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(31 May 2012) All Ireland champions Dublin begin their defence of Sam Maguire this weekend when they take on Louth at Croke Park on Sunday.

The odds would suggest that the Dubs will lay down a marker for the year to come with miniscule odds of 1/16 available on Pat Gilroy’s. The handicap favours the boys in blue by 8 points while Louth are 9/1 to topple the champions in their back yard. Wexford are the 4/6 favourites in Croke Park’s opener this weekend with Glenn Ryan’s, Longford fresh from their victory over Laois, available at 6/4.

In Connaught London and Leitrim get their campaigns underway in Ruislip, the exiles are the slight favourites at Evens to add to last years heroics with the men from lovely Leitrim at 11/10. Over in Ulster, Fermanagh are 5/2 to overcome Down with Mournemen at 2/5.

The pick of the hurling this weekend is the clash of fallen giants Offaly and Wexford. Here, the faithful are the 4/7 favourites with Liam Dunne’s men at 13/8. Meanwhile, in the other two Leinster fixtures Dublin and Galway are both strongly favoured to overcome Laois and Westmeath respectively.

FOOTBALL

Dublin v Louth
1/16    Dublin
18/1    Draw
9/1    Louth

Handicap Betting
11/10    Dublin (-8.0)
10/1    Handicap Draw (-8.0)
5/6    Louth (+8.0)

First Goalscorer
9-2 Connolly; 11-2 B Brogan; 8 McManamon; 11 A Brogan; 20 Cullen, Flynn; 28 MacAuley; 40 Fennell
11/2 No Scorer - e/w odds 1/4 places 1, 2, 3
9 Clarke, Maguire; 12 McEneaney; 14 Carroll; 16 Crilly; 22 Brennan, Reid, Keenan

London v Leitrim
Evens    London
13/2    Draw
11/10    Leitrim

Handicap Betting
6/4    London (-1.0)
15/2    Handicap Draw (-1.0)
4/6    Leitrim (-1.0)

First Goalscorer
13-2 Colfer; 15-2 O’Neill; 9 McGoldrick; 16 S Kelly, O’Leary, Mullins; 28 Mulvery, Gottsche
13-5 No Scorer - e/w odds 1/4 places 1, 2, 3
6 Croal; 15-2 Glancy; 11 Cox; 12 Mulligan; 16 McGowan, Brennan; 25 Sweeney; 33 Lowe

Wexford v Louth
4/6    Wexford
15/2    Draw
6/4    Longford

Handicap Betting
10/11    Wexford (-1.0)
8/1    Handicap Draw (-1.0)
11/10    Longford (+1.0)

Fermanagh v Down
5/2    Fermanagh
15/2    Draw
2/5    Down

Handicap Betting
10/11    Fermanagh (+3.0)
9/1    Handicap Draw (-3.0)
11/10    Down (-3.0)

HURLING

Offaly v Wexford
4/7    Offaly
9/1    Draw
13/8    Wexford

Handicap Betting
Evens    Offaly (-2.0)
10/1    Handicap Draw (-2.0)
10/11    Wexford (+2.0)

First Goalscorer
9-2 Dooly; 13-2 Parlon; 9 B Murphy; 16 Egan, Carroll; 18 Bergin; 20 Mahon; 33 Brady
18 No Scorer - e/w odds 1/4 places 1, 2, 3
6 Guiney; 15-2 Morris; 9 Jacob; 14 Quigley; 20 Sinnott, Nolan; 22 Lyng; 33 Murphy

Dublin v Laois
1/20    Dublin
25/1    Draw
8/1    Laois

Handicap Betting
Evens    Dublin (-10.0)
11/1    Handicap Draw (-10.0)
10/11    Laois (+10.0)

Westmeath v Galway
12/1    Westmeath
33/1    Draw
1/80    Galway

Handicap Betting
11/10    Westmeath (+14.0)
12/1    Handicap Draw (-14.0)
5/6    Galway (-14.0)

London v Down
4/6    London
8/1    Draw
6/4    Down


All Ireland SFC
5/2 Kerry; 3/1 Cork; 4/1 Dublin; 7/1 Kildare; 16/1 Tyrone, Mayo, Donegal; 20/1 Galway; 25/1 Down; 33/1 Meath; 40/1 Armagh;80/1 Wexford, Monaghan; 100 Derry; 150 Longford, Louth, Sligo, Limerick; 200/1 Laois; 275/1 Westmeath, Fermanagh; 425/1 Offaly, Roscommon; 500/1 Antrim, Wicklow; 750/1 Leitrim, Carlow, London, Clare, Tipperary; 1,000/1 Waterford, Cavan

Connact SFC
5/6 Mayo; 6/5 Galway; 9/1 Sligo; 45/1 Leitrim; 66/1 London

Leinster SFC
8/13 Dublin; 2/1 Kildare; 9/1 Meath; 22/1 Wexford; 45/1 Louth, Longford; 90/1 Offaly; 150/1 Carlow

Ulster SFC
9/4 Tyrone, Donegal; 9/2 Down; 6/1 Armagh; 13/2 Monaghan; 9/1 Derry; 25/1 Fermanagh

Munster SFC
10/11 Cork; Evens Kerry; 14/1 Limerick; 40/1 Clare

All Ireland SHC
8/11 Kilkenny; 11/4 Tipperary; 9/1 Cork, Galway; 14/1 Dublin; 20/1 Waterford; 25/1 Clare; 33/1 Limerick; 100/1 Offaly; 225/1 Wexford; 375/1 Antrim; 500/1 Laois; 1000/1 Westmeath, Carlow

Munster SHC
5/6 Tipperary; 15/8 Cork; 7/1 Clare; 15/2 Waterford

Leinster SHC
4/11 Kilkenny; 7/2 Galway; 13/2 Dublin; 33/1 Offaly; 60/1 Wexford; 250/1 Laois, Westmeath

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