HAVING EXPERIENCED 17 senior All-Ireland finals as a manager, and 24 altogether when you factor in his playing career, Brian Cody knows exactly what to expect on Sunday afternoon. No man has experienced the rarified air of hurling’s showpiece game anywhere near as much as Cody. It’s unlikely anyone will ever come close to his […]
KERRY ARE HOPING to discover in ‘the next three or four days’ whether Stephen O’Brien is available to play in the All-Ireland final against Dublin. O’Brien was man-of-the-match and scored 1-2 in Kerry’s All-Ireland semi-final win over Tyrone last Sunday. But he received a black card in injury-time after pulling down Tyrone forward Connor McAliskey […]
THIS IS A week eight-time Kilkenny All-Ireland winner Michael Fennelly is no stranger to, but this one is, of course, different to others. Click Here: melbourne storm rugby store The build-up to the biggest day of the hurling calendar. Michael Fennelly at the unveiling of Ballygowan Activ+ as the new Official Fitness Partner of the […]
THE TWO GREAT rival counties of Kilkenny and Tipperary meet twice this weekend. Kilkenny star Edwina Keane. Source: Dan Sheridan/INPHO With the All-Ireland hurling final in Croke Park on Sunday, all roads lead to Limerick’s Gaelic Grounds on Saturday evening first as the camogie sides face off for a coveted decider berth of their own. […]
WALTER WALSH ADMITS that he wondered if he would reach an All-Ireland final with Kilkenny after their last decider in 2016. Walsh at the Kilkenny Media Event night. Source: Tommy Dickson/INPHO Three years is far from the end of a famine in the eyes of many, but the Cats have expectations of contesting deciders every […]
FORMER KILDARE STAR Tadhg Fennin has backed Kerry All-Ireland winning boss Jack O’Connor to take over the Lilywhites, saying he is “a proven winner.” Tadhg Fennin in action for Kildare in 2003. Source: INPHO O’Connor looks set to become the new manager after it was announced this week that the management committee of Kildare GAA […]
“IT’S STARTING TO build up,” former Tipperary goalkeeper Brendan Cummins smiles when he’s asked how things are back home. It’s All-Ireland hurling final week. Tipperary-Kilkenny, Liam Sheedy-Brian Cody, what’s not to love? The mood down that way is heightening and heightening, that’s for sure. Two days to go. “It’s gas actually because before Wexford played […]
2018 ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONS Limerick, 2019 finalists Kilkenny and Tipperary and reigning Leinster champions Wexford are all set to battle it out in New York this November. After back-to-back editions in Boston’s Fenway Park, won by Clare and Limerick respectively, Citi Field in Queens, New York, will host this year’s Super 11s hurling classic for the […]
ONE SPORT’S LOSS is another’s gain. Over the past few years, many in women’s soccer circles across the length and breadth of the country may mourn the fact that Cork star Amy O’Connor no longer plays the game. An integral part of the Ireland U19 team that made history by reaching the semi-finals of the […]
AS THE CURTAIN came down on Caitriona Cormican’s 2018, she made a big decision. Camogie or football? Football or camogie? The dual star, who works as a doctor, knew one had to give way at senior inter-county level. Caitriona Cormican with her mother, Kitty, and sister, Antoinette, at the launch of the ‘Go Together’ campaign. […]