SATURDAY
Division 4 final
Sligo v Wicklow, Croke Park, 5pm
Division 3 final
Cavan v Fermanagh, Croke Park, 7.15pm
SUNDAY
Division 2 final
Derry v Dublin, Croke Park, 1.45pm
Division 1 final
Mayo v Galway, Croke Park, 4pm
ONLINE
Live blog for all four finals on RTÉ.ie and the RTÉ News app.
RADIO
Live commentary and updates from around the grounds on the RTÉ Radio 1's Saturday and Sunday Sport.
TV
TG4 will screen live coverage of all four finals. Highlights and reaction to all the weekend's action on Allianz League Sunday, RTÉ2 and the RTÉ Player, from 9.30pm.
WEATHER
Saturday promises to be a mostly cloudy and damp day in the east with outbreaks of rain and drizzle. Brighter and drier intervals further west and south with scattered showers. Highs of 8 to 11 degrees.
Sunday is expected to be cloudy, although some sunny breaks will occur. Most areas will have a dry day with just isolated light showers. Highs of 10 to 13 degrees in light variable breezes.
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It's a finals extravaganza this weekend on Jones' Road where the final four games of the Allianz Football League are down for decision.
It hasn't quite been at the levels of its hurling counterpart, but nonetheless, it has been difficult at times to make judgements on what was transpiring on the pitch. Some managers blooded through a raft of new players, others seemed to put more stock in training blocks at different stages, evident by some leggy displays. Other teams tried players in new positions, while others were greatly affected by Sigerson and/or injury setbacks.
Be that as it may, eight teams arrive at Croke Park with ambitions of claiming national silverware. The need is greater for some rather than others, but no matter what caveats are thrown out after the game - for both winners and losers - a decent showing with championship just a week away in some cases, would do very nicely.
Who will be the best apple in Division 4 orchard?
The footballers of Sligo and Wicklow get the ball rolling, so to speak, on Saturday evening, and the Armagh sub-plot is an intriguing sideshow to the main event.
2002 All-Ireland winners and Crossmaglen team-mates Tony McEntee and Oisín McConville go head-to-head for the right to be crowned champions, and while the presence of the Yeats County is no surprise - they missed out on promotion and a place in last year's decider by a point - the progress of Wicklow has been a talking point.
To bounce straight back up in McConville's first year in charge is no mean feat, and the narrative is that perhaps silverware is more of a bonus than necessity. McEntee is in year three in Sligo, and given they are well placed on the favourable side of the draw in Connacht, only a heavy defeat or notable injuries would be a major setback.
With just a single point from their opening three games, Wicklow stormed up the table, though one of those early defeats was a six-point loss at Aughrim to Saturday's opponents.
It could be another memorable day for the Spillane family at Croke Park with Pat Junior a key figure around the middle of the park (he plundered 1-02 last weekend against Leitrim), while Wicklow know all too well the strengths of Seán Carrabine and Niall Murphy in attack, the pair sharing eight points between them in the group game last month.
For the Garden County, the free-taking from Cian O'Sullivan and goalkeeper Mark Jackson could prove vital, while a bulk of the scoring responsibility from play is likely to rest on the shoulders of Dean Healy and Mark Kenny.
Ulster battle for Division 3 bragging rights
Similar to the curtain-raiser, this features a team many predicted would make it this far (Cavan) facing a side deemed outsiders to finish in the top two in Fermanagh.
Kieran Donnelly has confounded outside expectations with his side losing just once - an unexpected one-point loss to Offaly in Tullamore - to top the standings. Indeed tight finishes were the name of the game, with four of their matches decided by a single point.
Stalwart Sean Quigley led the way for the Erne County in the scoring stakes, but the likes of Ultan Kelm and Josh Largo-Ellis have shone in the forward line, with former manager Peter Canavan waxing lyrical about the county's progress both on and off the pitch this week.
They face a Cavan side that have achieved a second successive promotion despite losing their final two games, including the 'phoney war' last Sunday against Fermanagh.
Their work was done earlier in the campaign, with Paddy Lynch tormenting every defence he came up against. With Raymond Galligan in goals, and the likes of Ciarán Brady, Dara McVeety, Killian Clarke, Conor Madden and Ryan O'Neill out the field, Mickey Graham has no shortage of talent and experience to draw upon.
They will enter as favourites and a bit of a bounce before an Ulster quarter-final with either Armagh or Antrim would send the travelling support home happy.
Dubs in unlikely warm-up act role
Serial winners Dublin are in the somewhat unusual role of being the the starter ahead of the main course on Sunday.
Without an All-Ireland title since 2020 - a drought by their standards over the previous decade - Dessie Farrell has tried to manage a period of transition with a whole host of big names leaving the stage. With three of those - Jack McCaffrey, Paul Mannion, and to the shock of the wider GAA public, Stephen Cluxton - returning to action, an air of mystery surrounds the men from the capital.
Can they find their mojo? Will Mannion and McCaffrey produce the form of previous years, added to the fully fit Con O'Callaghan in attack? What role will Cluxton play and what impact will it have on his legacy?
It's early to draw any conclusions, but Dublin's league form to date could only be described as somewhat underwhelming. Winning, if not overly convincing, with their one defeat coming at the hands of Sunday's opponents Derry.
Oakleaf manager Rory Gallagher will have his side primed for battle, with the former Donegal man likely to be roaming the touchline, kicking every ball and doing his best Brian Cody impression by continuosly spitting in his hands.
The Ulster champions will be keen to prove last year was no fluke and have gone about their business in a very tidy and professional like manner. Shane McGuigan had the highest scoring average (0-06) across the division while Niall Toner's 3-10 across seven games showed that they could yet evolve into a more menacing offensive proposition.
The dogged win over the Dubs earlier this month was another illustration of the battle-hardened attitude Gallagher has instilled. Sunday afternoon's encounter in a sparse Croke Park may not reach the same levels of intensity as witnessed in Celtic Park during the round four clash, but it will offer more of an insight as to what may lay ahead for both sides this summer.
Though most eyes will be focused on the Dublin line-up and who gets the number one jersey.
Connacht kings collide
The Division 1 schedule will end as it began, with Connacht adversaries Galway and Mayo going toe-to-toe.
That Saturday night encounter in Castlebar was full of what you'd expect from a January hit-out, a combination of super scores and some poor shooting, a healthy amount of physical confrontation, players fatiguing towards the end and little to choose between the sides. Literally in this case as Mayo snatched a draw from the jaws of defeat.
2022 saw Kerry end the championship aspirations of both counties, but in contrasting manners. James Horan's second stint drew to a feeble conclusion with a tame quarter-final exit, while a resurgent Galway fell just short in an All-Ireland final that was in the melting pot up until the final five minutes.
Mayo's impressive start under Kevin McStay, and the eye-catching performances of those in and out of the team in recent years - most notably Jordan Flynn, Enda Hession and James Carr - plus the rejuvenation of Aidan O'Shea on the edge of the square has risen Mayo expectations once again.
Padraic Joyce and his charges have made all the right noises about winning a national title - curiously the Tribesmen have won the Division 1 title on just four occasions - but with a lengthy injury list, reaching the final was a fillip for their early season endeavours.
With Shane Walsh and Damien Comer among those returning to action, keeping everyone fit ahead of the championship is vital for their Sam Maguire options.
Mayo take on Roscommon a week later on the loaded side of the provincial draw. The performance on Sunday, rather than the result, will shed further light on whether Mayo could be sticking around for the business end of the season.
