When the draw was done, Dublin originally drew Cavan, but that would have left Kerry to face Cork, one of the disallowed draws, so they gave the bowl a shake and picked out the Rebels for Dublin.

Tailteann Cup - Round 3 Longford 1-20 Carlow 1-15 A listless Carlow ended the Tailteann Cup Group 4 round-robin stage of the competition to rivals who were already out of the running in Tullamore on Sunday.

Joe Murphy's team have a chance of topping their group and going straight into the Tailteann Cup quarter-final if they can beat Longford on Sunday

Conor Doyle held his nerve to convert a precious late equalising penalty against Wexford which keeps alive Carlow's chances of topping Group 4 in the Tailteann Cup going into the last round of group games 

Limerick's 3-26 to 1-16 win at home to Cork means the Banner cannot progress any further in the Munster championship.

Captain Mikey Bambrick scored 2-4 as Carlow recorded a first win under new manager Joe Murphy

Sam Mulroy scored 1-7 to give the Wee County their first provincial title since 1957.

Darragh Foley returns to the Carlow team but elsewhere there is a sprinkling of youth throughout the side picked by Joe Murphy for the clash with Fermanagh

The footballers begin their Tailteann Cup campaign while the hurlers bid to continue their winning run in the McDonagh Cup 

Following the group stage draw, Sligo were drawn with Kildare, Leitrim, and Tipperary, who they will play first at home.

The draw for the competition was made this afternoon 

The FRC estimates that 25 - 30 grounds will use the system this summer.

Four preliminary quarter-finals will be held this weekend in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship