Senior footballers hope to keep 100pc record against Ros’ in SFC

Three of the four provincial champions, Donegal, Dublin and Kerry made successful starts in the GAA Football All-Ireland quarter-final ‘Super 8s’ at the weekend, leaving Roscommon as only losing champions.

The Connacht men lost to Tyrone while Donegal, Dublin and Kerry beat Meath, Cork and Mayo respectively.

The action continues next weekend when four Phase 2 games are played in Croke Park on Saturday and Sunday

SATURDAY

Group 2: Cork v Tyrone, Croke Park, 5.0; Dublin v Roscommon, Croke Park, 7.0

SUNDAY

Group 1: Mayo v Meath, Croke Park, 2.0; Donegal v Kerry, Croke Park 4.0

DUBLIN v ROSCOMMON

They meet for a second successive year in the ‘Super 8s’, with Dublin having won by 4-24 to 2-16 in Phase 3 in Croke Park last season.

RESULTS SO FAR

DUBLIN

Dublin 5-21 Louth 0-10

Dublin 0-26 Kildare 0-11

Dublin 1-17 Meath 0-4 (Leinster final)

Dublin 5-18 Cork 1-17 (Super 8)

Top Scorers

Cormac Costello....1-25 (0-13 frees, 0-4 ‘45s’)

Paul Mannion.........0-14

Con O’Callaghan...2-7

Brian Fenton..........2-5

Ciaran Kilkenny.....1-7

ROSCOMMON

Roscommon 3-17 Leitrim 0-12

Roscommon 2-12 Mayo 0-17

Roscommon 1-13 Galway 0-12 (Connacht final)

Tyrone 0-17 Roscommon 0-13 (Super 8)

Top Scorers

Conor Cox..................0-17 (0-7 frees)

Diarmuid Murtagh......1-10 (0-7 frees)

Shane Killoran............2-1

Darren O’Malley........0-5 (’45s’, 2 frees)

PREVIOUS CHAMPIONSHIP MEETINGS

2018: Dublin 4-24 Roscommon 2-16 (‘Super 8s’ – Round 3)

2004: Dublin 1-14 Roscommon 0-13 (Qualifiers)

1979: Dublin 0-14 Roscommon 1-10 (All-Ireland semi-final)

1912: Dublin 2-4 Roscommon 1-1 (All-Ireland semi-final)

1893: Dublin 1-9 Roscommon 1-1 (All-Ireland semi-final)

*It’s 5-0 to Dublin from their five championship meetings with Roscommon. In the Allianz League, Dublin lead 20-8 with two draws from 30 games.

* Dublin beat Roscommon by 2-14 to 1-12 in Dr Hyde Pak in this year’s Allianz League.

CORK v TYRONE

They meet in the championship for a second successive year. Tyrone won a Round 4 qualifier by 3-20 to 0-13 in Portlaoise last year.

RESULTS SO FAR

CORK

Cork 3-18 Limerick 0-6

Kerry 1-19 Cork 3-10 (Munster final)

Cork 4-20 Laois 1-15

Dublin 5-18 Cork 1-17

Top Scorers

Mark Collins....1-26 (0-16 frees)

Brian Hurley........5-7 (1f)

Luke Connolly.....3-3 (2-0 pens)

Paul Kerrigan........1-5

Ruairi Deane.........1-3

TYRONE

Tyrone 1-19 Derry 1-13

Tyrone 2-23 Antrim 2-9

Donegal 1-16 Tyrone 0-15

Tyrone 2-15 Longford 1-14

Tyrone 2-22 Kildare 1-15

Tyrone 1-20 Cavan 0-7

Tyrone 0-17 Roscommon 0-13

TOP SCORERS

Cathal McShane......2-37 (0-19 frees)

Peter Harte................0-26 (0-18 frees)

Darren McCurry........2-10 (0-1 free)

Mattie Donnelly........0-9

Michael Cassidy .......1-5

* This will be only the fourth championship clash between the counties, with Cork having two and Tyrone one of the previous three. Cork beat Tyrone by 5-10 to 2-4 in the 1973 All-Ireland semi-final and by 1-13 to 0-11 in the 2009 All-Ireland semi-final. Tyrone won last year, beating Cork by 3-20 to 0-13 in a Round 4 qualifier.

HOW THE TABLE STANDS

.............................P.....W......D......L........For.........Ag.........Difference.....Points

Dublin..................1......1.......0.......0........5-18.....1-17..........+13.................2

Tyrone.................1.......1.......0.......0........0-17.....0-13..........+4...................2

Roscommon........1.........0......0.......1.......0-13.....0-17...........-4...................0

Cork.....................1.........0......0.......1........1-17.....5-18.........-13...................0

MAYO v MEATH

They meet in the championship for the first time since 2009 when Meath won an All-Ireland quarter-final by three points. Mayo’s last championship win over Meath in the 1951All-Ireland final (2-8 to 0-9). It was also the last time Mayo won the All-Ireland.

RESULTS SO FAR

MAYO

Mayo 1-22 New York 0-4

Roscommon 2-12 Mayo 0-17

Mayo 1-16 Down 1-11

Mayo 2-13 Armagh 1-15

Mayo 2-13 Galway 1-13

Kerry 1-22 Mayo 0-15

Top Scorers

Darren Coen......0-16

Conor Loftus ...1-6 (0-5 frees)

James Carr........2-2

Cillian O’Connor....0-14 (0-10 frees, 0-1 pen)

Fionn McDonagh....1-4

MEATH

Meath 1-13 Offaly 0-14

Meath 2-18 Carlow 0-9

Meath 3-13 Laois 0-11

Dublin 1-17 Meath 0-4 (Leinster final)

Meath 2-16 Clare 1-18

Donegal 2-19 Meath 1-13

Top Scorers

Mickey Newman...........4-22 (0-14 frees, 2-0 pens)

Bryan Menton................3-7

James Conlon................0-13

Bryan McMahon...........1-7

Cillian O’Sullivan..........0-9

LAST FIVE CHAMPIONSHIP MEETINGS

2009: Meath 2-15 Mayo 1-15 (All-Ireland quarter-final)

1996: Meath 2-9 Mayo 1-11 (All-Ireland final) Replay

1996: Meath 0-12 Mayo 1-9 (All-Ireland final) Draw

1988: Meath 0-15 Mayo 2-5 (All-Ireland semi-final)

1967: Meath 3-14 Mayo 1-14 (All-Ireland semi-final)

*Mayo manager, James Horan played against Meath in both the 1996 All-Ireland final draw and replay. He scored 0-3 in the drawn game (Meath 0-12 Mayo 1-9) and 0-5 in the replay (Meath 2-9 Mayo 1-11). He won an All Star award later in the year.

DONEGAL v KERRY

This will be only the third championship game between them, with wins at one each from the previous two. Donegal won the 2012 All-Ireland quarter-final by 1-12 to 1-10; Kerry won the 2014 All-Ireland final by 2-9 to 0-12.

RESULTS SO FAR

Donegal 0-15 Fermanagh 0-9

Donegal 1-16 Tyrone 0-15

Donegal 1-24 Cavan 2-16 (Ulster final)

Donegal 2-19 Meath 1-13

Top Scorers

Jamie Brennan..........2-14

Paddy McBrearty.....1-19 (0-7 frees)

Michael Murphy ......0-14 (0-5 frees, 0-1 ‘45’)

Oisin Gallen...............1-2

Ryan McHugh..........0-4

KERRY

Kerry 1-15 Clare 0-12

Kerry 1-19 Cork 3-10 (Munster final)

Kerry 1-22 Mayo 0-15

Top Scorers

Sean O’Shea..... .........0-20 (0-17 frees)

David Clifford.............0-14 (0-4 frees)

Paul Geaney...............1-4

James O’Donoghue.....1-2

Stephen O’Brien..........0-5

HOW THE TABLE STANDS

..........................P........W......D.....L.....For......Against...Difference.....Pts

Kerry.................1.........1.......0.....0.....1-22......0-15.........+10..............2

Donegal.............1.........1.......0......0....2-19......1-13........+9.................2

Meath...............1..........0.......0......1...1-13.......2-19........-9.................0

Mayo.................1..........0.......0......1....0-15......1-22........-10...............0

GAA FOOTBALL ALL-IRELAND & PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 2019

CONNACHT

May 5: Quarter-finals: Galway 0-16 London 1-9, McGovern Park, Ruislip; Mayo 1-22 New York 0-4, Gaelic Park.

May 12: Quarter-final: Roscommon 3-17 Leitrim 0-12, Dr. Hyde Park.

May 19: Semi-final: Galway 3-11 Sligo 0-7, Markievicz Park.

May 26: Semi-final: Roscommon 2-12 Mayo 0-17, Castlebar

June 16: Final: Roscommon 1-13 Galway 0-12, Pearse Stadium

LEINSTER

May 11: First round: Kildare 0-15 Wicklow 1-10, Netwatch Cullen Park.

May 12: First round: Louth 0-22 Wexford 1-14, Innovate Wexford Park; Meath 1-13 Offaly 0-14, Pairc Tailteann.

May 25: Quarter-finals: Dublin 5-21 Louth 0-10, Portlaoise; Meath 2-18 Carlow 0-9, Bord na Mona Park, Portlaoise.

May 26: Quarter-finals: Longford 3-15 Kildare 1-21 (aet), Tullamore; Laois 0-12 Westmeath 0-10, Tullamore

June 2: Quarter-final replay: Kildare 1-18 Longford 0-10, Tullamore

June 9: Semi-finals: Dublin 0-26 Kildare 0-11; Meath 3-13 Laois 0-11. Both in Croke Park.

June 23: Final: Dublin 1-17 Meath 0-4, Croke Park

MUNSTER

May 11: Quarter-finals: Limerick 3-11 Tipperary 1-10, Semple Stadium; Clare 0-9 Waterford 0-8, Ennis

June 1: Semi-finals: Cork 3-18 Limerick 0-6 Pairc Ui Rinn; Kerry 1-15 Clare 0-12, Ennis.

June 22: Final: Kerry 1-19 Cork 3-10, Pairc Ui Chaoimh.

ULSTER

May 12: First round: Tyrone 1-19 Derry 1-13, Omagh.

May 18: Quarter-final: Cavan 1-13 Monaghan 0-12, Kingspan Breffni Park.

May 19: Quarter-final: Armagh 2-17 Down 3-13 (aet), Newry.

May 25: Quarter-final: Tyrone 2-23 Antrim 2-9, Athletic Grounds.

May 26: Quarter-final: Donegal 0-15 Fermanagh 0-9, Brewster Park.

June 2: Semi-final: Cavan 0-17Armagh 1-14 (aet), Clones.

June 8: Semi-final: Donegal 1-16 Tyrone 0-15, Kingspan Breffni Park.

June 9: Semi-final replay: Cavan 0-23 Armagh 0-17, Clones.

June 23: Final: Donegal 1-24 Cavan 2-16, Clones.

ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONSHIPS

June 8/9: Qualifiers – Round 1: Antrim 2-16 Louth 1-11, Drogheda; Down 1-13 Tipperary 1-10, Newry; Leitrim 0-15 Wicklow 0-13, Carrick-on-Shannon; Derry 4-16 Wexford 0-10, Innovate Wexford Park; Offaly 1-21 London 1-11, Tullamore; Monaghan 1-10 Fermanagh 1-6, Clones; Longford 2-11 Carlow 0-7, Netwatch Cullen Park; Westmeath 1-22 Waterford 0-7, Mullingar.

June 22/23: Qualifiers – Round 2: Westmeath 2-13 Limerick 1-10, Mullingar; Tyrone 2-15 Longford 1-14, Glennon Brothers Pearse Park; Kildare 1-25 Antrim 0-14, Corrigan Park; Clare 3-17 Leitrim 0-17, Carrick-on-Shannon; Mayo 1-16 Down 1-11, Newry; Laois 1-13 Derry 0-12, Owenbeg; Offaly3-17 Sligo 0-15, Tullamore; Armagh 2-17 Monaghan 1-12, Clones.

June 29: Qualifiers- Round 3: Tyrone 2-22 Kildare 1-15, Newbridge; Clare 1-13 Westmeath 0-15, Mullingar; Mayo 2-13 Armagh 1-15, Castlebar; Laois 0-20 Offaly 0-15, Portlaoise.

July 6/7: Qualifiers – Round 4: Cork 4-20 Laois1-15, Semple Stadium; Tyrone 1-20 Cavan 0-7, Clones; Mayo 2-13 Galway 1-13, LIT Gaelic Grounds; Meath 2-16 Clare 1-18, Portlaoise.

July 13: All-Ireland quarter-final – Phase 1

Group 2: Tyrone 0-17 Roscommon 0-13, Dr.Hyde Park; Dublin 5-18 Cork 1-17, Croke Park.

July14: All-Ireland quarter-finals – Phase 1

Group 1: Kerry 1-22 Mayo 0-15, Killarney; Donegal 2-19 Meath 1-13, Ballybofey.

July 20: All-Ireland quarter-finals – Phase 2

Group 2: Dublin v Roscommon; Cork v Tyrone (Both in Croke Park)

July 21: Group 1: Donegal v Kerry; Meath v Mayo (Both in Croke Park)

August 3/4/5: All-Ireland quarter-finals – Phase 3

Group 1: Mayo Donegal; Meath v Kerry.

Group 2: Tyrone v Dublin; Cork v Roscommon

August 10/11: All-Ireland semi-finals, Croke Park.

September 1: Final, Croke Park.