KERRY STAR SEAN O’Shea has been included in the 2019 Sigerson Cup team of the year, while Limerick All-Ireland winner Aaron Gillane has been named in the Fitzgibbon Cup selection. Sean O’Shea has scooped the Sigerson Cup Footballer of the Year award, while Aaron Gillane has been included in the Fitzgibbon Cup team. UCC dominate […]
Updated Apr 16th 2019, 8:40 AM THREE-TIME ALL-Star Damien Hayes believes that the GAA club-only month is “not working for anyone”, and has expressed his concern for the future of club players. The Ballyhale Shamrocks players celebrating their All-Ireland triumph on St Patrick’s Day. Source: Tommy Dickson/INPHO April has been designated as a month which […]
GALWAY HURLERS HAVE been handed a huge boost with the news that Joseph Cooney will return home from Australia this week and rejoin Michael Donoghue’s panel ahead of the Leinster championship. Cooney moved to Sydney late last year and missed Galway’s entire league campaign, but The42 understands he is expected home in the coming days. He’s been […]
2016 FOOTBALLER OF the Year Lee Keegan is broadly in favour with the range of playing rules that were trialled in this year’s league campaign and believes the sin bin is a ‘more punishing’ than the black card in tackling indiscipline. Keegan was part of the Mayo side that were crowned Division 1 league champions […]
THERE WAS NO shortage of scoring moments for Aaron Gillane during the 2019 hurling league but the Limerick forward reserved his most special contribution for the final day. Gillane chalked up 2-45 during Limerick’s route to spring glory, his return of 1-9 in the final victory in March rounding off an explosive start to the […]
ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER cry for change. Kilkenny star Anna Farrell is the latest camogie player to add her name to the long list of those delivering passionate arguments for change across the board. The outdated, archaic rules are the main thing players take issue with. Their physicality has outgrown the rule book, the game has […]
WHILE SHE’S UNSURE whether a stint in the AFLW would appeal to her personally, Mayo captain Niamh Kelly is more than happy to welcome team-mate Sarah Rowe back into the fold. Niamh Kelly is delighted to have Sarah Rowe (14) back in the Mayo set-up. Source: Morgan Treacy/INPHO Rowe made her return to the Green […]
MAXI CURRAN’S DONEGAL have been dealt a blow ahead of the business end of the ladies football season as they plan without star forward Yvonne Bonner. The Glenfin ace recently completed an excellent first AFLW campaign with Greater Western Sydney (GWS) Giants Down Under, and it was hoped that she’d be back to don the […]
ALL-IRELAND WINNING manager Jim McGuinness has earned his first victory as head coach of US second-tier side Charlotte Independence. The North Carolina outfit have struggled with results since the Donegal man’s appointment back in December, picking up just one point from his first five games in charge. But a 2-1 win over Bethlehem Steel on Tuesday night […]
CLARE BOOKED THEIR place in the final of the first phase of the Electric Ireland Munster minor football championship after a seven-point win tonight against Tipperary. Following up on last week’s comprehensive success away to Limerick, Clare proved too strong for Tipperary, who had won their opening tie against Waterford, in this encounter at Cusack […]