The Championship starts in earnest this weekend, with big beasts like the Tyrone footballers, Tipperary hurlers and Leitrim footballers making their seasonal bows.
Many people have already tied up Sam Maguire in a sky blue ribbon, expecting Dublin to successfully defend their crowd, while lots of pundits think a Spring of shaping from Clare and Waterford will give way to the usual hurling dominance of Kilkenny.
If everything was that neat and tidy, sure, none of us would bother watching sport.
The football features the usual suspects like Mayo, Kerry and Donegal ready to challenge the Dubs, with Tyrone, Monaghan and Roscommon keen to join the party.
The league finals between Clare and Waterford suggest the Cats won’t have it all their own way, and that is before you consider the big beasts of Munster, Cork and Tipperary, who have been suspiciously quiet.
And then there is the provincial championships! Ah, the provincial championships… Thank heavens for Ulster football and Munster hurling.
But we know what you’re thinking, ‘who do the SportsJOE lads fancy for the eight trophies on offer?’. After the success of our Premier League predictions, we couldn’t not bring you our GAA picks.
The only unanimous prediction was the Leinster SFC, where we all expect Meath to take the Royal throne. Only kidding, it’ll be the Dubs. Of that much we’re certain.
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Football
Connacht SFC
Conan Doherty: Mayo
Dion Fanning: Mayo
Evan Fanning: Mayo
Ben Kiely: Mayo
Pat McCarry: Roscommon
Kevin McGillicuddy: Mayo
Darragh Murphy: Mayo
Mikey Stafford: Roscommon
Leinster SFC
Conan Doherty: Dublin
Dion Fanning: Dublin
Evan Fanning: Dublin
Ben Kiely: Dublin
Pat McCarry: Dublin
Kevin McGillicuddy: Dublin
Darragh Murphy: Dublin
Mikey Stafford: Wexford Dublin
Munster SFC
Conan Doherty: Kerry
Dion Fanning: Kerry
Evan Fanning: Cork
Ben Kiely: Kerry
Pat McCarry: Kerry
Kevin McGillicuddy: Kerry
Darragh Murphy: Kerry
Mikey Stafford: Kerry
Ulster SFC
Conan Doherty: Tyrone
Dion Fanning: Tyrone
Evan Fanning: Tyrone
Ben Kiely: Donegal
Pat McCarry: Donegal
Kevin McGillicuddy: Tyrone
Darragh Murphy: Donegal
Mikey Stafford: Monaghan
All-Ireland SFC
Conan Doherty: Dublin
Dion Fanning: Kerry
Evan Fanning: Tyrone
Ben Kiely: Kerry
Pat McCarry: Dublin
Kevin McGillicuddy: Tyrone
Darragh Murphy: Dublin
Mikey Stafford: Mayo
Hurling
Leinster SHC
Conan Doherty: Kilkenny
Dion Fanning: Kilkenny
Evan Fanning: Kilkenny
Ben Kiely: Galway
Pat McCarry: Kilkenny
Kevin McGillicuddy: Kilkenny
Darragh Murphy: Kilkenny
Mikey Stafford: Wexford Kilkenny
Munster SHC
Conan Doherty: Clare
Dion Fanning: Clare
Evan Fanning: Waterford
Ben Kiely: Tipperary
Pat McCarry: Tipperary
Kevin McGillicuddy: Waterford
Darragh Murphy: Clare
Mikey Stafford: Tipperary
All-Ireland SHC
Conan Doherty: Kilkenny
Dion Fanning: Clare
Evan Fanning: Waterford
Ben Kiely: Kilkenny
Pat McCarry: Kilkenny
Kevin McGillicuddy: Clare
Darragh Murphy: Kilkenny
Mikey Stafford: Waterford
