THE bones of this captivating modern drama will have been all but picked clean by the time David Coldrick throws the ball in at Croke Park for the second of this season’s All-Ireland quarter-finals this afternoon.

JUST like two years ago, Dublin and Tyrone will meet in Croke Park tonight long after the sun goes down but it was the defeat to the Ulster side on a rain-soaked August afternoon last summer which Barry Cahill points to as his darkest hour in blue.

Tyrone manager Mickey Harte will give youth its chance in tomorrow night's historic floodlit NFL Division 1A clash with Dublin, as both Colm Cavanagh and Colm Donnelly have been named in the Red Hands' line-up (Croke Park, throw-in 7pm).

THE GAA will continue to experience difficulty in penalising indiscipline as long as their rules are open to legal challenge and people avail of “every possible procedure and loophole” to escape punishment.

DUBLIN star Brian Cullen is determined to put the fallout from the ‘Battle of Omagh’ firmly behind him and return to concentrating on football.

GAA President Sean Kelly believes attitudes towards the Association’s match officials must change after an umpire was allegedly assaulted following Sunday’s NFL game between Monaghan and Kerry.

TEAMS found guilty of serious misconduct should be penalised points and prevented from playing matches at home for a limited period of time, according to GAA president Sean Kelly.

DUBLIN and Tyrone are considering whether to appeal the penalties imposed by the Central Disciplinary Committee (CDC) yesterday.