GAA on TV: some great Kerry finals, not that they might always agree

March 25, 2021

A view of a TV camera in position at Croke Park before the start of the action ©INPHO/Cathal Noonan

Yet more AFLW coverage this weekend from TG4 plus plenty of brilliant games from the Noughties.

Saturday 27 March

TG4

2.23pm: Peil na mBan 20 bliain ag Fás
Mourneabbey sisters & Cork teammates Ciara and Doireann O'Sullivan know plenty about rivalry. Both play in the forwards for Club & County & as sisters there's an innate rivalry in their relationship. However the rivalry between Cork & Dublin is one of the more pronounced in their sporting lives & in 2016 when the sides met for their third final in a row it was Cork who won out, but only just.

TG4

2.35pm: AFL Aussie Rules na mBan 

Full deferred coverage of North Melbourne v Freemantle Dockers in round 9 of the Australian Football League Women's (AFLW) season. 

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7.30pm: Meath v Kerry, 2001 All-Ireland SFC semi-final

The 1999 winners faced off against the 2000 champions in a game that few Kerry fans will remember fondly.

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8.55pm: Tipperary v Galway, 2001 All-Ireland SHC final

The 2001 All-Ireland SHC Final at Croke Park saw Tipperary looking for their first title in a decade, against a Galway team who last won the Liam MacCarthy Cup back in 1988.

 

Sunday 28 March

TG4

12pm: AFL Aussie Rules na mBan 

Full deferred coverage of Adelaide Crows v Collingwood in round 9 game of the Australian Football League Women's (AFLW) season. 

TG4

6.55pm: Peil na mBan 20 bliain ag Fás

From the highs of winning the All Ireland final together for Mayo in 2002, the McGing sisters, Sharon & Michelle, were faced with the tragic loss of their youngest sister & teammate, Aisling, in an accident in July 2003. With the support of their fellow Mayo players & their family they played on through the season & helped Mayo retain the All Ireland title that September, the memory of Aisling to the forefront of their minds throughout. Here in episode 5 of our series celebrating 20 years of Ladies football on TG4, the sisters tell their story of glory, tragedy, family, friendship & football.

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8pm: Kerry v Galway, 2000 All-Ireland SFC final (draw)

The 2000 All-Ireland SFC Final was a repeat of the 1965 decider, as Kerry and Galway met at Croke Park in the first All-Ireland Final of the new millennium.

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9.30pm: Kerry v Galway, 2000 All-Ireland SFC final (replay)

The 2000 All-Ireland SFC Final Replay was, unusually, played on a Saturday - two weeks after Kerry and Galway had played out a 0-14 to 0-14 draw at Croke Park.

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11pm: Tyrone v Kerry, 2005 All-Ireland SFC final

The 2005 All-Ireland SFC Final is regarded as one of the greatest All-Ireland Finals of all time, with Kerry facing a Tyrone team looking for their second title in three years.


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