Month: September 2021

THE GAA HAVE confirmed fixture details for the All-Ireland hurling quarter-finals and the opening two rounds of the Super 8s.  On Sunday 14 July, the two hurling quarter-finals will take place as a double-header at Croke Park. Kilkenny play the winners of Cork/Westmeath at 2pm while Tipperary face Dublin/Laois at 4pm. It’s the first time…

KEVIN MCMANAMON FIRMLY believes that if he hadn’t utilised sports psychology, he wouldn’t still be playing for Dublin today. The St Jude’s club man met his sports psychologist in 2010, a year before his famous goal against Kerry in the All-Ireland final. The mental training he did helped the forward deal with his pre-game anxiety,…

ANTRIM TEEN CAMOGIE player Róisín McCormick is recovering well after she was left unconscious following a collision in an All-Ireland intermediate championship game against Westmeath on Saturday. McCormick had just gathered the ball in the second half of the fixture in Kinnegad when she was challenged by two Westmeath players. She was treated on the…

WATERFORD AND LIMERICK have advanced to the last four of the Munster U20 football championship this evening after respective one-point wins over Clare and Tipperary. The Treaty County remarkably battled back from eight points down to secure an unlikely victory over Tipp in Thurles. The home side led 1-10 to 0-05 at the beginning of…

Dublin 4-21 Longford 0-7 Seamus Morris reports from Pearse Park DUBLIN CRUISED TO a facile win over Longford in the U20 quarter-final in Pearse Park. The visitors dominated this game, scoring at ease. It was the second successive year that Dublin hammered Longford at this grade. Dublin raced into a 1-7 to 0-0 lead after…

CORK HAVE MADE two changes to the side that lost out to Kerry in last month’s Munster final ahead of this weekend’s All-Ireland Round 4 qualifier against Laois. Cork’s Kevin O’Donovan, Sean White and Liam O’Donovan. Source: James Crombie/INPHO The Rebels introduce Thomas Clancy and Kevin O’Driscoll to the starting line-up in place of Tom…

THE PROSPECT OF a ban on backpasses to goalkeepers in Gaelic football has been hinted at by GAA President John Horan. Five experimental rules were approved last November to be trialled in the 2019 pre-season provincial competitions and the Allianz football league. The handpass rule, which ruled out more than three passes in a row…

LEAGUE SEMI-FINALS could be scheduled for St Patrick’s Day next year as the GAA seeks to fill the date with fixtures after moving the All-Ireland club finals to January. It was confirmed last Saturday that instead of the traditional 17 March slot, the senior deciders will be held on Sunday 19 January in 2020. The…

KILKENNY HAVE NAMED an unchanged side for tomorrow’s Leinster U20 hurling semi-final against a Galway team that will be making their championship bow for the season. Adrian Mullen, who hit 0-3 in Sunday’s Leinster senior final, has been named at full-forward for Kilkenny with Ballyhale All-Ireland club winning team-mates Dean Mason, Evan Shefflin and Eoin…

GAA PRESIDENT JOHN Horan believes there is greater analysis needed of the level of funding given to Dublin. The issue continues to spark debate as Dublin’s dominance continues unabated with another Leinster title picked up in effortless fashion recently and they head into the All-Ireland series bidding for a fifth title on the spin. The…