‘We need at least three tiers’ – Brolly calls for dramatic change to football championship
JOE BROLLY SAYS the All-Ireland senior football championship must be revamped with three tiers similarly to the women’s game. Despite several strong performances by lower-tier counties at the weekend, Brolly suggested that major change is required in the format of the competition and went so far as saying two tiers would not suffice. “This is…
Do you agree with the selections for the Sunday Game man-of-the-match awards?
SCORING STARS WERE the main men on the opening afternoon of the 2019 Munster senior hurling championship. Clare saw off Waterford narrowly in Walsh Park while Tipperary ran out decisive winners over Cork in Páirc Uí Chaoimh and it was a pair of attackers who were rewarded with the individual honours. Ballyea’s Tony Kelly, the…
Portlaoise and Tullamore to host double-headers in Leinster senior football quarter-finals
ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONS Dublin and Meath will both be in action in O’Moore Park in Portlaoise as part of a Saturday night Leinster quarter-final double-header at the end of this month. The Leinster Council have confirmed that the Portlaoise and Tullamore venues will both host double-headers as the quarter-finals of the Leinster senior football championship take…
‘It’d be a travesty if they don’t win more’ – Clare are potential All-Ireland champions, says Cusack
FORMER CORK GOALKEEPER and ex-Clare hurling coach Dónal Óg Cusack believes that the Banner have the potential to be crowned All-Ireland senior hurling champions. Click Here: cheap INTERNATIONAL jersey Donal Moloney and Gerry O’Connor’s charges held on to beat Waterford by a single point at Walsh Park yesterday, opening their Munster campaign on a winning…
‘He has lit up the place since he came home’ – impact of O’Donnell’s return on the Banner
SINCE RETURNING FROM Harvard University at the end of March, Shane O’Donnell has helped bring Clare to “a different level” according to his teammates. O’Donnell spent the winter and spring at the famed Boston college on a Fulbright Scholarship and returned to Clare training in perfect time to assist with their championship preparations. The Ennis…
‘Lads were delighted to have him back’ – McCarthy thrilled with O’Carroll’s comeback
JAMES MCCARTHY HAS hailed the return of Rory O’Carroll to the Dublin panel, while remaining tight-lipped over the prospect of a Diarmuid Connolly comeback. O’Carroll recently moved home after spending three years in New Zealand and after impressing for Kilmacud Crokes in the Dublin SFC, the full-back was recalled to the county set-up by Jim…
Analysis: Kickouts, shooting, lack of intensity and ill-discipline, but Tyrone survive almighty scare
IT WAS A weekend that had Division Four outfit Limerick beating hot favourites Tipperary, Wicklow pushing Kildare close, Clare stumbling over the line against Waterford and John Maughan’s Offaly running Meath to the wire. But, Derry — who operated from Division Four in the 2019 National League — gave Tyrone — who finished third in…
‘It’s mad to think that handball has a greater right to play in Croke Park than I do’
THE LGFA AND Camogie Association are fully independent bodies, separate from the GAA but is it time for them to be welcomed into the fold? That’s one of the questions Dara Ó Cinnéide asks on tonight’s episode of GAA Eile. Ladies football and camogie are under the microscope in this, the third episode of the…
‘He’s been going through a lot and you have to accept the decision he has made’
RYAN MCHUGH SAYS he understands Odhran MacNiallais’s decision not to link up with the Donegal panel this summer. MacNiallais helped Declan Bonner’s side lift the Ulster title in 2018 but following Gaoth Dobhair’s run to the All-Ireland club semi-final earlier this year he announced his decision to take some time off from football. The 26-year-old’s close…
Louth captain the latest set for AFLW as Fremantle prepare offers for Irish duo
TWO MORE IRISH players look set to make the move to the Australian Football League Women’s [AFLW], linking up with Fremantle for the 2020 season. The42 understands that Louth captain Kate Flood has landed a deal, and this will come as a double-swoop for the club with another Irish player joining her there. Like with…