Be the bainisteoir and pick your Fantasy Gaelic Games team
Fantasy football
Score Beo, the live scores app has launched an innovative new feature called Allianz Fantasy Gaelic Games, with separate competitions available for both Gaelic football and hurling.
In a format similar to Fantasy Premier League, users can create their own starting 15 in each code and aim to accumulate as many points as possible over the course of the season.
In the football competition, consistency should be the priority when selecting a squad. Regular free-takers and high-scoring forwards will offer a dependable source of points, while clean sheets are particularly valuable metrics for defenders and goalkeepers, who earn four points for keeping out a green flag and three points if their team concedes fewer than 20 points.
Here are four footballers who are certainties to get you off to a flying start in your mini leagues, alongside one under-the-radar wildcard option.
Beggan topped the goalkeeper scoring-charts in 2025, slotting over 0-59 across the League and Championship, with 0-58 of that total coming from placed balls, which will be worth a single point each. The Scotstown clubman also registered four clean sheets throughout the season.
Monaghan kickstart their return to Division 1 of the Allianz League at home against Armagh, before heading to Dr Hyde Park to face Roscommon in round two.
Listed as a defender, Moore could be a shrewd addition due to his versatility and scoring potential, having featured in the half-forward line for the Ulster champions on several occasions.
His combination of defensive stability and attacking involvement makes him a smart pick for bainisteoirí looking for reliable points from the backline. Donegal begin their campaign under the lights in Croke Park against Dublin.
If players were valued like in Fantasy Premier League, David Clifford would sit in the same bracket as Erling Haaland and Mohamed Salah — the premium picks who almost always deliver big returns, often with captaincy.
The current Footballer of the Year is coming off his greatest season to date with Kerry, averaging nearly 10 points per game. His scoring from play and frees makes him an automatic inclusion for any squad, offering both consistency and high returns week after week.
In Fantasy Premier League terms, Robert Finnerty is the kind of mid-tier pick who offers excellent value through reliable returns with the potential for the occasional explosive score.
The Salthill forward scored 4-57 in 14 games last season, with 4-31 coming from play, combining consistency with the ability to rack up big hauls. While Shane Walsh tends to grab the headlines, Finnerty’s scoring power and steady involvement make him a smart inclusion for any fantasy squad looking for both points security and surprise major returns.
At the start of the 2025 campaign, McInerney wore Clare’s number 16 jersey. By season’s end, he had secured a starting spot in the full-forward line and finished as Clare’s top scorer in the Championship. He carried that form into the club campaign with Éire Óg Inis, finishing the Clare SFC as top scorer with 3-34, before adding 0-16 in the Munster quarter-final and 0-10 in the provincial semi-final.
The University of Galway Sigerson Cup panellist is expected to lead Clare’s attack in the absence of Emmet McMahon, who is likely to miss a large portion of the season due to an ACL injury.
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