SATURDAY 10 December
Munster club SFC final
Kerins O'Rahilly's (Kerry) v Newcastle West (Limerick), Mallow, 3pm
All-Ireland Ladies SFC club final
Donaghmoyne (Monaghan) v Kilkerrin-Clonberne (Galway), Croke Park, 5pm
All-Ireland Ladies IFC club final
Longford Slashers (Longford) v Mullinahone (Tipperary), Croke Park, 3pm
SUNDAY 11 December
Ulster club SFC final
Glen (Derry) v Kilcoo (Down), Athletic Grounds, 1pm
All-Ireland Ladies JFC club final
Naomh Abán (Cork) v Salthill-Knocknacarra (Galway), Fitzgerald Park, Kilmallock, Co. Limerick, 1pm
TV
The Ladies intermediate and senior finals and Glen v Kilcoo are live on TG4
RADIO
Live commentaries and updates on RTÉ Radio 1's Saturday and Sunday Sport
ONLINE
Match reports on all games on RTÉ Sport Online and the RTÉ News app
WEATHER
With freezing temperatures lingering, pitch inspections could be in store.
Saturday: Generally dry with low winter sunshine, and isolated wintry showers. Frost and ice lingering in sheltered areas, along with some patches of freezing fog. Highest temperatures of only 0 to +4 degrees, in light northwesterly breezes.
Sunday: Temperatures struggling to rise above freezing for most with frost, ice and freezing fog persisting throughout the day. Mainly dry apart from isolated showers in some coastal margins. Highest temperatures minus 2 to plus 2 degrees in light, variable breezes.
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Donaghmoyne seek to regain title
It's a novel pairing in the ladies football senior club final but between two clubs with plenty of experience of the big day.
Donaghmoyne of Monaghan are five-time All-Ireland senior champions but hunting a first title since 2016, also their last appearance in the decider.
Kilkerrin-Clonberne, meanwhile, are the holders and appearing in a third successive final.
Having suffered an agonising one-point defeat in the 2019 Final against Cork's Mourneabbey, Kilkerrin-Clonberne exacted sweet revenge last January to claim the coveted Dolores Tyrrell Memorial Cup, and now that they have it in their possession, they won’t want to let go.
The finalists met 11 months ago in what was the 2021 All-Ireland semi-final.
At the Clonberne Community pitch, Kilkerrin-Clonberne made home advantage count against Donaghmoyne, running out 2-8 to 0-8 winners after Nicola Ward's two first-half goals helped to open up a 2-3 to 0-3 interval lead.
Going on recent form – Kilkerrin-Clonberne beat Mayo's Burrishoole by 15 points to secure a fifth successive Connacht crown – that victory has had a liberating effect.
They’re playing with freedom and the manner of their All-Ireland semi-final victory over Waterford outfit Ballymacarbry was most clinical.
They were 1-5 to 0-0 clear at half-time and eventually ran out 14-point winners, with Galway star Ailish Morrissey collecting 1-3.
Donaghmoyne captured a 20th Monaghan championship before landing a fourth Ulster title on the trot (14th in total) – and perhaps one of their most satisfying after playing much of the game with 14 players.
St Ergnat’s, Moneyglass, were potentially dangerous opponents but Donaghmoyne managed this fixture well and followed up with an impressive dismantling of Dublin and Leinster champions Kilmacud Crokes in the All-Ireland semi-final, and on home soil.
In the forward line, Cathriona McConnell scored 0-07 – playing on the day after she was married.
Donaghmoyne may feel there’s another fairytale story about to unfold for them at Croke Park but they’ll have to overcome a side who had their number just 10 months ago.
Both teams are unchanged from their respective semi-final victories.
Donaghmoyne: L Martin; J Geoghegan, N Callan (capt.), A Callan; F Courtney, S Courtney, E Traynor; C Courtney, E McElroy; A Garland, R Courtney, S McConnell; C McConnell, L Garland, A Burns.
Kilkerrin-Clonberne: L Murphy; C Costello, S Gormally, C Dunleavy; K Mee, N Ward, H Noone; S Divilly, L Finnegan; O Divilly, L Ward (capt.), L Noone; E Noone, A Morrissey, C Miskell.
Newcastle West and Kerins O'Rahillys seek maiden Munster
On Saturday afternoon, Newcastle West are aiming to become just the third Limerick side to win the Munster senior club football title.
If they get the better of Kerry's Kerins O'Rahillys, also gunning for their first O'Connor Cup, they will follow in the footsteps of Dromcollogher-Broadford (2008) and a Thomond College side (1977) featuring the likes of Pat and Mick Spillane.
In the semi-finals, Newcastle West upset a fancied Clonmel outfit, who had beaten Nemo Rangers, winning by five points after extra-time.
Emmet Rigter's goal secured a first provincial final appearance for the Limerick back-to-back champions since they lost to Nemo in 1987.
It is also a second Munster final appearance for Tralee outfit Kerins O'Rahillys, who lost to Kilmurry-Ibrickane in 2009.
They are here as 'club champions' because county kingpins East Kerry are a divisional side, were narrow winners over Clare's Éire Óg in their semi-final - 1-09 to 1-08.
County star David Moran was sent off early in that encounter but can play today as that was on a second yellow.
"I was worried I was going to cost us the game," he told RTÉ Sport his week.
"I was hugely disappointed. I felt I'd let down people. With injuries, it's out of your control. Obviously when you're sent off it isn't.
"I was very thankful the lads dug it out and I wasn't suspended for the final. It was major relief after the game."
This game was brought forward and switched form Páirc Uí Rinn to Mallow due to the freezing weather.
Glen ready to take on All-Ireland kingpins Kilcoo
On Sunday, All-Ireland champions Kilcoo look to make it a three-in-a-row of Ulster titles against Watty Graham's Glen of Derry.
The Down four-in-a-row winners could well be going for the same mark in the province if it wasn't for Covid putting paid to that competition in 2020.
Since Jerome Johnston's goal sank Kilmacud Crokes at the end of extra-time in Croke Park in January, the Magpies have maintained their momentum.
Clonduff (penalties) and runners-up Warrenpoint both took them to extra-time in the Down championship but they had 10 points to spare over Monaghan's Ballybay and 11 over Enniskillen Gaeles to get back to the big day in Ulster.
"Down was hard to come out of this year but I think with having won the All-Ireland, there's a lot more pressure off us and football's a lot more enjoyable," Kilcoo's Aaron Branagan told RTÉ Sport this week.
"Sometimes the enjoyment can go because there's so much pressure on. I know after we won Down, there was a pressure to win Ulster and once you win Ulster, you get beaten in an All-Ireland final [2020].
"There was that pressure to get back there and now we've got to that holy grail, there's less pressure now because it's all bonus territory. Everything we do now is a bonus."
These sides met in the Ulster semi-final last year, when Kilcoo needed extra-time to get past the Derry men, who have county stars Conor Glass and Ethan Doherty in their ranks.
"We're only one step further than where we were last year and we know no Ulster championship match is easily won, never mind coming in against the All-Ireland champions," Emmet Bradley told RTÉ Sport. "So we know we need to be at our best to give ourselves a crack."
"We worked hard to try and claw the game back [last year] and they were probably in control for large parts. But the small thing to take out of that game, we were pleased enough with how we finished.
"We finished strong enough but ultimately it wasn't enough to get over the line against Kilcoo and we'll be really looking to learn a few lessons from that game.
"But I know how formidable an outfit Kilcoo are, being in the last two All-Ireland finals and numerous Down championships."
Slashers make history for Longford
On Saturday afternoon, Longford Slashers will become the first team from the county to contest an All-Ireland Ladies club football decider – with Mullinahone making an impressive step-up from the junior ranks to reach Saturday's showpiece.
It was just last February when Tipperary's Mullinahone appeared in the All-Ireland Junior final but they came up short against Dublin opponents St Judes.
To recover from that final heartbreak and go all the way to an intermediate final just 10 months later speaks volumes for their determination and character.
In their Leinster final against Meath opponents Skryne, Slashers conceded three early goals but recovered to lead by 2-8 to 3-4 at half-time and were 3-10 to 3-6 winners, Jessica Barry accounting for 2-5 of the winning total.
In the recent All-Ireland semi-final, they edged Charlestown of Mayo 1-11 to 0-10.
Mullinahone, meanwhile, were digging out a semi-final victory after extra-time against Fermanagh opponents Derrygonnelly Harps.
This was a thrilling game that saw the Munster champions claim a crucial extra-time goal from Lorraine O'Shea, daughter of team manager, Mary, to eventually help clinch the win.
Longford Slashers are unchanged for this one but Mullinahone have two changes to the team that lined out from the start against Derrygonnelly, with Rosa White and Ailish Langton listed to start ahead of Gaule and Michaela Kenneally.
Longford Slashers: E Casey; L Kenny, E Reilly, G Kenny; O Nevin, E O’Brien, C Farrell; A O’Brien, A Cosgrove (capt.); L Nolan, G Shannon, K Lee; Kate Shannon, J Barry, Kara Shannon.
Mullinahone: A Browning; E Horan, G Horan, A O’Brien; E Cody, M Walsh, J Brett (capt.); N Shelly, L Dowling; R White, L O’Shea, A O’Shea; C Gunn, A Langton, K Egan.
Naomh Abán and Salthill-Knocknacarra flying the flag
On Sunday, 2003 intermediate winners Naomh Abán of Cork take on first-time finalists Salthill-Knocknacarra in the All-Ireland Ladies Junior final.
Caltra Cuans (2010) are the only previous club from Galway to win this competition whereas Cork's Donoughmore (2019), Glanmire (2018) and Aghada (2018) are all recent champions, while Kinsale (2016) and Bantry Blues (2015) were finalists.
In a low-scoring and tight Munster Final, Naomh Abán did enough against Limerick opponents Oola to secure the silverware and they were 0-12 to 0-7 winners over Monaghan's Castleblayney Faughs in the semi-final, Alannah Hoare and Grace Murphy contributing half of that tally between them.
On the other side of the draw, Kate Thompson stepped up to the mark with a winning late score as Salthill-Knocknacarra edged past O’Dwyers from Dublin on home soil at The Prairie.
In their Connacht Final victory over Drumcliffe Rosses point, Lauren O’Donnell and Laura Kelly combined for 1-12 and they were to the fore again this time.
Naomh Abán: L Hughes; U Twohig (capt.), M Dineen, A Creedon; E Kelly, R Corkery, M.E. Kelliher; A McDonagh, G Lucey; A Hoare, E Murphy, C Phelan; A Maher, L McDonagh, G Murphy.
Salthill-Knocknacarra: L Carroll; O de Bairead, A Mullen, S Donnellan; E Madden, S Divilly, R Reddington; Z Rather, A Finnerty (capt.); L Kelly, L O’Donnell, K Thompson; D O’Connell, A Manley, A Nash.
