REIGNING ULSTER CHAMPIONS Cavan will travel to Omagh to face Tyrone on Saturday, 10 July, and get their provincial title defence underway at the quarter-final stage. Mickey Graham’s side will face the Red Hand — now managed by Feargal Logan and Brian Dooher — in the last eight at 4.30pm that evening, with full championship […]
GAA UNDERAGE COUNTY teams have been given the green light to resume collective training from next Monday 10 May. Counties have been informed by the GAA today that training is permitted for both 2020 and 2021 minor and U20 squads, on a full contact basis. Games will then be allowed from Monday 7 June for […]
Cork’s Patrick Collins and Waterford’s Billy Nolan. Source: INPHO IN JUNE 2014, the spotlight fell on both hurling goalkeepers in action in Thurles. Anthony Nash had been the All-Star winner for the previous two years, an illustration of his prowess with Cork. Stephen O’Keeffe was establishing himself with Waterford, two years after making his senior […]
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CAVAN CAMOGIE MANAGER Jimmy Greville says the logistics of the association’s controverisal proposed 2021 fixture plan will “never work” and says that his side does not want to be in a position where they may not fulfill league games. Cavan manager Jimmy Greville. Source: Lorraine O’Sullivan/INPHO The Camogie Association has been heavily criticised in the […]
WEXFORD MANAGER DAVY Fitzgerald has named his side for tomorrow’s Division 1B National Hurling League clash against Laois. The Yellowbellies welcome Seamus ‘Cheddar’ Plunkett’s side to Wexford Park, with throw-in set for 1.45pm and live coverage available on TG4. Fitzgerald opts for a much-changed line-up from the side that crashed out of the championship after […]
Limerick 0-20 Tipperary 0-20 RETURN WAS THE key word of the day. A return to competitive hurling in 2021, a return to action on their home turf for All-Ireland champions Limerick and a return to Tipperary’s difficulties to get a win over their Munster neighbours. Tipperary’s Jason Forde and Limerick’s Darragh O’Donovan. For long stretches […]
BETWEEN LAST YEAR and this one, Brian Cody has probably endured more hurling-free weekends than he did in the rest of his 66 years combined. Kilkenny manager Brian Cody. Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO On the back of the worst disrupted GAA season since the First World War, Cody couldn’t get his players back together on the […]
Updated May 10th 2021, 8:20 AM 1. Cork’s goalscoring spree Cork have not exactly been goalscoring kings during their league endeavours in recent years. Granted they raised 11 green flags last season but across 2017, 2018 and 2019, they hit the net ten times over three campaigns. They didn’t manage to hit five goals in […]
CORK ALL-IRELAND winner Donal Óg Cusack hailed the achievement of the Antrim hurlers with their opening day league win over Clare but still feels they ‘will struggle’ at the top level this season. Antrim lifted the Joe McDonagh Cup last December and at the time Cusack suggested their performance would make it difficult to bridge […]