MONDAY MORNING IS big for the All-Ireland senior hurling and football championships.
The draw for round 3B and 4A of the football qualifiers will be made, along with the All-Ireland hurling quarter-final pairings.
The draw will take place live on RTE Radio 1 after the 8.30am news and will also be streamed live on www.gaa.ie
Here’s how it will all pan out:
Football – Round 3B
These games are scheduled to take place on Saturday 18 July.
This draw involves the four winning teams from Round 2B (Tyrone/Meath, Armagh/Galway, Derry/Wexford and Tipperary/Louth).
The first team drawn has home advantage.
Football – Round 4A
These games are scheduled to take place Saturday, 25 July.
This draw involves the winners from Round 3A (Kildare/Longford and Fermanagh/Roscommon) in bowl 1.
The beaten Leinster and Munster finalists (Kerry/Cork and Westmeath/Dublin) will be placed in bowl 2.
This draw is subject to avoidance of repeat pairings, i.e. Kildare v Dublin or Longford v Dublin. If either of these repeat pairings are possible there is no draw.
All Ireland Hurling Quarter Finals
These games will take place on Sunday, 26 July. The Munster runners-up (Waterford/Tipperary) and the Leinster runners-up (Galway) will be placed in bowl 1.
The Round 2 winners (Clare/Cork and Dublin/Limerick) will be placed in bowl 2.
This draw is subject to avoidance of repeat pairings, i.e. Tipperary V Limerick or Waterford V Cork. If either of these repeat pairings are possible there is no draw.
Confirmation of venues, times etc for these fixtures will be confirmed by the CCCC on Monday afternoon.
One of the greatest GAA families of all time to be sure. Best of luck to Marc on his retirement.
In about 20 years time there could be an awful heap of them in the team if they each have a few sons