ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONS Dublin have a total of seven players on the 2018 PwC All-Star football team. Jim Gavin’s side earned a convincing 2-17 to 1-15 victory over Tyrone in this year’s All-Ireland final, winning their fourth title in succession, and several players have been recognised as a result of that feat. Meanwhile, the other counties represented […]
THE 2018 PWC All-Star hurling team will be announced tomorrow night and we’ve taken a stab at picking our best 15 from the championship. Eoin Murphy, John Conlon and Graeme Mulcahy all make our team. You can find the full list of nominations here. Seven players from All-Ireland champions Limerick make the cut, while beaten finalists Galway […]
FROM THE OUTSIDE looking in, Kevin Reidy knew that last year’s Connacht Ladies Senior Club Football Final – and the replay that followed – were crackers. In the first instalment, Carnacon’s Cora Staunton scored 4-13 but the game still ended in a draw. At the second time of asking, late goals from Staunton and Amy […]
KILKENNY DEFENDER CILLIAN Buckley says he is ‘delighted’ to see manager Brian Cody staying on for his 21st season in charge of the senior hurlers. Cody is the county’s longest serving and most successful manager having delivered 11 All-Ireland hurling titles over the last two decades, and Buckley is thrilled to have him at the […]
THREE DUBS ARE in the running for the big prize. After Mayo’s Andy Moran and Lee Keegan took the honour over the last two years, the 2018 Footballer of the Year gong will head to a Dublin footballer for the first time since Jack McCaffrey’s win in 2015. Clontarf’s McCaffrey is back in the running, […]
GALWAY DEFENDER PÁDRAIC Mannion has challenged the theory that a lack of player rotation may have contributed to Galway losing their All-Ireland crown this year. The Tribesmen relinquished their title to Limerick earlier this year on the back of a championship campaign where Galway seemed to make a habit of stuttering over the line. They […]
CORK COUNTY BOARD have announced Kevin O’Donovan as the incoming secretary, taking over the position from the legendary figure of Frank Murphy. O’Donovan, a representative of the Kilmeen Kilbree club in Rossmore, has served on the Board since 2015 and is the current vice-chairman. He has also worked at a local level as a Games […]
THE RACE TO land Young Footballer of the Year tonight is expected to be a two-horse race between Kerry’s David Clifford and Dublin star Brian Howard. Michael McKernan enjoyed a fine breakthrough campaign with Tyrone and made it all the way to the All-Ireland final, but Clifford and Howard were on a different level this […]
WILL JOE CANNING become the first player in history to win Hurler of the Year two seasons in succession? He faces stiff competition from Galway team-mate Padraic Mannion, who enjoyed a stellar campaign on their run to the All-Ireland final, and Limerick’s midfield dynamo Cian Lynch. Lynch, who won his first senior All-Ireland medal in […]
DUNLOY DEFEATED LOUGHGIEL Shamrocks in the Antrim minor hurling championship final in Ballycastle last weekend. Ciaran McKay may have ended up on the losing side, but there is no doubt he gave everything for the cause — as the footage below (sent in by Jerome Quinn) shows. Having lost possession, the young half-back finds himself […]