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So the provincial championships took off properly today with Tyrone and Down playing out a cracker in the main event drawing 2-11 to 3-8. Elsewhere Laois beat Wicklow to earn the position as Dublin's first whipping boys, Longford beat Offaly to book a date with Wexford and Roscommon handily dispatched Leitrim.
The football championship is really a case of Dublin vs The Field this year with Dublin looking considerably stronger than the rest but winning back to back is always a huge challenge, Cork and Mayo look like the Dubs only challengers.
The hurling is wide open after last year. Will we see Claire kick on from last year, the big guns Kilkenny and Tipperary regain Liam McCarthy or see the likes of Cork, Limerick, Galway or Dublin overcome last years disappointment and mount a challenge?
There's nothing quite like the All Ireland Championships, despite rugby being my favourite sport, most of my best sporting memories are Championship games.
The football championship is really a case of Dublin vs The Field this year with Dublin looking considerably stronger than the rest but winning back to back is always a huge challenge, Cork and Mayo look like the Dubs only challengers.
The hurling is wide open after last year. Will we see Claire kick on from last year, the big guns Kilkenny and Tipperary regain Liam McCarthy or see the likes of Cork, Limerick, Galway or Dublin overcome last years disappointment and mount a challenge?
There's nothing quite like the All Ireland Championships, despite rugby being my favourite sport, most of my best sporting memories are Championship games.