NFL Roundup - Week 8

Division 1

• I had the pleasure of attending Tyrone’s home victory over Derry in the Saturday evening game. It was probably our best performance since the opening game and it was a very exciting match, very cold mind you. Tyrone probably deserved the win and we even had the luxury of missing a penalty. Derry could have seen out the match though, and the referee was probably a bit more in their favour. Our penchant for strong finish continued as the scores were level but we got 3 points in the last 2 minutes to seal the win. So an enjoyable night overall and the job was done as our division 1 status is all but secured for another year.

• Dublin drew at home against Kerry, but they really should have won as they threw away a 5-point lead as the game was coming towards the final stages.
  

• Mayo produced a great victory as they won at local rival Galway by a single point.

• Donegal won at Westmeath and in the process relegated the home side who have lost all 6 of their games so far.
  

Division 2

• Monaghan had a great and perhaps mildly surprising win against Cork as they handed the visitors their first defeat of the campaign.
  

• Kildare had a very determined win away at Fermanagh, a result which relegated the Ulstermen.
  

• Wexford’s terrible campaign got worse as they were comfortably beaten at home by Laois, a defeat that saw them relegated.
  

• Armagh had a very tight home win against Meath.
  

Division 3

• Down had a very comfortable home win against Offaly, beating them by more than double scores.
  

• Limerick had a decent win away at Longford, who ended up getting relegated by virtue of this loss.
  

• Tipperary came from behind to win against Louth to secure an impressive and well deserved promotion up to Division 2 next year. This is Tipperary’s second promotion in 2 years which is an excellent achievement.
  

• Cavan had a very good win against Roscommon.
  

Division 4

• Waterford continue to make strides in the right direction as they defeated Carlow.
  

• Antrim made good use of home advantage as they had a fine win against Sligo.
  

• Leitrim had a huge win at Kilkenny, triumphing by a margin of 27 points.
  

• Wicklow had an expected home win against London.
  

• Clare had the weekend off.