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JFC

* Drumaness v East Belfast - Drumaness
* Kilclief v St Paul's - St Paul's

IFC

* An Riocht v Annaclone -An Riocht
* Longstone v Rostrevor - rostrevor

IFC Relegation

 * Ardglass v St John Bosco - Bosco

SFC

* Clonduff v Carryduff -Carryduff
* Burren v Kilcoo - Kilcoo

Relegation SFC

* Ballyholland v Glenn - Ballyholland

Whats the predictions for this weekends semi finals? Both IFC and SFC.

Senior
Kilcoo v Burren - Kilcoo should do enough to win by 5+.
Clonduff v Carryduff - could go either way, 50/50 call but I'll go for Carryduff by 2.

Intermediate
An Riocht v Annaclone - Only 3 points separated them in division 2 league standings. An Riocht by 2
Rostrevor v Longstone - Rostrevor most peoples favourites at the start of the championship after winning division 2. Scraped past a div 3 Shamrocks in last 8. Longstone relegated to division 3. Rostrevor to do enough and win by 2.

Junior
Drumaness v East Belfast - East Belfast played a division above this year. Drumaness have a good record in the Junior over the years and won division 4 - Drumaness by 4
Kilclief v St Paul's - Both mid table division 4 this season, St Paul's by 1

SFC
Clann Eireann v Crossmaglen
Probably the draw the neutrals wanted. Clann Eireann will be favourites but Cross seem to have found something in their last couple of games. CE by 2.

Dromintee v Killeavy
A local derby. Killeavy have been going well whereas Dromintee have possibly exceeded most people's expectations and have been involved in quite a few tight games. Killeavy by 1.

IFC
Pearse Og v St Peter's
Pearse Og won the league but St Peter's are a good side. St Peter's by 3

Keady v St Paul's
Both scraped through the quarter final stage. Maybe St Paul's experience at this stage can get them to another final? St Paul's by 1.

JFC
Ballyhegan v Middletown
The favourites up against last years beaten finalists - I also think Middletown were the only team to beat Ballyhegan in the league. Middletown by 2.

Corrinshego v Collegeland
Both will be happy with the draw and now have a very winnable semi final. Corrinshego have been regular semi finalists the past few years, maybe this is the year they get over that hurdle. Corrinshego by 1

Surely the immediate goal should be an amalgamation of the LGFA and Camogie associations?
This would help iron out the major issues that arise every year regarding fixture clashes, etc. The medium term goal once that's bedded in should then be working with the GAA for a unified master fixture calendar at national level, and within counties. Once the conditions are right and the structures are in place without being rushed through, then have the final amalgamation within the next 10-15 years.

When the split season was brought into GAA, I always thought the LGFA missed a trick by shortening their season as well. Within counties there's no doubt that men's club championships would be the priority at this time of year, but on a national level LGFA games would get a lot more attention than they do currently.

Next Round Predictions

IFC Relegation

Ardglass vs Ballymartin - Ballymartin
St John's Bosco vs Atticall - Bosco

SFC relegation

Ballyholland vs Drumgath - Drumgath
Bredagh vs Glenn - Bredagh

IFC 1/4 Finals

Longstone vs Clann na Banna - Clann na Banna
Shamrocks vs Rostrevor - rostrevor
An Riocht vs Liatroim - Liatroim
Annaclone vs St John's - Annaclone

SFC 1/4 finals

Carryduff vs Saul - Carryduff
Bryansford vs Burren - Burren
Loughinisland vs Kilcoo - kilcoo
Clonduff vs Mayobridge - clonduff

A very intersting quarter final draw for the senior championship, a lot of good matches to look forward to. Three south Armagh derbies also.
 
Killeavy v Carrickcruppen - I'd fancy Killeavy to get past cruppen by 2/3 points
Dromintee v Mullabawn - Both teams have had excellent championships so far, I'll go for Dromintee to win by 3/4 points
Crossmaglen v Culloville - Culloville have some excellent young forwards. Cross showed how good they can be when it clicks for them in the previous round. Cross by 5/6 points
Clann Eireann v Madden - Tie of the round, reigning champions v the favourites - CE by 1/2 points

On a separate point, I get why they fix these games for the AG, especially with Armagh TV and floodlights, etc. but surely Cross v  Culloville in Silverbridge would be an excellent atmosphere. Dromintee v Mullabawn and Killeavy v Cruppen would be perfect for a double header in Crossmaglen. Clann Eireann v Madden fair enough in the AG. I just feel these games lose something when they're played in a largely empty stadium.

Tullylish v St John's - St John's
Newry Shamrocks v Darragh Cross - Shamrock
Teconnaught v Clann na Banna - Clann na Banna
An Riocht v Dromara - An Riocht

Senior Championship Round 3

Saul v Castlewellan - Saul
Kilcoo v RGU Downpatrick - Kilcoo
Burren v Saval - Saval
Cumann Pheadair Naofa v Mayobridge - Mayobridge

Next round Predictions

SFC Winners Group

Loughinisland v Warrenpoint - Loughinisland
Bryansford v Saul - Saul
Carryduff v Kilcoo - Carryduff
Clonduff v Burren - clonduff


Losers Group

Glenn v Saval - Glenn
Drumgath v RGU Downpatrick - drumgath
Bredagh v Castlewellan - Bredagh
Ballyholland v Mayobridge - mayobridge



Intermediate Winners Group

Newry Shamrocks v Liatroim Fontenoys - shamrocks
Tullylish v Rostrevor - rostrevor
An Riocht v Longstone - longstone
Teconnaught v Annaclone - annaclone

Intermediate Losers Group

Atticall v Darragh Cross - Darragh cross
Ardglass v St John's - St. John's
Ballymartin v Dromara - Dromara
Clann na Banna v St John Bosco- clann na banna

[Senior Championship Round 1]

Senior Championship Round 1

Thursday 20 August

Glenn John Martins v Bryansford - Glenn

Friday 21 August

Clonduff v RGU Downpatrick - Clonduff

Saturday 22 August

Mayobridge v Carryduff - Carryduff

Saturday 22 August

Castlewellan v Loughinisland - Loughinisland

Sunday 23 August

Drumgath v Kilcoo - kilcoo

Sunday 23 August

Cumann Pheadair Naofa v Saval - CPN

Sunday 23 August

Sabhaill Naomh Pádraig v Bredagh - Bredagh

Monday 24 August

Burren v Ballyholland - Burren


Intermediate Championship Round 1

Thursday 20 August

Atticall v Tullylish - Attica

Friday 21 August

An Riocht v Ballymartin- An Riocht

Friday 21 August

Teconnaught v Dromara - Dromara

Saturday 22 August

St John Bosco v Liatroim - St John Bosco

Saturday 22 August

Longstone v St Mochai's GAC Darragh Cross - Longstone

Sunday 23 August

Ardglass v Newry Shamrocks - Shamrocks

Sunday 23 August

Rostrevor v St John's Drumnaquoile - rostrevor

Monday 24 August

Clann na Banna v Annaclone - Annaclone

1 - Which team do you support?

Manchester United

2 - How long have you supported them?

As long as I remember (in my mid 30s now)

3 - Are you from the same town or city as that club? If not, do you have any personal or familial connection to it? Did you live there for a while? Do you live there now?

Not from there.
Never lived there.

4 - If the answers to 3 are all no, why do you support this team? How did you pick them out of all that's available?

My father supported them since the mid 50s and my older siblings all did too. Never really had much of a choice in it, been attending matches since mid 90s.

5 - When England plays in international competitions, how do you feel about them? Do you
a - Root for England, particularly any players from your favourite EPL club?
b - Don't have a strong opinion one way or another, but would lean slightly towards wanting England to do well
c - Don't have any opinion at all
d - Have a mild preference for England to lose
e - Vigorously support England's opponents, and yearn for the English to do on the receiving end of a bloody good hiding

E. I just want them knocked out as soon as possible so the risk of them winning is gone.

6 - Are there any local clubs in your own town or city that you could give your support to? If there are but you don't, why not? Is the quality of the competition not worth your while? Are the facilities crap? Did you just never get into it? Is it not well publicised and you don't know the games are on?

I support local soccer in my area. Have attended Irish league and local junior football matches from an early age.

The All Blacks won the initial Rugby World Cup in 1995 and lost every time until 2011.
The key was a new manager who changed the way they did things.

It was Steve Hansen

https://i.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/fieldays/69261946/steve-hansen-talks-rugby-at-fieldays8
Planning for "inconvenient facts"  - such as low dairy payouts or unexpected All Black injuries - was vital, Hansen said.

One example was the 2007 World Cup campaign and they'd since learned to consider what could go wrong and have a solution ready.

"We just go to the cupboard and draw that out, and bang," he said.



In 2019 after NZ hammered Ireland Steve Hansen went into the dressing room and told the players that they might have had experience of losing matches at the RWC but that didn't mean they had necessarily learnt anything in the process

South Africa won the 1995 RWC. I think NZ won in 1987, 2011 and 2015.

£90 a season ticket this year, up a tenner each of the last 3 years if memory serves me right. A return of the dreaded quadruple header at Owenbeg to first Sunday of the senior championship

I seen that all the games were fixed for Owenbeg and thought it was bizarre. Surely a few double headers at different club grounds adds to the atmosphere rather than it all being at one venue?

In Armagh in the 2000s I'd say Dromintee v Crossmaglen. Although it was a bit one sided, I don't think anybody else beat Dromintee between 2001-2008.

At county level for me it would be Armagh v Down. Obviously the Tyrone is huge for a lot of people but I'd have Down above it.

Other sports - Taylor v RvB in darts, Man Utd v Arsenal from around 97-2005, Wigan v St Helens and the roosters vs rabbitohs in rugby league, Lakers v Celtics in NBA from many years ago, Australia v England in Test cricket.

So many messy decisions here in this game, Mc Cabe surely had to be booked there, missed two pointer, obv wide from Louth and that was never a free there for Armagh

And the yellow card for Kelly for some unknown reason and the very soft free for Mulroy that lead to a 2 pointer.

Hard to see Louth losing this given the way it's going at the moment. Every 50/50 decision is going their way, the crowd is up, they're playing well and Armagh are a bit flat after a bright start.