Month: September 2021

SATURDAY NIGHT DREW a line under Galway’s 2018 football involvement and brought a close to a fourth year at the helm for their main man. Kevin Walsh has held the managerial reins out west since the commencement of the 2015 season. Progress has been incremental – a round 4 exit in this first season, a…

Click:double chamber tea bag machine THE GAELIC GROUNDS in Limerick has been confirmed as the venue for this year’s Bord Gáis Energy All-Ireland U21 hurling final between Cork and Tipperary with a throw-in time of 5.30pm on Sunday 26 August. Cork and Tipperary will meet for the second time in the U21 championship this year.…

FORMER TRIBE CAPTAIN David Collins believes retaining the All-Ireland crown would be an even more impressive feat for Galway that last September’s success. Source: Cathal Noonan/INPHO The Tribesmen ended a 29-year drought without the Liam MacCarthy in 2017 after a five-game run, but they’ve already played eight games this summer. They haven’t been beaten yet and…

THERE WAS A marked contrast in the post-match reactions to All-Ireland semi-final successes. For Dublin it was routine business on Saturday as they progressed to a sixth decider in eight years. For Tyrone there was a wild joy generated by the final whistle yesterday, that 10-year wait for qualification for a September showdown having ended.…

WHEN MALACHY O’ROURKE sits down over the coming days to watch yesterday’s game, I expect he will be sick to his core with the regret of how his team lost it. Bad decision making and poor refereeing both contributed to their demise. On the other side, Mickey Harte has once again brought his side to…

CORK BOSS JOHN Meyler is not expecting any players to bring their inter-county careers to a close this winter and is confident he will have a full squad at his disposal when he comes to plot their campaign for the 2019 season. The aftermath of the semi-final loss to Limerick has been ‘extremely difficult’ and…

JACK MCCAFFREY’S TV interview after Dublin’s All-Ireland semi-final win over Galway on Saturday night drew a wisecrack from Sunday Game pundit Colm O’Rourke. Jack McCaffrey at the launch of the 23rd Asian Gaelic Games at sponsored by Irish international fintech company Fexco. Source: Piaras Ó Mídheach/SPORTSFILE “It’s fantastic,” McCaffrey told Marty Morrissey before he was…

THE MEETINGS OF recent title winners are the standout pairings after the draws last night for the knockout stages of this year’s Cork senior club championships. The third round draws were made in both codes with the potential pairings mapped out for the quarter-finals as well. In hurling Glen Rovers, who were victorious in the…

STEPHEN ROCHFORD HAS has decided to commit to a fourth season in charge of the Mayo senior football team. Rochford met with Mayo GAA Board chairman, Mike Connelly, to confirm that he will return for the 2019 season and also informed the members of the Mayo squad last week. The Crossmolina native, who was given…

THE WEXFORD COUNTY Board have confirmed that Davy Fitzgerald is to continue in his role as manager of the county’s senior hurling team. The 47-year-old former Clare goalkeeper will remain at the helm for a third year, having taken over ahead of the 2017 season following the departure of Liam Dunne. The news was confirmed…