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2016 WAS UNDOUBTEDLY one of the busiest, and best, sporting years we’ve had in a long time. From the Euros to the Olympics, never-mind domestic competitions and other events and matches worldwide, it’s a sporting year that threw up a ridiculous amount of highlights that we wont be forgetting for a very long time. Here’s […]
WE PANELLED THREE respected performance analysts for a roundtable discussion on the current state of analytics in the GAA. The panel: Rob Carroll, International Rules Analyst, The42 columnist Ray Boyne, Dublin GAA Head of Performance Analysis Paudie McCarthy, Kerry Senior Football Performance Analyst Note: Some of the answers have been edited for clarity. Source: Cathal Noonan/INPHO The42: […]
From the Hill to the hospital: 25 pictures that capture Dublin’s brilliant Gaelic football year Previous 1 / 25Next Ballyboden St Enda’s captain Darragh Nelson lifts the Andy Merrigan Cup on St Patrick’s Day. Source: Cathal Noonan/INPHO Stephen Cluxton lifts the trophy after Dublin’s triumph in the Division 1 league final Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO Dublin […]
Click:semi-automatic laser tube cutting machine FROM ROBBIE BRADY to Rio de Janeiro, 2016 has been another busy year for Irish sport. But how well do you remember those big moments and the people who were at the heart of it all? We tested some of Ireland’s top sports stars with 10 questions in The42’s first-ever Christmas […]
THE LIAM MACCARTHY cup found a new home in 2016 when Tipperary ended a six-year thirst and surprised holders Kilkenny. It was also a year where Austin Gleeson ascended to new heights at just 21 years of age while at the other end of the age scale, Jackie Tyrrell withdrew from the inter-county game after […]
Updated at 21.56 Click Here: cardiff blues rugby jersey What was the name of Eamon Dunphy's diary on life as a Millwall player? Showbiz baby! The Lion's Den Only a game? A good player, not a great player What performance-enhancing drugs did Paul Kimmage talk of taking in his autobiography Rough Ride? Human Growth Hormone […]
THE 100-year anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising was always going to be particularly poignant in Rathfarnham, a sprawling suburb on the south side of Dublin, where Irish revolutionary Patrick Pearse’s legacy is still a main attraction. After relocating his St Enda’s school from Ranelagh to Rathfarnham in 1910 to continue his liberal approach to […]
IF YOU DON’T get time to sit down and watch this one this evening, hit the record button. Donal O’Grady, All-Ireland senior medallist with the Cork hurlers as a player and manager, is on a journey through history to uncover the origins of the county’s famous GAA jersey. What he discovered will surprise many people […]
IT WAS A few days after Tipperary’s final Allianz League Division 3 outing against Sligo when a “no holds barred” meeting involving players and team management took place at Dr. Morris Park in Thurles. Strength and conditioning coach Dave Moriarty left deflated, wondering where the team was headed and questioning why he’d decided to get […]