Kraft Foods today announced the renewal of the Cadbury sponsorship of the GAA U21 Football Championship for another 3 years. The renewal builds on a successful 7 year partnership between Cadbury and the GAA which has seen the Championship go from strength to strength with greater TV coverage now than ever before and over 20,000 fans attending the final in Croke Park last year. This success has been built on innovative sponsorship activation especially in the area of new media which has seen an ever increasing engaged audience of GAA fans participate in the Championship discussion.

Launching the Championship at an event in Croke Park today were promising Under 21 footballers; Patrick McBrearty (Donegal), Michael Quinlivan (Tipperary) and Cillian O'Connor (Mayo), Uachtarán Chumann Lúthchleas Gael Críostóir Ó Cuana and Cadbury Hero of the Future (HOTF) Judges: Paul Caffrey, Dermot Earley and Micheál Ó Domhnaill.

'For more information on the Cadbury GAA Championship go to our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/U21GAAFootball or follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/cadburyu21.'

CadburyGAA (Dublin) - Posts: 80 - 22/02/2012 15:50:23    1116089

Anybody know of potential winners this year? Armagh won the minor grade three years ago, Galway have a few from last year's team (the two midfielders who were brilliant last year) and I hear Kildare are supposed to ahve a strong team....not much talk of Kerry yet, good management team in place though!

3SeptemberRoad (Kerry) - Posts: 99 - 22/02/2012 16:46:18    1116134

galway are good a good few players underage from last years winning team but also heard cavan have a good team

up.the.town546 (Galway) - Posts: 106 - 22/02/2012 17:23:08    1116167

Cavan will be hard beat and Dublin too. Galway will be very good with players from last year and some promising minors too .

Mc_Attack (Cavan) - Posts: 20 - 22/02/2012 18:25:12    1116205

what are dublin like

Stmunnsriver (Wexford) - Posts: 2842 - 22/02/2012 19:13:39    1116223

Tyrone very strong this year. Backboned by the 2010 minor team. Will be very hard to stop.

Goals_Will_Come (UK) - Posts: 375 - 23/02/2012 10:15:24    1116393

Check out the below link to watch a video from the launch of the U21 championship from Croke Park on Wednesday, including interviews with Tipperary star Michael Quinlivan, Donegal star Paddy McBrearty, Dermot Earley, Pillar Caffrey as well as President of the GAA, Christy Cooney.

http://www.facebook.com/U21GAAFootball

CadburyGAA (Dublin) - Posts: 80 - 24/02/2012 13:59:40    1117094

Tends to be a minor panel from 2 years ago rather than the full 3 years that goes well in the U21's therefore I think Tyrone will shade Armagh in Ulster. I also think Mayo, Cork and Dublin will make the last four.

Byanthon (Tyrone) - Posts: 1780 - 24/02/2012 18:29:48    1117273

Roscommon or Galway will win Connaught. Longford could be an outside bet, they have 13 of they're starting 15 from last years Leinster final team eligible.

Oddball (Roscommon) - Posts: 888 - 24/02/2012 21:58:56    1117398

Carlow to beat Wicklow 11/8. Get on!

hurlingguru (Carlow) - Posts: 1834 - 25/02/2012 11:19:16    1117438

Oddball I'd say you mean 13 from the panel.

walkinglunchbox (Longford) - Posts: 334 - 25/02/2012 12:20:14    1117461

prdictions for leinster matches ?

hon.galway (Galway) - Posts: 99 - 27/02/2012 17:29:32    1118531

All-Ireland champs Galway play Mayo in Connacht qf in 3 weeks time.Winr plays Roscommon in the semi-final.Huge games,all 3 with great potential.

fredrickwood (Roscommon) - Posts: 2871 - 27/02/2012 21:32:49    1118750

From a Galway point of view, not very strong this year. Can't look beyond Mayo in that one. To the best of knowledge Roscommon didn't have the best of times in their Hasting Cup campaign this year if that bares any relevance on Championship football?

ahsure. (Galway) - Posts: 1572 - 27/02/2012 21:47:50    1118770

That's true ahsure,Ros were very poor in Hastings cup.

fredrickwood (Roscommon) - Posts: 2871 - 27/02/2012 21:49:09    1118774

Anyone got a link to the U21 championship fixtures? TIA

smokeybacon (Cavan) - Posts: 27 - 28/02/2012 11:37:47    1118903

The Leinster ones are here:
http://leinster.gaa.ie/leinster-gaa-championship-fixtures-2012/leinster-gaa-u-21-fc-2012.258.html

doublehop (Kildare) - Posts: 4172 - 28/02/2012 11:54:22    1118915

leitrim to win the all irelad for sure!

wagonwheel (Leitrim) - Posts: 50 - 28/02/2012 11:56:41    1118917

ahsure, I thought Galway had a good few players from last year??

Predictions for Leinster, not that I know much about the Leinster teams! Dublin, Meath, Louth & Carlow

3SeptemberRoad (Kerry) - Posts: 99 - 28/02/2012 13:21:17    1118997

Kildare have a good under 21 team and also Longford,last year Meath beat the champs Dublin and then Longford knocked Meath out..

ziggy32001 (Meath) - Posts: 8354 - 28/02/2012 13:28:39    1119007