THE PERIOD OF change is upon us in ladies football. While managerial changes have been in full flow in the men’s game for quite some time now, switch-up season in its female equivalent usually catches fire in January. Shane Ronayne and Peter Leahy are two notable recent departures from the ladies football managerial scene. Source: […]
MAYO DEFENDER CHRIS Barrett has called time on his inter-county football career after 13 seasons. 2017 All-Star Barrett becomes the latest Green and Red stalwart to retire, after Donal Vaughan, David Clarke, Tom Parsons and Seamus O’Shea all stepped away in the space of four days last week. While others had been confined to bench […]
CHAMPIONS LIMERICK ARE out in front with 14 nominations for the 2020 Pwc All-Stars after the hurling shortlist was revealed today. John Kiely’s side claimed victories in league, Munster and All-Ireland finals last year with their players the largest county representation in this year’s list of hurling nominees. Eight counties in total have players in […]
GEAROID HEGARTY, STEPHEN Bennett and Tony Kelly are the three players nominated for the 2020 Hurler of the Year award. Limerick All-Ireland winner Hegarty is considered the frontrunner for the top individual prize in hurling after a stunning campaign. Man-of-the-match in the All-Ireland final, Hegarty scored 0-7 in a dominant display as John Kiely’s side […]
RENA BUCKLEY IS thinking back to a summer week that captured Eamonn Ryan. In a career stacked with highlights, Buckley part of a decorated team and Ryan the guiding figure from the sideline, it seemed a partnership of constant success. But even an 18-time All-Ireland winner could not hit every nail on the head. “Eamonn […]
TWO-TIME ALL-Ireland winner Ger Aylward has announced his inter-county retirement from Kilkenny. Aylward becomes the latest Cats player to step away after Paul Murphy also called time on his Kilkenny career as Brian Cody’s side prepare to face into the 2021 season. Glenmore’s Aylward made his senior debut for Kilkenny in 2013 and went on […]
TIPPERARY’S AISLING MCCARTHY is certainly settling into her new surroundings at the West Coast Eagles, after making an impressive debut this weekend. McCarthy became the first Irishwoman — and first non-Australian — to move Australian Football League Women’s [AFLW] clubs last year after switching from Western Bulldogs to West Coast Eagles. The Cahir clubwoman made her […]
Glass competes for possession with Sam Powell-Pepper during an AFL game last August. Source: AAP/PA Images ASKED TO DESCRIBE the lowest point of his four-and-a-half-year Australian odyssey, Conor Glass’s mind immediately jumps back to a 2019 AFL game against Collingwood. Hawthorn won 67-63 on a night where Irish housemates Glass and Conor Nash both appeared […]
“THE GREATEST LEGACY any manager or coach can leave is the part they play in shaping, moulding, and developing the people they lead. And we were all so blessed, lucky, honoured, and so greatly privileged to have been guided by Éamonn Ryan. “Some of the greatest managers in the history of sport have left a […]
ANOTHER WEEK OVER, another to begin, as 2021, or 2020 2.0, continues. Lockdown number three hasn’t exactly been easy, but thankfully we have plenty of sport on TV to keep us all occupied for now. Likewise, there’s plenty on The42‘s membership platform to keep you ticking over. And, of course, we have another busy week […]