Senior footballers primed for semi battle with Kerry

Mon, 22nd August 2016

DUBLIN AND KERRY IN ANOTHER GLAMOUR SHOWDOWN
It’s one of the great rivalries in Gaelic football and it’s coming your way for the 29th time in Croke Park this Sunday (3.30) when Dublin and Kerry meet in the second All-Ireland semi-final to decide who plays Mayo in the final on September 18.
The senior game will be preceded by the Kerry v Kildare Electric Ireland minor semi-final (1.30) to decide who plays Galway in the final.
Dublin v Kerry is a repeat of last year’s final which Jim Gavin’s men won by three points in what was their third successive championship victory over Kerry, having also won the 2013 semi-final and 2011 final. It leaves Kerry seeking their first win over their great rivals since 2009.
This will be the third meeting between the counties this year, with Dublin having won the previous two in the Allianz League. They won by 2-14 to 0-14 in the first round and by 2-18 to 0-13 in the final.

PATHS TO THE QUARTER-FINAL

Dublin 2-21 Laois 2-10 (Leinster quarter-final)

Dublin 0-21 Meath 0-11 (Leinster semi-final)

Dublin 2-19 Westmeath 0-10 (Leinster final)

Dublin 1-15 Donegal 1-10 (All-Ireland quarter-final)

TOP SCORERS

Dean Rock…… …….1-33 (0-27frees, 0-1 ‘45’)

Diarmuid Connolly…..1-11

Bernard Brogan………1-7

Kevin McManamon…..1-6

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KERRY

Kerry 2-23 Clare 0-17 (Munster semi-final)

Kerry 3-17 Tipperary 2-10 (Munster final)

Kerry 2-16 Clare 0-11 (All-Ireland quarter-final)

TOP SCORERS

Paul Geaney..... ......2-12 (0-4frees)

Stephen O’Brien.....1-7

James O’Donoghue...0-9 (0-5 frees)

Darran O’Sullivan.....1-5

DUBLIN v KERRY: CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY
This will be the 29th championship meeting between the counties since they first met in 1892. Kerry have won 17 times to Dublin’s nine while there were two draws from the previous 28 clashes.
2015: Dublin 0-12 Kerry 0-9 (All-Ireland final)

2013: Dublin 3-18 Kerry 3-11 (All-Ireland semi-final)

2011: Dublin 1-12 Kerry 1-11 (All-Ireland final)

2009: Kerry 1-24 Dublin 1-7 (All-Ireland quarter-final)

2007: Kerry 1-15 Dublin 0-16 (All-Ireland semi-final)

2004: Kerry 1-15 Dublin 1-8 (All-Ireland quarter-final)

2001: Kerry 2-12 Dublin 1-12 (All-Ireland quarter-final replay)

2001: Kerry 1-14 Dublin 2-11 (All-Ireland quarter-final)

1985: Kerry 2-12 Dublin 2-8 (All-Ireland final)

1984: Kerry 0-14 Dublin 1-6 (All-Ireland final)

1979: Kerry 3-13 Dublin 1-8 (All-Ireland final)

1978: Kerry 5-11 Dublin 0-9 (All-Ireland final)

1977: Dublin 3-12 Kerry 1-13 (All-Ireland semi-final)

1976: Dublin 3-8 Kerry 0-10 (All-Ireland final)

1975: Kerry 2-12 Dublin 0-11 (All-Ireland final)

1965: Kerry 4-8 Dublin 2-6 (All-Ireland semi-final)

1962: Kerry 2-12 Dublin 0-10 (All-Ireland semi-final)

1959: Kerry 1-10 Dublin 2-5 (All-Ireland semi-final)

1955: Kerry 0-12 Dublin 1-6 (All-Ireland final)

1941: Kerry 2-9 Dublin 0-3 (All-Ireland semi-final replay)

1941: Kerry 0-4 Dublin 0-4 (All-Ireland semi-final)

1934: Dublin 3-8 Kerry 0-6 (All-Ireland semi-final)

1932: Kerry 1-3 Dublin 1-1 (All-Ireland semi-final)

1924: Kerry 0-4 Dublin 0-3 (All-Ireland final)

1923: Dublin 1-5 Kerry 1-3 (All-Ireland final)

1908: Dublin 0-10 Kerry 0-3 (All-Ireland final)

1904: Kerry 0-5 Dublin 0-2 (All-Ireland final)

1892 Dublin 1-4 Kerry 0-3 (All-Ireland final)

DUBLIN v KERRY: SEMI-FINAL CLASHES

This will be the 11th semi-final meeting between them, with Kerry having won six to Dublin’s three with one draw from the previous ten.
2013: Dublin 3-18 Kerry 3-11

2007: Kerry 1-15 Dublin 0-16

1977: Dublin 3-12 Kerry 1-13

1965: Kerry 4-8 Dublin 2-6

1962: Kerry 2-12 Dublin 0-10

1959: Kerry 1-10 Dublin 2-5

1941: Kerry 2-9 Dublin 0-3

1941: Kerry 0-4 Dublin 0-4

1934: Dublin 3-8 Kerry 0-6 1932: Kerry 1-3 Dublin 1-1

LAST FIVE ALL-IRELAND SEMI-FINALS

Dublin have won two, lost two and drawn one of their last five semi-finals; Kerry have won three, lost one and drawn one.
DUBLIN

2015: Dublin 3-15 Mayo 1-14 (replay) 2015: Dublin 2-12 Mayo 1-15 (draw) 2014: Donegal 3-14 Dublin 0-17 2013: Dublin 3-18 Kerry 3-11 2012: Mayo 0-19 Dublin 0-16

KERRY

2015: Kerry 0-18 Tyrone 1-11 2014: Kerry 3-16 Mayo 3-13 (replay –aet) 2014: Kerry 1-16 Mayo 1-16 (draw) 2013: Dublin 3-18 Kerry 3-11 2011: Kerry 1-20 Mayo 1-11

2016 ALLIANZ LEAGUE FINAL

Dublin 2-18 Kerry 0-13 (24 April, Croke Park)

Dublin led by 0-10 to 0-8 at half-time and by 0-13 to 0-11 when Kerry had Aidan O’Mahony sent off in the second half. Dublin out-scored Kerry by 2-3 to 0-0 in the final ten minutes.
Dublin: S Cluxton; P McMahon, J Cooper (0-1), D Byrne; J McCarthy, C O’Sullivan, J Small; B Fenton (0-1), D Bastick; P Flynn (1-0), D Rock (0-5, 0-3 frees, 1-0 pen) C Kilkenny (0-2); P Mannion (0-1), D Connolly ((0-1), B Brogan (0-4). Subs: MD Macauley for Bastick; K McManamon (0-2) for Connolly, C Costello (0-1) for Rock, M Fitzsimons for McMahon, E Lowndes (1-0) for Small.
Kerry: B Kealy; M O Se, M Griffin, S Enright; P Crowley (0-2), A O’Mahony, F Fitzgerald; K Donaghy (0-1), D Moran; B Sheehan (0-3 frees), P Murphy (01), D Walsh (0-1); D O’Sullivan (0-2), C Cooper (0-1), S O’Brien (0-2). Subs: K Young for Fitzgerald; B O’Sullivan for Walsh, J Lyne for Griffin, BJ Keane for O’Brien; P O’Connor for Crowley, M Geaney for Murphy.

2016 GAA FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS
CONNACHT May 1: Preliminary Round: Roscommon 1-15 New York 0-17, Gaelic Park. May 22: Quarter-final: Roscommon 1-21 Leitrim 0-11, Carrick-on-Shannon. May 29: Quarter-final: Mayo 2-16 London 0-9, Ruislip June 12: Semi-final: Roscommon 4-16 Sligo 2-13, Dr.Hyde Park. June 18: Semi-final: Galway 1-12 Mayo 0-12, Elverys MacHale Park. July 10: Final: Galway 0-13 Roscommon 1-10, Pearse Stadium July 17: Final (Replay): Galway 3-16 Roscommon 0-14, Elverys MacHale Park
LEINSTER May 14: First Round: Louth 2-24 Carlow 3-11, O’Moore Park; Laois 3-16 Wicklow 0-18 O’Moore Park. May 15: First Round: Offaly 2-21 Longford 2-13, O’Connor Park, Tullamore. May 21: Quarter-final: Kildare 0-9 Wexford 0-8, Croke Park. June 4: Quarter-final: Dublin 2-21 Laois 2-10, Nowlan Park. June 12: Quarter-final: Meath 0-20 Louth 1-13, Parnell Park; Westmeath 0-13 Offaly 0-12, TEG Cusack Park. June 26: Semi-finals: Dublin 0-21 Meath 0-11; Westmeath 1-12 Kildare 1-11, Croke Park. July17: Final: Dublin 2-19 Westmeath 0-10, Croke Park.
MUNSTER May 29: Quarter-finals: Tipperary 1-15 Waterford 1-7 Fraher Field, Dungarvan; Clare 0-16 Limerick 0-13, Gaelic Grounds June 12: Semi-finals: Tipperary 3-15 Cork 2-16, Semple Stadium; Kerry 2-23 Clare 0-17, Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney July 3: Final: Kerry 3-17 Tipperary 2-10, Killarney
ULSTER May 15: Preliminary Round: Fermanagh 1-12 Antrim 0-9, Brewster Park. May 22: Quarter-final: Tyrone 3-14 Derry 0-12, Celtic Park May 29: Quarter-final: Cavan 2-16 Armagh 0-14, Kingspan Breffni Park. June 5: Quarter-final: Monaghan 2-22 Down 0-9, Clones June 12: Quarter-final: Donegal 2-12 Fermanagh 0-11, Ballybofey June 19: Semi-final: Tyrone 0-16 Cavan 3-7, Clones
June 25: Semi-final: Monaghan 0-14 Donegal 1-11, Kingspan Breffni Park. July 2: Semi-final replay: Donegal 0-17 Monaghan 2-10, Kingspan Park. July 3: Semi-final replay: Tyrone 5-18 Cavan 2-17, Clones July 17: Final: Clones: Tyrone 0-13 Donegal 0-11, Clones.

ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONSHIPS

June 18: Qualifiers – Round 1A: Derry 1-18 Louth 2-10, Owenbeg; *Laois 110 Armagh 0-10, Portlaoise (Re-fixture arranged); Carlow 1-17 Wicklow 1-12, Netwatch Cullen Park; June 19: Leitrim 0-12 Waterford 0-8, Carrick-onShannon; July 2: Re-fixture: Laois 1-11 Armagh 1-10, Portlaoise. June 25: Qualifiers – Round 1B: Offaly 0-17 London 1-7, Tullamore; Fermanagh 0-19 Wexford 1-11, Innovate Wexford Park; Limerick 2-6 Antrim 0-9, Corrigan Park, Belfast; Longford 2-24 Down 3-17, Newry (after extratime: July 2: Qualifiers – Round 2A: Sligo 2-15 Leitrim 0-10, Markievicz Park; July 9: Qualifiers - Round 2A: Cavan 2-13 Carlow 0-12, Kingspan Breffni Park; Derry 1-14 Meath 1-11, Owenbeg; 2B: Mayo 2-14 Fermanagh 1-12, Elverys MacHale Park; Kildare 1-22 Offaly 2-14, Newbridge; Cork 2-12 Limerick 0-10, Thurles; Longford 2-13 Monaghan 1-13, Clones. July 10: Qualifier: 2A: Clare 0-14 Laois 1-10, Ennis July 16: Qualifiers – Round 3A: Clare 2-17 Sligo 1-13, Markievicz Park; Derry 1-17 Cavan 0-18, Kingspan Breffni Park; Round 3B: Mayo 2-17 Kildare 0-14, Elverys MacHale Park; Cork 2-9 Longford 1-6, Glennon Brothers Pearse Park. July 23: Qualifiers – Round 4A: Clare 2-12 Roscommon 1-9, Pearse Stadium; Tipperary 1-21 Derry 2-17, Kingspan Breffni Park July 30: Qualifiers – Round 4B: Cork 0-21 Donegal 1-15, Croke Park; Mayo 315 Westmeath 1-14, Croke Park

QUARTER-FINALS July 31: Tipperary 3-13 Galway 1-10; Kerry 2-16 Clare 0-11, Croke Park. August 6: Mayo 0-13 Tyrone 0-12; Dublin 1-15 Donegal 1-10, Croke Park SEMI-FINALS August 21: Mayo 2-13 Tipperary 0-14, Croke Park August 28: Dublin v Kerry, Croke Park

FINAL September 18: Final: Mayo v Dublin/Kerry, Croke Park.