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Sunday, August 29, 2010

2010 All-Ireland SFC Semi-Final: Down get win over Kildare....

Down 1-16 Kildare 1-14

Down are into the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final against Cork after defeating Kildare by two points at Croke Park.

Kildare's Eamonn Callaghan beat three Down defenders and rounded the goalie, hammering high into the roof of the net in the 58th minute.

Hughie Lynch foulded Down's Danny Hughes in the 55th minute and Lynch was yellow carded.

Eoin O'Flaherty picked up a yellow card for Kildare in the 38th minute.

Half-Time: Down 1-09 Kildare 0-07

A yellow card for Down's Declan Rooney for a clumsy challenge on the 35th minute.

Benny Coulter got a goal for Down in the 12th minute.

Hughie Lynch replaces Dermot Earley in midfield for Kildare before the start of the match.

Attendance: 62,192

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Sunday, August 22, 2010

2010 All-Ireland SFC Semi-Final: Cork get an amazing victory over Dublin....

Cork 1-15 Dublin 1-14

Cork came from behind in the last few minutes of the match to beat Dublin in this All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-final.

Cork will now meet the winners of the Down/Kildare SFC semi-final (to be played next Sunday).

Match Notes:
Ross McConnell got a second yellow card in the 67th minute and is sent off.

Dublin's Ross McConnell fouls to give Cork a penalty. Donnacha O'Connor stepped up and struck the ball off the post and into the net.

Half-Time: Cork 0-07 Dublin 1-08

Dublin's Bernard Brogan got the first score of the match within the first minute, with a brilliantly taken goal.

There are doubts over the fitness of Cork's Graham Canty, but it has been confirmed that he will start.

Cork XV: Alan Quirke, Ray Carey, Michael Shields, John Miskella, Noel O'Leary, Graham Canty, Paudie Kissane, Alan O'Connor, Aidan Walsh, Paul Kerrigan, Pearse O'Neill, Patrick Kelly, Daniel Goulding, Ciaran Sheehan, Donncha O'Connor.

Dublin XV: Stephen Cluxton, Michael Fitzsimons, Rory O'Carroll, Philly McMahon, Kevin Nolan, Ger Brennan, Cian O'Sullivan, Ross McConnell, Michael Darragh MaCauley, Niall Corkery, Alan Brogan, Bryan Cullen, David Henry, Eoghan O'Gara, Bernard Brogan.

Referee: Maurice Deegan

Attendance: 82, 233

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Saturday, August 21, 2010

2010 All-Ireland SFC Semi-Final: Cork v Dublin...

Cork take on Dublin in the first of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-finals at Croke Park on Sunday August 22 at 3:30 PM.

Cork XV: Alan Quirke, Ray Carey, Michael Shields, John Miskella, Noel O'Leary, Graham Canty, Paudie Kissane, Alan O'Connor, Aidan Walsh, Paul Kerrigan, Pearse O'Neill, Patrick Kelly, Daniel Goulding, Ciaran Sheehan, Donncha O'Connor.

Dublin XV: Stephen Cluxton, Michael Fitzsimons, Rory O'Carroll, Philly McMahon, Kevin Nolan, Ger Brennan, Cian O'Sullivan, Ross McConnell, Michael Darragh Macauley, Niall Corkery, Alan Broganm, Bryan Cullen, David Henry, Eoghan O'Gara, Bernard Brogan

Referee: Maurice Deegan
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Sunday, August 15, 2010

2010 All-Ireland SHC Semi-Final: Tipperary defeat Waterford...

Tipperary 3-19 Waterford 1-18

Tipperary set up a repeat of last year's All-Ireland Hurling final with a comfortable seven-point win over Waterford in Croke Park.
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010

2010 All-Ireland SHC Semi-Final: Kilkenny easily defeat Cork...

Kilkenny 3-22 Cork 0-19

Kilkenny cruised into the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final with a 12 point win over Cork. The Cats' semi-final victory keep alive their chances of an unprecedented five-in-a-row.
 
Kilkenny XV: PJ Ryan, J Dalton, N Hickey, J Tyrrell, T Walsh (0-01), B Hogan, JJ Delaney, J Fitzpatrick (0-02), M Fennelly (0-02), TJ Reid (0-01), H Shefflin (0-02, 1f), E Larkin (0-01), E Brennan (1-01), R Power (1-08, 0-06f), A Fogarty (1-02).

Subs: J Ryall for Hogan, M Comerford (0-02) for Shefflin, M Rice for Brennan, J Mulhall for Reid, D Lyng for Fitzpatrick

Cork XV: D Óg Cusack, S Murphy, E Cadogan, B Murphy, J Gardiner (0-02), R Curran, S Óg Ó hAilpín (0-01), T Kenny, C Naughton (0-01), C McCarthy, K Murphy, N McCarthy (0-01), P Horgan (0-06, 0-01f, 0-01pen), A Ó hAilpín, B O'Connor (0-07, 6f).

Subs: W Egan for C McCarthy, P O'Sullivan for A Ó hAilpín, J O'Connor (0-01) for Murphy, M Cussen for Naughton, G Callanan for Kenny

Referee: B Gavin (Offaly).

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Sunday, August 1, 2010

2010 All-Ireland SFC Quarter-finals: Kildare triumph over Meath...

Kildare 2-17 Meath 1-12

Kildare defeat Meath.

Kildare's Dermot Earley had to go off after just three minutes with an injury.

Meath got a penalty in the 14th minute and Cian Ward scored a goal from the conversion.

Half -Time: Kildare 2-05 Meath 1-09

Meath XV: Brendan Murphy, Chris O'Connor, Kevin Reilly, Eoghan Harrington, Anthony Moyles, Gary O'Brien, Caoimhín King, Nigel Crawford, Brian Meade, Seamus Kenny, Joe Sheridan, Graham Reilly, Cian Ward, Shane O'Rourke, Stephen Bray

Kildare XV: Shane McCormack, Peter Kelly, Hugh McGrillen, Aindriú MacLochlainn, Morgan O'Flaherty, Emmet Bolton, Brian Flanagan, Daryl Flynn, Dermot Earley, James Kavanagh, Padraig O'Neill, Eoghan O'Flaherty, John Doyle, Alan Smith, Eamonn Callaghan

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2010 All-Ireland SFC Quarter-finals: Cork defeat Roscommon...

Cork 1-16 Roscommon 0-10

Cork defeated Roscommon in this Senior Football Championship quarter-final, to book a semi-final spot against Dublin.

Cork XV: Alan Quirke, Ray Carey, Michael Shields, Jamie O'Sullivan, Noel O'Leary, Graham Canty, Paudie Kissane, Derek Kavanagh, Aidan Walsh, Paul Kerrigan, Pearse O'Neill, Paddy Kelly, Daniel Goulding, Ciaran Sheehan, Colm O'Neill.


Roscommon XV: Geoffrey Claffey, Seán McDermott, Peter Domican, Stephen Ormsby, Seán Purcell, Cathal Dineen, David Casey, Michael Finneran, Karol Mannion, David Keenan, David O'Gara, Cathal Gregg, John Rogers, Donal Shine, Ger Heneghan

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Saturday, July 31, 2010

2010 All-Ireland SFC Quarter-finals: Dublin defeat Tyrone...

Tyrone 0-13 Dublin 1-15

Dublin get a sensational victory over Tyrone in this Senior Football Championship quarter-final at Croke Park.

Half-Time: Tyrone 0-07 Dublin 0-07

Tyrone XV: Pascal McConnell; Cathal McCarron, Justin McMahon, Ryan McMenamin; Davy Harte, Conor Gormley, Philip Jordan; Colm Cavanagh, Kevin Hughes; Brian Dooher, Brian McGuigan, Joe McMahon; Martin Penrose, Seán Cavanagh, Owen Mulligan

Dublin XV: Stephen Cluxton; Michael Fitzsimons, Rory O'Carroll, Philip McMahon; Kevin Nolan, Gerard Brennan, Barry Cahill; Michael Dara McAuley, Ross McConnell; Bryan Cullen, Alan Brogan, Niall Corkery; David Henry, Eoghan O'Gara, Bernard Brogan

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2010 All-Ireland SFC Quarter-finals: Kerry lose to Down...

Kerry 1-10 Down 1-16

Down created somewhat of an upset by defeating reigning champions Kerry in this All-Ireland SFC quarter-final match.

Down's Mark Poland in the first minute of the game capitalizes on some very sloppy play in the Kerry defence and scores a goal.

Half-Time: Kerry 0-04 Down 1-07

Down XV:
Brendan McVeigh; Daniel McCartan, Dan Gordon, Damien Rafferty; Declan Rooney, kevin McKernan, Conor Garvey; Ambrose Rodgers, Kalum King; Daniel Hughes, Mark Poland, Paul McCumiskey; Benny Coulter, John Clarke, Martin Clarke

Kerry XV:
Brendan Kealy; Marc Ó Sé, Tommy Griffin, Tom O'Sullivan; Aidan O'Mahony, Mike McCarthy, Killian Young; Seamus Scanlon, Mícheál Quirke; Darran O'Sullivan, Declan O'Sullivan, Donnacha Walsh; Colm Cooper, Kieran Donaghy, Bryan Sheehan

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Thursday, July 29, 2010

2010 All-Ireland SFC Quarter-Finals Matches...

The Kildare v Meath clash is the only same province tie which guarantees Leinster at least one representative in the semi-finals.

Kerry are bidding to reach the semifinals for the 11th successive year. Down are in the last eight for the first time under the new championship system.

Dublin are trying to put two successive nightmare quarter-final memories behind them. Tyrone are trying to reach the semi-final for a third successive year.

Roscommon are trying to make the last four for the first time since 1991. Cork are attempting to maintain a 100% quarter-final record.

The quarter-final will all be played  in Croke Park on Saturday and Sunday next.

The weekend fixtures is as follows:

Saturday:
•  Down v Kerry, 2:00PM
•  Dublin v Tyrone, 4:00PM


Sunday:
•  Cork v Roscommon, 2:00PM
•  Kildare v Meath, 4:00PM

The quarter-final draw has also cleared the way for the semi-final pairings which will be as follows:

• August 22: Roscommon/Cork v Tyrone/Dublin


• August 29: Kildare/Meath v Kerry/Down

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