LIMERICK HAVE CALLED up four players to their squad for the 2021 season while All-Ireland winning defender Paddy O’Loughlin has dropped out of the setup ‘for personal reasons for a while.’ Click Here: United Kingdom Rugby Jersey John Kiely’s team commence their campaign next Saturday in the Gaelic Grounds against Tipperary after a terrific 2020 […]
Seamus Callanan and Gearóid Hegarty facing off last year. Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO AS INTER-COUNTY GAA action returns this weekend, five hurling matches will be available to watch live on TV. The 2021 National Hurling Leagues get up and running on Saturday, with the mouthwatering battle between Limerick and Tipperary the big one that evening [throw-in […]
THE LADIES GAELIC Football Association [LGFA] has confirmed its plans for the 2021 season. The TG4 All-Ireland championships will run from July to September, meaning a split season — as reported by The42 — with the format as follows; inter-county league, inter-county championship and club, in that order. The GAA are also following a county-before-club […]
CONNACHT CHAMPIONS MAYO will begin the defence of their provincial football crown on Saturday 26 June in Sligo. The first provincial fixtures for the 2021 championship season have been released today with Connacht finalising their football schedule. Mayo will travel to Markievicz Park for a Saturday afternoon clash with the home side on what will […]
MAYO HAVE BEEN left sweating on the fitness of star forward Sarah Rowe, after the Collingwood Aussie Rules player underwent surgery in Australia last week. Rowe had managed a shoulder problem through the 2021 Australian Football League Women’s [AFLW] season, despite fears in the opening weeks that it would inevitably rule her out. The Kilmoremoy […]
NON-PLAYING MEMBERS of inter-county panels will be allowed attend games, the government have confirmed. Minister of State for Sport Jack Chambers announced the news on Twitter as the start of the 2021 season looms. It means players who are not included in the matchday 26-man squads for inter-county league and championship games can enter the […]
TAOISEACH MICHEAL MARTIN says Irish supporters could be back in stadiums by mid-summer. Speaking on Off The Ball tonight, the Fianna Fail leader said the government are planning to trial having crowds at a number of sporting events in July. “We would hope to do it this summer,” he said. “We’re going to trial certainly […]
ALL-STAR NOMINEE Eoghan McLaughlin plays football like he was born to attack from a Mayo half-back line, but he could easily have been lost to the game forever. A former All-Ireland Junior cyclist, the polkadot jersey of the king of the mountains was on his back before the green and red, but buoyed on by the success of […]
IF DIARMUID O’KEEFFE has learned anything from being an intercounty hurler during the rolling lockdowns of the past year, it is an increased admiration for athletes in individual sports. The Wexford player will finally get going with his team next Sunday afternoon with their league opener against Laois. Over the past twelve months, the 2019 […]
LIMERICK’S ALL-STAR winning defender Sean Finn believes hurling referees face a tough challenge in enforcing the new sin-bule rule as the league is set to commence this weekend. The new rule is aiming to tackle specific cynical fouls when goal scoring opportunities are stopped within the 20-metre line or the arc. A penalty is awarded […]