Compiled by John Fallon
CLARE, Westmeath, Down and Leitrim have all earned home advantage as they bid to follow in Tyrone’s footsteps and claim the TG4 All-Ireland intermediate title at Croke Park on the first Sunday in August.
Carlow are the only team through to the semi-finals of the junior championship where they will be joined by either Limerick or Sligo, while in Group A Derry, Antrim and Offaly are battling it out to make the last four.
Sunday June 28
TG4 All-Ireland Intermediate Championship quarter-finals
Clare v Fermanagh; Zimmer Biomet Páirc Chíosóg, Ennis, 2pm – Live on Streamsport
Clare had six points to spare over Wexford and pipped Laois by a point to secure a home draw in this year’s race for the TG4 Intermediate Championship.
Fermanagh booked their place in the last eight when they saw off Wicklow by 2-28 to 1-7, having gone down by 4-12 to 1-13 in their opening clash against Leitrim.
CLARE: R Sexton; H Doyle, R Doohan, Aisling Kelly; Abi Kelly, J Doohan (capt.), E Burke; T Collins, A Slattery; A Sexton, E Hanrahan, S Considine; L Kelly, C Moloney, L Conway.
FERMANAGH: A Haren; A O’Brien, S McCarville, S McQuade (capt.); A Keenan, C Bogue, B Bannon; A McCarney, C Breen; E Carrigan, N McManus, C Gallagher; C McGarrigle, E Smyth, J Doonan.
Westmeath v Wexford; TEG Cusack Park, Westmeath, 2pm – Live on LGFA Facebook & YouTube
Westmeath, beaten semi-finalists last year, come into the quarter-finals on the back of two good wins, having defeated Monaghan by 3-9 to 0-4 and then edged out Louth by 3-12 to 3-9.
Wexford lost their opening game to Clare by two goals but secured their place in the knockout stages with a 5-12 to 2-14 win over last year’s finalists Laois.
WESTMEATH: A Temple; Lara McCartan, L Power, F Coyle (capt.); P Ruane, S Murphy, C Gonoud; A Jones, V Carr; A Keegan, Lucy McCartan, T Dillon; K Kilmurray, S Dillion, R Higgins.
WEXFORD: S Cloake; A Tormey, K English, O Kehoe; J Dempsey, A Halligan (capt.), R Hughes; B McDonald, C Donnelly; N Cullen, C Banville, A Cullen; A Wilson, A Fortune, K Dempsey.
Down v Monaghan; Páirc Esler, Newry, 2pm
Down got their campaign off to a flying start with a 5-13 to 0-8 win over Cavan but they went down by four points to Roscommon last time out.
Monaghan suffered a heavy defeat to Westmeath in their opening game but book a quarter-final spot on the back of a four points win over last year’s junior champions Louth.
DOWN: M Deery; N Loudon, E Sands, A Greene; N Edgar, O Blaney, N McClory; M Doherty, K Howlett; A Laverty, L Duffy (capt.), N McGrath; N King, E Fitzpatrick, E Hicks.
MONAGHAN: O Kelly; A Loughman, A McQuaid, K Nolan; A Garland, A Kierans, L Garland; J Duffy, N Flanagan; A McCormack, R Courtney (capt.), C Treanor; C McBride, M Atkinson, L Maguire.
Leitrim v Roscommon; Heartland Credit Union Páirc Seán MacDiarmada, 2pm
Leitrim have been very impressive in the championship so far, ousting Wicklow by 2-16 to 1-5 and defeating neighbours Fermanagh by 4-12 to 1-13.
Roscommon went down by three points to Cavan but bounced back to advance with a 2-13 to 1-12 victory over Down.
LEITRIM: M Guckian (capt.); D Beirne, C Tyrrell, N Morahan; R McIntyre, L Devaney, S Reynolds; A Devaney, C Dolan; A Gilmartin, L Fox, V Egan; K Gormley, M Devaney, L O’Dowd.
ROSCOMMON: H Cummins (capt.); M McKeon, A Connaughton, A McGrath; E Thompson, Ria Lennon, R Cox; E Irwin, A Curran; N Feeney, S Wynne, A Feely; Roise Lennon, L Mannion, C Lennon.
Relegation qualifier
Cavan v Laois; Athlone GAA, 2pm
Laois were runners-up to Tyrone at Croke Park in last year’s TG4 All-Ireland intermediate final but now face a battle to stay in the grade after losses to Clare and Wexford, while Cavan also suffered double defeats to Roscommon and Down.
CAVAN: E Baugh; Z Fay, S Lynch (capt.), A Kennedy; L Crowe, E McIntyre, S Greene; M Fitzpatrick, D Lynch; K McCormack, E Sheridan, C Dolan; N Keenaghan, A Sheridan, N McCorry.
LAOIS: E Barry; D Phelan, S Farrelly, M Cotter; F McEvoy, A Moran (capt.), L Culleton; S Larkin, A Healy; F Dooley, S Havill, C Crowley; M O’Hara, E Lacey, M Branagan.
Louth v Wicklow; Donaghmore Ashbourne GAA, 2pm
There was TG4 All-Ireland junior championship glory for Louth last year when they defeated Antrim in the final at Croke Park but defeats to Westmeath (three points) and Monaghan (four points) leave them in relegation trouble against a Wicklow side who suffered big defeats to Leitrim and Fermanagh.
LOUTH: R Lambe Fagan; S Matthews, H Lambe Sally, R Beirth; A Murray, S Mc Laughlin, L Byrne; A Breen (capt.), A Halligan; A Russell, C Nolan, L White; C Woods, E Byrne, L Lynch.
WICKLOW: E Kirwan; S O Toole, O O’Keeffe, E Doyle; M Renaghan, S Evans, N McGillycuddy; E Bourke, A Lalor; M Healy, E Parke, M Phelan; N Caffrey, L Dunne (capt.), L Butler.
TG4 All-Ireland Junior Championship
Group A Round 5
Kilkenny v Antrim; UPMC Nowlan Park, 2pm
Antrim, runners-up to Louth in last year’s TG4 All-Ireland junior final, will be expected to win this one and remain in contention.
KILKENNY: E Moran; E Stuart, E Dunphy, K Hennessy; C Brennan, E Brennan, D Tervit-Kruger; S Smith, A Ryan; K Grace, R Doherty, C Moore; N Goddnes, B Lomax (capt.), M Ryan.
ANTRIM: H McGahey; A Mulholland, M Blaney, A Kelly; L Agnew, D Coleman, H Donaghy; O Dahunsi, A Tubridy; T Mellon, B Devlin (capt.), C Taggart; A Taggart, M O Neill, C Maguire.
Offaly v Derry; Grant Heating St Brendan’s Park, Birr, 2pm
Offaly, given that Antrim are likely to win their remaining game, need to win this one against a Derry team who have won three from three so far. If Offaly and Antrim win then all three will be tied on nine points at the top of the table and scoring difference will decide who advances. If two teams are tied then the winner of the head-to-head advances. Derry have beaten both of them while Antrim’s 4-15 to 1-9 win over Offaly could yet be crucial.
OFFALY: L Dunne; S Coleman, N Buckley, A Grehan; J Maher, R Ennis (capt.), T Tyrell; E Hand, M Rouse; M Byrne, E Maher, F McDermott; C Lynam, L Flynn, S Doyle.
DERRY: T Cassidy; A Mulligan, S Hargan, J Corr; A Donnelly, B Donnelly (capt.), S Duggan; S Heron, K Hargan; C Moore, C Donnelly, A Ni Lochlainn; A McAlister, J Shivers, J Slevin.
Group B Round 3
Limerick v Sligo; Gerald Griffins GAA, 2pm – Live on Streamsport
Carlow are already through so this is essentially a knockout match with the winners through to the semi-final. Both of them have defeated London and lost to Carlow.
LIMERICK: S Hennessy; S Hickey, A Ryan, R Fitzgibbon; C Real, A Russell, M MacNamara; O Ryan, E Hickey; O Mc Carthy, L O Brien, E Crowe; M Creedon, T Geoghegan, L Browne.
SLIGO: E McGuire; H Gilligan, C Dunne, A Durcan; S Feeney, C Walsh, T Breheny; S Regan, S Cunney; N McDonagh, D McGrath, S Dalton; L Duffy, C Gorman (capt.), L Normanly.
