MUNSTER WILL MAKE the journey back to Paris this weekend to fulfill the Champions Cup fixture against Racing 92 that was postponed last year following Anthony Foley’s sudden death. Elsewhere, there was a huge reaction to the revelation that Irish sailor Saskia Tidey is transferring to Team Great Britain. Minister for Sport Shane Ross sparked a […]
Kildare 1-15 Longford 0-12 KILDARE GOT THEIR 2017 campaign up and running with a confident six point victory over Longford in the first round of the O’Byrne Cup. Niall Kelly’s 29th minute goal gave the Lilywhites a 1-7 to 0-7 interval lead, and with Fionn Dowling and Neil Flynn among the scorers they never looked […]
JACK O’CONNOR HAS named an inexperienced Kerry side to face Tipperary in tomorrow’s McGrath Cup round one clash in Tralee’s Austin Stack Park. [Throw-in at 2pm] The Kerry seniors only resumed training last Tuesday night, so O’Connor and his U21 management team take charge of the Kingdom’s seasonal debut. They’ve named a squad drawn entirely from […]
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The supporters view of last year’s Munster club semi-final between Dr Crokes and Loughmore-Castleiney Source: Cathal Noonan/INPHO TOMORROW THEY HOPE to take the first step towards solving the problem that afflicts GAA players all over the country – the chaos and problems in organising club fixtures. The new Club Players Association (CPA) is the brainchild […]
FIRST DAY OUT for Davy Fitzgerald in the new chapter of his hurling career with Wexford today in Gorey and he could scarcely have imagined a more straightforward game. Davy Fitzgerald gathers his Wexford players before throw-in. Source: Donall Farmer/INPHO Wexford cruised to a 35-point success over an understrength UCD team in their Group 3 […]
Dublin 1-15 DCU 0-11 Paul Keane reports from Parnell Park OLD HABITS CLEARLY die hard for back to back All-Ireland champions Dublin whose fringe players still trounced DCU in the Bord na Mona O’Byrne Cup this afternoon. Jason Whelan rises high for Dublin against DCU Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO Boss Jim Gavin and his Sam Maguire […]
Cork 1-28 Kerry 0-18 Denis Hurley reports from Mallow WHILE THEY WERE tested at times, Cork eventually pulled away to comfortably see off Kerry in the opening round of the Coop Superstores Munster SHL at Mallow on Sunday afternoon. Leading by 1-12 to 0-14 at half-time, Kieran Kingston’s actually fell behind on the resumption as […]
Limerick 0-24 Waterford 1-14 Thomas Keane reports from Walsh Park LIMERICK PROVED TOO strong for an under-strength Waterford side in the first round of the Coop Superstores Munster Senior Hurling League at Fraher Field this afternoon as new manager John Kiely got off to a winning start. John Fitzgibbon and Alan Dempsey were the scoring stars […]
Kerry 3-11 Tipperary 1-3 Paul Brennan reports from Austin Stack Park KERRY FOOTBALL MANAGER Eamonn Fitzmaurice might want to reappraise his intention to field a senior team against Cork next Sunday given how admirably an U21 selection coped with beating Tipperary in a rather one-sided McGrath Cup match in Tralee this afternoon. Kerry hit the […]