IT’S FIVE YEARS since Alan Cadogan made his senior hurling breakthrough for Cork, seven years after his older brother Eoin had made his bow. Yet it took until last month in the Gaelic Grounds for the pair to both line out together in a championship setting. Alan Cadgoan’s return has been a major boost for […]
CORK HURLING BOSS John Meyler has added former midfielder Tom Kenny to his backroom team for the remainder of the season. The Evening Echo reports that the two-time All-Ireland winner has been involved with the Rebels in training over the past week and is now formally part of the set-up. Kenny, who retired from inter-county […]
DONAL VAUGHAN HAS returned from injury to bolster Mayo’s midfield options after serious injuries to Diarmuid O’Connor and Matthew Ruane over the past week. Vaughan returns as one of four changes from last weekend’s win over Down, with Michael Plunkett, Fergal Boland and full championship debutant Mikey Murray all included in the team for the […]
DUBLIN HAVE NAMED 11 2018 TG4 All-Ireland final starters for their Leinster decider against Westmeath on Sunday. Netwatch Cullen Park hosts a provincial final triple header with senior, intermediate and junior glory up for grabs and all three games being shown live on Facebook. Mick Bohan’s Dublin are bidding for eight in-a-row to add to […]
CATHAL BARRETT HAS been included in Liam Sheedy’s starting Tipperary team to face Limerick at the Gaelic Grounds in Sunday’s Munster Senior hurling final (throw-in 2pm). The Holycross-Ballycahill man has been named to line out at right corner-back, while Dan McCormack replaces the injured Patrick ‘Bonner’ Maher in the Premier half-forward line. Barrett limped off […]
LIMERICK HAVE RECALLED four star names to their starting XV for Sunday’s Munster Senior hurling final with neighbours Tipperary (throw-in 2pm). 2018 Hurler of the Year Cian Lynch, captain Declan Hannon, Graeme Mulcahy and Gearoid Hegarty all come back into John Kiely’s side having been rested for The Treaty’s final round robin game versus the […]
IT’S BEEN A long 15 years for the Wexford hurlers. Former Wexford forward Michael Jacob wheels away after scoring the winning goal against Kilkenny in 2004. Source: INPHO In 2004, they came up against a Kilkenny outfit that was seeking a seventh Leinster title in-a-row while also keeping one eye on completing an All-Ireland three-in-a-row […]
THERE WAS A brilliant clip of Kilkenny’s two ADs on TG4′s ‘Mná Spóirt: Croí is Anam’ a few weeks ago. Over the past few years, depending on whether the Cats opt to play defensively or offensively, Anne Dalton’s position has been of optimum importance. She’s been switched between centre-half back, midfield and centre-half forward; but always […]
DAVY FITZGERALD HAS named an unchanged Wexford side to face Kilkenny in tomorrow’s Leinster hurling final. The Clare native has opted for the same side that lined out in the thrilling draw with the Cats a fortnight ago. They are without the suspended Aidan Nolan, who was sent-off after the final whistle in Nowlan Park […]
THE GAA HAS announced that next year’s All-Ireland club senior finals will move from their usual St Patrick’s Day slot to a new date in January. Ard Chomhairle made the call to condense the schedule, which will see the senior semi-finals in hurling and football played across the weekend of 4/5 January in 2020. The […]