Last-gasp O'Connell point secures Farney deserved draw
Karl O'Connell rescued a deserved point for Monaghan as Ulster champions Derry were held in a thrilling All Ireland Series Group 4 clash.
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Karl O'Connell rescued a deserved point for Monaghan as Ulster champions Derry were held in a thrilling All Ireland Series Group 4 clash.
Summer has arrived and the marquee men up front are coming to the fore.
Before we get onto the big games at the weekend - which should be bigger still if we tweaked the format - we might pause and reflect on the drama of Clones last weekend.
Stephen Cluxton will once again start in goal for Dublin in their Leinster final clash with Louth on Sunday.
In the end, Derry were comfortable in accounting for Monaghan in their Ulster SFC semi-final, with manager Rory Gallagher saying they "were sensational at times".
In the Ulster semi-final, a strong first-half performance from Derry ensured a 1-21 to 2-10 win over Monaghan to reach a second successive provincial final.
Defending champions Derry are back in another Ulster SFC final following a comfortable 1-21 to 2-10 win over Monaghan at O'Neills Healy Park.
They say necessity is the mother of invention. Or maybe boredom is. I often think of our modern football stars, particularly those of the attacking variety. They would have been around 7-8 years of age when the likes of Peter Canavan, Gooch Cooper, Stevie McDonnell, Padraig Joyce and Stevie O'Neill were in their pomp.