TIPPERARY’S AISLING MCCARTHY is certainly settling into her new surroundings at the West Coast Eagles, after making an impressive debut this weekend. McCarthy became the first Irishwoman — and first non-Australian — to move Australian Football League Women’s [AFLW] clubs last year after switching from Western Bulldogs to West Coast Eagles. The Cahir clubwoman made her […]
Glass competes for possession with Sam Powell-Pepper during an AFL game last August. Source: AAP/PA Images ASKED TO DESCRIBE the lowest point of his four-and-a-half-year Australian odyssey, Conor Glass’s mind immediately jumps back to a 2019 AFL game against Collingwood. Hawthorn won 67-63 on a night where Irish housemates Glass and Conor Nash both appeared […]
“THE GREATEST LEGACY any manager or coach can leave is the part they play in shaping, moulding, and developing the people they lead. And we were all so blessed, lucky, honoured, and so greatly privileged to have been guided by Éamonn Ryan. “Some of the greatest managers in the history of sport have left a […]
ANOTHER WEEK OVER, another to begin, as 2021, or 2020 2.0, continues. Lockdown number three hasn’t exactly been easy, but thankfully we have plenty of sport on TV to keep us all occupied for now. Likewise, there’s plenty on The42‘s membership platform to keep you ticking over. And, of course, we have another busy week […]
IT’S NO SECRET that dual players at inter-county level are more so associated with women’s Gaelic games. Orla O’Dwyer (centre) is one of the country’s most high-profile dual players. Source: Oisin Keniry/INPHO That concept seems to be a thing of the past at the top level in the men’s game, though it was once commonplace […]
CORK LEGEND BRÍD Stack has been released from hospital and is “expected to make a full recovery” after sustaining a worrying injury in a horror incident on her Aussie Rules debut yesterday. “Scans revealed Stack has a stable fracture of the C7 vertebra and no injury to the surrounding nerves,” a statement from Greater Western […]
NEW GROUND WILL continue to be broken in women’s Gaelic games with Waterford becoming one of the few counties in the country to own their own pitch outright. Waterford player Aoife Murray and members of the field development committee, Michael Ryan, Crohan McGregor and Edel Curry with chairperson John Frewen at the new site. Source: […]
GALWAY CAMOGIE LEGEND Thérèse Maher speaks candidly about the loss of her parents in her upcoming episode of Laochra Gael. The GAA series, which is in its 19th season on TG4, has featured some fascinating stories in recent weeks with Kevin Cassidy and Ryan O’Dwyer both proving to be hits with viewers. 2013 All-Ireland winner Thérèse […]
THE REIGNING ALL-IRELAND U20 football champions Galway will take on Mayo in their opening game of this year’s championship. Captain Jack Glynn lifts the trophy after the 2020 All-Ireland U20 football final. Galway were pitted against their old rivals at the semi-final stage when the draw was made for the Connacht U20 championship last night. […]
ADELAIDE CROWS PLAYER Ebony Marinoff has been suspended for three weeks for the tackle in a practice game on Sunday that left Cork All-Ireland winner Brid Stack with a neck fracture. Stack, who was making her Aussie Rules debut for GWS Giants, is ‘expected to make a full recovery’ after sustaining the worrying injury and […]