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Mad to have final in Tralee on a midweek; if they need to hold it at a college there surely is a pitch in Dundalk

Crazy but there must be a valid reason why it is Tralee. It is some trek midweek for UUJ in fairness

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Derry folk, fully deserved victory - by far the better team. Murphy looks the real deal - there is a buzz in the crowd when he gets possession.

Not the bad news - never seen as bad an organised match in my lifetime. No car parking stewards before or after game, every man fend for themselves. No traffic plan, nothing, zilch, f**k all.

I would have been home from Kerry quicker!!

Big chance for UUJ to finally deliver. Though you'd make UCD favourites having beaten them comfortably enough in Round 2A

UU didnt have the Canavans against UCD. Surely that puts them as favs. How many college teams have 2 of the best forwards in the country.

Just checked that fact. According to the ScoreBeo app they did play. Ruairi started and Darragh came on at HT.
However, obviously Glass & Doherty didn't play

There was a discussion on here a few weeks back around the holiday period and quite a number of men were adamant the dates shouldn't be moved by 2 days as a Wednesday wasn't feasible.

Wait till they see the last 8 fixtures in Div 1 & 2 that is proposed.
4 on a Sunday and 4 on a Wednesday to wrap up the season.
 
Can't see how this is going to be accepted. One midweek or maybe two but 4 in a row in August won't suit lads who work in England or in the south.

But in fairness to the men setting up the system their hands are tied with the new county U20 group system plus the starred games in Tyrone having a limit of 5 games. Not an easy one to sort out.

Wasn't that red for hitting someone in the handbags after.
McCormack, our no 7, got a yellow after it too.

McCormack didn't get a yellow. It was Michael McKernan got the yellow.

Him and Kilpatrick must have been hitting each other 🙄

Have they ever togged for UU?

In fairness to them, they would have little chance to play over the last 3 years with Glen going strong also combined with UUJ getting knocked out in the early rounds

[Ronan McAlinden from Newry]

Senior / Division 1

Ardboe - Noel O'Neill & Gavin Devlin
Carrickmore - Ciaran McBride & Noel Slane
Clonoe - Kevin Madden
Coalisland - Ronan Rocks & James McGrath
Donaghmore  - Mark Counihan
Dromore - Ryan McMenamin & Paul McIvor
Dungannon - James Slater, Ryan Pickering, Gerard Cavlan & Barry Gillis
Edendork - Conleth Gilligan
Eglish -
Errigal Ciaran - Enda McGinley & Stephen Quinn
Galbally - Gavin McGilly & Paddy Tally
Killyclogher - Damian Gormley & Conor Daly
Loughmacrory - Martin Boyle
Omagh - Owen Devine, Keith Burns & Conor McMahon.
Pomeroy - Declan McCallan
Trillick - Jody Gormley & Peter McGinnity

Intermediate / Division 2

Aghyaran - Bernard McGeehan & Brendan McLaughlin
Beragh - Conor Gormley & Damian Leonard
Cookstown - Des Tracey & Conleth Donnelly
Clogher - Steven McKenna, Kevin McConnell & Macartan McKenna
Derrylaughan - Kevin Niblock
Drumragh - Colm Bradley
Fintona - Martin Greene
Greencastle - Sean Pol Harte & Emmett Hackett
Gortin - Kevin McCullagh, Nigel McCarron, Leo Meenan & Mark Donnelly
Kildress - Cathal Corey & Dean McNally
Moortown - James Conway, Chris Lawn & Declan O'Neill
Moy -
Naomh Eoghan - Sean Murtagh & Aidy O'Kane
Owen Roes - Stefan Deery & Johnny Lafferty
Rock - Tommy Bloomer & Conor Bayne
Stewartstown -

Junior / Division 3

Aghaloo -
Augher - Ronan McAlinden & Aidan Cassidy
Brackaville -
Brocagh - Peter Armour
Castlederg - Chris McLaughlin
Clann na nGael - Kevin McCrystal
Derrytresk -
Donaghmore III -
Drumquin - Darren Mullan & Stevie Ferguson
Errigal Ciaran III -
Eskra - Declan Treanor
Glenelly - Roger Keenan & Tony Scullion
Killeeshil - Damian Hoy
Killyman -
Strabane - Richard O'Neill
Tattyreagh - Mickey Rea
Urney - Matthew Neeson

Is that Ronan McAlinden from Newry direction who is over Augher?

Teacher in the Dean. Paul O'Hagan over Aghaloo.
I'm also certain that Damian Gormley won't be managing Killyclogher or anyone in the same division as Trillick.

I would agree on the D Gormley situation. No chance will he go against his brother and home club

Senior / Division 1

Ardboe - Noel O'Neill & Gavin Devlin
Carrickmore - Ciaran McBride & Noel Slane
Clonoe - Kevin Madden
Coalisland - Ronan Rocks & James McGrath
Donaghmore  - Mark Counihan
Dromore - Ryan McMenamin & Paul McIvor
Dungannon - James Slater, Ryan Pickering, Gerard Cavlan & Barry Gillis
Edendork - Conleth Gilligan
Eglish -
Errigal Ciaran - Enda McGinley & Stephen Quinn
Galbally - Gavin McGilly & Paddy Tally
Killyclogher - Damian Gormley & Conor Daly
Loughmacrory - Martin Boyle
Omagh - Owen Devine, Keith Burns & Conor McMahon.
Pomeroy - Declan McCallan
Trillick - Jody Gormley & Peter McGinnity

Intermediate / Division 2

Aghyaran - Bernard McGeehan & Brendan McLaughlin
Beragh - Conor Gormley & Damian Leonard
Cookstown - Des Tracey & Conleth Donnelly
Clogher - Steven McKenna, Kevin McConnell & Macartan McKenna
Derrylaughan - Kevin Niblock
Drumragh - Colm Bradley
Fintona - Martin Greene
Greencastle - Sean Pol Harte & Emmett Hackett
Gortin - Kevin McCullagh, Nigel McCarron, Leo Meenan & Mark Donnelly
Kildress - Cathal Corey & Dean McNally
Moortown - James Conway, Chris Lawn & Declan O'Neill
Moy -
Naomh Eoghan - Sean Murtagh & Aidy O'Kane
Owen Roes - Stefan Deery & Johnny Lafferty
Rock - Tommy Bloomer & Conor Bayne
Stewartstown -

Junior / Division 3

Aghaloo -
Augher - Ronan McAlinden & Aidan Cassidy
Brackaville -
Brocagh - Peter Armour
Castlederg - Chris McLaughlin
Clann na nGael - Kevin McCrystal
Derrytresk -
Donaghmore III -
Drumquin - Darren Mullan & Stevie Ferguson
Errigal Ciaran III -
Eskra - Declan Treanor
Glenelly - Roger Keenan & Tony Scullion
Killeeshil - Damian Hoy
Killyman -
Strabane - Richard O'Neill
Tattyreagh - Mickey Rea
Urney - Matthew Neeson

Is that Ronan McAlinden from Newry direction who is over Augher?

Both Academy midfielders were excellent - Hughes was a prominent threat, reliable from frees, but i thought their No. 9 was even better. Cant mind his name now. Lost count of how many clean kick outs he won, always an outlet on the Academy kickouts. Liam McGeary showed very well too in the SPAD attack
Agree on Noah Grimes, fantastic prospect. One to watch with Tyrone U20s this year

It was a really enjoyable semi final - especially when you consider that not that long ago, both these sets of players would have in all likelihood have been playing for the Academy. If Omagh CBS do indeed lift this years McRory cup, the emergence of Donaghmore convent taking boys in has cost the Academy a McRory.

Hughes has a fantastic strike on him for free kicks. Massive asset having a player who can do that. He played the majority of the game as full forward, so disagree with his impact at midfield. The number nine Dillon O'Neill had a very good game but shades of Holy Trinity last year as he is 19 years old playing against players one or two years younger than himself. Grimes is a great prospect but he will have better days on the football field, his 1-01 showcased his talent but he was also guilty of some very poor shots throughout the game. Ultimately what cost Donaghmore was the number 15 Corrigan blazing a goal chance over the bar when he had a simple chance to square the ball for a palm to the empty net second half, he puts that across and Donaghmore go three up they would've pushed clear. Joey Clarke the best for Donaghmore, even though the referee was very very harsh on him. CBS have a great chance of back to back MacRory's but they have struggled with teams who have superior size and Dungannon would be quite a bit bigger than Omagh, so 50/50 game.

Agree on Joey Clarke. I felt he was the best player on the pitch and the referee was sore on him particularly on one occasion mid way through the second half at a crucial stage.

Does any team actually wanrt to win the League under the new system?
Does winning the League benefit anyone ?

And why are Derry 5/2?

https://www.oddschecker.com/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/national-football-league-division-1/winner

As long as you're not playing a championship game the week after the league final like Mayo last year then I would say yes there are benefits to winning the league. Kerry won it the last time they won the AI, Dublin won D2 last year and won the AI. Derry did well last year and got to D2 final. Winning is a good habit and it creates momentum.

Div 1 & 2 are not comparable. It takes a lot of effort to win Div 1 league whereas a few games in Div 2 are very lop sided.

Is it KO now from here onwards?

Any on streamed tv this week?

The red card was harsh but Kilpatrick gave the red a decision to make
No square ball.

Yes, he did. The decision should have been yellow

As far as I know Cahair O'Kane put out a starting 15 without a Glen man mentioned so there were more than Silver Hill who got it wrong.

In fairness to Cahair, he posted a photo of the match programme team but did say clearly to expect multiple changes to the starting line up

Conn got a ridiculous red card it balanced itself out

If you think that's not a red card then you've had too many knocks on the head yourself. It was late, high and dangerous, he had time to pull out of it as well.

High or low - forget about it.

Had time to pull out if it - are you crazy? It was a big man colliding with a smaller man, albeit slightly late but there was no malice involved

But malice involved in every tackle on Darragh Canavan, all without punishment from a poor referee

As someone said earlier, they are all poor - you just hope you get one of the better poor ones!

Co-commentator some tube as well.

Mattie McGleenan.

Dungannon a bit cuter when it counted. I'd be sore with the ref if I was a Donaghmore  supporter, some serious soft frees.

Referee shocking for both teams. Donaghmore got some very handy frees in first half then Dungannon got them second half

The advantage rule is a nightmare and the referee application of it differs from game to game.

Sometimes they pull it back, sometimes they let it go with (no advantage accruing) - crazy.

Today, referee gave arm up signal in the second half for Dungannon, player played on and played great pass to a player on edge of the D. Ref pulls it back to outside the 45' !!!

Then the Grimes one as mentioned above was poor decision as well at a vital part of the game

Hopefully he is not refereeing a league game tomorrow somewhere - he blew every bit of contact all day long - stop start and no flow to the game at all