{"id":522632,"date":"2026-06-28T13:03:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T13:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/522632\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T13:03:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T13:03:08","slug":"two-pairings-to-be-kept-apart-as-gaa-confirm-draw-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/522632\/","title":{"rendered":"Two pairings to be kept apart as GAA confirm draw details"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tyrone&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/sport\/football\/2026\/0627\/1580615-kerry-credentials-tested-by-mccurry-inspired-tyrone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">gallant defeat to Kerry<\/a> means that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/sport\/football\/2026\/0625\/1580295-semi-final-draw-on-rte-this-sunday-barring-three-results\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">an All-Ireland SFC draw will be required<\/a> following today&#8217;s quarter-finals, with the proceedings taking place live on RT\u00c92 at approximately 6pm (extra-time and penalties in Dublin v Galway allowing).<\/p>\n<p>The GAA has confirmed the draw ramifications for each eventuality from today&#8217;s quarter-finals &#8211; Louth and Monaghan meet in the first game &#8211; as the draw is subject to the avoidance of repeat pairings from any stage in the Championship.<\/p>\n<p>Kerry overcame Tyrone and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/sport\/football\/2026\/0627\/1580614-mayos-youth-shine-as-they-secure-emphatic-win-v-cork\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mayo got the better of Cork<\/a> in Saturday&#8217;s first two last-eight clashes.<\/p>\n<p>Which all means the following&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>If Louth and Dublin win it will result in one repeat pairing, that of the two Leinster rivals who have already played twice this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Draw Details: Due to the avoidance of repeat pairings, Mayo and Kerry will be drawn against Louth and Dublin.<\/p>\n<p>Semi-final Pairings:<\/p>\n<p>Mayo v Dublin \/ Louth<\/p>\n<p>Kerry v Dublin \/ Louth<\/p>\n<p>If Louth and Galway win there would be no repeat pairings, which means an open draw will be held.<\/p>\n<p>Semi-final Pairings:<\/p>\n<p>TBC v TBC<\/p>\n<p>TBC v TBC<\/p>\n<p>If Monaghan and Dublin win it would leave one potential repeat pairing, that of Mayo and Monaghan.<\/p>\n<p>Draw Details: Due to the avoidance of repeat pairings, Mayo and Monaghan will be drawn against Kerry and Dublin.<\/p>\n<p>Semi-final Pairings:<\/p>\n<p>Mayo v Dublin \/ Kerry<\/p>\n<p>Monaghan v Dublin \/ Kerry<\/p>\n<p>If Monaghan and Galway win we would have the same potential rematch of Mayo and Monaghan, who met in Round 1 of the All-Ireland SFC back in May.<\/p>\n<p>Draw Details: Due to the avoidance of repeat pairings, Mayo and Monaghan will be drawn against Kerry and Galway.<\/p>\n<p>Semi-final Pairings:<\/p>\n<p>Mayo v Galway \/ Kerry<\/p>\n<p>Monaghan v Galway \/ Kerry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tyrone&#8217;s gallant defeat to Kerry means that an All-Ireland SFC draw will be required following today&#8217;s quarter-finals, with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":522633,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-522632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522632","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=522632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522632\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/522633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}