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Dubs name starting 15 to face Monaghan

March 16, 2012
Peter Clarke has named his side which will take on Monaghan in the penultimate round of the Bord Gáis Energy Ladies NFL this coming Sunday at 2pm in Aughnamullen.   Clarke has made two adjustments to the metropolitans attack; Olivia Leonard replaces Siobhan Woods in the half forward line with Leonard named at number 12.  Ballyboden St Endas dual star, Natalia Hyland has been named at the edge of the square, Sinead Aherne switches to the left corner forward spot with Amy Ring..

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BGE Ladies NFl Round 6 Previews

March 16, 2012
Division 1 Sunday 18th March   Donegal v Tyrone, MacCool Pk, Ballybofey, 2pm (M Henry) In order to ensure that they avoid relegation both teams will be eager for a win on Sunday. Both teams are on three points, take score difference into consideration and Tyrone are in a much healthier position. A tough encounter no doubt as Ulster Championship won't be too far from their minds.   Monaghan v Dublin, Aughnamullen, 2pm (E O'Hare) This fixture may be more about ..

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Dublin v Monaghan BGE Ladies NFL

March 15, 2012
This Sunday is the penultimate round of the 2012 Bord Gáis Energy Ladies NFL, Dublin are once more on the road, their destination this time is to Aughnamullen and an encounter with 2011 All Ireland runners up, Monaghan.   This clash should be an fascinating one, all that currently separates both teams in the division one league table is Dublin's superior score difference as both sides have bagged twelve league points with four wins out of five. The only County to have defeate..

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BGE Ladies NFL Round 5 Round Up ...

March 12, 2012
Niamh Kindlon and Ellen McCarron scored five points each as Monaghan beat Tyrone in the big Ulster derby in Division 1 of the Bord Gáis Energy Ladies National Football League on Sunday. The Farney girls won the battle of the beaten 2010 and 2011 All-Ireland finalists at Healy Park, Omagh, to book their place in the last four of this year's League competition. Cork and Dublin are also safely through to the semi-finals with two rounds of fixtures remaining while either Laois or..

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Dubs name starting 15 to face Donegal

March 09, 2012
Bord Gáis Energy Ladies NFL: Sunday March 11th  Donegal v Dublin Venue: Convoy, Co Donegal Referee: Tommy McSorley (Tyrone)   Dublin boss Peter Clarke has announced his team to play Donegal this coming Sunday in round five of the Bord Gáis Energy Ladies NFL.   There are number of changes in personnel from the Dubs starting line out which chalked up a three point win over Tyrone last Sunday.   Two times All Star goal keeper, Cliodhna O'Connor..

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BGE Ladies NFL Round 5 previews

March 09, 2012
Bord Gáis Energy National Football League - Round 5 Sunday 11th March   Division 1.   Donegal v Dublin, Convoy, 2.30PM (T McSorley) Donegal have only registered 1 win so far in the Bord Gáis Energy National League. Dublin will be favourites for this match so it will take a huge performance from Donegal to gain 3 points this weekend.   Cork v Laois, Fermoy, 2PM (S Joy) A rematch of the 2011 Bord Gáis Energy National League Final. Laois were very c..

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Dubs head North again this Sunday

March 08, 2012
Peter Clarke and his Dublin crew are on the road North again this Sunday for round five of the Bord Gáis Energy Ladies NFL, ahead of the Dubs is a 232km bus trip up to Convoy and an encounter with Michael Naughton' s young Donegal side.   Seven of the Donegal senior squad are County minors, Donegal's only win to date in the BGE Ladies NFL has been to Kildare, Naughton' s side accounted for the Lilywhites in round two by six points but have experienced defeats at the hands of ..

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Dubs take full points from Tyrone

March 06, 2012
Tyrone Vs Dublin.   Another solid and workmanlike performance from Dublin in their 3rd away outing out of four starts in 2012 in Killyclogher Tyrone. Tyrone scored the opening point in the 2nd minute but were unable to register another score until the 27th minute when they scored a crucial goal. In between Dublin scored 4 unanswered points from Olivia Leonard, Sinead Goldrick, Amy McGuinness and Colleen Barrett. Tyrone however went into a strong half time lead 1.04 to 0.04 w..

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Dubs U16's over power Lilywhites

March 05, 2012
Dub's U16 boss, Fearghal Brennan came away from last Saturday's Leinster championship game with Kildare with mixed views, his young chargers had dismissed the Lilywhites on a score line of 9-19 to 2-04. Brennan must have left O'Tooles ground on Saturday wondering just how good this Dublin side are but at the same time also considering ,how poor where Kildare? Although Dublin did have a comfortable victory, one has to be fair to Kildare, they knew coming into this encounter that they ..

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Young Dubs overcome their nerves and Kildare ...

March 05, 2012
The young Dublin U14 girls commenced the U14 Leinster Championship with a comprehensive win over Kildare in O'Tooles GAA Club last Saturday afternoon. The girls in blue were understandably a little nervous prior to the start of the game but the nerves quickly disappeared as they entertained their supporters and the Dublin U16 ladies team with some fine fast flowing scores from play.   To date Dublin have played challenge games against Waterford and Galway and they dominated the..

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