IT’S the most familiar of opponents for Antrim at Corrigan Park on Saturday as Davy Fitzgerald’s charges take on Dublin in a bid to get off the mark in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship.
A GOOD start to the Tailteann Cup is of great importance for Antrim as they begin their Group 3 campaign with a trip to face Westmeath in Mullingar on Sunday.
REUBEN Carleton thumped over a two-point free in added time to salvage a draw for St Brigid's in a see-saw battle with Lámh Dhearg in glorious conditions at Musgrave Park on Wednesday.
Planting the seed of Gaelic games is crucial for the future in Belfast and attempts to grow the interest in football are bearing fruit with Stranmillis PS set to compete for silverware on Friday in just the first year of fielding a team.
Cargin continue to lead the way in Antrim football's Division One and the county champions put their perfect start on the line when they travel to Aghagallon on Wednesday.
St John's brought Rossa’s unbeaten start to the Division One hurling league to an end with a hard-fought win over their Belfast rivals on the Shaws Road on Sunday afternoon.
St John's grabbed their first points of the season and in fine style as they were 10 points better than Rossa at a sunny Corrigan Park on Wednesday evening.
ST GALL'S and Cargin are the two remaining teams with a 100 per cent record in football's Division One and they will bid to keep it that way on Wednesday evening.
THE 18-point margin at the finish will have left a lot of people unsurprised, but Kilkenny had to work for their victory at Corrigan Park on Sunday as they eventually burst the Antrim dam in the final quarter.
ULTIMATELY, it was Wexford's day on the opening afternoon in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship as they avenged last year's defeat to Antrim on Saturday, but the 11-point margin was a little sore on the Saffrons.
A good start to the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship has never seemed so important for both Wexford and Antrim as they meet in Chadwicks Wexford Park this Saturday.
