All-Ireland SFC quarter-final details: Cork and Kerry double header to be shown on GAA+
BACK TO CROKER: Chris Óg Jones celebrates scoring a goal at Croke Park. Pic: Seb Daly/Sportsfile
All-Ireland champions Kerry will feature on GAA+ for a fourth time in this year’s championship when they meet Tyrone in Saturday’s All-Ireland quarter-final.
Jack O’Connor’s side’s only SFC game on RTÉ has been May’s Munster final win over Cork. Their other game, the All-Ireland Round 2B win over Kildare, was not broadcasted or streamed.
The Central Competitions Control Committee sought to give a seven-day gap between games to all three Round 3 winners. Kerry and Mayo won their respective games last Saturday as Dublin and Monaghan did the following day and their quarter-finals have been organised for the same days this weekend.
Kerry’s presence on GAA+ has been the source of frustration in the county. At an Oireachtas committee meeting last week to discuss integration, Kerry TD Michael Cahill and Senator Mike Kenneally raised the matter of the premium service with the GAA leadership.
Earlier last week, councillors in the county voted unanimously in favour of an emergency motion calling for all GAA championship games to be made free-to-air next year.
Cork have also appeared on RTÉ once this summer in the aforementioned provincial final in Fitzgerald Stadium. Their All-Ireland Round 1 win over Meath in Páirc Uí Rinn was shown on GAA+ while there was no live coverage of their win over Donegal in Ballybofey.
Saturday’s games are the last championship fixtures that will be shown on the pay-per-view service. From Sunday, the remaining eight games in the senior football and hurling championships will be broadcasted on RTÉ and BBC.
An All-Ireland semi-final draw will take place in Croke Park following the Galway-Dublin quarter-final on Sunday if one is required. The games on July 11 and 12 would be subject to the avoidance of repeat pairings from the championship, where possible.
Cork and Kerry have faced each other already as have Louth and Dublin while Mayo have met both Monaghan and Tyrone.
If Mayo, Tyrone and Monaghan win, a draw is not required. Mayo would face the winners of Dublin and Galway and Tyrone would meet Monaghan.
Meanwhile, GAA president Jarlath Burns says hurling may need 20 years to get non-traditional counties competing for second and third tier silverware.
"The Hurling Development Committee have taken a very, very long-term view on this,” he told RTÉ Radio 1’s Morning Ireland. “Our attitude is that you are never going to have other counties participating in the Liam MacCarthy Cup as long as you don't have clubs.
"For example, in Armagh, there's only eight hurling clubs. You would really need 18 or 20 for Armagh to make a serious challenge on getting even into the Christy Ring or Joe McDonagh.
"We are not going to solve this particular challenge overnight or even in the next three or four years. It could take maybe 20 years for us to get to the level that we want."
Cork v Mayo, Croke Park, 4pm (M. McNally, Monaghan) Live GAA+.
Tyrone v Kerry, Croke Park, 6.15pm (P. Neilan, Roscommon) Live GAA+.
Limerick v Tipperary, TUS Gaelic Grounds, 3pm (C. Flynn, Westmeath) Live TG4.
Warwickshire v Kilkenny, Páirc na hÉireann, Birmingham, 6pm (C. Dourneen, Cavan).
Louth v Monaghan, Croke Park, 1.45pm (S. Hurson, Tyrone) Live RTÉ.
Galway v Dublin, Croke Park, 4pm (D. Gough, Meath) Live RTÉ.
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