Barry Dan O'Sullivan knocks over his second point of the game.

Conor Geaney adds a point to his earlier goal.

Cormac Murphy is fouled and Niall Toner will take the free.

Toner sends it between the sticks - level for a 3rd time.

Barry Dan O'Sullivan edges Kerry back in front.

Ethan Doherty shoots over to level the game.

Shane McGuigan kicks Derry's first wide of the game.

In a rerun of the 2010 All-Ireland final Conor Laverty will be hoping his Down side can pick up their first points of the season.

After losing in a thrilling encounter away at Roscommon last Sunday, Down contest the first of their four home league games as they welcome old foes Cork to Pairc Esler.

Saval sharpshooter Pat Havern was on song despite defeat to the Rossies striking 0-11 and he once again leads the Down attack at full forward this afternoon.

Meanwhile, the visitors enjoyed success on the opening weekend even without a raft of regulars from last term who have left the panel.

This is the first of three trips to Ulster for John Cleary’s Cork in Division Two and the likes of Mark Cronin and Chris Og Jones will be ready to pounce should similar mistakes that crept into the Down defence last weekend arise.

Down: John O'Hare; Peter Fagan, Ryan McEvoy, Paddy McCarthy; Michael Rooney, Pierce Laverty, Caolan Mooney; Daniel Guinness, Odhran Murdock; Ceilum Doherty, James Guinness, Danny Magill; Oisin Savage, Pat Havern, Conor McCrickard.

Subs: Ronan Burns, Eugene Branagan, Eoin McCrickard, Gareth McKibbin, Shay Millar, Patrick Brooks, John McGeough, Andrew Gilmore, Adam Cummins, Seamus Loughran, Ryan Magill.Cork: Patrick Doyle; Maurice Shanley, Daniel O'Mahony, Neil Lordan; Brian O'Driscoll, Rory Maguire, Matty Taylor; Sean Walsh, Colm O'Callaghan; Paul Walsh, Sean Powter, Eoghan McSweeney; Mark Cronin, Chris Og Jones, Sean McDonnell.

Subs: Christopher Kelly, Tommy Walsh, Brian Murphy, Darragh Cashman, Sean Brady, Sean Dore, Cathal Maguire, Eanna Desmond, Hugh O'Connor, Cathail O'Mahony, Luke Murphy.

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Sean O'Shea lands a free after Derry were punished for an infringement of the new rules.

Which one you might ask? We aren't entirely sure...

Just like last weekend Derry's second score of the game is a Brendan Rogers two pointer, huge kick.

Kerry kick the first wide of the match.

Shane McGuigan fires over the first score of the day after 50 seconds.

Monaghan referee Martin McNally throws the ball and it's Anton Tohill and Diarmuid O'Connor who contest the throw-in.

Tyrone boss Malachy O'Rourke said that his side "will learn an awful lot" from their 1-23 to 0-19 defeat against All-Ireland champions Armagh at the Athletic Grounds.

Having beaten Derry in their opening Division One game, Tyrone struggled against the rampant Orchard County, particularly in the first half as they trailed 1-14 to 0-3 at half-time.

The Red Hands improved in the second half and reduced the deficit to seven, but O'Rourke admitted their first-half display was their undoing.

"They were sharper than us, they were quicker at moving the ball and we made a few mistakes," O'Rourke reflected.

"You have to take the positives, and we will learn an awful lot from that game tonight."

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Take two, year two of Jim McGuinness at Donegal got underway with a 0-20 to 0-16 win over Dublin at Ballybofey.

Daire O Baoill starred for the Tir Chonaill kicking 0-6 including two, two-pointers, while Oisin Gallen continued his fine form from 2024 with 0-4 of his own.

A crowd of 12,560 piled into the Donegal venue with a real mix of anticipation and expectation amongst those in green and gold.

2012 All-Ireland winning captain Michael Murphy was not named in the matchday panel and did not feature despite returning to the fold.

Jim McGuinness's side played with the aid of a strong breeze across the first half and led 0-11 to 0-6 at half-time, despite kicking seven first half wides.

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Armagh marked their first game back on home soil since winning the 2024 All-Ireland SFC title with a dominant 1-23 to 0-19 win over arch-rivals Tyrone.

After losing a Division One Allianz League opener in Galway last weekend, Armagh were a transformed team in front of 14,336 jubilant fans at the Athletic Grounds.

Playing with a strong wind in their favour in the opening half, they romped to a 1-14 to 0-3 lead against a shell-shocked Tyrone side.

The Red Hands were comfortable winners over league champions Derry in their first game, but were easily outplayed by a rampant Armagh side, who attacked relentlessly, doing most of the damage early on.

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Antrim's Allianz Hurling League Division 1B home contest with Westmeath on Sunday, which will be live on the BBC iPlayer, could prove crucial to both sides' hopes of avoiding the drop to Division Two at the end of the campaign.

Last weekend's defeat by Dublin was not a surprise in what was Davy Fitzgerald's first competitive game in charge of the Saffrons.

However, the manner of the loss was a concern as Antrim suffered what selector Pat Bennett described as a 1-25 to 0-14 "hiding" at Croke Park.

Antrim's performance indicated that the squad are having some difficulty in putting into practice Fitzgerald's preferred direct playing method which is marked different to the short-passing style favoured by previous boss Darren Gleeson.

Bennett had to undertake the media duties last weekend given that Fitzgerald was serving a one-match game for his contretemps during his final match change in charge of Waterford last summer.

However, Fitzgerald will be back on the sideline at Corrigan Park as the Saffrons continue their long-standing rivalry with the Lake County.

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Ben McCarron replaces Lachlan Murray at left corner-forward - that's the one change on the Derry team.

Three changes to the Kerry team named in the match programme.

Damien Bourke replaces Eddie Healy at corner-back while Barry Dan O'Sullivan takes the place of Cathal O Beaglaoich in midfield.

Killian Spillane starts at full-forward as Donal O'Sullivan drops out.

It's the first game ever with the new GAA 'rule enhancements' here at Celtic Park and the first ever time that the great aristocrats of Gaelic football in the Kingdom of Kerry will play competitively under the new rule set.

Derry manager Paddy Tally will be the main character and sub-plot in this one with him not only helping mastermind Tyrone's demolition of Kerry in 2003 but he spent the last three seasons in Kerry coaching them to the All-Ireland in 2022 and helping to knock the side he now manages out of the championship in 2023 and 2024.

Derry opened their Division One account with defeat at their neighbours Tyrone and they will be keen to ensure that they do not move into round three with no points on the board.

Tally makes three changes to that side with Neil McNicholl replacing Odhran Lynch in nets in an apparent ploy to get the keeper playing in a '12th man' role in his attacking half.

Elsewhere, Mark Doherty replaces Declan Cassidy and Cormac Murphy takes the place of Ciaran McFaul.

It's a first competitive outing of 2025 for Kerry after their opener last weekend at home to Donegal was postponed with the Tir Chonaill men unable to travel due to the after effects of Storm Eowyn.

Eddie Healy and Cathal O Beaglaoich are the debutants for Jack O'Connor's side who start with seven of the side that lost to Armagh in last year's All-Ireland semi-final.

There's no David Clifford in the match day panel as he is given an extended break.

Throw in here is 12:30 GMT and the match referee is Monaghan's Martin McNally.

If there are any changes closer to throw in we'll bring them to you.

Derry: Niall McNicholl; Diarmuid Baker, Eoin McEvoy, Mark Doherty; Conor Doherty, Brendan Rogers, Donnacha Gilmore; Conor Glass, Anton Tohill; Cormac Murphy, Paul Cassidy, Ethan Doherty; Niall Toner, Shane McGuigan, Lachlan Murray.

Subs: Odhran Lynch, Ryan Mulholland, Declan Cassidy, Shea Downey, Jody McDermott, Patrick McGurk, Dan Higgins, Ben McCarron, Caolan Devlin, Charlie Diamond, Callum McGrogan.

Kerry: Shane Ryan; Eddie Healy, Jason Foley, Tom O'Sullivan; Graham O'Sullivan, Tadgh Morley, Sean O'Brien; Diarmuid O'Connor, Cathal O Beaglaoich; Paudie Clifford, Sean O'Shea, Ruairi Murphy; Conor Geaney, Donal O'Sullivan, Dylan Geaney.

Subs: Sean Coffey, Killian Spillane, Barry Dan O'Sullivan, Cillian Trant, Damien Burke, Paul Geaney, Conor Flannery, Darragh Lyne, Tom Leo O'Sullivan, Eoin Clifford, Keith Evans.

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