DUBLIN WILL BE anxiously waiting for news on James McCarthy’s knee injury after the midfielder hobbled off in the 32nd minute of yesterday’s comfortable Leinster final victory. The three-time All-Star was on crutches after the game with an icepack strapped to his right knee. It’s unclear at this stage how serious the injury is, but Dublin […]
MEATH REMAIN ONE game away from reaching the Super 8s, but Andy McEntee faces a challenge to lift up his troops in time for their round 4 qualifier in two weeks. Andy McEntee watches Dublin lift the cup. Source: Ken Sutton/INPHO While the Royals battled hard for three-quarters of the Leinster final, they ultimately fell […]
MAYO WILL BE at home to Armagh while Kildare will entertain Tyrone after the latest All-Ireland football qualifier draw generated a couple of big showdowns in Round 3. This morning’s draw handed recent All-Ireland finalists Mayo and Tyrone with tricky assignments. Kieran McGeeney’s Armagh will head to Castlebar after knocking out Monaghan on Saturday night […]
ADRIAN MULLEN HAS been selected for the Kilkenny U20 side in their Leinster hurling opener tonight against Laois at the start of a big week as he will be involved in next Sunday’s senior final in Croke Park. Mullen hit 1-3 against Wexford nine days ago for the Kilkenny side and is likely to be […]
TIPPERARY SENIOR AND intermediate camogie manager Bill Mullaney has stepped down mid-championship due to ‘health reasons’. After a 2-20 to 1-8 loss to All-Ireland champions Cork on Saturday, news of the Newport-Ballinahinch man’s imminent departure filtered through last night and it was confirmed this morning. A statement from Tipperary camogie board chairperson Bridget Bourke, as quoted […]
ANOTHER HECTIC WEEKEND of championship action, another few man-of-the-match awards handed out. Stephen O’Brien, Paul Mannion and Jamie Brennan were all honoured. After Roscommon’s brilliant Connacht SFC final win last Sunday, the remaining three provincial titles were handed out this weekend. Kerry were crowned Munster champions once again on Saturday evening while Donegal went back-to-back […]
KILDARE, TYRONE, MAYO and Armagh will all be under the spotlight next Saturday evening with their GAA football qualifier games set to be televised by Sky Sports. After this morning’s round 3 draw in the All-Ireland championship, the GAA have this afternoon confirmed the fixture details with all four games set to take place next […]
THE KILDARE TEAM to face Laois in round 1 of the Eirgrid Leinster U20 football championship tomorrow night features four members of last year’s All-Ireland winning side. Goalkeeper Aaron O’Neill plus defenders Mark Barrett, DJ Early and Darragh Ryan were all part of the successful 2018 panel that delivered Leinster and All-Ireland glory. Gay Campbell […]
HELPING LEITRIM DELIVER All-Ireland hurling glory in Croke Park on Saturday rounded off a remarkable journey for Iraqi-born hurler Zak Moradi. Moradi scored a point off the bench during the extra-time defeat of Lancashire in the Lory Meagher Cup final, securing the county’s first-ever national title in either code. “It was unbelievable, it was an […]
SEAN CAVANAGH HAS suggested that Kerry might not be in the Super 8s if they were in a different province, following their lacklustre display in the Munster SFC final. The Kingdom managed to hold off an encouraging Cork fightback to clinch their seventh consecutive provincial crown but defensive frailties left them exposed throughout. They conceded three […]