FIXTURES
SATURDAY
AIB All-Ireland Intermediate Club Championship Final
Caltra Cuans, Galway v Knockbride, Cavan; Croke Park, 2:00pm
AIB All-Ireland Senior Club Championship Final
Kilkerrin-Clonberne, Galway v St. Ergnat's, Moneyglass, Antrim; Croke Park, 4:00pm
SUNDAY
AIB All-Ireland Junior Club Championship Final
Cromane, Kerry v Muckalee, Kilkenny; Parnell Park, 2:00pm
TV
Saturday's matches at Croke Park will be broadcast on TG4 App and Player and on Spórt TG4 YouTube.
RADIO
Follow updates on RTÉ Radio 1's Saturday and Sunday Sport.
ONLINE
Follow the Senior final via a live blog on the RTÉ News App and on rte.ie/sport.
WEATHER
Saturday will be dry and breezy to start with bright spells. Cloud from the west will move in early on with outbreaks of rain and drizzle. Throughout the day, this rain will gradually spread across the country, with heavy falls at times bringing spot flooding. Highest temperatures of 10 to 13 degrees in fresh to strong and gusty south to southwest winds, with gales on Atlantic coasts.
Indications currently suggest a wet and blustery Sunday with further outbreaks of rain, with the heaviest falls over parts of the west and southwest. Highest temperatures of 11 to 14 degrees in fresh to strong southwesterly winds. Rain will gradually clear to the southeast.
AIB All-Ireland Intermediate Club Championship Final
Caltra Cuans (Galway) v Knockbride (Cavan)
A season that has offered drama, surprise and rising new powerhouses reaches its climax this weekend. The first of the 2025 AIB All-Ireland club finals is the Intermediate decider between Caltra Cuans from Galway and Cavan’s history-makers, Knockbride.
It is a pairing few could have predicted when the club season got underway, but both clubs arrive in confident mood after standout All-Ireland semi-final victories and with very different strands of history tugging at their jerseys.
For Caltra Cuans, the motivation is layered. The last Galway club to lift this trophy was Annaghdown back in 2016, a triumph that followed earlier successes for Claregalway (2013), St Brendan’s (2001) and Kilkerrin-Clonberne (1999). Those victories are woven into Galway’s club folklore, a reminder that the county has long been a force at this grade.
Caltra Cuans are determined to add their name to that lineage and they arrive at Croke Park full of belief. That belief was evident against St Fechin’s, as Caltra absorbed pressure, struck clinically on the break and showed a maturity that has marked them as one of the most composed outfits in the competition.
The tactical battle will prove intriguing but, beyond that, this is a contest rich in human stories - Galway tradition against Cavan breakthrough, expectation versus exploration, the familiar versus the newly forged.
Caltra Cuans: T Loughnane; C McCabe, N Conway, H Cullinane; A Murray, S Noone, C Ní Cheallaigh; D Kelly (capt.), A Fitzpatrick; R Bleahene, S Murray, C Mullins; C Murray, E Reaney, L Naughton.
Knockbride: K Mulvey; A Rogers, A Lynch, N Rogers; E Lynch, S O’Reilly, N Smith; T Rogers, K.M. Reilly; G McCabe, S McCabe (capt.), A Nulty; R Davey, K Rogers, A Connor.
AIB All-Ireland Senior Club Championship Final
Kilkerrin-Clonberne (Galway) v St. Ergnat’s, Moneyglass (Antrim)
When the curtain rises at Croke Park, the stakes could not be higher. Kilkerrin-Clonberne, the West of Ireland powerhouse from Galway, stand on the brink of history and a fifth-successive AIB All-Ireland Senior Club title would cement a dynasty. Their opponents, St Ergnat’s, Moneyglass, are Antrim’s rising Ulster force and aiming to bring the top prize to the province for the first time in nearly a decade.
Kilkerrin-Clonberne’s bid for five-in-a-row carries the weight of expectation. They have made the final in six consecutive seasons and know exactly what it takes at this level.
Meanwhile, St Ergnat’s have risen through the ranks to produce a storybook run. Under the guidance of former Donegal boss Maxi Curran, they captured the Ulster title - and did so in style - before travelling south to face Dublin giants Kilmacud Crokes in the All-Ireland semi-final.
Former Republic of Ireland and Leeds defender Eunan O'Kane is also involved in their impressive coaching set-up that has helped to break new ground for St Ergnat’s, as they are the first Antrim club to reach a top-tier All-Ireland senior club final.
Two contrasting journeys set the stage for what promises to be a classic. On one side, seasoned winners accustomed to title-deciding big-days; on the other, debutants brimming with belief and an underdog spark.
Ultimately, the final promises to be a collision of pedigree and ambition — a seasoned champion against a brave challenger hungry for glory. Will Kilkerrin-Clonberne make history with five-in-a-row, or will Moneyglass light up Croke Park with a first-ever senior club crown for Antrim? Saturday’s final will provide the answers.
St Ergnat’s: A Devlin; C Graffin, N McIntosh (capt.), L Stewart; A Leahy, S O’Neill, R Bradley; A Kelly, E.L. McAreavey; C Griffin, M O’Neill, L McCann; B Devlin, C Carey, E Mallon.
Kilkerrin-Clonberne: L Murphy; L Finnegan, S Gormally, K Mee; H Noone, N Ward, N Divilly; S Divilly, A Madden; O Divilly, L Ward (capt.), L Noone; E Noone, C Miskell, C Costello.
AIB All-Ireland Junior Club Championship Final
Cromane (Kerry) v Muckalee (Kilkenny)
History will hang in the winter air at Parnell Park as Muckalee of Kilkenny and Cromane of Kerry collide in the AIB All-Ireland Ladies Junior club football Championship final. It is a pairing rich in narrative: a Kilkenny club contesting an All-Ireland football final for the very first time, against a Kerry side seeking to extend the Kingdom’s proud record in this competition.
What makes this final so enticing is the contrast in background but the similarity in approach. Both teams thrive on work-rate, both are lean on powerful runners from deep. Both have shown the ability to absorb pressure and turn games in bursts. And both are playing with a sense of mission: Cromane to extend a Kerry legacy, Muckalee to break down barriers for a county forging its identity in ladies football.
Parnell Park, with its intimate atmosphere, is an ideal stage. Expect a crowd buoyed by the novelty of Kilkenny’s appearance and the travelling Kerry faithful who rarely miss an opportunity to chase silverware.
When the final whistle blows, either a new chapter will be added to Kerry’s storied involvement in this competition, or Kilkenny’s rising footballing pioneers will have delivered one of the most symbolic victories the All-Ireland club championship has ever seen.
Whatever the outcome, the 2025 final promises to be a moment where history and ambition meet head-on.
Cromane: E Murphy; N Burke, O Burke, S O’Donovan; S Corkery, O Dunphy, S Foley; L O’Sullivan, R Smith; M Duffy (capt.), M.K. Smith, E O’Sullivan; R Griffin, E Burke, S Harkin.
Muckalee: S Corcoran; R Crowley, E Coonan, A Ring; A Coady, C Hanlon (capt.), J O’Keeffe; K Comerford, L Greene; H Moore, E Lawlor, K Purcell; S Bolger, E Keane, K Nolan.
