DONAL O’GRADY SAYS the time is right to introduce the black card into hurling, following a host of recent examples of cynical play. The former Limerick star was involved in one such incident back in the 2014 All-Ireland semi-final when he hauled down Kilkenny’s Richie Power with the goal at the forward’s mercy. O’Grady didn’t […]
DAVY FITZGERALD HAS added former Dublin hurler Niall Corcoran to his backroom team for 2021. Galway native Corcoran was part of Eddie Brennan’s set-up in Laois for the past two seasons. Corcoran is a highly-rated coach and in 2019 the pair guided Laois to the All-Ireland quarter-finals. Brennan recently departed the O’Moore County to link […]
THE CAMOGIE ASSOCIATION have launched an investigation after it was claimed that the Armagh team engaged in pro-IRA chants in their dressing room following last weekend’s All-Ireland premier junior final victory. Social media clips from after the game showed Armagh players celebrating after the win over Cavan on Saturday. A Camogie Association spokesperson said: “The […]
IT WILL BE his first as a senior manager but Liam Cahill is well-versed on these All-Ireland hurling final days. If the current focus is on Waterford’s fortunes, Cahill has accumulated quite an amount of success in the Tipperary hotseat of late. Minor deciders in 2015 and 2016 before U21 (2018) and U20 (2019) appearances. […]
MEATH’S DAVID COLDRICK has been appointed to officiate this year’s All-Ireland SFC final between Dublin and Mayo on 19 December in Croke Park. Coldrick, who is a member of the Blackhall Gaels Club, is set to charge of his fourth senior decider having previously refereed the 2007, 2010 and 2015 finals. In the 2020 championship, […]
FOUR DAYS OUT from the biggest hurling game of the year at the unseasonal time of mid December to settle the destination of this year’s All-Ireland title. Managers John Kiely and Liam Cahill have a lot of the hard work done at this stage, the former having collected league and Munster honours, the latter having […]
Updated Dec 9th 2020, 9:35 PM JACK MCCAFFREY HAS spoken out about his departure from Dublin’s football setup, stating ‘the fun had gone out of the whole thing’ and he had been left ‘drained’ by the effort involved in last year’s All-Ireland final and replay. McCaffrey’s exit was announced in late June and he has […]
AIDAN O’SHEA HAS backed calls for the families of players to be allowed attend the All-Ireland finals over the next two weekends. The Mayo captain believes protocols could be put in place to allow family members into Croke Park given the large swathes of empty seats that will be available. “The hurling is on this […]
DECLAN HANNON ADMITS that Limerick haven’t quite found their groove yet this season, despite sealing a return to their second All-Ireland final in three years. Had they not fallen to Kilkenny in last year’s semi-final, Limerick might well be going for a hat-trick of successive All-Irelands. Despite their Munster final win over Waterford and last […]
IT’S A DECADE now since Dessie Hutchinson scored goal in an All-Ireland final and celebrated a title win with the Waterford hurlers. On Sunday 29 August 2010 he was part of a Waterford U14 team on home soil, a healthy crowd in attendance at Walsh Park as they won the Tony Forristal All-Ireland final, seeing […]