Previews Club Semi Finals
- Jan 21,2022
Sunday January 23, 2022
2021 currentaccount.ie All-Ireland Intermediate Club Championship semi-final
St Sylvester's (Dublin) v Kinawley Brian Borus (Fermanagh); St Sylvester's, 1pm
After coming through the challenge of London visitors Holloway Gaels at the quarter-final stage, St Sylvester’s have home advantage again for the visit of Fermanagh and Ulster Champions Kinawley.
Sylvester’s can call upon the undoubted talents of Dublin county stars Sinead Aherne, Nicole Owens, Kate Sullivan and Niamh McEvoy, who’s listed on the bench for this one, while Kim White has donned the inter-county colours of Down.
Kinawley have excellent players in their ranks, too, and county ace Roisin O’Reilly kicked a memorable winner in the Ulster Final winner over Steelstown, which capped a superb comeback.
Club captain Joanne Doonan is a former TG4 All-Ireland winning skipper at inter-county level, as is Courteney Murphy.
Alongside O’Reilly at midfield is the vastly experienced Aine McGovern, who has also tasted All-Ireland Junior glory.
Sylvester’s will start as favourites but Kinawley will provide a stern test and cannot be discounted.
St Sylvester’s: S Brennan; C Fitzpatrick, K White, L Harrold; L Murphy, D Lawless (capt.), E Lynch; N Owens, G Twomey; K Sullivan, E Sullivan, N Harney; S McGlynn, S Aherne, L Ryan.
Kinawley: D Owens; C Breen, K Murphy, K Donnelly; E Keenan, C Murphy, C Leonard; R O’Reilly, A McGovern; M Murphy, A Haran, K Murphy; S Melanaphy, J Doonan (capt.), N McManus.
2021 currentaccount.ie All-Ireland Junior Club Championship semi-final
St Jude's (Dublin) v Carrickmacross (Monaghan); St Margarets, 1pm
St Jude's have been going great guns in both codes and their attention for this weekend is firmly set on a currentaccount.ie All-Ireland semi-final appearance.
St Jude's put Tír na nÓg, the British champions from Newcastle, to the sword in the quarter-finals and now face a stiffer test from Carrickmacross, the Monaghan and Ulster champions.
Former Dublin minor captain, Hannah Hegarty is a stand-out name on the St Jude's team, while the Carrick ladies had Monaghan’s Sarah Capaldi to thank for their dramatic Ulster Final victory over Tyrone outfit Moortown.
Capaldi’s late free secured the win for the Farney County representatives, and the next step on their journey is a visit to the capital.
St Jude's: A McAuliffe, L Doherty, E Browne, C Gannon; C Devlin, A walsh, N Murphy; H Hegarty, A Keyes (capt.); A Rockett, N Kerr, C Nicoletti; L Morris, E Young, H Begley.
Carrickmacross: K Martin; G Connolly, M Gartlan, S Corr; N Kieran, K Duffy (capt.), A Scotson; S Kellett, S Flanagan; C Larney, C Wilcox, A Loughman; S Capaldi, E Carolan, N Cathcart.
BOTH semi finals will be streamed live via the LGFA Facebook page