Kildare set for a potential home championship game against Dublin but can’t play at home while Newbridge is being refurbished
Other bits and bobs? Kildare have drawn a home game against the Leinster champions, meaning that they could, in normal circumstances, bring Dublin to Newbridge. Problem is, St Conleth’s Park is out of action these days as it undergoes a refurb. So they’ll probably have to move their home match to Portlaoise, which doesn’t quite have the same ring to it. All the same, after they ran the Dubs to a kick of a ball last weekend, they’ll surely fancy their chances again.
Is there a Group of Death? The fact that three teams go through out of every group probably squeezes out the chances of the existence of such an animal but Group One is going to see a right battle for the third spot. Taking nothing for granted, yadda, yadda – Kerry and Mayo ought to fill spots one and two, making the game between Cork and Louth on that opening weekend a crucial encounter.
And if Donegal managed to pull themselves together – it didn’t look likely when losing to Down, granted – but if they did, Group Four containing them, Monaghan, the Ulster champions and Clare, definitely has possibilities for teams taking points off each other. Three Ulster teams and Colm Collins’s perennially underestimated squad, who’ve only been dying to get championship games outside of Munster? Could be good.
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