GAA: Quartet do battle for Ulster SFC semi-final spots
Antrim v Cavan today before Donegal v Armagh tomorrow
This weekend sees the Ulster Senior Football Championship kick into top gear with four counties aiming to book their place in the semi-finals of the 2022 competition.
First up sees Antrim meet Cavan at Corrigan Park on Saturday (2pm), before a huge clash in Ballybofey on Sunday (2pm), with Donegal hosting Armagh at MacCumhaill Park.
With Tyrone having begun their campaign with a 2-17 to 2-10 win against Fermanagh in the Preliminary Round last weekend, they've set up a last four meeting with Derry.
For Enda McGinley's Saffrons, they had a decent National League campaign in Division 3, but failed to win promotion to the second tier. Cavan meanwhile come into this afternoon's tie brimming with confidence after their promotion from Division 4.
Mickey Graham's men saw off Tipperary in the league final and will come into the cauldron of Corrigan Park probably as slight favourites. However, with Antrim playing their first home Championship game since 2013, it makes for an intriguing encounter
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As for the big Sunday clash, to say there is no love lost between Declan Bonner's Donegal and Kieran McGeeney's visitors from Armagh could be seen as something of an understatement.
Last month's meeting between the two provincial heavyweights ended with a host of players from each side earning suspensions for their part in the final whistle melee in Letterkenny.
Donegal's Neil McGee and Odhran McFadden-Ferry, along with the Armagh quartet of Rian O'Neill, Stefan Campbell, Aidan Nugent and Ciaran Mackin, all received one-match bans as a result.
However, O'Neill, Campbell and Nugent are all eligible to play after their suspensions were overturned on appeal. Mackin misses out through injury, while Donegal opted not to appeal the bans for their players.
Armagh have been one of the in-form teams so far this year, with Division 1 wins over Dublin and Tyrone already banked. On the flip side, Donegal have endured two poor campaigns - by their own high standards - having won back-to-back Ulster titles in 2018 and 2019.
After this weekend's matches, there are just two more quarter-finals left.
Next weekend sees Monaghan meet Down on April 30th, before Derry host Tyrone the following afternoon.