Month: September 2021

The PwC GAA/GPA Players of the Month for June, footballer Jamie Brennan of Donegal, and hurler, Diarmuid O’Keeffe of Wexford. Source: Sam Barnes/SPORTSFILE WEXFORD’S DIARMUID O’KEEFFE and Donegal forward Jamie Brennan landed PWC GAA/GPA player of the month awards for June earlier today. The pair both caught the eye during a month where their respective counties…

THE PwC PLAYER of the month award put the bow on a stunning month of June for Wexford midfielder Diarmuid O’Keeffe.  Now in his eighth inter-county season, he helped the Model County end a 15-year wait without the Leinster title the weekend before last. “That can go along with my U12 most improved player of…

DUBLIN BOSS AND back-to-back All-Ireland winning manager Mick Bohan says the provincial championships “just don’t make sense” and they should be scrapped. Dublin manager Mick Bohan. Source: Bryan Keane/INPHO Both the Leinster and Connacht senior competitions go to straight finals in ladies football, and the Clontarf clubman strongly feels that change is needed.  He was…

THE TITLE HOLDERS Kerry have named their starting fifteen for their opening game of the EirGrid Munster U20 football championship tomorrow night with three players from last year’s provincial winning side included. The Jack O’Connor managed Kerry side take on Limerick in Austin Stack Park with the winners advancing to the final against Cork or…

Galway 0-16 Mayo 0-10 John Fallon reports from Tuam Stadium GALWAY FOOTBALL SUPPORTERS were given a badly needed boost when Padraig Joyce’s side captured the EirGrid Connacht U20 football title with an emphatic victory at Tuam Stadium this evneing. Galway, having lost the minor final to Mayo on Friday night and bowed out of the…

Cork 0-24 Clare 0-15 Ger McCarthy reports from Páirc Uí Rinn CORK EASED INTO the Bord Gáis Energy Munster U20HC final following a convincing victory over Clare at Páirc Uí Rinn this evening. Shane O’Regan and Brian Turnbull were in terrific form for the winners, contributing nine points of their team’s winning total. Craig Hanifin…

MAN-OF-THE-match last week and the scorer of the best point of the game tonight. Cork full-forward Shane O’Regan is in a brilliant run of form at present, striking 1-6 for the county’s U20 hurling side when they defeated Limerick last Wednesday and then hitting 0-5 from play tonight against Clare. The pick of the bunch…

WHEN CORK CRASHED out of the All-Ireland football championship last year, Brian Hurley and Mark Collins were on the bench in Portlaoise as the final whistle sounded. Hurley had been withdrawn during the second half, Collins joining him on the sideline after he was shown a red card with ten minutes left. Tyrone had swatted…

THE RACE FOR All-Ireland semi-final spots begins this weekend as the Super 8s competition commences. Eight teams across two groups will feature in the round-robin series with the first-round games down for decision on Saturday and Sunday. All-Ireland champions Dublin will be joined by Roscommon, Tyrone and Cork in Group 2, but which two sides…

CORK MANAGER EPHIE Fitzgerald says that pin-pointing a potential All-Ireland semi-final showdown against Dublin is “very disrespectful to everybody else”. Another titanic collision between the old foes has been earmarked before a ball has been kicked in the All-Ireland championship round-robin series, and Fitzgerald feels that they hype around it is unfair on other sides. …