Red-hot battle
The two biggest rivals in Gaelic football go head to head on Sunday in Croke Park with the prize on the line a place in the 2026 All-Ireland Senior Football Final. Kerry with 39 titles top the All-Ireland title roll of honour with Dublin quickly closing in second on the list with 31 titles won. Dublin have won nine titles on offer in the past 15 years whereas Kerry have won three in that time.
Ahead of this mouth-watering clash, Jack O’Connor spoke to the media on Monday evening and there was good news on the injury front. On Brian Ó Beaglaioch who missed the Tyrone victory with a back spasm, O’Connor said:
"He's back doing a bit of training. There are always bits and pieces, always a few fellas that you have concerns about. But there's nothing major at the minute anyway. There are still two sessions to go so we'll know more after tomorrow and Thursday."
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Pádraic throws Iron to Gold
The Kerry throwers were prominent at national level on Saturday on day one of the 123.ie Athletics Ireland U20 and U23 Track & Field Championships in Tullamore.
Pádraic McCarthy (Lios Tuathail) kept the ancient tradition of weight-for-distance thriving when he won the gold medal in his U23 final.
Pádraic threw the 35lbs ball an impressive 8.18m in his fifth round to gain the top spot on the podium with a distance he had never inhabited before- Personal best. Throwing a winning distance and a PB in the latter stages of a throws event is indicative of a champion and the Lios Tuathail man hadn’t reached the eight-metre line up to then, making the effort all the more sweet. And he needed to achieve that distance to win the gold, as Alex John Anderson (Tír Chonaill) had thrown 8.14m in the third round and was heading for the top of the podium. However, Pádraic is a competitor and got a 7.83m result from his fourth attempt before releasing the cannon-ball high and long to 8.18m to rein in the gold in the next round.
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