{"id":431516,"date":"2026-05-04T09:24:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T09:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/431516\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T09:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T09:24:12","slug":"cork-to-discover-all-ireland-opponents-in-todays-sam-maguire-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/431516\/","title":{"rendered":"Cork to discover All-Ireland opponents in today\u2019s Sam Maguire draw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.96fm.ie\/news\/96fm-news-and-sport\/\" class=\"c-btn c-btn--small c-btn--secondary-fill\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        All 96FM News &amp; Sport<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aiir-c-news-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/5d9c47a5f29ce.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"aiir-c-news-article__abstract\">\n            The draw takes place at 1pm, with the 16 teams in the Sam Maguire series now finalised.\n        <\/p>\n<p data-end=\"300\" data-start=\"184\">Cork will find out their opponents in the opening round of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship this lunchtime.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"389\" data-start=\"302\">The Rebels go into the draw as Munster finalists and are placed in the top-seeded pot, meaning they will have home advantage in Round One.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"689\" data-start=\"531\">The outcome of the Munster final will not impact the draw, Cork and Kerry will be treated the same regardless of who lifts the provincial title.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"871\" data-start=\"691\">Cork will be paired with one of the second-seeded sides, which include teams such as Donegal, Mayo, Meath and Tyrone, along with other qualifiers from the league and Tailteann Cup.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1002\" data-start=\"873\">Eight ties will be confirmed, with games involving Munster and Connacht finalists scheduled for the weekend of May 23rd and 24th.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1084\" data-start=\"1004\">The draw marks the beginning of the All-Ireland series under its current format.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/onic-player\/id6747436925?ppid=7f34f5aa-7e94-4bfd-8061-e41ce90c27a8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/68da98f341698.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All 96FM News &amp; Sport The draw takes place at 1pm, with the 16 teams in the Sam&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":431517,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1339,61,60,1344,1345,43,1343,1342,1341,1340],"class_list":["post-431516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-cork-96fm","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-live-broadcast-available","tag-lorraine-and-ross","tag-news","tag-news-and-information","tag-presenters","tag-programmes","tag-the-word-on-96fm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/431517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}