LIMERICK GAA HAS paid tribute to one of its long-serving backroom team members, physiotherapist Mark Van Drumpt, who died today after an illness. The Dutch native worked with Limerick inter-county teams for over 15 years and was a key behind-the-scenes figure for both the senior football and hurling sides, helping the latter to All-Ireland glory. […]
Click:通义千问api CORK FOOTBALL BOSS Ronan McCarthy’s 12-week ban for a training guideline breach has been upheld by the GAA’s Central Hearings Committee [CHC]. A hearing last night found that McCarthy’s charge of discrediting the Association was proven and the proposed suspension — in relation to a team gathering in January that was in contravention of […]
THE FOUR ALL-Ireland semi-finalists make up the entire All-Star football selection, one that’s predictably dominated by six-in-a-row champions Dublin. Dublin’s Ciaran Kilkenny and Oisín Mullin of Mayo both picked up All-Stars. Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO Dublin had nine players selected and even then Stephen Cluxton, Robbie McDaid and Sean Bugler made decent cases for inclusion. It’s […]
A general view of Irish rugby players, Ciara Griffin, Lindsay Peat, Cliodhna Moloney, Linda Djougang and Nichola Fryday. THREE DAYS INTO February, the word finally arrived, even though it had been promised much earlier. Full details of the rescheduled 2021 Women’s Six Nations were to be announced “by the end of January”, as per a […]
ADRIAN MULLEN HAS been officially nominated as the new Kilkenny senior hurling captain for the 2021 season. His club Ballyhale Shamrocks confirmed the decision this afternoon with Richie Reid their choice to be vice-captain. Kilkenny still operate under the system whereby club champions nominate the captain for the following season. We are delighted to nominate […]
CHAMPIONS LIMERICK HAVE bagged nine winners in the 2020 PwC GAA-GPA All-Star hurling team. Burke, Barron, Morrissey, Reid and Kelly amongst the winners. John Kiely’s team were crowned league, Munster and All-Ireland winners last year, a level of dominance reflected in this selection that was announced tonight. There is a third award for defender Seán […]
DUBLIN’S BRIAN FENTON and Limerick’s Gearoid Hegarty have been announced as the PwC GAA-GPA Player of the Year award winners for 2020. It marks the second time Fenton has won the award after being previously honoured in 2018 while Hegarty lands the hurling equivalent for the first time. Dublin’s Ciaran Kilkenny and Mayo’s Cillian O’Connor […]
MAYO’S OISIN Mullin and Kilkenny’s Eoin Cody have collected the PwC Young Player of the Awards for their displays in the 2020 GAA championships. The pair were announced as the victors for these individual awards on the ceremeny televised tonight on RTÉ. Congratulations to Oisin Mullin Kilmaine Gaa on being named PWC GAA/GPA All Stars […]
THE LAST TIME nine All-Star awards were being handed out to one county in the wake of a hurling season was 2008. That was the year that Kilkenny’s golden generation turned in their most complete display, blowing away Waterford with an awesome showing on the biggest day in the hurling calendar. It replicated the feat […]
ANOTHER WEEK OF Level 5 lockdown ahead, but at least it’s another one packed with quality content for members of The42. Thankfully, sport is keeping us occupied through these difficult times and there’s plenty more where that came from here. Over the past few months, members have had access to host of exclusive podcasts, newsletters, […]