{"id":478908,"date":"2026-06-02T09:16:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T09:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/478908\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T09:16:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T09:16:11","slug":"all-ireland-football-draw-roscommon-to-play-monaghan-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/478908\/","title":{"rendered":"All-Ireland football draw: Roscommon to play Monaghan \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">Round 2A:<\/p>\n<p>Donegal v CorkGalway v WestmeathTyrone v MayoLouth v Armagh<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">Round 2B:<\/p>\n<p>Derry v MeathKildare v KerryCavan v DublinMonaghan v Roscommon<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">Draw analysis from Gordon Manning:<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">The big hitters have avoided each other in Rounds 2A and 2B of the All-Ireland senior football championship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">In a somewhat underwhelming draw on Tuesday morning, the leading contenders for Sam Maguire appear to have dodged worst case scenarios \u2013 though Jack O\u2019Connor\u2019s Kerry will have to negotiate an away trip to Kildare for a winner-takes-all 2B clash in Newbridge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">Ger Brennan\u2019s Dublin will also be on the road in Round 2B with the Dubs away to Cavan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">In Round 2A, Donegal will host Cork while Leinster champions Westmeath are away to Galway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">The winners of the four 2A fixtures will advance to the All-Ireland quarter-final stages. The four losers in 2A will play the four winners of 2B in Round 3. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">The four losers in 2B will be eliminated from the championship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">All 2A and 2B fixtures are to be played on the weekend of June 13th-14th, with the CCCC to confirm fixture details shortly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">Defending champions Kerry have got Kildare which would perceived as a generous job, but away from home, nothing can be taken for granted in these fixtures. Monaghan are at home again to Roscommon, which should be a cracking game between the Ulster finalists and Connacht champions. Derry against Meath will likely be a close encounter, while Dublin need to stop the losing run away against Cavan. Four of those teams will be eliminated from the championship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">There is less to lose but more to gain for the Round 2A teams, who would see a victory mean they reach the quarter-finals with a game to spare. Donegal will fancy a home game against Cork with Ballybofey back in action. Galway v Westmeath and Louth v Armagh have some local intrigue, while Tyrone v Mayo is a replay of the 2021 final and teams full of young stars.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Enda Smith of Roscommon. The Rossies will go to Clones to play Monaghan. Photograph: James Lawlor\/Inpho\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WRHKNS7CSOX2D6QHE2VSO7BLVY.jpg\"   width=\"800\" height=\"533\"\/>Enda Smith of Roscommon. The Rossies will go to Clones to play Monaghan. Photograph: James Lawlor\/Inpho <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">Round 2A:<\/p>\n<p>Donegal v CorkGalway v WestmeathTyrone v MayoLouth v Armagh<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">That\u2019s the draw completed! Some intriguing ties there. The games will take place the weekend of June 13th\/14th.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">Round 2B:<\/p>\n<p>Derry v MeathKildare v KerryCavan v DublinMonaghan v Roscommon<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">The draw is coming up shortly on Morning Ireland after the news update. The draw is taking place at the Hodson Bay hotel in Athlone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">If you are confused by the format of the All-Ireland championship, Muireann Duffy has written a useful guide here:<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-it-article-body__interstitial-link\">[\u00a0<a aria-label=\"Open related story\" class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/sport\/gaelic-games\/2026\/05\/05\/all-ireland-football-championship-a-complete-guide-to-the-sam-maguire-and-tailteann-cup-competitions\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Confused by the new format for the All-Ireland football championshipOpens in new window<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">It\u2019s not quite qualifiers, it\u2019s not quite Super Eights, but it is reasonably fair, if you lose two games you\u2019re out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">Hello and welcome to live coverage of the draw for the second round of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/football-championship\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/football-championship\/\">All-Ireland SFC series<\/a>, where there is plenty at stake. The draw will take place at about 8.30am on RT\u00c9\u2019s Morning Ireland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">Eight teams, who won their opening game, will face off in Round 2A where another victory will guarantee their spot in the quarter-finals. In Round 2B, the losing teams from the opening round hit last chance saloon, as defeat will knock them out of the championship. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image audio_image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767177708414-69197743-5ee2-4403-b94c-9a36cd6b79cd.jpeg\"\/>Have Leinster hit their ceiling this season?<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">It is an open draw, so there are so many possibilities, with no particular rules this time on home or away advantage. Every county will have their eyes set on certain teams to get or avoid. Here are the teams:<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">Round 2A<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">Donegal, Cork, Tyrone, Galway, Westmeath, Armagh, Louth, Mayo<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">Round 2B<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">Kerry, Meath, Roscommon, Kildare, Cavan, Derry, Dublin, Monaghan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Round 2A: Donegal v CorkGalway v WestmeathTyrone v MayoLouth v Armagh Round 2B: Derry v MeathKildare v KerryCavan&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":478909,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[6937,6342,2179,110979,4183,61,60,112],"class_list":["post-478908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-kerry-gaa","tag-donegal-gaa","tag-dublin-gaa","tag-football-championship","tag-gaa","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478908","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=478908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/478909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=478908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}