Compiled by Jackie Cahill 

THE 2025 TG4 All-Ireland semi-finalists will be confirmed over the weekend – as four counties fight for survival in the elite grade. 

It’s TG4 All-Ireland SFC quarter-finals weekend, while two senior Championship relegation play-offs are also on the schedule. 

Three of the four quarter-finals are down for decision on Sunday, with Dublin hosting Cork at 1.15pm, followed by Galway’s home tie with Waterford at 3.15pm, and Kildare’s visit to Kerry at 7.30pm. 

On Sunday, attention switches to the remaining quarter-final, with Meath entertaining Tipperary at 5.15pm, while Offaly and Wicklow meet in an Intermediate Championship relegation play-off, with the losers relegated to the Junior grade. 

Saturday’s senior Championship relegation ties are provincial derbies, as Leitrim take on Mayo, while Armagh face Donegal. 

All four of the weekend’s quarter-finals will be live on TG4 linear TV and online https://www.tg4.ie/en/player/watch-live/home/ while the LGFA’s Facebook Page and YouTube channel will provide live coverage of the Offaly-Wicklow tie. 

Sunday July 6

 TG4 All-Ireland Senior Championship Quarter-Final

Meath v Tipperary; Páirc Tailteann, Navan, 5.15pm –  Live on TG4

Sunday’s tie will revive memories of a thrilling group game between the counties last year. 

On that occasion, Meath did enough to repel a strong Tipperary challenge, eventually running out 2-15 to 2-12 winners in Navan. 

The 2025 TG4 All-Ireland quarter-final between the counties has the potential to be similarly tight – and the stakes are high. 

Meath lost out to eventual winners Kerry at the quarter-final stage in 2024, as Tipperary preserved Senior Championship status by defeating Laois in a relegation play-off. 

Meath famously claimed back-to-back TG4 All-Ireland Senior Championship successes in 2021 and 2022 – and the Royals would dearly love to relive those glory days. You have to go back to 1980, meanwhile, for the last of Tipperary’s three All-Ireland Senior title wins, when Cavan were defeated in the Final. 

If Tipperary do win on Sunday, they’ll be through to an All-Ireland semi-final for the first time since 1980 – and that’s a huge incentive for the Premier County.  

Meath come into this game having topped Group 3, with a draw against Armagh followed up by victory over Kildare, while Tipperary finished second behind Galway in Group 1, losing out to the Tribeswomen before securing knockout football with a crucial win against Donegal. 

Meath are unchanged after battling past Kildare to earn a knockout slot, while Tipp make three changes to the side that overcame Donegal, with Issy Carr, Ava Ryan and Ava Fennessy coming in for Clara English, Nicole Shelly and Kirsty Crotty Ryan.  

Meath: R Murray; Á Sheridan, M.K. Lynch, K Newe; A Cleary (capt.), S Wall, K Kealy; O Sheehy, M Farrelly; M Thynne, N Gallogly, C Smyth; E Duggan, V Wall, K Cole. 

Tipperary: L Fitzpatrick (capt.); N Martin, L Spillane, E Cronin; S English, M Curley, I Carr; L Morrissey, E Morrissey; N Towey, A.R. Kennedy, A Ryan; A McGuigan, A Moloney, A Fennessy. 

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