All Ireland champions Dublin begin their defence of Sam Maguire this weekend when they take on Louth at Croke Park on Sunday.
The odds suggest the Dubs will lay down a marker for the year to come with miniscule odds of 1/16 available on Pat Gilroy’s men.
The handicap favours the boys in blue by eight points, while Louth are 9/1 to topple the champions in their backyard.
Wexford are the 4/6 favourites in Croke Park’s opener this weekend with Glenn Ryan’s men Longford, fresh from their victory over Laois, available at 6/4.
In Connaught, London and Leitrim get their campaigns under way in Ruislip. The exiles are slight favourites at Evens to add to last year’s 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
