It is round three of the Allianz Football League this weekend and a host of Ulster teams are in dire need of a win after disappointing starts to the 2023 campaign.
Indeed, Sunday’s Division One meeting between Monaghan and Donegal in Clones already feels like a must-win game for both counties - especially the hosts.
Few would have expected 2022 Division Two champions Roscommon to be leading the way in Division One after two rounds and Davy Burke’s men entertain Armagh at Dr Hyde Park and a win for either side would go a long way to guaranteeing top flight football for next season.
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Tyrone, like Armagh, will have designs on picking up two points from their trip to Connacht as they face a depleted Galway side at Tuam.
In Division Two, Ulster champions Derry host Meath with both teams looking to continue their 100 per cent start to the League.
There’s another Ulster derby in Division Three as Fermanagh take on Down in Ederney while Antrim travel to Thurles to face Tipperary and Cavan host Longford at Kingspan Breffni.
There’s also a full round of fixtures in the Lidl Ladies National Football League and Armagh will be bidding to make it four wins from four when they take on Tyrone at O’Neills Healy Park in their Division Two clash on Sunday.
The Very Ireland Camogie League also gets under way this weekend and there’s an all-Ulster opener in Division 1B with Antrim hosting Down in Portglenone on Saturday.
This weekend’s fixtures:
Saturday, February 18
Allianz Football League Round Three
Division One
Mayo v Kerry (Castlebar, 7.30pm)
Division Two
Derry v Meath (Owenbeg, 5pm)
Division Four
Wicklow v London (Aughrim, 1pm)
Allianz Hurling League Round Three
Division 2B
Meath v Donegal (Navan, 2pm)
Lidl Ladies Football League
Division One
Meath v Mayo (Páirc Tailteann, 2pm)
Kerry v Dublin (Tralee, 5.15pm)
Very Ireland Camogie League
Division 1A
Cork v Dublin (MTU Cork, 2pm)
Tipperary v Galway (The Ragg, 2pm)
Clare v Kilkenny (Ennis 12pm)
Division 1B
Antrim v Down (Portglenone, 2pm)
Wexford v Limerick (Chadwicks Wexford Park, 2pm)
Offaly v Wexford (Birr, 2pm)
Division 2A
Derry v Cavan (Lavey, 2pm)
Kerry v Westmeath (Abbeydorney, 2pm)
Laois v Meath (Mountrath, 2pm)
Sunday, February 19
Allianz Football League Round Three
Division One
Galway v Tyrone (Tuam, 1.45pm)
Monaghan v Donegal (Clones, 1.45pm)
Roscommon v Armagh (Dr Hyde Park, 1.45pm)
Division Two
Clare v Kildare (Ennis, 2pm)
Louth v Limerick (Ardee, 2pm)
Cork v Dublin (Páirc Uí Chaoimh, 3.45pm)
Division Three
Fermanagh v Down (Ederney, 1pm)
Cavan v Longford (Kingspan Breffni, 2pm)
Westmeath v Offaly (Mullingar, 2pm)
Tipperary v Antrim (Thurles, 2pm)
Division Four
Sligo v Waterford (Markievicz Park, 1pm)
Carlow v Laois (Netwatch Cullen Park, 2pm)
Wexford v Leitrim (Chadwicks Wexford Park, 2pm)
Lidl Ladies Football League
Division One
Donegal v Waterford (Letterkenny, 1pm)
Galway v Cork (Pearse Stadium, 2pm)
Division Two
Tyrone v Armagh (O’Neills Healy Park, 2pm)
Tipperary v Laois (Fethard, 2pm)
Monaghan v Cavan (Donaghmoyne, 2pm)
Roscommon v Westmeath (Kiltoom, 2pm)
Division Three
Down v Longford (Páirc Esler, 2pm)
Sligo v Wexford (Collooney, 1pm)
Offaly v Clare (Bretland Park, 2pm)
Kildare v Louth (Hawkfield, 2pm)
Division Four
Group A
Fermanagh v Carlow (Darver, 2pm)
London v Antrim (Ruislip, 2pm)
Group B
Limerick v Leitrim (Rathkeale, 2pm)
Wicklow v Kilkenny (Baltinglass, 2pm)
Very Ireland Camogie League
Division 1A
Clare v Kilkenny (Ennis 12pm)
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