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Monaghan 5-21 Waterford 0-09 JOHN GRAHAM Monaghan are back in the championship race after they blitzed a hapless Waterford in this totally one sided All-Ireland Senior Footbal lChampionship Round 2 Qualifier played in sweltering conditions in Fraher Field, Dungarvan, on Saturday afternoon last. Monaghan were on a mission when they went to the Deise County, in that they had to first of all get a result, which they did and also put on a performance, which they also did, and while there were aspects of their play at times that was a little ...

Colm Shalvey reports Monaghan will be expected to return to winning ways in the All-Ireland SFC when they contest a rare clash with Waterford in Round 2 of the Qualifiers this Saturday. Monaghan will travel to Dungarvan to take on Waterford at Fraher Field in a first SFC meeting of the teams and a first in any competition since 2003. Monaghan beat the Déise on that occasion in a league match in Clones, but their last trip to Waterford produced a dismal 0-8 apiece stalemate 12 months prior to that. A ...

John Graham reports The hurt and the disappointment may not have totally abated but Monaghan will have to get their focus back for their trip to the south-east this weekend when they take on Waterford in Round 2 of the All Ireland Qualifiers this Saturday in what is a first ever championship meeting between the sides. Monaghan go into the qualifiers this year having lost out to a sucker punch injury time goal to Fermanagh in the Ulster semi-final, a game that Monaghan should have won, but recriminations in that regard ...

O’Rourke and co seek redemption in Dungarvan PATRICK SMYTH Monaghan manager Malachy O’Rourke will ask his players to show pride and ambition in equal measure as they seek to put behind them their unexpected early exit from this year’s Ulster SFC and, simultaneously, put together a decent assault on the All-Ireland SFC. In an interview with the Northern Standard held in the aftermath of the draw for round two of All-Ireland SFC Qualifiers which pitted his side against Waterford, O’Rourke didn’t put a tooth in it when assessing what lies ahead ...

Donegal 3-17 Monaghan 1-09 AILBHE QUINN SFC finals was shattered on Sunday last when Donegal proved too strong (3-17 to 1-9) in an entertaining TG4 Ulster semi-final in Healy Park, Omagh. First half goals by Eilis Ward, Geraldine McLaughlin and Yvonne Bonner had Donegal out of sight and they moved comfortable into Sunday-week’s final against Armagh. By the end,the north-westerners had 14 points to spare and, it must be said, that was without hitting top gear. Donegal, who were minus their captain Karen Guthrie, who …

Fermanagh 1-08 Monaghan 0-10 JOHN GRAHAM Two weeks is a long time in football and that time frame saw Monaghan drop from the elation of taking out the Ulster champions in their own backyard, two weeks back, on Sunday, May 20th, to plumbing the depths of disappointment and even despair at going out of this year’s series at the same venue to Fermanagh on Sunday last in a game that for Monaghan people at least will be remembered for a lot of the wrong reasons. To add to their disappointment this is ...

Colm Shalvey reports A place in a first Ulster SFC Final since 2015 is up for grabs for Monaghan when they return to Omagh to take on Fermanagh this Sunday. Having followed up a strong campaign in the Allianz NFL that saw them finish third in Division One, Monaghan started their championship in style with a fully-merited win over Tyrone at Healy Park. They now take on a Fermanagh side who have also enjoyed a progressive …

John Graham reports THIS SUNDAY the Monaghan senior football team heads back to Healy Park, the scene of their resounding victory over Tyrone in the quarter-final, to take on Fermanagh, this time around as they seek to book their place in the Ulster final for the fifth time in eight years and the first time since 2015 when the county won their sixienth Ulster title in all, defeating Donegal by the narrowest of margins, in an absolute cliff hanger. Monaghan have appeared in four finals since 2010, losing to Tyrone that ...

Colm Shalvey reports Mo n a g h a n started their Ulster SFC campaign in some style by defeating Tyrone in last Sunday’s quarter-final to round off a great afternoon for the county’s teams in Omagh. Sunday’s senior result was significant for many reasons, not least of which was that Tyrone fell short at the first hurdle of their bid for their first-ever three-in-a-row of provincial titles. For Monaghan…