Former Mayo attacker Evan Regan currently functions as teh inter-county team’s nutritionist. After the weekend, many may wonder again whether he’s being wrongly deployed.

the 34-year old kicked 1-08 in total and 1-03 in the final 10 minutes as he helped propel Ballina Stephenites to a remarkable comeback victory over Westport to seal a three-in-a-row in Mayo, their first such run as the 1920s.

The champions,who only secured a replay after Frank Irwin’s last-gasp two-point free the previous Sunday,were 10 points behind in the 51st minute,when Regan’s quickly-taken free took a deflection and flew into the net.

This kick-started an extraordinary surge, which culminated in Regan levelling the game with a two-pointer in injury time and then lofting over another point to win it.

It was a remarkable crescendo to a dramatic, if contentious, Mayo SFC. Westport were without Lee Keegan for the replay, the former Footballer of the Year leaving MacHale Park in crutches last week after a collision with former inter-county teammate Padraig O’Hora.

Later that night in Galway, Maigh Cuilinn held off Salthill/Knocknacarra’s much vaunted forward line to win their third Galway SFC title of the decade.

Salthill, whose attack contains both Rob Finnerty and Matthew Thompson, Galway’s two moast consistent forwards of 2025, had overcome modern-day kingpins Corofin in the semi-final. However,it came at a cost with an injury to john Maher ruling him out of the final.

It teed up another decider between two clubs west of the city. Maigh Cuilinn is technically within the Galway Gaeltacht, albeit on its outermost eastern fringe, and so we are legally obliged to write their name in Irish. (If anyone in here types the words ‘Moy’ and ‘Cullen’ and then squashes them together, they get a severe rap on the knuckles and we mean that quite literally.)

The pair had last met in the county final in 2022, when the late John O’Mahony was managing Salthill.

Indomitable county captain Sean Kelly was to the fore, raiding thru to fire a goal for the opening score of the game. finnerty kept Salthill in touch and rifled home a penalty.

Peter Cooke, as is frequently enough the case, was absent working in the States for most of the campaign but came off the bench to kick two two-pointers. As in ’22, he was a decisive figure.

SATURDAY’S COUNTY FINAL RESULTS AND REPORTS

It was an emotional success for a Gaeltacht area in Kerry, Daingean Uí Chúis (Dingle) winning their first Kerry crown since 1948, after near misses over the years.

In the modern era, they had lost county finals in 2012, 2018 and 2024. They had also lost the Munster club final on penalties to Castlehaven in 2023 – for which they had qualified after winning the Kerry club championship (a separate competition excluding the divisional outfits, who aren’t eligible to progress beyond Kerry).

It was a dramatic triumph too. They trailed Austin Stacks for most of the game, until Paul Geaney – a veteran of all the previous final losses – buried two goals in the final 10 minutes to turn the tables on the Tralee club.

Geaney, who won his third all-Ireland medal this year, had been in excellent form for kerry earlier in the season before injury ruled him out of the latter stages.

“It’s probably up there with one of the best days of my life! It’s unbelievable,” Geaney told RTÉ Radio 1’s Sunday Sport afterwards.

GAA Club Championship Round-Up

CONNAGHT CLUB SFC
QF
8/9 Nov

Maigh Cuilinn v Shamrock Gaels
Ballina Stephenites v North London Shamrock Rocks

SFs
15/16 Nov

Leitrim Gaels v Maigh Cuilinn/ Shamrock Gaels
Padraig Pearses/ St Brigids v ballina Stephenites/ north London Shamrocks

MUNSTER CLUB SFC
QFs
9 Nov

Éire Óg v Waterford SFC winners
16 Nov

Tipperary SFC winners v St Finbarr’s

SFs
23 Nov

Daingean UÍ Chuis v Limerick SFC winners
Winner of two quarter-finals

LEINSTER CLUB SFC
Round 1
1 Nov

Old Leighlin v Portarlington (Live on RTÉ2)
2 Nov

Summerhill v Killoe
Baltinglass v Athy

ULSTER CLUB SFC
Round 1
1 Nov

Newbridge v Dunloy

QFs
8/9 Nov

Kingscourt v Erne Gaels
Loughmacrory v Kilcoo
Scotstown v Naomh Conaill
Madden v Newbridge/Dunloy

Hurling: Champions Survive

Na Fianna nearly lost their Dublin, Leinster, and All-Ireland club crowns. It would have been a second county senior final defeat in as many weekends,mirroring their 2022 experience.

Lucan Sarsfields, aiming for their first-ever title under former Kilkenny star Charlie Carter, took a two-point lead as the clock passed 60 minutes. goalkeeper Sean McClelland and Killian Costelloe scored crucial points. However, Na Fianna…