All-Ireland SFC Round 3:
Saturday, June 20th
Kerry v Armagh, Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney, 4pm (GAA+)
Mayo v Meath, MacHale Park, Castlebar, 6.15pm (GAA+)
Sunday, June 21st
Dublin v Donegal, Croke Park, 1.15pm (RTÉ One)
Monaghan v Westmeath, St Tiarnach’s Park, Clones, 4pm (GAA+)
Tailteann Cup semi-finals:
Down v Fermanagh, Croke Park, 3pm (RTÉ 2)
Offaly v Wicklow, Croke Park, 5pm (RTÉ News Channel)
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12 hours ago
Here’s Gordon Manning ’s take on the draw:
Kerry will host Armagh in a blockbuster knockout All-Ireland SFC Round 3 showdown next weekend.
Monday morning’s draw also pitted Dublin against Donegal, with the Dubs to have home advantage – though it will be confirmed later today whether the venue is to be Croke Park or Parnell Park.
Speaking after Dublin’s win over Cavan on Sunday, Dublin boss Ger Brennan indicated he would prefer for his side to play a potential Round 3 home match at Parnell Park rather than Croke Park.
However, with the likely high demand for tickets to see Dublin take on Donegal, there may yet be a push from officials for the game to be played at Croke Park.
Dublin manager Ger Brennan during Sunday's game against Cavan at Breffni Park. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho
But the tie of the round is set to take place in Killarney, where one of the All-Ireland favourites will be eliminated from the championship.
Jack O’Connor’s Kerry will have the benefit of home advantage, but there are no safety nets remaining for the reigning Sam Maguire holders. Kieran McGeeney’s Armagh lost to Louth with a buzzer-beater goal in Inniskeen on Sunday.
Mayo will have home advantage against Meath, while Westmeath must travel to Clones to face Monaghan.
In the Tailteann Cup semi-finals, which will take place on Saturday at Croke Park, Down will play face Fermanagh in an all-Ulster clash, while Oisín McConville’s Wicklow will meet fellow Leinster outfit Offaly.
Details of all fixtures will be finalised later today.
12 hours ago
So here are the All-Ireland SFC third-round ties, the team with home advantage listed first:
Monaghan v Westmeath
Dublin v Donegal
Mayo v Meath
Kerry v Armagh
And the Tailteann Cup semi-finals, both of which will be played at Croke Park:
Offaly v Wicklow
Down v Fermanagh
All six games will be played this coming weekend, with times and venues to be confirmed later.
12 hours ago
Now, on to the All-Ireland SFC Round 3 draw.
Remember, two bowls – Donegal, Armagh, Westmeath and Mayo in one, Monaghan, Kerry, Meath and Dublin in the other.
First up, Monaghan draw Westmeath. And Monaghan get home advantage.
Second out of bowl one is Donegal, and they’ll play Dublin. Dublin will have home advantage.
Mayo out next, and they draw Meath. Andy Moran’s Mayo get home advantage.
That’s leaves us with two; Armagh will play Kerry. And Kieran McGeeney’s men will be on the road, Kerry with home advantage. A grimace from Burns after that one.
12 hours ago
And we’re under way. The draw is taking place in Tullamore. GAA president Jarlath Burns is there with Central Competitions Control Committee chair Brian Carroll.
The Tailteann Cup semi-final draw will take place first.
Offaly out first, and they’ll play Wicklow.
Then it’s Down v Fermanagh.
13 hours ago
Not long now. Morning Ireland have gone to the news bulletin, with the draws taking place afterwards.
13 hours ago
The Tailteann Cup draw also has a slight limitation in order to avoid a repeat pairing.
As Offaly and Down already met in Round 2A, the four semi-finalists have been separated into two bowls to avoid that pairing; Offaly and Down in one bowl, Wicklow and Fermanagh in the other.
There’s no home advantage here as both games will be played at Croke Park.
13 hours ago
The format of this morning’s SFC draw will have the Round 2A losers (Donegal, Armagh, Westmeath and Mayo) in one pot to be draw against the Round 2B losers (Monaghan, Kerry, Meath and Dublin) from the other pot.
As we’ve mentioned, the draw will seek to avoid repeat pairings of provincial finalists, and, where possible, repeat pairings of counties who have already met earlier in the series.
With that in mind, the following pairings have been ruled out :
Donegal v Kerry (met in All-Ireland series, Round 1)
Armagh v Monaghan (met in Ulster final)
Westmeath v Dublin (met in Leinster final)
Mayo v Monaghan (met in All-Ireland series, Round 1)
Once the pairings have been set, another draw will take place to determine the venue, the first county out winning home advantage.
13 hours ago
Since we’ve the time, we may as well do a quick run-through of the SFC format so we know how we got ourselves here.
Sixteen teams qualified for this year’s All-Ireland SFC, the eight provincial finalists, last year’s Tailteann Cup winners Kildare, and the seven highest ranking counties from the league who had not otherwise qualified.
That left us with Kerry, Cork, Westmeath, Dublin, Armagh, Monaghan, Roscommon, Galway, Kildare, Donegal, Ma…
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