All-Ireland Series Sam Maguire 2026

[AustinPowers]

At least we are guaranteed an Ulster Team in the semi finals.

Ehhh...how'd you work that one out then?

Louth honorary Ulstermen?

Louth was originally  in the province of Ulster

[DaleCooper]

Beggan injury update?  Louth with real hope of All Ireland semi final if hes out. Their sub got a run out and made a decent save.

Con came off as well which is why Galway should see off the Dubs

[imtommygunn]

Is Con O'Callaghan injured?

[Blowitupref]

Is Con O'Callaghan injured?

Yes looked like his hamstring again.

Beggan injury update? 

Dead leg, sub made was a precaution. He'll play against Louth

[AustinPowers]

You have to hand it to Kerry.

Nothing won yet obviously but they produce more quality footballers than any other county.

100% - they are never capable of dipping as low as everyone else when the cycles of good teams gets near the end. Will always be there. The lack of interest in hurling, rugby, soccer compared to the rest of Munster is incredible as well, football mad

Been hearing for years that funding  for hurling is needed in  counties (mostly north of the Galway-Dublin line) to  improve the standards and make more counties competitive.

Nothing about  funding for Munster counties    to improve the standard of  football . Just seems to be accepted , ah Kerry are just too good , sure what would be the point?

Cork have their moments , but mostly it's a cakewalk every year.

[Captain Obvious]

You have to hand it to Kerry.

Nothing won yet obviously but they produce more quality footballers than any other county.

100% - they are never capable of dipping as low as everyone else when the cycles of good teams gets near the end. Will always be there. The lack of interest in hurling, rugby, soccer compared to the rest of Munster is incredible as well, football mad

1987 to 1995 just one All-Ireland semi-final appearances in 1991 and had to watch Cork clean up In Munster winning a few All-Irelands during that time they lost to Clare in a Munster final unthinkable nowadays.

[Hoof Hearted]

Galway Dublin and Louth Monaghan double header on Sunday to allow the extra days rest for teams that played yesterday?

correct, 1.45 and 4.00 (dublin galway at 4)

other 2 double header on Sat 4.00 and 6.15 (Tyrone Kerry at 6.15)

[GalwayBayBoy]

All Ireland SFC QF details:

Saturday

1600 - Cork v Mayo - GAA+

1815 - Kerry v Tyrone - GAA+

Sunday

1345 - Louth v Monaghan - RTÉ

1600 - Dublin v Galway - RTÉ

[tonto1888]

Cork, Kerry, Monaghan, Galway for the wins

[Wildweasel74]

Cork had Tompkins and Fahy back then, made a massive difference to Cork.

[Grace Murphy]

Cork Tyrone Louth Dublin

[befair]

Sorry guys but haven't time to read back thru 30 pages of messages so just giving a quick recap on Kerry v Armagh. It didn't go as I expected, Kerry blew us out of the water (Again) and were fully deserved winners. Armagh were awful form 1 -15 and got what they deserved, defence were shocking bad (how B McCambridge can't get on in that defence is shocking) Midfield is non existing and the forward line playing across the way back and forth whilst Kerry just take the ball and in 2 passes it's in the net or over the bar. I said last week if Kerry push up on Armagh and make them kick it long then they'd be in trouble and that's what Kerry done (Don't mention it Jack).
Anyway...all the best to Kerry for the remainder of the Championship and bar Galway I can't see anyone else beating them, one slight complaint is the stand in Killarney was brutal and so uncomfortable to sit on, the only one worse I can remember is Cusack Park, Mullingar.
Season is over for us but whoever you follow may the luck follow you to the end (except Tyrone, only joking my friendly neighbours)

Thought Armagh were competitive in the first half, perhaps even the better team. Some inexplicably bad shooting and then that calamitous goal led to the collapse. But disappointed they didn't put up more of a fight

[MC]

Galway v Dublin - ask me last week and I'd have said Galway. Now I'm not so sure. Dublin have their issues, but they showed up against Donegal and were by far the better side - only for some shocking shooting they would have won by 8+ in normal time. Galway building nicely, key players all fit(ish) for once, capable of winning the whole thing imo. This should be a brilliant game.

Cork v Mayo - probably the draw they both would have wanted. I think Cork will shade it, I don't think either are realistic AI contenders. I saw Mayo first hand against Tyrone - didn't think either of the two were great. Mayo's bench isn't great and their defence are shaky at best. Good keeper though. Cork have been improving - but only time I've seen them live this year was in the league against Derry and they were awful. Only the league, and they did get promotion - close game.

Tyrone v Kerry - can't see past Kerry here. The Tyrone defence will be stretched too thin to cope in the wide open Croke park space (I assume all quarters are in croker?). They also don't have the same calibre of forward that Kerry does, though who does. Sean O'Shea coming back to fitness too is huge. This could be a tanking as I don't buy into the Tyrone coming good thinking. The Tyrone v Mayo game was not a great game, the introduction of Darren McCurry who scored 6 points on the tight Omagh pitch was the difference in the 2 teams and even at that, a fortuitous last minute free gifted Tyrone the win. Kerry brushed Armagh aside quite easily - armagh are bigger and more of a running team than Tyrone are so I'm struggling to see anything but a similar result. However, Tyrone v Kerry can take on a life of its own, so who knows.

Louth v Monaghan - brilliant draw for both of them. Monaghan just have that never say die attitude that you can't coach into a team. I had actually expected Westmeath to beat them, but Monaghan fully deserved their win. Louth have been excellent this year and Mulroy is one of the best footballers in the country. They're well coached and playing in croker will likely suit them. Really struggle to call this one, but I'll go for Louth as they've had an extra week to prepare and rest.

Galway v Dublin - Galway may benefit from Dublin fatigue with a weeks less recovery and extra time on top. Injuries and niggles will also have an impact - Dublin may be hampered in this regard whereas Galway seem to be more injury free than they have been for a long time.

Cork v Mayo - again the weeks extra recovery may tell - but Mayo possibly have better forwards and might prevail if they can restirct Cork's 2 point shooters.

Tyrone - v Kerry - hard to see anything but a Kerry win unless MOR starts living up to his reputation a bit more.
However, the wide open spaces of Croke Park are a myth - Tyrone's home pitch is the same size as Croke Park as are a lot of pitches throughout the country - and about half a dozen are actually larger. If anything, I wonder if Croke Park feels tighter with the high stands - especially when it's a full house.
Armagh's running game wasn't as focused last weekend and I wonder if it can actually leave teams exposed in the turnovers - Kerry scored a few goals on the break with a defence largely missing and exposed.

Louth v Monaghan - probably the hardest to call - but agree the weeks extra recovery - and Monaghan relying on quite a few older players - may be enough of an advantage for some strong Louth men.

[Look-Up!]

Croke Park is the maximum allowable playing surface size wise. While there might be others the same size, a lot of them for want of a better phrase, are built in a bog. Croke Park surface plays very fast so in that sense, Croke Park is as big and as fast as they come.

You could argue best time to meet Kerry with a fast turnaround 3 weeks on the hop and Tyrone with a 2 week rest. Or you could argue Kingdom only warming up for Croker. I'd be leaning to the latter.

[Blowitupref]

Best value bet?

Odds
Cork 5/4 Mayo 4/5
Kerry 3/10 Tyrone 3/1
Louth 11/10 Monaghan evens
Galway 4/6 Dublin 6/4