So after Tipperary’s sensational Munster football title victory, the attention turns to Ulster as Donegal take on Cavan. Here’s how the teams are named to start:
Donegal
1. Shaun Patton
2. Eoghan Ban Gallagher
3. Neil McGee
4. Eoin McHugh
5. Ryan McHugh
6. Paul Brennan
7. Peadar Mogan
8. Hugh McFadden
9. Caolan McGonagle
10. Ciarán Thompson
11. Niall O’Donnell
12. Michael Langan
13. Patrick McBrearty
14. Michael Murphy
15. Jamie Brennan
Cavan
1. Raymond Galligan
2. Jason McLoughlin
3. Padraig Faulkner
4. Luke Fortune
5. Gerard Smith
6. Killian Clarke
7. Ciaran Brady
8. Thomas Galligan
9. Killian Brady
10. Martin Reilly
11. Gearoid McKiernan
12. Oisin Kiernan
13. Oisin Pierson
14. Chris Conroy
15. Conor Madden
Who do you think will lift the Anglo-Celt Cup today?
Poll Results:
Both sides made late changes to their sides.
Brendan McCole comes in for Ciaran Thompson on the Donegal side.
For Cavan, James Smith and Conor Smith replace Oisin Pierson and Conor Madden.
Cavan 0-1 Donegal 0-1
5 mins – Peadar Mogan equalises for Donegal but Cavan respond immediately through Oisin Kiernan. Good start to this game by Cavan.
Cavan 0-3 Donegal 0-1
6 mins – Gerard Smith with a lovely swivel and follow up point. A reminder that Donegal were 1/14 in the bookies coming into this game.
Cavan 0-4 Donegal 0-1
7 mins – Ciaran Brady adds another for Cavan. They’re been very fast out of the blocks so far.
Cavan 0-4 Donegal 0-2
8 mins – Michael Murphy swings over a settler for Donegal. Big leadership their from their main man. Can Donegal build on this score?
Cavan 0-5 Donegal 0-2
9 mins – Rank outsiders Cavan extend their three-point lead with a Conor Madden score.
BLACK CARD! Cavan’s Killian Brady is off for 10 minutes.
Cavan 0-5 Donegal 0-4
13 mins – Paddy McBrearty bursts through the Cavan defence to score twice in the space of two minutes
Cavan 0-5 Donegal 0-4
14 mins – The black card had started to hurt Cavan and it appeared to be a harsh one on Brady for a trip on Ryan McHugh.
Cavan 0-5 Donegal 0-5
15 mins – Niall O’Donnell equalises for Donegal. They’ve scored three on the bounce since the Cavan black card.
Cavan 0-5 Donegal 0-7
16 mins – Ryan McHugh swivels and points, before Caolan McGonagle adds another. Donegal are moving nicely now.
Cavan 0-6 Donegal 0-8
20 mins – Niall O’Donnell extends the Donegal lead to two. Moments earlier Eoghan Bán Gallagher forced a good save from Raymond Galligan.
Long stoppage in play now as Thomas Galligan is down with a head injury. Blood flows down the side of his head as he leaves the field.
Cavan 0-7 Donegal 0-9
28 mins – Gearoid McKiernan points a close range free for Cavan.
A few wides for both sides as we enter stoppage-time at the end of the first-half.
HT – Cavan 0-7 Donegal 0-9
Cavan 0-7 Donegal 0-10
36 mins – Paddy McBrearty’s third score of the match arrives from a free.
Kevin McKernan gives his thoughts on the first half #Ulster2020 pic.twitter.com/ssr4ay9NF3
— Ulster GAA (@UlsterGAA) November 22, 2020
Cavan 0-8 Donegal 0-10
39 mins – Thomas Galligan wins a great ball and drives it over the crossbar for an inspirational score.
CHANCE! James Smith breaks misses the bottom corner by inches. Huge opportunity for Cavan to hit the net there.
Cavan 0-9 Donegal 0-10
46 mins – Smith makes up for his earlier miss and reduces the gap to one.
This is Cavan’s sixth game in six weeks. It’s been impressive how players have adapted to performing at this level week-in week-out. And it must be a lot more enjoyable with far less training too.
Cavan 0-10 Donegal 0-11
52 mins – Conor Madden missed a few in the first-half but he brings Cavan back to within a point. We’re at the second-half water break now.
BLACK CARD! Conor Madden is black carded, Cavan’s second of the game.
The Madden black card looks like a questionable one on first viewing, but it has reduced Cavan to 14 men for 10 minutes.
Cavan 0-11 Donegal 0-11
59 mins – Teams are level for the fourth time after a lovely score from Martin Reilly. Donegal haven’t scored since the black card.
Cavan 0-12 Donegal 0-11
61 mins – Cavan take the lead after Reilly slots over an advanced mark that he took with a marvellous catch.
Cavan 0-12 Donegal 0-12
63 mins – McGonigle levels the game with a pressure point. We’re in for a thrilling final 10 minutes now.
Cavan 0-13 Donegal 0-12
64 mins – Oisin Kiernan lands a wonder score from way out near the sideline at the 45. Cavan are on the verge of a seismic shock here.
CHANCE! Shaun Patton makes a good stop on Reilly as Cavan went close to scoring a goal.
Absolutely superb score from Oisin Kiernan for @CavanCoBoardGaa pic.twitter.com/C8t8pQMFab
— The GAA (@officialgaa) November 22, 2020
GOAL! Conor Madden rattles the back of the Donegal net in stoppage-time.
Cavan 1-13 Donegal 0-12
73 mins – Donegal are desperately chasing a goal here as they’re four points adrift.
FT - Cavan 1-13 Donegal 0-12
Cavan are Ulster champions.
Hopefully when Kilkenny roll into town the craic will be mighty and Dr. Cullen hopping.
Well perhaps they Carlos GAA board could start with maybe organising a proper all county league . Only hurling played in the County is the championship which gives each player a maximum of 5 games in.
Even with football, each club player only gets about twelve games..
Reason Dublin are successful is because each player get 14 to 16 league games, plus championship and some cup games
Uneven spread of money to bigger counties like Dublin, Kerry , Kilkenny and cork . Money should be going to smaller counties .Why are the bigger counties , getting the largest slice of the cake .
2. Facts are he is a teacher and is apart of the demographic that will play the game into the future . People are working more unsociable hours than ever before . I believe Pat Spillane alluded to this a number of years ago .. . And it will have a detrimental effect on the game ..
I agree with the sentiment, but surely the onus is on Carlow and other such counties to get their houses in order first? If they’ve lost four hurling clubs in the past few years, can Croke Park really force clubs to start up again? And as an aside….is he really saying they’re not good enough for the top level of the championship, and maybe shouldn’t be there after all?
They should dismantle it and football and concentrate on some we’re fairly OK at. Rugby
There is a culture of entitlement in Carlow, not just in GAA circles,that allows them to moan & groan about their situation but fail to understand that results and improvements come as a result of good structure & governance, initiative & hard work. The article is from the heart and no doubt, borne out of disappointment & frustration, but the heartening part is the author appears to have the wherewithal to contribute constructively to an improving situation.
@Liam Mernagh: thats a load of rubbish !!
@eamonn farrell: you’re entitled to your opinion, but I think Carlie’s GAA record speaks for itself. The truth can be difficult to swallow.
@Liam Mernagh: Carlow’s even.
… just to add – i don’t see why that duality of thinking is so problematic. The giving out about the Boston trip smacks of small mindedness but it’s the same black and white thinking we see everywhere these days
Agree totally with Paul.
I don’t see why you can’t develop the game from both ends of the spectrum. Put in the work in growing the game domestically and in places where it isn’t taking hold. At the same time maintain it’s profile internationally.