Gaelic Football: Irish club games, goals and points before throw-in
Gaelic football is an Irish team sport run by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). Each side fields fifteen players, goalkeeper included, and the round ball is kicked or played away with a fist or an open hand; nobody may carry it for more than four steps in a row. The goal resembles a soccer goal whose posts continue upwards, so every shot has two targets: the net beneath the crossbar, or the space between the uprights above it.
Goals, points and the two-point kick
Scorelines are written goals first, then points, with a dash in between. When bets are settled, everything is turned into one points total:
Score | Worth | Where the rule comes from |
|---|---|---|
Ball into the net, under the bar | 3 points (a goal) | site rules, section 10.44 |
Ball over the bar, between the posts | 1 point | site rules, section 10.44 |
Ball kicked over the bar by a player standing with a foot on the 40-metre arc or beyond it | 2 points | GAA playing rules, in force since 1 January 2026 |
The site's own worked example: 0-12 against 2-5 finishes 12-11 in points, since two goals make six. Scoring fewer goals is no obstacle to winning. Section 10.44 has not yet added the two-point kick to its list, but it settles every bet on the final score of the match counted in points.
Club games run to the GAA's normal time of two 30-minute halves. Halves of 35 minutes, 70 minutes in all, are reserved for inter-county senior championship and National League fixtures. Bets cover regular time only, and the definitions at the start of the rules keep extra time outside it.
County first, then the province
The section follows the Irish club calendar. Every county begins with a championship for its senior clubs, and the county winners go on to one of four provincial club championships: Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster. The provincial champions then meet in the semi-finals of the All-Ireland club competition. Both tiers sit side by side in the menu:
county tier: Cork Championship, Dublin Championship, Kildare Senior Championship, Limerick Senior Championship;
provincial tier: Ulster's club championship, contested by the champions of the province's nine counties, the Leinster club series, and the Munster and Connacht editions.
The figure in brackets beside a group shows how many fixtures are open in it, and the menu changes as the Irish season moves on.
How the 1X2 line works
Open a group and every fixture appears as a block with its date and time, the two clubs listed one above the other, and three prices labelled W1, DRAW and W2. W1 is the club named first. A level score when regular time ends means a winning draw bet, even if extra time later separates the teams.
Every other pre-match discipline is gathered in the complete 1xBet sports line. To stake in dirhams, set up an account first.