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Group 1 - Armagh/Donegal  Galway,Mayo  Tyrone  Cavan
Group 2 - Kerry/Clare  Louth,Meath  Roscommon Cork
Group 3 - Meath/Louth  Clare,Kerry  Monaghan  Down
Group 4 - Galway,Mayo  Armagh,Donegal  Dublin  Derry

Group 1 -  Kildare,Sligo,Leitrim,Tipperary
Group 2 - Offaly,Laois,Wicklow,Waterford
Group 3 - Westmeath,Limerick,Antrim,London
Group 4 - Fermanagh,Wexford,Carlow,Longford

Just minutes away.

Over 25,000 tickets sold so far.

Over 48,000 were at the 2010 final. Would hope we get a bigger crowd this time but hard to see it.

40 euro for seated tickets I see and 30 for Hill 16. 

Jesus the Arsenal fans are hard to listen to... any time there's any coming together you can hear them screaming!!

Highbury use to have that loud screaming behind the goal also I wonder if its the same supporters?

Half time Arsenal 0 PSG 1 even enough contest goal after 4 minutes. 1-0 it finished

Even contest? Arsenal hardly laid a glove on them.

I posted that at half time.  After the second half Arsenal will know themselves they were lucky enough it wasn't a 2 or 3-0 defeat.   

Half time Arsenal 0 PSG 1 even enough contest goal after 4 minutes. 1-0 it finished

Didn't Meat play Bundoran  not so long ago? Something tells me it was  in a big tent

2008 and a day later than expected due to health and safety issues with the tent.

https://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/fans-lap-up-late-meat-loaf/26462462.html

Offaly footballer Nigel Dunne after a career that spanned 15 years.

The 35-year old said he could no longer battle persistent injuries and deprive a younger Offaly player a place on match-day panels.

"I do so with no regrets,"  "I gave it everything I had for as long as I could, and genuinely the body can't go for one minute longer than it has with the load that is required for intercounty football.

"I am a lot happier walking around now these past few days that there is no mental anguish internally. I'm just relieved to have made the call."

Half time in the Munster U20 final Cork 0-3 Kerry 1-8. Awful mess in how Cork gave away the goal a few minutes before the break. Game live on TG4.

Cork look a poor team - by all accounts Tipp were robbed not to get into the final ahead of them
- an amount of skill and handling errors but the goal was the worst - an absolute gift to Kerry.
Kerry looking good in patches but a bit wasteful. Only looks like one winner here.

Kerry 2-15 to 1-10 winners. Cork poor compared to their 2022 Munster U17 winning team and I'm not sure how many of that team played tonight. How good Kerry are will been seen against Tyrone or Donegal next.

Half time in the Munster U20 final Cork 0-3 Kerry 1-8. Awful mess in how Cork gave away the goal a few minutes before the break. Game live on TG4.

Odds to win the Tailteann Cup should be a slight change after the draw on Wednesday.

Westmeath 5/2
Offaly 7/2
Kildare 3/1
Fermanagh 15/2
Sligo 15/2
Laois 13/1
Antrim 25/1
Limerick 33/1
Wexford 40/1
Wicklow 50/1
Longford 66/1
Tipperary 66/1
Carlow 88/1
London 100/1
Leitrim 100/1
New York 250/1
Waterford 250/1

When is the draw made for the groups?

First post on this thread.

Connacht final tickets went on sale today the prices

€35.00 for the covered stand.  Seating uncovered €30.00

Only unreserved left now.

Good portion of the covered stand are season ticket holders.

Be interesting to see what sort of challenge Mayo bring to Machale park on Sunday. The Connacht Final was decided on fine margins last year in Salthill and the odds on Mayo to win this time means they need no extra motivation.

I am afraid odds are one thing, reality of having a very unsettled line out and a potentially weaker squad at the moment is a totally different kettle of fish.
I am heading to it, but I am very concerned it could be 6pts or more loss. I am hoping I will be so wrong on this call.
If Joyce decides not to risk Walsh and Comer, then that equals things up considerably.

Even if they start I can't imagine Comer, Walsh will be up to speed after their injury lay off.

If McStay and his management gets the team to break even on kick-outs and get match ups right it should be another fine margin contest. 

Need some help with this one...following on from the 4 step rule did the Ref's not always used to give the benefit to the player who was being tackled unfairly with a few extra steps? or did I just imagine that.

A ref can recount steps if he deems a player is getting fouled.