Dublin 1-19 Dubs Stars 1-14 IT WAS HARDLY Croke Park beneath the summer sun but victory in the annual Dubs Stars challenge was welcome all the same for under pressure Dublin manager Ger Cunningham. The Cork legend is beginning his third season as Dubs boss and needs things to go his way after a tricky […]
Who is this Cork footballer tussling with Meath's Bernard Flynn in the 1990 All-Ireland final? Larry Tompkins Conor Counihan Niall Cahalane Barry Coffey Who is this Down footballer in shock after their success in 1991? Paddy O'Rourke Mickey Linden Eamon Burns Ross Carr Can you name this player from Donegal's victorious team in 1992? Barry […]
1. Davy Fitzgerald’s first year in Wexford Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO DAVY FITZGERALD never going to stay away for long, but few could have predicted how quickly he’d be back in inter-county management. Fitzgerald is dropping down the ladder at Wexford, with a talented bunch of players who’ve achieved little at senior level. The All-Ireland winning […]
Ger Cafferkey, Neil Douglas and Jason Gibbons all back involved for Mayo. Source: INPHO THE RETURN FROM injury of experienced duo Ger Cafferkey and Jason Gibbons along with the addition of All-Ireland U21 and Castlebar Mitchels club winners, are key features of the additions to the Mayo senior squad ahead of the start of their 2017 campaign. […]
The futures of Donaghy, Cooper and O’Mahony should become clear soon. Source: INPHO KERRY MANAGER ÉAMONN Fitzmaurice expects to find out during January whether long-serving trio Aidan O’Mahony, Kieran Donaghy and Colm Cooper will be part of the Kingdom setup for 2017. O’Mahony (36), Donaghy (33) and Cooper (33) have yet to offically announce their […]
TYRONE BOSS MICKEY Harte says the GAA could put an end to the playing of Amhrán na bhFiann and the flying of the tricolour at future matches “when the time is right”. Harte’s comments come in the wake of GAA president Aogán Ó Fearghail recently saying that the organisation would be “open-minded” to considering such changes, while […]
Shane Kingston, Ronan Lynch and Luke Scanlon are three of the players to watch out for in 2017. Source: INPHO AROUND THIS TIME last year, we nominated our young hurlers to watch for 2016. It was pretty much a mixed bag for the nine players we selected, as Waterford’s Patrick Curran and Limerick All-Star nominee […]
NEW YEAR AND the familiar sight of pre-season provincial competitions coming down the tracks to signal the start of another GAA campaign. Dublin’s footballers are at home in Parnell Park on Sunday Source: Donall Farmer/INPHO The 2017 offering gets underway tomorrow night with Walsh Cup action in Parnell Park before switching to Kilkenny’s game on […]
NEW CLARE MANAGEMENT duo Donal Moloney and Gerry O’Connor will get the chance to experiment in the coming weeks as they’ll be without seven All-Ireland senior hurling winners for the start of their 2017 campaign. Tony Kelly, Paul Flanagan and Conor McGrath all out for the early stages of 2017 for Clare. Source: James Crombie/INPHO […]
Colm Basquel, Jason Foley and Conor Loftus are three of the players we’ll be keeping an eye on. Source: INPHO AS FANS EAGERLY await the start of the 2017 pre-season competitions, it’s a time to keep an eye out for some new talent in many county squads. Before Christmas, inter-county managers up and down the […]