Month: September 2021

KERRY FOOTBALLER PETER Crowley has announced his retirement from the inter-county game. Kerry footballer Peter Crowley. Source: Lorraine O’Sullivan/INPHO The 30-year-old has been a defensive regular for the Kingdom since making his senior championship debut against Tipperary in 2012, a year after his breakthrough had arrived in the league. Kerry boss Peter Keane has paid…

THE KERRY HURLERS have been drawn in a group with Meath and Down in this year’s Joe McDonagh Cup as they bid to bounce back from last year’s final defeat. Kerry hurling captain Daniel Collins Source: Morgan Treacy/INPHO The GAA have announced the draws for the lower-level hurling competitions this evening with Kerry taking on…

CORK MIDFIELDER NIAMH Cotter says she is determined to play her part in Cork’s bid for 2021 TG4 senior championship honours, but recovering from a serious back injury is her first priority. The Kilmacud Crokes player damaged a disc in her back in January of last year, and after it robbed her of eight months…

THE ICING HAS been put on top of a dream Australian Football League Women’s [AFLW] season for Orla O’Dwyer, the Tipperary dual star finishing runner-up in Brisbane Lions’ Best and Fairest Awards. Luck of the Irish ☘️ After an outstanding season, Orla O’Dwyer is our Best & Fairest Runner-Up in what has been a nail-biting…

MAYO STAR CILIAN O’CONNOR remains “optimistic” about the fitness of captain Aidan O’Shea after a knee concern saw him depart their first collective training session last week. Cillian O’Connor was speaking as Kellogg’s GAA Cúl Camps return for Summer 2021 and Kellogg celebrates its 10th year of sponsorship. Source: SPORTSFILE. It emerged yesterday that O’Shea’s…

IRISH SPORTS FANS should begin to return to events this summer with grounds set to reopen in “a planned way and a cautious way”. Minster of State for Sport Jack Chambers said on Monday night that he expects to see the first fans back in attendance at GAA championship and League of Ireland matches later…

LEGENDARY WATERFORD HURLING figure Austin Flynn has passed away. Flynn was full-back on the last Waterford side to win the All-Ireland in 1959. He also won three Munster medals, a National League and Oireachtas title during an inter-county career that spanned from 1952 to ’67. Click Here: stade toulousain rugby jersey Widely regarded as one…

Updated Apr 29th 2021, 6:23 PM THERE IS GOOD news for sports teams around the country this evening with outdoor training permitted from Monday 10 May while matches can take place from Monday 7 June. Covid 19 signage at training last summer. Source: James Crombie/INPHO The measures were revealed as the government outlined their plans…

REIGNING CORK SENIOR hurling kingpins Blackrock will take on last year’s semi-finalists Erins Own after this evening’s draw for the 2021 club championships in the county. On the day that adult club players received the green light to resume training in pods of 15 from Monday 10 May and can play games from Monday 7…

CORK STAR DOIREANN O’Sullivan is backing her club manager, Shane Ronayne, to succeed in his new role with the Waterford senior footballers. A renowned coach on the ladies football scene, the multiple All-Ireland winning boss is making his first major management move into the men’s game. Ronayne was appointed Déise boss in January, having stepped…