Compiled by John Fallon

The remaining five quarter-finalists in the TG4 All-Ireland senior football championship title race will be decided on Saturday.

Champions Dublin and last year’s beaten semi-finalsts Galway and Kerry have already secured home quarter-final draws and their opponents will be decided on Saturday.

The race to make the last eight is straightforward in three of the groups with Donegal playing Mayo, Tyrone taking on Meath and Tipperary hosting Kildare in what are all straight shootouts with the winners advancing to the quarter-finals and the season ending for the vanquished.

It’s a lot more complicated in Group 1 where any two from Armagh, Cork and Waterford can still go through. Cork can’t control their own fate as Armagh host Waterford at the BOX-IT Athletic Grounds in the final game in the group.

A win for Armagh and they top the table and gain a home quarter-final, with Cork going through in second. 

A draw and it's Armagh topping the group and Cork going through in second. 

A Waterford win will leave all three teams locked together on three points. In that instance, score difference will come into play. Armagh are currently on +10, Cork are on -9 and Waterford are on -1. 

Group 4 Round 3

Tyrone v Meath; O’Neills Healy Park, Omagh, 1pm – Live on Spórt TG4 YouTube

Both of these sides will be anxious to bounce back after heavy defeats to Galway in the opening round.

Tyrone, who lost by 19 points in Tuam, will hope home advantage can swing it their way as the reigning TG4 All-Ireland intermediate champions hope to book a place in the last eight.

Meath suffered a 15 points home loss to Galway and last year’s runners-up, the champions in 2021 and 2022, know their summer comes to an end if they don’t produce a big performance in this one.

Tyrone have made two changes to the side which went down by 4-20 to 2-7 against Galway with Chloe McCaffrey and Cara McNamee coming in for Maeve Maxwell and Aine Strain.

There are four changes to the Meath side, two in defence and two in the full-forward line as they try to bounce back from their 2-21 to 1-9 loss to Galway. Karla Kealy and Katie Bermingham come into defence for Aoife Farrell and Orla Smith, while up front Meadhbh Byrne and Orlaith Mallon are drafted in for Ciara Smyth and Orla Finnegan.

MEATH: R Murray, K Kealy, Á Sheridan, A Gaffney; O Sheehy, O Gore, K Bermingham; S Murphy, N Gallogly; L Woods, E Duggan, M Thynne; M Byrne, O Mallon, R Casserly.

TYRONE: L Kane; E Quinn, G McKenna, J Hearty; C Canavan, M Corrigan, C Campbell; M Mallon, A McHugh; E McCanny, C McCaffrey, S McCarroll; N O’Neill, C McNamee, S Gormley.

 

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