It’s semi-final weekend in the Ulster and Leinster football championships.
1. Kildare looking to catch fire
Those deficiencies will be focused on this week in preparation for a Louth team who have retained their Division 2 status, put four goals past Wexford in their quarter-final win and also contested last year’s decider.It took extra-time and the width of a post that kept out a late Cavan goal attempt, but Tyrone are still alive in the Ulster championship. They don’t have much time to savour the relief of that win though.
“It’s going to be all hands on deck with both medical teams this week,” he told The 42 this week. “Neither team will be putting on boots until Wednesday or Thursday and a large part of it will be recovery and getting moving again. Whichever has the best system in place to recover and refocus will be coming up trumps.”
Lee Pearson scored one point from corner-back while attacker Jack Bryant finished with three points. John Furlong started at wing-back and Cormac Egan, who is a more regular sight in the forwards, has been reinvented as a defender for Offaly. That switch appears to be producing benefits, offering him more space to exploit with his speed.
Armagh rattled nine goals in their Division 2 run this which ended in promotion to the top flight and added another three in their Ulster opener against Fermanagh. Down, who laboured to a four-point win over Antrim in the previous round, will need to be wired in to Armagh’s instinct for ripping defences apart when the sides meet at Clones on Saturday.5.
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