Inter-county code of silence not helping the sport
We're back for the final block of Allianz Football League games, but the championship is looming large in teams' minds.
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Kevin McStay hoping to be full-strength for Connacht final
Mayo manager Kevin McStay is hoping to have a full-strength squad for the Connacht senior football final, as he laid bare his intention to throw everything his side have at the final.
Football heats up as Harte's Derry face Jimmy Mark II
Mikey Stafford and Rory O'Neill are joined by Tyrone legend Peter Canavan and Malachy Clerkin of the Irish Times to look ahead to what seems the first big weekend of the provincial football championships.
Ryan O'Donoghue stars as Mayo take care of business in New York
There was no repeat of last year's fairytale for New York as Mayo took care of business in Sunday’s sun-drenched Connacht SFC quarter-final at Gaelic Park with a 15-point win.
Green shoots for London as Galway head for Ruislip
Last year London manager Michael Maher was devastated after his side just missed out on a place in the Tailteann Cup knockout stages.
Kevin McStay: Two sides to Mayo approach for New York mission
Last week's two-point Allianz league win over Monaghan sealed a satisfactory spring campaign for Mayo manager Kevin McStay. However, he says all eyes have quickly turned to the impending championship visit to New York on Sunday week. Whilst ensuring a good flow of results and spread of players during the league, McStay says that planning has also been vital for the journey to the Big Apple. "It’s not a trip," he states, "It’s a Connacht championship quarter-final and we will pay it all the respect and due diligence that it deserves. "So there have been two sides to our approach to this game. The logistical side and the football side. "Due to the work of Sean Finnegan and the support of the communications lads and the county board, a lot of the heavy lifting has been done in terms of the logistical side. We had a good briefing recently and that leaves us with the full focus now on the football side. "And that’s purely what we are concerned with - the football side." On that score, players like Padraig O’Hora and Paddy Durcan have been welcome returnees to the Mayo line-up in recent times. The likes of Rory Brickenden, David McBrien and Jack Carney have staked their claims and there is also a healthy infusion of young blood in the squad.
Kevin McStay: Mayo are in a good place
Kevin McStay says that Mayo's attention will quickly turn to the Connacht SFC and a trip to the Big Apple after they finished the defence of their Allianz Football League Division 1 crown with a victory over Monaghan at Clones.
The race to avoid the league final is on
It's a nervous time for teams at the bottom of the table and at the top of it.