It’s GAA Football League final weekend and we’re gearing up for the Division 1 showpiece as Kerry face Mayo at 4pm.
Monaghan (Division 2), Offaly (Division 3), and Limerick (Division 4) have so far won titles this weekend. Who’ll join them in celebrating after the top tier game?
30 Mar 2025
3:54PM
Meath’s David Coldrick is the referee for this one.
30 Mar 2025
3:55PM
Two late Mayo changes from team announced. Conor Reid and Eoghan McLaughlin in, Davitt Neary and Darren McHale don’t start.
30 Mar 2025
3:56PM
Kerry
1. Shane Ryan (Rathmore)
2. Paul Murphy (Rathmore), 3. Jason Foley (Ballydonoghue), 4. Dylan Casey (Austin Stacks)
5. Gavin White (Dr Crokes), 6. Mike Breen (Beaufort), 7. Brian Ó Beaglaoich (An Ghaeltacht)
8. Joe O’Connor (Austin Stacks), 9. Barry Dan O’Sullivan (Dingle)
13. David Clifford (Fossa), 14. Paul Geaney (Dingle), 15. Dylan Geaney (Dingle)
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Mayo
1. Colm Reape (Knockmore)
2. Jack Coyne (Ballyhaunis), 3. Donnacha McHugh (Castlebar Mitchels), 4. Enda Hession (Garrymore)
5. Sam Callinan (Ballina Stephenites), 6. David McBrien (Ballaghaderreen), 7. Stephen Coen (Hollymount-Carramore),
8. Jack Carney (Kilmeena), 9. Matthew Ruane (Breaffy)
20. Eoghan McLaughlin (Westport), 17. Conor Reid (Moy Davitts), 12. Jordan Flynn (Crossmolina Deel Rovers)
13. Aidan O’Shea (Breaffy), 14. Frank Irwin (Ballina Stephenites), 15. Ryan O’Donoghue (Belmullet)
30 Mar 2025
3:59PM
Set for action here in Croke Park, Division 1 league title up for grabs.
30 Mar 2025
4:01PM
Kerry 0-1 Mayo 0-0
1 mins – Kerry race out of the blocks, Joe O’Connor clipping over an early point. David Clifford with another effort but it goes across the goal and wide.
Kerry's Jack O'Connor. Ryan Byrne / INPHO
Ryan Byrne / INPHO / INPHO
30 Mar 2025
4:03PM
Kerry 0-1 Mayo 0-1
4 mins - Aidan O’Shea bangs over off his left as Mayo draw level, Ryan O’Donoghue was earlier off target with their opening shot of the game.
30 Mar 2025
4:08PM
Mayo 0-2 Kerry 0-2
8 mins - Nice Mayo move as Ryan O’Donoghue lays off to Frank Irwin for their second score, then Kerry swiftly counter and one direct kick pass feeds Paul Geaney to swing over his point.
30 Mar 2025
4:09PM
Mayo 0-4 Kerry 0-2 9 mins - It’s far from a heaving Croke Park crackling with championship atmosphere but there’s some lovely points being registered. Jack Carney with Mayo’s third and then Aidan O’Shea swivels after a barging run before putting them two ahead.
12 mins - And suddenly Kerry alter the complexion of the game! Firstly Paudie Clifford knocks over a ’45 and from the resultant kickout Kerry intercept Colm Reape’s intended Mayo target, Paudie Clifford races away with the break, draws Reape and passes alongside him to Geaney who palms the ball to the net.
30 Mar 2025
4:15PM
Kerry 1-4 Mayo 0-4
15 mins - A Clifford score in creation and finishing. Paudie surges forward and chips in a kick pass to David who is fouled and he taps over the free.
Kerry’s Mike Breen and Jack Carney of Mayo. Ryan Byrne / INPHO
Ryan Byrne / INPHO / INPHO
30 Mar 2025
4:19PM
Kerry 1-5 Mayo 0-5
19 mins - Freetakers trade points, Ryan O’Donoghue for Mayo and David Clifford for Kerry.
30 Mar 2025
4:22PM
Kerry 1-6 Mayo 0-5
21 mins - David Clifford is well held up by Sam Callanan, who looks his new marker now, but Kerry find a way to score as Clifford lays off to Barry Dan O’Sullivan, the big Dingle midfielder working the space to point.
30 Mar 2025
4:25PM
Yellow card for Mayo goalkeeper Colm Reape for a foul on David Clifford, as the he tried to take a kickout.
30 Mar 2025
4:27PM
Kerry 1-6 Mayo 0-5
25 mins - Kerry’s shooting gone a bit wasteful now. Micheál Burns point attempt drops short, Paul Geaney fires wide off his left, and then Graham O’Sullivan sees his effort for goal flies across to go wide on the far side.
30 Mar 2025
4:29PM
Kerry 1-6 Mayo 0-6
27 mins – A third point of the day for Aidan O’Shea, a long spell of possession finally concludes with them breaking through the line and the Breaffy man points. Yellow card for Burns, an earlier foul on Jack Carney.
30 Mar 2025
4:31PM
Kerry 1-7 Mayo 0-6
29 mins – Paudie Clifford glides across the pitch from the Hogan Stand side and then engineers the room to stylishly score off his right. Kerry four to the good.
30 Mar 2025
4:32PM
Kerry 1-8 Mayo 0-6
29 mins - Mayo cough up possession cheaply as they attack, Mike Breen hammers the kickpass downfield and David Clifford grabs his point.
32 mins – Kerry increase their advantage through a free from David Clifford, then Mayo counter with a Jordan Flynn point. A sub there for Mayo, Darren McHale in for Conor Reid.
Five in it at the break then in favour of Kerry. Mayo had an opportunity to cut the gap before the break, a two-pointer free attempt from Ryan O’Donoghue drifting wide after Kerry had been punished for only having two players back in defence.
30 Mar 2025
4:56PM
Second-half action underway here in Croke Park.
30 Mar 2025
4:59PM
37 mins - Paudie Clifford looks to have scored for Kerry but HawkEye rules it out, Jack Carney’s effort comes back off the upright for Mayo at the other end.
30 Mar 2025
5:02PM
Kerry 1-10 Mayo 0-8
39 mins - Ryan O’Donoghue bursts through the Kerry defence and rockets a shot over off his left, Joe O’Connor fists over to restore Kerry’s five-point advantage.
30 Mar 2025
5:03PM
Mayo sub: Paul Towey in for Frank Irwin
30 Mar 2025
5:06PM
Kerry 1-12 Mayo 0-8
42 mins - David Clifford clips over a free and then fires in a pass that presents Micheál Burns with a glorious chance for goal. Colm Reape superbly tips the shot away but Paudie Clifford nails the resultant ’45. Kerry up by seven and firmly in control.
30 Mar 2025
5:08PM
Kerry 1-13 Mayo 0-8
45 mins – David Clifford bangs over another for Kerry as Mayo bring in Davitt Neary for Jordan Flynn.
47 mins - The game needed something to shake it up and Mayo provide it with a goal. Paul Towey is the creator and Eoghan McLaughlin accelerates clear to finish. From the resultant kickout, Matthew Ruane catches, Kerry don’t retreat and a free is awarded. Mayo bring it out for the two-point free which Ryan O’Donoghue converts and suddenly there’s only three in this.
30 Mar 2025
5:13PM
Kerry sub: Sean O’Brien on for Barry Dan O’Sullivan.
30 Mar 2025
5:14PM
Kerry 1-14 Mayo 1-10
50 mins - Tony Brosnan fires over a point to steady Kerry down.
30 Mar 2025
5:16PM
Kerry 1-15 Mayo 1-10
52 mins - David Clifford punches over Kerry’s latest score.
30 Mar 2025
5:18PM
Kerry 1-15 Mayo 1-11
54 mins - Paul Towey with a nice point for Mayo. Kerry bring on Tom O’Sullivan and Conor Geaney for Ó Beaglaoich and Burns.
30 Mar 2025
5:19PM
Mayo sub: Goalkeeper Colm Reape is forced off with a hand injury, Adrian Phillips comes on instead.
30 Mar 2025
5:26PM
Kerry 1-15 Mayo 1-11
60 mins - Four in it then with ten minutes left, Tom O’Sullivan gallops through for Kerry but his fist attempt goes wide.
30 Mar 2025
5:28PM
Kerry 1-16 Mayo 1-11
62 mins - Paul Geaney knocks over a Kerry free after David Clifford was fouled, Donnacha McHugh booked for that.
All over then and it’s a comfortable success in the end for Kerry. Once Paul Geaney grabbed the first half goal, Kerry hit the front on the scoreboard with Mayo unable to claw back the deficit.
Jack O’Connor’s fifth league title as Kerry manager. The four previous wins (2004, 2006, 2009 and 2022) all came in seasons that culminated in Kerry All-Ireland senior wins. They are next out in the Munster semi-final on Saturday 19 April against Cork or Limerick, while Mayo face Sligo in their Connacht opener next Sunday 6 April.
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As it happened: Kerry v Mayo, GAA Division 1 football league final
Result:
GAA Division 1 Football League Final:
Kerry 1-18 Mayo 1-12
*****
Afternoon all and welcome along to Croke Park.
It’s GAA Football League final weekend and we’re gearing up for the Division 1 showpiece as Kerry face Mayo at 4pm.
Monaghan (Division 2), Offaly (Division 3), and Limerick (Division 4) have so far won titles this weekend. Who’ll join them in celebrating after the top tier game?
Meath’s David Coldrick is the referee for this one.
Two late Mayo changes from team announced. Conor Reid and Eoghan McLaughlin in, Davitt Neary and Darren McHale don’t start.
Kerry
1. Shane Ryan (Rathmore)
2. Paul Murphy (Rathmore), 3. Jason Foley (Ballydonoghue), 4. Dylan Casey (Austin Stacks)
5. Gavin White (Dr Crokes), 6. Mike Breen (Beaufort), 7. Brian Ó Beaglaoich (An Ghaeltacht)
8. Joe O’Connor (Austin Stacks), 9. Barry Dan O’Sullivan (Dingle)
10. Micheál Burns (Dr Crokes), 11. Paudie Clifford (Fossa), 12. Graham O’Sullivan (Dromid Pearses)
13. David Clifford (Fossa), 14. Paul Geaney (Dingle), 15. Dylan Geaney (Dingle)
*****
Mayo
1. Colm Reape (Knockmore)
2. Jack Coyne (Ballyhaunis), 3. Donnacha McHugh (Castlebar Mitchels), 4. Enda Hession (Garrymore)
5. Sam Callinan (Ballina Stephenites), 6. David McBrien (Ballaghaderreen), 7. Stephen Coen (Hollymount-Carramore),
8. Jack Carney (Kilmeena), 9. Matthew Ruane (Breaffy)
20. Eoghan McLaughlin (Westport), 17. Conor Reid (Moy Davitts), 12. Jordan Flynn (Crossmolina Deel Rovers)
13. Aidan O’Shea (Breaffy), 14. Frank Irwin (Ballina Stephenites), 15. Ryan O’Donoghue (Belmullet)
Set for action here in Croke Park, Division 1 league title up for grabs.
Kerry 0-1 Mayo 0-0
1 mins – Kerry race out of the blocks, Joe O’Connor clipping over an early point. David Clifford with another effort but it goes across the goal and wide.
Kerry 0-1 Mayo 0-1
4 mins - Aidan O’Shea bangs over off his left as Mayo draw level, Ryan O’Donoghue was earlier off target with their opening shot of the game.
Mayo 0-2 Kerry 0-2
8 mins - Nice Mayo move as Ryan O’Donoghue lays off to Frank Irwin for their second score, then Kerry swiftly counter and one direct kick pass feeds Paul Geaney to swing over his point.
Mayo 0-4 Kerry 0-2
9 mins - It’s far from a heaving Croke Park crackling with championship atmosphere but there’s some lovely points being registered. Jack Carney with Mayo’s third and then Aidan O’Shea swivels after a barging run before putting them two ahead.
Goal for Kerry from Paul Geaney!
Kerry 1-3 Mayo 0-4
12 mins - And suddenly Kerry alter the complexion of the game! Firstly Paudie Clifford knocks over a ’45 and from the resultant kickout Kerry intercept Colm Reape’s intended Mayo target, Paudie Clifford races away with the break, draws Reape and passes alongside him to Geaney who palms the ball to the net.
Kerry 1-4 Mayo 0-4
15 mins - A Clifford score in creation and finishing. Paudie surges forward and chips in a kick pass to David who is fouled and he taps over the free.
Kerry 1-5 Mayo 0-5
19 mins - Freetakers trade points, Ryan O’Donoghue for Mayo and David Clifford for Kerry.
Kerry 1-6 Mayo 0-5
21 mins - David Clifford is well held up by Sam Callanan, who looks his new marker now, but Kerry find a way to score as Clifford lays off to Barry Dan O’Sullivan, the big Dingle midfielder working the space to point.
Yellow card for Mayo goalkeeper Colm Reape for a foul on David Clifford, as the he tried to take a kickout.
Kerry 1-6 Mayo 0-5
25 mins - Kerry’s shooting gone a bit wasteful now. Micheál Burns point attempt drops short, Paul Geaney fires wide off his left, and then Graham O’Sullivan sees his effort for goal flies across to go wide on the far side.
Kerry 1-6 Mayo 0-6
27 mins – A third point of the day for Aidan O’Shea, a long spell of possession finally concludes with them breaking through the line and the Breaffy man points. Yellow card for Burns, an earlier foul on Jack Carney.
Kerry 1-7 Mayo 0-6
29 mins – Paudie Clifford glides across the pitch from the Hogan Stand side and then engineers the room to stylishly score off his right. Kerry four to the good.
Kerry 1-8 Mayo 0-6
29 mins - Mayo cough up possession cheaply as they attack, Mike Breen hammers the kickpass downfield and David Clifford grabs his point.
Here’s Kerry’s early goal:
Kerry 1-9 Mayo 0-7
32 mins – Kerry increase their advantage through a free from David Clifford, then Mayo counter with a Jordan Flynn point. A sub there for Mayo, Darren McHale in for Conor Reid.
Half-Time: Kerry 1-9 Mayo 0-7
Five in it at the break then in favour of Kerry. Mayo had an opportunity to cut the gap before the break, a two-pointer free attempt from Ryan O’Donoghue drifting wide after Kerry had been punished for only having two players back in defence.
Second-half action underway here in Croke Park.
37 mins - Paudie Clifford looks to have scored for Kerry but HawkEye rules it out, Jack Carney’s effort comes back off the upright for Mayo at the other end.
Kerry 1-10 Mayo 0-8
39 mins - Ryan O’Donoghue bursts through the Kerry defence and rockets a shot over off his left, Joe O’Connor fists over to restore Kerry’s five-point advantage.
Mayo sub: Paul Towey in for Frank Irwin
Kerry 1-12 Mayo 0-8
42 mins - David Clifford clips over a free and then fires in a pass that presents Micheál Burns with a glorious chance for goal. Colm Reape superbly tips the shot away but Paudie Clifford nails the resultant ’45. Kerry up by seven and firmly in control.
Kerry 1-13 Mayo 0-8
45 mins – David Clifford bangs over another for Kerry as Mayo bring in Davitt Neary for Jordan Flynn.
Kerry sub: Tony Brosnan in for Dylan Geaney.
Goal for Mayo from Eoghan McLaughlin!
Kerry 1-13 Mayo 1-10
47 mins - The game needed something to shake it up and Mayo provide it with a goal. Paul Towey is the creator and Eoghan McLaughlin accelerates clear to finish. From the resultant kickout, Matthew Ruane catches, Kerry don’t retreat and a free is awarded. Mayo bring it out for the two-point free which Ryan O’Donoghue converts and suddenly there’s only three in this.
Kerry sub: Sean O’Brien on for Barry Dan O’Sullivan.
Kerry 1-14 Mayo 1-10
50 mins - Tony Brosnan fires over a point to steady Kerry down.
Kerry 1-15 Mayo 1-10
52 mins - David Clifford punches over Kerry’s latest score.
Kerry 1-15 Mayo 1-11
54 mins - Paul Towey with a nice point for Mayo. Kerry bring on Tom O’Sullivan and Conor Geaney for Ó Beaglaoich and Burns.
Mayo sub: Goalkeeper Colm Reape is forced off with a hand injury, Adrian Phillips comes on instead.
Kerry 1-15 Mayo 1-11
60 mins - Four in it then with ten minutes left, Tom O’Sullivan gallops through for Kerry but his fist attempt goes wide.
Kerry 1-16 Mayo 1-11
62 mins - Paul Geaney knocks over a Kerry free after David Clifford was fouled, Donnacha McHugh booked for that.
Eoghan McLaughlin’s goal for Mayo:
Kerry 1-16 Mayo 1-12
64 mins - Ryan O’Donoghue’s free cuts the deficit Mayo face to four.
Kerry 1-17 Mayo 1-12
65 mins - Paudie Clifford again pulling the strings as he releases the handpass and it’s a simple task for Conor Geaney to punch over for Kerry.
Kerry sub: Killian Spillane in for Graham O’Sullivan.
Kerry 1-18 Mayo 1-12
66 mins - David Clifford again on target, Kerry ahead by six and this looks to be settled now.
Full-Time: Kerry 1-18 Mayo 1-12
All over then and it’s a comfortable success in the end for Kerry. Once Paul Geaney grabbed the first half goal, Kerry hit the front on the scoreboard with Mayo unable to claw back the deficit.
Jack O’Connor’s fifth league title as Kerry manager. The four previous wins (2004, 2006, 2009 and 2022) all came in seasons that culminated in Kerry All-Ireland senior wins. They are next out in the Munster semi-final on Saturday 19 April against Cork or Limerick, while Mayo face Sligo in their Connacht opener next Sunday 6 April.
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