Click:cement block machine MEATH’S DAVID COLDRICK has been appointed to officiate this year’s All-Ireland SFC final between Dublin and Mayo on 19 December in Croke Park. Coldrick, who is a member of the Blackhall Gaels Club, is set to charge of his fourth senior decider having previously refereed the 2007, 2010 and 2015 finals. In […]
FOUR DAYS OUT from the biggest hurling game of the year at the unseasonal time of mid December to settle the destination of this year’s All-Ireland title. Managers John Kiely and Liam Cahill have a lot of the hard work done at this stage, the former having collected league and Munster honours, the latter having […]
Click: Updated Dec 9th 2020, 9:35 PM JACK MCCAFFREY HAS spoken out about his departure from Dublin’s football setup, stating ‘the fun had gone out of the whole thing’ and he had been left ‘drained’ by the effort involved in last year’s All-Ireland final and replay. McCaffrey’s exit was announced in late June and he […]
AIDAN O’SHEA HAS backed calls for the families of players to be allowed attend the All-Ireland finals over the next two weekends. The Mayo captain believes protocols could be put in place to allow family members into Croke Park given the large swathes of empty seats that will be available. “The hurling is on this […]
DECLAN HANNON ADMITS that Limerick haven’t quite found their groove yet this season, despite sealing a return to their second All-Ireland final in three years. Had they not fallen to Kilkenny in last year’s semi-final, Limerick might well be going for a hat-trick of successive All-Irelands. Despite their Munster final win over Waterford and last […]
IT’S A DECADE now since Dessie Hutchinson scored goal in an All-Ireland final and celebrated a title win with the Waterford hurlers. On Sunday 29 August 2010 he was part of a Waterford U14 team on home soil, a healthy crowd in attendance at Walsh Park as they won the Tony Forristal All-Ireland final, seeing […]
GALWAY AND LAOIS have named the teams that will face each other in the quarter-final of the U20 Leinster hurling championship tomorrow at O’Moore Park [throw-in, 7.30pm]. There are four members of the Galway senior panel included on the side that will take to the field. Darach Fahy has been named to start in goals […]
Updated Dec 10th 2020, 12:54 PM BY THIS TIME next year, Galway captain Sarah Dervan hopes to finally be married. Galway captain Sarah Dervan. Source: Dan Sheridan/INPHO Whether or not it will be in the company of Covid-19 is irrelevant at this stage. This is the third date that she and her partner have set […]
DUBLIN CAPTAIN SINÉAD Aherne says she has returned to training ahead of their All-Ireland final against Cork after recovering from a hamstring tweak. The St Sylvester’s star, who is hoping to captain her side to a four-in-a-row, picked up the injury towards the end of the first half in Dubin’s semi-final win over Armagh. Click […]
DOWN GAA LAST night unveiled the 2021 coaching ticket for their U20 footballers, featuring long-time Meath manager Sean Boylan. Boylan, who turns 71 this week, managed the Royal county footballers to four All-Ireland titles between 1987 and 1999. He now joins the impressive backroom in the Mournemen’s U20 setup, an advisory role, with Kilcoo’s Conor […]