The final hour is at hand for Ireland’s show jumpers to deliver their country out of the Olympic wilderness. Not since Athens 2004 has Ireland qualified a show jumping team for the Games, and tomorrow sees the Irish riders embark on their last chance to make Tokyo 2020.

If teams are a reflection of the personality of their management teams, it’s fair to say Fermanagh are a hardier bunch this year but Ryan McMenamin insists top teams like Dublin “get away with murder”.

John Divilly believes Lee Keegan should start at midfield in Saturday’s replay as he has the mobility to counteract likely Kerry starter Jack Barry.

Jamie Clarke will take his time before deciding whether to commit to Armagh next season.

Crossmaglen (Armagh) 0-12 Kilcoo (Down) 0-8: Stephen Kernan was the dominant figure as Crossmaglen reached their first Ulster Club SFC final since 2012.

The Central Hearings Committee (CHC) face a busy schedule in Croke Park this and tomorrow evening as they address challenges to the proposed bans for Tiernan McCann and two players arising from last month’s Dublin-Armagh challenge game.

Ex-Tyrone defender Ryan McMenamin has rejected the long-held theory that he bit and gouged Colm Cooper.

David Bentley features in a documentary on TV3 tonight where he lines out for Armagh champions Crossmaglen Rangers against Silverbridge in a challenge game

Crossmaglen co-manager John McEntee has branded Dromintee’s decision to field a severely depleted team including three players in casual clothing as an “absolute disgrace”.

It was the day Donegal’s ‘likeable losers’ tag stuck.

Oisín McConville and John McEntee have taken over as joint-managers of Crossmaglen Rangers.

Former Armagh star John McEntee has praised referees chief Pat McEnaney for making the game “a bit more manly again”.

Paul Grimley would be interested in taking over as Armagh manager in a caretaker capacity until Kieran McGeeney, or another former player, is ready to accept the job.

The way he has Crossmaglen Rangers playing should surprise no one who has ever known him.

A tempest or a treat — Portlaoise will be the scene of one or the other this afternoon.

The meeting of the Munster and Ulster senior football champions in Portlaoise brings together the two favourites for the outright title regardless of what happens in the other tie in Longford’s Pearse Park.

Crossmaglen’s three-time All-Ireland winning manager Joe Kernan has warned that separation or segregation of supporters would spell the death knell for the GAA.

IT WAS noteworthy just how Crossmaglen struggled to use their extra man when Ballinderry had Martin Harney sent off in the Ulster semi-final.

SAME as it ever was. Over the course of Crossmaglen’s revival in this campaign, we were fed a diet of claims by everyone associated with the team that this was a new team.

IN EVERY close game there are crucial moments. Split second decisions that determine winners and losers.

WE should get a game today. The portents are good. These generations of Crossmaglen and St Brigid’s footballers subscribe to an attractive brand of play and on a wide open space like Croke Park with the forecast not too inclement there are reasons to be cheerful.

“I’VE not much left to say to ye,” laughed Oisín McConville as he greeted a congregation of journalists at last week’s AIB provincial player awards.

CROSSMAGLEN veteran Oisín McConville has made a thinly-veiled swipe at the club’s management last season, insisting current bosses Tony McEntee and Gareth O’Neill have brought back a more professional ethic into the senior panel.

BALL tucked tightly under his arm, Francie Bellew made his way into the Crossmaglen dressing room in Breffni Park yesterday with the broadest of smiles.

Crossmaglen 2-9 Naomh Conaill 0-10

ARMAGH champions Crossmaglen Rangers dumped the reigning Ulster and All-Ireland champions, St. Gall’s, out of the running for successive titles with a brilliant 1-12 to 0-9 point win at Oliver Plunkett Park.

THE saga involving Manchester United contract negotiations with Wayne Rooney highlights why the GAA should always retain its amateur status according to Armagh legend Benny Tierney.

MOST of them are only players in our minds now. On DVDs, decaying VHS tapes and in old photos.

FIRST things first. Pat Gilroy’s recent comments that the All-Ireland club championship should be condensed into a calendar year are illogical, unfounded and unworkable.

DUBLIN football manager Pat Gilroy has vows to keep an open mind on any players who may be looking to achieve dual star status this summer.

Crossmaglen Rangers (Armagh) 4-12 Drom-Broadford (Limerick) 0-6

Crossmaglen have received a boost ahead of their Ulster club final replay against Ballinderry on Sunday.

John McEntee will be free to play for Armagh champions Crossmaglen Rangers in Sunday's Ulster Club SFC final replay against Ballinderry Shamrocks after successfully appealing his sending-off in the drawn game.

CROSSMAGLEN’S John McEntee last night won his appeal against the straight red card he received in Sunday’s drawn Ulster Club football final against Ballinderry.

BALLINDERRY SHAMROCKS (Derry) 1-10 CROSSMAGLEN RANGERS (Armagh) 1-10, Brewster Park

A LOT has changed in the last year.

DONAL MURTAGH had every reason to be proud of Crossmaglen Rangers’ sixth AIB Ulster Club football title win in Newry yesterday, having successfully carried on the torch from Joe Kernan and proving him as successful a manager as he was a player.

Crossmaglen (Armagh) 0-13 Dr Crokes (Kerry) 1-5

Brian Mallon will have to be content with a place on the substitutes bench for Armagh's All-Ireland SFC quarter-final against Kerry on Saturday (Croke Park, throw-in 2pm).

Paul McGrane's second-half goal set up another Croke Park triumph for Armagh as they retained the Ulster SFC title with a three-point win over Donegal.

Martin O'Rourke and John McEntee have been brought into the Armagh attack for Sunday's Ulster SFC final against Donegal (Croke Park, throw-in 2.15pm).

ARMAGH have made two changes for Sunday’s Bank of Ireland Ulster SFC final clash with Donegal at Croke Park.