AFTER A HEAVY defeat in the Munster final to Cork, the Tipperary U21 hurlers welcomed a break to reassess and regroup. Galway’s Fintan Burke and Tipp’s Mark Kehoe. Source: Brendan Moran/SPORTSFILE A 13-point loss on the big stage in Páirc Uí Chaoimh. Not exactly ideal. “After a loss like that you really have to regroupRead moreRead more
Month: September 2021
‘A Tipperary team going in as the underdogs is a dangerous animal’
Malachy O’Rourke: ‘One thing I do know is that people say Tyrone are Monaghan’s bogey team’
MONAGHAN MANAGER MALACHY O’Rourke has relayed his fears that the restructuring of the All-Ireland football Championship has made it doubly difficult for teams with the lack of recovery time between games. Both themselves and Tyrone have played eight games in eleven weeks since they met in the Ulster quarter-final on May 20th, with just aRead moreRead more
McManus and Duggan scoop GAA Player of the Month awards
CONOR McMANUS AND PETER Duggan have been announced as the July winners of the PWC GAA/GPA Player of the Month awards. McManus saw off competition from Galway’s Ian Burke and David Clifford of Kerry to win the football award, while Duggan took the hurling prize at the expense of Cathal Mannion of Galway and Limerick’sRead moreRead more
Fitzmaurice: ‘The player was told to jump off a cliff and take three or four other players with him’
ÉAMONN FITZMAURICE HAS revealed that a player in the Kerry senior football panel received a letter telling them to “jump off a cliff”. The Finuge clubman stepped down as Kerry manager at the weekend following his side’s exit from the All-Ireland SFC, and alluded to an air of “negativity that was coming at the team”Read moreRead more
Over 40% of Irish TV viewers watched Ireland win historic silver medal in the World Cup final
OVER 40% of Irish TV viewers tuned in to watch Ireland win an historic silver medal at the 2018 Hockey World Cup. Figures released from RTÉ show that World Cup final between Ireland and the Netherlands on Sunday drew an average audience of 381,500 with a one minute peak audience of 439,100. This accounts for a 41% share ofRead moreRead more
‘It’s a decision that’s been made for me’ – Referee James McGrath quits after All-Ireland final snub
HURLING REFEREE JAMES McGrath has announced his resignation after missing out on officiating in this year’s All-Ireland senior final. Wexford’s James Owens will take charge on Sunday, 19 August as Limerick face Galway at Croke Park, with Tipperary’s Fergal Horgan on standby referee duty and Kilkenny’s Sean Cleere the linesman, while Carlow’s Patrick Murphy has been namedRead moreRead more
‘It was nice of him to call in and support the lads’ – John Kiely on Earls’ ‘informal chat’ with Limerick hurlers
JOHN KIELY HAS expressed his gratitude to Ireland and Munster star Keith Earls for coming in to have an ‘informal chat’ with the Limerick hurlers during their All-Ireland SHC championship campaign. Kiely’s charges booked their place in a first All-Ireland senior final since 2007 following an incredible extra-time victory over provincial rivals Cork last month, andRead moreRead more
1-9 for Morris as Tipperary dash Galway’s treble dreams in dramatic U21 All-Ireland semi-final
Tipperary 3-17 Galway 1-17 Click Here: soccer jackets By Daragh Small TIPPERARY HAVE DASHED Galway’s treble dreams after Ger Browne’s late goal secured an All-Ireland U-21 semi-final victory at the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick. Liam Cahill’s side were hammered 2-23 to 1-13 in the Munster final by Cork last time out but in a feistyRead moreRead more
8-time All-Ireland champion Eddie Brennan in line to take over Laois hurlers
EIGHT-TIME ALL-IRELAND WINNER Eddie Brennan is in line to become the new Laois senior hurling manager after being proposed by the selection committee. “Senior Hurling Selection committee has proposed Eddie Brennan as the new Laois Senior Hurling Manager,” Laois GAA confirmed this evening. “The Laois GAA Executive committee will now be putting his name forwardRead moreRead more
‘It’s such a getaway. When I’m on the pitch, I don’t have anything else to worry about’
SPORT HAS ALWAYS been a huge part of my life. My whole family have always been into it, it’s just been drilled into us from a young age. It was basically a case of once we could walk, there was a ball at our feet. Source: Bryan Keane/INPHO Of course, that’s not always the case.Read moreRead more