03.azurefd.net/audio/projects/5469/podcasts/1de7b5a0-218a-40b0-a940-6a15f8afc5c2/versions/1740757762/media/1a115ee4591988bb71dc8c36aabd92b4_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/03/01/kildare-embracing-all-things-new-in-promotion-pursuit/","content_elements":[{"_id":"JJWVBC37NRG6RNH3YQ6H72YS3Q","additional_properties":{},"content":"As <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/kildare-gaa/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/kildare-gaa/\">Kildare</a> marched towards a 13-points victory over Laois last Saturday evening, it was announced that a crowd of 6,950 had spilled through the swanky new turnstiles at St Conleth’s Park to watch the <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/national-football-league/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/national-football-league/\">Division 3 encounter</a>.","type":"text"},{"_id":"FWYFQ5NVP5A4TCC6X46R7N4GPE","additional_properties":{},"content":"This, then, is Kildare on the move again.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZOD4Z3YVZFGBJKR5MCF6WMME5I","additional_properties":{},"content":"Last May, the Lilywhites had played a Tailteann Cup match against Longford at their Centre of Excellence – the Hawkfield venue was capped to a maximum capacity of 1,500. And officials at the gates weren’t exactly turning folk away that evening. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"AFSCIBSXCJFGXL2JLGTGCB63W4","additional_properties":{},"content":"Six years after ‘Newbridge or Nowhere’, last summer Kildare found themselves pitching their tent at the training facility due to a collision of circumstances – the rebuilding of St Conleth’s Park coinciding with their senior football team falling apart. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"7JFHGOU3QREDHAVFQ2M7BH54OU","additional_properties":{},"content":"At Croke Park the following afternoon, Dublin played Louth in the Leinster SFC final. The championship – the actual championship – was going on around Kildare, without Kildare. They beat Longford, but the entire affair was all a bit disheartening. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"JYVTGXIBYRGQ7OQUGBW7F6O3LA","additional_properties":{},"content":"Laois eventually put Kildare out of their Tailteann Cup purgatory a few weeks later. The tent was swiftly packed up, the season never to be spoken about again. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"SAVBHNO425BBLFTMKM36RLV5KU","additional_properties":{},"content":"Only five of that Kildare team started last Saturday’s win over Laois – their fourth successive victory of 2025.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5RECLNM7AFGEJAI67AWPOQOUEQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"Kildare and Wexford are currently the only teams in the country with a 100 per cent record in this year’s league. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"NV7Z36FEQBEMBAOBPRI67KI3JE","additional_properties":{},"content":"“There is a good buzz around the place and you would notice it when you talk to people about football,” says former Kildare captain Eamonn Callaghan.","type":"text"},{"_id":"LVLWRQ2ZMRBYLCQU5UKWOFXFXQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Obviously there is a new management team with Brian (Flanagan) coming in, you have the new county ground, the new rules, and there are a lot of new players getting a chance so there is a freshness.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"LXAYCIHTJBA2TE6NZSVG3WROIQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"Flanagan’s ascent to the big gig has been swift, though it too came to pass somewhat as a consequence of circumstances. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"XMRA4D35DFFRZHEVJWNE7ZQRDU","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"7CWMP5PK75FCFJEG3JZINOYSW4","additional_properties":{},"content":"A mainstay during Kieran McGeeney’s reign, Flanagan played with Kildare from 2007-13, but a serious knee injury forced him to announce his retirement in 2014 at just 29.","type":"text"},{"_id":"Y4WGJNB6WBFTFMSKJKOYQ2DVT4","additional_properties":{},"content":"He had undergone several operations, including a complete posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, but ultimately Flanagan was unable to return.","type":"text"},{"_id":"C725IEXIZ5AGJH7AT5DYRCNEMA","additional_properties":{},"content":"He quickly gravitated towards coaching. He was Kildare junior manager, coached with his club Johnstownbridge and also had a spell in charge of DIT’s Sigerson team. In 2016 Cian O’Neill included Flanagan as part of his Kildare senior football backroom team.","type":"text"},{"_id":"M7XIUBCR3BCEDCTJL6PXK7KMXQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"Flanagan subsequently had a brief spell as part of Jack Cooney’s management set-up in Westmeath before being appointed as Kildare’s under-20 manager in September 2020.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KM3CR6HAMJESNOLR4QCV3ZZH7Y","additional_properties":{},"content":"From there the stars aligned. In 2022 Flanagan guided the Lilywhites to a Leinster title and also an All-Ireland final appearance, losing to Tyrone. But the following season Kildare went all the way, beating Sligo in the 2023 All-Ireland under-20 decider. Two months later, he stepped down as manager.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VYMMWOEAXJCRPFXUB5MQV7AKU4","additional_properties":{},"content":"He later took charge of a Kildare under-23 development squad – a feeder team for the seniors – and was also part the Summerhill management team last season when they won the Meath SFC.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QMDUOLNXUJHALOE6E7TLOBXB3E","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"HQDS6OJX3RBE3PFTFLW2YPZ4BY","additional_properties":{},"content":"But as Kildare stumbled from one defeat to another throughout 2024, a change of management seemed inevitable. Flanagan and Davy Burke were the standout names bandied about as potential successors. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"U4AU22M4IFBWRKC5NSPI76W5D4","additional_properties":{},"content":"In September, Flanagan was confirmed as Kildare’s man and was handed a four-year term. Clearly this is to be a long-term project, not a quick-fix, sticky plaster job. He assembled a strong backroom team that includes Aidan O’Rourke, Damien Hendy and Daryl Flynn.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CSI7VNSNRNCATOBHOMIFH6XFNQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"Callaghan was Flanagan’s last captain with Kildare.","type":"text"},{"_id":"MORO5D2EZRFM3GKGHRKIYP2UHY","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Brian is a really good lad. He was great craic around the place, a great man to have in a dressingroom. He got on well with everybody, but then on the pitch there was no messing, he was very disciplined and committed in his approach to football, a really shrewd operator,” recalls the Naas clubman.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CSRPWQ24S5BZFNZCINPK4G4BF4","additional_properties":{},"content":"“He was a great team-mate to have because he would do anything for you on the pitch. He kind of ticks a lot of boxes in that respect, he’s a very good people-person.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"OLRGEBLGIFHZXFVT2JVYUDZVHE","additional_properties":{},"content":"It has been noticeable after matches how the Kildare players and management have stayed on the pitch with fans, signing autographs and posing for photos, as if part of the project is to reconnect the team with its people.","type":"text"},{"_id":"J4GT2H3RFRA5BP3TSKQE4OEWOM","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Even after the challenge game against Galway in January, when it was freezing cold, they stayed out,” recalls Ger McNally, Kfm commentator.","type":"text"},{"_id":"YC4NCEC6WVDA3PKZNCKZE5OZYQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"“In fairness to the previous management team, the unavailability of St Conleth’s Park last year had a big impact, and that is often overlooked.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GMKUV6FS6RAIHMR5DPJFAMJAVM","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"GSTCV47IJNCARL247XHICWPP3E","additional_properties":{},"content":"“There were no games in Newbridge, the team were losing matches, morale was low – they were all contributing factors to what was a disappointing season.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"EKOKNKFLTVFDLGXGQY4HB5O2DM","additional_properties":{},"content":"That it was. Kildare lost all their league games in 2024 and were the lowest scoring side of all 16 in the top two divisions, managing just 82 points from seven matches to average 11.7 points per game. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"PKVOF2FPNZDVTPIZNQ2GCJEKPY","additional_properties":{},"content":"This season (albeit with the added benefit of the new two-point scores) Kildare have already scored 100 points in four games, averaging 25 points per outing. And Kildare’s scoring difference of 56+ is by far the best in the country. Wexford are next up on 31+. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"NBO2HDOAWNEWVL2YW7BFIBPO74","additional_properties":{},"content":"Kildare aren’t reliant on just one player for scores, either. There are two Lilywhites among the top six scorers in the division – Darragh Kirwan and Alex Beirne. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"MW635ZFFNRGYDE6HFDDX2XBELE","additional_properties":{},"content":"From the moment Kildare suffered a 14-point loss to Armagh last February, there was a sense the spark had gone and the 2024 season was destined to play out as a lacklustre long goodbye. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"IJXVYRE7X5BDPG6RBJE34ZV434","additional_properties":{},"content":"During Glenn Ryan’s three seasons at the helm (one in Division 1 and two in Division 2) Kildare won five league matches, drew one and lost 15. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"5GKVC5ZD55D4DHPEWROXQWQEO4","additional_properties":{},"content":"Should they beat Clare this Sunday (throw-in 2pm), Kildare will have won as many league games over the past five weeks as they managed in the previous three years. Context is important though, and while Division 3 is not where Kildare football sees itself, life is harder up the ladder.","type":"text"},{"_id":"BNRSAX5TSZAI7BRPBZ6VYHS4JY","additional_properties":{},"content":"“In some ways maybe it’s a blessing in disguise for a new manager and new players to be in Division 3, it’s a more forgiving breathing ground,” adds McNally.","type":"text"},{"_id":"I2KDOOFOO5CZNCB7WM5A5IUQQM","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Going back to 2016, in Cian O’Neill’s first year, Kildare were in Division 3 then as well and were able to create some momentum.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"FKMDM4N5FBBPDHEHERCZBQ33DY","additional_properties":{},"content":"O’Neill guided Kildare to promotion that spring and they harnessed that progress to achieve back-to-back promotions by finishing second in Division 2 the following season.","type":"text"},{"_id":"X2BHEJQ7FBGNXD2N5ZX27STTUU","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"ALM46H4G5JDQPGABPIAGY3VY5Y","additional_properties":{},"content":"Callaghan remembers those promotion seasons and the important lessons they provided. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"3CKLLHFC4NGNBPI4EW5FY5F6OI","additional_properties":{},"content":"“A challenge for Kildare later in the season will be when they come up against Division 1 and 2 teams, because that is another step up that will require further improvement.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"VDZAJ7UOWZD2FM4CJ4GUMT5EOU","additional_properties":{},"content":"Ultimately, in terms of league football, a return to Division 1 is the goal and this time unaccompanied by perennial yo-yoing. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"PBCHLUTFGZAGJFFFLIIDMOSJFY","additional_properties":{},"content":"“I hope Kildare fans aren’t expecting miracles from Brian and the lads this year,” adds Callaghan.","type":"text"},{"_id":"FFEAPJG6UBGD7MVIRDH4YPZW2U","additional_properties":{},"content":"“What I think is more important than just getting to Division 1 over the next few years is to be consistently competitive when you are there.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5LK3MCOM4JHKDPM343QK6AJJJ4","additional_properties":{},"content":"“You don’t want to be constantly moving up and down the divisions, that’s no good for anybody. I would hope in four or five years we are in Division 1 and holding our own, being very competitive.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"4USUHT3VHRGPZMI5RFP4UJS44I","additional_properties":{},"content":"This weekend, with promotion in their sights, it’s a trip to Ennis for Flanagan’s charges – the latest milepost at the outset of what might just become a very special journey for Kildare football.","type":"text"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{"byline":"Gordon Manning"}},"name":"Gordon Manning"}]},"description":{"basic":"After a bleak 2024, the Lilywhites have made an impressive start under new manager Brian Flanagan"},"display_date":"2025-03-01T06:00:01Z","headlines":{"basic":"Kildare embracing all things new in promotion pursuit","native":""},"label":{"audio_project_id":{"text":"5469"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"WRQZOG4UV5DKZKTCXYX4VM7LOA","auth":{"1":"99c9805eb1b037124a64f423e3a42b70e797ffbeaf602f59c0e64f70c51f2b48"},"type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/WRQZOG4UV5DKZKTCXYX4VM7LOA.jpg"}},"subtype":"feature","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Gaelic Games"},{"name":"Sport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/03/01/kildare-embracing-all-things-new-in-promotion-pursuit/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/sport/gaelic-games","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Gaelic Games"}}}},{"_id":"RAVLHBMM7VCO7IF57JP6VIHZYM","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":511,"audio_url":"https://beyondwords-cdn-b7fyckdeejejb6dj.a03.azurefd.net/audio/projects/5469/podcasts/8559f18d-d633-4201-bdbd-6e3e79c686f8/versions/1740760521/media/2f5f2b8e4bbbbe6e4e6aa73ef550e69d_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/03/01/gaelic-football-previews-expect-feistiness-as-armagh-host-dublin/","content_elements":[{"_id":"SYMP6MWF35BE7CTBBZRZUHXZLA","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Saturday </b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"SK64BWQZUFCUBC47BUHVSUPJEA","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division One</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"CY3VJVY7I5HGXFLSUVYWZVJC5E","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Armagh v Dublin, BOX-IT Athletic Grounds, Armagh 7.35pm (Live, RTÉ)</b> <b>–</b> <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/dublin-gaa/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/dublin-gaa/\">Dublin</a> have put in a significant campaign to date, blooding new players and picking up points as they go. Their player of the campaign so far, Seán Bugler, suffered a knock last weekend and may be rested. Still, Dessie Farrell was able to return Con O’Callaghan to the fray against Derry and he also saw good displays from Brian Howard in his optimal position at centrefield and against the formidable Conor Glass-Anton Tohill pairing. <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/armagh/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/armagh/\">Armagh</a> should really have done better last week but ended up rallying for a draw against Mayo. Their performances have been mixed, a good half here and a good half there but rarely both together. The good news is that All Star Rian O’Neill is back in training for the All-Ireland champions although not named in the match panel. The counties haven’t met here for 14 years and a feisty evening is on the cards. <b>Verdict</b>: Dublin","type":"text"},{"_id":"Y2XO3XZCPREEHEAAIXE2ZD4FKA","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Mayo v Kerry, Hastings Insurance MacHale Park, 3pm –</b> A cheery outing for both teams last week. Although Mayo let a good opportunity of an away win slip, they still showed powers of recovery in rebounding from a poor first half. Kerry’s away form continued to outstrip their home fortunes, as they conducted another goals-driven raid on Ulster. The compatibility of <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/david-clifford/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/david-clifford/\">David Clifford</a> and the new rules was showcased in his first start this year with a hat-trick against Tyrone. Jack O’Connor’s team is developing with some decent new talent in defence and attack plus a competitive centrefield built around Diarmuid O’Connor with Barry Dan O’Sullivan or Joe O’Connor. Mayo are up and running after a difficult start and the hopes vested in Davitt Neary were encouraged by his well-taken goal in Armagh. The challenge for Mayo is two-fold: to raise their scoring rate against the division’s most productive attack and, correspondingly, to mark tightly, as the 3v3 rule gives great opportunity to Kerry. <b>Verdict</b>: Kerry","type":"text"},{"_id":"FVR673A2EQE2HV6V6CM3M3654E","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"VAWSQVKCH5BMZOCPUSVDP36EWY","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division Two</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"UCCBNPRYRJG4ZLQFYVUXEBQVJI","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Cork v Roscommon, SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh, 7pm –</b> Roscommon’s setback last week has re-energised the promotion race and given encouragement to the likes of Cork, now just two points off the leaders. Davey Burke was clearly unimpressed by his team’s lack of resistance in the face of a committed Meath display and makes four changes for this. Cork were sloppy in possession during the comprehensive defeat by Monaghan last week and will need to improve on that if they are to stop the visitors getting back on track. <b>Verdict</b>: Roscommon","type":"text"},{"_id":"456YGDZTBBBW7GGCDTYZT62Z2E","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Cavan v Down, Kingspan Breffni, Cavan, 6pm –</b> A contest at the wrong end of the table for both teams. Cavan have momentum though, having won their last two matches but Down’s only victory had to be quarried out of a 10-point deficit, against Cork. Cavan had to retrieve a 14-point deficit against Westmeath and looked done but a storming second half with the wind rescued matters. <b>Verdict</b>: Cavan","type":"text"},{"_id":"EFRVB5THUFG6FOXPIN72RQFDZA","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division Three</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"UKDWJNXBG5CH7AF47GZYYU7YCY","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Laois v Antrim; O’Moore Park, Portlaoise, 5pm − </b>Both teams have suffered from a lack of consistency so far this season – having lost two and won two games apiece. Shipping heavy defeats isn’t a good sign either, but to remain in the race for promotion a victory here is required. Laois might just have more punch up top. <b>Verdict:</b> Laois ","type":"text"},{"_id":"5H52JKTU3JGSDCPB475CMQW6IM","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Fermanagh v Sligo; Brewster Park, Enniskillen 6pm −</b> Fermanagh halted Offaly’s gallop last weekend with a well organised display to see off one of the division’s early pacesetters. Sligo’s underwhelming start to the campaign has seen them lose three games on the bounce and another defeat here would leave them languishing in the relegation zone with little hope of survival. That should focus minds. <b>Verdict: </b>Draw ","type":"text"},{"_id":"I5VSKOGH4VFYNL3FDHYG2R56FQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division Four</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"L2BIDTFHGJFEBBKDAMOXZPFLD4","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Limerick v Tipperary; Mick Neville Park, Rathkeale, 6.30pm − </b>Tipp surprised many with their strong start to the season, picking up five points from their opening three games. However, last weekend’s defeat to London might have drained the air from their balloon. Limerick will aim to seize on that vulnerability. <b>Verdict: </b>Limerick ","type":"text"},{"_id":"6FLGNAB2CVCTPBMRUSN26CRVXQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Waterford v Wexford; Fraher Field, Dungarvan, 6.30pm − </b>The table toppers against the basement dwellers – for John Hegarty’s Wexford this is a must win if they are to maintain their strong promotion charge. The Model County are three from three so far, while Waterford have yet to pick up a point. <b>Verdict:</b> Wexford","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZD3KUGUMVJCZNCN3POIBQZ4M4U","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Sunday</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"L2KZ7TQGV5BPZMRO6MIJ2H2AKY","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division One</b> ","type":"text"},{"_id":"2JFLCPWDTFXG2B24L5N42XMF7E","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"L2KZ7TQGV5BPZMRO6MIJ2H2AKY","additional_properties":{},"content":"","type":"text"},{"_id":"YW6MEDP3QFFEBOSB553N7QO2SE","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Donegal v Derry, Ballyshannon, 1.45pm (Live, TG4) –</b> Another Ulster derby but between teams in different states of repair, who will be facing each other in the championship in five weeks. Donegal lowered the stakes against Galway by making changes and resting players. They were unable to harness the Salthill breeze to rectify a big half-time deficit. They have nonetheless been impressive so far and look too strong for a Derry side that has been struggling for form, a little unlucky at home in that with little adjustment, they could have beaten both Kerry and Galway. Last week’s trimming in Croke Park was however deflating and it’s unlikely that Jim McGuinness would be as blase about losing this. <b>Verdict</b>: Donegal","type":"text"},{"_id":"AFLW5WZ5JNBI3EH7HAZIN43UOQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Galway v Tyrone, Tuam Stadium, 1.45pm –</b> Galway are the only unbeaten team in the division, having seen off Donegal last week. They are the team to have made the greatest amount of hay from the new rules. Shane Walsh’s ability to kick from distance has generated 12 two-pointers to date, an average of three per match but he hasn’t been the only one and Pádraic Joyce’s team look on course for the league final. Tyrone for periods last week appeared to have the edge on Kerry but David Clifford’s goals ultimately broke them. Malachy O’Rourke had the encouragement of seeing Darragh Canavan return to action – and productively with 1-4 off the bench. Kerry’s centrefield had great success going after Tyrone’s kick-outs, which will be an encouragement for the in-form John Maher and Paul Conroy. <b>Verdict</b>: Galway","type":"text"},{"_id":"2WFHNBU6GFGCJGBCS62F6IGNJQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division Two</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"WE27E6OWNVFABABP5WAOEOINAA","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Louth v Monaghan, DEFY Páirc Mhuire, Ardee, 2pm –</b> Louth played well last week to realign their campaign after a couple of defeats. With so much focus on wind advantage, Ger Brennan’s team managed to restrict Down against the elements and then turn things around. Monaghan will be a different proposition, however. The visitors are the division’s highest scorers whereas Louth are the lowest. <b>Verdict</b>: Monaghan","type":"text"},{"_id":"D46GU323ZFHONDN57FDZU2NMHU","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Westmeath v Meath, TEG Cusack Park, Mullingar,</b> <b>3.15pm</b> <b>–</b> Robbie Brennan has triggered some optimism in Meath with a run of decent performances and second place in the table. The defeat of Roscommon was impressive, like Louth, keeping the half-time deficit within reason and hitting them for goals in the second half. 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At 15 years of age O’Rourke was picked for the <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/leitrim-gaa/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/leitrim-gaa/\">Leitrim</a> minors, the same year that he quit school. The panel was announced on the pages of the Leitrim Observer “and to me it was one of the most magical things ever”. The honour was not index-linked to Leitrim’s prospects; it had its own standing.","type":"text"},{"_id":"U2Z6JZROQVBYHGOSYRM63QW7XA","additional_properties":{},"content":"“I left school at 15 so in lots of ways Gaelic football was my education,” he says. “I was very quiet and shy, actually. We were all backwards at that time. But getting to play for the county opened things up hugely. And I was all up for it, like. In Carrigallen [where O’Rourke grew up] the GAA was everything.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"CVA4VVAZHFDSTA5VFACQVY7RQA","additional_properties":{},"content":"When O’Rourke was 18, he played minor, senior, junior and under-21 for Leitrim in the same season. The rules wouldn’t allow it now, but even when it was permitted something like that was against all odds. Growing up, he was bigger than his peers and his size gained him notice; but if he was no good, his size would have drawn attention to that too. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"MOZWV2HF2NCBBFDSYZGNWMZMP4","additional_properties":{},"content":"In the 16 plays O’Rourke has written one of the recurring themes is the conflict between hope and hopelessness. In his early life, playing football for Leitrim hosted that battle, endlessly. If there was no hope, why would you do it? 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Lohan allowed him the space to determine his comeback, which he delayed until the start of that year’s championship.","type":"text"},{"_id":"EKYN3557P5FZPNZHMVL6EZD4GM","additional_properties":{"_id":1740668023432},"content":"The benefits of this delayed return to action could be seen in championship, as O’Donnell, who is 31 this year, gained All Star recognition in each of the past three years, culminating in his HOTY award in 2024.","type":"text"},{"_id":"U5R6BQSHM5BJDATP2AJ7FAXYBM","additional_properties":{"_id":1740668023433},"content":"Speaking about the concussion at the end of last year, he detailed the imperative to return and to reclaim his hurling career.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5MHPBBCKXJEODFT3TCH43DZY4Y","additional_properties":{"_id":1740668023434},"content":"“At the time, it wasn’t a moment of being ‘I can still win Player of the Year; I have to go back; I can still win an All-Ireland’. It was purely I needed to go back for my own physical wellbeing and health. I needed to go back – to know I wasn’t afraid of hurling or being on the pitch for the rest of my life.","type":"text"},{"_id":"PLBUWS23T5FI5DMLQFEGLE4O7I","additional_properties":{"_id":1740668023435},"content":"“That was the context for the decision to go back. It wasn’t any grander than that, it was a really narrow scope. I need to play hurling again or I will never be what I was before or I will always be marred by this event. The scope was quite narrow for making that decision to go back.","type":"text"},{"_id":"V3HCMHUZQFEFDJCMIMYSXJI5T4","additional_properties":{"_id":1740668023436},"content":"“When I went back and Brian was in charge and he gave me the time, which was a huge part of it. If he had forced me to make a decision early in the year, I would’ve just said no, I was too afraid at the time. He gave me that room to make that decision myself.","type":"text"},{"_id":"R7BIW3W2ARFSRFHU7WE7DDBV7I","additional_properties":{"_id":1740668023437},"content":"“The moment I went back, after the first week, I knew I made the right decision.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZAGYAYYR25DXNGQ2QJIH3JYBIY","additional_properties":{"_id":1740668023438},"type":"image"},{"_id":"ZD4C7XKQCFAL3CNFKQKYMBFUUE","additional_properties":{"_id":1740668023439},"content":"In an end-of-year interview last December, Lohan told this newspaper that O’Donnell had an uncanny ability to reacclimatise after his league breaks.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JTTAQLAI6BHKJH346TPRDQKI6E","additional_properties":{"_id":1740668023440},"content":"“He’s come in and everyone else has been training for the full year but he’d be pinging the ball around as if he’s been training every day for the previous three months. 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He made the first goal for Aidan McCarthy and added two points in quick succession.","type":"text"},{"_id":"UVH53ZWQHBHH7DP7E3OIMPWEGA","additional_properties":{},"content":"Shane O’Donnell: ‘The stone wall I ran into when trying to interact with the GAA about my concussion was extremely frustrating’","type":"interstitial_link"},{"_id":"ITPUOFEC7NGUHAYZILUPYLYLEY","additional_properties":{"_id":1740668023442},"content":"Speaking last May about the benefits of resting for the league, O’Donnell said that he believed the routine facilitated his championship performance.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JQR52L6BURFJFLKWMALZZXQFYY","additional_properties":{"_id":1740668023443},"content":"“I spend the off-season staying in touch, doing gym and that kind of work and when it gets close to this March deadline, I come back into training. I have maybe three or four weeks of running sessions to prepare for that and then in early March, I fit back into the panel training.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DRUV3KKIAJARPPLLPEAWYJPZBU","additional_properties":{"_id":1740668023444},"content":"“You’d be surprised how quickly it comes around. From the hurling stuff, it’s in the bank. Anyone who has played intercounty for eight or 10 years could take a break and take it back up in a week or two.","type":"text"},{"_id":"S6EXQLB4HFEDDFJM2FSQD3NGKA","additional_properties":{"_id":1740668023445},"content":"“I find it works extremely well for me. Whether it’s physical energy coming back in, I don’t think that’s the case. It’s more a psychological edge – if that’s the right word: I can bring a lot of energy back in because I haven’t been training for a number of months and I think that does lend itself to me being able to perform come championship.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZIM3WAY6ORC4ZGLPC3OYYLKE2I","additional_properties":{"_id":1740668023446},"content":"There had been speculation that 2024 might be O’Donnell’s last year, as he had expressed an interest in working abroad – in the US where he pursued doctoral studies at Harvard – but after last July’s All-Ireland, he indicated that he would be on board for 2025.","type":"text"},{"_id":"65IG5XJM4JG3FAHBFONZBNLK3M","additional_properties":{},"content":"Clare are under pressure in this year’s league, having lost their first three matches to Kilkenny, Galway and Wexford. 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And on Sunday the Faithful could take a major step towards returning to top-flight league hurling.","type":"text"},{"_id":"YVAY5PWMVBB2LDGFOWFNATEKXI","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802510},"content":"As one of only two remaining undefeated teams in Division 1B of the <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/national-hurling-league\" target=\"_self\">Allianz Hurling League</a>, Johnny Kelly’s Offaly would be in the box seat to claim a promotion spot should they overcome Westmeath in Tullamore.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QAR47TA5FBEDXMOAPI2XWT6A4E","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802511},"content":"After years of steady underage success – All-Ireland minor finalists in 2022, All-Ireland under-20 finalists in 2023, All-Ireland under-20 champions in 2024 – the hope in Offaly is the seniors are now about to step out of the shadows.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZU6SU5NPWFH5XHLK6PSKGSP6HU","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802512},"content":"Two-time Liam MacCarthy winner Johnny Pilkington, a central player on the iconic Offaly teams during the 1990s, has been part of those successful minor and under-20 management teams under Leo O’Connor in recent years.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JUV6N4H32FEWZLNTJEOBR5VQTI","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802513},"content":"Pilkington is aware of the grunt the seniors will have under the bonnet, powering them on in the years ahead.","type":"text"},{"_id":"K7PGPLQHBZHNFJMBAIJ4WMSVZ4","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802514},"content":"The number of supporters coming out to follow Offaly underage teams has bordered on mania recently, completely at odds with the traditional GAA mindset where the senior team trump all else.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5SSWI5A3QZDPPJGBSW6ICNIFAQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802515},"content":"Some 15,215 turned out to watch last year’s Leinster under-20 final against Dublin in Portlaoise, with the vast majority of those hailing from Offaly. For the All-Ireland under-20 decider in Nowlan Park last June, Offaly fans vastly outnumbered their Tipperary counterparts among the 25,825 in attendance.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OTXPZYQXWJG5BF5BUH6DJP6X2I","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802516},"content":"A crowd of 12,487 watched Offaly beat Laois in the 2022 Leinster minor final, with throw-in delayed due to the large volume of supporters at O’Moore Park.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QSLRIQONVVAIDHEUL6EATISVCU","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802517},"content":"“The crowds following those teams have been unprecedented,” says Pilkington. “Offaly people are definitely behind those lads, they love watching them hurl and it’s not just because of their skill level – it’s the work rate, the closing down, the chasing, the blocking.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CULB4Y65NNEGJC7B5EKB3GLLHQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802518},"content":"“It comes from the likes of Adam Screeney, he can do anything he wants with a ball, but the other side of his game is that he will chase down a corner back, turning over defenders time and time again.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VWGN4AG3HB5SRG55WV6EMCVQKQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802519},"type":"image"},{"_id":"YF4ZFXWEWVGPHLWJWUSMFZ3FZQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802520},"content":"“And it’s the same with other lads there, that commitment and effort is what Offaly people – and I think supporters in any county – like to see from their players. Now, that hasn’t been seen as much at senior level just yet but hopefully that will come.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"2LIDRN5H7NHJNHQHDDQXZT5FPE","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802521},"content":"Just two years ago Offaly were competing in Division 2A alongside Kildare, Kerry, Carlow, Derry and Down.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5BMYUOQNO5DJNO5NRV2VXNI2IE","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802522},"content":"They beat Kildare in the divisional final that April. Of the starting 15 from that Division 2A final two years ago, only three lined out from the off at Croke Park against Dublin last Saturday evening – Ciarán Burke, Jason Sampson and Killian Sampson.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JYJP7TUJXVESNC63Y3UIAS2XRY","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802523},"content":"The permutations for promotion from Division 1B are somewhat convoluted but essentially if Offaly beat Westmeath and the Dublin-Waterford game produces a winner, then it would be a surprise if the Faithful didn’t ultimately secure a top two finish.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NTZ5NELUPRCARLJVDMKLON7HBQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802524},"content":"Offaly have seven points with two games remaining – at home to Westmeath and away to Waterford. Nine points should be enough, but that comes with a health warning.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KNMLUSIA3BFODKNBVGDY6MJTOM","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802525},"content":"Dublin and Waterford are both on four points but with three games remaining. Should they play out a draw on Sunday both teams could conceivably still finish the league with nine points. Carlow are also still in the mix for now – they are on three points but have four games remaining.","type":"text"},{"_id":"MTO4A5BJBZHQ3HYEWTTFO2J3Y4","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802526},"content":"And while Pilkington is delighted to see the buzz return to Offaly hurling, the Birr man is cautious not to overstate the progress just yet.","type":"text"},{"_id":"G7CCSPJ5TBHKBDV26CDAKFXJUU","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802527},"content":"“Their best display was at home to Antrim, in terms of doing everything you want your team to be doing, it was an impressive display.","type":"text"},{"_id":"YEKKMQJDI5ADJJYM2LTBMAYAW4","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802528},"content":"“But I wasn’t overly gone on their displays against Carlow or Laois, even though they did beat Laois. And although they beat Dublin last Saturday, you have to be honest and say that in many ways that was a game Dublin left behind.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"PCBSXE2WARDNLO7VBW6ABFBJOI","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802529},"content":"Still, it’s exactly the kind of contest Offaly would not have snatched a victory from in previous years.","type":"text"},{"_id":"RLQXVWCEPIMLT5EJYLPZ3CXBLQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802530},"type":"image"},{"_id":"5AD7F7DDTFH73LWRPX2ZTDOZLA","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802531},"content":"The Dubs led for most of the game and with 10 minutes of normal time remaining Offaly trailed by four. But Offaly outscored their opponents 0-11 to 1-3 coming down the straight, winning the game thanks to a monster free from Dan Ravenhill deep in injury-time.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TR33LCXLQFFB3F3OVL5RXW6IBU","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802532},"content":"“They played well in the last 10 minutes or so and I’d imagine that is what Johnny Kelly is trying to get them to do for longer periods in games. Dublin got a goal late on but then Offaly responded, showed good character and they will take a lot of heart from that.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"B5B5P6SULJH63OLWLC6GPPLFQE","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802533},"content":"Over a dozen of last year’s triumphant under-20 champions – Offaly’s maiden All-Ireland at that grade – are involved with the senior panel this term.","type":"text"},{"_id":"V3KCGZK6CJAXFHA7YGLTSJGIPY","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802534},"content":"“I’ve been blessed in terms of being involved with some of them through the minors and under-20s,” adds Pilkington. “I can’t say I’ve influenced them much really because it’s just their natural talent. The thing I’ve tried to bring to them and I’d always say is that when you get to senior intercounty championship level, you don’t get time on the ball.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"DLX7Z5REFJG4VJKQIWIERPMS7Y","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802535},"content":"But as ever, success also brings its fair share of challenges. Should Offaly advance to the Division 1B final, that match is scheduled for Sunday, April 6th. Just 24 hours earlier, the Offaly under-20s are fixed to play Galway in their Leinster championship opener.","type":"text"},{"_id":"SVYWO6SDSBDGTJAYBPFEYGK3XE","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802536},"content":"For players on both panels – including James Mahon, Donal Shirley, Dan Ravenhill and Ter Guinan – that would create issues unless a change of fixture could be facilitated.","type":"text"},{"_id":"MQSFJ5Z2JRCOFHVJQY3BMNUJUM","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802537},"content":"There is plenty of hurling to be done before that bridge needs crossing, though. After Westmeath the seniors have to go down to Waterford – “I’d see that as a real championship test,” says Pilkington.","type":"text"},{"_id":"UPDK52YPVFHZRDUNSLP5CTCUJI","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802538},"content":"“Waterford won’t give them time on the ball, they’ll bring physicality and they obviously have some top-class players as well, so that will be a real challenge.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"2RONMX6SWZGPHIIAMNQ5K7GVFI","additional_properties":{"_id":1740608802539},"content":"The kind of challenge Offaly have been meeting head on these days.","type":"text"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{"byline":"Gordon Manning"}},"name":"Gordon Manning"}]},"description":{"basic":"Victory over Westmeath on Sunday would leave Faithful well placed to win promotion from Division 1B"},"display_date":"2025-02-27T06:00:01Z","headlines":{"basic":"Offaly senior hurlers look to step out of shadows","native":""},"label":{"audio_project_id":{"text":"5469"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"IBMP64VDNBX5LN4B5M2AECDK3Y","auth":{"1":"6d2cc7e4c010423f33228b1791926c78165983a8cf347b59006ee7530a95356c"},"type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/IBMP64VDNBX5LN4B5M2AECDK3Y.jpg"}},"subtype":"feature","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Gaelic Games"},{"name":"Sport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/27/offaly-seniors-look-to-step-out-of-shadows/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/sport/gaelic-games","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Gaelic Games"}}}},{"_id":"T6TABDMIKNC2PBI6FTHYZT4O5I","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":317,"audio_url":"https://beyondwords-cdn-b7fyckdeejejb6dj.a03.azurefd.net/audio/projects/5469/podcasts/9a2a53a3-08d4-4fbb-820a-250d5e63a2bb/versions/1740586998/media/ae2a193d10ca47413567f77d78884c28_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/27/ciaran-murphy-some-gaa-fans-want-saving-from-new-goalkeeping-reality/","content_elements":[{"_id":"NGSZU2SMLZFBLBAJIHW7UAI4WY","additional_properties":{},"content":"<a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/\">Goalkeepers</a> are feeling the heat right now, from all sides, but they are also a house divided. Never mind the long-established Goalkeepers’ Union – would representatives of the regular goalies, the sweeper-keepers and the recently relocated outfielders even talk to each other at the monthly meetings? ","type":"text"},{"_id":"B6UX7TQJQRGARP67FG6PUBN3DY","additional_properties":{},"content":"Shop steward Niall Morgan has been having his say on the number one bone of contention people have with number ones currently – their presence in the opposition half, creating 12 v 11 overlaps. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"EQNEFAVHAFHCZIRQ4V5PHRWLCU","additional_properties":{},"content":"“It would not be my role any more,” said Morgan last week, when he was presented with the idea of potentially being restricted to his goal line. “I genuinely don’t see where you would get any enjoyment out of playing that role. If they stop the goalkeeper from going forward altogether, there’s going to be a number of goalkeepers would walk away.” ","type":"text"},{"_id":"E75ILEVU5NELZKNQB4DP5IWWYE","additional_properties":{},"content":"He also claimed that any limits placed on goalkeepers now would only be “taking away an advantage that the likes of <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/tyrone-gaa/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/tyrone-gaa/\">Tyrone</a>, Monaghan and Armagh have on other teams”. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"BWQDJ2MJUJGNHOHPPXPJBLC2UI","additional_properties":{},"content":"We might start with the last point first. With all due respect to Morgan, this is a profound misunderstanding of the problem as people see it. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"7VOLKPVD4ZDWZCJECVNVKRI654","additional_properties":{},"content":"When I went to see Galway against Armagh in the opening round of the league in Pearse Stadium, I was shocked to see Conor Gleeson come out of his goal much more regularly than he had ever done before under the previous rules. If he went up there and simply stood about 60 metres from the opposition goal and hand-passed the ball left and right to his wing backs and midfielders he was offering nothing, it seemed. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"5GQCVQ3CERHFTJPIL3WWXOZDJ4","additional_properties":{},"content":"He wasn’t offering anything constructive on the ball, but he was offering something more important than that – control. No matter where or how often Galway probed the Armagh defence, they always had the safety valve – a pass back to Gleeson. That has been replicated throughout the league thus far.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5RC6C2D7DVCOJE6P7Z2HJXZGOU","additional_properties":{},"content":"The abolition of the 12 v 11 is therefore not aimed purely at those goalkeepers who are capable of adding substantially to their team on the scoreboard. We are seeing keepers who previously had no interest in venturing up the field now being asked to do it. That’s the new reality. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"PMTCQFAPFTAHYTLAASAYX57UGE","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"76B4WFAG4RG5LASMPHLXRLISR4","additional_properties":{},"content":"There are other teething problems. Derry manager Paddy Tally was interviewed on TG4 before their game against Galway two weekends ago, and he was asked about his decision to persist with Neil McNicholl, an outfield player who had started the previous week against Kerry and conceded five goals. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"HVEENFFAQRF45EWLZHAF2UGJQY","additional_properties":{},"content":"In Tally’s mind, there just isn’t a role any more for a traditional shot-stopper. This is certainly a point of view. But about 30 minutes after that interview aired, Paul Conroy sent Dylan McHugh through on goal. McHugh’s shot was poorly hit, straight down the middle of the goal, but McNicholl had jumped out of the way of it. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"EOOQ5DCEQJGNBKN2EOOR2O3FRE","additional_properties":{},"content":"To Tally’s credit, he stuck with his man for their game in Croke Park against the Dubs last weekend – and McNicholl then promptly let two shots in under his crossbar from 13m out. If you’re conceding goals at that rate, you’d have to be pretty spectacular up the other end. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"F7JLGTSHEVFTVDOAENV2RUE2MA","additional_properties":{},"content":"So managers, and keepers, are trying to adjust. Amid all this, kick-outs are now going long 79 per cent of the time in this league, according to the Games Intelligence Unit – having been at pretty much 50 per cent for the last two championship seasons. Managers are bemoaning the lack of control they can exert on kick-outs, to which the nation at large is ... supremely nonplussed. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"RZHROCHCCFEFROCAUH5MRWETJA","additional_properties":{},"content":"If goalkeepers can’t be sure of retaining possession from kick-outs, the punishment for a wide is far less. A wide need not be followed by chasing the ball forlornly for four minutes, as was often the case last year. And fans love it. They wanted contests for possession, and they’re getting it from kick-outs. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"RDX4ZUH2KZCQ7P5EATTOFTZDCI","additional_properties":{},"content":"The Games Intelligence Unit also revealed that the ratio of handpasses to kick-passes has stayed basically static from the last two championships, although the solo-and-go is a complicating factor here – free-kicks were counted as kick-passes in the last two years, and obviously not all of those are now kick-passes. The number of handpasses may be static because the goalie is always there to receive the ball from lads who couldn’t be bothered trying to kick the ball forward. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"5QVBWJM7P5DV7HRN5IGDG6O6H4","additional_properties":{},"content":"Remove that comfort blanket and maybe that number comes down. Regardless of that, if the number of handpasses remains static, but the number of turnovers of possession goes through the roof, no one is going to care too much. 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If this season sees a return to old-fashioned corner backs and corner forwards, old-fashioned big lumps in midfield, and old-fashioned goalkeepers, then the great unwashed may well say – “we’ve got our game back”. 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In the recent past, that outlet to continue playing football has proved invaluable in helping Stack after she suffered miscarriages – a topic she now openly discusses to try support other women.","type":"text"},{"_id":"23LCUSCPJJHUDIEIOWQCXZHA5A","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505408998},"content":"“I found it difficult to speak about properly because I actually went through another one last summer while the filming was going on,” she says. “It probably took for me to have the second one to probably talk to people about it.","type":"text"},{"_id":"UIEN5NBDYNAPXFMYFID2QLC7EQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505408999},"content":"“I remember going back to sport, and going back to St Vals in particular after the second one was vital for me. It probably was only in hindsight, looking back on it, that I realised just how much of a distraction it gave me and how it helped me kind of get over it a bit.","type":"text"},{"_id":"BAAZH5QZLRB5BOJCYNREIPNXLE","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505409000},"content":"“I guess the hardest thing about it is that it’s very much out of your control. I can only speak for myself, but you question yourself so much when it happens, maybe I shouldn’t be training, maybe I shouldn’t be running, maybe I’m too old etc. The reality is it affects so many women and in so many different ways.","type":"text"},{"_id":"I6NNEPJNJ5DF7PU7WNTFNTTNSY","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505409001},"content":"“Going forward it certainly changes your mindset during a healthy pregnancy in that you’re never fully at ease until you have that baby safely in your arms.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"JTKZ37KNNRDVPMRV6O5BMEUZAA","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505409002},"content":"Stack (38) believes it is beneficial for women to talk about such matters.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ODLM6NBFYRJYLIPNLBLCKQXKJA","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505409003},"type":"image"},{"_id":"J4EGT5RSTJAPJFVV2S55IR57FE","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505409004},"content":"“There is kind of this taboo that you can’t tell anybody until you are 12 weeks [pregnant], which I just think is ridiculous because you are instantly excited from the second you see that positive pregnancy test.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZIREGBXWQZACVNMMQQ3J4JOAWE","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505409005},"content":"“To keep that to yourself and then for something to not come to fruition is very difficult to try deal with by yourself. 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Meath captain Aoibhín Cleary has become the latest to sign for a club Down Under, joining Richmond.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZKMRB47YNREZLD7EBOPSXW2KFY","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505409012},"type":"image"},{"_id":"A3JBIGPT3NAHNGAMURWPTOESZE","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505409014},"content":"It appears there will now be more than 40 Irish players in AFLW for the first time but while Stack understands the concerns of such a talent drain, the former Cork footballer believes the figures will start decreasing in the seasons ahead.","type":"text"},{"_id":"Y447DVMERZEN7EUYNHFZ67TEUQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505409015},"content":"“I suppose when you hear another big name like that, another All-Ireland winner going down, I suppose it can kind of unsettle you a small bit,” she adds.","type":"text"},{"_id":"RYEH55GXGZCO3DYECLOFE4QL3I","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505409016},"content":"“But I think over time, just like with the men, it will kind of filter out a small little bit. I know there are girls going over, but there’s also girls coming back.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KDAMEHOEEFFW3CZVRZHD3PXAH4","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505409017},"content":"“If they get the opportunity to go over, it is a phenomenal experience, I can vouch for it, it is amazing. But over time I think that it will peter out. And I think there’s a lot of maybe weathering the storm a small bit in the coming years for the LGFA.","type":"text"},{"_id":"LDL32Z7JJFAW7P7HMTSMGX6KWM","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505409018},"content":"“The Irish girls were going over as ready-made athletes, whereas now the [AFLW] academies are starting to churn out these excellent players. They’re just completely ready to play whereas maybe in previous years that wasn’t the case.","type":"text"},{"_id":"V7FW5YHMVJA7FG2ZBY63NQ3YKY","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505409019},"content":"“You’re going to see the academies churning out a lot more players. You’re going to see maybe the demand [dropping] on the Irish to come over. So, it’s going to be a lot harder to break into the AFLW in the coming years.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"UBHECXYA5FHQNFJCRGW5NWYHZY","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505409020},"content":"But Stack hopes to be breaking into the team with St Vals again later this season. The boots are not ready for the garage just yet.","type":"text"},{"_id":"E35HQOYEEZC5VKX3Y6OHC5AOJM","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505409021},"content":"“I still have that competitiveness in me, I still want to play senior football.","type":"text"},{"_id":"33TX3I2RHVDTFL3VB4UMUW6ODI","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505409022},"content":"“Yeah, I’d love to go back and play again if the body is able – I suppose the mind still wants to play but if the body is still able after this we’ll see.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"NO3BF7I3JBHHHGSTG5U3AUMJ6U","additional_properties":{"_id":1740505409023},"content":"<i>– Brid Stack’s Laochra Gael episode will be broadcast on Thursday at 9.30pm on TG4.</i>","type":"text"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{"byline":"Gordon Manning"}},"name":"Gordon Manning"}]},"description":{"basic":"Cork mother of two is seven months pregnant and hopes to get back playing with her club later this year"},"display_date":"2025-02-26T06:00:00Z","headlines":{"basic":"Bríd Stack’s inspirational career to be featured on Laochra Gael","native":""},"label":{"audio_project_id":{"text":"5469"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"4Q72B65B5A7PPEYO43PAEDONXQ","auth":{"1":"abb2328d4d0829e2ed4a927099683e6233a215360ea907900cbf0cddd40fb004"},"type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/4Q72B65B5A7PPEYO43PAEDONXQ.jpg"}},"subtype":"default","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Gaelic Games"},{"name":"Sport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/26/brid-stacks-inspirational-career-to-be-featured-on-laochra-gael/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/sport/gaelic-games","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Gaelic Games"}}}},{"_id":"2XZIC4VB2FCZJKXZPE6SZUKIMM","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":343,"audio_url":"https://beyondwords-cdn-b7fyckdeejejb6dj.a03.azurefd.net/audio/projects/5469/podcasts/3dfa0471-b7ba-4171-8f4d-547751484b81/versions/1740497718/media/c064f50c263b0a8e0a92774948d954e7_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/26/gaa-congress-is-well-past-its-use-by-date-as-a-governing-forum/","content_elements":[{"_id":"HDVJE2N4PZHQDBCDSFYNMVIXNE","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063520},"content":"On Friday night in Donegal, GAA president <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/jarlath-burns/\" target=\"_blank\">Jarlath Burns</a> reminded delegates that it was the centenary of the <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/gaa-congress/\" target=\"_blank\">congress</a> that had decided to name a stand in Croke Park in memory of Tipperary footballer Mick Hogan, the only player to be killed on Bloody Sunday.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DZEZPM3JKVAMVDZEOMYVBY43VQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063521},"content":"It was also the 30th anniversary of a less grave but nonetheless significant congress held in Dublin. 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Counties were visited and briefed on the ideas so that they would not be exclusively dependent on the floor of congress to do the persuading.","type":"text"},{"_id":"3IDI4GURP2BXG3FFMWYE3B7YWM","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063529},"type":"image"},{"_id":"RZNPRUA7YZFV5PS7C5HAQ5B4TY","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063530},"content":"Considering the central idea was the historic proposal to dismantle the traditional, pure knockout format, there was a major onus to explain in a way that wouldn’t frighten the horses. It worked.","type":"text"},{"_id":"7PTVEDWPQZASTFXW5GIAECX5TY","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063531},"content":"A glance at the congress clár three years later in 1999 indicates that change was on the way. At that congress, a suite of changes to the disciplinary rules was proposed en bloc by the old Games Administration Committee, whose disciplinary subcommittee had drafted them.","type":"text"},{"_id":"2NS4WKRBXND77EHVK4Z2C4OXUA","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063532},"content":"Gradually, units other than counties were allowed to bring motions to congress. There has been pushback against this – one year a proposal was brought to restore the exclusivity of counties in respect of putting ideas before congress. It was based on the concern that only big, central committees would have a realistic chance of getting things passed.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6SANGXT2WBDY3DXJTMZTPLKVQU","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063533},"content":"At the weekend, club proposals were outnumbered 15-25 by those from other, bigger units. It was noticeable that three of the most publicised motions did come from clubs but were fronted by well-known personalities. O’Donovan is a former All-Ireland winner and his campaign on the handpass has been dogged and persistent.","type":"text"},{"_id":"4BK4LWK6HFHNHFKBBXEHKBZEV4","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063534},"content":"For all his work, it appeared that the central premise – handpassing has led to frequent throwing of the sliotar – was being swept aside too easily and unconvincingly.","type":"text"},{"_id":"7JDFTBYNSVG47O45G5XEBD53ZM","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063535},"content":"The idea that the current rule should simply be more strictly enforced appears impractical in a game that referees themselves acknowledge moves so fast that they end up giving players “the benefit of the doubt” when handpassing.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NR54QG7QBNFFNF6CLCR3ZGCGZY","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063536},"content":"There was no appetite for the change however because of a fear that it would slow down the game, so once more the GAA goes down the path of saying one thing but doing another.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KTFJIQ7J7ZFL3HXLAVQNBC3GZI","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063537},"content":"O’Donovan didn’t even get the consolation prize of an offer to withdraw his motion and have it considered further – as happened with former Dublin All-Star Noel McCaffrey, father of Jack, in relation to his motion that players should have to play a minimum number of club matches before representing their county – an idea that very few would oppose in principle.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CIJJIIOJGRC53MCTEUWYUXUA2A","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063538},"type":"image"},{"_id":"NBPYQF6BD5D7HKYXZ5X3ZRYJPI","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063539},"content":"The same happened to Wexford All-Ireland winning manager Liam Griffin whose drive to require all clubs to offer juvenile hurling from under-7 to under-10 was also referred to the HDC for consideration.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KYQMX24S5FHQ3JOJR7VE7ECXZM","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063540},"content":"One way or the other, the motions didn’t pass and it will be a surprise if they materialise with the same force on future congress agenda.","type":"text"},{"_id":"L2A6JGQY2RE7JMUSNZWM2OFNII","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063541},"content":"Congress is well past its use-by date as a governing forum. Pressure from the games calendar – plenty of delegates were getting ready to charge off to matches – makes for a rushed atmosphere despite Jarlath Burns’s earnest reassurance that everything would get adequate time.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6ZNUG53CGZF2LLIO6766NR6F7E","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063542},"content":"Friday night’s shooting down – it was withdrawn given its slim prospects – of the motion to align the rule on kit and equipment manufacture with EU law for reasons that were of tangential relevance, reflected badly on everyone.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QJO37DI34ZHZ3AUP52XDP7K7ZY","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063543},"content":"DG Tom Ryan accepted that the top table had maybe not explained clearly enough the need to remove the stipulation “shall be of Irish manufacture”.","type":"text"},{"_id":"57GDWLBUXFE5HPAA3GSKR2I4CA","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063544},"content":"Instead, the GAA’s regulatory exposure will continue until the autumn when another attempt to solve the problem will go to special congress. Such matters are ill-suited to the congress format of limited discussion and volatile enthusiasms on the floor.","type":"text"},{"_id":"B5XU65KJZVBQLCYYHYW7INGSDI","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063545},"content":"Congress should be for broad policy and ethos as well as the effective briefing system of the Friday workshops. Governance issues should be capable of introduction with the imprimatur of Central Council, which after all represents every county, and the management committee.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6FNMLPDU6ZAD7AMB7M2XRFH3AE","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063546},"content":"It would be useful were congress 2025 to be remembered as a turning point in that respect.","type":"text"},{"_id":"RUXIW5IQS5BDPEOPZ2HUYHDW2Q","additional_properties":{"_id":1740496063547},"content":"email: <a href=\"mailto:sean.moran@irishtimes.com\">sean.moran@irishtimes.com</a>","type":"text"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{"byline":"Seán Moran"}},"name":"Seán Moran"}]},"description":{"basic":"Shooting down of motion to align rule on kit and equipment manufacture with EU law reflected badly on everyone"},"display_date":"2025-02-26T06:00:00Z","headlines":{"basic":"GAA Congress is well past its use-by date as a governing forum","native":""},"label":{"audio_project_id":{"text":"5469"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"ECIUVY2YHZBHTPFIWRYWMK5QO4","auth":{"1":"49e59b766e4a381d138bf28138c39d68b34a4a3b75a15a77af30505fe39acf3b"},"focal_point":{"x":1466,"y":225},"type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/ECIUVY2YHZBHTPFIWRYWMK5QO4.jpg"}},"subtype":"columnist","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Gaelic Games"},{"name":"Sport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/26/gaa-congress-is-well-past-its-use-by-date-as-a-governing-forum/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/sport/gaelic-games","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Gaelic Games"}}}},{"_id":"A5MOH5V7KVAPJFFTMIITY6FTZ4","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":150,"audio_url":"https://beyondwords-cdn-b7fyckdeejejb6dj.a03.azurefd.net/audio/projects/5469/podcasts/cf67d8ba-5cf3-41fe-92ff-49a6da0a4f7b/versions/1740487671/media/16b355c8bce1e615236743ad48018824_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/25/former-kerry-player-and-coach-johnny-culloty-dies-aged-88/","content_elements":[{"_id":"RE244PKON5ADHLLXO6AZ2LN5KM","additional_properties":{},"content":"Five-times All-Ireland senior football championship winner Johnny Culloty has died at the age of 88.","type":"text"},{"_id":"BKXOZKU5YVFEPFHWMW62DIXR2Y","additional_properties":{},"content":"Culloty won the first of those five medals as a forward in 1955 but was the <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/kerry-gaa\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/kerry-gaa\">Kerry</a> goalkeeper for the other four – 1959, 1962, 1969, 1970. His five senior medals were claimed across three decades. The Killarney Legion clubman lifted the Sam Maguire as team captain in 1969.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VOTUHHS3Z5FP3EUDXFT4XRFNIM","additional_properties":{},"content":"A talented dual player, he also hurled for Kerry as well and was part of the Kingdom’s 1961 All-Ireland junior hurling championship winning side. 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He was involved in numerous teams all his Legion life and served as club chairman too.","type":"text"},{"_id":"MVOEG2V7GZFALJNZTFDXMCUUSA","additional_properties":{},"content":"“In later years he was a driving force, alongside his partner in crime Pat Healy, in the clubs Development Committee, and the current facilities are the fruits of the work Johnny and his cohorts put in.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"IWYXMXQZJZD4NEIUQJ7TFZ65YU","additional_properties":{},"content":"*Reposing at O’Shea’s Funeral Home, Killarney on Wednesday from 3.30pm to 6.30pm followed by removal to St Mary’s Cathedral. Requiem Mass on Thursday morning at 10.30, burial afterwards in Aghadoe Lawn Cemetery.","type":"text"},{"_id":"C5O7AGN7Z5FZ7LDHTXAW2YNZKY","additional_properties":{},"content":"","type":"text"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{"byline":"Gordon Manning"}},"name":"Gordon Manning"}]},"description":{"basic":"The Killarney Legion clubman won five All-Ireland titles and was a true sporting all-rounder"},"display_date":"2025-02-25T12:42:42.663Z","headlines":{"basic":"Former Kerry player and coach Johnny Culloty dies, aged 88","native":""},"label":{"audio_project_id":{"text":"5469"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"BWNNDUMJRRBHVMUV52FAVCVJVA","auth":{"1":"b1437c5f8f90a9ce5ad72a244165c0aa9813e41c8604f2b2ec0e1ffe0075dce5"},"type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/BWNNDUMJRRBHVMUV52FAVCVJVA.jpeg"}},"subtype":"default","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Gaelic Games"},{"name":"Sport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/25/former-kerry-player-and-coach-johnny-culloty-dies-aged-88/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/sport/gaelic-games","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Gaelic Games"}}}},{"_id":"6JXGDH6MEZAUNA7M7DXHPMW6MA","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":266,"audio_url":"https://beyondwords-cdn-b7fyckdeejejb6dj.a03.azurefd.net/audio/projects/5469/podcasts/ab2f35ee-9898-40ad-abb7-4f83cea33dff/versions/1740429415/media/4d02c86db79f83b1dc64d68018a81c37_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/25/restricting-goalkeepers-would-help-address-excessive-handpassing-says-paul-earley/","content_elements":[{"_id":"FJQRS7ELKNA4HHFYOQP5SJO5XE","additional_properties":{},"content":"The <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/football-review-committee-frc/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/football-review-committee-frc/\">Football Review Committee</a> will shortly make final recommendations for the rules to be applied in this year’s <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/football-championship/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/football-championship/\">championship</a>. The report on the first three rounds of the National Football League by the GAA’s Games Intelligence Unit provides some parameters for that discussion.","type":"text"},{"_id":"AHNXL5CMXRGT5FUYA2VUFQNB3I","additional_properties":{},"content":"The obvious findings are the preponderance of long kick-outs and the increase in contested kick-outs but there was some disappointment that the handpass to kick pass ratio had hardly budged from the 2023 and ’24 figures of 3.2:1 and 3.4:1 during the opening weeks of the season.","type":"text"},{"_id":"MZ3UAE2CPNELHKGXW6IRUYTQIQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"Paul Earley, one of the GAA’s most qualified coaches and a veteran of Eugene McGee’s FRC in 2012, has predictably been taking a keen interest in how the game is evolving and believes there are a number of changes that could be made before the summer rules are finalised.","type":"text"},{"_id":"C6RJ23UQFREV5NHUDA7MP32GVE","additional_properties":{},"content":"One is the role of the goalkeeper. This has attracted much comment because of the fact that the roaming ‘keeper is allowed to create an imbalance by joining the attack, causing a 12-11 overload.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CXIRJA5GLVFTFHQU7BXSE6RI6U","additional_properties":{},"content":"This has effectively shifted the potential for endless handpassing from defence to attack, as the “extra man” goalkeeper becomes an outlet for holding possession.","type":"text"},{"_id":"X6CTHEEOIJD27LYDL7HPKNIE74","additional_properties":{},"content":"“I think one of the objectives of the FRC is that they wanted a more ‘vertical’ game,” says Earley, “as opposed to a ‘horizontal’ game, which we were used to in recent years”. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"OLDX6IIPBRASVPC7EIJB7BJUB4","additional_properties":{},"content":"“If that is a stated aim or stated goal, then having the goalkeeper come up and get involved in the game past the halfway line, doesn’t facilitate that. In fact, it facilitates the more horizontal game. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"LZSRV6QUFVGF3GV67QEQ7FULWU","additional_properties":{},"content":"Derry’s kick-out was demolished but pretending it was about who wanted it more won’t do them any good","type":"interstitial_link"},{"_id":"THW2VH42XZBJ7N7G7VTIIYA3WU","additional_properties":{},"content":"“I’ve heard a couple of people and maybe a couple of coaches as well say, ‘look, the game is so fast now that we need periods of slow play to kind of balance it’, but the referee has a role that there are various stoppages in the game anyway – you know, players can take a breather if there are injuries or if the clock is stopping for subs and whatnot.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"W7ELDN37IZA4HI3KHGXHSYECPQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"Another factor in the decline of kick passing is the new “solo and go” provision, allowing players to take off on being awarded a free with a buffer zone of four metres. That doesn’t count as a kick.","type":"text"},{"_id":"LIIY3KV4TVG5DKSNNAV53LZFIY","additional_properties":{},"content":"Earley says precise comparisons can’t be made between the current league and the 2023 and ’24 figures– which is based on championship fixtures – because the data that stripped out frees from kick passes wasn’t gathered in the previous years.","type":"text"},{"_id":"AAD6KX3QQAH4TCGZKBDQDJMI6A","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"HEDWNO3Q45FKNMDO2BRW337G3M","additional_properties":{},"content":"“I noticed in the statistical evidence they had the kick pass ‘including frees’ ratio, which was the same. They had the kick pass in open play ratio but they didn’t have data for that from the last couple of years compared it against. That would have been the interesting one.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"VLCTSZ4P7NC5XGXB7MLLZVBBYA","additional_properties":{},"content":"Earley is in agreement with the complaints of some managers on two issues, red-card and black-card punishments and the number of replacements that teams should be allowed to make.","type":"text"},{"_id":"RQD2GEOWZ5FGPFOPKCY7GJDE5A","additional_properties":{},"content":"Teams losing a player for disciplinary reasons are allowed to “borrow” someone from their 3v3 structure, which effectively allows them to mitigate their penalty.","type":"text"},{"_id":"YLYQZDMBJBD6TCNRWHG5FWIIXM","additional_properties":{},"content":"“That’s maybe one of the unintended consequences,” he says. “I’m sure they’ve looked at all of that but when you look at it, it doesn’t really punish the offending team.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TXZQ35DZPJC5VBGPE4LLZBWDFA","additional_properties":{},"content":"“It should give an advantage obviously to the opposition when they’re a man up or two men up. The bulk of the game has been played between the two 45-metre lines so having a numerical advantage there would be significant. So, if you lose a player, you just have to keep your 3v3 up, which means you’re down a player in the central area.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"GP4RRDBSAYWGC54RMPMG5PHWXA","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"JW3KRCVK7JAGLPJLJBIUXUOUPE","additional_properties":{},"content":"He would also allow more than the permitted five replacements but restrict the opportunity to bring them on to the field.","type":"text"},{"_id":"RKYNDJDKE5GKFJ2KVBHHY7PIDE","additional_properties":{},"content":"“I would go with six or seven subs and have maybe three occasions in each half when they can come on, other than for injuries.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"7GTVHOHRFBHRRD2ADFJCGBMZHQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"He would also consult regularly with referees because of the increased physical demands on them, which creates mental fatigue affecting decision-making, particularly at the end of matches, and he favours video assistance in top intercounty matches.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KNKBNCXZENEAXOU3AZFJXYKQGM","additional_properties":{},"content":"Seán Moran: Ratios shift ominously as the GAA fights to hold its audience","type":"interstitial_link"},{"_id":"6VZC52UFPVCGLD6XCPSP7562CU","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Soccer has it; rugby has it. It’s not a big extension to move it to championship football and the GAA.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"PMTV3FYQLRFBFIJUE23JGTY66M","additional_properties":{},"content":"Whereas he acknowledges the positive impact on long-range shooting of the two-point score for kicks beyond 40 metres, Earley doesn’t believe frees should come into that category.","type":"text"},{"_id":"N56ZR3FKSFHBNA6N7UIXVBEOMA","additional_properties":{},"content":"“I would only give the two points from open play. Now the question is, does that encourage fouling outside? I’m not sure if it would because you foul outside, then you give a foul away, then with the solo and goal you’re almost giving the guy a free run inside. 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Some teams are having to shift around their personnel to suit it and give battlefield promotions to midfielders whose size demands their inclusion rather than their skill. By contrast, Derry already had two All-Star midfielders in the shape of Conor Glass and Brendan Rodgers and can now throw the imposing figure of Anton Tohill into the mix.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZTYIBMQSRFDEBLDPP6X2K7SDGM","additional_properties":{},"content":"Yet on Saturday night, it was <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/dublin-gaa/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/dublin-gaa/\">Dublin</a>’s complete domination of the Derry kick-out that turned the game the home side’s way. After a quarter of an hour, Derry led 0-6 to 0-3. Dublin outscored them from there to the break by 1-7 to 0-0. Dessie Farrell’s side thoroughly ransacked Neil McNicholl’s kick-out in that period, sourcing 1-4 of their scores from it. For good measure, they put up the first point of the second half off his first kick-out after the restart.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DI7T2VBDEJHV5EUETL24XF7PWI","additional_properties":{},"content":"That was the game, basically. Derry went half an hour without scoring, conceding 1-10 along the way and coughing up 1-5 directly from their own kick-out. That’s never going to get it done for any team but it’s especially debilitating for a side like Derry, who would like to think they have the jump on most teams in that area. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"LDYBBREUERCW5LTUDA6GLOFU2I","additional_properties":{},"content":"Afterwards, Paddy Tally didn’t put a tooth in it. Asked if there was any science or tactics to the way the kick-out is now, he more or less threw his hands in the air in response.","type":"text"},{"_id":"7JX6RBTO6FB5HON6GMRBCKMEWQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"“There is some of it, but sometimes it just comes down to really good individual play. I thought Brian Howard tonight was outstanding in the middle for Dublin, he seemed to boss the kick-out. I thought Anton did really well for us. Anton, I think, won six, maybe seven clean kick-outs out there, so he was very good. But Brian Howard maybe dominated from the Dublin point of view. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"OWKY2YJETRAJ5ORYCMTNKUEZM4","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Also Dublin won on the break ball, but they’re very strong on that. I think that’s what disappointed us tonight. Now, in fairness, Niall Toner and Ciarán McFaul were two of our better break-ball winners in the last few matches, and both were off injured. I think we didn’t really adjust as well after that. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"O675XLYUIBAHBLBYHCACB5UC7Y","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"6PIITNC27BBIVMFKNUK4U37TAY","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Science-wise, the ball is going to go out to the middle now. It’s really going down to back to midfielders who can win ball. There are certain things you can work on but really the players have to take a lot of responsibility for themselves when they’re in there. It’s really fighting hard to get it sometimes and it’s just who wants it most.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"7GETC2GEXBAG3HFIG4FQJ4EIUQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"Tally is a thoughtful coach in general, and his team had just taken a hiding so it’s not really fair to hold his take up to too harsh a light here. But declaring that kick-outs are going to come down to who wants it most feels like a bit of a cop-out and it’s hard to imagine its something Tally really believes. Certainly come summer it will be a shock if Derry, of all teams, don’t come peddling something more sophisticated.","type":"text"},{"_id":"C23AZRXRDNA3LHVZWR7ZBAK2OU","additional_properties":{},"content":"A hint of what might evolve over time was on show in the Armagh v Mayo game earlier on Saturday at the Athletic Grounds. Ethan Rafferty went long into traffic at times and Colm Reape did the same. But both goalkeepers found some variation too. Reape had some success finding Enda Hession with short kick-outs to the edge of the arc, although it helps when Hession has the pace to get past his man and get Mayo moving up the pitch.","type":"text"},{"_id":"UJAHT4PZCRH3LFZZUXJGDCHYJQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"ES4V4L5D35F4HIW7X7KKBLVOKY","additional_properties":{},"content":"It was a couple of Rafferty’s kick-outs in the second half that really caught the eye though. With Armagh under the pump and Mayo starting to get motoring on the back of Davitt Neary and Ryan O’Donoghue’s energy, Rafferty twice put the ball down and waved everyone over to the left-hand side of the pitch as he looked at it. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"VKXFTFLSGJEKXOUAYJIYOLM4FQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"Everyone went too – except Andrew Murnin, who stayed on the right and so was left one-on-one against Jordan Flynn. Reape was in the area too, ostensibly to discourage Rafferty from sending the ball that way but when the ball was in the air, he stayed out of it. Murnin is a beast under a high ball and when he beat Flynn to it, Armagh were away. They repeated the trick a little later, when Armagh were down to 14 with Niall Grimley’s black card and the same result came of it.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZWUHJIAKLFCI3LTPW3UWNPXYPQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"BOI62GW2CNEVBCIFVPMOPHF7X4","additional_properties":{},"content":"Rafferty varied his kick-outs through. Sometimes there was a set-play like the one to Murnin. Sometimes he went short to Connaire Mackin. And absolutely, sometimes he waved everyone over to one side and kicked the ball into the roulette wheel and took Armagh’s chances with what developed. Grimley, Murnin and Jarly Óg Burns held their own, but Mayo mined plenty of scoring chances from it too.","type":"text"},{"_id":"WN5U7WKMCJC5DM2UCVPFEGI7TM","additional_properties":{},"content":"So Tally’s not being entirely disingenuous. There is definitely going to be an element of lottery around the kick-out, even for the teams who are best at tilting the odds in their favour. But kick-out strategies will evolve too. Teams will come up with ways to squeeze out some of the chaos that a lot of us are so enjoying.","type":"text"},{"_id":"G6O3G2ILSRH2JML54Q75BU4SLQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"Some of it will be about who wants it more. 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They haven’t all been universally welcomed and certainly some tweaking will be needed, but creating space for inside forwards has allowed the gifted shooters to display their talents again – no longer are teams capable of simply double marking the opposition’s best forward or taking them out of the game by bottling them up within a mass defence.","type":"text"},{"_id":"44SZJGJSC5AD3J6TW4YEKKZHZY","additional_properties":{},"content":"Last Sunday’s game against Tyrone was Clifford’s first start of the season. He finished the contest with 3-3 – who could have guessed that with a little more room the Kerry forward would make hay?","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZBMTX6EJYRBRLMSV22SJVVUINI","additional_properties":{},"content":"Walsh is probably the outstanding player in this year’s league and has fired over two-pointers in all four of Galway’s games. He finished Sunday’s win over Donegal with 11 points – including four two-pointers.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZFW2XBNTFRCFRHVSVL437CI3NI","additional_properties":{},"content":"Darragh Canavan returned to action for Tyrone on Sunday and chipped in with 1-4. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"OIIXMRQZ4BEBTBF4WBZRQEOQIY","subtype":"twitter","type":"oembed_response"},{"_id":"HI2ATIU7W5EG3M3GDTRLDSK5BA","additional_properties":{},"content":"The FRC’s Statistical Analysis Report shows that the average number of shots per game has increased from 49.9 in the 2024 championship to 56.1 in this year’s league – a figure that is likely to grow when the weather and pitches improve.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DOY45L2OYBHIRP22MHKXCGUTU4","additional_properties":{},"content":"So, this morning the talk is all of Clifford and Walsh. The previous weekend Diarmuid Murtagh scored 12 points for Roscommon as he became the county’s all-time top scorer while Michael Murphy made headline with a silver screen type comeback for Donegal on the same day. In this new version of Gaelic football, it seems forwards are taking centre stage as the lead characters once more. <b>— Gordon Manning</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"EHT325PAOFFDZMPN77VRVENGYM","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"W346ZVG36JB33GYYDR5RZ6T4OI","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Davitt Neary adds a splash of you-can’t-teach-that to the Mayo attack</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"H6VYKFLHSJAGZEQE52TH3ANBEA","additional_properties":{},"content":"Welcome to the jungle, Davitt Neary. The young Mayo wing-forward had already given notice in the first three league games that he might be considered a find but his goal against Armagh on Saturday evening moved things onto another level. He doesn’t get to be a surprise package to anyone now.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NP5Y33V775DT7MBEIZENZOT7KI","additional_properties":{},"content":"His turn of speed, his direct running, the coolness of his finish – all these aspects of his goal were impressive. But what Mayo people would have taken away from it most of all was the sheer chutzpah of it. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"YJ6G4XPG3BCUXF5UHWGPQ2JZ54","additional_properties":{},"content":"Mayo were six points down with just over 20 minutes to go in the back yard of the All-Ireland champions when Neary took off running as Ryan O’Donoghue stood over a sideline ball. The pass to him was clever but there was also a hint of the hospital about it – a smidge later getting to it and Neary would have been clattered by Paddy Burns. Burns turns 32 this year, Neary was playing in his fourth senior game for Mayo. You’d have forgiven the young man for thinking twice.","type":"text"},{"_id":"MYHZDYJHLNBEFECVYDREDO3Y2E","additional_properties":{},"content":"But not a bit of it. He had the wit to flick the ball past Burns and send the experienced defender for a taxi. He zipped into the Armagh square, leaving Jemar Hall (no slough) for dead. And instead of snatching at it, as many, many Mayo forwards down through the generations would have done, he had the stones to flick a right-footed finish in the manner of Con O’Callaghan in the 2017 final.","type":"text"},{"_id":"WSE7CCKZBNAEHHH2VK5WPSTQAM","subtype":"twitter","type":"oembed_response"},{"_id":"4CU63FBAEVCTXM2T2IVFXTYXTQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"Unlike Con, Neary has no underage GAA pedigree. He was better known as a soccer player as a teenager and is also a national and European champion kickboxer. So maybe he doesn’t know what he doesn’t know and doesn’t come to the Mayo scene carrying any sort of baggage.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TKKCCRVDMNEDLKDS57R3CSNIZE","additional_properties":{},"content":"Either way, this was the exact right play at the exact right time and brought Mayo back into a game they were gone out of. It’s only the league and there are miles to go and history weighs heavy on any Mayo forward who flashes a bit of early leg. But there was an element of you-can’t teach-that in Davitt’s goal. 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The All-Ireland winning manager took over in time for the 2020 competition and has never beaten Wexford in the spring competition in Ennis but has never been beaten in Wexford.","type":"text"},{"_id":"FKSET5PDKBA4HIVBUE4XTD6J4Y","additional_properties":{},"content":"Of the counties’ six league matches since 2020, Wexford hold the balance of success, 3-2 with one draw.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TXHGY6C7DJHGZAFKRL5MHMGXWI","additional_properties":{},"content":"On taking over, Lohan very quickly found himself in Wexford in a face-off with former county team-mate Davy Fitzgerald, manager of the then Leinster champions. A low-scoring win maintained Clare’s good start to a league that would end in the grim chaos of Covid.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZSQPZX3X3NFSRF4MTZTW6YX3SQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"It also featured an impressive turn in the half forwards by the home manager’s namesake David Fitzgerald, who had just been re-purposed as a half-forward after a county career at wing-back and would later win two All Stars in his new position.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JWLORTZWVZFEBOEWTXTA45FMSE","additional_properties":{},"content":"Keith Rossiter on Sunday was the third manager of the county to line up against Lohan in the past six years. All of them, Fitzgerald and Darragh Egan previously, have now won a league match in Cusack Park.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GZU5T5DBDRGQXMIFP3V6HKF5XM","additional_properties":{},"content":"Of course, Egan also had the worst experience in the fixture, the whopping 6-25 to 1-18 defeat in the 2023 league.","type":"text"},{"_id":"BDH23TO3ZVADXM272JPCXCH5TQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"There is a championship bottom line to all of this, all the more peculiar given the contrasting league fortunes. Lohan has faced Wexford four times in five years and won all of them, including last year’s All-Ireland quarter-final en route to the Liam MacCarthy. <b>— Seán Moran</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"DHZUMNRBSZCR3O6B4QN2Y7K4KU","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"4DXNG2N7ERES5HLEWSXSFFCGMM","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Without adjusting for inflation, goals still carry weight </b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"QMWCUPEYUBHPVEP5ZTQC24X4P4","additional_properties":{},"content":"After Cork lost to Tipperary by four points on Saturday night Pat Ryan bemoaned the goal chances they had missed. By his reckoning Cork had left “six or seven” goals behind them. When they reflected on last season it was clearly something that had come out in the wash.","type":"text"},{"_id":"7Z7EUMITP5BO7HWCLHMAV7ACO4","additional_properties":{},"content":"“That’s something that we have to work on, because that was an Achilles heel we had last year,” said Ryan. “We were creating an awful lot of chances and our efficiency from open play was very good for points – it was very good again tonight – but our efficiency for taking goal opportunities is something we’ve been working on but obviously needs further work.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"YPDBN3SBY5BXTLGFFPH4FUYUEI","additional_properties":{},"content":"The scoring boom in hurling has been driven by points, and particularly long-range shooting. In football’s rule changes the proposal for a four-point goal was dropped before the league but it is a conversation that has popped up in hurling too in recent seasons. With the glut of points had goals been devalued? Did the value of a goal need to be adjusted for inflation? ","type":"text"},{"_id":"P24GDESKG5HTDMEUONDKFK3Y5U","additional_properties":{},"content":"In the absence of a forensic report from the GAA’s newly established Games Intelligence Unit, it is interesting to note that only two games in the top two tiers of the league this year have been won by a team that scored fewer goals than their opponents. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"D6ZV5MFTTFBOVPJ2MJQOEG7QNA","additional_properties":{},"content":"In last year’s Liam MacCarthy Cup, which is a bigger sample size, a similar pattern emerges. Only two games were won by teams who scored fewer goals than their opponents. It is not a coincidence that in this year’s league and last year’s championship Limerick were one of the teams who managed to win while scoring fewer goals than the opposition. 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I am looking forward to the Armagh challenge next weekend.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"6NIKVJH5ZZCSLMYQNIX3O3ALGM","additional_properties":{"_id":1740340367944},"content":"Meath, whose goal came from Vikki Wall, were unable to preserve their winning start in the second half.","type":"text"},{"_id":"Q5HUWII2ERGLXME6WSB6PFB26E","additional_properties":{"_id":1740340367945},"content":"“I am bitterly disappointed with our display but I am taking nothing from Kildare’s win. They have proved themselves over the last two years with back-to-back promotions,” said Meath manager Shane McCormack.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VLEDLZYUO5B7NAMIMX2ECAQELQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1740340367946},"content":"Meanwhile, Waterford and Dublin finished all square in Parnell Park. A goal from substitute Caoimhe O’Connor brought Dublin back into contention at 0-7 to 1-2 at the break.","type":"text"},{"_id":"C6YBAAW3ZNAQHMIOSUYLBD2DDY","additional_properties":{"_id":1740340367947},"content":"Waterford continued to hold the lead for most of the third quarter before Niamh Hetherton got Dublin’s second goal to get within a point of the visitors.","type":"text"},{"_id":"7NWTTA3KX5CTZNTUVAMGPFHVLY","additional_properties":{"_id":1740340367948},"content":"Kellyann Hogan edged Waterford in front with a free in the closing stages but Kate Sullivan rescued a draw for Dublin with a late free on a final scoreline of 2-7 to 0-13.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6TDDFNDAHZGQRNWFKDXVVRHAFY","additional_properties":{"_id":1740340367949},"content":"“Dublin played well in the second half,” said Waterford manager Tomas Mac an tSaoir. “You’d think that they actually had an extra player for some of the second half, the way they played. I suppose that’s a lot to do with their experience. Probably disappointed going home. I thought we played reasonably well to get the win, but that’s the way it goes.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"R2HTBHURZZHFRNIPAJVSYVWMAM","additional_properties":{"_id":1740340367950},"content":"Dublin joint manager Paul Casey said they were relieved to get a draw but know they also had a chance to win it.","type":"text"},{"_id":"UTNNOWV2U5FN3NN2NP725J4PQM","additional_properties":{"_id":1740340367951},"content":"“I suppose it’s mixed feelings. It’s a game we obviously could have won at the end, but equally we could have lost it. We gave ourselves a lot of work to do again in the second half, but they battled really well. It was great to get some players there back on to the pitch, the likes of Eilish O’Dowd and Caoimhe O’Connor. It’s a point. 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inflicted a first defeat on <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/donegal-gaa\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/donegal-gaa\">Donegal</a> at Pearse Stadium.","type":"text"},{"_id":"XAGEYXWLZVGRRB6AWQWZZGFL5A","additional_properties":{},"content":"Shane Walsh led the way with a masterclass in shooting as Galway hit seven two-pointers with the wind and never looked like surrendering their 0-17 to 0-1 interval lead despite having a man sent off before the break and suffering two black cards in the second half.","type":"text"},{"_id":"PFZEN4II4ZDL7HCIM6AHILEJY4","additional_properties":{},"content":"“A lot of twos in the first half gave us a good lead and we probably learnt from Derry last week that playing against the breeze is tough and you have to dog it out and that’s what we did. We are delighted with that. We learnt a lesson from last week in how to get the two points,” said Kelly.","type":"text"},{"_id":"FNQB7WRWPZFBXISS3YHY6N7FG4","additional_properties":{},"content":"Galway’s Matthew Tierney was red-carded just before the interval and Daniel O’Flaherty and Finnian Ó Laoi were black-carded during the second half. But the Tribesmen, despite not having Player of the Year Paul Conroy, did enough to secure their first home league win over Donegal since manager Pádraic Joyce skippered them to victory in 2009.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GDGYPJBWRRFEZIDZEN5DTWUKYI","additional_properties":{},"content":"Michael Murphy, who came on last week for his first intercounty action since 2022, was not in the Donegal squad and selector Colm McFadden said he may feature next week against Derry.","type":"text"},{"_id":"FJNYRLLZGZAW5AK5Y4BHI2M6TA","additional_properties":{},"content":"“He had a bit of a niggle after last weekend so he’s nursing that injury. He got 25 minutes last week and it was brilliant for everyone to see him back on the pitch. Hopefully he will be back, it’s only a short-term thing,” said McFadden, who conceded they left themselves with too much to do after the opening half.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ARZHUGLCA5FJBFERA4MNKN737Q","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Galway made easy work of it in the first half, they were kicking over two-pointers which aren’t easy. You were looking at the scoreboard and it was going two, four, six, eight. They played well even in the second half when they were down a man or two, but at times it looked like they had the extra man. We couldn’t make the extra man, or two men, count when we had them.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"ESYHPCD2LZCALJK6HVPBRFFSX4","additional_properties":{},"content":"Galway’s Matthew Tierney was harshly red-carded just before the interval when he went to shoulder Hugh McFadden, who dipped in the challenge, while Daniel O’Flaherty and Finnian O Laoi were black-carded during the second half.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GOEFCK322BCVTFQ5AZ4GJOLTEQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"But it made little difference to the outcome. Walsh was superb, shooting four two-pointers in the opening half, three of them from play, landing kicks off both feet and from all angles.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JW7S62ULQK556JZKJVXXXHYOEE","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"6K66A3A74RG23ONB75P6GDVUSI","additional_properties":{},"content":"Galway shot seven two-pointers with the wind as Tierney, goalkeeper Conor Flaherty — a late replacement for Connor Gleeson before they switched at the break — and Rob Finnerty scored from range.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ND66NR757NBYBOMOWNHALYBPI4","additional_properties":{},"content":"Conor O’Donnell eventually opened Donegal’s account from a 20-metre free five minutes from the break.","type":"text"},{"_id":"J4EP425B3ZHSLLYXDZCTXKI2ZI","additional_properties":{},"content":"A couple of two-pointers from Daire Ó Baoill and one from Conor O’Donnell helped Donegal reduce the margin after the restart but Walsh responded with a couple of points for Galway to leave it 0-19 to 0-6 after 50 minutes.","type":"text"},{"_id":"4UK2QZNWDFGOHBYSJIX5JVNDLY","additional_properties":{},"content":"But then Galway defender O’Flaherty was black-carded for an off-the-ball push on Shane O’Donnell. That left Galway down to 13 men for 10 minutes but they only conceded points to Ciarán Thompson, Oisín Gallen and Ó Baoill during that spell to take a 0-19 to 0-9 lead into the closing 13 minutes.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OFQWBUKZDVDUDPEWLUSXJJIAII","additional_properties":{},"content":"Péadar Mogan went forward to shoot a two-pointer for Donegal but after another point from Walsh, Galway were again reduced to 13 men after 63 minutes when substitute Ó Laoi pulled down Mark Curran as the Donegal defender tried to come out.","type":"text"},{"_id":"2TIPJG5VPRHOHC33W4NYNQMR2Y","additional_properties":{},"content":"But Donegal never looked like saving their unbeaten start to the campaign with Walsh and the superb John Maher extending Galway’s lead.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VDDOK6DDAJBATIWZRYAXJ67H2A","additional_properties":{},"content":"Shane O’Donnell, Ó Baoill and Thompson hit late points for Donegal but it was Galway who repeated their All-Ireland semi-final success to make it three wins and a draw so far in this campaign. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"FQAEXWKRXVGTVPRMISY5RFOAVI","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>GALWAY:</b> C Flaherty (0-1-0); J McGrath, S Kelly, D O’Flaherty (0-0-1); D McHugh, S Fitzgerald, L Silke (0-0-1); C Hernon, J Maher (0-0-1); C Sweeney, S O’Neill, C D’Arcy; R Finnerty (0-1-1, 1tpf), M Tierney (0-1-0), S Walsh (0-4-3, 1tpf, 2f). ","type":"text"},{"_id":"O2NOLFYCFJA4HOPTQTQRH3ZPKM","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Subs:</b> C Gleeson for Flaherty (half-time); J Glynn for Fitzgerald, F Ó Laoi for O’Neill (both 44 mins); S Ó Maoilchiaráin for Hernon (50); M Thompson for Finnerty (60).","type":"text"},{"_id":"WFR2ZJ7LANH7FJD6DG7TEBLMP4","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>DONEGAL:</b> S Patton; M Curran, B McCole, P Mogan (0-1-0); E McHugh, C McGonigle, C Moore; H McFadden, D Mac Giolla Bríde; O Doherty, D Ó Baoill (0-2-2), J Brennan; S O’Donnell (0-0-1), O Gallen (0-0-1), C O’Donnell (0-0-2). 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In his address to the weekend’s annual congress in Donegal, association president <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/jarlath-burns/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/jarlath-burns/\">Jarlath Burns</a> confirmed the establishment of GAA+, which will broadcast its first live matches on the opening weekend of this year’s championship.","type":"text"},{"_id":"B5VV4BFEENEYJDYZMLJS3WRV6A","additional_properties":{},"content":"The new service is owned by the GAA, as opposed to the GAAGo, which was a joint venture with <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/rte/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/rte/\">RTÉ</a> and has proved controversial.","type":"text"},{"_id":"YBLA22IPURFQNOUZARHSPPJKDA","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Late last year we made the decision to retain the rights for media packages 5 and 6, previously shown domestically by GAAGo, before exploring what we would do with them.","type":"text"},{"_id":"B45YMYGPOZGMZPWJZAKWLHKSDU","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Today, I am pleased to confirm the next phase in our ‘over the top’/‘direct to fan’ streaming offering with the announcement of our fully GAA-owned and operated service called GAA+.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"CRQ7E32FRBD3BI3753CPAOPDEQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"Speaking later, Burns said the association was grateful to RTÉ for the partnership in GAAGo, which was established in 2014, initially as a streaming service for overseas audiences, and which, in 2023, acquired live rights in the domestic market.","type":"text"},{"_id":"M5JRUL4E3ZERTOQUPO3U6QO4VE","additional_properties":{},"content":"“They are still our main broadcast partner, and we really value that ... but now we are ready to do this ourselves ... but we couldn’t have got to where we were without the help of RTÉ.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"L6CX7B6DT5AH5AVS3BX3FI5334","additional_properties":{},"content":"Congress also approved a new format for the football championship, a sixth format between planned and Covid-enforced changes since 2017. It re-introduces a knock-out pathway from provincial championship into the All-Ireland stages in both the Sam Maguire and Tailteann Cups.","type":"text"},{"_id":"2T2JINRKX5BVHOSHD7ROBZZBR4","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"VUF4EZKSG5HA5DFWYRTXXN3GYM","additional_properties":{},"content":"This replaces the round-robin format that has been in place for the past two years. The change had been well flagged and didn’t attract any pivotal opposition. It was endorsed by 93 per cent of the delegates.","type":"text"},{"_id":"V5KKRL4B35DZ7KQJF3IDCEKEWI","additional_properties":{},"content":"A motion that had <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/22/d-day-for-conor-odonovans-17-year-crusade-to-clean-up-the-handpass/#:~:text=Motion%201%20is%20intended%20to,and%20then%20handpass%20it%20away.\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/22/d-day-for-conor-odonovans-17-year-crusade-to-clean-up-the-handpass/#:~:text=Motion%201%20is%20intended%20to,and%20then%20handpass%20it%20away.\">attracted publicity</a> was number one on the clár, from former Tipperary hurler Conor O’Donovan and his club Nenagh Éire Óg. It proposed modifying the handpass in hurling by not allowing it to be made with the hand holding the ball.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CPF3XARLXRDTRJHOYMZHQHRDVU","additional_properties":{},"content":"“The sport of hurling has become more possession-based,” O’Donovan told delegates, “primarily through its range of handpassing skills. The type of handpass that is most used by players is where the ball is offloaded directly from the same hand that is holding it.","type":"text"},{"_id":"SODOPGCZEJDARIMAEYXCSFLXMI","additional_properties":{},"content":"“However, in doing so, players are a lot more frequently engaging in the act of throwing the ball, which is seldom penalised by referees.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"I7O37RPTNVDRFHEL52YNJYXCGA","additional_properties":{},"content":"Opposition came from the hurling development committee, whose chair, Terry Reilly, said that the game “would be slowed down” and that a skill “would be significantly affected”. He urged that referees be allowed to police the situation under the current rule.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OBT4Y4EFOFCCXFRME5E7XTV2JI","additional_properties":{},"content":"Delegates voted it down 67-33 per cent.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VEU2LKA3LBDGJGOTBMTIOHZCHI","additional_properties":{},"content":"Other personality-led motions came from former Dublin All Star Noel McCaffrey and Wexford’s 1996 All-Ireland winning manager Liam Griffin.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OTDRSLIRUFB77AKGJID7H3BODI","additional_properties":{},"content":"The first was McCaffrey’s proposal that players should be obliged to have played four club league matches before representing their county. There was much commending the spirit of the motion but taking issue with the substance, which was opposed as impractical by London, Cork and Galway.","type":"text"},{"_id":"YB3RVJYIIRHJDIX2B3FF2I66HU","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"ATSDIVIV6RGSVC4ZRA4OXI26EQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"An amendment – that matches from the previous year could count – had come too late for inclusion and Burns suggested that the motion be withdrawn and re-submitted in amended form next year.","type":"text"},{"_id":"T4I3YGCYGFFJVKOY7KTS7TXVT4","additional_properties":{},"content":"McCaffrey agreed, albeit with a couple of reservations.","type":"text"},{"_id":"4NF6LDA22ZHTXK54QQXGC6MDEU","additional_properties":{},"content":"Griffin’s suggestion that all clubs have juvenile hurling teams from under-7 to under-10 was also withdrawn, in this case so that it could be taken up and further considered by the hurling development committee.","type":"text"},{"_id":"E7GMSHCFHNCS7MMPILVNHOT25E","additional_properties":{},"content":"A proposal, motion 22, that an additional suspension should apply to anyone insisting on a hearing for more serious infractions when “the hearing had no prospect of success” or “the hearing request was an abuse of process” was eventually passed by 81 per cent to 19.","type":"text"},{"_id":"EUFLZPZBNBE7DF5Y7LYCNR7ZGI","additional_properties":{},"content":"There was push-back against the idea but a persuasive intervention by the association’s president, based on the importance of players accepting punishment for infractions rather than constantly seeking to get off at committee, got it back on track.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CBE7SXGJPVC5LETME4HZKWDDHA","additional_properties":{},"content":"Motion 18 was overwhelmingly passed, 96-4 per cent. It proposed the implementation of a code of conduct for adult safeguarding.","type":"text"},{"_id":"33LA7QIJCZAK3HINZ4FBIWZZ3E","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>How main motions fared</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"YJZEWQ6MIJAHHNRJFLJBYJQNWA","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 1: </b>Conor O’Donovan’s proposal to prohibit the use of the hand holding the ball to handpass or palm it away. (Nenagh Éire Óg, Tipperary). <b>Rejected 67-33 per cent</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"SXLDDC4YPFFLTIC6PGHU6CATPU","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 3: </b>A proposal to add provincial finals to All-Ireland finals as exempt from winner-on-the-day protocols. As a reaction to last year’s hurling All-Ireland going to extra time, it also stipulated that All-Ireland finals go straight to a replay if level after normal time. (Central Council/CCCC). <b>Withdrawn</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"5XMVMCPJVVH5FOQYOWY7EH2MSI","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 7: </b>This proposed to abandon the five-year rule for tabling motions on playing rules and allow them in any given year. (Cloonacool, Sligo). <b>Supported 58-42 but failed to reach 60 per cent</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"TJVXG43H5RBZXIYFACGKSSIX7Y","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 10: </b>To further dismantle the old prohibitions on other sports by allowing clubs to make their ancillary facilities available to other sports and community-based groups. (Danesfort, Kilkenny). <b>Supported 53-47 but failed to reach 60 per cent</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"KJRFSBFMK5HNHEWCCZ6RJEMKGI","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 12: </b>Noel McCaffrey’s redefinition of eligibility for intercounty championship which would have required a player to have played a minimum of four league games with their club in that calendar year. (Clontarf, Dublin). <b>Withdrawn</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"N34FKXM3UFF6BI7VECDENZ662Q","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 13: </b>From Wexford’s All-Ireland winning manager Liam Griffin, this would have obliged every club to field at least one hurling team at under-7, under-8, under-9 and/or under-10. (St Mary’s Rosslare, Wexford). <b>Withdrawn</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"V4LXDMNZ5FFA7FPSFK6A3EDNUM","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 14: </b>That Europe be permitted to compete in the Tier 5 Lory Meagher Cup in 2026. (Maastricht GAA, Europe). <b>Accepted 95-5</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"YUYLKTBXARAHPK2VC5H6FF4CQM","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 17: </b>To govern the calling of special congresses and restore the power of Central Council to determine the number of delegates entitled to attend. This is to reverse a recent decision that stipulated there should be full delegations at a special congress. (Connacht, Leinster and Munster provincial councils). <b>Rejected 28-72</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"T5UGBD3GQ5CT3GMRXVVUHNSFYU","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 19: </b>Proposal to discontinue the All-Ireland group stages and introduce in 2026 a series of knock-out and qualifier rounds after the provincial championships as the format for All-Ireland SFC and Tailteann Cup. (Central Council/CCCC). <b>Accepted 93-7</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"K4BWNTQZ5NB2DH6QZRMT4THYIA","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 21: </b>Grant permission for the council or committee in charge to consider additional suspensions or penalties in excess of the minimum permitted under rule should the gravity of the case deem it appropriate. (Central Council/CCCC/CHC/CAC). <b>Accepted 97-3</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"FBQZV6QDSNFLVMZB46ONMMO4YU","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 38: </b>That the GAA should maintain a neutral stance in any non-GAA campaign/movement subject to a new ‘advocacy policy’, to be adopted by Central Council. (Central Council). <b>Accepted 95-5</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"MKTUC2Z2RJEG5BLHTVGQRJDJAY","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 39: </b>To bring Official Guide policy on playing gear and equipment in line with EU law by removing the wording “Shall be of Irish manufacture”. Instead, the regulation would state: “shall be manufactured by a GAA licensed kit manufacturer”. Also applicable to replica playing gear. 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Indeed, the match had been in doubt up to noon.","type":"text"},{"_id":"SY3ZQHJRCRHBLEMOTEWVZQE6PY","additional_properties":{"_id":1740335399243},"content":"Westmeath had the aid of a strong wind in the first half, but it was Cavan who opened the scoring via James Smith after 80 seconds. The same player scored his side’s second point all of 16 minutes later, but between the two scores Westmeath went on a scoring spree, registering 0-12 in the process.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TBC2ZBTNCJBOTJIFD65LZTFQUM","additional_properties":{"_id":1740335399244},"content":"Eight of these came via four two-pointers – two of them from Danny McCartan frees (with Cavan paying for some indiscipline) and the other two from Luke Loughlin (a free and open play). This left the scoreboard at the end of the opening quarter reading: Westmeath 0-12 Cavan 0-2.","type":"text"},{"_id":"YLRQTSHX5FECFKFQA5PMRG75NE","additional_properties":{"_id":1740335399245},"content":"Team captain Ronan Wallace stretched the home team’s lead with another two-pointer from play in the 20th minute, and they were well in control when leading by 0-17 to 0-4 with 32 minutes on the clock.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6KNB274KH5BMDHQMKR5L67SXTA","additional_properties":{"_id":1740335399246},"content":"However, an incident in the 33rd minute between Jack Geoghegan and James Smith saw the Westmeath man pick up a second yellow (and red) and his opponent a first yellow, while Jamie Gonoud picked up a black card for getting involved. This left Westmeath with 13 men for the remainder of the half. At the interval, the Lake County led by 0-17 to 0-5, but given the strength of the wind and the availability of two-point scores, it looked a deceptive scoreline.","type":"text"},{"_id":"WYHFT5WIYBDBPGMEQKKC3GJF34","additional_properties":{"_id":1740335399247},"content":"On the change of ends, sandwiched between a point exchange between the respective number 10s, Gerard Smith and Danny McCartan, half-time sub Conor Madden spurned a glorious goal chance for the Breffni men. However, they gradually took control and dominated possession from kickouts taken from both ends of the pitch and the gap was down to three points (0-18 to 0-15) with 45 minutes on the clock, the lively Oisín Brady doing most of the damage for the winners.","type":"text"},{"_id":"27FLGL2UFRB4NC4NA2T3I3Z7Y4","additional_properties":{"_id":1740335399248},"content":"A point apiece from Loughlin (a free) and Danny McCartan steadied home fans’ nerves, but the relief was temporary with the outstanding James Smith firing over a point before Gerard Smith made the most of a turnover by soloing almost half the length of the pitch before slotting the ball low to the net in the 58th minute. A black card soon followed for Cavan sub Killian Clarke, before a great two-pointer by Dara McVeety in the 62nd minute put Raymond Galligan’s troops ahead for the first time (1-18 to 0-20) since the third minute.","type":"text"},{"_id":"SLH23FPOUBFL5C5SLHP656QM6E","additional_properties":{"_id":1740335399249},"content":"They always looked the likelier winners from that moment onwards, and Westmeath’s woes were compounded when they picked up their second red card of what was a pulsating contest when Gonoud got a yellow with five minutes remaining to go with his earlier black.","type":"text"},{"_id":"MAWX2AUAY5HWJPWMC6WUOIQO5M","additional_properties":{"_id":1740335399250},"content":"Cavan now have four points on the board, while Westmeath – despite being very competitive in all four matches to date – remain pointless and in grave danger of relegation to Division Three.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JTXM7EDDY5CFPFOPB33MA47KT4","additional_properties":{"_id":1740335399251},"content":"<b>Westmeath:</b> C McCormack; J Gonoud, C Drumm, J Geoghegan; R Wallace (0-1-0), C Dillon (0-0-1), M Whittaker (0-0-1); S McCartan, R Connellan; D McCartan (0-2-2, 2tpf), B Cooney (0-0-1), K O’Sullivan (0-0-2); L Dolan (0-0-1), L Loughlin (0-2-2, 1tpf, 2f), B Kelly (0-0-1). Subs: K Martin for Cooney (h-t), E Gaffney for Kelly (42), D Scahill for Dolan (53), R Forde for Martin (62), S Smith for Whittaker (67).","type":"text"},{"_id":"JGHS6LEAFNBNTEPIQO4U3BTW5U","additional_properties":{"_id":1740335399252},"content":"<b>Cavan:</b> G O’Rourke; N Carolan, B O’Connell, J McLoughlin; P Faulkner, C Brady, L Fortune; J Smith (0-0-3), E Crowe; G Smith (1-0-1), D McVeety (0-2-0), O Kiernan (0-0-1); R O’Neill, G McKiernan (0-0-5), O Brady (0-1-2, 1tpf, 1f). Subs: Cian Madden (0-0-2) for O’Neill (h-t), Conor Madden for Fortune (h-t), K Clarke for Crowe (45), D Lovett (0-1-0) for Kiernan (56), S McEvoy for O Brady (69).","type":"text"},{"_id":"QHKKYQE4RVDJFIMSSCTE6OPTV4","additional_properties":{"_id":1740335399253},"content":"<b>Referee:</b> Derek O’Mahoney (Tipperary).","type":"text"},{"_id":"RWNXOGSYWBGJXF2MKY5XLUKDXI","additional_properties":{"_id":"2Z6XLY75EFELFAEX74USGTO2JQ"},"content":"On Saturday: Monaghan returned to winning ways in entertaining clash with Cork","type":"interstitial_link"},{"_id":"3AQCLNQG7VDXHCC23RYR7HPKME","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Meath 2-18 Roscommon 0-17</b>","type":"header"},{"_id":"OGNYBUK2ZNGP5NADEYG5VBZ2XM","additional_properties":{},"content":"The Robbie Brennan revolution is up and running in Meath after the Royal County chalked up their third successive win following this victory over the tabletoppers in Division Two at Páirc Tailteann.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DIZLTUEJCRF7REU3BPOMUBTX5U","additional_properties":{},"content":"Roscommon were well on course to make a quick return to the top tier following an unblemished record in their opening three encounters, but they were halted firmly in their tracks by a resurgent Meath, who overcame a six-point second half deficit to end up comfortable and convincing winners.","type":"text"},{"_id":"XNFNYGHJYVD6DHMDWTTZH22PUQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"The win for Meath leaves them very much in the mix for promotion after an excellent display, particularly in the second half when they had the advantage of the stiff breeze. After electing to play against the elements in the opening half, the hosts found themselves 0-8 to 0-12 in arrears at half-time.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JKPDNSUO3JCIJMWWQWVYDYZIFQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"The visitors hit the opening two scores of the second half from Enda Smith and Ciarain Murtagh (free) to go six clear by the 40th minute and at that stage Meath were facing an uphill battle. However, Meath then struck for two goals in the space of 40 seconds to wipe out Roscommon’s lead and turn the game on its head. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"CVD25FJPA5EEREISVVGXDNBHHY","additional_properties":{},"content":"A great move started by Sean Rafferty and continued by Jordan Morris ended with Sean Coffey finishing low to the net to halve the deficit on 42 minutes. Meath won possession from the kick-out and Ronan Jones ran on to Eoghan Frayne’s through ball and produced a great finish to the net to draw the sides’ level.","type":"text"},{"_id":"O35KASM2NBESVI2FCTJAKHDAOI","additional_properties":{},"content":"Frayne then pointed Meath ahead before Roscommon responded with Cian McKeon pointing to restore parity. Meath then enjoyed another purple patch starting with a point from Ciaran Caulfield and they then struck three two-pointers from Conor Duke (two) and Eoghan Frayne in a four-minute spell to open up a 2-16 to 0-15 lead by the 57th minute.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5PTYR32YWNDODDMCDHEHLXWOAA","additional_properties":{},"content":"There was no way back for Roscommon after that though they almost had a goal on 59 minutes as Diarmuid Murtagh attempted to apply the finishing touch but keeper Billy Hogan got down somehow to scoop the ball off the goal line.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DDP6CRTRAZGIVL5676MGROPRA4","additional_properties":{},"content":"Roscommon started with a two-pointer from Ciarain Murtagh inside two minutes and keeper Conor Carroll repeated the feat as they led 0-5 to 0-4 after 15 minutes.","type":"text"},{"_id":"B6IKBZVN45BX5E352G7NT33UEY","additional_properties":{},"content":"Meath keeper Billy Hogan converted a brace of ‘45s and the hosts were just the minimum in arrears after Shane Walsh pointed on 25 minutes. But, Roscommon finished the half strongly and were boosted by three points from wing back, Dylan Ruane (one two-pointer) as they led by four at the break, but not enough considering the severity of the elements.","type":"text"},{"_id":"Z3IN6DNJKZGHLEZDMZCJ3TBQOM","additional_properties":{},"content":"While Frayne and Duke took the scoring honours in attack, both midfielders Bryan Menton and Jack Flynn won more than the share against former All-Star Enda Smith and Keith Doyle. 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Some 41 scores overall, but it would come down to the minimum.","type":"text"},{"_id":"I5PEK6TVCBAAFB3SQ5KUNTS5FE","additional_properties":{},"content":"Louth now leapfrog their opponents on the suffocating league table with their crucial second win of the season.","type":"text"},{"_id":"XLVFXSBLCRHP5EBIYLUE4VUO7A","additional_properties":{},"content":"When Odhran Murdock’s last-gasp effort deep into additional time sailed wide, the relief was palpable among the home supporters. Two valuable league points confirmed by Martin McNally’s full-time whistle.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TQDVDKDM4RAADCOTWL5IAWFAHE","additional_properties":{},"content":"Louth deserved the win, managing the elements much better than the visitors. With the wind at their back in the opening half, Down looked to pull away at time but did not, while against the elements in the second half they had chances to salvage something from the game but did not.","type":"text"},{"_id":"3T26TP5EXVHHPDKW5Q2OY7YABY","additional_properties":{},"content":"Louth were feeling the effects of Down’s shoot-on-sight policy in the game’s beginning. Using the wind expertly Down raised four orange flags.","type":"text"},{"_id":"X7BEDIO23RHEFJXYFKSGZ3AI7U","additional_properties":{},"content":"Danny Magill, whose All-Ireland winning father Micheal, manages locally, hit the first one, Daniel Guinness, Pat Havern and Ceilum Doherty all found the range in an impressive shooting display.","type":"text"},{"_id":"R4AZ5EQI6NBSBPTSYPROMI5B4A","additional_properties":{},"content":"Despite that menace going forward, Louth were able to grow into the game with a much more possession-based approach and Down’s Achilles heel at the back handed Louth a route back into the game.","type":"text"},{"_id":"BEQTXJBDOJCF3HOOJP6L4VWJ3Q","additional_properties":{},"content":"Ronan Burns spilled Sam Mulroy’s tame effort and namesake Ryan Burns was on hand to turn it home. Outplayed Louth were now in touch thanks to that lifeline.","type":"text"},{"_id":"HXQOUE2YIVA4LGZHK5O7GDEIYE","additional_properties":{},"content":"The mental gymnastics again flipped in hosts favour when Mulroy led a late surge with three points to cut the gap to two points at the break. That was a crushing blow to Conor Laverty’s side’s psyche for the second half against the wind.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CQMQRAUX55CV5KU2TQWRQRX424","additional_properties":{},"content":"Louth methodically levelled and took the lead through the imposing Mulroy. Smelling blood, Louth turned the screw and essentially won the game with a Kieran McArdle goal.","type":"text"},{"_id":"FQLZC76NYBDQRF5BPGVBTFJA6E","additional_properties":{},"content":"Four points the lead at that stage, with a wind at their backs, Louth set their stall and managed the game from that vantage point.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DO7COD2OFZEURDQNY4AO4C5BDA","additional_properties":{},"content":"Down did cut the gap to one point, twice but Ger Brennan’s side showed enough nous to earn a valuable win. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"4NPUFS7HKJFTJJJCL23J5CS2IY","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Louth:</b> N McDonnell; D Corcoran, D Campbell, D McKenny; D Nally, P Lynch, L Jackson (0-0-1), T Durnin (0-0-1), C Byrne; A McDonnell (0-0-1), C Keenan (0-0-1), C Grimes; K McArdle (1-0-0), S Mulroy (0-1-8, 4f, 1tpf, 1′45), R Burns (1-1-0, 1tp). 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Donegal and Dublin are joint second both with six points while Kerry are next with four. However, it’s looking ropey for Derry at the bottom - Paddy Tally’s side only have one point after four games. Derry play Donegal next, defeat there would leave them facing a real battle to survive in Division One. Tyrone (2pts), Mayo (3pts), Armagh (3pts) are dangling over the relegation trapdoor too.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OQN7KTEOXRH5FLISFQGIHPOHCI","additional_properties":{"_id":1740335873869},"content":"<b>Division Two: </b>Meath’s win over Roscommon has really opened the race for promotion. A win for Roscommon would have left them sitting comfortably at the top and with a cushion to third place. Instead Roscommon, Monaghan, Meath are joint top with six points. Cork, Louth, Cavan are all on four points while Down have two. Westmeath have yet to pick up any points and sit bottom with zero - they will do well to avoid the drop at this stage.","type":"text"},{"_id":"22CL2EQDLNCLNM6IVMMEG5IWAA","additional_properties":{"_id":1740335873870},"content":"<b>Division Three:</b> Kildare’s immediate return to Division Two remains on track - they are top of the table with eight points after four consecutive victories. At the other end of the Division Three table, Leitrim and Sligo are in danger of getting cut adrift. Leitrim have lost all four of their games so far, while Sligo have lost all three of their outings.","type":"text"},{"_id":"7XBHWIKLK5G53G2EXOWXC2GAFQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1740335873871},"content":"<b>Division Four: </b>The postponed Wexford-Wicklow games means the top of the table remains very congested. Wexford are sin first with six points and are still favourites for promotion. Limerick and Tipperary are just behind with five points, but both have any extra game played. London have picked up two wins so far and sit midtable while Waterford are bottom after four defeats.","type":"text"},{"_id":"THQVMO4P2BBIVJCVIZEKYA63ME","additional_properties":{"_id":"MWM7JCGDPVAKNNQGCIU7CD7SKA"},"embed":{"config":{"dateTimeField":1740333672068},"id":"timestamp-29381","url":"/"},"subtype":"timestamp_powerup","type":"custom_embed"},{"_id":"NPS6BIHAIFDPZPTANC6XAFP4AE","additional_properties":{"_id":1740335873873},"content":"Here is Gerry Buckley’s report from Mullingar after Cavan staged a second-half rally to beat Westmeath.","type":"text"},{"_id":"BBOWOUH5EVHLPEQZFAPHXS3MQA","additional_properties":{"_id":"Y23KEOSV3VDZXBIU7MLDZ3YUNQ"},"content":"Cavan come back from 12 points behind to beat Westmeath","type":"interstitial_link"},{"_id":"HOQKGEYWG5HGDH3NRUOQCBALI4","additional_properties":{"_id":"SUTOYXJFZ5CRDHALOBBIZRVKEU"},"embed":{"config":{"dateTimeField":1740334080141},"id":"timestamp-21798","url":"/"},"subtype":"timestamp_powerup","type":"custom_embed"},{"_id":"TT5LMNYUNFHN3FCXZZFJRUXB6M","additional_properties":{"_id":1740335873876},"content":"And here is Francis Mooney’s report from Pomeroy where David Clifford stole the show.","type":"text"},{"_id":"E5F5B3GTYZGLNHVK5VGQ4F7LM4","additional_properties":{"_id":"PONYCX7ZX5C4BLDG2YXLI6FYZY"},"content":"David Clifford scores hat-trick as Kerry turn over old foes Tyrone in Pomeroy","type":"interstitial_link"},{"_id":"FLOCJWSFUVEYRKRFM5RGFDIQYU","additional_properties":{"_id":"PO6E3HSYPJHAPJAMKSHHF74U5Y"},"embed":{"config":{"dateTimeField":1740335287337},"id":"timestamp-40134","url":"/"},"subtype":"timestamp_powerup","type":"custom_embed"},{"_id":"O74XYFXHL5HXNHMGCAYASRVG6Y","additional_properties":{"_id":1740335873879},"content":"Here is Eoin Brennan’s take on Wexford’s victory over 2024 All-Ireland and National Hurling League champions Clare.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ST4U4LKGHBBFBHKYY6YYQWSA5I","additional_properties":{"_id":"U5QBVUOB6VH3BMDNLJQ65EUVHQ"},"content":"Lee Chin’s return to action helps Wexford see off Clare in Ennis basement battle","type":"interstitial_link"},{"_id":"5VKQBFX4RREOXFQ5QULDV7UUIE","additional_properties":{"_id":"N3BPQYSUVFABVJGILUILH76WEQ"},"embed":{"config":{"dateTimeField":1740335373126},"id":"timestamp-72401","url":"/"},"subtype":"timestamp_powerup","type":"custom_embed"},{"_id":"5NAIPJQTQ5EPLAJJM7P57ADSTY","additional_properties":{"_id":1740335873882},"content":"Thanks for joining us today, we’ll be back again next weekend as the season really starts to take shape. 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He needed it,” said O’Connor.","type":"text"},{"_id":"63Z4U3LA35FGHPPRZVFJXG6SOU","additional_properties":{},"content":"“He had a period there for two or three years where he was virtually playing all-year round. Great to see, just hope he can keep that form going.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"I45EQGSLMNDHTCYLUAFOE2RPGI","additional_properties":{},"content":"Kerry went after Tyrone’s kickouts in the closing stages, claiming vital possessions that they turned into scores on a blustery afternoon in the Tyrone highlands.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OZX4DBRP5FAELDVX42LQ2SFEJ4","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Yeah, finished strong. We won four of Tyrone’s last five kickouts. I think that was critical,” the manager reflected.","type":"text"},{"_id":"V3F2D6ZH4FD67L3NRGKX4O3FYY","additional_properties":{},"content":"“That was an awful tough game. A lot of things went against us. 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I understand that it’s a difficulty attending games on a Sunday, but Armagh played Tyrone Saturday night a week ago in front of 14,000 people, I don’t know if he would know whether it’s on or not.","type":"text"},{"_id":"IXUC6PKLMRAGXMAFEWBTQELMUM","additional_properties":{"_id":1740261813417},"content":"“So, I don’t want to be negative. We have to work with these people, but I also want to be realistic about what we’re dealing with and how challenging the landscape is for us, and for [Ulster GAA officials] Stephen McGeehan, Brian McEvoy, Tom Daly, people who are living this every day. They are becoming extremely frustrated. 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The Alliance Party are fully behind it, SDLP, Sinn Féin, even the Ulster Unionists understand where it’s coming from.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"LUDEHZZG6ZGGBO3Z5S5RYDYYSU","additional_properties":{"_id":1740261813420},"content":"He was also critical of unionist politicians for failing to speak out on the appearance in Antrim of bogus street signs to the effect that the GAA was the sporting wing of the IRA and not welcome","type":"text"},{"_id":"XD7KYT4OEZAKTMVBS7LKQE4SQE","additional_properties":{"_id":1740261813421},"content":"“Having said that, last week there was a series of signs, very, very insulting signs on the GAA going up in Randalstown, really threatening signs. 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Alan Tynan soared highest to claim the puck-out and released Jake Morris into space. The vice-captain only had eyes for the net and found it with his bouncing finish for a 1-1 to 0-3 lead.","type":"text"},{"_id":"4HIQL3UKABCRTMZAWD7K75M2RY","additional_properties":{},"content":"Cork were back ahead with a green-flag response in the eighth minute. From a short puck-out, Tim O’Mahony’s fine pass picked out Shane Barrett’s run and Cork walked it in from there. Brian Hayes rounded the keeper to apply the final touch.","type":"text"},{"_id":"K6WSLQATTFAMVJN5IJKWEGYBVM","additional_properties":{},"content":"The Rebels tagged on the next pair to lead 1-5 to 1-2 including a Newtownshandrum combination finished off by Cormac O’Brien via O’Mahony’s pass.","type":"text"},{"_id":"EOGLXLDGVFE5ZG33UTKAAFLCCM","additional_properties":{},"content":"They traded further goal chances soon after. A loose pull by Niall O’Leary went straight to McCarthy who whizzed over the bar. Then Barrett broke free again but his low bullet was saved well by Barry Hogan.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GRSAONFTRJHGFE6TIUPVYEZWWA","additional_properties":{},"content":"McCarthy was piecing together his best senior display yet by coming out on top of his duel with Ger Millerick. The teenage talent reeled off four points in a row, including three from play, to edge Tipp back ahead by one.","type":"text"},{"_id":"75KZYJ23LRAVPOFFQMQNTW5MLQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"Mullins equalised as the sides began to exchange points before Cork reeled off three in succession approaching the break.","type":"text"},{"_id":"F4A23UTKAJA7ZF2GUYZOT62CPY","additional_properties":{},"content":"After a couple of Darragh Fitzgibbon frees, the returning Robbie O’Flynn made it 1-11 to 1-9 but Tipp ended stronger.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5W6G3GOGWVCYDAK4NJHFDK2LS4","additional_properties":{},"content":"Jason Forde capitalised on a mistake, McCarthy won a free for himself, and then landed his best score of the half while falling by the sideline to raise a huge cheer from the home crowd. His 0-8 total made it 1-12 to 1-11 at the break.","type":"text"},{"_id":"Q66PDQGXQRC7JC7TI233OBOH2E","subtype":"twitter","type":"oembed_response"},{"_id":"N5MHMDR7TVDYHOQPZQK4XVSXFY","additional_properties":{},"content":"Pat Ryan swapped Niall O’Leary across on to McCarthy during the interval and although Tipp restarted with a couple of Gearóid O’Connor points and a Tynan peach, Cork began to get a grip on this game.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZTVJDQFRIFBZDLQSZYFM5YKXUQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"The visitors struck four in a row with substitutes Patrick Horgan and Diarmuid Healy quickly off the mark to level for an eighth time at 1-17 apiece.","type":"text"},{"_id":"APN4HXQMX5F3FHWGIXKCIAPK3E","additional_properties":{},"content":"Crucially, Hayes missed the target from an acute angle when batting for goal.","type":"text"},{"_id":"D4RL25HNUVBWRDBPC533YS66S4","additional_properties":{},"content":"No sooner were they level than Tipp’s revival brought 1-3 without reply.","type":"text"},{"_id":"4EAERP67R5GNDPXF3YFLBTWIEM","additional_properties":{},"content":"It began with a Ronan Maher free and a Morris turnover score. Then, after sniping a point, Craig Morgan made the burst forward to create the goal for half-time replacement Walsh to beat the keeper.","type":"text"},{"_id":"EJ3UCJ5GOBCYDCOP3PLPAFNCLE","additional_properties":{},"content":"Horgan and Oisín O’Donoghue swapped points as Cork tried to come back with further scores from Fitzgibbon.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VQXGHTG6FVF37OXKDCW2OCF3XA","additional_properties":{},"content":"They could not get any closer than four although Hogan had to save from Barrett and intercept from Hayes to protect their cushion.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GYUYT3TPEZEBPM5IKYEFLSI7YU","additional_properties":{},"content":"When Fitzgibbon’s 65 drifted wide with seconds remaining, the points were assured for Tipp.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QOXECWILWRF4BEWBAIQN5VRPKE","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Tipperary:</b> B Hogan; E Connolly, M Breen, R Doyle; J Caesar, R Maher (0-1f), B O’Mara; C Morgan (0-1), W Connors (0-1); G O’Connor (0-3), A Tynan (0-1), J Morris (1-1); S Kenneally, J Forde (0-3), D McCarthy (0-10, 5f). <b>Subs:</b> D Walsh (1-0) for Kenneally (h-t), O O’Donoghue (0-1) for Connors (55 mins), M Corcoran for O’Mara (56), J McGrath for Forde (67), N McGrath for O’Connor (70).","type":"text"},{"_id":"DAOS5R4A2ZFHNL3ODGCTJYQWAQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Cork:</b> P Collins; G Millerick, E Downey, N O’Leary; M Mullins (0-1), C Joyce, C O’Brien (0-1); T O’Mahony, D Fitzgibbon (0-11, 6f, 1 65); E Twomey, S Barrett (0-1), R O’Flynn (0-2); J O’Connor (0-1), B Hayes (1-0), R Cotter. <b>Subs:</b> P Horgan (0-3, 1f) for Cotter (46 mins), D Healy (0-1) for O’Flynn (47), L Meade for O’Mahony (49), J Cahalane for O’Connor (55), B Roche for Twomey (63, inj).","type":"text"},{"_id":"3K2VR55OARC3PAAFCGSZU6TTPE","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Referee:</b> L Gordon (Galway).","type":"text"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Stephen Barry"}]},"description":{"basic":"Dylan Walsh scores killer goal for Premier County in engrossing contest with Cork"},"display_date":"2025-02-22T22:17:55.479Z","headlines":{"basic":"Darragh McCarthy inspires Tipperary to impressive win over Cork","native":""},"label":{"audio_project_id":{"text":"5469"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"EBLNMHQLNPCI7S7YYA22TP6DOA","auth":{"1":"8128ec0b59156b690668db7d81646f94463eb23740d6215ec1940d49ac0e4cdf"},"focal_point":{"x":1170,"y":333},"type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/EBLNMHQLNPCI7S7YYA22TP6DOA.jpg"}},"subtype":"default","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Gaelic Games"},{"name":"Sport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/22/darragh-mccarthy-inspires-tipperary-to-impressive-win-over-cork/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/sport/gaelic-games","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Gaelic Games"}}}},{"_id":"PEDMFHKYYNDYHM3TKKABVSG32U","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":410,"audio_url":"https://beyondwords-cdn-b7fyckdeejejb6dj.a03.azurefd.net/audio/projects/5469/podcasts/56439b8b-6c5d-49f1-803a-32f5be0a5420/versions/1740314783/media/094003a700380844d3e1d5f67842a576_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/22/sean-bugler-and-brian-howard-exceptional-as-dublin-swat-derry-aside-with-11-point-win/","content_elements":[{"_id":"5CDUU6N275BPXFZBFL7PWH73YM","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>NFL Division One: Dublin 3-20 Derry 2-12</b> ","type":"header"},{"_id":"YZG6TCED3NBGLKOXBUI5ZT2ZNE","additional_properties":{},"content":"Forget the scoreboard, forget the goals, forget even the first spring sighting of Con O’Callaghan in a <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/dublin-gaa/\" target=\"_blank\">Dublin</a> jersey. The best snapshot of Saturday night’s destruction of <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/derry-gaa/\" target=\"_blank\">Derry</a> from the home side’s point of view was seeing Seán Bugler chatting happily away to BBC reporter Mark Sidebottom afterwards while receiving his Man of the Match award.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OLMEEUA7LRDKVDXGXLP2WODW6M","additional_properties":{},"content":"Bugler has been far and away the best Dublin player of the league so far and wouldn’t have too many peers in any performance audit across the four divisions. He kicked six points from play here, bringing his total to 19 in four games so far, with only one from a free. But his night ended prematurely – he hobbled off 10 minutes from time after fending off a late Derry attack.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OTZX7AK6RBDB7CMWUDD4JIHGDI","additional_properties":{},"content":"It looked like a bad one. Bugler was down for a full two minutes and eventually limped away with the help of two of the Dublin backroom team. But had it been significantly serious, he surely would have gone straight down the tunnel. As it was, he sat in front of the bench and was happy enough to stand in and take his bit of crystal at the end.","type":"text"},{"_id":"WTUHD24DHZDIDLAEOZKR4DZUTQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Hope so,” said Dessie Farrell afterwards when we asked if Bugler was okay. “I think he got a kick in the calf trying to block that last one. He’s hobbling around badly there at the minute so we’ll keep an eye on him.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"K6XHDKFLIVD5VMTV46IMXJO6BE","additional_properties":{},"content":"Bugler wasn’t the only Dub who shone in front of the 18,920 crowd. Brian Howard was exceptional too and Theo Clancy made short work of quelling Shane McGuigan. Add in some stylish shooting from young Luke Breathnach and a bull-rushing turn at full-forward from Eoghan O’Donnell and Farrell can see the next generation taking hold.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GA7QAN5J4NDEPBJYHA2R5BW4QM","additional_properties":{},"content":"“That’s the natural evolution. As senior men move on, other players assume those roles. And Seán is definitely doing that for us on the pitch, which is great to see.","type":"text"},{"_id":"4OFEUAD2XCEUF3TRLP4QNX7BSQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"MJLPZJOGYNH53KHYXMCLRBW4X4","additional_properties":{},"content":"“And that’s what we need. Probably on the face of it, you’re worried about a deficit of leadership in the group with so many big players moving out. But it’s great to see other men, that emerging leadership talent within the group and really stepping up.","type":"text"},{"_id":"XZYEZSPQHFCYFDO3VEVWUGN6ZI","additional_properties":{},"content":"“It’s not just on the field of play. It’s around the group too. Lads are very sensitive to where the group is at now and putting in a big effort in terms of driving it on and making sure there is no gap in terms of leadership within the squad.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"RKFMP2D2Q5AEVA5RMDN3FQE3KU","additional_properties":{},"content":"For Derry, this was another evening to forget. After a decent opening, they faded from view entirely and will spend the rest of the campaign fighting relegation. They had no answer to Dublin’s smooth transitions and precise shooting – at one stage, they went 40 minutes without a score from play.","type":"text"},{"_id":"3TTLUCYJ65HWJLKECJTF4ZVEOI","additional_properties":{},"content":"That said, they were unlucky to see a McGuigan punched effort come back off the inside of the post on 16 minutes – it trickled along the line and was cleared by Evan Comerford. Had it gone in, Derry would have gone 1-5 to 0-3 clear at the stage. As it was, a McGuigan free soon after was their last score of any kind for a full half hour.","type":"text"},{"_id":"O6YI6GVPTRDQXMLMNVAUIPRLG4","additional_properties":{},"content":"Dublin led by 1-10 to 0-6 at the break, their goal coming courtesy of a nice finish by Niall Scully after trojan work by O’Donnell. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"T5ICSOVUHBGKTKRKX6LLY3IXL4","subtype":"twitter","type":"oembed_response"},{"_id":"NUP3UNOD6JEHBMWZDKPWYPHAEQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"Bugler had four points from play by this stage, Breathnach had three. Howard was devastating under the Derry kick-out and continued in the same vein after the restart, setting up Dublin’s first three points of the second half to leave the home side 10 up and cruising with 25 minutes to go.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QCGHYFSGBNBCPENXBGBNAUY63I","additional_properties":{},"content":"Derry came with a couple of flurries to take the bad look off the scoreboard. Brendan Rogers snapped in a goal after a risky pass from Ethan Doherty and Conor Glass finished off a classy move involving Anton Tohill and McGuigan. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"NSQMISSFMNB27EYGC2EMPLAKV4","subtype":"twitter","type":"oembed_response"},{"_id":"COBGDCVEOBHI5IRWE5OROX6HWA","additional_properties":{},"content":"But they couldn’t keep pace with the scoring at the other end, where O’Callaghan came off the bench to swish four (including their only two-pointer of the night) and goals rained in from Alan Tyrrell and Lorcan O’Dell.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QNUC4EXGMBDV7BUZVA5Z2VWF5M","additional_properties":{},"content":"Tyrrell’s was a fluke – he was going for a point and it dropped softly in under the bar. O’Dell’s was anything but, his rasper of a shot finding the roof of the net. But even so, Derry’s experiment of playing an outfielder in goals in the shape of Neil McNicholl might need a rethink. All three Dublin goals went in directly under the black spot. Full-time goalkeepers don’t tend to allow that kind of thing.","type":"text"},{"_id":"RM7OZIRM6VACNDYBB37W4EF7WY","subtype":"twitter","type":"oembed_response"},{"_id":"ZJNBZM5T6ZF45GTTZDNBOY4DKQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"“There may be something in that, alright,” said Paddy Tally afterwards. “I think up to this point, Neil’s done pretty well. The first game, the Kerry game, we conceded five goals and some of them I wouldn’t count or blame the goalkeeper for them. But tonight I think Neil will be disappointed in himself. There were a couple of goals he felt he should have done better on them but that maybe is part of the trade-off.","type":"text"},{"_id":"LFOONXDRMVAHDHBK4XWMEDANGA","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Neil’s been outstanding in his last couple of matches. You couldn’t fault him for what he’s done. He’s stood in there really well, and he’ll be as disappointed as anybody with the goals tonight.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"BMF5V2GTV5FNBNYOJO4M6ZUJZ4","additional_properties":{},"content":"As for the Dubs, they did this without Ciarán Kilkenny, Lee Gannon, either of the Small brothers, Eoin Murchan, Stephen Cluxton and Cormac Costello. Not all of them will be back – Farrell told us afterwards that the luckless Gannon will miss most of the season. But the conveyor belt keeps rolling. 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Earlier, Monaghan beat Cork to make it three wins from four in Division Two, while Armagh lead Mayo 1-10 to 0-5 at the break in their Division One game. 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Horgan gets one back for Cork with a point.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZC3T2OAW6FA47FP2BFLJRNMMIM","additional_properties":{"_id":1740260712890},"content":"<b>Dublin 2-16 Derry 1-8: </b>A dampener on a good day for Dublin as Bugler limps off injured.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ECIV2MZZFFATZGSEVZTHRWIKOE","additional_properties":{"_id":"HNKHDNFVRRAE3LKEYMR4CLREMY"},"embed":{"config":{"dateTimeField":1740257700000},"id":"timestamp-53312","url":"/"},"subtype":"timestamp_powerup","type":"custom_embed"},{"_id":"ZYYKIFQ7T5EAPFZ4E7HORNQFU4","additional_properties":{"_id":1740260712892},"content":"<b>Tipperary 2-21 Cork 1-18: </b>Oisin O’Donoghue with another one for Tipp.","type":"text"},{"_id":"PV7D5L7H3JAKLAKK3MV7CXFA4U","additional_properties":{"_id":1740260712893},"content":"<b>Dublin 3-16 Derry 1-8: </b>Lorcan O’Dell gets a goal, what a hammering at Croke Park.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GHO64GB6V5DENCGWQWUBE2JIYY","additional_properties":{"_id":1740260712894},"content":"With the football one likely over as a contest, we’ll focus on the hurling for the rest of the coverage.","type":"text"},{"_id":"FZZOISYACVHB5HMLLMCO736OKU","additional_properties":{"_id":"STGUTQUFRBFIRCFCKDJC7I32AE"},"embed":{"config":{"dateTimeField":1740257880000},"id":"timestamp-82968","url":"/"},"subtype":"timestamp_powerup","type":"custom_embed"},{"_id":"KHGCFM4SXRAFRFZFSV6FNE7DBE","additional_properties":{"_id":1740260712896},"content":"<b>66 mins:</b> Fitzgibbon scores a free to get Cork within five, but McCarthy immediately responds with one of his own.","type":"text"},{"_id":"O5LQPMXAE5HNBCKH3SIYKX62QE","additional_properties":{"_id":1740260712897},"content":"<b>Tipperary 2-22 Cork 1-19</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"M7FFDTKCKBAWXNGVFKQ2E2QW3A","additional_properties":{"_id":"4I6ZOQRXNBFEBDJXX7WIVO6NCE"},"embed":{"config":{"dateTimeField":1740258060000},"id":"timestamp-54650","url":"/"},"subtype":"timestamp_powerup","type":"custom_embed"},{"_id":"6ZUQCPUUSRC2FPQQC4N5INXY4Y","additional_properties":{"_id":1740260712899},"content":"<b>69 mins: </b>Fitzgibbon gets another point, his fourth from play, he’s had a fine game in midfield. Craig Morgan misses a good chance, looks for a free as his hand was hit as striking but not given. Then a goal attempt, Ronan Maher is caught by Barrett, he shoots low but good save by Hogan. Fitzgibbon scores another one from a free.","type":"text"},{"_id":"O5LQPMXAE5HNBCKH3SIYKX62QE","additional_properties":{"_id":1740260712900},"content":"<b>Tipperary 2-22 Cork 1-21</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"IRS3SJXUGNFAJPSWM6SYULU7LM","additional_properties":{"_id":"AQQDNHVYXVFJ7HK5H534ILZQRI"},"embed":{"config":{"dateTimeField":1740258300000},"id":"timestamp-13033","url":"/"},"subtype":"timestamp_powerup","type":"custom_embed"},{"_id":"RCUI4PG2EREQJLYYXXWFNFEXQQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1740260712902},"content":"<b>72 mins: </b>Cork going for goal, they had numbers over but poor decision making with the pass and Hogan comes out smartly to knock it out for a 65. Fitzgibbon misses the 65, a rare miss on the day for him.","type":"text"},{"_id":"O5LQPMXAE5HNBCKH3SIYKX62QE","additional_properties":{"_id":1740260712903},"content":"<b>Full-time: Tipperary 2-22 Cork 1-21</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"FFEBWOFKIRANXLHDCG3MOLV47M","additional_properties":{"_id":1740260712904},"content":"Big win for Tipperary, first win over a Munster county in the league in two years. They deserved that win, good performance especially from Darragh McCarthy.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QOPA7C7IPFGLZDJ3OWXRO45MQE","additional_properties":{"_id":1740260712905},"content":"Here’s the Tipp goal in the second half:","type":"text"},{"_id":"PWECOAVAQJHPLJTOV4UMKYGG2Y","subtype":"twitter","type":"oembed_response"},{"_id":"5BSD5MPL7FDMBFD7WTZVHQOKTE","additional_properties":{"_id":"YQIPUIW7DFHN7BDDHRA7JFPT4A"},"embed":{"config":{"dateTimeField":1740258600000},"id":"timestamp-4461","url":"/"},"subtype":"timestamp_powerup","type":"custom_embed"},{"_id":"U6L67YJ7HJDPFFMRT6XZN3R27Q","additional_properties":{"_id":1740260712908},"content":"<b>Jake Morris on RTÉ:</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"CRPQEAHLXJA57J3BWHQY54REQM","additional_properties":{"_id":1740260712909},"content":"We are trying to do our talking on the field, we’re working hard, that’s a decent result tonight. Our backs have been superb since the start of the league, our forwards have given us a boost of energy today. We can’t stay looking in the back mirror and focus on the future. We’re down in the trenches, it’s hard to listen to the otside noise. We need to focus on what’s in the dressingroom.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OFZ4LA3AZANDU34O53OPVKSJ5U","additional_properties":{"_id":"LKG5KOXV6FBRTD3ZIIZJG25N7Y"},"type":"image"},{"_id":"P5KSBDBFK5HMTHLXBVSCOMDNXU","additional_properties":{"_id":1740260712911},"content":"<b>Ronan Maher named man of the match:</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"QHGUFTPBHJGVNIXEYBIB5DQJXA","additional_properties":{"_id":1740260712912},"content":"It’s a great atmosphere, it’s great to play these games on a Saturday night. Happy with the performance. Lads worked well for each other. Big performance from a few new lads. It’s great to see that.","type":"text"},{"_id":"YGQ4QZ5VSNCCLGNJNS4GGQTSIU","additional_properties":{"_id":"5ABC7MJG2VDHZEAO7XKWPVOIJM"},"embed":{"config":{"dateTimeField":1740258738789},"id":"timestamp-43054","url":"/"},"subtype":"timestamp_powerup","type":"custom_embed"},{"_id":"ELID5QVVWFEBFNTK223E5I4LBM","additional_properties":{"_id":1740260712914},"content":"<b>Full-time: Dublin 3-20 Derry 2-12</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"IHBPUG2O2BEM7FCIBWBHN3U5EQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1740260712915},"content":"Dominant performance by Dublin, ominous for their opponents as they looked in great form at Croke Park. Bugler won a deserved man of the match.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ISAZQ5IGYUYTOHGXQIEOJSTCLU","additional_properties":{"_id":"OKQAJKQZOZEC3EXBSLFG6QAXFA"},"type":"image"},{"_id":"ICZKFSNUM5BT3BYUBPEG7UR3HI","additional_properties":{},"content":"That’s all from me for tonight, good night!","type":"text"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"free"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{"byline":"David Gorman"}},"name":"David Gorman"}]},"description":{"basic":"Mayo come from behind to get draw against Armagh; Offaly beat Dublin at the death in hurling"},"display_date":"2025-02-22T21:45:56.081Z","headlines":{"basic":"GAA Saturday as it happened: Tipperary beat Cork in hurling as Dublin beat Derry in football","native":""},"label":{"live":{"text":"inactive"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"3BCPGLNZ65ZRY7V346RGUORKFY","auth":{"1":"c3122d9104c84ef865bbafb48f7d8d7373abb01a8402388226e8ecf9b0ab02cd"},"type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/3BCPGLNZ65ZRY7V346RGUORKFY.jpg"}},"subtype":"live-story","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Gaelic Games"},{"name":"Sport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/22/gaa-saturday-live-score-updates-tipperary-take-on-cork-in-hurling-while-dublin-play-derry-in-football/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/sport/gaelic-games","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Gaelic Games"}}}},{"_id":"NHSNGA3Z5ND6DGA6XGPFVK452Q","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":239,"audio_url":"https://beyondwords-cdn-b7fyckdeejejb6dj.a03.azurefd.net/audio/projects/5469/podcasts/d02ea0fd-6a69-4a07-a338-aa402f6b2c89/versions/1740260968/media/7bb5b2acbc6ed51df378d4135a9c1733_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/22/armagh-and-mayo-cannot-be-separated-in-thriller-at-athletic-grounds/","content_elements":[{"_id":"FJQRS7ELKNA4HHFYOQP5SJO5XE","additional_properties":{"_id":1740259328756},"content":"<b>NFL Division One: Armagh 1-17 Mayo 1-17</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"WVUBNYGQH5CBHB2VDN5HXQUG2E","additional_properties":{},"content":"There may have been helping of mundane fare in the Allianz Football League to date but Saturday night’s confrontation between <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/armagh-gaa/\" target=\"_blank\">Armagh</a> and <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/mayo-gaa/\" target=\"_blank\">Mayo</a> at the Athletic Grounds transported the competition to a temporary high.","type":"text"},{"_id":"2CLHM2AYLNFSTBMCVOR7RH2IKU","additional_properties":{},"content":"In a game that had everything, the sides finished all square leaving a capacity crowd breathless. This clash had it all – top-class scoring, a ceaseless workrate, a plethora of outstanding individual displays and the prospect that there might be more on the horizon.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CJCBSFMTW5CATD5QRTULLEZCFY","additional_properties":{},"content":"It was Armagh who swept into an impressive lead in the first quarter and continued to wield their authority until half-time with Kieran McGeeney’s men launching a wave of attacks. Conor Turbitt was in particularly fine form as they cemented their advantage on the scoreboard.","type":"text"},{"_id":"77P3FULIARBVTJGUWDEMKXEVBY","additional_properties":{},"content":"It was the ever-dangerous Turbitt and Ross McQillaan who landed early points before Armagh gained a significant breakthrough in the 15th minute when corner back Paddy Burns roared through to flash home a spectacular goal.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6OBKTUK56BEOVOF7ZLNFBMTPEA","subtype":"twitter","type":"oembed_response"},{"_id":"FH25C2KZVZDGBFQZDRYVHFRWKA","additional_properties":{},"content":"Mayo found it difficult to find their rhythm and when Ryan O’Donoghue hoisted over a point in the 16th minute it looked as if the visitors Mayo might muster a strong response.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KIWOKRP3SRDGVEOC2AGAHQQQ4Y","additional_properties":{},"content":"But instead Armagh chalked up six points without reply which propelled them into a 1-9 to 0-3 lead with Rory Grugan, Oisin Conaty, goalkeeper Ethan Rafferty and the inimitable Turbitt hitting the target.","type":"text"},{"_id":"7EO3DIFBDRAHLFMRQ7CZK5LO7I","additional_properties":{},"content":"Jordan Flynn and Ryan O’Donoghue managed to pilfer points immediately before the break but Mayo found themselves struggling to find their cohesion and make their all too occasional raids count.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZRVZIBZGVNHXNB7JLUJOJ2QRI4","additional_properties":{},"content":"Turbitt tacked on another point to leave Armagh ahead by 1-10 to 0-5 at the halfway stage.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OMGXM6SWEZGJ3PKBARMTR2RV44","additional_properties":{},"content":"But it was a different story in the second half when Mayo staged a vibrant comeback that saw them restrict their opponents’ momentum. With Matthew Ruane imposing at midfield, Jordan Flynn, Ryan O’Donoghue and Paul Towey shared a blitz of points Davitt Neary whipped in a spectacular goal and Aidan O’Shea imposed himself when summoned from the bench.","type":"text"},{"_id":"4ROD64P3IVD4TJ34RT36PBH7QQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"Mayo manager Kevin McStay heaped praise on his side at the finish.","type":"text"},{"_id":"UUIWJYNKQBCHZIGSB3HTFEU5IU","additional_properties":{},"content":"“I thought they stuck at it extremely well and they really managed that last play very well when we might have snatched a win. But we can take a lot from this game there is no doubt about that,” said McStay.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NVRSAP3GVRBXZLKUADEZY4CGP4","additional_properties":{},"content":"His Armagh counterpart Kieran McGeeney also took a philosophical view of the proceedings.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GXKTXYERFBEJRG3N74PS3JXATI","additional_properties":{},"content":"“I thought that we might have got over the line in the end but it was not to be. I thought we might have built on our first-half performance but it was not to be. Nonetheless we stuck at our task and that was the main thing,” said McGeeney.","type":"text"},{"_id":"WZM6IHWNE5GJ7EPEPH6H6AUXEY","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Armagh: </b>E Rafferty (0-1-1); T McCormack, B McCambridge, P Burns (1-0-0); C Mackin, J Duffy (0-0-1), R McQuillan (0-0-2); B Crealey, N Grimley; J Hall, R Grugan (0-0-4, 1f), D McMullan; C Turbitt (0-0-4, 1f, 1s), A Murnin (0-0-1), O Conaty (0-0-1). <b>Subs:</b> J Burns for Crealey (19), S Campbell (0-0-1) for Hall (53), P McGrane for Conaty (52), P McGrane for Conaty 962), C McConville for Duffy (63).","type":"text"},{"_id":"M3KNNJTBZJCBPGVCS5X7DSMHCM","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Mayo: </b>C Reape; E O’Donoghue, E Hession; S Coen (0-1-0), D McBrien, E McLaughlin; C Reid, M Ruane (0-0-3); D Neary (1-0-1), F Irwin, J Flynn (0-0-2); P Towey (0-0-2), D McHale, R O’Donoghue (0-1-4, 1f).<b> Subs: </b>J Carney for Reid (31), A O’Shea (0-0-1) for Irwin (40), F Boland for Towey (62), J Coyne for Flynn (66).","type":"text"},{"_id":"2F2GBRX4OBHDPNT6GN4IYPYRTA","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Referee: </b>Barry Tiernan (Dublin).","type":"text"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"John Campbell"}]},"description":{"basic":"Mayo launch comeback in second half and almost snatch the victory"},"display_date":"2025-02-22T21:44:20.039Z","headlines":{"basic":"Armagh and Mayo cannot be separated in thriller at Athletic Grounds","native":""},"label":{"audio_project_id":{"text":"5469"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"6HLDABWWAF74DGMOTLZBPUCJBQ","auth":{"1":"a85d9c5f4af018d328059df3304cf9672d691c39e07348896bafc632d3ce4872"},"type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/6HLDABWWAF74DGMOTLZBPUCJBQ.jpg"}},"subtype":"default","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Gaelic Games"},{"name":"Sport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/22/armagh-and-mayo-cannot-be-separated-in-thriller-at-athletic-grounds/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/sport/gaelic-games","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Gaelic Games"}}}},{"_id":"CBKTAFIL7VFJTCYEQCKNYWW77M","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":214,"audio_url":"https://beyondwords-cdn-b7fyckdeejejb6dj.a03.azurefd.net/audio/projects/5469/podcasts/f9fd551d-8c63-4310-b2de-7004053a84b3/versions/1740246984/media/df05893cd50aa5c459edfcf8e21cb446_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/22/monaghan-return-to-winning-ways-in-entertaining-clash-with-cork/","content_elements":[{"_id":"JMBST7B6Z5EONCMVZZWRV4J2SU","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>NFL Division Two: Monaghan 3-16 Cork 1-15</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"KT5EPGWUBJAXFD67X5ZCQGLRRE","additional_properties":{},"content":"<a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/monaghan-gaa/\" target=\"_blank\">Monaghan</a> returned to winning ways in Division Two of the Allianz NFL in an entertaining clash with <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/cork-gaa/\" target=\"_blank\">Cork</a> in Inniskeen on Saturday.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CTSHU4DPWFHEZEIQBWFZEOC2RA","additional_properties":{},"content":"First-half goals by Jack McCarron, Stephen O’Hanlon and Ryan Wylie sent Monaghan on their way to their third win from four games as they once again passed the 20-point mark. Mark Cronin scored 1-8 to keep Cork in it, but Rory Beggan’s long-range frees into the wind in the second half proved crucial for Monaghan.","type":"text"},{"_id":"RL4TUX7IZ5DQVFXFQYC5UWMGDI","additional_properties":{},"content":"Cork were first on the scoreboard through Cathail O’Mahony, but while it took Monaghan seven minutes to open their account, their first score was a major, with Jack McCarron converting a penalty. The visitors replied through the in-form Chris Óg Jones, while both sides had shots at goal saved during the opening quarter, with Rory Beggan and Patrick Doyle denying Mark Cronin and Stephen O’Hanlon.","type":"text"},{"_id":"UU64WEE5CJF2LJ62MM4U3MEVWQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"O’Hanlon wouldn’t have to wait too much longer, however, until he cut in to mark his first appearance of the season with Monaghan’s second goal. Seán Jones added a two-point score for the hosts, with David Garland, Ciarán McNulty and McCarron also on target, while Seán McDonnell, Paul Walsh and Cronin kept Cork in touch. Monaghan hit the net again when O’Hanlon turned provider for Ryan Wylie to coolly tuck away and send his side in at half-time leading by 3-5 to 0-5.","type":"text"},{"_id":"LOEBPN6NAFGCLNQAEDEPZCDCBA","additional_properties":{},"content":"An exhibition of free-taking by Rory Beggan helped keep Monaghan clear in the second half, despite Cork gradually getting on top in the middle third. Cronin kicked some fine scores to keep the Rebels in the hunt and he buried the second penalty of the game on the hour mark to give their challenge further impetus. The visitors were slowly working their way back into the mix, but points from Conor McCarthy and McNulty gave Monaghan some breathing space, before Beggan took his personal tally to 0-7 deep into added time.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VZ33WD5S5ZDE5LOMA5BI5KC2MQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Monaghan:</b> Rory Beggan (0-3-1, 3 tpf, 1f); Ryan O’Toole, Killian Lavelle, Dylan Byrne; Ryan Wylie (1-0-0), Louis Kelly, Conor McCarthy (0-0-1); Mícheál McCarville, Gavin McPhillips; Stephen O’Hanlon (1-0-0), Mícheál Bannigan (capt), Ciarán McNulty (0-0-2); Jack McCarron (1-0-2, 1-0 pen, 0-2f), Seán Jones, David Garland (0-0-2).","type":"text"},{"_id":"KKA5CSODSBE7THHL4RIUON26MA","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Subs:</b> Andrew Woods for Jones (52); Kieran Duffy for Wylie (55); Jason Irwin for O’Hanlon (58); Bobby McCaul for McCarron (61); Kevin Loughran for Kelly (69).","type":"text"},{"_id":"YSPTGPHHVFAIBJTDK4VQVDV6UI","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Cork:</b> Patrick Doyle; Seán Brady, Neil Lordan, Daniel O’Mahony (capt); Mattie Taylor, Brian O’Driscoll, Rory Maguire; Seán Walsh, Colm O’Callaghan; Paul Walsh (0-0-1), Tommy Walsh, Seán McDonnell (0-0-1); Mark Cronin (1-2-4, 1-0 pen, 1 tpf, 4f), Cathail O’Mahony (0-0-2), Chris Óg Jones (0-0-2, 1f).","type":"text"},{"_id":"IRIL5V6T4FHX5I6GIFSCFG6N74","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Subs:</b> Briain Murphy for Lordan (inj, 27); Ruairí Deane for O’Driscoll (38); Ian Maguire for P Walsh (42); Eoghan McSweeney for O’Mahony (53); Conor Cahalane (0-1) for T Walsh (60); Luke Murphy for McDonnell (66).","type":"text"},{"_id":"7EI27UXQ35ABLPCUYWKHGNPLA4","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Referee: </b>Fergal Kelly (Longford).","type":"text"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Colm Shalvey"}]},"description":{"basic":"First-half goals by Jack McCarron, Stephen O’Hanlon and Ryan Wylie sent Farney County on their way"},"display_date":"2025-02-22T17:51:14.535Z","headlines":{"basic":"Monaghan return to winning ways in entertaining clash with Cork","native":""},"label":{"audio_project_id":{"text":"5469"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"HEAJZF5M6ZEQZECAPRKMOB7MEY","auth":{"1":"7ebc727d49fd418bbc47e4f49a273b356cb9c4a53ac69e7aaa2557585eb4761d"},"type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/HEAJZF5M6ZEQZECAPRKMOB7MEY"}},"subtype":"default","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Gaelic Games"},{"name":"Sport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/22/monaghan-return-to-winning-ways-in-entertaining-clash-with-cork/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/sport/gaelic-games","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Gaelic Games"}}}},{"_id":"EER3YOZ4JZEVDKUFUMYIOXV43U","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":232,"audio_url":"https://beyondwords-cdn-b7fyckdeejejb6dj.a03.azurefd.net/audio/projects/5469/podcasts/da99e21f-07d7-401f-abd3-ad5182f96f2d/versions/1740237613/media/c92083506c921799076ae6cb1ba7eaba_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/22/gaa-annual-congress-jarlath-burns-confirms-new-streaming-service-gaa/","content_elements":[{"_id":"QWTJI77OF5G4XJN3BKZKHB4IGI","additional_properties":{},"content":"The <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/gaa\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/gaa\">GAA</a> is to launch a new streaming service to replace <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/gaago\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/gaago\">GAAGo</a>. In his address to annual congress, association president <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/jarlath-burns\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/jarlath-burns\">Jarlath Burns</a> confirmed the establishment of GAA+.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GZQMIGHX5VESNPGKLGTB4DXFVI","additional_properties":{},"content":"The new service is owned by the GAA, as opposed to the GAAGo, which was a joint venture with RTÉ and which has proved controversial.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5ZVUARZ4DVCYFGVVCDNHOH5ZXU","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Late last year we made the decision to retain the rights for media packages 5 and 6, previously shown domestically by GAAGo, before exploring what we would do with them.","type":"text"},{"_id":"Q2LJHQFC5FHA5GN27V7UPSNR34","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Today, I am pleased to confirm the next phase in our ‘over the top/direct to fan’ streaming offering with the announcement of our fully GAA-owned and operated service called GAA+. 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","type":"text"},{"_id":"VM3F4VKMCVAU5ILZWZUD7FHCFM","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Their know-how and experience were vital in establishing proof of concept for what was a new venture and a first in Irish sport.","type":"text"},{"_id":"PDBIQI3OCRGHPDFTXL3NY2ZAJ4","additional_properties":{},"content":"“We look forward to working with them as traditional media partners for many years to come – as part of a mutually beneficial relationship that stretches back to the first European Sports broadcast on 2RN in 1926. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"LUFTELUEQFAZVOGDUSENOUBREM","additional_properties":{},"content":"“This latest development represents a major step forward for us in managing and utilising our own rights and when you consider the seismic changes in the media landscape over the last decade, this has to be welcomed. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"IB6GETQTEVAHZDQJFOXCF4V46U","additional_properties":{},"content":"More details about the schedule will be confirmed in the coming weeks.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"WDTPCU6ANRHXBOV62LJEJOVLKA","additional_properties":{},"content":"Taking the service in-house can be seen as the fulfilment of a long-held ambition within the GAA, expressed as far back as the 2002 Strategic Review Committee report.","type":"text"},{"_id":"K6XPUZAGBJCNBF643UOO7KTXDM","additional_properties":{},"content":"In his speech, he also reflected positively on the work of the <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/football-review-committee-frc\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/football-review-committee-frc\">Football Review Committee</a>, which he established last year and which produced the experimental rules under which the current league season has been proceeding.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NBSRTTPR35BQ3DIA2OURS6NC2I","additional_properties":{},"content":"“It is a long time since there has been this much excitement and positive commentary about Gaelic football. If they have done nothing else, our Football Review Committee has restored people’s faith in the game, made people fall in love with the game again and see the enormous potential that exists.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NBJXSWRWVBAHNL34LUKG6KRWBE","additional_properties":{},"content":"“The mission is not over, and there will be twists and turns between now and a gathering for Special Congress next October to agree on the final amendments for a finished article in 2026.” ","type":"text"},{"_id":"CPF2KPGYEFCH5FINIVEZR2VY5M","additional_properties":{},"content":"On Casement Park, Burns said the priority now was to secure a stadium for Ulster GAA activities now that the idea of the ground as a venue for Euro 28 has been abandoned.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OHJHSFQB4BGJLMZU6MLIIHMHKE","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Whilst we are all getting impatient about Casement Park, we urge all of the parties to come together to ensure that we can have a stadium in Ulster that will be modern, fit for purpose, future-proofed and capable of serving the needs of our Association. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"OTXR5DMZX5CTPAGBZAIJH5Y76Y","additional_properties":{},"content":"“As president, and on behalf of all the members of our Association, we will accept no more empty promises. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"PMW7CYYPB5AYLEFBARUYQ5XBB4","additional_properties":{},"content":"“It is also important to acknowledge that we have major infrastructural projects to consider such as Louth, Navan, the finishing of Walsh Park and Semple Stadium, which is the genuine home of hurling. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"HZNXUSOJIBFGTIEE75HBE23TRU","additional_properties":{},"content":"“I would like to reassure the delegates here today that we have a plan to finance this which is at an advanced stage and we are meeting the Government next week to present it to them and if this plan comes together, it will create financial support which will fund a proper 10-year infrastructure strategy which will not only prepare the GAA for integration – but will future-proof us for the next 30 years and I am really confident that this will happen.” ","type":"text"},{"_id":"DD6E4ST3LBCIFA3VI2WXVNARZE","additional_properties":{},"content":"","type":"text"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{"byline":"Seán Moran"}},"name":"Seán Moran"}]},"description":{"basic":"In-house service will replace GAAGo and will stream live games from the start of the championship"},"display_date":"2025-02-22T15:15:07.038Z","headlines":{"basic":"GAA annual congress: Jarlath Burns confirms new streaming service GAA+","native":""},"label":{"audio_project_id":{"text":"5469"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"VFMWAAFVZNDXJ2X5UGIQ5727FU","auth":{"1":"d147dee15379c4c25c5c26665456053fe088032c16c4a3ad4bd86145707c8bb3"},"type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/VFMWAAFVZNDXJ2X5UGIQ5727FU.jpg"}},"subtype":"default","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Gaelic Games"},{"name":"Sport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/22/gaa-annual-congress-jarlath-burns-confirms-new-streaming-service-gaa/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/sport/gaelic-games","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Gaelic Games"}}}},{"_id":"K5XMHPTADRDDBBMG5BTBBJVPJQ","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":440,"audio_url":"https://beyondwords-cdn-b7fyckdeejejb6dj.a03.azurefd.net/audio/projects/5469/podcasts/a4f3f1ed-d9be-4f3f-a57a-8b607bacd212/versions/1740235142/media/65402b30669b15982a7d2f258d9e0d3c_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/22/weekend-gaelic-football-previews-galway-and-donegal-ready-to-rumble/","content_elements":[{"_id":"HUVGZAPYZNFUDMUZUS4YZ3C37A","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Saturday</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"VWALP7HPTRCTZOICB4MXO5WRO4","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Division One</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"HXWWA45LXNAJLAEJNG5PKLT3TA","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Dublin v Derry, Croke Park, 7.30pm (Live on BBC iPlayer & GAAGo) –</b> Two of last week’s big comeback-producers meet with echoes of last year ringing out. The counties contested the league final, which turned into a compelling match, and arguably influenced both teams for the worse: leading to Derry peaking too soon with an early season title, followed by a disastrous championship as well as the puncturing of what looked really good form by Dublin – a thread they never really regathered during what followed. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"AXAX4N74QFCJFJ6KMMIDO43PFA","additional_properties":{},"content":"Dessie Farrell has been consistently banging the ‘talent identification, not results’ drum this season but he will nonetheless be extremely satisfied to have turned over a big deficit in Kerry with a strong and nerveless end game. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"RN5QJOHTDNAHXM5HXO3FOVTGCA","additional_properties":{},"content":"Derry exploited Galway’s inertia but were also impressive, especially second-half introduction Lachlan Murray who energised the attack. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"IQWLQH24CRBR3JIAV5LWNPXXKA","additional_properties":{},"content":"The visitors can be expected to maintain their improvement whereas Dublin may be able to welcome back some more returning players from Cuala and Sigerson commitments. It should be a decent contest with perhaps, Dublin to kick on from last week. <b>Verdict: </b>Dublin","type":"text"},{"_id":"5ZYHISNZRVHIXNNMVRT3VVTHPQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"ETO4ZS3WVBEHTLRTNQIOZ3CO6U","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Armagh v Mayo, BOX-IT Athletic Grounds, Armagh, 5pm – </b>For once there was no talk about disregarding results and focusing on performance, as Mayo launched a late charge to register a first win of the season against Tyrone in dismal conditions in Castlebar. The return of Aidan O’Shea, Jordan Flynn and Jack Coyne was another positive for Kevin McStay’s team, hoping to build on the outcome and secure enough points to stay put in the division. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"GENEKLY37VGJDDJXC4MHAEIUNU","additional_properties":{},"content":"Armagh, as maybe to be expected from new All-Ireland champions, have been inconsistent, mixing good and bad in their matches to date – the meltdown against Donegal being the most recent negative indicator. Mayo could have got more from their earlier matches and with players coming back and an enhanced two-pointer capability, they could cause a surprise in the champions’ back yard. <b>Verdict: </b>Mayo","type":"text"},{"_id":"WSHTIIIVH5FJ7BPK442TVQGNIQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Division Two</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"YWFGQMV4MBH7BM63QH4K2QZCD4","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Monaghan v Cork, Inniskeen, 2.30pm (game switched from Sunday) –</b> Two of the contenders for the division behind Roscommon come together in this rearranged fixture. Monaghan have been scoring freely but Cork have been a bit chaotic, having to scramble hard to beat Westmeath, despite a major input of 3-4 from Chris Óg Jones. The home side can impose a tighter structure here. <b>Verdict: </b>Monaghan","type":"text"},{"_id":"OV6ZAY2YZ5COTNPXCTRBC3U2EI","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Division Three</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"5LEZWH5JTJFXBIXL32ZJMXKLTI","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Antrim v Leitrim, Corrigan Park, Belfast, 2.30pm</b> <b>–</b> Indiscipline cost Andy McEntee’s Antrim dearly against Offaly last weekend but they have a chance to move away from the relegation zone against a Leitrim side for which the opening few weeks have been difficult. They are bottom of the table following three defeats and carrying a scoring difference of minus 59. <b>Verdict:</b> Antrim ","type":"text"},{"_id":"JUJXEUUGOJAGBEGB2XBHWEZC4E","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Kildare v Laois, Cedral St Conleth’s, Newbridge, 7pm – </b>Brian Flanagan’s Kildare have been the pace setters in the division and boast the best scoring difference in the country with plus 44. Laois, despite missing several key players, have managed to pick up two wins so far but Kildare should be too strong in Newbridge. <b>Verdict: </b>Kildare","type":"text"},{"_id":"KSKCP752HNE7RJMZ4HSETA72X4","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Division Four</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"3RPQMLU6OFBGXOW43ASMUNHSTE","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Tipperary v London, FBD Semple Stadium, Thurles, 5pm</b> <b>–</b> Tipp have been the bolter from the pack in this division. Given the huge turnover of players, they are without 15 of last year’s panel, it seemed certain the Premier County would not be in the promotion race but after two wins and a draw in their opening three matches, Philly Ryan’s side have momentum.<b> Verdict:</b> Tipperary","type":"text"},{"_id":"U5NRVWMHKBEGVM6AJQJFNMHF7U","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Carlow v Limerick, Netwatch Cullen Park, Carlow, 6pm</b> <b>–</b> This is a significant game in the battle for promotion as the loser here will find it hard to finish in the top two. Both sides are on three points and there is very little between the teams in terms of scores for and against. Should be tight. <b>Verdict: </b>Draw","type":"text"},{"_id":"F243FTW5AFCDXMIKM6LIBUWO6A","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"42DM3EU52VHHDK3NJPKPJ53IXA","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Sunday</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"3B3F57WHT5DFVLCG5HEHMTX75A","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Division One</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"FZFWDMKYINBMPBOOFEOIX6RQQE","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Galway v Donegal, Pearse Stadium, Salthill 3.45pm (Live on TG4) –</b> Two unbeaten teams collide in a rematch of last year’s All-Ireland semi-final. Donegal have looked the more impressive but Galway have been excellent when playing in their upper register. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"2F5HGMKHKNEQZESFMFN3RHTVJA","additional_properties":{},"content":"Pádraic Joyce has been dealing with nearly a full deck and they were devastating in the first half at Celtic Park. The facility with two-pointers – Shane Walsh is the top scorer in the division – has given them an edge so far but the visitors come with a practised running threat and the glow of Michael Murphy’s sensational comeback after two years’ absence. <b>Verdict:</b> Donegal","type":"text"},{"_id":"LNDIH4NGHRBPDOX2ZEYW5CEGYA","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Tyrone v Kerry, Pomeroy 1.45pm (Deferred, TG4) –</b> Both teams come with a single win, over Derry, to their name to date. Kerry should be livid at losing a 12-point lead at home but at times they looked really threatening, particularly on the break and in the creation of goal openings. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"HXQK3ISOENGW5HKYUCOG7VW73Y","additional_properties":{},"content":"Tyrone looked humdrum in Castlebar, their forwards eking out little enough and being outscored by goalkeeper Niall Morgan whose movement and eye for the gap made him their most dangerous attacker – no wonder talk of trimming the expanded role is causing concern in the county. With David Clifford on the comeback trail, despite a quiet reappearance last week, the visitors look more convincing. <b>Verdict:</b> Kerry","type":"text"},{"_id":"LH4X5DGWZVF3PIJEPT6NVI32AI","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Division Two</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"VCBA7OEBZVGT7I5PGJ7H4SLNMQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Meath v Roscommon, Páirc Tailteann, Navan 2.45pm –</b> Roscommon’s latest meeting with the chasing pack sees them off to Navan to take on a Meath team, which has been scoring as heavily as they have. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"IDSOQQ67JBCHLIGZBT3TEUL5CA","additional_properties":{},"content":"Diarmuid Murtagh was in exceptional form against Monaghan but there was also kudos for rookie Conor Hand’s pace and penetration. The home side put in a terrific second half in Newry last week with Eoghan Frayne and Jordan Morris in prolific form – so, a shoot-out looks definitely on the cards. <b>Verdict:</b> Roscommon","type":"text"},{"_id":"E4LJJUDOX5EE5MP7IVXTKTIDFI","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"QXNXFH64FNCCVGTIFPEHK77SZM","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Louth v Down, DEFY Páirc Mhuire, Ardee 2.30pm –</b> Louth slipped up against Cavan in what looked like a consequential match for survival in the division whereas it has been a disappointing season for Down, who have lost two matches at home despite being in strong positions. Louth’s late leaking of goals against Cavan cost them dearly and this may not improve things. <b>Verdict:</b> Down","type":"text"},{"_id":"R5SDNOU2PJAU7GFKLBHIGX5J34","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Westmeath v Cavan, TEG Cusack Park, Mullingar 2pm –</b> For a team bottom of the table after three matches, Westmeath are averaging just a little more than one-score defeats. Manager Dermot McCabe is the focus, as the county he works for, comes to visit. Cavan got up and running last week – maybe it’s Westmeath’s turn. <b>Verdict: </b>Westmeath","type":"text"},{"_id":"LF32XLENBVBLNBAHY2KASTWWLQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Division Three</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"FUKHUQSRSBEHLARU373LH3SK6A","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Fermanagh v Offaly, St Joseph’s, Ederney –</b> The Mickey Harte bounce sees Offaly sitting joint top of the table with Kildare on six points after three rounds. They face a tricky test in Enniskillen but Fermanagh will need to start shoring up some defensive frailties if they are to pick up more wins. <b>Verdict: </b>Offaly","type":"text"},{"_id":"YHDUY4HUNBCKHBOXZT7KBCIVKI","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Sligo v Clare, Markievicz Park, Sligo, 1.30pm</b> <b>– postponed </b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"GFWR6HLSHNCGDFUSX556KSJPJU","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Division Four</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"XLQU4DDSFBGINKSIOPHAWMJTLM","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Longford v Waterford, Glennon Brothers Pearse Park, 2pm</b> <b>–</b> Two teams without a win so far in this year’s league – Longford picked up a point against Limerick while Waterford have lost all three of their fixtures. With home advantage, Longford boss Mike Solan will hope to pick up his maiden competitive victory. <b>Verdict:</b> Longford","type":"text"},{"_id":"ARUORU6IJRGATGGXDBJ6TB4IQE","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Wexford v Wicklow, Chadwicks Wexford Park, 2pm</b> <b>– postponed</b> ","type":"text"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{"byline":"Seán Moran"}},"name":"Seán Moran"},{"additional_properties":{"original":{"byline":"Gordon Manning"}},"name":"Gordon Manning"}]},"description":{"basic":"Two unbeaten teams collide in a rematch of last year’s All-Ireland semi-final"},"display_date":"2025-02-22T12:49:36.683Z","headlines":{"basic":"Weekend Gaelic football previews: Galway and Donegal ready to rumble","native":""},"label":{"audio_project_id":{"text":"5469"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"2YENBR6ERZCH7BQ7BPPNMK3VCU","auth":{"1":"3581669d706af8c4bcc44c708371be7d4a1eb42197df59b1f1343426752e8b54"},"type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/2YENBR6ERZCH7BQ7BPPNMK3VCU.jpg"}},"subtype":"analysis","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Gaelic Games"},{"name":"Sport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/22/weekend-gaelic-football-previews-galway-and-donegal-ready-to-rumble/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/sport/gaelic-games","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Gaelic Games"}}}},{"_id":"UEZTNEPEA5HALOALJ7NCPST34Q","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":218,"audio_url":"https://beyondwords-cdn-b7fyckdeejejb6dj.a03.azurefd.net/audio/projects/5469/podcasts/eb71ee02-917a-4ac0-a31a-cb1840aa8d84/versions/1740232716/media/5978630e5201266c97dd8d7edd1f4621_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/sport/2025/02/22/gaa-annual-congress-motion-on-tightening-hurling-handpass-defeated/","content_elements":[{"_id":"UDP35I664ZBPTDT7ZVULW25HSM","additional_properties":{},"content":"<a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/tipperary-gaa\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/tipperary-gaa\">Tipperary</a>’s motion to tighten the rules on hurling’s handpass has been defeated at Saturday’s GAA annual congress in Donegal. Former county player and All-Ireland winner Conor O’Donovan presented a detailed case on how the current rule is impossible to enforce and facilitates throwing the ball.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JTNOSQ4QO5BYFCOHBJZVJEKARI","additional_properties":{},"content":"His solution, to prohibit using the hand holding the ball to make the pass, was opposed by two speakers from two important committees and publicly supported by only one county, Cork.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZN7SGHET3JBMRMRG7UNEVIUFCQ","additional_properties":{},"content":" The vote went against the proposal by 67.6 per cent to 32.4.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OJ4OP4J7KZA6PAYBPIGUD2SSTU","additional_properties":{},"content":" O’Donovan laid out the case in favour of his reform.","type":"text"},{"_id":"E2DAAN53QNAQJHPEE43ETRNNBY","additional_properties":{},"content":"“The sport of hurling has become more possession-based, primarily through its range of handpassing skills. The type of handpass that is most used by players is where the ball is offloaded directly from the same hand that is holding it. However, in doing so, players are a lot more frequently engaging in the act of throwing the ball, which is seldom penalised by referees.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DSZPELTPCVGN7DS6677ZPKRWSA","additional_properties":{},"content":"“One of the key reasons why referees do not penalise it is because they physically cannot see how the ball was released by the player so they give the benefit of the doubt to the player and, while unintended, this facilitates more and more instances of players throwing the ball.","type":"text"},{"_id":"4KGKNHJ6VREGLI2O67IFQ5ATYY","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Conversely, on occasions it does happen that referees penalise players for throwing the ball when in fact the players have handpasses it correctly.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GO522D6LPFGVHD7R4YWW7HBZOY","additional_properties":{},"content":"“It was well summed up by hurling analyst Liam Sheedy<b> </b>on RTÉ’s The Sunday Game on the night of April 17th, 2022 ... when he said that the referees are being asked to do the impossible in trying to decide on it.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"4V32WB35RVDYXNBFMUOCTNMDTA","additional_properties":{},"content":"He also cited a range of media reports and opinions, casting doubt on the permissibility of many handpasses and echoing the point that these technical fouls were going unpunished.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DQ7WWSUDBBHI3BPA55XVHZCIPQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"O’Donovan’s proposed solution had been trialled in a third-level competition and led to a steep rise in the ratio of stick passing to handpassing.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6WIYDTGZ4NAWHF5FN4FM2KV7LU","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Until it’s tried, we’ll never know if it works. Indeed, as already outlined, the Freshers hurling trial in late 2023 demonstrates that amended Rule 4.2 (b) does work. Whether you are a current player, former player, coach, team manager, administrator or supporter, we should all agree that both the integrity and the skills of the game of hurling must be preserved above all else, in order to maintain its stature as the greatest field game in the world.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"IDIAQR3QXJA3PPEZEI6IO72BNQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"Opposing, Terry Reilly, chair of the Hurling Development Committee said: “We as committee discussed this on two occasions and are strongly against the introduction of this rule.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"CHLV4KWJMVGIHMFGCNGDSUFQ6I","additional_properties":{},"content":"He said that the game “would be slowed down” and that a skill “would be significantly affected”. He urged that referees be allowed to police the situation under the current rule.","type":"text"},{"_id":"MGR2FEUHJZBDTB3FSDDTTFOICY","additional_properties":{},"content":"Liam Keane, chair of the Standing Committee on Playing Rules, said that it was the SCPR’s role “to evaluate playing rule motions”. Their view was that the proposal, “would slow down the game and penalise a skill”.","type":"text"},{"_id":"T2ZN2ENJKVFX5A3ENQALZDVLK4","additional_properties":{},"content":"Pat Horgan, Cork chair, referred to previous speakers describing the handpass as a skill. “Throwing ball in not a skill. Surely this needs to be trialled and given a fair trial.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"QTYDC26R7ZAEDBUKPAJQJSHPTM","additional_properties":{},"content":"Michael Duignan acknowledged that O’Donovan “is very passionate about this” but described the proposal as unworkable given the speed and crowding of the modern game. “There are balls being thrown but implementation is completely impractical in the modern game.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"KA6ANXLLQJBQFDJLYNC37KME4U","additional_properties":{},"content":"The motion from Kilkenny club Danesfort to allow clubs discretion in the renting out of ancillary facilities received 53 per cent support but failed to reach the 60 per cent weighted majority threshold.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KQXP6BFIYRHB7HA6TVNBRWD33I","additional_properties":{},"content":" ","type":"text"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{"byline":"Seán Moran"}},"name":"Seán Moran"}]},"description":{"basic":"Tipperary motion to prohibit using the hand holding the ball to make the pass fails"},"display_date":"2025-02-22T12:25:56.775Z","headlines":{"basic":"GAA annual congress: Motion on tightening hurling handpass defeated","native":""},"label":{"audio_project_id":{"text":"5469"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"TZH4L3Q44BDULAKEF2UFLGJYPM","auth":{"1":"99ac475d2a686ea229e359460ff74466cb951338ad26d1b72e10a4baf7663e10"},"type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/TZH4L3Q44BDULAKEF2UFLGJYPM.jpg"}},"subtype":"default","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Sport"},{"name":"Gaelic Games"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/sport/2025/02/22/gaa-annual-congress-motion-on-tightening-hurling-handpass-defeated/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/sport","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Sport"}}}},{"_id":"Z3VXJEK5W5ASDLMSN3MOPFUBIY","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":514,"audio_url":"https://beyondwords-cdn-b7fyckdeejejb6dj.a03.azurefd.net/audio/projects/5469/podcasts/c86429e4-3b12-49c8-9c17-2b64c826ef6b/versions/1740143986/media/f9d5e7957072a8d7b77b6b99543f808b_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/22/d-day-for-conor-odonovans-17-year-crusade-to-clean-up-the-handpass/","content_elements":[{"_id":"FJQRS7ELKNA4HHFYOQP5SJO5XE","additional_properties":{},"content":"In the May 2014 Nenagh Éire Óg newsletter, former club player and <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/tipperary-gaa\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/tipperary-gaa\">Tipperary</a> All-Ireland winning full back Conor O’Donovan responded to a vox pop. One of the questions was, ‘What would you like to change about the game?’","type":"text"},{"_id":"QJBASQ2LZBAWTOXIRD47TOKYSU","additional_properties":{},"content":" “I would ban the handpass in its current form,” he replied, “because of the way some players ‘palm’ the ball, it resembles a throw.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"OZP7GM3IYJCS7BXJUNZEWZLQI4","additional_properties":{},"content":"This weekend O’Donovan will be in Donegal town to present a motion from Éire Óg to the GAA’s annual congress. Motion 1 is intended to remove any ambiguity about handpassing, by stipulating that the hand holding the ball may not be used to play it on.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CZOFFHLBIZAAVO6SIVO3ZNC5P4","additional_properties":{},"content":"A player who wants to, can switch their hurl to free up the other hand to make the pass or they can play the ball off their stick and then handpass it away.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VSFUOLAFIJAM7AN4NIDR7OBUDY","additional_properties":{},"content":"It represents the culmination of a 17-year crusade by O’Donovan to regulate handpassing and eliminate the scourge of ball throwing, which he sees as endemic to the modern game.","type":"text"},{"_id":"XI46HMX6KNGX5OFVC4JZKMGWEI","additional_properties":{},"content":"The point at which “a definite striking action of a hand” becomes a throw and therefore a technical foul has become so hard to determine, a leading referee conceded that half the time, the handpass can’t be seen properly, so players have to get the benefit of the doubt.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VREPAVKDDRCQLEFNL7RXKVGJQQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"CB5OI5Z6MRF6VESRWAQDD7SX6M","additional_properties":{},"content":"“I actually raised this issue with Croke Park back in 2008, would you believe?” says O’Donovan. “Way, way back. I had a bit of email communication with an official in Croke Park at that time, highlighting it as a problem.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"Q3PNJDNCQ5A57PUFIKDYSTLHZE","additional_properties":{},"content":"As the change requires the amendment of playing rules, bringing it forward was restricted to every five years. Originally, he believed he could get a proposal for change up and running by 2010 but time passed and the matter simply disappeared from view.","type":"text"},{"_id":"FQXSZZLUENBYXA7XGYS7XUGXNE","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Then over the next 10 years, I could see the problem just getting worse and worse and I just thought to myself, look, nobody seems to be doing anything about this. Let’s see if I can just start some sort of an awareness, if you like, about the issue.","type":"text"},{"_id":"K5THADDBMZCYVKD6RDMB4FX5QY","additional_properties":{},"content":"“We’ve arrived now at this point where, thankfully, there’s a motion going to Congress to be voted on, which, if passed, will just eliminate the ball throwing from the game.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"UOZNXJCGBBGIZKQ2IG4JJGDYUQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"Is that what the game wants? Whereas most reasonable observers would accept the validity of the Nenagh case, there is still the fact that every year the hurling championship produces gripping matches and extraordinary spectacle. Do most take the view that hurling isn’t broken and therefore doesn’t require fixing?","type":"text"},{"_id":"IPYHTUPRSND75AOE4OCNVQJFBE","additional_properties":{},"content":"Westmeath’s Barry Kelly, a four-time All-Ireland referee, was asked two years ago to form a work group by Prof David Hassan, chair of the GAA’s Standing Committee on the Playing Rules (SCPR), specifically to consider the handpass.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6HFUSGFXGJHBRNQX3MNACCZQOM","additional_properties":{},"content":"Handle with care: GAA wary of effect of handpass rule change on hurling’s ecosystem","type":"interstitial_link"},{"_id":"JBAVSXRXJ5FX5FS5JVZ7K7L3OY","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"GP2IPU2Q3ZDI7FBNQFCBYFVVGI","additional_properties":{},"content":"At the time, Hassan spoke to this newspaper about why the committee had decided to look at the handpass despite conflicting views. He said there are two sides to the debate but that handpassing encourages the possession game and removing the element of contest from the game.","type":"text"},{"_id":"II5XKNAYUBAYPO7FBVQZOE3OPE","additional_properties":{},"content":"“There is a group strongly of the view that we need to change the rule and, equally, a group who are perfectly content to let referees make the call under the current rule. Inevitably there is a distribution of views. You’re also seeing a general de-risking of the game.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"FK4PUH6IBRAE7BV6JTP5BVMRDY","additional_properties":{},"content":"In the five years until 2023 there was a 40 per cent increase in the number of handpasses in intercounty hurling, up to 99 per game.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5WQHT5HLORCJJKHAEI24T4L5XA","additional_properties":{},"content":"According to Kelly, that hasn’t been long moving into three digits. “I think the average now is well over 100 per game.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"WBU7AIM6MFCTVOSKTKANYFXFH4","additional_properties":{},"content":"He is supportive of the O’Donovan proposal but conscious that with the football rules trial ongoing, the hurling league, and with it the handpass, aren’t getting rapt attention","type":"text"},{"_id":"RGGPZGTS7NDUBN5EYAVY3RZFNA","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Since last summer, when there was the few, usual dodgy handpasses, it’s been forgotten about in the haze of fantastic hurling finals and semi-finals and so on.","type":"text"},{"_id":"RQV2SWTZOJHFLJQF2YQKYOX7TY","additional_properties":{},"content":"“It’s almost like, you know, I have a troublesome teenager but he gets 600 points in the Leaving Cert, so we forget about the fact that he can be ... well, troublesome. You know, it’s kind of like, oh well, he’s a good kid overall.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"UM2W34KBTZEULL3QQ3WG3YLI5Q","additional_properties":{},"content":"After looking at the situation, Kelly’s work group trialled the Nenagh proposals as well as a stipulation that puck-outs travel to at least the 45m line, in a higher education freshers competition. The results were transformative.","type":"text"},{"_id":"FWB46AXPABEWLIFSTZOQEWNBOE","additional_properties":{},"content":"In the 2023 All-Ireland senior hurling championship, for every handpass there were 1.5 stick passes. In the following year’s third-level trials, however, for every handpass, there were eight stick passes. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"KZACAH45TRCSNP67VTZVM4WIWA","additional_properties":{},"content":"“I was at two games and then I watched the final online,” says O’Donovan. “You could see how easily the players adapted to it.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"SGQNRGVLM5BXXJLNMIX4EYC2EI","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"KZACAH45TRCSNP67VTZVM4WIWA","additional_properties":{},"content":"As well as those who are prepared to overlook the incidence of foul handpassing for the sake of a fast-moving game, there are others who believe that the modern game should accommodate the tactic without asking too many questions.","type":"text"},{"_id":"XAFK3O6KJVBTNCM2RSESGKQQ4I","additional_properties":{},"content":"Last summer, Cork had a goal by Brian Hayes disallowed because of the scoring assist by Alan Connolly was deemed to have been a throw. Forensic, slow-motion analysis on The Sunday Game suggested that the call had been wrong.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OVFVGXUW5FCVHK7VSM2LNVANLU","additional_properties":{},"content":"O’Donovan argues that whereas the pundits go to town on examples of wrongly penalised throws, they are often happy to overlook mistakes that go the other way, which he attributes to a natural bias among those involved in the game or recently retired, from whom the ranks of punditry are largely drawn.","type":"text"},{"_id":"WXNG6YLQE5GSPG5Z4KAOIFCB4Y","additional_properties":{},"content":"“I think if you’re looking at it from the perspective of a current player or a coach or a manager,” says O’Donovan, “you’ll say everything is fine but if you’re looking at it from the perspective of a spectator or a supporter, which is the category I would be in now, it’s not fine.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NVQ5OMOVKBDYVI7XMC5FHXBB2A","additional_properties":{},"content":"“In a way, referees are having to engage in guesswork. Was the ball thrown or was it handpassed legally? And if referees are engaging in guesswork, that’s clearly undermining the integrity of the rules of hurling.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"G76QT2OCO5DI3JBHO7O5AD43ZA","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Main motions for congress</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"2EVBU5FW7JGGXEVR4DWPS4FXQY","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 1: </b>Conor O’Donovan’s proposal to prohibit the use of the hand holding the ball to handpass or palm it away. (Nenagh Éire Óg, Tipperary)","type":"text"},{"_id":"WQUTXDT6GJDUFPKJ7FNX6HZA5U","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 3: </b>A proposal to add provincial finals to All-Ireland finals as exempt from winner on the day protocols. As a reaction to last year’s hurling All-Ireland going to extra time, it also stipulates that All-Ireland finals go straight to a replay if level after normal time. (Central Council/CCCC)","type":"text"},{"_id":"4RPJ2HUEXZCDPBDDYZCHD4CNT4","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 7: </b>This proposes to abandon the five-year rule for tabling motions on playing rules and allow them in any given year. (Cloonacool, Sligo)","type":"text"},{"_id":"JXXEQZBKEFBSPLJY44D4WU3AP4","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 10: </b>To further dismantle the old prohibitions on other sports by allowing clubs to make their facilities available to other sports and community-based groups. (Danesfort, Kilkenny)","type":"text"},{"_id":"7XLIPEUIZ5CB3DYZ2UEYHBJXKQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 12: </b>Noel McCaffrey’s redefinition of eligibility for intercounty championship which requires a player to have played a minimum of four league games with their club in that calendar year. (Clontarf, Dublin)","type":"text"},{"_id":"J5HAHPM2OJEYFBGOGZ2B4MBGQY","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 13: </b>From Wexford’s All-Ireland winning manager Liam Griffin, this would oblige every club to field at least one hurling team at under-7, under-8, under-9 and/or under-10. (St Mary’s Rosslare, Wexford)","type":"text"},{"_id":"DNZGLY3ZV5AIHMZPXS5BLSLH7E","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 14: </b>That Europe be permitted to compete in the Lory Meagher Cup in 2026. (Maastricht GAA, Europe)","type":"text"},{"_id":"X66KJ7NE4JGH7FOVGUIV6KALTE","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 17: </b>To govern the calling of special congresses and restore the power of Central Council to determine the number of delegates entitled to attend. This is to reverse a recent decision that stipulated there should be full delegations at a special congress. (Connacht, Leinster and Munster provincial councils)","type":"text"},{"_id":"BOT3FRULERC65MJVAGYEJ7RQPU","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 19: </b>Proposal to discontinue the All-Ireland group stages and introduce in 2026 a series of knock-out and qualifier rounds after the provincial championships as the format for All-Ireland SFC and Tailteann Cup. (Central Council/CCCC)","type":"text"},{"_id":"7BAKW4VLLJEWFH4C5IO6SGXAAM","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 21: </b>Grant permission for the council or committee in charge to consider additional suspensions or penalties in excess of the minimum permitted under rule should the gravity of the case deem it appropriate. (Central Council/CCCC/CHC/CAC)","type":"text"},{"_id":"BCVZXGJ2ORFIFEWYRPVJTEEKTY","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 38: </b>That the GAA should maintain a neutral stance in any non-GAA campaign/movement subject to a new ‘Advocacy Policy,’ which shall be adopted by Central Council. (Central Council)","type":"text"},{"_id":"6RFZH3JM75GJPJIIQZMZJTDJKM","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Motion 39: </b>To bring Official Guide policy on playing gear and equipment in line with EU law by removing the wording ‘Shall be of Irish manufacture. 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It’s bad enough that his <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/westmeath-gaa/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/westmeath-gaa/\">Westmeath</a> team has lost three games out of three and are sitting at the bottom of Division Two. Now, with relegation looming, he faces Cavan, the county whose jersey he graced for 17 seasons at senior level.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DYHPRTF7RFAVTNKEAIHJU7KLS4","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Yeah, so what?” says you. Managers facing off against their own nearest and dearest is hardly new. In the past couple of seasons alone, we’ve had Mickey Harte, Gavin Devlin and Paddy Tally manage Derry against Tyrone, we’ve had Davy Burke manage Roscommon against Kildare, we’ve had Ger Brennan take a Louth team to give the Dubs a rattle. There’s nothing new under the sun.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JEWM3WKEAZEEFFEUNXJRG4IF2E","additional_properties":{},"content":"Except, in this case, maybe there is. On top of managing Westmeath, McCabe is actually an employee of the <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/cavan-gaa/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/cavan-gaa/\">Cavan</a> county board. For the past dozen years, his day job has been head of games in Cavan, overseeing the structures and pathways and grassroots coaching for underage kids across the county. When he goes to work, he goes to his office in Kingspan Breffni Park. That’s an awkward week around the kettle and the custard creams.","type":"text"},{"_id":"FLHU4SKZDZEEPPLCZ2AJPMWOAM","additional_properties":{},"content":"Understandably enough, McCabe passed on the offer of an interview for this piece. Hard to blame him. It must be a head-spinning thing, to be fighting for your Division Two life, fighting for your season, while plotting against the county whose long-term fortunes you earn your daily bread trying to improve.","type":"text"},{"_id":"3FSOEIXZMNHULHKIUL4FOGJ6AY","additional_properties":{},"content":"“It’s a difficult position for him,” says Seánie Johnston, who knows whereof he speaks, of course. “Dermot is his own character, a very strong-minded person. But it’s just added to it this week with the situation both teams are in. Every game is important obviously but this is a real four-pointer. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"DNI42BH4WJFTJF7YQGP4UOCJPE","additional_properties":{},"content":"“It’s really win or bust for Westmeath. Obviously Cavan got that win under their belt over Louth last week so that got them a bit of breathing room. That was huge for them, whereas Westmeath seem to have been extremely unlucky in their games not to have any points on the board. They really have to win at the weekend.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"N4QVIAINZBA3LC45QLVF6EOENA","additional_properties":{},"content":"That’s the thing. Technically speaking, the stakes wouldn’t be any lower if Westmeath were playing any of the other Division Two teams this weekend. McCabe’s side have already lost to Louth, Monaghan and Cork. After Sunday, their remaining games are home to a resurgent Meath, away to Down, home to Roscommon, the best team in the division. Winning this weekend is vital, no matter who is in the other dressingroom.","type":"text"},{"_id":"BVISBFQOM5EJREPNHI5CX7T624","additional_properties":{},"content":"But life is life, at the same time. There’s no point pretending this is Just Another Game, either for Cavan or for McCabe himself. In an ideal world, he’d have welcomed his people to Mullingar this weekend with both sides in mid-table and everyone throwing around a few wry chuckles about it all. This is a knottier scene than that, though.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KHFBIQ7F6NDL7HUB3HMZC3HGAA","additional_properties":{},"content":"For one thing, McCabe’s status in Cavan football looms over everything. When the Irish Independent ran a Covid-times feature on each county’s top 20 players of the past 50 years, there was very little argument when they put McCabe at the top of the Cavan poll. Even allowing for the fact that Cavan went on to win their first Ulster title in 23 years that winter, it’s unthinkable that any of the current crop would displace him five years on.","type":"text"},{"_id":"SAIL5GJIKFHJ5EHTYA3BPYFR4U","additional_properties":{},"content":"He played from 1994 to 2010, making 132 appearances in total. He scored 16-228 in that time, mostly at midfield and occasionally at full-forward. He won Ulster titles at senior and under-21 level, as well as picking up an All Star in 1997, the only Cavan player to win one between 1978 and 2020. He’s also the only Cavan player ever to have been picked on two International Rules squads and was exceptional in the series win over Australia in 1998.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GBFMFPFWTFATXORTBDGCCKTWBQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"In his post-playing days, McCabe managed Cavan to their only Ulster minor title of the past 50 years in 2011. He was appointed as Cavan’s games development manager in 2013 and was a selector under Mickey Graham during the senior team’s glorious run through the winter of 2020. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"LUZYEP23PNCBPAJS7XQE5U7BVU","additional_properties":{},"content":"At club level, he has been at the forefront of any success Gowna have had over the past three decades. The club had a single county title to its name before he came along – of the eight they’ve won since, McCabe played on six of those teams in the 1990s and early 2000s and co-managed the most recent two in 2022 and 2023. 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","type":"text"},{"_id":"B6TGWAZT6RH7ZH3ZDRQPKV3RBQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Cavan badly needed the bit of luck with the goal off the kick-out against Louth last week,” says Johnston. “There was a downer around the whole of the county after the first couple of weeks of the league. There was a real fear of going back down to Division Three and losing the Sam Maguire status.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5LGGCMDC45AXXKRLFGMB5ABU2U","additional_properties":{},"content":"“So getting that win gives you back a bit of momentum and now you’re going down to play the team below you. If Cavan win, they’re not safe but it goes a long way. Cavan people have good memories – in 2016, we lost their first two games in Division Two but turned it around to win five games on the bounce to get promoted. You just don’t know where momentum can bring you.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"6CVVEAWDB5GJJAAOLO3IPOGV4U","additional_properties":{},"content":"Unspoken in all of this is the existential threat in Cavan’s particular circumstances right now. There’s no avoiding the fact that Galligan’s team is beginning to grow old together. The win over Louth last Sunday was ground out through experience as much as anything. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"VDM6B2TN7NBUJDPDZFS2J5NMPE","additional_properties":{},"content":"Their top scorers were Gearóid McKiernan (34), Jason McLoughlin (32), Dara McVeety (31) and Conor Madden (31). Throw in Pádraig Faulkner and Killian Clarke (both 31), as well as Ciarán Brady and Gerard Smith (both 30) and you have the rump of a team with more years behind it than ahead of it.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DEIYJAPBYZC7ZBGCX7SLFIONOU","additional_properties":{},"content":"By itself, that doesn’t have to be disastrous, obviously. Lots of teams would be looking on with envy at having that amount of experience around the place – not least the Westmeath dressingroom, which has seen John Heslin, James Dolan, Andy McCormack, Kevin Maguire and Ronan O’Toole walk out the door in the past six months alone. But much as McCabe wouldn’t admit it, losing all those heavy-hitters has to buy him a measure of grace and leeway.","type":"text"},{"_id":"WRWASEB2XFEL7OA5HL4AUCL6BE","additional_properties":{},"content":"Galligan has no such luxury. If Cavan are relegated, he surely won’t have all the over-30 gang back for next year. A summer in the Tailteann Cup isn’t what McKiernan came back for after his year out in 2024 and with Paddy Lynch’s return from an ACL injury going slower than hoped, there is a real worry that the whole operation is in a delicate place just now. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"UQMOACJJ3ZALRDJFKOOVPQHDOQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"Feeding that worry is the fact that Cavan have done very little of note at underage level for the past decade. Having been the kings of the Ulster under-21 scene in the early 2010s, they’ve made just one Ulster final at that grade since 2014. At minor level, they’ve been to two Ulster finals since that 2011 title and lost them both. On the schools scene, St Pat’s Cavan have been to one MacRory Cup final since the 1970s, winning it in 2015. But otherwise, the cupboard is pretty bare.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JIFYLURSVZBF3GSFXORJFBLAHE","additional_properties":{},"content":"All of which informs the fact that plenty of eyebrows were raised when McCabe was appointed as Westmeath manager last October. It wasn’t that people expected him to sit around waiting for vacancy to arise if and when Galligan’s time in the Cavan job is done, more that it felt like an incredibly difficult circle for anyone to square. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"UZGW7YAM2FBX3PXIPGXO5VBYLU","additional_properties":{},"content":"When part of your job is cultivating the next crop of Cavan footballers – and the next one, and the one after that – managing another county seems like it would bring a world of unnecessary hassle down upon you. Especially since everyone knew that Cavan and Westmeath would be facing off this spring and that they’d likely be scrapping over the same patch of Division Two land. It’s counterintuitive at best – and there’s plenty in Cavan who have less printable terms for it.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JGC5WEDZTJG6NHP4UME2II5S7E","additional_properties":{},"content":"But McCabe has never been anything but his own man. Anyone who has worked with him cites a restless football brain and a headstrong leadership style. Many Cavan footballers from down the years would baulk at managing against their own county. McCabe was the best of them and still he took the Westmeath job knowing it was on the cards. Everybody gets to make their own way in the world.","type":"text"},{"_id":"A7SUEQKIVNB3LEOUMZIUIMZTAA","additional_properties":{},"content":"“At least it’s not in Breffni,” says Johnston, who famously made his Kildare debut against his former (and future) Cavan team-mates in a 2012 qualifier down in the big bowl on the edge of Cavan town. “He’s luckier than I was!”","type":"text"},{"_id":"I2KEYP522BDJDCJFPHKSZQ5IGY","additional_properties":{},"content":"Nothing new under the sun. 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In the past two championship meetings in Thurles, Cork have a) considerably outnumbered the home support and b) won both matches by an accumulated 30 points. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"QROZ7NXJOZDCHNAJLDXDYMSPQY","additional_properties":{},"content":"It’s not saying a great deal to expect an improved performance from the home team but Liam Cahill’s side have been diligent in the league, both in terms of gathering points and developing options – nowhere more conspicuous than in the full forwards where rising stars Darragh McCarthy, in his senior debut campaign, and Seán Kenneally have made a big impact. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"OBEXOPMKTFADTAMEORH6G2XVO4","additional_properties":{},"content":"Cahill also has Gearóid O’Connor coming off a standout display in the Fitzgibbon Cup final. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"4V2DN4IMZ5GU5MNEQ5IQJ7OFNM","additional_properties":{},"content":"Cork are unbeaten, having duked it out for a draw with Limerick, and they bring back All Star full-back Eoin Downey among others for this. This should be a good match but you’d feel that Cork are farther down the road of handling these types of contests despite the absence of four of the attack that went to town on Tipp last May. <b>Verdict:</b> Cork","type":"text"},{"_id":"TGLJ2HDVGBE33LW2LIUP56SCDQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division 1B: Dublin v Offaly, Croke Park, 5.15 </b>– There is a lot at stake in this one, because the winner should advance to the divisional final and claim one of the two promotion spots. Offaly appear to be a team on the rise again after many years spent in hurling’s backwaters but this will be their sternest test of the campaign. Dublin also look rejuvenated this season and All-Ireland club-winning manager Niall Ó Ceallacháin has brought fresh energy and belief to the group. They will look to build on their positive league start in the Croke Park double header. <b>Verdict:</b> Dublin","type":"text"},{"_id":"SSDHBJJPTZGN5B5GZXABDBVUFQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division 2:</b> Derry v Kildare, Celtic Park, 3.0","type":"text"},{"_id":"NZZ424FRVFH57BUILZILVPARPY","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division 3:</b> Mayo v London, Connacht Centre of Excellence, 6.0","type":"text"},{"_id":"MHNBJRV3SFEWBLN2MD4RDSKOTY","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division 4:</b> Longford v Lancashire, Glennon Brothers Pearse Park, 2.0; Monaghan v Warwickshire, Clones, 2.0.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JC6ABQHUK5GSVFPCWDTWBJV2HI","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"KVXLVE3HEZBMDIRLGE32EEXB2U","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Sunday</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"LX2NDNCMDRDM5H64PZUGM7SU5I","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division 1A: Clare v Wexford, Cusack Park, Ennis 1.45 – </b>Two teams in need of points after going five matches between them without a win and now propping up the table. Neither have been helped by big injury lists and both will be trying to reintegrate returning players. There the comparisons end. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"FHUGVXEU4FESFAW6MOYQB45RWY","additional_properties":{},"content":"Wexford are almost certain relegation candidates whereas the All-Ireland champions have the potential to pull out of the tailspin in the remaining four fixtures, starting here. Keith Rossiter has an unenviable job trying to identify and acclimatise a new generation of players. A similarly experimental league meeting with Clare two years ago ended in a 22-point defeat that scandalised the county. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"HGMLUDG4JZBJBOF56LTRGJVW7Q","additional_properties":{},"content":"Rossiter was probably happier with his team’s most recent outing, a retrieved potential thrashing by Kilkenny, than Brian Lohan, whose team were poor when going down to Galway. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"DDN3LFGNIZHEXAMKSAUYXNVP4A","additional_properties":{},"content":"Wexford are expected to welcome back Lee Chin from his extended preseason break and maybe Rory O’Connor from injury. Clare are also strengthening, having been missing two-thirds of their championship team. The trialling of younger players goes on for both managers and there were some good displays for Lohan in the Fitzgibbon, such as Colm O’Meara putting in a strong performance for UL. Home win. <b>Verdict:</b> Clare","type":"text"},{"_id":"5E4PL5ZXBNHS3DW6O6BXWPBYTI","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"XAMZRQYE6VDNPFUJYCAPQZG6RU","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division 1A: Kilkenny v Limerick, UPMC Nowlan Park, Kilkenny 1.45 [Live on TG4] –</b> Limerick have started the league very positively. The late concessions that cost them a draw in Cork didn’t overshadow how well the newcomers played and for a team with minimal change since breaking through in 2018, that is important for John Kiely. They navigated a feisty visit from Tipp in their last outing and got a greatly improved display from Cian Lynch as part of the overall performance. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"6C4BX2LJKJC4TCANN6PK4CVBRI","additional_properties":{},"content":"There are options for management in nearly every line of the field, as illustrated by UL’s Fitzgibbon win last week. Adam English looks well capable of slotting in at centrefield whereas Barry Murphy has provided a decent impression of the expansive Barry Nash corner back role. Colin Coughlan (UL captain) and Aidan O’Connor have played well in the half backs and half forwards, allowing that neither line has obvious vacancies. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"IDSJEN7HLBF67EW5RPCR2U5QLY","additional_properties":{},"content":"Limerick’s situation is coincidentally just what Kilkenny aspire to. After the bloodless win in Wexford, a very good point was made – that despite the recent under-20 All-Ireland win, the county isn’t producing players, who are putting pressure on first teamers and giving Derek Lyng selection dilemmas. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"E5F3Y6KRYVB4TAVHU4FZV2YE6Q","additional_properties":{},"content":"Still, the established Martin Keoghan has been in top form so far and the Ballyhale duo of TJ Reid and Adrian Mullen were in the dressingroom the last day and may be close to return. The visitors look too strong and to have to many options. <b>Verdict: </b>Limerick","type":"text"},{"_id":"BLKICRCYBJC6TOJ6RA2C3CORGE","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division 1B: Antrim v Waterford, Corrigan Park, 1.30 (Live on BBC iPlayer & GAAGo)</b> –Davy Fitzgerald was strong in his criticism of Antrim’s away form after their 15-point reversal at the hands of Offaly in Tullamore last time out. But they did beat Westmeath in their only home game so far this season, so Corrigan Park remains Antrim’s best chance of avoiding relegation. Fitzgerald knows all about their opponents having managed Waterford up uuntilt season. However, Waterford already got stung in this year’s league against Carlow so they should be primed to meet this test head on. <b>Verdict: </b>Waterford","type":"text"},{"_id":"5YXBMRO4IFFUJHRUJ4UFI5Q5BI","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division 1B: Laois v Carlow, Laois Hire O’Moore Park, Portlaoise, 2.0</b> – This derby tends to be tight and ferocious – a game both teams always believe they can win. Carlow’s form has been better in terms of results with a draw against Offaly and a victory over Waterford. Laois beat Westmeath but lost their other two fixtures – against Offaly and Waterford. If Carlow can maintain their early season form, they should edge it. <b>Verdict:</b> Carlow","type":"text"},{"_id":"J5CYT42ZNNGK3D3YQCPCWCQGUY","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division 2:</b> Meath v Down, Trim 1.15; Donegal v Kerry, O’Donnell Park, Letterkenny 1.0","type":"text"},{"_id":"AU2GJVFKRBC4PFFQYQ6HOGWY5M","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division 3:</b> Cavan v Armagh, Kingspan Breffni, Cavan 2.0; Wicklow v Roscommon, Echelon Park, Aughrim 2.0","type":"text"},{"_id":"RUWKEKKWDBHADGACAEV7R6FSGM","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Division 4: </b>Louth v Leitrim, Darver 1.15. 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The Bellaghy club chairman was murdered in May 1997 and his family have spent the past 27 years pursuing justice for his memory.","type":"text"},{"_id":"IJW5J3TCDFGANAWIMN2V47KCXA","additional_properties":{},"content":"In December, a High Court judge in Northern Ireland ordered a public inquiry into the murder after finding the British government remained in breach of a human rights duty to examine the full extent of state collusion in the killing.","type":"text"},{"_id":"MCQ3QWD2G5DZTF27KAX4SZD2JI","additional_properties":{},"content":"That government lodged a notice of appeal and this awaits determination.","type":"text"},{"_id":"PNBFCKSZWRCDHD6LJ3LGVPQO24","additional_properties":{},"content":"Burns sketched the history of political targeting of association members, noting that it was the congress of 100 years ago, which in 1925 decided to name a stand in Croke Park in memory of Michael Hogan, the Tipperary footballer, who died on Bloody Sunday in 1920.","type":"text"},{"_id":"2QAHWC6CI5EMBPYPUHCELVJW6I","additional_properties":{},"content":"He further noted that Friday was the 37th anniversary of the murder of 23-year-old <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/aidan-mcanespie/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/aidan-mcanespie/\">Aidan McAnespie</a>, shot dead at the border near Aughnacloy while on his way to a match with his club Aghaloo O’Neills and also raised the memory of Seán Farmer and Colm McCartney, who were murdered at a bogus checkpoint in Armagh returning from the All-Ireland football semi-final at Croke Park in August 1975.","type":"text"},{"_id":"RBCNVVDXMZE3HA7QPDLLDJM7JQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"“GAA Congress brings together the largest contingent of GAA members every year,” said Burns. “People who are representatives of the likes of Seán Brown, a family man, a community man and a GAA man who was abducted and murdered while he stayed back alone to lock up the club grounds of Bellaghy Wolfe Tones.","type":"text"},{"_id":"R7DNXDVQ7FCAZID4UECNLHNVEU","additional_properties":{},"content":"“The dignity and determination that the Brown family have shown in the face of the obfuscation of the British Government and Northern Secretary is admirable. Tonight ... I have invited Seán’s widow Bridie and the rest of the Brown family to see at first-hand the esteem in which they are held and how their resolve is acknowledged. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"ISDUXL5U4RHLTE2RKNVRGZ6TH4","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Seán was one of our own and we make no apologies for doing all we can to assist the long-suffering, dignified but steadfast and resolute family that are the Browns. 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That night, a group of armed men abducted and murdered our father.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JVH2WEJ6RJCJJNDPEXD43O4BHY","additional_properties":{},"content":"“His killing was an act of brutal violence, but what followed has been just as cruel. Decades of cover-ups, failed investigations, and deliberate obstruction of justice. For nearly 28 years, our family has fought tirelessly for the truth.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"4VDOBOJQURBS5A7G5MBWIGXLEY","additional_properties":{},"content":"She said that the family had attended court “over 57 times”.","type":"text"},{"_id":"IMVLCNUT5VCQNMRGZRW27IJTXM","additional_properties":{},"content":"“From the inquest proceedings, which began in March of 2023, it became painfully clear that state agencies deliberately withheld critical evidence to prevent the truth from emerging.","type":"text"},{"_id":"Z7OCR4D2ABHOBE4QEMZSFI3WWA","additional_properties":{},"content":"“We know now that up to 25 suspects were involved in his killing, many of them state agents. The coroner formally urged the Secretary of State to convene a public inquiry, and even the Chief Constable of the PSNI has stated he would not oppose one. Taoiseach Micheál Martin has also publicly supported calls for a full public inquiry.","type":"text"},{"_id":"2FPU4S43PJHEZPNB6VS3DFC5KM","additional_properties":{},"content":"“And yet, instead of truth and accountability, we have been met with resistance. The Secretary of State has not only denied our family justice but has actively appealed a High Court ruling that has called for a public inquiry.","type":"text"},{"_id":"AQECH54OUNEKLGRMHSE5HT3LGA","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Why? Why is our family and our 87-year-old mother being treated with such contempt? What are they so desperate to hide? The outpouring of support from the GAA family has been a source of strength to us, to Jarlath, Brian McEvoy, Michael Geoghegan and John Keenan, who have all stood with us in court, and to all of you who have lent your voices to our cause.","type":"text"},{"_id":"36POANM3SVHXHF7CRSEI52AM2Q","additional_properties":{},"content":"“We are deeply grateful. The GAA is more than a sporting organisation. It is a community, a movement. A force for good. Tonight, I ask for your continued support.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"U3ESSNKFHJCW7IHGVYFCETHIUQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"Later in the evening, a motion changing the requirement that GAA kit and equipment be of Irish manufacture to it being ‘manufactured by a GAA licensed kit manufacturer’ was withdrawn by Burns for re-presentation to next autumn’s special congress – which will finalise the FRC proposals on new football playing rules.","type":"text"},{"_id":"LHOTXDKHQJDVDMNTZN5XOATAYU","additional_properties":{},"content":"This followed growing reservations expressed from the floor late in Friday’s session that the proposed motion would undermine current Irish suppliers.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DOT7CJP4ERCSJN2OQ34S33VPBY","additional_properties":{},"content":"It had been proposed by Central Council as a necessary item of housekeeping to ensure that the GAA stayed in line with EU rules on competition.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ORA3XWDA5ZC2BOAYFVEIRKU7CM","additional_properties":{},"content":"Burns said he was constrained in what he could say but the motion had been brought on foot of legal advice and that the association was potentially facing a fine of €10 million.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6BMXBEFR3JBZBLR4KZ22ZQF6N4","additional_properties":{},"content":"Those querying motion 39 included former president and MEP Seán Kelly, Galway chair Paul Bellew, Tyrone secretary Michael Kerr, Down secretary Seán Óg McAteer, Limerick secretary Mike O’Riordan and Dublin chair Ken O’Sullivan, who said that his county would oppose.","type":"text"},{"_id":"MOP5PQNHFNBKJESWF2KWFZGWUI","additional_properties":{},"content":"Meanwhile, Tom Ryan has been granted a five-year extension to his contract as director general of the association. 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I know [of a Tyrone player] who was asked to go, but he wanted to stay home playing football and that was his decision, it wasn’t anything that was offered to him, he wanted to stay home.","type":"text"},{"_id":"IMKCI7YQ2T63QJN5KZYTAITRDM","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"DAN3M5MKYZH65O3FWFSWBWU3VI","additional_properties":{"_id":1739983349617},"content":"“And for whatever reason our lads want to shoot off and that’s just the way it is. It’s just frustration and I’m more frustrated that our lads don’t want to stay at home. Look, I wish the lads well and all that, but it’s a huge loss to Kerry football no matter what way you look at it – Cillian Burke [Geelong] has gone, Rob Monahan [Carlton] has gone, Mark O’Connor [Geelong] has gone.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JCR6UD3IVRFDXNPDSZ44XOOIHI","additional_properties":{"_id":1739983349621},"content":"“But I’ve kind of my peace made with it, we’re an amateur organisation, there’s no way you can bring money into that, there’s no way you can bring compensation in, there’s no way you can bring structure because we’re an amateur organisation. 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Murphy is loved in Donegal, more so maybe than any other player is in any other GAA county. Joe Canning in Galway might have been able to hold a candle to him. Kerry demand so much of David Clifford that that relationship might be more complicated. The love Dublin fans have had for various footballers over the last decade or more is necessarily more diffuse, more evenly spread. But for Donegal, for all their brilliant footballers over the last 15 years, Murphy is the only man. There were 13,000 people there on Sunday – he signed an autograph for most of them. 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In his post-match interview, Jack O’Connor lamented Kerry’s comparative failure to do the same thing in the second half and blamed it partly for their defeat.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OBKU5CTDXVHQNGXO5HGKM7I2FA","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"U2GVXQUZYVAATC4Y3T7L4QZQ4A","additional_properties":{},"content":"“We basically needed to get more out of our attacks in the sense of holding on to the ball for longer,” he said. “I thought we rushed a couple of shots in the second half when we could have rotated the ball. Every minute that you were knocking off the clock was getting you closer to home but unfortunately, we panicked a couple of times and took rash decisions.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"A3O3BHTTLJEPND32KAMZQ4JDDI","additional_properties":{},"content":"The new rules have made a terrific start. The opening rounds of the league have been the most exciting in memory, for die-hards and sceptics alike. 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","type":"text"},{"_id":"KGHD2IU2P5GN5FYPDHQ4YUF5SA","additional_properties":{},"content":"Most kick-outs now are contested in the middle third, which had a massive impact on Saturday night’s game, for example. Given the strength of the wind Dublin won just less than 50 per cent of their kick-outs in the first half and Kerry won a little more than 50 per cent in the second. Neither team was able to make a stress-free exit without putting the ball at risk.","type":"text"},{"_id":"YX6DEWIUMNEFPJVB6PTW6DCDB4","additional_properties":{},"content":"The other major ideological battleground is shooting. In the derelict game we have left behind, working the ball to designated shooting zones was the main purpose of the endless rounds of keep-ball. Ideally, nobody wanted to shoot from outside the D, or from the flanks. The heavy emphasis on efficiency identified risk as the enemy.","type":"text"},{"_id":"Q5UYQBMNVJACBALF6DWYXOJTZ4","additional_properties":{},"content":"In the new game it is clear already that the two-point arc has the potential to be transformative. Under the old rules, anybody shooting from that distance was guilty of an offence against the game plan. It was an unconscionable risk. In some instances, it would have been condemned as an act of grandstanding or hare-brained panic.","type":"text"},{"_id":"SR6AKO54HNBKZKTLLCTO2ALCRU","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"TU7NF5UZAZDTVO5YYMR7WAFYLQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"In the new rules that kind of risky kicking has been incentivised. On Saturday night, two pointers shaped the game. In the opening quarter, Kerry kicked a pair of them in succession at a time in the match when Dublin had more than 75 per cent possession, according to RTÉ’s statistics. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"JC7VCBY7BNBGTAUOVQANVZAODM","additional_properties":{},"content":"Those scores changed the energy of the game and reduced the value of letting the ball rest in a deposit account, with little or no interest. That was also true in the last five minutes, when Dublin were trying to chase down a four-point deficit and Lorcan O’Dell landed two beauties. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"R2MOL2WUKRFLHAISCJ4KMI3XEM","additional_properties":{},"content":"The early rounds of the league have been characterised by entirely uncharacteristic scoreboard swings. Games have jackknifed in team’s faces. Kerry couldn’t hang on to a 12-point lead on Saturday night; Cork couldn’t hold on to a 10-point lead against Down in round two; <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/15/determined-derry-fight-back-to-draw-against-galway/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/15/determined-derry-fight-back-to-draw-against-galway/\">Galway surrendered a nine-point lead against Derry</a> on Saturday evening. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"EIXXWEDE3ZGNPE6OR7W7HQFOWY","additional_properties":{},"content":"The general spike in scoring has been adrenalised by the 3v3 imperative, so that turnovers in the defensive half are leading to more productive counterattacks, and the solo-and-go frees, that are giving defences less time to set up. But ultimately, the championship will be decided on two pointers. How many are you prepared to attempt? How many reliable outside shooters do you have? Will Kerry leave David Clifford inside? Would that be crazy? ","type":"text"},{"_id":"YET4A7R3OBGMNLED27M7T6I2ME","additional_properties":{},"content":"How it pans out will be fascinating. In hurling, scoring has gone through the roof over the last decade, enabled by the modern ball, but also by changed thinking. When Limerick took over their emphasis was on volume. Their first principle was to always have more shots than their opponents, even if that meant shipping more wides. By increasing their output, wides came at a smaller cost. That forced all of their putative rivals to play the same numbers game.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NLRAHFJFL5B2ZHNVNAKXUHZBEI","additional_properties":{},"content":"Nobody in football has adopted that approach. Efficiency was always king, not volume. With the turn the game has taken the actuaries in every back-room team must be forced to revise their view of risk. If these rule changes alter the future of the game, that is how it will be done.","type":"text"},{"_id":"WS5P72VMCJHXDDEVKW6DLNOIDQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"In the Cork-Westmeath game on Saturday, Eoghan Cormican pointed out that there were an astonishing 60 shots from play, and of the 34 scores only two had been from dead balls. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"CQAU27WYJNACDC2B75UB5D64JU","additional_properties":{},"content":"Hallelujah. ","type":"text"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{"byline":"Denis Walsh"}},"name":"Denis Walsh"}]},"description":{"basic":"New rules that reward more exciting play are already having their impact on the game"},"display_date":"2025-02-17T15:54:24.12Z","headlines":{"basic":"Risk management is the rot in Gaelic football the FRC set out to treat","native":""},"label":{"audio_project_id":{"text":"5469"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"ZWTUFEGQ2DJNFE4NPYEY44XFTQ","auth":{"1":"7deb01f81ec7b603953f8241f93491fb0cea9ae7b3fd0a40e7b74b4f5b7e4bca"},"type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/ZWTUFEGQ2DJNFE4NPYEY44XFTQ.jpg"}},"subtype":"columnist","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Gaelic Games"},{"name":"Sport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/17/risk-management-is-the-rot-in-gaelic-football-the-frc-set-out-to-treat/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/sport/gaelic-games","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Gaelic Games"}}}},{"_id":"UQOIME2MHVFFLKPRHC3H53NNFU","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":579,"audio_url":"https://beyondwords-cdn-b7fyckdeejejb6dj.a03.azurefd.net/audio/projects/5469/podcasts/45a6f489-6e54-41e1-a278-ba736ec1517b/versions/1739797787/media/95d4bc1a374eec7a47ea9d507cd907a1_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/17/five-things-we-learned-from-the-gaa-weekend-aidan-forker-meets-michael-murphy-head-on/","content_elements":[{"_id":"ZCWZYY3JPVB4LICJTFIQXAKIGU","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Return of the special one </b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"ZVCVMVO5JBEKXEQAH3XZOXPSZM","additional_properties":{},"content":"Has there ever been a more important player to any county team than Michael Murphy has, and continues to be, for <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/donegal-gaa/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/donegal-gaa/\">Donegal</a>? Everything about his <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/16/michael-murphy-makes-impactful-return-for-donegal-in-win-over-armagh/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/16/michael-murphy-makes-impactful-return-for-donegal-in-win-over-armagh/\">comeback in Ballybofey on Sunday</a> felt like one of those feel-good if somewhat schmaltzy sports movies where the grizzled hero returns for one last spin on the carousel. It had everything – the stadium erupting as he made his way off the bench, the rattled opponent meeting him head on (ahem), the sending off, the score with his first play, the flock of kids (and adults) surrounding him long after the final whistle looking for selfies, autographs, or just simply to be in his orbit for a brief moment. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"TWNV2LWK2JARFCRP3JX6MDIKVU","subtype":"twitter","type":"oembed_response"},{"_id":"A3MNSH2RBVBVRPSX2MY65DUIXI","additional_properties":{},"content":"Even during his stint in the media over recent years, after matches he was working at, it was not unusual to see Murphy surrounded by supporters. Some players just have that presence, that ‘it’ factor. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"E6NL4HSSQ5EF5HX27E7VOAXBBA","additional_properties":{},"content":"And as for the grizzled hero part, that was not so much the case with the 2012 All-Ireland winning captain on Sunday as he looked to be in superb physical shape. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"KMVWV5X2ERE7DGY5HD76BAIECU","additional_properties":{},"content":"With Murphy and Jim McGuinness reunited again – there is no doubt his return to intercounty football is a massive boost for Donegal. But it is actually a treat for all sports fans because rarely do we get a second chance to see a truly special player go at it again. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"6LHMFMSHFZCAPMBYOU43BVKB6I","additional_properties":{},"content":"Aidan Forker set for two-game suspension after red card for headbutt on Michael Murphy","type":"interstitial_link"},{"_id":"IWG3FUSSHRCKND4UVTINRXYOIE","additional_properties":{},"content":"“It’s the type of game that sticks in the memory whenever you hang the boots up,” said McGuinness on Sunday evening. And not because Donegal won, but because the county’s greatest ever player was out there in the thick of it again, a sight most believed had been consigned to the past, and he lit up Ballybofey.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DTR5MGP7DJA33GQMLBEDUWSBK4","additional_properties":{},"content":"Whatever way the script plays out from here, the opening scene of Michael Murphy’s comeback grabbed your attention. – <b>Gordon Manning </b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"TJ4UZ3SSCFESLPGONOQCA5R7K4","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Sin bin advantage?</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"REZEFDB6GVCKDNGO46IA4LSFJQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"Confusion reigned in Castlebar. <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/mayo-gaa/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/mayo-gaa/\">Mayo</a>’s Conor Reid was black carded in the 26th minute for a ‘body collide’ on <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/tyrone-gaa/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/tyrone-gaa/\">Tyrone</a>’s Darren McCurry. In the wing forward’s absence, the visitors overturned a 0-2 to 0-3 deficit into a 0-5 to 0-4 lead at the break.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6WAOTOIJKS42VHQWRBI6TXY4OA","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"GLXWWW437ZCWNOXMEH2PDZQL7M","additional_properties":{},"content":"Yet, Tyrone felt they hadn’t been able to press home the sinbinning advantage. Reduced to 14, Mayo availed of what looks like an anomaly or unintended consequence of the FRC changes. A team with a player off the field for disciplinary reasons is allowed to play two in either half of the field and the home side cleverly juggled between ‘two up’ and ‘two back’.","type":"text"},{"_id":"IJA6WTPPYFGYLNPRNEV2S62C4Q","additional_properties":{},"content":"In a game where the perfectly permissible latitude for goalkeepers to create a 12 v 11 overload by joining the attack is coming under increased scrutiny, it is surely anomalous that a team weakened by indiscipline is able to mitigate their loss by ‘borrowing’ players at either end of the field.","type":"text"},{"_id":"MNVE4JNW5BHNFNTIZFVUDASKXQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"It also created major problems for referee Barry Cassidy and his match officials, who with Tyrone players frantically appealing 3v3 breaches in apparent or wilful ignorance of the rule, got into a tangle before Cassidy corrected the error.","type":"text"},{"_id":"LHKXMQMWTBHQZI7M4RQV3ZPKXQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"Afterwards the managers reflected on the situation. Asked had there been confusion about the rule, Mayo’s Kevin McStay agreed. “Well, there was, yeah. In a very simple way, there was, yeah, I’d say on all sides.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JKDMGURQKBCV7PAJULEKAVO4DU","additional_properties":{},"content":"“The black card didn’t help it because people then forgot that you could go to two. I think Barry might have forgotten that at one moment as well. But in fairness, he stopped the play and talked it through, and we got the right decision, and I think we got caught once as well.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"F2FV7YGFJ5BSBHAPHCFJYT337Q","additional_properties":{},"content":"Mayo dig in for strong finish to claim first win of the season against Tyrone","type":"interstitial_link"},{"_id":"6FFQI5GFMVEIZNYPAGCDJDEKBM","additional_properties":{},"content":"Tyrone manager Malachy O’Rourke, previously a member of the <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/football-review-committee-frc/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/football-review-committee-frc/\">FRC</a>, questioned whether teams in Tyrone’s position were actually receiving any advantage from the penalty.","type":"text"},{"_id":"AIHXUZGFQBDUTP4JC3SCGUG5YA","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Yeah, you could argue that. You were thinking that the black card would give us an advantage and it didn’t really. There’s a number of different things that come up now and maybe they’re not working as was intended.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DSJ3XSDRT5C6HCUO3ZVTW7A6KA","additional_properties":{},"content":"“But again – I keep going back to the same thing – I suppose you just have to give these things time. I think the referees are even trying to get used to the rules, so there is a lot of frustration. Nobody at times is sure what’s going on.","type":"text"},{"_id":"PNMYLNXA2NFOXGYACPT4P6ZQ3U","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Hopefully, it will over the next few weeks become a bit clearer, but that is definitely one concern you’d have coming out of the game.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"MLFILAP3SRGOTEBDAQZKZB2IEU","additional_properties":{},"content":"McStay also made an essential point about the whole project. “There’s nothing about the rules that are second nature. Like we’ve all been reared doing things a certain way, for 40 years maybe. But these rules are well-intentioned; they’re working pretty well.” – <b>Seán Moran</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"JJMNPALC4JC3FLK5E2K7ONCJNU","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Questions & Answers</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"XOYPKNUHG5A47ALKUE2C72CZXQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"If the good men of the FRC have any gallantry about them at all, they’ll be sending Joanne Cantwell a thank you card this morning. If they have any left-field thought going spare they’ll be asking RTÉ if they can borrow her once a week from here on out, maybe even on a Monday morning, and ask her to give them a grilling on the football rules. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"EPXAGOZUVFDPVDAJG7NINRMZ6U","subtype":"twitter","type":"oembed_response"},{"_id":"RP6UT22T2RH5FOASKXFINYKGVQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"She shone a light into Peter Canavan’s eyes on League Sunday and it meant that viewers got clarity around the new guideline around kick-outs having to be taken inside 20 seconds. This was an instruction issued to referees in the course of the previous week and yet this was the first time anyone from the FRC was appearing in public to talk about it. Canavan had clearly been well briefed and was ready for Cantwell’s questions, meaning anyone who watched it came away better informed.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NCHTP3S26RHOZA2OEV2FJRMTIE","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"RP6UT22T2RH5FOASKXFINYKGVQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"Changing football on the fly is a difficult, multilayered problem with all sorts of plates spinning and unintended consequences arising. But as Canavan showed last night, communicating is the easy bit. All you need is a time and a place and a camera and the willingness to explain.","type":"text"},{"_id":"4WOQCNPWMJETFAAYDL44RA5L6A","additional_properties":{},"content":"Everyone accepts that there will be teething problems. Nobody has any great issue with that, as long as they’re not left to stew in their own confusion. The FRC’s cause would benefit enormously from a weekly slot where one of their number fielded questions for 20 minutes after a weekend, breaking down passages of play, giving a sense of where their thinking is on certain rules.","type":"text"},{"_id":"F52WGF2QAVHKXD5OLYW5CV53AU","additional_properties":{},"content":"Cantwell’s forensic, informed, just-one-more-thing style of questioning did the FRC a big favour by forcing them to communicate better. They should learn from it. – <b>Malachy Clerkin</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"HX2K3GBXMND5BHWULXSBZQVADI","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Kerry’s conundrum</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"ZFLY547AURB2DC3H5AIZSQ5BVY","additional_properties":{},"content":"Sixteen minutes into the second half on Saturday night, the massive home crowd in Tralee erupted at the sight of David Clifford. Kerry were still five points up against Dublin, but they had only scored once since half-time and there were early signs of distress. This time, <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/15/dublin-steal-the-points-from-kerry-in-adrenalin-fuelled-finale/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/15/dublin-steal-the-points-from-kerry-in-adrenalin-fuelled-finale/\">Clifford couldn’t do anything about it</a>.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NCWDP7HRSJBW5KNKKXRDOPWQXY","additional_properties":{},"content":"By the end of last year, Clifford was the poster boy for the what the locals believed was general fatigue in the Kerry ranks. After a gruelling couple of years with club and county Clifford had been flat all summer. In the All-Ireland semi-final Armagh looked stronger the longer the game went on. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"RGZNWHPRABDYBBXPC3YHXB7UJE","additional_properties":{},"content":"The complaint was that too many key players had appeared in nearly all of Kerry’s 14 league and championship matches. Gavin White, Seán O’Shea and Joe O’Connor were ever-present; Tadhg Morley, Paul Murphy, Shane Ryan, Dara Moynihan, Paudie Clifford and David Clifford had only missed one match; Jason Foley had only missed two.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NOJJG6NWC4FWJDMOORQUZFVVYY","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"M4XAF25BQ5DT7P7LTMTYDAKDDU","additional_properties":{},"content":"Whatever rest had been scheduled for the Clifford brothers at the beginning of last year was chalked off when Kerry lost their opening league game to Derry; a week later the Cliffords appeared against Monaghan. This year, David’s return was just 12 days later; Paudie was back for round one of the league.","type":"text"},{"_id":"7PMIRNF36ZACFMJZG4EJRMB37I","additional_properties":{},"content":"The Kerry players were so exhausted by the end of last season that they circulated a letter asking to be excused from the District club championships. This caused a huge amount of disquiet and generated a certain amount of pushback, but many of the players stood their ground.","type":"text"},{"_id":"HCZLH7MAQBFCVPB44MK3VNMRYI","additional_properties":{},"content":"But what do Kerry do now? Having gathered just two points from their opening three games they’re facing the prospect of being dragged into a relegation scrap. Three of their remaining four games are away from home against Tyrone, Mayo and Galway. How much rotation can they afford to do? ","type":"text"},{"_id":"QZQKPI5GXRHIRLY3P7KPYXZOC4","additional_properties":{},"content":"One of the other local complaints last year was that young players weren’t being blooded. The youngest starter on Kerry’s championship team was Joe O’Connor, who was 24. At the moment, that looks like a job for whoever succeeds Jack O’Connor. Right now, his concern is staying in Division One. – <b>Denis Walsh</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"NPF5QHSZNVG7NP2AKSGASBN3LI","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>History in the Hyde</b></mark><mark class=\"hl_yellow\"> </mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"6LS6K7XTPBCJBMUGHHS45YSB5A","additional_properties":{},"content":"Diarmuid Murtagh’s tally of <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/16/diarmuid-murtagh-stars-as-roscommon-take-advantage-of-the-wind-to-overcome-monaghan/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/16/diarmuid-murtagh-stars-as-roscommon-take-advantage-of-the-wind-to-overcome-monaghan/\">12 points at Dr Hyde Park on Sunday</a> moved the forward top of the pile as Roscommon’s all-time leading scorer with 19-333.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ESG7QPW4TJBZBFULY47SFFTPMM","additional_properties":{},"content":"Murtagh has been in superb form during this year’s league campaign and has been Roscommon’s top marksman in all three of their games so far – wins over Down, Louth, Monaghan.","type":"text"},{"_id":"R2WA4PSU6ZHAHMMYE7JFOVKVWI","additional_properties":{},"content":"And in stats compiled by county chairman Brian Carroll, Sunday’s display sees Murtagh overtake Dermot Earley at the summit of Roscommon’s scoring roll of honour. 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Another brother, Brian, also previously played for the county – so it’s fair to say the Murtagh family has given Roscommon some service, not to mention some amount of scores.","type":"text"},{"_id":"37ZOPFE55VGKTJQDI7F72B3GBY","additional_properties":{},"content":"Murtagh’s St Faithleach’s club stated: “A truly historic day in the primrose and blue for Diarmuid Murtagh as he took his overall Roscommon tally to 19-423 making him the top scorer of all time for the Roscommon senior football team.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5JSKQ3YJABDIFB6NH5NYNXCDH4","additional_properties":{},"content":"“He is a dedicated professional and a role model to the youth of St Faithleach GAA and the wider GAA community. 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The Armagh captain, for reasons known only to himself, went with his head to Murphy’s chest.","type":"text"},{"_id":"J3VEJBGII5E6PBKYGFHUFXP2CA","additional_properties":{},"content":"The Donegal support were yet to sit having given Murphy a standing ovation when referee Sean Hurson drew the red card.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GNPR75C73VEWRB3V7NH6LD75OI","additional_properties":{},"content":"The volume went up a little further when Murphy arrowed over a delightful score soon after and ended the afternoon with three points to his tally. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"UW7JMMCWFBEXZFVL74HVSJYE3Q","additional_properties":{},"content":"“I spoke about him in the dressingroom to our own lads,” McGuinness said after the game. “It’s great to have him. There isn’t much that I can say about Michael that hasn’t been said before. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"A4RYUOAK6RF4JH7MMIXDRLPP6A","additional_properties":{},"content":"“He has done an awful lot of work to put himself in that position. We want him to be the best we can be and hopefully that’s the start of it now.” ","type":"text"},{"_id":"CXMAAKKUZPJYZU6RGF4TKCJDZA","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"ZNPHI5EBSRDHNARE6YPBUMTU6Y","additional_properties":{},"content":"Murphy was still huddled among Donegal’s replacements when Armagh landed an early blow, Darragh McMullan blasting to the top corner for an eighth minute goal. Jarly Óg Burns, on as a temporary sub, and Tomas McCormack combined for McMullan to lash his shot past Shaun Patton.","type":"text"},{"_id":"F3IQIFM3QFAEJO7NOJ3ESWZI2I","additional_properties":{},"content":"Donegal’s response was an uninterrupted 10-point blitz, punctured only when Jason Duffy ended Armagh’s near half-hour wait for a point, the score reducing the Orchard’s arrears to six for the break, 0-12 to 1-3.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KDM5F6KUHJEPVCGAHUQWFDPDLE","additional_properties":{},"content":"Donegal’s flurry included a brace by Ryan McHugh and a stylish Conor O’Donnell point that put five between them in the 27th minute.","type":"text"},{"_id":"L5MGV3MWDRD3TPQMIZN3OP5I64","additional_properties":{},"content":"Via a pair of two-pointers, one each from Ben Crealy and Andrew Murnin, Armagh were creeping back into things when the day took its decisive twist.","type":"text"},{"_id":"L7XGEBP4FRDQLO6YWC43QC5HLA","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Discipline was huge in the outcome of the game,” said Armagh manager Kieran McGeeney. “It was on our side that we let it go. It’s a harsh lesson for us, but you just have to take it in the chin and walk on”.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TKHDI4SZ6NEQZN4NHRF7YSVS2Y","additional_properties":{},"content":"McGuinness said: “These games will always go to the wire. You just have to roll with the punches in many respects and try to see it out.","type":"text"},{"_id":"54FTRLJE45CSZCIW6B3WFXJQZQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"“It’s great for the lads. It’s the type of game that sticks in the memory whenever you hang the boots up.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5XUVD2BFBNFVLLR3JC5UGLD36U","additional_properties":{},"content":"“In terms of the experience and the atmosphere and the vibe around the town, it’s great for the lads. It’s the type of game that sticks in the memory whenever you hang the boots up.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"IVULXY24O5G4LPJ6CNYVU5GOPQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"But in deciding to take his boots down off nail again, Murphy had the final say with a point in the closing seconds, almost as if he was never away.","type":"text"},{"_id":"R7FGZTFEIFECVHQ7UIEKKSIPYY","additional_properties":{},"content":"His Donegal tally now stands at 34 goals and 616 points in 178 games, and counting.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KSDQOQAN2VG4NKCF23ZWKEMURA","additional_properties":{},"content":"“A phenomenal player,” remarked Ryan McHugh. “It’s unbelievable to have him. 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","type":"text"},{"_id":"HGA7AVDA2JGCBCIB6WD67ZJPQA","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Subs: </b>S Campbell for Hall (31 mins), J Burns for Murphy (h-t), C McConville (0-0-1) for McQuillan (53), C O’Neill for Turbitt (62).","type":"text"},{"_id":"GY6UTUS2S5EL5MQJF7GKH6J25M","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Referee: </b>S Hurson (Tyrone).","type":"text"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Chris McNulty"}]},"description":{"basic":"All-Ireland champions reduced to 14 early in second half after straight red for captain Aidan Forker"},"display_date":"2025-02-16T19:26:37.587Z","headlines":{"basic":"Michael Murphy makes impactful return for Donegal in win over Armagh ","native":""},"label":{"audio_project_id":{"text":"5469"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"NU44HFLT6XHI5IGTVAZTBGNF6A","auth":{"1":"9a4bae0973faa8279dc09960545598f6e19e2c11afdeb8eddc32299d3c1ac501"},"type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/NU44HFLT6XHI5IGTVAZTBGNF6A.jpg"}},"subtype":"default","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Gaelic Games"},{"name":"Sport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/16/michael-murphy-makes-impactful-return-for-donegal-in-win-over-armagh/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/sport/gaelic-games","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Gaelic Games"}}}},{"_id":"QDTQBPCR3VFLDBOLLJGF7NFD6A","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":392,"audio_url":"https://beyondwords-cdn-b7fyckdeejejb6dj.a03.azurefd.net/audio/projects/5469/podcasts/9686fb10-8e9d-4815-b6c6-0646ef76b3c4/versions/1739731890/media/5a82e849c11c4a173f7b6f64cb2ad9c7_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/16/diarmuid-murtagh-stars-as-roscommon-take-advantage-of-the-wind-to-overcome-monaghan/","content_elements":[{"_id":"OUFXY3ERVFHD3BKANJTRWI4BDU","additional_properties":{"_id":1739733372297},"content":"<b>NFL Division Two: Roscommon 0-25 Monaghan 2-14</b>","type":"header"},{"_id":"36TXGDR7W5FIVJC72JAANM72KU","additional_properties":{"_id":1739729713798},"content":"Diarmuid Murtagh kicked four two-pointers as <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/roscommon-gaa/\" target=\"_blank\">Roscommon</a> overturned a four-point interval deficit to win the battle of Division Two’s chief promotion chasers at a wintry Dr Hyde Park.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5ATBNZIGVJHDVLFU3ONBMPSTIQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1739729713799},"content":"The home side harnessed the wind at their backs after the break to outscore <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/monaghan-gaa/\" target=\"_blank\">Monaghan</a> 0-17 to 0-8 in the second half – leaving Roscommon top of the table and the only remaining unbeaten team in Division Two.","type":"text"},{"_id":"U2RRO25RZBFMVEW5NFLIFGNDOE","additional_properties":{"_id":1739729713800},"content":"Roscommon registered a total of five two-pointers in the second half – four from Murtagh and another from Conor Cox – while Monaghan only managed one from outside the arc when they had the benefit of the wind in that opening period.","type":"text"},{"_id":"X5ZR5QSA2VHL5MBSVGWX2BZOQI","additional_properties":{"_id":1739729713801},"content":"The visitors also missed a penalty in the 11th minute when Conor McCarthy’s effort was saved by Conor Carroll, and in truth even as Monaghan headed off the pitch leading 2-6 to 0-8 at the interval there was a sense that buffer would not be substantial enough.","type":"text"},{"_id":"HSN2QXOQAFB55G56ZEYYG3EAJE","additional_properties":{"_id":1739729713802},"content":"“Going in four down in the Hyde against that breeze, we were very happy to be honest,” said Roscommon manager Davy Burke afterwards.","type":"text"},{"_id":"G3RZYSO4XFCUZFR7IJKAY3ZUOQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1739729713803},"content":"“[With the new rules], it’s never over any more, it’s a brilliant game of football – it swings so easily, I think it’s a brilliant game. 25 points is nice kicking, isn’t it? It’s great, this new game, I love it anyway.","type":"text"},{"_id":"SEIHHETSUFGG5CY6QWMF5X5EMI","additional_properties":{"_id":1739729713804},"content":"“We actually now have a creative game, it has reinvigorated us as coaches because it went stale, you probably didn’t even know you were stale but you were. It’s class now.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"KFOKPAFWR5CVZHUJTGOOHMKLDI","additional_properties":{"_id":1739729713805},"content":"If Murtagh – who racked up a total of 12 points – delivered a kicking exhibition, then league newcomer Conor Hand produced several bursts of speed that lit up a grey and damp Hyde Park. Monaghan simply could not stop his blistering incisions through the centre of their defence and Hand finished the game with three points to his name.","type":"text"},{"_id":"LV76ENXHBVB6VLGX22RTGITT3E","additional_properties":{"_id":1739729713806},"content":"Roscommon also created at least four decent goal chances in the opening 20 minutes of the contest but failed to raise any green flags. At times they seemed to try force the issue rather than tap over for a simple point – but in this brave new world for Gaelic football, playing the percentages has thankfully lost some of its lustre.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CEMZQGPABBDONMZQNFPA6Z6ZOM","additional_properties":{"_id":1739729713807},"content":"“There’s two ways of looking at that,” explained Burke. “Can you work the scoreboard against the breeze? Could we have fisted a few scores? But we told them before they went out that we wanted them to enjoy themselves. Forwards want to go for goal, so we left four out there, but on another day [they might go in].”","type":"text"},{"_id":"SP3MEPPLBKFZ46X2ZTBMQ2G2QA","additional_properties":{"_id":"EWIWV77U4FH3XIOZHRYZZTSKG4"},"type":"image"},{"_id":"RZDCFKJVENERBH3NKFBTBPFI4E","additional_properties":{"_id":1739729713808},"content":"Roscommon and Monaghan were both relegated from Division One last season so negotiating an immediate return to the top flight would be part of their early-season plan. This was the Farney County’s first defeat of the campaign.","type":"text"},{"_id":"AD6PTL4IB5G5LHY3GVK6KFGZ7E","additional_properties":{"_id":1739729713809},"content":"Their madcap opening goal would have been unimaginable a few months back. With Carroll out of his goal to try provide Roscommon with an overload, Monaghan grabbed possession and from near the centre of the field the impressive Micheál Bannigan let fly towards the unattended Roscommon sticks.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TUKSZKVN5VDVXCYZZITIUH2SBY","additional_properties":{"_id":1739729713810},"content":"The ball bounced off the left stanchion and then bobbled across to hit the right post, before David Garland slid in and redirected it over the line, 1-5 to 0-3.","type":"text"},{"_id":"EY7I2BC4CVFAHIDFEIIREMDEVI","additional_properties":{"_id":1739729713811},"content":"The second goal was a thunderbolt from Bannigan, the Monaghan captain unleashing an unstoppable 27th-minute shot after the Farney turned over a Roscommon kickout, 2-5 to 0-5.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TOXGU5UWVJCDNCMI7QLDULHBYY","additional_properties":{"_id":1739729713812},"content":"Roscommon kicked three of the last four points before the turnaround though and it took them just eight minutes of the second half to restore parity.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6K5NROTTXZCP3HQF4HXJQSANGY","additional_properties":{"_id":1739729713813},"content":"“I think Roscommon managed the wind better in the second half, they managed to get a few two-pointers in the second half when they had the wind and ultimately that was the difference in the game,” said Monaghan manager Gabriel Bannigan.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JYZWKX4NQZDSVLYE7OYPBD6VI4","additional_properties":{"_id":1739729713814},"content":"“I knew at half-time that with our lead we were going to have to really turn in a huge performance in the second half to hold on.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"VLPRG2H7MRCDTBOHLRZXUAXC5E","additional_properties":{"_id":1739729713815},"content":"The first of those two-pointers came from Murtagh in the 43rd minute and on the very next play Hand put on the afterburners to score the equalising point. Roscommon had all the momentum and in the opening 15 minutes after the break they outscored Monaghan 0-7 to 0-1.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KGYLHTO7GVDVNHIWGLVEDAPKLY","additional_properties":{"_id":1739729713816},"content":"Conor McCarthy kept Monaghan in touch with a dogged, determined display – he scored two points midway through the half and with five minutes remaining goalkeeper Rory Beggan curled over an equalising score.","type":"text"},{"_id":"EQ223AO2VVCIPMVQGNS3ZHSIIA","additional_properties":{"_id":1739729713817},"content":"But the Roscommon bench made a big impression coming down the straight. Senan Lambe fisted the home side back in front before Cox smacked over a lovely two-pointer and followed that up with a score from inside the arc. They had made the game’s decisive move.","type":"text"},{"_id":"56XL642CZRDJBAU63FEKTMMSPI","additional_properties":{"_id":1739729713818},"content":"Fittingly, the last action of the afternoon was for Murtagh to kick over his fourth two-pointer. The free had been awarded just before the hooter sounded so supporters had to be ushered back off the pitch to allow Murtagh take the kick. Roscommon travel to Meath next weekend while Monaghan are at home to Cork.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QHNKRJ256VHLVOAVWAHKYCJG6M","additional_properties":{"_id":1739729713819},"content":"“I was up in Newry last night, that’s a right good Meath team,” added Burke. “They’re very big and strong and it looks like they have a rake of work done, so we’ll get the full pipe in Navan.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"XS3ER72UORDATKKNON42NM3EOM","additional_properties":{"_id":1739729713820},"content":"<b>ROSCOMMON:</b> Conor Carroll; Pearse Frost, John McManus, Niall Higgins; Ronan Daly (0-0-1), Brian Stack, Dylan Ruane; Keith Doyle, Shane Cunnane; Cian McKeon, Ultan Harney, Conor Hand (0-0-3); Diarmuid Murtagh (0-4-4, 2tpf, 2f), Donie Smith (0-0-2), Ciaráin Murtagh (0-0-3). <b>Subs:</b> Ruaidhrí Fallon for Stack (40 mins); Eddie Nolan for Harney (49 mins); Senan Lambe (0-0-1) for Daly (54 mins); Ben O’Carroll for Smith (57 mins); Conor Cox (0-1-1) for McKeon (64 mins)","type":"text"},{"_id":"3B26F53QBFCWZJ4JNG4J57W5LU","additional_properties":{"_id":1739729713821},"content":"<b>MONAGHAN:</b> Rory Beggan (0-0-1); Ryan Wylie, Killian Lavelle, Dylan Byrne; Ryan O’Toole (0-0-1), Colm Lennon, Conor McCarthy (0-0-2); Gavin McPhillips, Micheál McCarville (0-1-0); Louis Kelly (0-0-1), Micheál Bannigan (1-0-4, 2f), Ciarán McNulty (0-0-1); David Garland (1-0-1), Stephen Mooney (0-0-1), Fergal Hanratty. <b>Subs:</b> Jack McCarron for Lennon (29 mins); Kevin Loughran for Hanratty (ht); Bobby McCaul for Mooney (44 mins); Darren Hughes for McPhillips (62 mins); Seán Jones for Garland (67 mins)","type":"text"},{"_id":"B5RFKGCV6JEF5KI7DYZ6C32JMU","additional_properties":{"_id":1739729713822},"content":"<b>REFEREE:</b> Thomas Murphy (Galway).","type":"text"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{"byline":"Gordon Manning"}},"name":"Gordon Manning"}]},"description":{"basic":"Roscommon manager Davy Burke says he loves the new rules after victory at Dr Hyde Park"},"display_date":"2025-02-16T18:46:21.47Z","headlines":{"basic":"Diarmuid Murtagh stars as Roscommon take advantage of the wind to overcome Monaghan","native":""},"label":{"audio_project_id":{"text":"5469"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"FFC2B234DZQ2ANRJO6RJAHAKTI","auth":{"1":"06255de6293d37500a67b00944ce7e06f90c96f264412b63fda151dcaaadfcf2"},"focal_point":{"x":2837,"y":155},"type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/FFC2B234DZQ2ANRJO6RJAHAKTI.jpg"}},"subtype":"default","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Gaelic Games"},{"name":"Sport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/16/diarmuid-murtagh-stars-as-roscommon-take-advantage-of-the-wind-to-overcome-monaghan/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/sport/gaelic-games","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Gaelic Games"}}}},{"_id":"A77QQYUR3JEEVBKZE5AHPBZEBA","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":377,"audio_url":"https://beyondwords-cdn-b7fyckdeejejb6dj.a03.azurefd.net/audio/projects/5469/podcasts/dffb7847-85a9-4405-8261-42fc4e29f609/versions/1739730249/media/478330e927383a20b9411618c130df32_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/16/mayo-dig-in-for-strong-finish-to-claim-first-win-of-the-season-against-tyrone/","content_elements":[{"_id":"DMXNDSGBQVGPRHSXUS7Z5O72Q4","additional_properties":{},"content":"NFL Division 1: Mayo 0-12 Tyrone 0-10","type":"header"},{"_id":"FHNK2OS4WBBENEL4HT7ZZNXC6Y","additional_properties":{},"content":"In fairness to both counties, this is probably what happens when teams start to feel pressure about their long-term prospects.","type":"text"},{"_id":"62T226FRAZCK7FFVIDXBWWAQ2Q","additional_properties":{},"content":"Sunday’s <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/national-football-league/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/national-football-league/\">National Football League</a> Division 1 encounter turned into a version of Russian roulette. <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/mayo-gaa/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/mayo-gaa/\">Mayo</a> and <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/tyrone-gaa/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/tyrone-gaa/\">Tyrone</a> furiously unloading blanks before the home side joyously found their chambers loaded in the dying minutes to record a first win of the season.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QI6YMEWL2VAULPTRQKQMFWFMFA","additional_properties":{},"content":"After a dispiriting defeat in the same venue by <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/galway-gaa/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/galway-gaa/\">Galway</a> two weeks earlier, this was an important result for Mayo, bringing their first points of the league. Manager Kevin McStay was relieved but upbeat at the strong finale.","type":"text"},{"_id":"SUTLGDT4DFAYRBWHKZNYD6ZB2M","additional_properties":{},"content":"“I think it was deserved. I would say that I suppose. We worked very, very hard in terms of the effort, massive, and I’m delighted with that, just right to the very end, a few critical balls the last four or five minutes.","type":"text"},{"_id":"AAS4MGN35VCRNHE5DPZV3VZPXQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"“One kick-out I remember in particular ... we really needed that kick out and we went after it and got it. So very pleased, very pleased with the reaction over the last fortnight. But some of our numbers were very, very good the last two weeks.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"KZZ5GVNGWJHY3CUP7KT73YUXDE","additional_properties":{},"content":"A dreary afternoon in a cold and wet MacHale Park was not enlivened by the first half, which featured endless recycling of the ball around the 40-metre arc and little inclination to either fashion openings in Mayo’s case or convert possession into scores in Tyrone’s.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CMAR4FKL6VHUDBDT7MT5GFTQTA","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"N5DGFK6OLFCARKQSQXAEW6JPJE","additional_properties":{},"content":"A straight-faced PA announcement reminded anyone fleeing the dismal proceedings at half-time that they would have to pay to get back in – assuming that they could be recaptured.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DUDNT73P6JDFZEL4LZZFCMTDH4","additional_properties":{},"content":"Statistics tell the tale. After an opening point in the third minute by the impressive Frank Irwin, who would end up top-scoring from play with 0-3, there followed 14 scoreless minutes.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GTU6JFNCOZCQVGMZ5YRCT45IRU","additional_properties":{},"content":"Mayo did get Eoghan McLaughlin in behind for a shot on goal in the seventh minute but Niall Morgan saved and then, McLaughlin missed the rebound. Reticence about getting shots away was leaving the home team in familiar territory.","type":"text"},{"_id":"HMPFITOSXVFI7K7BV5BJ36DVU4","additional_properties":{},"content":"As McStay mentioned, their matches to date have featured good stats on possession and attempted shots but their finishing has been the graph line where encouraging data becomes discouraging.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DJM3TDYQOVBGZP7SFWGDJSYNSM","additional_properties":{},"content":"Mayo lost Conor Reid to a black card in the 26th minute for a body collide with Darren McCurry, seeing him finish the half in the sin bin. In his absence, Tyrone found their scoring boots after much wayward shooting and Michael McKernan, Mark Bradley and Eoin McElholm pushed the visitors in to a 0-5 to 0-4 half-time lead.","type":"text"},{"_id":"AWEPAZWF4VEARM6LWCSIGDN3T4","additional_properties":{},"content":"For all the shortcomings going forward, both defences were effective and played their part in keeping the scoreline depressed, compared to what the FRC rules have accustomed attendances to expect.","type":"text"},{"_id":"XCKRHPGPKVE3VH22I4T5HN264M","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"OLE3IJTIWZHXPHHWMSCZFBIHU4","additional_properties":{},"content":"The rules also created a bit of chaos when Mayo were reported for a 3v3 breach when, because of the sinbinning, they were entitled to keep just two at either end. Referee Barry Cassidy corrected the error.","type":"text"},{"_id":"4UB5CBE4CVCMFDAPFNF7VANYDM","additional_properties":{},"content":"Mayo restarted well and Jordan Flynn, on his inter-county reappearance nailed a two-pointer – the only such score on a day when the orange flag was comparatively an endangered species. Flynn also took a steeplejack catch at one stage as he made a positive return to action.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QSCXNX7NGJEG5GEGST55OGDMKA","additional_properties":{},"content":"The scoring rate wasn’t much improved otherwise but when Morgan, on one of his regular excursions, sidestepped into space and kicked a point to put his team 0-9 to 0-7 ahead, Mayo were creaking.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JNSCSE4MORFFJHHAJC7BOSZWNA","additional_properties":{},"content":"They were a stronger collective by now. In addition to Flynn, there were also comebacks for Jack Coyne and Aidan O’Shea. Neither Ryan O’Donoghue nor Fergal Boland started but on entering the fray after half-time both kicked a brace of points.","type":"text"},{"_id":"H735NXXOM5GR5MTNEBQJJ5T4JU","additional_properties":{},"content":"Nothing came easy however and Darren McHale made a hash of a chance to hit the front at 0-9 each – appearing to decide late that he’s go for goal instead of the straightforward point and getting blocked.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JW4KYRMWYBALTGGOC2CC4LNTKE","additional_properties":{},"content":"McStay said afterwards that he had been impressed by how McHale and Boland had persevered when things weren’t going their way. ","type":"text"},{"_id":"FFP4PAMS75DCRCIQSMI4HLNIEY","additional_properties":{},"content":"The window of opportunity eventually opened at 0-10 each in the 69th minute. McKernan, already on a yellow, brought down the lively Davitt Neary and was sent off.","type":"text"},{"_id":"WHWBQ3CGLZFJZGLAZJUDOVNMLM","additional_properties":{},"content":"O’Donoghue kicked the free and suitably buoyed, Mayo regathered the restart and exuberantly kept the ball while pressing until Boland was afforded a chance which he converted for the final score.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VVXXJO7HAVALPCL54MNEUFKZHY","additional_properties":{},"type":"image"},{"_id":"DGRX5SRQORFCBKWZMQSKBZHKUI","additional_properties":{},"content":"After a vibrant opening day against Derry, Tyrone are now looking to recreate that early momentum after two defeats. Manager Malachy O’Rourke said he hoped to have the Canavan’s back for next week.","type":"text"},{"_id":"46DY5V72GNCFHLKHA3ZFTN4YEY","additional_properties":{},"content":"“It is a wee bit of short-term pain, there’s no doubt about that but we’re hoping that in the longer term it will stand to us and that the boys will come back fresh ... hungry, ready for work and it will stand to us.","type":"text"},{"_id":"XNRFBJO4KJEAZEDJSTH62QYKCA","additional_properties":{},"content":"“But we do know that this league is unforgiving, we’ve got Kerry next and then away to Galway. it’s tough games ahead. but that’s the challenge.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"RJJFRIAHBNE4TKXH4QUDQGSL4M","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>MAYO:</b> C Reape; E O’Donoghue, D McHugh, E Hession; S Coen, D McBrien, E McLaughlin; J Flynn (0-1-0), M Ruane (0-0-1); C Reid, D McHale, D Neary (0-0-1); P Towey, F Irwin (0-0-3), C McHale (0-0-1f).","type":"text"},{"_id":"VGJG34Y4OBHK3DAIOUY4IBAHGI","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Subs:</b> R O’Donoghue (0-0-2f) for C McHale (h-t), F Boland (0-0-2) for Towey (46 mins), J Coyne for Coen (60), A O’Shea for Reid, S Callinan for McLaughlin (both 65).","type":"text"},{"_id":"I6O7PRENXRFSND7L76VSTSNNUE","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>TYRONE:</b> N Morgan (0-0-3, 1f); A Clarke, P Teague, N Devlin; K McGeary, M McKernan (0-0-1), R Brennan; B Kennedy (0-0-1), L Gray; S O’Donnell, C Kilpatrick, M Bradley (0-0-1); C Daly (0-0-1), D McCurry (0-0-2f), R Cassidy.","type":"text"},{"_id":"AYAGTSNH3FFLXLCDEUROEFTQN4","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Subs: </b>S O’Hare for Gray (h-t), R Cassidy for O’Donnell, M Donnelly for McGeary (both 46 mins), A Donaghy for Daly (60), C McShane (0-0-1f) for Cassidy (61).","type":"text"},{"_id":"2ZLBLQVZBBEKVK5H3L2LNB3MDQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>REFEREE: </b>B Cassidy (Derry).","type":"text"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{"byline":"Seán Moran"}},"name":"Seán Moran"}]},"description":{"basic":"Kevin McStay relieved to earn first points at MacHale Park"},"display_date":"2025-02-16T18:18:56.285Z","headlines":{"basic":"Mayo dig in for strong finish to claim first win of the season against Tyrone","native":""},"label":{"audio_project_id":{"text":"5469"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"UU7O7UYFWZFK5D3AV33PSXUWBM","auth":{"1":"a25baca259be3430f0f80025ed7b30bc9ac20bdba8dd8c57754e43f3ca5552b1"},"type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/UU7O7UYFWZFK5D3AV33PSXUWBM.jpg"}},"subtype":"default","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Gaelic Games"},{"name":"Sport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/16/mayo-dig-in-for-strong-finish-to-claim-first-win-of-the-season-against-tyrone/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/sport/gaelic-games","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Gaelic Games"}}}},{"_id":"KO7QMJOEC5DB5EVLIIUDTLH3R4","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":310,"audio_url":"https://beyondwords-cdn-b7fyckdeejejb6dj.a03.azurefd.net/audio/projects/5469/podcasts/bbf00309-867e-4fff-8a32-0aeffb35574b/versions/1739729459/media/60f2af7ff640f620d3fea3507c221083_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/sport/gaelic-games/2025/02/16/cavan-get-much-needed-win-in-topsy-turvy-battle-with-louth/","content_elements":[{"_id":"O7NFNWTYWJAI7EWDHKLMXQVYWM","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>NFL Division Two: Cavan 3-15 Louth 0-18</b>","type":"header"},{"_id":"SIB6PBOPBND4BDM5OZZK7KYL2I","additional_properties":{},"content":"A game of if onlys in Cavan. If only <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/louth-gaa/\" target=\"_blank\">Louth</a>, for instance, hadn’t kicked three two-pointers in the opening half then <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/cavan-gaa/\" target=\"_blank\">Cavan</a> would have been ahead, instead of one behind, with seven minutes to go.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DCPHI6O5MBEOBCI3E22X46IZXU","additional_properties":{},"content":"Cavan, desperate for a win after two previous defeats in Division Two, led briefly in the first half but not again until the 64th minute of this complex and intriguing encounter.","type":"text"},{"_id":"PKTOWORWFRAHHCS2WDDWKEM74M","additional_properties":{},"content":"That is when the if onlys kicked in from Louth’s perspective as they gifted the Breffni two goals which set the seal on a badly needed win for Cavan.","type":"text"},{"_id":"F67XNW4RSRFRLNKKR3D76JPJ74","additional_properties":{},"content":"The home team had not won in Cavan since May 2023 but when Conor Madden intercepted a 64th minute Niall McDonnell kickout and returned the ball to the Louth net, it finally tipped the balance their way.","type":"text"},{"_id":"G5IXKARPPFHTXPK57M4CNUNNDI","additional_properties":{},"content":"Just two minutes later, Gearoid McKiernan tried for a point that dropped short and could not believe his luck as McDonnell, backpeddling and apparently disoriented, failed to stop it going in over his head for Cavan’s third goal.","type":"text"},{"_id":"K5CF2LOUGVFQ3CX2HW4DDR7EUY","additional_properties":{},"content":"It was one of those days for McDonnell, Louth’s Leinster final goalkeeper of 2024, who got caught out with a couple of earlier kick-outs that Cavan could not punish.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5KLEUOL2URC3XMP75LGOGHS7T4","additional_properties":{},"content":"Louth will also rue their inability to grab a goal with half a dozen decent chances carved out by Ger Brennan’s crew who ultimately slumped to their second defeat in three games.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ELFWGLHUBRHXVHOSSKKMBKAEWU","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Look, it’s just one of those things,” shrugged Louth manager Brennan of McDonnell’s difficulties. “He has gotten us out of so many holes, he saved a peno today as well. And there was massive improvement on kickout statistics for ourselves this weekend. It was one of those things, a small portion of the game and a couple of goals go in. To be fair to Niall, he has done so much for this group in his short Louth career.","type":"text"},{"_id":"FBQ45Y6ZERDKJIDVIJA4QU2N6Y","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Further out the field, there were opportunities that we left behind us and there were turnovers that killed us in the middle of the field, the middle channel, and Cavan punished us.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"B54VVVYAINAMXKE2BV6O27TI2E","additional_properties":{},"content":"For mid-February, on a sticky pitch, it was an enjoyable encounter with plenty of turnovers and speedy counter-attacking, facilitated by the new rules.","type":"text"},{"_id":"HWEBHXCDIRFQXPDT4YKW7CUBJE","additional_properties":{},"content":"Jason McLoughlin struck Cavan’s first goal, dampening Louth’s mood after a strong start, while Dara McVeety, wearing number six but operating principally in attack, was excellent for the 2020 Ulster champions with four points.","type":"text"},{"_id":"H7L3GY2DKJDGNI5LYCQLPTPTTU","additional_properties":{},"content":"McKiernan, just back after a season out, finished with 1-2 and underlined his generational talent again while Cavan goalkeeper Gary O’Rourke converted a free and pulled off a number of saves to deny Louth a goal.","type":"text"},{"_id":"F2CWQY7LI5AGJGXCDRWIHPBHK4","additional_properties":{},"content":"“We knew it was a huge game in regards to the table,” said Cavan manager Galligan. “But also because we haven’t won here at Breffni in a long time. It was important to us to get a win for the fans who have been very loyal to us over the years.","type":"text"},{"_id":"RX7PMSQAOBEPPFTXC5A2KUPJYI","additional_properties":{},"content":"“It would have been easy for the lads to drop their heads but look, they’ve done a huge amount of work over the last six, eight, 10 weeks. We knew we were always going to get the rub of the green once we kept working hard.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"FYBRYGSS5JHEXODJY34P6WYQ3E","additional_properties":{},"content":"It was a big improvement on Cavan’s 10-point round two defeat to Meath though Louth initially hinted at more heartache.","type":"text"},{"_id":"H5KS3LULJ5FGPIFJMXBMGZTNSU","additional_properties":{},"content":"Ryan Burns boomed over a Louth two-pointer early on before adding another point and the visitors were good value for their 0-5 to 0-2 lead.","type":"text"},{"_id":"7BZKPHQ77FCOJKEOPYERXVZFFQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"The McLoughlin goal and McVeety’s excellence hauled Cavan back but Louth were just about good value for their 0-12 to 1-7 half-time lead.","type":"text"},{"_id":"L4ICPVIQCVFVRKHGDT7SI5HVRM","additional_properties":{},"content":"The sides were level twice after the restart but Louth, carving out five second-half goal chances, largely remained in pole position until those two calamitous goal concessions. 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