FOR THE SECOND successive week, Michael Fennelly had to pick his Offaly team up off the floor after they suffered a heavy defeat to All-Ireland contenders. Offaly’s ambitions are a far cry away from challenging for the Liam MacCarthy – they won’t even be competing in the top tier come the championship. The Faithful are…
Read more‘We can’t get any pitch facilities with lights’ – All-Ireland champions set for new season
GALWAY CAMOGIE CAPTAIN Sarah Dervan, and Cork Ladies star Erika O’Shea have expressed their support for a motion going before GAA Congress regarding a merger of the GAA, LGFA and the Camogie Association. The motion has been submitted by the GPA, and requests that the GAA “prioritise integration with the LGFA and Camogie Association in…
Read moreReferee Maggie Farrelly to make history in men’s Allianz League game
MAGGIE FARRELLY WILL become the first female referee to take charge of a men’s national league match this weekend. Click Here: The Cavan native has been named to officiate in Sunday’s Division 4 football fixture between Leitrim and London at Carrick-on-Shannon, with throw-in scheduled for 12pm. Advertisement It is not the first time that the…
Read morePadraig Hampsey: ‘It’s one we’re not proud of ourselves as a county, but I don’t think there was much in it’
TYRONE’S PÁDRAIG HAMPSEY says his team are “not proud” of the brawl which unfolded in the closing minutes of their league clash with Armagh, but also believes that the incident was blown out of proportion. Referee David Gough issued five red cards after the sides engaged in a major scuffle, with four Tyrone players being…
Read more6 talking points after Ballygunner and Kilcoo win on a truly great All-Ireland club final day
1. Harry Ruddle and Jerome Johnston the All-Ireland heroes There is only one appropriate place to start when digesting the events at Croke Park on Saturday. Those sensational late goals will be folkloric moments in the history of Ballygunner and Kilcoo, those last-gasp interventions sparking the joy that engulfed both clubs. Harry Ruddle pounced in…
Read moreColm Bonnar: ‘There was such a roar behind me from the crowd and then what a score’
TIPPERARY BOSS COLM Bonnar resisted the temptation to afford new captain Ronan Maher the chance to start yesterday in their first home game of 2022, but hailed his impact off the bench in their win over Kilkenny. Tipperary opted to start with an unchanged side from the opening round win over Laois the previous Saturday…
Read moreCork building strength in depth as competition for places in attack heats up
CORK HEAD INTO their Division 1A meeting with Limerick in fine fettle with two wins from two in the bag. Plenty of soul-searching took place on Leeside over the winter after they were dismantled by the Treaty in the All-Ireland final. Scoring exhibitions against Clare and Offaly have seen the Rebels put up a combined…
Read more‘I thought I was going to have a heart attack on the pitch in the last seconds’
THIS WAS THE type of euphoric moment to justify Dessie Hutchinson’s life-changing decision. Three years ago when Ballygunner and Ballyhale had previously crossed paths, Hutchinson was watching on. He had only just rejoined his club hurling team, working his way back into the game. A soccer career had been parked after a few seaons with…
Read moreForde free hands Tipperary victory as they hold off Kilkenny challenge in Thurles
Tipperary 1-19 Kilkenny 1-18 THE SCORING NARRATIVE began in the same way it had finished, Jason Forde despatching a free over the bar for Tipperary. Alan Flynn and Padraig Walsh. His last point was more critical than his first, the tenth white flag he had raised over the afternoon, and the one that essentially settled…
Read moreStephen Bennett fires 3-8 as Waterford wallop Laois by 33 points
Waterford 7-31 Laois 0-19 IT WAS ALL too easy for Waterford as Liam Cahill’s men leathered 13-man Laois by 33 points this afternoon. 2020 All-Star Stephen Bennett scored 3-8 for the goal-hungry hosts while Patrick Curran helped himself to 1-7. Carthach Daly, Austin Gleeson and Ciaran Kirwan also found the net. Four goals in four…
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