THIS TIME THERE was to be no captivating comeback, no demonstration of Limerick’s powers of hurling recovery. Last June Kyle Hayes launched over the point that ensured they bagged a draw against Cork in Páirc Uí Chaoimh. Then when the sides crossed paths again last July in Croke Park, Limerick trailed by six points in […]
MATTIE KENNY WAS unequivocal after the game: Dublin will need to beat Carlow and Galway in their final two Leinster SHC ties to seal progression to the All-Ireland series. Yesterday’s draw with Wexford – where they forfeited a five-point lead on 55 minutes and needed Sean Moran’s 75th minute goal to force a share of […]
THE TAG OF defensive football is one that Ulster football has always found hard to shake. In the absence of competitive football in Leinster and Munster, silverware is still up for grabs in Ulster every year with Donegal, Monaghan and Tyrone sharing supremacy up north over the last decade. And yet, the label of defensive […]
WHEN CORK’S STARTING fifteen was unveiled on Friday night for yesterday’s clash with Limerick, the extent of the surgery performed by John Meyler was revealed. In an attempt to improve on a display that saw them leak 2-28, including a staggering 2-24 from play, against Tipperary, the Cork boss brought in four new faces to […]
OFFALY GAA HAVE announced that hurling boss Kevin Martin and his management team have been replaced with immediate effect after back-to-back opening defeats in the Joe McDonagh Cup. After suffering relegation from the Liam MacCarthy Cup last year and from Division 1 in the Allianz League in 2019, the Faithful are in danger of dropping […]
ARMAGH STAR FORWARD Jamie Clarke is not playing for Crossmaglen this season, according to club team-mate Aaron Kernan. Clarke returned to the inter-county team earlier this year after spending the majority of 2018 in New York and hit two points from play in his side’s extra-time win over Down at the weekend. Crossmaglen are one of […]
AND JUST LIKE that, the number of Irish players confirmed for the 2020 AFLW season is in double figures. Louth’s Kate Flood (left) and Leitrim’s Áine Tighe (right) with CrossCoders co-founder and Western Bulldogs star Lauren Spark. Source: CrossCoders Instagram. 10 have put pen to paper for the league’s fourth year, with eight of those […]
AIDAN WALSH MAY have finished Sunday in the Gaelic Grounds without a score to his name, the only starting Cork forward not to raise a flag. But that statistic did not diminish his contribution to a victory over the All-Ireland champions that revived Cork’s Munster campaign. The 29-year-old departed in the 68th minute after a […]
MICHAEL DUIGNAN HAS questioned the Offaly county board’s decision to remove hurling manager Kevin Martin from his role just two games into the Joe McDonagh Cup campaign. The Faithful, who dropped out of the Leinster SHC last season, lost to Laois by four points on the opening day and suffered a 14-point defeat to Westmeath […]
ALL BLACKS LEGEND Doug Howlett will remain part of the Cork hurling backroom team for the rest of the championship despite departing his position with Munster Rugby. It was announced yesterday that Howlett was finishing up as the province’s head of commercial and marketing, ending an 11-year association with Munster. He intends on returning to […]