Month: September 2021

Home Conor Murray and Simon Zebo. Source: Dan Sheridan/INPHO 22-year-old Gary Ringrose is relishing his Six Nations debut tomorrow. Rory Gallagher will give starting debuts to five young players against Kerry as Donegal open their Allianz Football League campaign on Sunday. Wexford FC have dropped the ‘Youths’ from their title and changed their club crest. Monaghan have named…

CORK FOOTBALL MANAGER Peader Healy has named his side to face Galway in their Allianz National League Division 2 opener. Niall Coakley makes his league debut at corner forward, following a standout performance for the Rebels against Kerry in the McGrath Cup. The St. Judes’ forward scored 1-5 of Cork’s 1-9. Dual player Aidan Walsh starts…

Updated 21.05 EAMONN FITZMAURICE HAS handed out three league starting debuts ahead of Kerry’s league opener against Donegal on Sunday. Two of those come from successful minor winning teams of recent years. Jason Foley won All-Ireland minor medals in both 2014 and 2015, while Dingle’s Tom O’Sullivan was on the same winning panel in 2014…

Updated 21.30 STEPHEN ROCHFORD HAS named his side to face Monaghan in their league opener on Saturday, including two league starting debuts. Donie Newcombe and Fergal Boland. Castlebar Mitchels’ Donie Newcombe starts at corner back, while 2016 All-Ireland U21 winner Fergal Boland takes up his position in the half-forward line. The team has seven survivors…

Source: Donall Farmer/INPHO THE CORK FOOTBALLERS bus will be pointed in the direction of Galway today but their captain will be delayed behind them. The senior side dip their toes into 2017 league waters for the first time with a trip to Salthill. But before taking on Galway tomorrow as a forward and the leader…

We detail the biggest storylines heading into opening weekend of the Allianz football league Division 1 – and what they mean going forward – for every county. *** Dublin Diarmuid Connolly will miss the opening few rounds of the league due to his club commitments with St Vincent’s Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO Odds: 5/4 Manager: Jim Gavin…

DUBLIN LOOK READY to hit the ground running as they set their sights on a remarkable National Football League five-in-a-row. A development panel, managed by Paul Clarke, breezed through the O’Byrne Cup while Jim Gavin and his All-Ireland winning squad holidayed in Jamaica. But the league holders will almost be at full strength for Sunday’s…

Coláiste Chríost Rí (Cork) 1-18 Tralee CBS (Kerry) 1-18 (after extra-time) Denis Hurley reports from Mallow ST BRENDAN’S COLLEGE of Killarney must wait to discover their Corn Uí Mhuirí final opponents after 80 minutes couldn’t separate Coláiste Chríost Rí and Tralee CBS in Mallow this afternoon. Four points in the final six minutes of extra time,…

Ballyea 1-19 St Thomas 2-14 Declan Rooney reports from Semple Stadium NIALL DEASY SCORED 1-11 for Munster champions Ballyea in Semple Stadium this evening as they booked their place in the AIB All-Ireland senior hurling club final on St Patrick’s Day, after holding off an incredible comeback by Galway’s St Thomas. Deasy had already scored…

IT WAS NO surprise to see the two Kilkenny schools hurling powerhouses of St Kieran’s and Kilkenny CBS advance to the last four in the premier Leinster senior championship today. The Kilkenny pair contested last year’s final of the Top Oil Leinster PP SAHC and they’ve claimed the last seven titles between them at this…