Busy week for Dublin GAA intercounty sides

Tue, 6th July 2021

There is plenty of intercounty activity this week for Dublin GAA teams with the U20 footballers, minor footballers, U20 hurlers and senior ladies footballers all in championship action.

On Thursday night the Dubs host Wicklow in Parnell Park in their EirGrid Leinster U20FC quarter-final (7.30).

Dublin are provincial champions of the past two seasons but face a team that already have played a championship game in this year's competition - the Garden County striking late to defeat Laois (2-11 to 2-8) in their first round encounter.

Three years ago the counties clashed in the Leinster MFC (U17) round-robin stage with Wicklow emerging victorious from Parnell Park, 2-6 to 0-8.

They also clashed in the 2019 Leinster MFC with Dublin winning in Aughrim, 0-20 to 1-9.

On Saturday the minor footballers face Offaly in their Electric Ireland Leinster MFC quarter-final in O'Connor Park, Tullamore (12.0).

Later on Saturday the senior ladies footballers open their championship account against Tyrone in Kingspan Breffni (2.0). The third team in their group (Group C) is Waterford with the top two counties eventually progressing to the All-Ireland SFC quarter-finals.

On Saturday night Dublin's U20 hurlers, fresh from the Leinster final victory over Galway, face Cork in their Bord Gáis Energy All-Ireland final in UPMC Nowlan Park (7.15, Live TG4).