Colm Shalvey reports
This is a busy time for the county teams, with Monaghan’s senior and minor footballers and senior hurlers facing vital games this weekend. Topping the bill is Sunday’s highly-anticipated Ulster SFC quarter- final against Tyrone in Omagh. A week after the Connacht clash between Mayo and Galway failed to ignite, this is another of the stand-out opening-round fixtures on paper, pitting the third- and fourth-placed teams in the Allianz NFL Division One against each other.
Monaghan finished their league campaign on a high with a rare Croke Park…
