Updated May 27th 2019, 12:15 PM JOE BROLLY HAS described Mayo’s surprise one-point Connacht SFC semi-final defeat to Roscommon as “the disaster of disasters”. Mayo shipped two early goals en route to suffering their first championship defeat to Roscommon in Castlebar since 1986. With James Horan’s unblemished record in Connacht over, his team head to […]
DAVY FITZGERALD HAS slammed the decision to send him from the sideline during Wexford’s clash with Galway, saying that the sideline official “wanted to make a name for himself.” The Wexford boss was dismissed by referee Johnny Murphy following a verbal altercation with sideline official Mick Murtagh in the early stages of the second half. Speaking […]
ANOTHER WEEKEND OF provincial championship action done and dusted, another few man-of-the-match awards handed out. Jamie Brennan, Conor Cox and Conor Whelan all got the nod. Of the televised encounters, the Roscommon and Donegal footballers and the Galway hurlers had players honoured for their exploits. The Rossies ended a 33-year wait for a championship victory […]
SUCH WAS THE extent of Dublin’s complete dominance over Louth on Saturday evening, the only real talking points afterwards centred around Paul Mannion’s impending suspension and selection issues for Jim Gavin. Cormac Costello’s 1-12 haul leaves a spot in Dublin’s attack as his to lose. He capitalised on Dean Rock’s absence through injury by converting […]
GAA PRESIDENT JOHN Horan has revealed the identity of the chairman of the new Fixtures Review Group and will hope they will bring back three proposals with a view to overhauling the current fixtures schedule. Eddie Sullivan, a former secretary-general within the public service and chairman of Dublin club St Sylvester’s, will chair the committee […]
1. Managing Cillian O’Connor’s return BACK IN JANUARY, Cillian O’Connor sat in the eir Sport offices at the Allianz Football League launch and said he hoped to return to training after knee surgery by early February. Cillian O’Connor before the Division 1 final in March. Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO The 27-year-old clearly hit a few speedbumps […]
FOR THE SECOND Saturday night in succession, a stadium in a county town was lit up by the joy generated from a landmark early summer victory. The parallels can be easily drawn between events in Castlebar on Saturday night and those in Cavan a week previous. The ending of barren spells against near neighbours, both […]
HAVING SHIPPED 10-92 en-route to their Division 1 relegation in the spring, there was little to suggest Roscommon were capable of pulling off ambush against the league champions in Castlebar. Conor Cox celebrates at the full-time whistle. Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO The Rossies actually started the league in decent shape, conceding an average of 12 points […]
THE FIRST ROUND of the All-Ireland football qualifiers will be split evenly across the weekend of 8-9 June after the GAA announced the fixture details today. Conor McManus, Michael Quinlivan and John Heslin will all be in action in the All-Ireland qualifiers. The draw took place yesterday morning for the opening round of the backdoor […]
CORK WILL LOOK to put their disastrous 2019 league campaign behind them this weekend as they welcome high-flying Limerick to Páirc Uí Rinn on Saturday night [throw-in 7pm]. The Rebels aim to revitalise their squad ahead of this year’s Munster SFC and have included three Championship debutants for this weekend’s game on home turf. Nathan […]