Month: September 2021

Armagh 0-14 Tyrone 0-16 Declan Bogue reports from Athletic Grounds, Armagh. WITH the GAA’S Central Council voting down the controversial and little-loved restriction on hand-passing there was a more familiar look about Saturday night’s Bank of Ireland Dr McKenna Cup final. Unfortunately for Armagh the flow of play was disturbingly familiar too. After profiting from…

CLARE HURLER CIAN Dillon thought he was ready for a 10th year on the road with the Banner. Clare’s Cian Dillon [left] alongside Conor Ryan and Patrick O’Connor after winning the 2013 All-Ireland final. Source: Morgan Treacy/INPHO The Crusheen defender was present and correct when the squad reconvened for their first session of the new…

Leeds United manager Marcelo Bielsa gives a PowerPoint presentation to the media during a press conference at Thorp Arch, Leeds. Source: PA Wire/PA Images 1. So where, then, has the outrage come from? Largely, it’s been imagined and invented. Both by the pundit class, the vast and diseased corpus of professional opinion-formers whose livelihood depends…

ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONS Cork survived an extremely stern examination from Tipperary to get their Littlewoods Ireland Camogie League Division 1 campaign off to a winning start, 0-10 to 0-7 at The Ragg. Tipp are looking to build on a progressive 2018 under Bill Mullaney, when they reached the last four of the championship. Cork ended their…

1. Galway stand for national anthem Source: Tommy Dickson/INPHO 2. Ireland’s Lauren Delany is tackled Source: Laszlo Geczo/INPHO 3. Ulster’s Rory Best after the game against Leicester Tigers Source: Gary Carr/INPHO 4. Leinster’s Tadhg Furlong with Joe Launchbury and Will Rowlands of Wasps Source: Dan Sheridan/INPHO 5. Exeter Chiefs Jonny Hill loses his jersey  Source: Bryan Keane/INPHO 6. DIT’s Brian…

WESTMEATH BEGIN THEIR Division 3 campaign away to Offaly this weekend and they do so with a strong pre-season campaign behind them. Under new boss Jack Cooney, the Lake County annexed their first O’Byrne Cup title in 31 years and just their fourth overall on Friday night – albeit against Dublin’s third-string outfit.  “It’ll shorten…

MAYO STAR SARAH Rowe well and truly impressed in her first outing with AFLW side Collingwood, scoring two goals while showing that she can transfer her Gaelic football skills to Aussie Rules. Sarah Rowe impressed in her first run-out while Aisling McCarthy was on the opposing team. Source: Collingwood FC/Luke Henry. The Melbourne-based outfit were…

KILDARE MEN’S and ladies football teams, hurlers and camogie sides will all have the same sponsor for the next four years in Brady Family Ham. Brady Family Ham announced the news this morning. Source: Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland The company had already backed Kildare GAA — so the men’s footballers and hurlers — but have now…

THE LADIES GAELIC Football Association (LGFA) have this afternoon confirmed a full list of 13 double-header fixtures for the league campaign. A general view of Croke Park mid-Dublin v Mayo ladies. Source: Morgan Treacy/INPHO Some had been announced over the past few weeks but today, the association released the full details of the 13 Lidl…

TYRONE STAR GEMMA Begley has announced her retirement from inter-county football at the age of 33. Begley signed off with an All-Ireland title and a goal in 2018 as the Red Hand beat Meath in the intermediate final, as well as a nomination for Intermediate Player of the Year. The three-time All-Star, who first joined the…