Month: September 2021

THE LEINSTER, MUNSTER and Joe McDonagh Cup round-robin series concluded at the weekend to cut the number of contenders for this year’s All-Ireland senior hurling title down to eight. Carlow and Waterford had already been ruled out of the reckoning in Leinster and Munster respectively prior to the weekend’s action. The last round of provincial…

CLARE JOINT MANAGER Gerry O’Connor was in the spotlight in yesterday’s Munster championship tie after a first-half incident involving Cork player Daniel Kearney. Midway through the opening half the altercation occurred after the awarding of a disputed sideline, O’Connor getting involved after Kearney and Clare defender Cathal Malone had challenged each other. Click Here: sydney…

ANTHONY CUNNINGHAM TURNED 54 over the weekend and he hardly could have celebrated his birthday in better fashion.  Roscommon celebrate after the game in the changing room. Source: Tommy Dickson/INPHO Roscommon stormed Salthill for the second time in three years, delivering the Connacht crown on this occasion after recovering from a five-point half-time deficit.  Cunningham’s…

STARS FROM THE Roscommon footballers and Tipperary hurlers got the nod for The Sunday Game’s man-of-the-match awards this weekend. There were incredible scenes as Roscommon rallied to dethrone Galway and win the Connacht SFC on Sunday. Anthony Cunningham’s side produced a stunning second-half display to clinch the title after trailing the Tribesmen by five points at…

KEVIN WALSH WAS at a loss to explain Galway’s second-half collapse in yesterday’s Connacht SFC final.  The Tribesmen looked on course to claim their 48th provincial crown when they led Roscommon by five at half-time, but by the end of the 80-odd minutes it was the visitors who were celebrating a four-point victory. The hosts…

DONAL ÓG CUSACK says Offaly “deserve to be relegated” to the third tier of the All-Ireland senior hurling championship following their defeat to Kerry on Saturday. The two-point loss to the Kingdom marked Offaly’s fourth loss in the Joe McDonagh Cup and they must now prepare for the Christy Ring competition in 2020. Offlay were…

WESTMEATH FOOTBALLER RAY Connellan has called time on his Aussie Rules career and will return to Ireland this summer after cutting short his time with AFL side Essendon. Click Here: Italy National Team soccer tracksuit The 24-year-old has spent the last three years in Australia, two of those with St Kilda before being released by…

WHEN TOMÁS Ó Sé was finishing up his Kerry senior career in 2013, Conor Cox was starting out on the inter-county road. They shared a dressing-room in that campaign with Ó Sé retiring at the close of that summer but that debut season was not the launchpad for Cox to enjoy an extensive spell in…

TYRONE ALL-IRELAND winner Sean Cavanagh believes former team-mate Tiernan McCann will be the first to admit his actions in their recent tie against Donegal were unacceptable but reckons there was an element of provocation in the controversial incident. Tyrone’s Frank Burns and Tiernan McCann with Donegal’s Stephen McMenamin. Source: Tommy Dickson/INPHO McCann is set to…

FROM SPEAKING TO various Roscommon players in the immediate aftermath of yesterday’s Connacht success, what came across was their determination to give a better account of themselves in the Super 8s this season. Enda Smith played a key role in the victory. Source: Tommy Grealy/INPHO Roscommon crashed out of the All-Ireland quarter-final phase last summer…