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What a weekend for Dublin football!

It's the final Three Man Weave of the inter-county season, and it ends, as it does every year with Dublin as double All-Ireland champions. 

This week, the lads discuss what makes this Dublin's men's team the best we've ever seen play the game. They analyse the performances that and look in detail at exactly what went wrong for Kerry. 

The lads have a heated debate about what the future holds for the Dubs and whether they will soon suffer the dreaded "transitional phase". 

Maurice, Mark, and Mick also finalise our Rolling All-Stars team and picks their players of the year. 

They discuss another massive day at Croke Park yesterday, where the weather didn't stop 56,000 attendees or the Dubs from making it three-in-a-row. 

What a year. 

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The lads are back in studio and more excited than a dog in a bone shop! Maurice, Mark and Mick preview this weekend's All-Ireland final replay between Dublin and Kerry, while Maurice maintains Galway are in an ideal position going into their Ladies' senior final against Dublin on Sunday.

The lads give their opinion on what tactical adjustments Dublin and Kerry should make from the first day, as well as what to do with Jack McCaffrey and, indeed, Tommy Walsh. 

They also play the long-awaited All-Ireland football final replays quiz. Be sure to subscribe, rate and tell your friends!

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To celebrate another year of the SportsDirect Clubhouse on Balls.ie, your home for grassroots GAA now that the intercounty season has ended, we gathered in the Hodson Bay Hotel in Athlone for a special Clubhouse Live last Friday. 

For our football panel, we had a distinctly All-Ireland Replay theme with Kerry legend Marc Ó Sé and Dublin All-Ireland winner Eamon Fennell on stage, with Liam McHale mediating as honest, neutral broker.

SportsDirect and proud supporters of grassroots GAA around the country and are proud supporters of Roscommon's St. Dominic's who we celebrated on Friday night. Check out this feed to find our brilliant hurling panel on the night of Anthony Daly and Brendan Cummins. 

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The Buildup is our new weekly podcast, with Ladbrokes, where we preview all the major sporting action for the weekend ahead. We'll be building the hype, whetting the appetite and making some bold predictions for everything that's happening.

This is the Gaelic Games section of the show where we make our picks for the All-Ireland Football Replay between Dublin and Kerry. Mark, Mick and Maurice talk about how they see the game going and if the five-in-a-row will be safe... or could it even be another draw??

We also look ahead to another huge day at Croke Park on Sunday with three All-Ireland finals taking place in Ladies' Football. In the senior game, Dublin are almost unbackable favourites, but Maurice thinks Galway might be a bit underrated heading into the game, and Dublin look to secure three-in-a-row.

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To celebrate another year of the SportsDirect Clubhouse on Balls.ie, your home for grassroots GAA now that the intercounty season has ended, we gathered in the Hodson Bay Hotel in Athlone for a special Clubhouse Live last Friday. 

For our hurling panel, we talked Liam Sheedy, the Sunday Game, the importance of the club, weaker county hurling, and lot's more with our brilliant guests, Anthony Daly and Brendan Cummins. 

SportsDirect and proud supporters of grassroots GAA around the country and are proud supporters of Roscommon's St. Dominic's who we celebrated on Friday night. Stay tuned later this week for our football panel of Marc Ó Sé, Eamon Fennell, and Liam McHale. 

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It's another Sunday night Three Man Weave. Maurice is back from Croke Park to join Mick and Mark and discuss a thrilling game of football. 

A penalty and a sending off. 

A brilliant display of tackling and fielding.

Kerry super subs! 

Did Kerry leave it behind them? 

Jack McCaffrey's astonishing talent. 

Stephen Cluxton's dominance. 

An epic minor final. 

Today really had it all. We talk about the whole lot about it.  

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Will it be five-in-a-row or "Kerry's greatest All-Ireland"? 

Maurice delves deep into the tactics bin to examine what Kerry need to do to disrupt Dublin's gameplan and have a chance of making history? 

We look at the likely match-ups, and argue of whether Tommy Walsh should start the game? 

Also, will Jim Gavin have his own trick up his sleeve? 

Gary also puts Maurice and Mick through their paces with an All-Ireland final quiz the two lads don't come out of too well! 

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It's an extra Three Man Weave for All-Ireland final week! 

Rob Carroll is the statsman for Sure, the official statistics partner of the GAA, and he joins us for our annual look at the stats trend in the GAA season.

We also look ahead to the All-Ireland final and discuss what early stats we should look for if Kerry are going to stop the drive for five. 

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The Buildup is our new weekly podcast, with Ladbrokes, where we preview all the major sporting action for the weekend ahead. We'll be building the hype, whetting the appetite and making some bold predictions for everything that's happening.

This week, Mark and Mick look ahead to the LGFA All-Ireland Semi-Finals in Croke Park this Sunday, and in particular the mouth watering clash between Cork and Dublin, two teams that have shared the last 14 All-Ireland titles. Can Cork stop the Dublin 3-in-a-row?

If you want to listen to the entire show, which includes previews and tips on the weekend's football, a chat with Stephen Ferris ahead of England vs. Ireland, and some tips for The Tour Championship, subscribe to The Buildup on Balls.ie podcast feed or to the general Balls.ie feed. 

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Mick, Mark and PJ were in studio straight after the All-Ireland hurling final to reflect on Tipperary's resounding victory. With the final whistle barely blown, the lads got together to share their thoughts on the game, Richie Hogan's sending off and the quality of this year's championship overall. 

We also pick our final Rolling All-Stars team and give our picks for hurler of the year. Be sure to subscribe on your favourite podcast app, rate and review the show, and tweet the show @ballsdotie.

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