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Northern lights viewable in the Irish sky tonight

Last group matches played in the Connacht U17 championship tonight.

Leitrim 1-10 Galway 2-17
Sligo 0-11 Mayo 1-12

Galway into the semi final on scoring difference ahead of Sligo.  Will play Roscommon next Friday and the winner of that match will face Mayo in the final.


Semi final set for Tuam Stadium so it made no difference to finish 2nd or 3rd in the group.   

Dublin

Stephen Cluxton
Seán MacMahon, Michael Fitzsimons, Eoin Murchan
Tom Lahiff, John Small, Cian Murphy
Brian Fenton, James McCarthy
Cormac Costello, Ciarán Kilkenny, Niall Scully
Paul Mannion, Con O'Callaghan, Colm Basquel.

Subs: Evan Comerford, Seán Bugler, Theo Clancy, Brian Howard, Jack McCaffrey, Ross McGarry, Killian McGinnis, Peadar Ó Cofaigh Byrne, Cian O'Connor, Lorcan O'Dell, Paddy Small.

Louth:

Niall McDonnell
Donal McKenny, Dan Corcoran, Peter Lynch
Conall McKeever, Anthony Williams, Craig Lennon
Tommy Durnin, Bevan Duffy
Tom Jackson, Ciarán Keenan, Conor Grimes
Ryan Burns, Sam Mulroy, Ciarán Downey.

Subs: Craig Lynch, Chris O'Neill, Peter McStravick, Liam Jackson, Dermot Campbell, Ciarán Murphy, Niall Sharkey, Leonard Grey, Ciarán Byrne, Conor Early, Paul Mathews.



Last years Leinster final  Dublin 5-21 Louth 0-15 and two championship meetings before that.

2019 Quarter final - Dublin 5-21 Louth 0-10
2012 Quarter final - Dublin 2-22 Louth 0-12


Handicap betting has Dublin to win by 15 points on Sunday.

Armagh

Blaine Hughes
Paddy Burns, Aaron McKay, Peter McGrane
Joe McElroy, Ciarán Mackin, Aidan Forker
Rian O'Neill, Ben Crealey
Stefan Campbell, Rory Grugan, Jarly Óg Burns
Oisín Conaty, Andrew Murnin, Conor Turbitt.

Subs: Ethan Rafferty, Barry McCambridge, Connaire Mackin, Conor O'Neill, Greg McCabe, Tiernan Kelly, Jason Duffy, Oisín O'Neill, Shane McPartlan, Aidan Nugent, Jemar Hall.

Donegal

Shaun Patton
Mark Curran, Brendan McCole, Ciarán Moore
Ryan McHugh, Caolan McGonagle, Peadar Mogan
Jason McGee, Michael Langan
Shane O'Donnell, Ciarán Thompson, Daire Ó Baoill
Paddy McBrearty, Oisín Gallen, Niall O'Donnell.

Subs: Gavin Mulreany, Kevin McGettigan, Stephen McMenamin, Odhran Doherty, Domhnall MacGiolla Bhríde, Jeaic MacCeallbhuí, Caolan McColgan, Jamie Brennan, Aaron Doherty, John Ross Molloy, Cathal MacAonghása.

Israel into the final.

Just goes to show not everyone has the same feelings about them.

Israel have suddenly gone 2nd in the betting at 11/2.  Croatia still the favourties at 8/11.

Israel into the final.

Europa League final in Dublin will be Bayern Leverkusen v Atalanta.  No Conference League final for Aston Villa beaten 6-2 on AGG against Olympiakos and they will face Fiorentina in the final.

From GAA.ie a blow for Derry.

Derry defender, Padraig McGrogan, has admitted he'll miss the rest of the season after rupturing a cruciate ligament in his right knee.

The Newbridge clubman sustained the injury in training on the Thursday after Derry's Ulster SFC quarter-final defeat to Donegal and hopes to undergo surgery next month.

A hugely consistent performer, his absence is a big blow to Derry's All-Ireland ambitions.

"There's no hiding it now, it was done a couple of weeks ago and it just is what it is," said McGrogan today.

"It was the ACL so I won't be taking part in much more now for this season.

"I just went to turn inside, and I just knew right away that I'd done something. It was just a freak accident. It can happen so easily. You never fear it, I felt 100pc the whole way through training and it just happened suddenly, it was just a freak thing.

"I knew right away it was fairly serious. There was a bit of a crunch, and the pain let me know there was something not right anyway."

0-0 at half time 2-2 on AGG. Real Madrid had a few decent chances to score. Bayern Munich with I think one effort and that was a routine save

League and championship this year 10 games each.

Donegal have scored on average 18 points per match and conceded 13

Armagh have scored on average 18 points per match and conceded 12

I see the GAA have launched series tickets today ... 50 euro for 3 games, but strangely, only Dublin have the option of juvenile tickets at 15 euro for 3 games ... I assume they will correct this and make juvenile tickets available to all counties.

It was 25 euro per game last year with no package option at least they have used a bit of common sense this year.

U17 semi finals played tonight.

Longford 0-11 Louth 0-10
Kildare 1-12 Dublin 2-10


Longford beat Dublin in the group stage 3-8 to 1-9 last month.

Dublin were 5 down with less than 10 to go and got two successive goals.

1-11 to 0-9 to Kildare with three minutes of normal time to play. Kildare had the opportunity to bring the game into extra time with score able free but kicked it wide.  In the other semi final Longford led for the first time in added time and Louth with the last kick of the game dropped a free short. 

U17 semi finals played tonight.

Longford 0-11 Louth 0-10
Kildare 1-12 Dublin 2-10


Longford beat Dublin in the group stage 3-8 to 1-9 last month.

Semi final on now.  Irish song on 4th I don't think it's a good song but they have advertised it well around Europe and the singer/artist seems to be popular.

 

Saturday 18th

All-Ireland SFC round 1
Galway v Derry, Pearse Stadium, 5.30pm - GAAGO
Mayo v Cavan, MacHale Park, 5pm
Clare v Cork, Cusack Park, 6pm
Kerry v Monaghan, Killarney, 3pm - GAAGO

Tailteann Cup round 2
Waterford v Kildare, Dungarvan, 5pm
Wexford v Antrim, Wexford Park, 4pm
Tipperary v Sligo, Semple Stadium, 2pm
Limerick v Offaly, Rathkeale, 3pm
London v Down, Ruislip, 6pm
Carlow v Fermanagh, Dr Cullen Park, 3pm

Sunday 19 May

Tailteann Cup round 2
Longford v Leitrim, Pearse Park, 2.30pm
Wicklow v Laois, Aughrim, 3pm - GAAGO