
GAA
Share
Published 11:28 29 Apr 2025 BST
Updated 11:29 29 Apr 2025 BST

The GAA story of the weekend was Meath's Leinster SFC win over Dublin in Portlaoise, with the Royals becoming the first side the defeat the Sky Blues in the competition since they did so themselves back in 2010.
As it was in 2010, Meath will once again face Louth in the final, with the Wee County looking for revenge after one of the most controversial finishes in championship history denied them the title 15 years ago.
For the Dubs, it means they drop to third seeds for the Sam Maguire series, with Derry as fourth seeds, setting up a potential group of death.
Eight-time All-Ireland winner, Philly McMahon, was covering the game live on the BBC's GAA Social podcast, and he couldn't resist a little dig at his county's rivals.
Making light of the fact that many Dubs live and play in Meath, he referred to the Royal County as Dublin's 'second team'.
He said: "The (rivalry) is still there, particularly from the Meath point of view. The big thing with Meath is, there's a lot of people from Dublin living on outskirts of Dublin now, Ratoath, Ashbourne, Dunshaughlin, Duleek all of these places have a massive amount of Dubs.
"There's lads I would imagine on the Meath team that are Dubs, I've trained a couple of young lads that are Dublin fans playing for Meath.
"We will take that, that's Dublin's second team after beating us there, Dublin's second team is after winning there today. We help the border counties in and around us you know."
Explore more on these topics:

Debate over legitimacy of stunning Hegarty goal in Limerick win
Some debate here…. Limerick’s winning streak over Waterford in the Munster Senior Hurling Championships continued on Sunday after John Kiely’s side ran out 2-29 to 2-20 winners over the Déise. Two goals in the space of a minute from Peter Casey and Gearoid Hegarty saw the Treaty County shake off a Waterford outfit and condemn […]
GAA
1 day ago
‘Geezer’ changes stances on Armagh ‘Monday club’ celebrations
He’s a softie behind it all! Following yesterday’s Ulster SFC final win over Monaghan, Armagh’s man of the match, Oisín Conaty, told RTÉ that he hoped their celebrations would trickle into Monday, if manager Kieran McGeeney would allow it. Conaty said: “It’s about time we got over the line. “It’s all down to him (McGeeney) […]
GAA
1 day ago
GAA
Galway GAA star on shortlist for shock inclusion on Love Island
GAA