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The weekend’s matches

Right, another weekend is fast approaching and with it three more matches involving Mayo teams. Here are the details on them in the order they’ll be played. First up on this occasion are the county’s women footballers whose Championship campaign resumes on Saturday. The LGFA Championship is now at the group stage and our first match is against Tipperary. The […]

Mayo v Kildare preview with Donal Vaughan and Michael Foley – Mayo News Football Podcast 2022 E23

After waiting for six weeks for a game, now Mayo have two matches in the space of a week with the Round 2 Qualifier against Kildare fixed for Croke Park next Saturday. To preview this do-or-die knockout meeting with the Lilywhites, Rob is joined on the pod by former Mayo footballer Donie Vaughan and Michael Foley of the Sunday Times. […]

Kildare a cut above in Christy Ring Cup decider

Today’s Christy Ring Cup final against Kildare was always going to be a difficult assignment for Mayo’s hurlers. The Lilywhites – who had won this title twice in the previous four years and had competed at the Joe McDonagh Cup level last year – were streets ahead of everyone, ourselves included, in the group matches and they came into today’s […]

Team for Christy Ring Cup final named

The team and substitutes for tomorrow’s Christy Ring Cup final against Kildare at Croke Park (throw-in 5pm) have been named. In a nice touch, the team announcement for the title decider includes not just the names of all those on the match day panel but also the members of the extended panel. Here’s the full list we’ve named: Mayo (Christy […]

The weekend’s matches

Friday has rolled around once again and this weekend there are three Mayo matches – including a real biggie – taking place. Two of these are on tomorrow and the other one is on Sunday. First up tomorrow are the Mayo Masters. The greybeards (I’m allowed to use that term seeing as I currently sport one of those myself) take […]

Tickets for Christy Ring Cup final now on sale

Tickets for Saturday’s triple-header of lower tier hurling deciders went on sale earlier today. The Lory Meagher final between Longford and Louth gets underway at 1pm, the Nicky Rackard Cup final between Roscommon and Tyrone starts at 3pm and the Christy Ring Cup final between Kildare and us gets going at 5pm. Tickets are unreserved in the Lower Tier of […]

Hurlers march on to Christy Ring Cup final

The county’s hurlers this afternoon made it a happy return to MacHale Park when they got the better of Derry by 2-23 to 2-18. The win confirms Mayo’s place – for the first time ever – in the final of the Christy Ring Cup. The decider takes place at Croke Park next weekend where Kildare will provide the opposition. Today’s […]

This weekend’s matches

It’s midweek so already it’s time to be thinking about the matches involving the county that are on this coming weekend. This time there are four such matches, one in U17 football, two in hurling and one in women’s football, with one game on Friday, two on Saturday and one on Sunday. Here are the details you need on all […]