GALWAY AND MAYO will be heading to Limerick next Saturday night after the GAA announced the venues for this weekend’s Round 4 football qualifiers.
After this morning’s draw pitted the Connacht rivals against each other, it has been revealed that they will meet at the Gaelic Grounds with a 7pm throw-in time for the clash that will be live on Sky Sports.
The CCCC were unable to fix the game for a Connacht venue. There was no agreement between the counties for home advantage and no other venue in the province was deemed suitable.
Games at this stage of the championship are deemed to be played at neutral locations with both counties consulted and in agreement for the Limerick venue which has a capacity of 43,000 with 20,000 seats. It will be preceded by the Connacht senior ladies football final replay between the counties at 4pm.
Tyrone take on Cavan at 5pm in Clones on Saturday in the other fixture that will be broadcast on Sky with the counties meeting in the Ulster U20 semi-final as the curtain-raiser.
The last of the Round 4 football ties on Saturday sees Cork take on Laois in Semple Stadium at 5pm.
On Sunday there will be a double-header in Portlaoise with Meath facing Clare in football, in a game that will be televised by RTÉ, and Laois taking on Dublin in hurling.
The other preliminary hurling quarter-final sees Cork go up against Westmeath on Sunday afternoon.
Saturday
All-Ireland senior football championship
Round 4
Cork v Laois, Semple Stadium, Thurles, 5pm
Cavan v Tyrone, Clones, 5pm, (Live Sky Sports)
(Curtain-raiser: Ulster U20 semi-final, Cavan v Tyrone, 2.45pm)
Galway v Mayo, Gaelic Grounds, 7pm, (Live Sky Sports)
All-Ireland minor hurling championship
Quarter-final: Round 1
Kilkenny v Clare, Semple Stadium, Thurles, 3pm
Sunday
All-Ireland senior football championship
Round 4
Meath v Clare, O’Moore Park, Portlaoise, 2pm, (Live RTÉ)
All-Ireland senior hurling championship
Preliminary quarter-finals
Westmeath v Cork, TEG Cusack Park, 3pm
Laois v Dublin, O’Moore Park, Portlaoise, 4.15pm
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Has to start now
Instead of who exactly Conor?
Don’t just red thumb me, please offer your suggestion, generally we have the likes of Hendrick, Whelan, McCarthy, Walters, Hoolihan as midfielders or creative players, which one do you drop for arter?
Drop Mccarthy, offers nothing really. Arthur always shows for possession and make attacking runs.
Maybe wouldn’t entirely disagree with you, but McCarthy performed very well against Germany and Bosnia in recent crucial games, and he’s playing regularly for a top half premiership club, can’t see too many agreeing with you
McCarthys only decent games this campaign were against Germany and Bosnia. He was poor against Gibraltar bar 1 pass, very poor against Georgia both times and he was only ok against Scotland. When he has a good game he’s brilliant, but that’s very rare in an Ireland shirt unfortunately.
Yes I agree, I’ve been very frustrated with McCarthy at times but I think when we pack midfield as we’ve been doing recently it allows hoolihan to do the demanding of the ball and Whelan to get the simple 5 yard passing going while McCarthy can then break up play using his athleticism and provide a box to box engine
I’d put him in ahead of Quinn and Meyler.
Offers something different.
Hendrick.
The problem is Hendrick has actually played for us in competitive games and has done well including a cracking build up and assists to a crucial goal
Put mcarthy in the deepest holding role instead of whelan, he us much more effective and mobile at it… its his best position, he’s not a creative player , never has been… don’t know why people expect him to be