Month: September 2021

THE KERRY SENIOR ladies footballers have a new manager after an extremely up and down 2018. The Kerry ladies senior footballers (file pic, August 2017). Source: Tom Beary/INPHO Spa clubman Donal O’Doherty was ratified at last night’s Kerry LGFA October county board meeting as the Kingdom prepare for life in Division 2 of the Lidl…

WE’VE BEEN GAZING into our crystal ball ahead of the announcement of the 2018 PwC All-Star football team tomorrow morning. Colm Cavanagh, David Clifford and Stephen Cluxton all make our team. You can find the full list of nominations here. Eight players from All-Ireland champions Dublin make our team, with two from finalists Tyrone and semi-finalists…

FORMER GALWAY HURLER Ollie Canning has defended his brother Joe’s decision to shoot for the posts in the final minute of the All-Ireland hurling final.  Canning attempted an equaliser from a free well inside his own half, but it dropped short and seconds later Limerick were celebrating a narrow one-point victory.  Some critics suggested post-game…

CARLOW MANAGER TURLOUGH O’Brien has been one of the most vocal opponents of a move to a two-tier football championship, which GAA President John Horan has said he intends to introduce during his reign. Paul Broderick, one of O’Brien’s most trusted lieutenants on the field, has reiterated the Carlow squad’s opposition to a ‘B’ championship…

DARRAGH FITZGIBBON, KYLE Hayes and Mark Coleman are the three names in the running to be crowned Young Hurler of the Year at the PwC All-Star awards on Friday night. It’s Coleman’s second year in succession to be up for the honour, but last year he was pipped by Galway ace Conor Whelan. Coleman, along…

ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONS Dublin have a total of seven players on the 2018 PwC All-Star football team. Jim Gavin’s side earned a convincing 2-17 to 1-15 victory over Tyrone in this year’s All-Ireland final, winning their fourth title in succession, and several players have been recognised as a result of that feat. Meanwhile, the other counties represented…

THE 2018 PWC All-Star hurling team will be announced tomorrow night and we’ve taken a stab at picking our best 15 from the championship. Eoin Murphy, John Conlon and Graeme Mulcahy all make our team. You can find the full list of nominations here. Seven players from All-Ireland champions Limerick make the cut, while beaten finalists Galway…

FROM THE OUTSIDE looking in, Kevin Reidy knew that last year’s Connacht Ladies Senior Club Football Final – and the replay that followed – were crackers. In the first instalment, Carnacon’s Cora Staunton scored 4-13 but the game still ended in a draw. At the second time of asking, late goals from Staunton and Amy…

KILKENNY DEFENDER CILLIAN Buckley says he is ‘delighted’ to see manager Brian Cody staying on for his 21st season in charge of the senior hurlers. Cody is the county’s longest serving and most successful manager having delivered 11 All-Ireland hurling titles over the last two decades, and Buckley is thrilled to have him at the…

THREE DUBS ARE in the running for the big prize. Click Here: cheap nrl jerseys After Mayo’s Andy Moran and Lee Keegan took the honour over the last two years, the 2018 Footballer of the Year gong will head to a Dublin footballer for the first time since Jack McCaffrey’s win in 2015.  Clontarf’s McCaffrey…