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Leinster Club SHC final: Na Fianna (Dublin) 2-22 Kilcormac-Killoughey (Offaly) 2-16 A couple of hours after Cuala had become the first ever club in Leinster to win both senior titles, Na Fianna matched the achievement. AJ Murphy drilled the killer goal for the powerhouse Glasnevin club who impressively made amends for last year's one-point final defeat to O'Loughlin Gaels. Just one point separated the sides after Conor Mahon's goal for 2012 champions Kilcormac-Killoughey in the 39th minute. The Offaly outfit had strong momentum at that stage too having cut a half-time deficit of five points to the minimum. But Murphy's goal shortly after the Mahon strike put back-to-back Dublin champions Na Fianna in pole position again and they sped to a famous victory from there. Free-taker Colin Currie struck 0-8 for Na Fianna while captain Donal Burke, who missed last year's final through injury, rose to the occasion with seven excellent points from play. The result means that manager Niall O Ceallachain, recently appointed as Dublin boss, will double job for another couple of weeks at least. Na Fianna will face Loughrea in an All-Ireland semi-final on the weekend of December 14/15. Remarkably, having taken over 50 years for a club, Cuala, to secure both senior and football titles, their Dublin counterparts then matched that very achievement in the subsequent game. Na Fianna looked like a team intent on not leaving Croke Park with more painful memories following last year's narrow final defeat on the same sod. They were 0-5 to 0-1 up inside eight minutes this time, retained that five-point lead at the 20 minute mark and stretched the gap to seven points when Sean Currie netted after 27 minutes. Burke gave his best 30 minutes of the campaign in the opening half and his fifth point of the half approaching the break left Na Fianna with a commanding 1-12 to 0-8 lead. But Kilcormac-Killoughey closed it out strongly with points from Adam Screeney, Conor Mahon and goalkeeper Conor Slevin to leave Na Fianna with a 1-13 to 0-11 half-time lead. Boy wonder Adam Screeney grabbed his second point from play, and three points in all, as Kilcormac-Killoughey turned up the heat after the restart in front of 9,209. Things got even better in the 39th minute when Conor Mahon capitalised on a Screeney 65 that hit the woodwork and fell kindly for him to strike to the net. Suddenly, just a point separated the teams at 1-15 to 1-16 but Na Fianna quickly reasserted their authority with a goal themselves inside 90 seconds, Stacey setting Murphy free for the crucial score. Na Fianna looked the better side from there on, even if Leigh Kavanagh was unfortunate to see a shot for Kilcormac-Killoughey come crashing off the crossbar in the 45th minute. Na Fianna piled on the misery in the closing minutes to open up a seven-point lead by the hour, allowing them to absorb the blow of a second Kilcormac-Killoughey goal when Screeney struck. Scorers for Na Fianna : Colin Currie 0-8 (0-7f), Donal Burke 0-7, AJ Murphy 1-2, Sean Currie 1-0, Jack Meagher 0-2, Brian Ryan 0-2, Ciaran Stacey 0-1. Scorers for Kilcormac-Killoughey : Adam Screeney 1-8 (0-6f), Conor Mahon 1-2, Charlie Mitchell 0-3, Conor Slevin 0-2 (0-2f), Colin Spain 0-1. NA FIANNA : Jonathan Tracey; Kevin Burke, Sean Burke, Conor McHugh; Donal Ryan, Liam Rushe, Peter Feeney; Brian Ryan, Sean Currie; Gavin King, Donal Burke, Jack Meagher; Colin Currie, AJ Murphy, Ciaran Stacey. Subs : Sean Ryan for King h/t, Diarmuid Clerkin for Rushe 49-50, Shane Barrett for Meagher 58 KILCORMAC-KILLOUGHEY : Conor Slevin; Oisin Mahon, Tom Spain, James Mahon; Jordan Quinn, Brecon Kavanagh, Enda Grogan; Colin Spain, Damien Kilmartin; Jack Screeney, Conor Mahon, Leigh Kavanagh; Adam Screeney, Charlie Mitchell, Daniel Hand. Subs : Cillian Kiely for Grogan 39, James Gorman for Hand 42, Peter Geraghty for Jack Screeney 45, Cathal Kiely for Leigh Kavanagh 57, Alex Kavanagh for Kilmartin 59. Referee : Padraig Dunne (Laois).
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Details emerge as southeast state's indigenes send strong message to APC governorJayden Daniels and Michael Penix Jr. trained and went through the NFL draft process together on the way to becoming two of the five quarterbacks taken in the top 10. After going off the board earlier with the second pick by the Washington Commanders, Daniels has been their starter all season and one of football's breakout stars . Penix, taken eighth in a move coach Raheem Morris joked “shocked the world," waited behind Kirk Cousins until usurping the veteran and making his first pro start last week. On Sunday night, they'll face off in the league's first prime-time showdown of rookie QBs selected in the first round, and the spotlight is bright with significant playoff implications at stake. “I'm happy for him — he waited his time,” Daniels said of Penix. “He's a phenomenal player in my eyes, and I'm excited to be able to match up against him.” Daniels and the Commanders (10-5) are in the playoffs with a win. They might already be in before kickoff if Tampa Bay loses at home to Carolina, though the Buccaneers are 8-point favorites on BetMGM Sportsbook. Washington is favored by 4 against the Falcons (8-7), who are vying with the Bucs for the NFC South title and a home playoff game and also in contention with the Commanders and others for the conference's wild-card spots. “The reality is that you fight, you fight, you fight and you put yourself in a position to go out there and win your division,” Penix said. "You put yourself in a chance to get yourself to qualify for extra play. We’re right in the mix of doing that, and we’ve got to go do it and finish.” Daniels, who threw five touchdown passes to beat Philadelphia last week and end the Eagles’ winning streak at 10 games, is the prohibitive favorite to win AP Offensive Rookie of the Year honors. Penix completed 18 of 27 passes for 202 yards in a rout of the New York Giants that included two touchdowns by Atlanta's defense and two on the ground from running back Bijan Robinson. “I was really pleased with his composure, his poise, his ability to click through progressions,” Morris said. "Realistically, it was a pretty clean game at the quarterback position. I’m very pleased with what he did and how he did it and the support that he had around him.” Washington's Dan Quinn is facing the Falcons as a head coach for the first time since they fired him in 2020. He was replaced then on an interim basis by Morris, who was an assistant on his staff in Atlanta the entire time Quinn was in charge, including the run to the Super Bowl in the 2016 season. “It’s always fun to play against your friends, your confidants, your mentors — whatever you want to look at it as — that we’ve been able to grow up with throughout this whole process,” said Morris, who was an assistant in Washington from 2012-14 under Mike Shanahan and interviewed for the Commanders job last winter. “Dan coaching me in college," Morris added, "and then having a chance to work together and then having a chance to really follow the same path to the National Football League and then to now being in a fortunate position to be head coaches in this awesome league and having a chance to compete against each other at a very high level with high stakes on the line in prime time and all of those things — I just enjoy those moments of being able to go against guys that you care about.” Morris said conversations from their close working relationship, which dates to their time together at Hofstra, are on a break right now. “Obviously you swap texts on normal weeks,” Morris said. “I won’t talk to him this week. I’ll ban him. I’ll block him on the phone.” Penix's results would have been even more impressive if not for some drops by receivers. Ray-Ray McCloud and Drake London had miscues on Atlanta’s opening drive. Tight end Kyle Pitts bobbled a pass later that led to Penix's interception. Serving as scout-team QB while Cousins was the starter , Penix had little practice time with the first-string offense before last week. As a left-hander, Penix gives receivers a different look, but perhaps the biggest adjustment was the added zip on his passes when compared with Cousins. “We kind of talked about that,” Morris said. “We figured that would happen. ... We talked about the reps with these guys, not having as many. So, things like that are going to happen. But I do like the fact that we’re able to keep playing and pushing and watch the guys get better and better as we went. The Commanders are expected to get two-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle Jonathan Allen back after surgery in October to repair a torn pectoral muscle initially looked to be season-ending . “We know the caliber of Jon and what he can bring,” Quinn said. “He’s strong. He’s tough. So when that does happen, that’ll be something that will definitely bring energy to our defense.” Allen had 15 tackles and two sacks in five-plus games before getting injured at Baltimore on Oct. 13. After ranking last in the league with 10 sacks through the first 11 games, Atlanta’s long-struggling pass rush has enjoyed a dramatic surge. The Falcons have at least three in four consecutive games, the longest active streak in the league, with 16 total over this stretch. Arnold Ebiketie recorded his fifth sack and recovered a fumble against the Giants, and Kaden Elliss had a strip sack. Elliss also has five sacks and has dropped opposing QBs in four consecutive games: the longest streak by a Falcons defender since Patrick Kerney's five in a row in 2001. AP Sports Writer Charles Odum contributed. AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/NFL
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