CORA STAUNTON STARRED in today’s AFLW action as she scored three goals to help GWS Giants claim success in their Round 7 clash. Cora Staunton celebrates scoring a goal. Source: AAP/PA Images In torrential rain GWS Giants ran out 45-25 winners over St Kilda for a result that is only their third victory of the […]
TWO-TIME ALL-STAR DEFENDER Sinéad Burke has confirmed that her glittering 14-year inter-county career with Galway has come to an end. End of an era: Sinéad Burke. Source: Bryan Keane/INPHO Having made her senior debut in 2007, the Oughterard native went on to enjoy a glittering individual career with the Tribe, which ultimately culminated in All-Star […]
CAVAN’S AISLING SHERIDAN scored two goals but it wasn’t enough to prevent Collingwood losing their first AFLW game of the season today. Collingwood’s Aisling Sheridan and Brisbane’s Orla O’Dwyer. Instead the Brisbane Lions and Tipperary’s Orla O’Dwyer were left celebrating after the Round 7 clash as they claimed a 35-32 win at Whitten Oval. The […]
ONE MORE WEEK of level 5 done and dusted and there was even a hint, however brief, of spring in the air. It would do you good. It’s nice to have something to look forward to, and here at The42 we’ve got another great week of membership content lined up to keep you entertained and, […]
HENRY SHEFFLIN HAS long been tipped as a potential successor to Brian Cody once the legendary figure steps aside as Kilkenny boss. After leading Ballyhale Shamrocks to back-to-back All-Ireland club titles, Shefflin has taken charge of Kilkenny intermediate side Thomastown for 2021. It did little to quieten the talk that he’s waiting in the wings […]
VIKKI WALL, FOR one, was certainly taken aback by the positive response. On last month’s ladies football All-Stars programme on TG4, the Meath All-Ireland winner opened up about the regular verbal abuse — related to her weight — she has been subjected to from the sideline and stands while playing inter-county football. The 2020 Intermediate […]
THE 2021 AFL season kicks off this morning at 8.25am Irish time and unlike last season’s opening round of fixtures, there will be crowds present this time around. Fans will return to AFL grounds in Victoria for the first time in almost 12 months, with a 50% capacity set to be permitted at Melbourne’s MCG […]
WATERFORD GAA HAS demanded that the GAA perform a U-turn on its recent move regarding the loss of wages benefit on the player injury scheme. It was recently confirmed that loss of wages would not be covered by the GAA’s player injury fund in 2021. The fund has been in existence since 1929 and provides […]
AFTER ANOTHER STELLAR season, Paddy Durcan’s 2020 concluded in less than ideal circumstances. The Mayo wing-back’s All-Ireland final lasted just 35 minutes. When his team-mates jogged out onto the Croke Park turf from the dressing rooms for the start of the second-half, Durcan wasn’t among them. A quad injury sustained in the early stages of […]
DUBLIN’S SINÉAD GOLDRICK, Niamh McEvoy and Lauren Magee are heading for the AFLW finals with Melbourne after they edged a Round 8 thriller against Fremantle on Sunday. Meanwhile, Mayo sisters Niamh and Grace Kelly were both key players for the West Coast Eagles as they lost out to Richmond. Grace chipped in with a goal […]