Galway 3-25 Cork 2-23 IT MAY NOT have looked likely at the midway mark but by the end of their trip to Leeside, Galway’s hurlers could reflect on a highly satisfactory afternoon. Patrick Horgan in action for Cork against the Galway defence. Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO They produced a power-packed second-half display, fuelled by the three […]
OVER SIX MONTHS after one of their greatest days when they achieved Munster final glory, the Tipperary footballers suffered a major setback today with relegation to Division 4 of the football league for 2022. Tipperary lost out in their Division 3 relegation play-off away to Longford this afternoon by 1-13 to 0-9, the home side claiming a […]
MONAGHAN AND ARMAGH both retained their Division 1 football league status today as they condemned Connacht sides Galway and Roscommon to a campaign in the second tier in 2022. The Ulster teams enjoyed contrasting victories, Monaghan needing extra-time in Clones before defeating Galway by 1-21 to 2-17 after a wonderful late point by Jack McCarron clinched victory. […]
PROMOTION CELEBRATIONS AND relegation disappointment. The main action in the 2021 GAA football league due to a close this weekend with a series of promotion and relegation play-offs as counties had plenty to fight for before heading into championship. There is set to be only one league final next weekend with Derry taking on Offaly […]
MEATH BOSS ANDY McEntee says full-back Conor McGill was spat on by a Kildare player in the incident that sparked a full-scale brawl at the end of their Division 2 semi-final defeat. The Royals were left counting the cost of defeat after an ankle injury to Brian Menton and shoulder problem for Donal Keogan forced […]
1. Kildare redemption for Leinster semi-final collapse WHEN KILDARE TOOK a six-point lead into half-time of this Division 2 semi-final against Meath, they didn’t need reminding that they watched a similar margin crumble into a nine-point loss in last November’s Leinster semi-final. On that occasion, Meath’s hard running game saw them net five goals in […]
THE GAA HAVE confirmed that Derry and Offaly will contest the Allianz National Football League Division 3 final this weekend, with the two sides set to meet in Croke Park on Saturday. Both counties won their respective semi-finals over the weekend, Offaly beating 14-man Fermanagh while Derry got the better of Limerick. It had been expected […]
LIMERICK’S LEAGUE CAMPAIGN was a mixed bag, with two wins, two defeats and a draw arriving from their five games. It was always going to be difficult to top the 2020 season when they went unbeaten across pre-season, league and championship. After failing to win any of their opening three games, they’ve started to motor […]
JOE CANNING WILL be fit for Galway’s Leinster SHC semi-final against Dublin or Antrim after a thumb injury forced him to sit out the final league game against Cork. The Portumna veteran was a spectator in Pairc Ui Chaoimh as Galway picked up their fourth league victory of the campaign after a 3-25 to 2-23 […]
IT IS 29 weeks since the two sides produced storylines that caught the national sporting imagination and lit up the football championship. The rise of Tipperary and Cavan occured on the same remarkable Sunday afternoon last November. Tipperary enjoyed a breakthrough after 85 years in Munster, Cavan ending a 23-year wait to reign in Ulster […]