Limerick and Kerry forwards honoured with opening GAA Player of the Month awards for 2019
LIMERICK HURLER AARON Gillane and Kerry footballer Sean O’Shea have landed the the opening GAA player of the month awards for the 2019 season. Limerick’s Aaron Gillane and Kerry’s Sean O’Shea starred this spring. Source: INPHO The PWC GAA-GPA scheme saw Gillane and O’Shea chosen as the individual stars with the April award rewarding their…
Diarmuid O’Sullivan – ‘The rest of the forwards were ineffective and that’s very worrying’
CORK ALL-IRELAND winner Diarmuid O’Sullivan has highlighted an ‘ineffective’ attack as an issue at the root of their problems as they fell to defeat in last Sunday’s Munster opener against Tipperary. Patrick Horgan was again top scorer for Cork with 0-14 and O’Sullivan feels it is vital he gets greater support if they are to…
GAA Fixtures Review Group to be formed in late May and deliver proposals for vote at 2020 Congress
THE MAKE UP of a Fixtures Review Group will be announced by GAA President John Horan at the end of this month with their recommendations to be submitted by October/November 2019 before being voted on at Congress in 2020. The CPA have confirmed this afternoon that four members of their executive met with Horan and…
A call for amalgamation with the GAA, worrying physicality and the lure of Down Under
THERE HAVE BEEN many calls for amalgamation through the years, but perhaps they heightened last night as ladies football and camogie stars from across the country appeared on our TV screens during GAA Eile. Cork manager Ephie Fitzgerald. Source: Bryan Keane/INPHO The third episode of the RTÉ series focused on the female Gaelic games codes,…
‘I didn’t go home with a very sweet taste in my mouth after that experience and it’s not one I want to go back to’
THEY REACHED THE championship summit in dazzling fashion last August and backed that up with their output in the league in March. The upshot for John Kiely as his Limerick hurlers start out on the 2019 championship road on Sunday is his team are concrete favourites to repeat last year’s trick by the close of this…
Cork duo hit with hamstring injuries ahead of Munster semi-final against Limerick
CORK HAVE INJURY worries to contend with ahead of their Munster semi-final with defender Sam Ryan ruled out for the rest of the season while Sean Powter is a major doubt for the game. Click Here: stormers rugby jersey for sale Limerick’s win over Tipperary last Saturday means they will provide the opposition to Cork…
Carlow suspension saga to drag on until next week after DRA ruling
Click:cheap forged wheels CARLOW’S BID TO have midfielder Brendan Murphy, manager Turlough O’Brien and coach Steven Poacher cleared to be involved in the Leinster SFC quarter-final against Meath will drag into next week after last night’s ruling by the Dispute Resolution Authority (DRA). The42 understands that the trio’s appeals have been sent back to the Central Appeals Committee…
Galway and Sligo name teams for Sunday’s Connacht semi-final showdown
REIGNING CHAMPIONS GALWAY have shown their hand as their Connacht SFC title defence continues on Sunday, with Sligo also naming their team for the semi-final clash. Markievicz Park plays host to the showdown [throw-in 3.30pm], with the two counties also facing off in the preceding junior semi-final at 1pm. This will be Kevin Walsh’s senior…
Massive blow for Leitrim as star forward Mulligan leaves panel for rest of the championship
THE LEITRIM FOOTBALLERS have been dealt a huge blow following the news that star forward Emlyn Mulligan has stepped away from the panel for the rest of the 2019 championship. Mulligan’s departure comes after Leitrim’s 3-17 to 0-12 defeat to Roscommon in the Connacht SFC quarter-final last weekend, where the Melvin Gaels man was introduced…
Dublin selector Greg Kennedy faces four-week ban for ‘disruptive conduct’
DUBLIN SELECTOR GREG Kennedy is facing a four-week suspension for “disruptive conduct” after his sliotar-catching intervention during the Dubs’ defeat to Kilkenny last weekend. The ban, proposed by the Central Competitions Control Committee (CCCC), would rule the Galway native out of Dublin’s next two Leinster SHC games – their home clash against Wexford this Sunday and…