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National Football League 2026 - 2 Like(s)
I think Galway are really being overlooked this year. The star power they have is unmatched throughout the country. Finnerty is the best footballer in the game at the minute and its not even close. He'd get a shot off in a telephone box. With the likes of Comer and Walsh to come back I dont expect too much of a challenge in Connacht. Only teams that I think have a real chance at competing with us are Kerry (on a dry day) and Donegal (on a wet day). All this aside from the fact that Thompson is yet to come back and we competed with and bet any big team in the league with half a team. Says a lot about the strength of the panel.....
Galwayman67420 (National) - 25/03/2026 09:24:29
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Donegal GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To farneygael3: "Monaghan are favourites for Ulster u20s." Not anymore, they're not.
themaddog (National) - 25/03/2026 20:52:40
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Westmeath Hurling thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Dheen: "There is no clarity on when the minors are out, nothing on the fixture list on the leinster website. Its poor form and as jobber said Down pulling out of the leinster championship last minute has created a problem fixture wise and they should be banned from entering again for 2 years." Agreed but two years is not enough. The Leinster council led by our president elect needs to sort this out and our representatives need to make their voice heard loud and clear.
jobber (National) - 25/03/2026 11:17:24
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How Do We Take Hurling On From Here - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Goreylad1985: "Or until the Leinster counties start to grow a bit of a challenge and start reaching National finals!!
Why would you bring 3 Munster counties to a venue in the east of Leinster??" Because it's headquarters and it's the final of a national competitions.
Doylerwex (National) - 25/03/2026 22:15:56
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To ahsure.: "I feel we are still conceding too much/giving up a lot of scoring chances. We have had our championship back 6 (maybe one spot up for debate) for most of the league - I know there is more to defending than your back 6 now, but it's a worry.
Overall, considering our away games and injury list, it's been a great league. Well done lads and drive on." Every county will tell you they have the same problem defensively, I'm more concerned with how many goal chances we've missed during the league. Another 3 easy enough chances missed on Sunday, Finnerty & McDonnacha have missed far more then they've scored.
Agree a brilliant league considering missing Thompson, Walsh, McDaid & Comer, this team won't let you down in the effort stakes.
TheBishop (National) - 25/03/2026 09:01:08
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To farneygael3: "Expecting a hammering that never came. Questions to be asked in Donegal camp rather than Monaghan i would say. Are Donegal just a winter team this year? time will tell" Don't worry sure you're u20s are favourites for ulster this year ....bate donegal well tonight backing up.ladt weeks result against doire
totalrecall (National) - 25/03/2026 21:57:20
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Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Commodore: "I'm just hoping that Brendan McCole and Gavin Mulreany aren't too serious, as we have no replacement for McCole and with no sign of our No 1 GK Shaun Patton returning, losing our No 2 GK would be a massive blow for us, with Ulster Championship approaching. And if looking at this league final, regardless of injuries, going into a game like without our No 1 and No 2 goalkeepers will be a massive blow to any practiced kickout strategy." Mac Giolla bhride being withdrawn from. 20s team pre throw in tonight doesn't look good for Mulreany for Sunday and will be a big game for Mac giolla bhride to make his first start in. That and full back are the two places where we have least cover for throughout the team which is bad luck going into a league final irrespective of how much focus that mc Guinness will put on game
Gaagael15 (National) - 25/03/2026 21:24:41
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Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To farneygael3: "Monaghan are favourites for Ulster u20s." Played two at home. Lost two.
They're going well surely.
Hope you had them heavily backed.
peiledoir20 (National) - 25/03/2026 21:14:16
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Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Commodore: "I'm just hoping that Brendan McCole and Gavin Mulreany aren't too serious, as we have no replacement for McCole and with no sign of our No 1 GK Shaun Patton returning, losing our No 2 GK would be a massive blow for us, with Ulster Championship approaching. And if looking at this league final, regardless of injuries, going into a game like without our No 1 and No 2 goalkeepers will be a massive blow to any practiced kickout strategy." Pádraig Mac Giolla Bhríde didn't play for the u20s tonight I believe, I wonder does that indicate he will start on Sunday
NPadraigAbu (National) - 25/03/2026 21:05:45
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NFL 2026 Predictions Competition - League Finals - 1 Like(s)
Donegal V Kerry Donegal By 5
Meath V Cork Cork By 1
Down V Wexford Down By 6
Carlow v Longford Carlow By 6
lor12 (National) - 25/03/2026 17:55:40
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Temple56: "90% of the team are under 25/26???
Ages below for the players that played Sunday. I might be out by a year in some. Most lads are in their prime. I count 6 of the 20 lads used being under 25. That's 30% nowhere the 90% you have stated.
Jason Daly 36
Danny Scahill 22/23
Charlie Drumm 25
Boidu Sayeh 30
Matthew Whittaker 22/23
Shane Allen 26
Sam McCartan 26
Jonathan Lynam 26
Brian Cooney 21
Kevin O'Sullivan 25/26
Ronan Wallace 30
Conor Dillon 28
Tom Molloy 28
Luke Loughlin 31
Danny McCartan 23
Tadhg Baker 21
Robbie Forde 28
Ray Connellan 32
T.J. Cox 26
Brandon Kelly 25" Team that was named to start against Fermanagh
J Connaughton
D Scahill
C Drumm
S Smith
R Wallace
S Allen
M Whittaker
R Connellan
J Lynam
K O'Sullivan
S McCartan
B Cooney
D McCartan
L Loughlin
S Corcoran
3 players in this starting team are over 26 fair enough that's 80% not 90%. So to say the bulk of this team are in their prime isn't correct 12 of these lads have 6-9 years left of playing for Westmeath! Most of this team got their first senior championship game in the last 3 years.
Westmeath25 (National) - 25/03/2026 17:40:26
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How Do We Take Hurling On From Here - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Tadhg2020: "A lad i know from Wexford always refers to it as the Bob O Keeffe. He says it stopped being the Leinster Championship when Galway were let in. Im not sure if Antrim came in at same time or not but he only ever referenced Galway. Hes still very against it Iwhile think it was a good move for the championship he has a point when he says its not the leinster championship anymore. Then you added the 6th team and it became a lesser competition in my view so I call it the Bob O Keeffe now too." Pretty sure the Bob O'Keefe Cup thats currently used has only been used since around the turn of the Millennium. It used to be some English Horse Racing Cup?
Bob O'Keefe was from Kilkenny originally, won an AI playing for Laois in his mid 30s, and was Uachtaran before WW2.
Viking66 (National) - 25/03/2026 17:03:50
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How Do We Take Hurling On From Here - 1 Like(s)
Replying To bloodandbandage: "BTW - Absolute madness having Dublin/Clare on in the same venue with Cork/Lim for league final. Surely, Thurles would have made more sense. I appreciate these decisions are probably made well in advance of the final, but how about the application of some common sense for a change? Obviously, Clare are very happy." Are you saying you expected better? The Munster counties call all the shots. They were never going to drag anybody but Dublin the whole width of the country.
Whatever chance they had to get Dublin supporters (albeit a small but committed bunch) or Dublin clubs to throw on buses for youngsters for a match in Portlaoise, there is not a hope in hell of them bringing busloads to Limerick.
GAA don't care about promoting the game outside of the traditional counties.
It was ever this way though, nothing has or will ever change until the Leinster counties start to grow a bit of backbone.
ExiledInWex (National) - 25/03/2026 16:41:58
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Mayo GAA Thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To yew_tree: "How are Galway closer in reality? This debate is really sad actually….which teams comes closer without actually winning it. History only remembers winners." Freudian slip, we're was meant to read were. Now, you're happy?
Pope_Benedict (National) - 25/03/2026 16:28:45
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Drax_the_destroyer: "What's your hopes and expectations for your crop of U20s? Playing Galway tonight had home advantage but moved to the Connnacht COE. No other venue playable In Leitrim?" Only Kiltubrid has floodlights. Earlier throw in is difficult with players travelling from college in Limerick, Letterkenny, Dublin. Is Pairc Sean ever going to get lights.
Bowser93 (National) - 25/03/2026 15:46:20
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Iran are really playing Trump at his own game. Sean Hannity and Jesse Watters (two morally corrupt journalists if ever there was) are going to self combust and it will be hilarious to watch.
yew_tree (National) - 25/03/2026 15:27:06
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How Do We Take Hurling On From Here - 1 Like(s)
Replying To legendzxix: "That would be a Munster matter. They could either match Leinster with top 2 only or else facilitate 2nd v 3rd if that is their preference. Provinces should have some leeway to get the more competitive structure that suits them.
The Joe Mac is adopting a 2nd v 3rd semi final from next year. Ring and lower will still have top 2, except for the facilitation of New York." It would be more than a Munster matter. The format of the All-Ireland Championships (including what happens the second- and third-placed team in each provincial championship) is set out in Part 1 of the Rule Book. That could only be changed at Congress, by delegates from the entire Association, rather than by Munster themselves. Similar to how the change in the Joe McDonagh Cup that you mention had to be approved at Congress.
In any case, question remains - if it was the case the runner-up in the supposedly weaker province was guaranteed and All-Ireland semi-final spot, but the runner-up in the supposedly stronger province wasn't, how do you think that would go down?
Pikeman96 (National) - 25/03/2026 14:56:36
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Formertownie: "Yes viking the dual intercounty player is a non starter nowadays I do believe up to u16 it couod easily be accommodated.
I ve been around a while and been involved with both codes and I talk from experience when I say the hurling men only will put the boot into football progress and try degrade it at every opportunity seeing ot as any progress made will be to the detrement of hurling .
They would rather see a chap languishing on the line getting very little hurling snd eventuallly walk away from it than have them thriw their lot in with footballers where they might just get up to intercounty pace abd ebmventuslly might make an intercounty footballer or hurler .
They ridicule and look diwn upon the big ball as well u kniw .
For comparison there are prob 10 hurling first counties treat football this way . But there are twice as many football first countries who possibly treat hurling the same way .
How will hurling progress in other counties if there is this constant us v them attitude . .
In fairness munster teams now see us as hurling also fans too ." You can't ride two horses. For the betterment of both hurling and football young lads should be asked to choose one or the other, the demands on young lads even at u14 playing both is too much. With club and development squads placing fierce demands on time. You can't demand that from young players adults can't do it.
There's nothing to be gained investing in dual players and then at 16 they choose football over hurling or vise versa. I know of one instance where a young lad (turning 15) wasn't asked to keep going with the hurling development panel at u16 he was devastated. A few weeks later the call came for him to rejoin the group, he wouldn't go back, because the reason he was asked back was most who had left the panel choose football at that age group. So not only was the time invested in him wasted but also the young lads who choose the football at that start.
Identify the footballers and the hurlers and develop them individually in either code. It's saves a lot of hassle down the line.
2maroonjerseys (National) - 25/03/2026 13:25:18
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How Do We Take Hurling On From Here - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Viking66: "I know that Pikeman, I was only having the craic! Ive a very good friend who I stay with in Limerick sometimes when Im up there, he is a nephew of the great man, Ive actually held some of the medals he won!" I just thought it was funnier to say that three counties don't have any MIckeys :D
Pikeman96 (National) - 25/03/2026 12:21:41
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Roscommon GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Our U20 game v Sligo that was to be played in Ballyforan tonight at 7pm has been moved to Hyde Park at 5 15pm due to the high amounts of rain fall the last 24hrs.
Published team
Patrick Gaynor - Western Gaels
Diarmuid O'Higgins - Clann na nGael
Michael Gillooly - Roscommon Gaels
Nikita Berzins - Shannon Gaels
Keelan Kelly - Padraig Pearses
Eoghan Carthy - Roscommon Gaels
Colin Murray - St Ciarans
Niall Heneghan - Michael Glaveys
Ruadhan Henry - St Michael's
Cathal McKeon - Boyle
John McGuinness - Roscommon Gaels
Eoin Collins - St Croans
John Curran - Castlerea St Kevins
Ruairi Kicline - St Dominic's
Charlie O'Carroll - St Brigids
Subs
Mark Carroll - Kilmore
Conor Grogan - Roscommon Gaels
Rory Coyle - St Aidans
Dean Casey - Ballinameen
Gordon Casey - Ballinameen
Stephen Tighe - Strokestown
Declan Kennedy - Shannon Gaels
David Higgins - Western Gaels
Kevin Hester - Castlerea St Kevins
Best of luck to the Roscommon players and management tonight.
The_analyser (National) - 25/03/2026 11:47:09
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