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Expect Cavan to be very defensive today lads. Can't see them scoring more than a total of 14/15 points max. The big test is if they can keep Armagh to less than that.

Correct - Cavan will have a swarm of men behind the ball and while it might not be pretty, I couldn't care less...

When is the last time we won in Ulster? Fermanagh in 09?

Shite weather today, hope it doesn't leave Breffni too greasy and slippy tomorrow...

Can't wait - still don't know what way to call both games

Press Conference will be streamed Live at 4pm today


http://www.irishrugby.ie/news/29025.php

The Irish Rugby Football Union today officially announced the appointment of Joe Schmidt as Ireland head coach.
A media conference welcoming Joe Schmidt, Ireland's newly-appointed head coach, will be streamed live today at 4pm on www.irishrugby.ie.

Schmidt confirmed as new Gaffer!! Excellent!

Have Connacht qualified for the HC next year or do they need Leinster to win the Amlin?

I believe Leinster have to win it and so qualify for the Heineken as winners of the challenge cup, leaving the 3 other provinces taking the other 3 spots through the Rabo

I'm crying with laughter....


How could anyone be so bad??

and how could anyone mess up for that long and not go f**k it and drive away...

http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2013/04/photos-of-the-boston-marathon-bombing/100495/

Some distressing photos.

Madness.

Holy f**k. Picture 8 is gruesome.

Sickening...

No red card at all for that young fella from Cookstown at the end.  No need to do that to a young fella with the last action of a All Ireland Final

[the Donegal people at the game]

I thought cadance would have been on to congratulate us by now. Soar loser perhaps. Thankfully the Donegal people at the game were very gracious in defeat and we wish them well for next year. Onward and upward for this team of Cavan winners.

Aye those 4 people were fierce nice in fairness... 

Winning 3 out of 4 finals is some achievement and to do it 4 years in a row is amazing!!

Long may it continue!!

f**k

when will these changes come into effect?

Review of action so far

http://www.gaa.ie/gaa-news-and-videos/match-day-tracker/2303130831-annual-congress-2013-day-2-live/

[The hosts were down to 14 men when Aaron Watson was dismissed for an off-the-ball incident at the start of the second added period but that didn't stop Dillon from striking a stunning 71st-minute point over his own head.]

Ulster U21 FC: Cavan KO Monaghan AET
20 March 2013
Classy Cavan beat Monaghan by 1-16 to 1-12 after extra time at Breffni Park.

The winners cranked it up a gear during the additional twenty minutes, outscoring their opponents by seven points to three to advance at the end of a real battle.

Cavan's Enda O'Reilly and Monaghan's Shane Carey traded frees early on. O'Reilly's tenth-minute free edged the hosts back ahead and this time it was visiting captain Keith McEnaney who levelled the scores.

Carey's free put the visitors into the lead for the first time and the same player then added his third free: 0-4 to 0-2 to Monaghan.

Daniel McKenna put three between them but Paul O'Connor responded for the Breffni men, 0-5 to 0-3.

A brace of O'Reilly points drew Cavan level, 0-5 each, before Jack Brady and goalkeeper Conor Gilsenan made it 0-7 to 0-5 in favour of the Breffni County. Corner back Ciaran Brady slotted Cavan's sixth successive point in the 30th minute.

Monaghan goalkeeper Rory Beggan closed the first-half scoring from a free: 0-8 to 0-6 at the interval.

Cavan got the perfect start to the second half when O'Connor netted in the 33rd minute but Jack McCarron and Thomas Connolly replied before the former registered a three-pointer to tie the scores up again after 42 minutes: 1-8 each.

As the scores dried up and the tension mounted, frees from Carey and O'Reilly (58) ensured that it was still all-square with two minutes of normal time left.

That was how it finished which meant we went into extra time...

Monaghan had been reduced to 14 men when Carey received a second yellow in injury time but they were restored to the full complement for the two additional ten-minute periods.

Thomas Kerr got the Farney men off to a good start in the first additional period but Cavan then took control with an uninterrupted run of scores from Andy Graham, Joe Dillon and Conor Madden (2) - 1-13 to 1-10 at the end of the first half of extra time.

The hosts were down to 14 men when Aaron Watson was dismissed for an off-the-ball incident at the start of the second added period but that didn't stop Dillon from striking a stunning 71st-minute point over his own head.

Jack Brady's precise long-range free made it a five-point match with six minutes left. Christopher McKenna pointed to give Monaghan a glimmer of home but that flickering flame was extinguished when O'Reilly curled over a free to make it 1-16 to 1-11.

The losers mustered one more late consolation point but it was Cavan who progressed to an April 3rd semi-final date with Down.

Cavan - C Gilsenan (0-1); J McLoughlin, K Clarke, C Brady (0-1); D McVitty, D Sexton, F Flanagan; B Sankey, M Argue; G Smith, C Conroy, T Mooney; E O'Reilly (0-5, 4f), P O'Connor (1-2, 0-1f), J Brady (0-2, 1f). Subs: C Madden (0-2) for Conroy, A Watson for C Brady, J Dillon (0-1) for Mooney, A Graham (0-2) for O'Connor, C Moynagh for Sexton, T Mooney for Sankey, P Flynn for McLoughlin.

Monaghan - R Beggan (0-1f); R Wylie, C Boyle, P McGuigan; C Cromwell, J McGuigan, P McKenna; S Sherry, P Dooney; T Connolly (0-1), S Carey (0-4f), S O'Brien; T Kerr (0-1), K McEnaney (0-1), D McKenna (0-1). Subs: B McQuaid for Cromwell, J McCarron (1-2, 0-2f) for O'Brien, L Hahessy, C McKenna (0-1) for D McKenna.

Referee - E McHugh.

Anyone else remember seeing Watson red carded??

More games this year in the League in Cavan. 18 games for each division. Every teams plays each other twice, home/away. League began in Feburay.

Would an early start to the club season be the norm in Cavan?

Armagh this year are opting for 4 divisions. Senior league of 16 teams who play each other just once, Intermediate league likewise. Junior A has 9 teams who play each other twice and Junior B has 8 teams who play each other twice.

It started last year in Feburay aswell. Other years it started in March, but no later than that.

They changed the format of the leagues this year, Division 1 was split into Divison 1A&B. Ten teams in each Division. Then Division 2 and 3, also with ten teams. All playing each other home/away. 40 clubs in Cavan,

Division 1 b, is made up of Senior Championship teams and intermediate teams.

The reserve leaguep's follow the same home/away format aswell.

Plus Cavan Gaels second team so thats 41 teams in the 4 divisions - there are 11 teams in Division 3 so they have 20 games

Reserve teams will only play 12 games this season but have a backdoor in their Championship