Month: September 2021

LONGFORD HAVE MADE two changes ahead of their Round 2 All-Ireland SFC qualifier against All-Ireland finalists Tyrone on Saturday at Glennon Brothers Pearse Park [throw-in, 5pm]. Both switches are in attack, where Barry McKeon starts in place of Andrew Farrell while Darragh Doherty makes way for Joseph Hagan. Padraic Davis’ side come into this tie…

GALWAY HAVE BOOKED their spot in the Connacht MFC final while Mayo and Sligo are set to battle it out for the other place in the decider. The reigning champions put five goals past Leitrim in their final round-robin tie to ensure their progression to the final where they will be bidding to complete five-in-a-row.…

THE GALWAY FOOTBALLERS have received a huge boost as they prepare for the All-Ireland qualifiers after captain Damien Comer made a return to club action this evening. Comer, who hasn’t featured for Galway yet in 2019, was sidelined after fracturing a bone in his foot while playing a charity soccer game on St Stephen’s Day.  The…

IT’S A RUNNING joke among Ben Brennan and his pals at St Colmcilles that James Conlon could very well be Bernard Flynn’s long-lost son. Meath great Flynn started out at the east-Meath club just outside Drogheda and made his name as a small but skilful forward who could kick points off either foot. Meath’s James…

1997. ANOTHER TIME, another place. You only have to study the evolution of the GAA jersey as a starting place. Back in 1997 Cavan were the envy of most counties with their cool strip, but what was most illuminating about it was that their young manager Martin McHugh had a hand in its’ design. Cavan…

GIVEN THE LENGTHS he has had to go to just to get on the football pitch, Cork’s Brian Hurley certainly doesn’t see tonight’s Munster SFC final against Kerry (7pm) as an impossible task. Two horrific hamstring injuries – the first in 2016 and then, following recovery, another a year later – threatened his career, with…

JAMES HORAN HAS named his starting XV for today’s meeting with Down in round two of the All-Ireland qualifiers at Páirc Esler [throw-in 7pm]. The Mayo boss makes five changes from the side which fell victim to a Connacht semi-final exit against Roscommon at MacHale Park at the end of May. The long-serving Andy Moran, David Clarke…

ANDY MCENTEE HAS named an unchanged Meath team to face nine in-a-row chasing Dublin in tomorrow’s Leinster SFC final at Croke Park [throw-in 4pm, live on RTÉ]. The Royals are set for their first Leinster final since 2014, challenging Jim Gavin’s men at HQ after beating Laois by 11 points in the semi-final.  Bryan Menton…

MEATH HAVE BEEN crowned Christy Ring Cup champions following their 4-19 to 2-15 defeat of Down in today’s decider at Croke Park. Adam Gannon (2), Nicholas Potterton and Callum O’Sullivan bagged the goals for the Royals in their deserved 10-point victory. Click Here: newcastle knights rugby store Source: Sport TG4/YouTube Earlier today, Leitrim lifted the…

Kildare 1-25 Antrim 0-14 Robert Cribbin reports from Corrigan Pakk KILDRARE GOT THEIR summer back on track with a facile All-Ireland SFC qualifier victory over Antrim in Corrigan Park. Kildare came into the game on the back of a heavy defeat at the hands of Dublin in the Leinster semi-final but they were much too…