Of all the commodities Meath need to bring to the game in Croke Park tomorrow, their Meathness is by far the most important.

The format and fairness of the All-Ireland Football Championship comes into sharp focus on weekends such as this.

Both Monaghan and Tyrone come into tomorrow’s Ulster quarter-final at Hyde Park with a few points to prove.

Given the broken weather of recent days and that strong breezes are predicted for the weekend, it could be a day for defenders

The annual exodus of young players to America is an issue which wouldn’t go away

Can embattled Donegal manager Jim McGuinness reinvent his side for the Championship or will Derry kick on from their league campaign?

As the league concludes, we are searching for the signs of weakness or fallibility in this Dublin side

We were stationed behind the scoring goal in Austin Stack Park for Kerry’s capitulation against Cork last weekend.

One glance at the Derry team for their game away to Mayo tomorrow probably tells us all we need to know about how the league table is going to look tomorrow evening and the likelihood of Kerry making the semi-finals has diminished greatly.

Watching a Mayo defence that badly needs shoring up take on a Dublin forward requiring the oxygen of scoring goals at home in Croke Park could be the most intriguing aspect of this evening’s clash.