Colman Stanley

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Colmán is the lead writer with SportsJOE, covering the GAA, football and golf, with a special interest in rugby. Whether it is an in-depth analysis of the best young Irish rugby talents, or a live blog covering all the big moments from some of sport's most iconic events, he has got you covered. Past experience includes working at the Irish Sun, Balls.ie and Extratime.ie. When he's not writing, you can find him watching the latest HBO mini-series, whipping up a spaghetti aglio e olio, or togging out for his beloved Stillorgan-Rathfarnham RFC.

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  • Quiz: Name every Hurler of the Year

    Quiz: Name every Hurler of the Year

    For GAA fanatics! With the hurling inter-county season over for another year, what better way to celebrate than a quiz. We’ll give you one of the answers – which you should already know – with Gearóid Hegarty being named Hurler of the Year, after a string of awesome performances for the Treaty. Seeing as the […]

    1 month ago

  • The SportsJOE Friday Pub Quiz: Week 149

    The SportsJOE Friday Pub Quiz: Week 149

    That time of the week again! No gap week this time, it’s regular service for the unbeatable SportsJOE Pub Quiz. As per usual, it is action packed with all of your favourite sports. However, this edition is particularly special, considering the week of sport we have had, which saw Ireland take on the All Blacks, […]

    1 month ago

  • Quiz: Can you name every country to ever play in the FIFA World Cup

    Quiz: Can you name every country to ever play in the FIFA World Cup

    An immense quiz! We will keep the World Cup fire lit no matter what, despite the fact that it’s sadly over after five glorious weeks. The quizzes will keep coming, and we we’re bringing one of our most vast ones to date. With 88 countries in total to get, we don’t expect you to get […]

    1 month ago

  • Galway issue update on Pádraic Joyce’s future as football manager

    Galway issue update on Pádraic Joyce’s future as football manager

    Well that clears it up… There has been plenty of speculation in recent days over the future of Pádraic Joyce as manager of the Galway footballers. The Tribe great has been in charge since 2019 and has led his county to two All-Ireland finals, in 2022 and 2024, where they suffered losses to Kerry and […]

    1 month ago

  • Kerry legend Ó Sé is sure of only one possible outcome in All-Ireland final

    Kerry legend Ó Sé is sure of only one possible outcome in All-Ireland final

    He’s putting it all on the line…. Most fans and pundits have Kerry to beat Mayo this Sunday in the All-Ireland SFC final. And the bookies agree, with the Kingdom at 4/9 and the Green and Red at 5/2. However, none are more confident than Kerry great Darragh Ó Sé, who sees only one outcome […]

    1 month ago

  • Salty All Blacks legend slams ‘whingy’ Ireland in bizarre tirade

    Salty All Blacks legend slams ‘whingy’ Ireland in bizarre tirade

    Poor winners… It was widely agreed that Ireland put in a sub-par performance in their loss to the All Blacks last weekend, in a showing that was littered with unforced errors. It was also acknowledged by most level-headed watchers that a couple of big decisions were called wrong by the TMO/referee, despite video replay and […]

    1 month ago

  • SportsJOE’s Ultimate 2026 World Cup Quiz

    SportsJOE’s Ultimate 2026 World Cup Quiz

    It’s time! The World Cup may be over, but SportsJOE will keep on going, giving you all the best quizzes in sport. You’ve already tackled plenty of our World Cup quizzes, such as our legends quiz and 2000s players quiz, but now are bringing to you our bumper 2026 World Cup challenge. We’ve been through […]

    1 month ago

  • World Cup Quiz: Were you watching the final?

    World Cup Quiz: Were you watching the final?

    Brought to you by Currys – the home of big screen entertainment this summer. The help you get over your World Cup hangover blues, we’re bringing you another bumper quiz. You have already tackled the group and knockout stage teasers, but how well do you remember the final and the tournament as a whole? Give […]

    1 month ago

  • McIlroy addresses rumours of DeChambeau playing Irish Open with classy response

    McIlroy addresses rumours of DeChambeau playing Irish Open with classy response

    A more friendly reaction… Bryson DeChambeau stole the headlines at the Open this week, with his behaviour fuelling a scathing take down from Rory McIlroy. The American was issued a two-stroke penalty on Friday for improving his line, and he threatened to quit the tournament, holding up the release of the third-round tee times, while […]

    1 month ago

  • All-Ireland final hammering adds to ugly record for Galway hurlers

    All-Ireland final hammering adds to ugly record for Galway hurlers

    This does not make for pretty reading…. It was a bridge too far this afternoon for a young Galway side as they were heavily beaten by all-time performance from an all-time Limerick side. They were still in the game at half-time, put an early second-half blitz meant the game was effectively over with more than […]

    1 month ago

  • Limerick captain pays amazing tribute to ‘mother figure’ in backroom team

    Limerick captain pays amazing tribute to ‘mother figure’ in backroom team

    This was class! It was total domination from Limerick today, as they swatted aside Galway in the All-Ireland SHC final at Croke Park by 1-29 to 1-18. Central to this was their talismanic captain Cian Lynch who dominated the midfield, and chipped in with two stunning points. He gave the traditional winners’ speech up the […]

    1 month ago

  • Galway gets red card to end county’s hopes of All-Ireland glory

    Galway gets red card to end county’s hopes of All-Ireland glory

    From bad to worse. The All-Ireland final has gone from bad to worse for Galway, with Ronan Glennon getting sent off for a head-high tackle on Limerick’s Mike Casey. It was has been one-way traffic for the majority of the game, with the Treaty putting in a masterclass of hurling at Croke Park. A comeback […]

    1 month ago

  • Beautiful moment as Galway star returns to Croke Park final 9 years after his first

    Beautiful moment as Galway star returns to Croke Park final 9 years after his first

    This is amazing! As the Galway and Limerick sides walked out ahead of today’s All-Ireland final, Tribe legend Joe Canning pointed out an amazing detail about one of his county’s stars. Joshua Ryan actually lined up alongside Canning at Croke Park, before the last time they won the All-Ireland back in 2017. The Clarinbridge man […]

    1 month ago

  • President warns against nostalgia for GAA fans wanting longer season

    President warns against nostalgia for GAA fans wanting longer season

    He raises a good point! All eyes and focus are on today’s All-Ireland SFC final clash between Limerick and Galway, but there are still wider issues that will be debated over in the off season. One of them is the topic of the length of the inter-county GAA season, and whether finals should go back […]

    1 month ago

  • Leinster legend storms out of presser over ‘disrespectful’ England antics

    Leinster legend storms out of presser over ‘disrespectful’ England antics

    They got under his skin. England got some ounce of revenge for their football World Cup semi-final defeat, taking down Argentina in the rugby, 24-31. Los Pumas set the tone for a feisty game, by wearing a jersey styled on the 1986 FIFA World Cup shirt, when they famously beat England in the ‘Hand of […]

    1 month ago

  • New Zealand media paints sorry picture for Ireland after heavy loss

    New Zealand media paints sorry picture for Ireland after heavy loss

    They were not particularly impressed…. The main takeaway from the Irish media – other than some questionable refereeing decisions – was that there is now a clear gap between South Africa/New Zealand/France and Ireland. The All Blacks were lethal at times today, working their way up the pitch in minimal phases with their pace and […]

    1 month ago

  • Controversial anti-Mayo sign in Kerry taken down after huge backlash

    Controversial anti-Mayo sign in Kerry taken down after huge backlash

    Not a good look…. Kerry and their fans will be feeling fairly confident heading into this weekend’s All-Ireland SFC semi-final against Mayo, and rightly so. They have the finest team in the country on paper, and are beginning to play like it, as well as championship-winning pedigree, which the Green and Red simply do not. […]

    1 month ago

  • Peter O’Mahony has to check himself after passionate tirade against ref

    Peter O’Mahony has to check himself after passionate tirade against ref

    This was brilliant from POM! Ireland never looked like winning this morning’s Test match against New Zealand at Eden Park, but it could have been a lot closer had calls gone their way. A dangerous clearout from Luke Jacobson on Josh van der Flier was not upgraded to a red card, with the TMO giving […]

    1 month ago

  • Ireland player ratings as New Zealand put a wasteful side to the sword

    Ireland player ratings as New Zealand put a wasteful side to the sword

    A lot of positives but more negatives… Ireland showed a lot of good stuff in a 40-21 loss, but were incredibly wasteful throughout against a clinical New Zealand side. Tom O’Toole – 6 Solid scrum, giving Ireland a good platform which they didn’t take advantage of. His best game of the tour so far. Dan […]

    1 month ago

  • The SportsJOE Friday Pub Quiz: Week 148

    The SportsJOE Friday Pub Quiz: Week 148

    WE ARE BACK! After a week off, we are back with the SportsJOE Pub Quiz! There was a lot of sport to digest this week, between Ireland defeat of Japan, the All-Ireland semis, World Cup, and the start of the Open Championship.

    1 month ago

  • Kerry great calls out VAR comments from former rival and Dubs boss

    Kerry great calls out VAR comments from former rival and Dubs boss

    He is not taking this lightly! Dublin’s loss to Kerry has put the topic of introducing video assistance to GAA front and centre in the sport’s discourse. And for good reason. The three huge and contentious calls – which went in Kerry’s favour and which we have written about – ultimately decided the game. When […]

    1 month ago

  • Quiz: Name every Belgian player to play a league game for Manchester United

    Quiz: Name every Belgian player to play a league game for Manchester United

    Man this is tough! To celebrate Mancher United’s signing of Youri Tielemans from Aston Villa for £35m, we have brought you a special Belgian-themed quiz. Just like our Manchester United Argentina quiz and Brazil quiz, you will have to have some very niche knowledge of a specific country. This is a tough one, but be […]

    1 month ago

  • GAA loophole may prove umpires and Spillane right after controversial Kerry goal

    GAA loophole may prove umpires and Spillane right after controversial Kerry goal

    It’s very close! The fallout from Kerry and Dublin’s All-Ireland semi-final has been seismic, with three massive goal calls deciding the game; bringing up plenty of debate on the rules and infrastructure of championship football. While they lost on the pitch, Dublin were certainly winning the debates online and in the press, as most fans […]

    1 month ago

  • Budweiser honours 40 Years of World Cup legacy with collectible cans

    Budweiser honours 40 Years of World Cup legacy with collectible cans

    Brought to you by Budweiser This is a must for footy fans! The FIFA World Cup 26™ marks 40 years of Budweiser being the official beer sponsor of the greatest tournament in the world. To honour the occasion, they have set about at creating the ultimate digital FIFA World Cup 26™ collectible experience – in […]

    1 month ago

  • Ger Brennan call for VAR in GAA after Dubs lose due to dodgy calls

    Ger Brennan call for VAR in GAA after Dubs lose due to dodgy calls

    He was not happy. Today’s All-Ireland SFC semi-final feels like it could be a turning point for GAA, given the amount of controversial calls in what was such a big occasion. We wrote about the three big calls here, two of which gave Kerry a goal, with the other denying Dublin one. After the game, […]

    1 month ago

  • Dubs great slams umpires in argument with Kerry legend after controversial goals

    Dubs great slams umpires in argument with Kerry legend after controversial goals

    Some massive moments! Kerry are still in the hunt for their second Sam Maguire in a row after a 2-18 to 0-20 win over Dublin in their All-Ireland semi-final. However, the Kingdom will be counting their blessings after three huge goal decisions went in their favour. The first saw Kerry awarded a penalty after what […]

    1 month ago

  • Kerry score game-changing goal vs Dublin despite blatant infringement

    Kerry score game-changing goal vs Dublin despite blatant infringement

    The ref was having none of it! It was all Dublin in their All-Ireland SFC semi-final against Kerry at Croke Park this afternoon. The Sky Blues came racing out of the blocks in the second half and took the lead and the momentum. However, it all changed when Seán O’Brien slapped in a long ball […]

    1 month ago

  • Kerry score huge goal against Dubs after controversial penalty call

    Kerry score huge goal against Dubs after controversial penalty call

    Huge moment! The game was only minutes in but Dublin vs Kerry already delivered, with the Kingdom awarded a controversial penalty just 120 seconds into the match. With Dublin 0-2 up after a two-point free, Joe O’Connor won a penalty after what was deemed to be a foul by Peadar Ó Cofaigh Byrne. However, on […]

    1 month ago

  • Mayo boss cleverly avoids hype talk from Dubs legend after reaching final

    Mayo boss cleverly avoids hype talk from Dubs legend after reaching final

    He’s not getting ahead of himself! Mayo are back in the All-Ireland final for the first time in five years, after an emphatic win over Louth in Croke Park this afternoon. Man of the match Ryan O’Donoghue led the scoring with a sensational 1-11, while Darragh Beirne was next with 1-2, and Kobe McDonald chipped […]

    1 month ago

  • Touching moment as kids of Mayo boss help him with RTÉ interview after semi-final win

    Touching moment as kids of Mayo boss help him with RTÉ interview after semi-final win

    What a showing! Mayo produced a complete performance to comfortably put away a spirited Louth side, 3-23 to 0-15, and book their place in the All-Ireland final against either Dublin or Kerry. The forward line were on fire, with Ryan O’Donoghue winning a deserved man of the match, while Kobe McDonald rose to the occasion […]

    1 month ago

  • Simon Zebo has dig at Peter O’Mahony over Ronan O’Gara rumours

    Simon Zebo has dig at Peter O’Mahony over Ronan O’Gara rumours

    He couldn’t resist! The next stop for Ronan O’Gara and the question of Leo Cullen’s successor at Leinster are two of the most intriguing topics in Irish rugby right now. It was announced last month that Cullen would be leaving his job as head coach of the province after 12 years at the helm. In […]

    1 month ago

  • Ireland player ratings after a dour win over Japan

    Ireland player ratings after a dour win over Japan

    Not the most entertaining of games… Ireland have beaten Japan in Australia by 36-20. There were very few positive performances, as long-standing issues continued to lift their head. Worrying times ahead of New Zealand next week. Tom O’Toole – 5.5 The scrum continues to be a huge cause of concern for Ireland, which is particularly […]

    1 month ago

  • Quiz: Name the Ireland XI that faced Germany at the 2002 World Cup

    Quiz: Name the Ireland XI that faced Germany at the 2002 World Cup

    What a time to be alive! This Quiz is sponsored by Lynx, Smell Your Best When You Look Your Worst They were heady days, and we really did not know how good we had it. Roy Keane had left, but Ireland had been invigorated by his absence. In their opening group game, they drew 1-1 […]

    1 month ago

  • Quiz: Can you name these 2020s World Cup stars?

    Quiz: Can you name these 2020s World Cup stars?

    Another bumper quiz! We’ve given you our legends, 1990s stars, 2000s icons, and 2010s players quizzes. Now we have our 2020s teaser, and once agains it is a bumper one with over 30 players to name. You think you have what it takes? Well then give it a lash!

    1 month ago

  • The SportsJOE Friday Pub Quiz: Week 147

    The SportsJOE Friday Pub Quiz: Week 147

    WE ARE BACK! After a week off, we are back with the SportsJOE Pub Quiz! As usual, there’s something for everyone, with Ireland rugby, All-Ireland SHC, World Cup, and golf all covered. Good luck and let us know how you get on!

    1 month ago

  • World Cup Quiz: Were you watching the knockout stages?

    World Cup Quiz: Were you watching the knockout stages?

    Brought to you by Currys – the home of big screen entertainment this summer. The group stages are done with and we are now well into the knockout stages of the 2026 World Cup. The last 32 offered up some cracking contests and we were spoiled with likes of Messi, Mbappé, Haaland and Kane showing […]

    1 month ago

  • RTÉ panel call for major rule change after black card controversy for Clare

    RTÉ panel call for major rule change after black card controversy for Clare

    This needs to happen! The major talking point after Clare’s loss to Limerick in their All-Ireland SHC semi-final, was the decision not to give goalkeeper Nicky Quaid a black card for taking out Peter Duggan. The Clare man was through on goal and scooped the ball over Quaid, before being tripped. However, the referee argued […]

    1 month ago

  • Controversy as huge black card call helps Limerick overcome Clare

    Controversy as huge black card call helps Limerick overcome Clare

    This was massive! Limerick scraped past Clare at Croke Park this evening, 1-21 to 1-19, after a late goal from Aidan O’Connor brought them back from two points down. However, the Banner men will feel aggrieved over a decision in the 56th minute, which saw Clare awarded a penalty after Peter Duggan was taken out […]

    1 month ago

  • Cork great had no time for Canning’s ‘train’ comments on TV

    Cork great had no time for Canning’s ‘train’ comments on TV

    The story rages on! One of the biggest stories to come out yesterday’s game between Cork and Galway happened after the match and off the pitch. While on punditry duty for RTÉ, Joe Canning and Dónal Óg Cusack got into a heated argument over Canning’s suggestion that the hype around Cork seeps into the mentality […]

    1 month ago

  • Cork footy club slammed for post after loss to Galway following Bohs walkover

    Cork footy club slammed for post after loss to Galway following Bohs walkover

    This is not a good look… Sports fans up and down the country were shocked during the week when Cork football club Ringmahon Rangers gave Bohemians a walkover for their upcoming FAI Cup clash. The game was falling on the same day and time as the All-Ireland hurling final on July 19, and this was […]

    1 month ago

  • Cork boss’ assessment of Galway loss does not bode well for county

    Cork boss’ assessment of Galway loss does not bode well for county

    Grim… It was the same old story for Cork this evening at Croke Park, as they were knocked out once again of the All-Ireland, despite being favourites against Galway. In the end it was sizeable margin for the Tribesmen, as they won out by 2-26 to 1-18, and it felt very much like last year’s […]

    1 month ago

  • Dónal Óg not pleased with Canning criticism of Cork fans and hype

    Dónal Óg not pleased with Canning criticism of Cork fans and hype

    He was not happy… Galway are through to the All-Ireland SHC final after a 2-26 to 1-18 win over Cork at Croke Park this afternoon. The Rebels were the favourites heading into the game, but it was a young and hungry Tribe side that won out quite comfortably in the end. Unsurprisingly, Cork legend Dónal […]

    1 month ago

  • Ireland player ratings as they take the Wallabies down in epic test match

    Ireland player ratings as they take the Wallabies down in epic test match

    What a contest! Ireland have beaten Australia by 33-31, after being behind for the majority of the game. It was a rusty performance with a lot of errors, but they dug deep. Tom O’Toole – 6 Scrum was solid, but that’s not saying much against the Aussies. Didn’t show his Six Nations form, but a […]

    1 month ago

  • The five players with most to gain from Ireland’s summer tour

    The five players with most to gain from Ireland’s summer tour

    We can’t wait! Ireland kick off their summer tour against Australia tomorrow at the Allianz Stadium in Sydney (kick-off: 11.10am). There are injuries aplenty, and those on the periphery of the squad and match-day 23 will be looking to stake a claim. Some have genuine ambitions to make the starting jersey their own, others will […]

    1 month ago

  • Ireland head coach strongly hints that James Lowe will be back in Ireland

    Ireland head coach strongly hints that James Lowe will be back in Ireland

    Some light at the end of the tunnel…. Despite having a lot left to give, James Lowe has unfortunately been lost to Irish rugby, after contract negotiations between, himself, Leinster and the IRFU broke down. The New Zealand-born winger is on his way to Tokyo’s Suntory Sungoliath to take part in the Japanese Top League, […]

    1 month ago

  • Galway boss heaps praise on Dubs fans after loss for Paul Clancy tribute

    Galway boss heaps praise on Dubs fans after loss for Paul Clancy tribute

    Classy from both parties. Ahead of their All-Ireland quarter-final loss to Dublin today, the Galway footballers paid tribute to the late Paul Clancy. The Moycullen man, 49, passed away during the week after a battle with cancer. He was a member of the great Galway side that won All-Ireland titles in 1998 and 2001, alongside […]

    1 month ago