Month: September 2021

TIPPERARY DUAL STAR Orla O’Dwyer is set to try her hand at a new code in the coming months after signing for AFLW side Brisbane Lions. The Premier camogie captain — who won an All-Ireland intermediate title with the footballers in 2017 — has penned a rookie deal ahead of the league’s fourth season, joining…

TIPPERARY’S COLIN O’RIORDAN kicked his first AFL goal as the Sydney Swans edged Essendon 77-72 at the SCG. A 2011 minor football All-Ireland winner with The Premier, O’Riordan has been in superb form for Sydney’s reserves and was rewarded with what was only his second first-team appearance of the season when team-mate Harry Cunningham was…

Click Here: springbok rugby Jerseys Which of these players didn't score for Ireland at the U17 European Championships? Timi Sobowale Charlie McCann Andrew Omobamidele Matt Everitt Leinster are attempting to win back-to-back Champions Cup trophies against Saracens tomorrow. Who did they beat in last year's final? Toulouse Racing 92 Saracens Clermont Who scored the decisive…

46-YEAR-OLD Darren Mulhearne will make his inter-county debut for Waterford tomorrow in the Munster SFC quarter-final against Clare.  Beni Whelan has included Mulhearne between the posts for the clash against the Banner. Mulhearne received his first call-up to the Deise squad as a 17-year-old but didn’t feature and now, 29 years later, will finally make his…

CORK AND TIPPERARY have announced their teams for Sunday’s mouth-watering Munster SHC meeting at Pairc Ui Chaoimh. John Meyler has handed a debut to corner-back Niall O’Leary in an otherwise experienced starting XV for the Rebels. Patrick Horgan leads a formidable front six, while Alan Cadogan is not part of the 26-man squad. Brendan Maher…

SHANE O’DONNELL HAS been included in Clare’s starting line-up for Sunday’s Munster SHC opener against neighbours Waterford in Walsh Park.  O’Donnell, who scored 3-3 in the 2013 All-Ireland hurling final, wasn’t part of the Clare squad for the league due to his studies in Harvard. He’s since returned and will start in the full-forward line…

“IF I WAS being realistic,” says Dessie Hutchinson, “I probably thought my chances of being involved in games like this were gone.” It’s Monday afternoon, the beginning of Hutchinson’s first championship week as a senior inter-county GAA player. When the subject of Waterford’s Munster SFC quarter-final against Clare is broached, he’s unable to suppress his…

IT WAS A decision she had to think a lot about, but one she couldn’t turn down in the end. Triple threat: Orla O’Dwyer. Source: Inpho/Crosscoders. When a professional contract in the Australian Football League Women’s [AFLW] came her way, Tipperary dual star Orla O’Dwyer just couldn’t say no. It was something she never thought…

LAST JULY, CONOR Cox took his place alongside his father Martin in O’Moore Park for Roscommon’s round 4 qualifier tie against Armagh.  Martin hails from the Éire Og club in Roscommon and Conor, his Kerry-born son, has been a regular spectator at their championship games over the years.  “He’s a big Rossie fan,” Cox told The42. ”When…

THE REIGNING CHAMPIONS Dublin have booked their place in the semi-finals of the Electric Ireland Leinster MHC following a dramatic draw with Wexford. Wexford rallied from eight points down to secure a share of the spoils, with AJ Redmond slotting over a late equalising point from a long-range free. The 2-17 to 3-14 result sees…