Here’s all of today’s results:
Division 1
Cavan 0-11 Dublin 0-18
Tyrone 0-18 Roscommon 1-9
Donegal 1-17 Kerry 2-17
Division 2
Derry 0-11 Clare 1-8
Meath 0-16 Kildare 3-17
Galway 0-14 Cork 1-11
Division 3
Longford 1-12 Offaly 0-10
Sligo 1-14 Armagh 2-11
Tipperary 2-12 Antrim 0-13
Division 4
Waterford 2-16 London 1-08
Westmeath 2-10 Carlow 2-10
Wicklow 0-10 Leitrim 1-17
Wexford 0-14 Limerick 1-08
Walsh Cup final
Kilkenny 0-20 Galway 0-18
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Kevin O’Brien here and welcome to today’s GAA liveblog.
Here are the games we’ll be keeping an eye on today:
Allianz Football League
Division 1
Tyrone v Roscommon, Omagh, 2pm
Donegal v Kerry, Letterkenny, 2pm, (Deferred TG4)
Cavan v Dublin, Kingspan Breffni Park, 2pm, (Live TG4)
Division 2
Galway v Cork, Pearse Stadium, 2pm
Derry v Clare, Celtic Park, 2pm
Meath v Kildare, Páirc Tailteann, Navan, 2pm
Division 3
Longford v Offaly, Glennon Brothers Park, 2pm
Tipperary v Antrim, Semple Stadium, Thurles, 2pm
Sligo v Armagh, Markievicz Park, 2pm
Division 4
Waterford v London, Lemybrien, 1pm
Westmeath v Carlow, TEG Cusack Park, Mullingar, 2pm
Wicklow v Leitrim, Aughrim, 2pm
Wexford v Limerick, Innovate Wexford Park, 2pm
Bord na Móna Walsh Cup final
Kilkenny v Galway, Nowlan Park, 2.00
Here’s a result from this morning:
Kehoe Cup final
Wicklow 2-11 Maynooth University 1-23 FT
Waterford 0-10 London 0-05
The Deise are leading the Exiles in Ardmore. That game threw-in at 1pm.
Kilkenny have made six changes to their starting line-up for the Walsh Cup final against Galway. Richie Hogan starts at corner forward.
Meath 0-0 Kildare 1-2
5 mins – Kildare scored a goal just 14 seconds into the game when debutant Ben McCormack found the net. Daniel Flynn and Paul Cribbin added a score apiece to leave the Lilywhites five in front.
Donegal 0-0 Kerry 0-1
8 mins – Donnchadh Walsh gets his campaign up and running with an early score for the Kingdom.
Derry 0-2 Clare 0-1
5 mins - Ciaran Russell gets Clare on the board.
Kilkenny 0-1 Galway 0-0
4 mins – Richie Hogan sends the Cats into an early lead.
Tyrone 0-4 Roscommon 1-0
9 mins – Niall Daly hit the net early on for the Rossies, but Peter Harte’s free for Tyrone leaves them a point in front.
We’ve got three changes on the Dublin team:
Jack McCaffrey, Niall Scully and Jason Whelan are in for David Byrne, Eoghan O’Gara and Cormac Costello.
We’ll be keeping you posted with the live scores in Divisions 1 and 2, along with the half-time and full-time scores in Divisions 3 and 4.
Donegal 0-1 Kerry 0-3
15 mins – Jack Savage hits a quickfire brace for the Kingdom. They lead by two.
Cavan 0-1 Dublin 0-0
1 min – Seanie Johnston sends Cavan fans into raptures with the first score of the game.
Cavan 0-2 Dublin 0-1
3 mins – Kevin McManamon and John McCutcheon trade scores. There’s a championship atmosphere at this game.
Galway 0-3 Cork 1-1
20 mins – Paul Kerrigan hits the back of the net for Cork!
Donegal 1-2 Kerry 0-4
23 mins – Michael Murphy’s penalty sends Donegal into the lead.
Kildare 2-6 Meath 0-2
24 mins – Kildare are leading Andy McEntee’s Meath comfortably in Navan.
Derry 0-4 Clare 0-5
27 mins – Eoin Cleary sends the Banner in front.
Cavan 0-3 Dublin 0-2
7 mins – Seanie Johnston’s free leaves Cavan one ahead again.
Kerry 1-5 Donegal 1-3
30 mins - Paul Geaney has picked up where he left off last year by hitting a goal for Kerry.
Cavan 0-3 Dublin 0-3
11 mins – Michael Darragh MacAuley bursts forward and hand passes over the bar. Lovely sidestep from him to find the space.
Derry 0-6 Clare 0-5
31 mins - Carlus McWilliams hits a free for Derry, who lead by one.
Tyrone 0-7 Roscommon 1-2
30 mins – Donie Smith kicks a fine score for the Rossies.
Meath 0-5 Kildare 2-7
31 mins – Wing-back Alan Forde sends over a superb point for Meath.
Cork 1-3 Galway 0-3
31 mins – Mark Collins extends Cork’s lead to three.
Cavan 0-3 Dublin 0-4
14 mins – Dean Rock strokes over a close-range free.
Kerry 1-7 Donegal 1-4
34 mins – Tom O’Sullivan and James O’Donoghue find the target for the Kingdom.
Division 1 half-time
Tyrone 0-10 Roscommon 1-2
Division 2 half-time
Derry 0-6 Clare 0-5
Galway 0-5 Cork 1-3
Meath 0-7 Kildare 2-7
Division 3 half-time
Longford 0-7 Offaly 0-6
Sligo 0-7 Armagh 1-5
Tipperary 0-5 Antrim 0-7
Division 4 half-time
Westmeath 1-3 Carlow 1-4
Wicklow 0-4 Leitrim 1-8
Wexford 0-6 Limerick 0-6
Walsh Cup half-time
Kilkenny 0-13 Galway 0-10
Cavan 0-5 Dublin 0-7
25 mins – Lovely score for Niall Scully for the Dubs. He’s been excellent so far today.
Kerry are looking extremely sharp in Donegal. Every Kerry score came from play in the opening half.
Cavan 0-5 Dublin 0-8
28 mins – Jack McCaffrey kicks his first score for Dublin in 2017. He’s enjoying himself out there and getting on loads of ball.
Cavan 0-5 Dublin 0-9
29 mins – Another free from Rock. That’s five straight scores for Dublin.
Cavan 0-7 Dublin 0-9
33 mins – Yellow card for MDMA before Niall McDermott curls over a free for the Breffni men.
As the Dubs and Cavan head in for half-time, most of the other games are back underway.
Galway 0-8 Cork 1-3
42 mins – Just four scores for Cork so far today as McHugh converts another free for Galway.
Kilkenny 0-15 Galway 0-12
42 mins – It’s Kilkenny by three in the pre-season hurling decider.
Kildare 2-10 Meath 0-9
40 mins – Kildare lead by seven but you wouldn’t put it past Meath making a game of this.
Donegal 1-7 Kerry 1-11
37 mins – Donegal are still well in this game and Ciaran Thompson sends one over the bar to reduce the gap to four.
Derry 0-6 Clare 1-5
43 mins – Jamie Malone, who enjoyed a superb year in 2016, has hit the net to send the Banner in front.
Donegal 1-7 Kerry 1-13
41 mins – That’s 1-5 between Geaney and O’Donoghue already for Kerry.
Tyrone 0-13 Roscommon 1-5
46 mins – John McManus kicked a fine score for the away side.
Galway 0-9 Cork 1-5
49 mins – The Rebels edge back to within the minimum.
Meath 0-10 Kildare 3-10
48 mins – Niall Kelly reestablishes Kildare’s dominance by firing to the back of the net.
Kilkenny 0-16 Galway 0-10
50 mins – Richie Hogan’s tenth score of the afternoon leaves the Cats sixth in front.
Tyrone 0-14 Roscommon 1-7
55 mins – Mark Bradley slots one over for Mickey Harte’s men.
Galway 0-11 Cork 1-8
63 mins – O’Neill strokes one over from play to level us up again. This one is going right to the wire.
Cavan 0-8 Dublin 0-14
46 mins – Scully with another fine score for Dublin. He’s been excellent.
Meath 0-15 Kildare 3-16
65 mins – We’re into the closing stages as McCormack kicks another score for Kildare.
Tyrone 0-17 Roscommon 1-9
66 mins – The Rossies are running out of time as Cregg hits another score.
Donegal 1-14 Kerry 2-17
69 mins – Not long to go in Donegal.
Galway 0-12 Cork 1-11
70 mins – O’Neill does it again for Cork. They’re two up and playing keep ball.
Derry 0-10 Clare 1-8
70+5 mins – Russell leaves Clare a point up deep into stoppage time.
Division 1 full-time
Tyrone 0-18 Roscommon 1-9
Division 2 full-time
Derry 0-11 Clare 1-8
Meath 0-16 Kildare 3-17
Galway 0-14 Cork 1-11
Division 1 full-time
Donegal 1-17 Kerry 2-17
Division 3 full-time
Longford 1-12 Offaly 0-10
Sligo 1-14 Armagh 2-11
Tipperary 2-12 Antrim 0-13
Division 4 full-time
Waterford 2-16 London 1-08
Westmeath 2-10 Carlow 2-10
Wicklow 0-10 Leitrim 1-17
Wexford 0-14 Limerick 1-08
I agree, whether I’m in a nightclub, pub, at a wedding supermarket, walking the dog, waiting for the train, at the docters, library, anywhere, I always ask myself “how can I score from here? “
Henry did something similar down in Argentina and now look at how good they are with the ball in hand in comparison to Argentine sides of the pre 2011 years.
Cullen & Dempsey asked for this themselves. If you can get a chat with a guy like Henry for a couple of hours over dinner then you’d take it. If you can get him for a couple of weeks then brilliant. It’s up to the two lads to ask the right questions and remember and understand the answers.
Leinster’s basic handling skill have been neglected for 3 seasons now. If we need to employ a coach to tell us to run and pass straight and not drift 30% across the field then we really are bad.
We have a team coached to win collisions rather than coached to score tries.
Henry is just off the plane, he is espousing his general philosophy, not analysing what is or isn’t happening at Leinster. Give it time.
One of Schmidt’s key mantras was getting Leinster to be one of the best passing teams in Europe. He succeeded, but it took time and a lot of effort, so it’s not as simple as ‘employing a coach to tell us to run and pass straight’. I’m sure Henry can bring much more to the table than that too.
I do find it funny how people have turned getting one of the best coaches in world rugby as a consultant into a negative thing though! Ah the Irish rugby fan.
Have to agree with Rascal here, Chris – Leo and Girv are relatively inexperienced coaches, but they are certainly not clueless. Henry is hardly going to give a detailed explanation of his coaching philosophy in a few off the cuff remarks to journalists, either.
I thought Leo did reasonably well in his first year as Head Coach, given how little experienced support he had around him – only McQuilken (50) was proven, and it was no coincidence that Leinster’s defence was by a mile the best aspect of their game last season. There was, I believe, also a substantial RWC hangover – Leinster had 23 players at the tournament
Experienced support of the highest order is what they have brought in here, and it speaks volumes of Cullen’s humility and desire to improve that he requested it. Quite the opposite of the situation that Axel has found himself in (and I do not mean that as a criticism of Foley or Munster – more that Leo was smart enough to learn from others’ misfortune and to actively seek to avoid a similar fate).
Cullen (38), Dempsey (40), Fogarty (38) are all very new to coaching at this level. It seems pretty clear that Henry’s task here is to assess and improve the coaches, not the players. That can only be a good thing. It was announced as a two week stint, although I wouldn’t be at all surprised if the relationship were extended beyond the announced fortnight.
Brian I never said they were clueless but honestly our basic handling skills are poorer than they were 3 years ago.
We play a win the collision/impact game rather than keep the ball alive and move it so we can create and finish chances
Agreed that the ball skills are considerably worse than they were when Schmidt left. Both players and coaches are of a considerably lower standard since, unfortunately, although there are some mitigating circumstances: we lost the best coach Irish rugby has ever had, the two best centres Irish rugby has ever produced, Sexton went to France and has yet to consistently find his groove since returning, Isa (arguably Irish rugby’s greatest import) hung up his boots in his prime (he’s still great, but not what he was), Rob Kearney lost his mojo, and the only decent winger we had was perennially injured (or playing centre!).
All of that being said, there is little doubt that standards slipped dramatically during MOC’s tenure. I think Leo may well be up to the task of bringing those standards back up again (less certain of Girv). The fact that Johnny has had a summer of rest could be the biggest factor ultimately – aside from being our key player, he is also the guy who most drives the standards in the squad.
Brian hopefully Johnny, Cian and Sean all come back after their first summer off in God knows how long refreshed and raring to go.
We have issues in the centre of the pitch teo, Luke and Madigan all gone and rob henshaw is injured.
Hopefully someone will step up and do the job.
I hope we don’t use a stop gap like switching Ferg or Zane and play some of the younger players.
I’m hopeful or a return to the good old days and with a bit of luck and fingers crossed we will
You think Darcy was better than Mike Gibson, Brian?
Arliss – good point; no, I’d have to concede that I don’t think D’Arcy was better than Michael Cameron Henderson Gibson. I think my point probably stands, nonetheless
Chris – I know, centre looks dreadfully thinly stocked. I’d imagine the Luke had been pencilled in as at least cover at 12 – he was excellent there last year. Now or never for Eoin O’Malley: he certainly has the attacking talent.. Can he learn to defend? I suspect not tbh. Tom Daly is going to see quite a lot of rugby, I think, and Ringrose is looking like a relative veteran!
*meant Noel Reid, not Eoin O’Malley. Such a shame we lost O’Malley to injury.
I can’t help but feel a lil more positive about the provinces minus Connacht o course
Ulster have a second season under kiss with him been there from the start this time around plus a few tasty signings
Munster have a new DOR plus D coach
Leinster have henry even if it is for only a few weeks and connacht need to continue their upward curve they havent lost many from their squad plus a new south afrian flyhalf no reason why all the clubs should be aiming for a knockout spot in europe
Sounds good, but you’d have to wonder about Cullen and Dempsey if they’re falling down in the basics. The positive is that the issues are being addressed, but is two weeks long enough? Will Henry be staying in touch afterwards and providing tips?
I hate when a troll slips in below the radar and gains traction like this.
Aww, I take it your not a fan of those terribly amusing panel shows programmes with humorist celebrities. PLEASE everyone take Rugby seriously for Rascal. Now what defensive lineout routines do you envisage him utilising? For league? In Europe?
You’ve lost me, Timmay…
Reminds me of the Steve Staunton/Bobby Robson combination Ireland brought a few years back.
Hopefully Henry doesn’t go and die too