Month: September 2021

AS A METRIC to sum up the strength of this all-conquering Dublin squad, it was worth not just considering those on the pitch on Sunday but those not listed on the match programme. Click Here: nrl all stars jersey Bernard Brogan is one of the most decorated players at Dublin’s disposal. Multiple Leinster and All-Ireland…

HE WAS NOT present to help Dublin to their latest All-Ireland triumph but the door is not closed on a potential return to their senior setup for attacker Diarmuid Connolly. The mercurial forward last lined out for Dublin in a league game last spring against Mayo but has been absent for their 2018 championship campaign.…

Updated Sep 4th 2018, 12:01 PM THEY SAY PERSPECTIVE is everything in life.  For Tyrone boss Mickey Harte, Sunday’s All-Ireland final defeat to Dublin certainly hurt, but he was able to keep things in context. Harte has known true loss.  Source: Tommy Dickson/INPHO Death and illness have been frequent visitors to Harte’s door over the past…

THE RACE FOR Sam is over. The winners have been anointed and the rest of us can just go home and whistle. To be clear, that’s not this year’s All-Ireland final I’m talking about. It’s next year’s. According to the bookies, as well as pretty much all of Monday’s newspapers, Jim Gavin’s Dublin side are…

THE MAYO LADIES football squad have broken their silence for the first time following the high-profile departures which rocked the panel this summer. The Mayo team before they took on Cavan Source: Morgan Treacy/INPHO In a statement issued to The42, the players said “no player welfare issues exist or have ever existed under the current…

FORMER KERRY BOSS Jack O’Connor has distanced himself from the vacant senior manager position in the county, saying that he is content to continue working with the U20s team. Kerry are on the hunt for a new manager after Éamonn Fitzmaurice stepped down from the role following their championship exit at the end of the…

THERE IS NO doubt following this game that this Dublin side is a machine that does not look like it will relent any time soon. Source: Tommy Dickson/INPHO Last Sunday, Jim Gavin’s side joined only three other teams by achieving four All-Irelands in a row and it is hard to see how they will be…

MAYO CLUBS HAVE voted overwhelmingly in favour of appealing the decision to reinstate Carnacon into the senior league and championship for the 2018 season. The decision was taken at a county board meeting on Tuesday night after the reigning Mayo, Connacht and All-Ireland club champions won their appeal to the Connacht LGFA last week. The42 understands that club…

THE PROSPECT OF Cian O’Neill staying on in charge of the Kildare footballers in 2019 has strengthened after it was revealed at a county board meeting last night that he and his management team are interested in another term. Click Here: down gaa jerseys KFM Radio Sport has reported that county board chairman Ger Donnelly…

CHAMPIONS DUBLIN LOOK set to be on the road to face Monaghan in their opening league tie next spring. Dublin and Monaghan players in action in Croke Park in the league this year. Source: Bryan Keane/INPHO The reigning league, Leinster and All-Ireland winners are set for an away tie against Monaghan with the list of…