Allianz Football League Results
Division 1
- Armagh 0-13 Donegal 0-10
Division 4
- Laois 2-13 Waterford 1-5
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AFTER TWO DEFEATS on the spin in Division 1, Armagh bounced back tonight to defeat Donegal in front of their home fans tonight.
Armagh ran out 0-13 to 0-10 winners at the Athletic Grounds, recovering from losses away to Roscommon and Kerry in the last two weekends.
Kieran McGeeney saw his team lead 0-7 to 0-3 at the break before Donegal came within a point by the 49th minute, 0-8 to 0-7, Hugh McFadden making an impression in the scoring stakes for the away team.
Armagh pushed on again to surge four clear as Andrew Murnin, Rory Grugan and Rian O’Neill all raised white flags. Then Donegal produced a scoring burst with Ciaran Thompson, Jamie Brennan and Jason McGee on target to leave them within one as injury-time approached.
Again Armagh came up with the goods, Jarly Óg Burns strong running proving critical as he won a free that O’Neill converted and then added the insurance point himself to send the Orchard County three clear.
The result lifts Armagh to third in the table with three more games to come in Division 1 tomorrow. Armagh host Galway and travel to Tyrone for their final two matches, while Donegal entertain Mayo and are away to Roscommon as they chase to points to secure safety in the top tier.
In Division 4, Laois ran out 11-point victors over Waterford, 2-13 to 1-5, as they responded impressively to last week’s reversal against Wicklow.
Laois were ahead 1-6 to 1-3 at half-time and pushed on in the second half. Eoin Lowry was their top scorer with 2-6 overall, including two pointed marks and the rest registered from play, while Mark Barry hit 0-5 and Paul Kingston chipped in with 0-2.
Dermot Ryan (0-4) and Jason Curry (1-1) struck Waterford’s scores on a night when they suffered their fifth successive defeat to remain rooted to the bottom of the Division 4 table.
More to follow…
Good luck girls tomorrow. Bronze probably the realistic target
Feel sorry for Kelly McGrory. Do all the hard work in qualifying only to be dropped for the final, cos another athlete who was more interested in personal success decides she now wants to be a team player
@WqM9AAv3: name of the game sadly
@WqM9AAv3: I’d imagine the rest of the team would get down on their knees and beg adeleke to start
@WqM9AAv3: erm, they actually want to win a medal. You pick your best available runners.
@WqM9AAv3: she wasn’t dropped. It’s a 6 person team, and you play your best cards in the final. They all do it. At least McGrory got to run. What about Lauren Cadden who didn’t get a run. Should we bring her in for the final because its the taking part that counts.
@WqM9AAv3: that’s how it rolls, she will get her medal if we do medal, if she is not subbed out, very unlikely to get a medal.
So it’s the best thing for her and the team to be subbed out
@WqM9AAv3: You are clueless. Go hibernate for another four years, and you can try and fail then to pretend you know a single thing about Athletics.
@WqM9AAv3: clown she couldn’t run semi as preparing for 400 final .
@WqM9AAv3: are you one of these lads who thinks we shouldn’t keep score in things and everyone would get the same medal after.
@WqM9AAv3: Not knockin McGrory but she was the weakest link in that semi final. Adeleke is a serous improvement for the final. Its basically the same as rotating your squad for the bigger games in soccer. Nothing wrong with it.
@WqM9AAv3: jed what planet are you living on
@WqM9AAv3: clueless
@WqM9AAv3: She probably knew that was going to happen. It’s cruel at times. But sports can be.
@WqM9AAv3: all the medalling teams, bar the 4×100 mens bronze for gb, are doing it. Very professional. Now go get Kelly her medal. Team Ireland!
@WqM9AAv3: it’s a meritocracy. You’re probably used to participation awards but at the Olympics that’s not how it works.
@WqM9AAv3: you think she should have not bothered with the individual? Hahaha wtf
@WqM9AAv3: win at all costs eh? No wonder the sport is clouded in controversy, performance enhancing narcs, men boxing women, athletes returning from doping bans to win medals (legit this time) athletes smashing their pb’s. Big big sigh
@WqM9AAv3: Men boxing women? Get the facts right before spouting nonsense. The ultimate test was done – are they capable of having a child? The answer is YES. Box away girls.
Hopefully a medal usa will win it jamaica most likely second all the other finalists will be up to get the bronze
@Square: USA and the Netherlands in that order. Bronze up for grabs.
@Ray Ridge: GB for silver, Netherlands bronze and gold to the girleens in green. US drop baton at last changeover whilst well ahead..
@Ray Ridge: stop will ya ireland will beat holland with RA in the team usa and jamaica top 2
@Ray Ridge: just saw u running there in the 10 thousand meters last
@Square: I wish I had a tan that good!
@Ray Ridge: netherlands aren’t better than gb, france and Jamaica. Americans to win and then it’s wide open.
@Ray Ridge: you tired yet over 30mins that race lol
@Kevin Dillon: im telling him that all day
@Kevin Dillon: Netherlands will medal. No doubt about it. Provided they don’t get the butter fingers. Forget about France.
@Square: You would be surprised how long I can go for baby!
@Ray Ridge: just wondering Ray are you from Portumna
@Ray Ridge: you’d expect the Dutch to medal alright but Bol has had a really tough week. She is a bit of a freak though
@Oliver Curley: Not from Portumna.
@munsterman: I think they will medal alright. Anything can happen in relays of course.
@Ray Ridge: FIND OUT 815 TOMMORRY USA JAMACIA IRELAND TOP 3
@Square: USA, Netherlands and GB.
Delighted. Girls will run a big race