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Kerry v Armagh  Kerry
Dublin v Galway. Galway
Down v Westmeath. Down
Laois v Clare. Clare
Carlow v Longford. Longford
Wexford v Tipperary. Wexford
Waterford v London. London

SUNDAY

Derry v Mayo. Derry
Donegal v Tyrone. Tyrone
Cork v Louth. Cork
Roscommon v Cavan. Ros
Meath v Monaghan. Monaghan
Leitrim v Fermanagh. Fermanagh
Offaly v Kildare. Kildare
Antrim v Sligo. Antrim
Wicklow v Limerick. Wicklow

A question for any referee on here.
We had an u14 game at the weekend in a development league, mostly P7s on our team. We struggled getting kickouts aways with distance being a problem for young lads playing for the first time on a full sized pitch. The ref then informed us that provided the ball travels 15m and we have no-one in the arc when the ball is kicked, that we can receive the ball in the arc - in other words players can run into the arc as soon as the ball is kicked to receive the ball.
Is this correct? In our first game we were blew up any time a player touched the ball inside the arc from the kickout so its confusing.

In Tyrone and I presume for most other counties at U14 level the kickout rule is the same as last year, I.e. taken from the 21, all players must be outside the 13m arc and the defending team cannot touch the ball until it is outside the 20m arc

The rules I explained are the rules in Tyrone as I think that's where tbrick's lad plays. What do you mean by the 20m arc?

The arc that goes from the 20m line, the 13m semi circle from the centre of the 20m line.

A question for any referee on here.
We had an u14 game at the weekend in a development league, mostly P7s on our team. We struggled getting kickouts aways with distance being a problem for young lads playing for the first time on a full sized pitch. The ref then informed us that provided the ball travels 15m and we have no-one in the arc when the ball is kicked, that we can receive the ball in the arc - in other words players can run into the arc as soon as the ball is kicked to receive the ball.
Is this correct? In our first game we were blew up any time a player touched the ball inside the arc from the kickout so its confusing.

In Tyrone and I presume for most other counties at U14 level the kickout rule is the same as last year, I.e. taken from the 21, all players must be outside the 13m arc and the defending team cannot touch the ball until it is outside the 20m arc

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SATURDAY
Mayo v Kerry. Kerry
Armagh v Dublin. Armagh
Cavan v Down. Cavan
Cork v Roscommon. Ros
Laois v Antrim. Antrim
Fermanagh v Sligo. Fermanagh
Waterford v Wexford. Wexford
Limerick v Tipperary. Limerick

SUNDAY
Galway v Tyrone. Galway
Donegal v Derry. Donegal
Louth v Monaghan. Mon
Westmeath v Meath. Meath
Leitrim v Offaly. Offaly
Clare v Kildare. Clare
London v Longford. London
Wicklow v Carlow. Wicklow

Armagh v Mayo - Armagh
Dublin v Derry - Dublin
Antrim v Leitrim - Antrim
Kildare v Laois - Kildare
Tipperary v London - Tipp
Carlow v Limerick - Limerick
Tyrone v Kerry - Tyrone
Galway v Donegal - Donegal
Monaghan v Cork - Monaghan
Westmeath v Cavan - Cavan
Louth v Down - Down
Meath v Roscommon - Roscommon
Sligo v Clare - Clare
Fermanagh v Offaly - Fermanagh
Wexford v Wicklow - Wexford
Longford v Waterford - Longford

Our club has one, great job.

Saturday
Leitrim v Kildare - Kildare
Offaly v Antrim - Offaly
Derry v Galway - Derry
Cork v Westmeath - Cork
Down v Meath - Down
Waterford v Tipperary - Tipp
Wexford v Carlow  - Wexford
Kerry v Dublin - Dublin

Sunday
London v Limerick - London
Laois v Sligo - Sligo
Clare v Fermanagh - Clare
Mayo v Tyrone - Tyrone
Cavan v Louth - Cavan
Roscommon v Monaghan - Roscommon
Wicklow v Longford  - Wicklow
Donegal v Armagh - Dinegal

Buckle up folks, this is about to get bumpy. Surely the UN and the Middle
eastern nations will not Let this happen

Is Petey suspended for the first round of championship this year after that red card?

Canavans won't get the same room in the final with Cuala playing 15 back

Elon Musk going after Starmer big time calling for his to step down. He can put serious pressure on given his control of Twitter and the US government too. Musk bigging up Tommy Robinson too saying he should be released, Musk is a dangerous dangerous man

I think the second motion is great, gives a longer season (I.e. starting earlier) some clubs only had a 4.5month season this year, makes every game serious, no overload of games I. July / August, teams with lots of county players still have chance to finish in top 8 or avoid relegation with the extra points for the last 5 games. And a team that has a raft of injuries mid season and finishes at bottom still has a chance to avoid relegation albeit a tough one. Everyone has a chance of knockout football before the championship And most importantly the league will be finished before the championship starts unlike the farce this year

I like this idea also but if Tyrone are in contention for AI then it gets messy.
You could see a scenario after July holidays where teams play 5 non starred games plus the play off games in top half/bottom half. That could lead to up to 8 games for teams.
This year we played 8 games after the July holidays and it was total overload and loads of teams suffered injuries pre championship which is not the ideal situation.

Most teams played 9 games after the July holidays and there was still league playoffs, semis and final to play. In this system 8 teams will only have 6 games to play after July holidays, 6 will have 7 to play and only the league finalists will have 8 to play and the league will be finished

I think the second motion is great, gives a longer season (I.e. starting earlier) some clubs only had a 4.5month season this year, makes every game serious, no overload of games I. July / August, teams with lots of county players still have chance to finish in top 8 or avoid relegation with the extra points for the last 5 games. And a team that has a raft of injuries mid season and finishes at bottom still has a chance to avoid relegation albeit a tough one. Everyone has a chance of knockout football before the championship And most importantly the league will be finished before the championship starts unlike the farce this year

McQuillan did not cost CE that game, would you all ever catch yourselves on. The fouls on Darragh were fouls. At one stage he was grabbed and swung around 360 and one of you was whinging about him diving. Too many CE names didn't show up. Ruairi Canavan was the best player on the pitch by a distance.

Don't think EC will have the legs for Kilcoo's running.

The decision not too black card for the penalty was a massive call mcquillan got wrong.

It was a pull back not a pull down, yellow correct decision