This weekend saw 32 inter-county players representing their county colours in a FIFA20 Charity Online Tournament in aid of HSE and NHS frontline workers across Ireland. Players from across the island took part in provincial tournaments over the weekend with Laois being crowded All-Ireland Champions on Sunday.

Throughout the tournament, fans saw classic clashes and GAA rivalries come to the fore with Donegal beating Tyrone in the first round and Cork defeating Kerry in the Munster semi-final. The provincial finals saw Laois’s Eric Kileen take home the Leinster title against Meath’s Jordan Morris, while Waterford’s  Aaron Jones had a convincing defeat over Cork’s Sean O’Donoghue to claim the Munster title, in the west Sligo’s Niall Feehily  just beat Roscommon’s Donie Smith in a 4-3 defeat to become the Connacht champion and Donegal narrowly lost out in the Ulster title with Oisin Gallen losing 2-1 to Antrim’s Patrick McBride.

Laois’ Eric Kileen beat Waterford’s Aaron Jones 5-4 in the All-Ireland final.

FIFA20 All-Ireland champion Eric Killeen from Laois!

Youtube credit: Insomnia Dublin Gaming Festival

The semi-final’s saw Laois sail through to the final with a 6-2 defeat of Sligo but it went down to the wire between Waterford and Antrim Aaron Jones winning by 1 goal in the end. The tournament came to a close with Laois’ Eric Kileen beating Waterford’s Aaron Jones 5-4 in the All-Ireland final which was commentated live by Marty Morrissey.

The FIFA20 All-Ireland Charity tournament, organised by the GPA and journalist Joanne O’Riordan, supported by Trust Gaming, was broadcast on Insomnia Dublin Gaming Festival’s Facebook, with supporters donating over €5,000 via the event’s Go Fund Me page with donations still being accepted: https://www.gofundme.com/f/zqvjmp-FIFA.

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