Senior footballers face Cork in quarter-final opener

Then there were eight …. the All-Ireland SFC race picks up pace with the first phase of the quarter-finals lined up this coming weekend.

Five of the counties that reached the ‘Super 8s’ last year have returned this season: Dublin, Kerry, Tyrone, Roscommon, Donegal. They are joined by Cork, Meath and Mayo.

Next weekend’s line-up is as follows:

SATURDAY

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

SUNDAY

Group 1: Donegal v Meath, Ballybofey, 2.0; Kerry v Mayo, Fitzgerald Stadium, 4.0

DUBLIN v CORK

Dublin are in the quarter-finals for the 16th successive season while Cork are back in the last eight for the first time since 2014.

PATHS TO THE QUARTER-FINALS

Dublin 5-21 Louth 0-10

Dublin 0-26 Kildare 0-11

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

Top Scorers

Cormac Costello....1-24 (0-14 frees, 0-4 ‘45s’)

Paul Mannion.........0-12

Con O’Callaghan...2-3

Brian Fenton..........1-4

CORK

Cork 3-18 Limerick 0-6

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

Cork 4-20 Laois 1-15

Top Scorers

Mark Collins....1-25 (0-15 frees)

Brian Hurley........5-4

Luke Connolly.....2-0 (1-0 pen)

Ruairi Deane.........1-2

Paul Kerrigan........1-2

LAST FIVE CHAMPIONSHIP MEETINGS

2013: Dublin 1-16 Cork 0-14 (All-Ireland quarter-final)

2010: Cork 1-15 Dublin 1-14 (All-Ireland semi-final)

1995: Dublin 1-12 Cork 0-12 (All-Ireland semi-final)

1989: Cork 2-10 Dublin 1-9 (All-Ireland semi-final)

1983: Dublin 4-15 Cork 2-10 (All-Ireland semi-final) Replay

*Dublin beat Donegal, Tyrone and Roscommon in last year’s ‘Super 8s’.

* Stephen Cluxton was the game’s top scorer on 0-6 (2 frees, 4 ‘45s’) in the last Dublin-Cork championship clash in 2013.

*Dublin haven’t lost a championship game since the 2014 All-Ireland semi-final defeat by Donegal. Since then, they have won 26 and drawn two of 28 championship games.

ROSCOMMON v TYRONE

They meet for the second successive year in the ‘Super 8s’. Tyrone won by 4-24 to 2-12 in Croke Park last year in a game where Tyrone had 13 different scorers, led by Richie Donnelly on 1-4, Peter Harte on 1-3 and Niall Sludden on 1-2. Ciaran Murtagh (1-3), Diarmuid Murtagh (0-5) and Enda Smith (1-0) were Roscommon’s top scorers.

PATHS TO THE QUARTER-FINAL

Roscommon 3-17 Leitrim 0-12

Roscommon 2-12 Mayo 0-17

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

Top Scorers

Conor Cox..................0-15 (0-6 frees)

Diarmuid Murtagh......1-6 (0-4 frees)

Shane Killoran............2-0

Darren O’Malley........0-4 (3’45s’, 1 free)

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

TOP SCORERS

Cathal McShane......2-29 (0-14 frees)

Peter Harte................0-25 (0-18 frees)

Darren McCurry........2-9 (0-1 free)

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

PREVIOUS CHAMPIONSHIP MEETINGS

2018: Tyrone 4-24 Roscommon 2-12 (All-Ireland quarter-final – Phase 1)

2013: Tyrone 0-12 Roscommon 1-7 (Qualifier Round 2)

2012: Tyrone 1-16 Roscommon 0-8 (Qualifier Round 2)

2011: Tyrone 3-19 Roscommon 1-14 (Qualifier Round 4)

*Roscommon lost all three games ‘Super 8’ games last year to Tyrone, Donegal and Dublin.

*Tyrone beat Roscommon and Donegal and lost to Dublin last year.

*Roscommon and Tyrone drew 1-10 each in this year’s Allianz League in Dr. Hyde Park. Roscommon led by six points at half-time but Tyrone battled back in the second half to earn a draw.

DONEGAL v MEATH

They meet in the championship for the fourth time. Meath won the 1990 All-Ireland semi-final (3-9 to 1-7) while Donegal won All-Ireland qualifiers (1-13 to 0-14) in 2002 and 2017 (Donegal 1-15 Meath 1-14.

PATHS TO THE QUARTER-FINAL

DONEGAL

Donegal 0-15 Fermanagh 0-9

Donegal 1-16 Tyrone 0-15

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

Top Scorers

Jamie Brennan..........2-11

Paddy McBrearty.....0-13 (0-4 frees)

Michael Murphy ......0-11 (0-4 frees, 0-1 ‘45’)

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

Top Scorers

Mickey Newman...........3-20 (0-13 frees, 1-0 pen)

Bryan Menton................3-5

James Conlon................0-12

Bryan McMahon...........1-4

Cillian O’Sullivan..........0-7

*Donegal lost to Dublin and Tyrone and beat Roscommon in last year’s ‘Super 8s’.

*Meath were last in the quarter-finals in 2010.

“Donegal and Meath met twice in this year’s Allianz League (Division 2) with the Ulster men winning both by two points. They won a Round 2 game by 1-13 to 1-14 and, after both had secured promotion, Donegal won the final by 1-17 to 1-15.

KERRY v MAYO

They last met in the championship in 2017 when Mayo won an All-Ireland semi-final replay by five points. The 2014 semi-final also went to a replay, with Kerry winning by three points after extra-time.

PATHS TO THE QUARTER-FINALS

KERRY

Kerry 1-15 Clare 0-12

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

Top Scorers

Sean O’Shea..... .........0-13 (0-11 frees)

David Clifford.............0-7 (0-2 frees)

James O’Donoghue...1-1

Tom O’Sullivan...........1-1

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

Top Scorers

Darren Coen......0-13

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

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

Cillian O’Connor....0-8 (0-7 frees)

Fionn McDonagh....1-3

Kevin McLoughlin...1-3

LAST FIVE CHAMPIONSHIP MEETINGS

2017: Mayo 2-16 Kerry 0-17 (All-Ireland semi-final) Replay

2017: Kerry 2-14 Mayo 2-14 (All-Ireland semi-final) Draw

2014: Kerry 3-16 Mayo 3-13 aet (All-Ireland semi-final) Replay

2014: Kerry 1-16 Mayo 1-16 All-Ireland semi-final) Draw

2011: Kerry 1-20 Mayo 1-11 (All-Ireland semi-final)

*Kerry lost to Galway, drew with Monaghan beat Kildare in last year’s ‘Super 8s’.

*Mayo were last in the quarter-finals two years ago when they beat Roscommon in a replay.

*Kerry and Mayo met twice in this year’s Allianz League, with Mayo winning both. They won a Round 6 game by 1-10 to 0-11 and the final by 3-11 to 2-10.

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: Roscommon v Tyrone; Dublin v Cork

July14: All-Ireland quarter-finals – Phase 1

Group 1: Donegal v Meath; Kerry v Mayo

July 20/21: All-Ireland quarter-finals – Phase 2

Group 1: Donegal v Kerry; Meath v Mayo

Group 2: Dublin v Roscommon; Cork v Tyrone

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.