THE LEINSTER LADIES and men’s senior football finals will be staged as a double-header in Croke Park later this year.
A joint statement from Leinster GAA and Leinster LGFA this evening announced that the two deciders will be held on 28 May. It will be a historic occasion as the two provincial finals will share the same venue for the first time.
It also marks a major development for the relationship between the GAA and LGFA associations following a number of successful double-headers which have previously taken place during the National League.
“We are only too delighted to co-host our Provincial Final with the Leinster LGFA,” Cathaoirleach Comhairle Laighean Pat Teehan said following the announcement.
“This year it so happened that both our fixture dates coincided perfectly and when Leinster LGFA made the request for a double header it was one, we were happy to facilitate.
“We look forward now, to what will be a great day of exposure for both codes.”
Leinster GAA and @LeinsterLGFA are delighted to announce that on Saturday the 28th of May both Leinster Senior Football Finals will take place in Croke Park.
— Leinster GAA (@gaaleinster) January 26, 2022
Read the joint statement here ⏬ #LeinsterGAA
Úachtarain Leinster LGFA Trina Murray added:
“It’s with delight and anticipation as we look forward to being part of a Double Header in Croke Park on Saturday 28 May, staging our TG4 senior Leinster final alongside the Leinster GAA football final.
“I would like to thank Leinster GAA, Chairperson, Pat Teehan for affording us this opportunity to play our Senior Final in Croke Park. It will be significantly and extensively appreciated by our players and supporters considering we have lived the past two years in uncertain and strange times.
“This news is positive and uplifting and we look forward to teaming up with Leinster GAA for what will be the highlight of our calendar year”.
Further details regarding fixtures will be released at a later date.
Mad to think Denmark scored more in the Aviva than South Africa in the rugby
Though there were mistakes throughout by management, anyone who thinks the solution is to bring in a new messiah and to try and play attacking football is not looking deep enough. Of any of the fifty or so possible starters for an Irish team, the only one who could play that style is arter.
Dublin has a much lower population of GAA players than soccer, yet produces Diarmuid Connolly and Ciarain Kilkenny, both players who are wonderful passers of a football, with vision and attacking creativity. Soccer in Dublin produces no such players.
Irish soccer needs an overhaul similar to the one Belgium had in 2000, Spain had in 94, and Germany had in 2002. The style has to change from the age of six. Otherwise, it’s a long freewheel downhill from here
@Chucky Arlaw: the FAI have an awful lot to answer for. Useless
@Chucky Arlaw: are u saying the only player in the panel capable of playing good football is Arter?? Is that correct or have I misunderstood something?
So if McCleans shot goes in and the dynamics of the game change, and we hold on for an hour, we have no such problems in our game anymore? Give it a rest you bore it’s one game we got smashed cos of 2 sloppy goals in 3 minutes which was effectively the game ender. Put the fossil brush and magnifying glass away you pretentious aul eejit.
The North were brave when they appointed Micheal O’Neil and were rewarded. A league of Ireland manager who was progressive, on an upward curve in his career not winding his career down.
Why not take a punt on Stephen Kenny, he’s shown that he can coach players of a certain standard to perform well past expectation and win games against teams with vast superior resources.
The lack of preperation and lack of belief in the players ability means its time for a change at the helm. Would give anything to see Chris Hughton given a go
The north and south join up now stop this silly politics
@Aidan O: pour one bucket of muck into another bucket of muck, you just end up with a big bucket of muck.
@Aidan O: We already have players from the North; Duffy, McLean, O’Kane etc
European championship failure!
Not to worry. We still have John Delaney.
More failure on other international stages.