ALL TO PLAY FOR

Who will be making headlines on the club front this weekend?

- GARRY DOYLE

DELIGHT St Thomas' Kenneth Murray, Damian McGlynn, Eanna Burke and Fintan Burke celebrate with manager Kenneth Burke after their 2022 Galway title

GARRY DOYLE looks at the big issues ahead of what promises to be an action-packed weekend of club action around the country.

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Five of those counties have representatives in the opening weekend of the Leinster SFC club Championship, Summerhill aiming to bridge a 23-year gap to Meaths last title; Athy hoping to end eight years of hurt in Kildare; Baltinglass a 36-year stretch to their solitary provincial title.

That was the beauty of the club Championship back then. Great teams rather than clubs with great budgets could win it.

One thing the Championship still has, though, are rare meetings between cross-border rivals such as Athy’s fixture with Baltinglass. The towns are only 14 miles apart.

Has the distance between them and the Dublin champions shortened? We'll have a better idea after tomorrow's game. Watch out for Summerhill this winter, though. The Meath champions have Eoghan Frayne on form.