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County Pulse · Senior Football · 2026

Carlow

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Leinster · NFL Division 4 (Champions)

editorial standfirst pending. The data below is verified and ready; this is where the county's story gets told.

Form →
NFL D4 R6
London
L -5
NFL D4 R7
Leitrim
W +23
NFL D4 Fina
Longford
W +3
Lein Prel
Wicklow
L -11
Tail First
Antrim
L -3
Tail R2B
Leitrim
L -6
22.1
Avg scored
(season)
20.3
Avg conceded
(season)
10 / 11
Games with a goal
15
Goals scored
(season)
18
Goals conceded
(season)
1-37
Top scorer
(Chris Blake)
01

Where the scores come from

Goal = 3 · two-pointer = 2 · point = 1

Scoring source by game

Two-point breakdown, data being verified. Verifying the two-point arc tally per game requires manual checking against the official match reports. Until that's complete this block is intentionally blank rather than estimated.
02

The scoring engine

Season totals across 11 verified games

Top scorers

Chris Blake free-taker
1-37 (40)
across 9 games
Ross Dunphy
2-20 (26)
across 7 games
Colm Hulton
1-22 (25)
across 7 games
Lee Walker free-taker
3-14 (23)
across 5 games
Conor Doyle
0-17 (17)
across 5 games
Chris Crowley
0-13 (13)
across 3 games
03

Results in 2026

League and championship · chronological · 11 games
NFL D4 R12026-01-25
AntrimRoger Casements, Portglenone
2-16 – 1-1522 – 18
Win +4
NFL D4 R22026-01-31
WicklowNetwatch Cullen Park
1-15 – 2-0918 – 15
Win +3
NFL D4 R32026-02-15
TipperaryFBD Semple Stadium, Thurles
1-17 – 1-1420 – 17
Win +3
NFL D4 R42026-02-21
WaterfordNetwatch Cullen Park
1-26 – 0-1529 – 15
Win +14
NFL D4 R52026-03-01
LongfordGlennon Brothers Pearse Park
1-14 – 1-1917 – 22
Loss -5
NFL D4 R62026-03-14
LondonNetwatch Cullen Park
0-18 – 1-2018 – 23
Loss -5
NFL D4 R72026-03-22
LeitrimNetwatch Cullen Park
4-22 – 2-534 – 11
Win +23
NFL D4 Final2026-03-28
LongfordPáirc An Chrócaigh
1-24 – 2-1827 – 24
Win +3
Leinster Preliminary round2026-04-12
WicklowNetwatch Cullen Park
1-07 – 2-1510 – 21
Loss -11
Tailteann First Round2026-05-10
AntrimNetwatch Cullen Park, Carlow
2-26 – 6-1732 – 35
Loss -3
Tailteann R2B2026-05-23
Leitrim
1-13 – 0-2216 – 22
Loss -6
04

Squad & rotation

Across 11 games with verified line-up data
44
Players used (with lineup data)
3
Started every recorded game
11
Games with lineup data

Rotation matrix, started · benched · missed

NFLLeinsterTailteann
PlayerR1R2R3R4R5R6R7FPrelim rFirst RoR2BStarts
Ben McCarron11/11
Conor Doyle11/11
Mark Furey11/11
Niall Roche10/11
Dara Curran10/11
Paddy McDonnell10/11
Ross Dunphy9/11
Colm Hulton8/11
Chris Blake7/11
Lee Moore7/11
Colin Byrne7/11
Eoghan Ruth7/11
John Phiri7/11
Mikey Bambrick7/11
Padhraig Bolger7/11
Conor Crowley6/11
Lee Walker6/11
Jamie Clarke4/11
Liam Gavin3/11
Adam Burgess2/11
Kyle Nolan2/11
Padraig Bolger2/11
Aaron Amond1/11
John Murphy1/11
Sean Murphy1/11
Aaron McCarron1/11
Daniel Curran1/11
Eric Ruth1/11
Ian Atkinson1/11
Liam Moore1/11
Patrick McDonnell1/11
Pádraig Bolger1/11
Ross Dunphy ([Munster GAA](https://munster.gaa.ie/event/2026-allianz-football-league-division-4-tipperary-v-carlow/))1/11
Tadgh Roche0/11
Darragh Foley0/11
Adam McCarron0/11
Cormac Lomax0/11
Shane Buggy0/11
Christopher Blake0/11
Seán Murphy0/11
Shane Clarke0/11
Shane Murphy0/11
Tadhg Roche0/11
Tom Roche0/11
Started Off the bench Not in squad Right column: starts / games played
05

Discipline

Cards across 2026
Yellow cards · 3
Sean Murphy (2 yellows · leading to red) · Mikey Bambrick
06

Trajectory

'24 → '25 → '26
Trajectory, awaiting editorial read. Two-year arc, what changed, what's coming next. This block is left for Rory to write rather than auto-generated from past-season data we haven't verified to the same standard as 2026.