Castlehaven 0-13 Dingle 0-13 (Castlehaven win 4-3 on penalties) Castlehaven over-came the elements and the Kerry champions to win the Munster senior football title for the fourth time. The wind was absolutely incredible in the Gaelic Grounds, as James McCarthy’s side emerged from a storm with the O’Connor Cup in their possession. One Mikey Geaney […]

2 years ago

Nick Griggs finished in third place in the European under-20 Cross Country championships in Brussels. The Tyrone athlete led Ireland to a gold medal in the team standings, beating Great Britain into second place. Griggs, who won silver in the event last year, was part of a breakaway group of three athletes in the 5000m […]

2 years ago

The Dublin senior football League Division One final between Kilmacud Crokes and Ballyboden St Enda’s was postponed. The game was due to take place in Parnell Park on Wednesday evening but was postponed at short notice. Having won their third successive Leinster club football crown on Saturday, when they defeated Nass, Kilmacud Crokes qualified for […]

2 years ago

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp didn’t take too kindly to a joke from Amazon presenter Marcus Buckland. Klopp referred to the Englishman as ‘brave,’ ‘ignorant,’ and disrespectful in a tetchy interview after Liverpool’s 2-0 win over Sheffield United on Wednesday night. Buckland had made a joke about the German manager’s longstanding dislike of the Saturday lunch-time […]

2 years ago

The Sigerson Cup was a very different competition when Maurice Sheridan won it. That was some 30 years ago, it was back in 1992 and, first things first, the final was played in mid-March. Some National League games were played pre-Christmas back in those days, according to Sheridan, which meant that players had more time […]

2 years ago

Three-in-a-row for Ballygunner, three-in-a-row for Kilmacud Crokes. O’Loughlin Gaels finally got the better of Na Fianna to continue Kilkenny’s dominance of Leinster club hurling while in Connacht, St Brigid’s bounced back with another big win over Corofin. Up in Ulster, it was a case of the kings distancing themselves from the rest as, with their […]

2 years ago

Neil McManus dedicated Ruairí Óg Cushendall’s Ulster club hurling championship win to the club’s late supporter John McKillop. Cushendall defeated Slaughtneil by 0-20 to 2-10 in Newry on Sunday, to win a record-breaking 12th Ulster club hurling championship. Ed McQuillan, Joseph McLaughlin and Neil McManus starred for the Glensmen, who ended a famine of sorts […]

2 years ago

Recently retired hurler Richie Hogan says that he’s happy to have played 17 seasons for Kilkenny, at peace in the knowledge that he got as much as he could out of his career. The Danesfort club-man was on punditry duty for RTÉ for O’Loughlin Gaels’ Leinster club hurling final against Na Fianna. Speaking alongside Dublin […]

2 years ago

GAAGO have announced their streaming schedule for the 2024 Gaelic football and hurling championships. 38 Championship games will be streamed exclusively across the streaming platform, 22 of which are from the All-Ireland football championship. Nine hurling championship will be shown on GAAGO with the remaining seven coming from the Tailteann Cup. In the same way […]

2 years ago

St Brigid’s 1-13 Corofin 2-5 The brilliant Ben O’Carroll inspired St Brigid’s to a famous Connacht final win over Corofin. O’Carroll scored 1-7, including 0-3 from play for the Roscommon champions, who delighted a partisan Dr. Hyde Park crowd to win their fifth Connacht senior football title. Their first arrived in 2006, having defeated Corofin […]

2 years ago

Paddy Deegan played a man-of-the-match role as O’Loughlin Gaels defeated Na Fianna to win their third Leinster club hurling title in all, and their first since 2010. The Kilkenny city side were on the ropes when the Curries combined for a stunning second half goal for Na Fianna but inspired by the brilliant Deegan, Brian […]

2 years ago

Michael Conlan was dropped and then stopped by English boxer Jordan Gill in the third defeat of his professional career. It will be a tough one to take for Conlan, dropped in the second round in front of his hometown crowd, and then stopped in the seventh as Gill took over with a flurry of […]

2 years ago

A source from Clarinbridge has confirmed that their controversial players’ charter was actually thought up by the players themselves. The club’s management and executive have been the subject of much derision over the past week, on the back of an extensive list of commitments and demands as part of their senior hurling panel. Entitled ‘requirements […]

2 years ago

Some of these lads have led their clubs to the promised land. Some of them still have hurling to do. The county championships have come and gone and, with all three provincial hurling finals taking place this weekend, the stars of club season have made themselves known. Some of them will be forgotten about, on […]

2 years ago

There are five senior provincial finals taking place this weekend. The club action begins on Saturday afternoon with a Leinster final double-header in Croke Park. Both games will be shown live on RTÉ, kicking off with the football at 2.15. Kilmacud Crokes are in hot pursuit of a third successive Leinster championship, with Naas standing […]

2 years ago

England captain Owen Farrell will not play in the 2024 Six Nations. Farell’s club Saracens issued a statement on Wednesday afternoon where they confirmed that the 32-year-old will take a break from international rugby. “Owen Farrell has decided to take a break from international rugby in order to prioritise his and his family’s mental well-being,” […]

2 years ago

The dual players of Na Fianna will play All-Ireland semi-finals in camogie and ladies football this weekend. Having balanced the two codes throughout the season, this is something they are very accustomed to having played Leinster quarter finals and semi-finals respectively, within 48 hours of each other. The same scheduling issues took place during their […]

2 years ago

Brendan Rogers knows Conor Glass better than anyone. The pair were midfield partners in Derry’s run to the All-Ireland semi-final this summer before coming up against each other this winter as rivals in the Derry club football championship. Glass’ Glen team came out on top of that battle, defeating Rogers’ Slaughtneil in the county semi-final […]

2 years ago

The provincial finals have now been confirmed. The weekend kicked off with a close encounter between Kilcormac-Killoughey and O’Loughlin Gaels. The Offaly side rallied hard in an impressive second half but, trailing by seven at half-time, they had left themselves with too much to do. Still, the efforts of Charlie Mitchell and Oisin Mahon didn’t […]

2 years ago

Scotstown came out on top of yet another tight game to book their place in a third Ulster club final since 2015. The Monaghan club lost provincial deciders in 2015, against Crossmaglen Rangers and again in 2018, against Gaoth Dobhair and now, after defeating Trillick in Sunday’s semi-final, they’re back again. Derry champions Watty Graham’s […]

2 years ago

Eddie Hearn has called on Croke Park to ‘work together’ with Matchroom and the boxing authorities to give Katie Taylor her dream Croke Park bout. Taylor defeated Chantelle Cameron in the 3Arena on Saturday night to become the undisputed champion across two weight divisions. Victorious on the back of a majority decision, scored by […]

2 years ago

Eddie Hearn scolded a journalist for asking a question about Conor McGregor in Katie Taylor’s post-fight press-conference. The Bray boxer defeated Chantelle Cameron by a majority decision on Saturday night to become the undisputed champion across two weight divisions. Having lost to Cameron back in May, Taylor turned the tables with a 95-95, 98-92, 96-94 […]

2 years ago

For the first time in his Kilkenny career, Eoin Cody has had to take part in Kilkenny pre-season training. Successive long, trophy-laden winters have meant that, thanks to Ballyhale Shamrocks, he was always otherwise engaged while his fellow Kilkenny panellists were in the middle of it. But defeat to O’Loughlin Gaels in last month’s county […]

2 years ago

There are six senior provincial championship semi-finals this weekend, across two codes and three provinces. Make sure to enjoy it because, before long, jam-packed weekends like this will be a thing of the past as the club championships creeps ever so slightly towards its closing stages. Three of the six games will be broadcast live […]

2 years ago

Richard Dunne reckons Stephen Kenny retired ‘six or seven’ Irish players too early. In his programme notes for what was potentially his last match as Republic of Ireland manager, Kenny said his legacy will be the pathway that Irish players now have from the underage ranks right up to the senior side. The most recent […]

2 years ago

Killian Phillips said scoring for the Ireland under-21s against Italy was probably the proudest moment of his life. Phillips had put Ireland one up after 30 minutes and while Italy struck back from the penalty spot to level, through Leeds United winger Willy Gnonto, Ireland were on the cusp of a famous win deep into […]

2 years ago

Stephen Kenny has hit back at Didi Hamann over some of his recent criticism. The former Liverpool midfielder Hamann described Kenny’s decision to call Andrew Moran up to the Ireland senior squad as ‘inexcusable,’ given its knock-on-effect of ruling the 20-year-old out of two Euro Under-21 qualifiers. In the absence of Moran, Jim Crawford’s under-21 […]

2 years ago

Pat Spillane believes that the GAA would be making the correct decision were they to drop Cavan, Fermanagh, Leitrim, Louth, and Longford from the National Hurling League. The GAA’s Central Competitions Control Committee made the recommendation last week that any county with less than five adult hurling teams should be banished from the National Hurling […]

2 years ago

Kiladangan were reduced to 13 men in the 47th minute of Sunday’s Munster club hurling semi-final against Clonlara. With Dan O’Meara having been sent off after 36 minutes, Sean Hayes followed him into the Kiladangan dressing room just over ten minutes later after referee Ciaran O’Regan penalised him for committing a striking offence. Clonlara led […]

2 years ago

It’s almost provincial final-time. After a Super Sunday of GAA, the Munster hurling, Ulster hurling, Connacht football and Leinster football championships have now been whittled down to the final two. There are still some semi-finals to be played next weekend but after that, provincial silverware will be up for grabs everywhere. After yet another dramatic […]

2 years ago

The era of the super-club is here with Ballygunner and Kilmacud Crokes both one game away making it three provincial crowns in a row. Kilmacud Crokes survived something of a scare up in Ardee, where their mettle was severely tested by the Louth champions but Robbie Brennan’s side pulled through. Meanwhile in Munster, Ballygunner survived […]

2 years ago

Clonlara 0-23 Kiladangan 1-19 18-year-old Diarmuid Stritch scored the winning point as Clonlara came from two points down in injury time to defeat Kiladangan in the Munster club semi-final. Having been reduced to 13 men in the second half, Kiladangan battled tremendously to lead going into injury-time but Clonlara scored the last three points of […]

2 years ago

David Clifford gave a typically classy interview after winning the PwC footballer of the year award for the second year in a row. On a night when he also won his fifth All-Star award in six years, the Fossa player was again voted by his peers as the best Gaelic football player in the land. […]

2 years ago

The 2023 PwC All-Star Gaelic football team has been named. As expected, All-Ireland finalists Dublin and Kerry dominate the team though beaten semi-finalists Derry and Monaghan are also represented, as are Roscommon, through Enda Smith. Dublin lead the way with five on the team that was announced at a gala black-tie event at the RDS […]

2 years ago

Padraig Walsh has taken the unusual step, for a player who had an 11 year career, of retiring from inter-county GAA without making a statement. The Tullaroan hurler made an understated exit from the game when he confirmed to the Irish Independent on Thursday morning that his time was up. “There was no big reason […]

2 years ago

The 2023 PwC All-Star hurling team has been named. Seven Limerick men make up the All-Star team that also includes five from Kilkenny, two from Clare as well as one from Galway. In a season that was markedly similar to 2022, with repeat semi-final pairings, seven of last year’s award winners retain their place on […]

2 years ago

The handiest thing for Naas supporters these days is just to leave the flags up all-year-round. Such has been the success of their four adult teams over the last while that they haven’t got the chance to take them down. Their camogie team were beaten in Leinster last weekend but for their hurlers and footballers, […]

2 years ago

Johne Murphy believes his former team-mate Graham Rowntree will have been disgusted with Munster’s set-piece during their 21-14 loss to Ulster at the weekend. Munster started well, racing into a 14-3 lead after 18 minutes but were held scoreless from there until the end of the game. Two tries from the returning Craig Casey had […]

2 years ago

The 2023 All-Star awards take place this Friday at the RDS. Tell us the missing player from the teams below. The one clue we give you comes in the appearances column, where it tells you how many All-Stars the given player had won by that particular year.

2 years ago

Rory Beggan and Kieran Hughes were Scotstown’s heroes in their win over Kilcoo. Beggan kicked 0-3, a 6o yarder from open play and two pressure frees included as the Monaghan champions stunned their Down opponents. Kieran Hughes was just as instrumental for the Farney team in their frantic finish, nailing a late mark before winning […]

2 years ago

Kevin McGettigan’s last-gasp goal sent Naomh Conaill through to the Ulster club football semi-finals. Trailing Gowna by two points with three minutes of injury-time having elapsed, the Donegal champions had time for one last roll of the dice when they won a free just outside the 21. Cavan champions Gowna had almost all of their […]

2 years ago

What a fortnight we have in store. The provincial quarter finals have been and gone and now, across the provinces, we’re down to the last four. Over the next two weekends, there are some heavyweight clashes coming up, kicking off with Corofin vs Ballina Stephenites in the Connacht semi-final this Saturday live on RTÉ One. […]

2 years ago

Scotstown snatched victory from the jaws of defeat to beat Kilcoo in the Ulster club football championship. Leading by three with three minutes of normal time to play, Kilcoo looked destined for victory but Jack McCarron, Kieran Hughes and Rory Beggan had other ideas. Firstly, with three minutes left to play, McCarron kicked a booming […]

2 years ago

Kilcormac Killoughey 2-22 Naomh Eanna 0-14 Adam Screeney and James Gorman linked up to tremendous effect as Kilcormac Killoughey overcame Naomh Eanna in the Leinster club quarter final. The Wexford champions recovered from a slow start to go into the break leading by two, but a marvellous second half saw Kilcormac Killoughey complete a sixteen […]

2 years ago

Trillick became the first Tyrone team in seven years to win an Ulster senior club championship match when they defeated Crossmaglen Rangers by 0-9 to 0-4 on Saturday evening. Jody Gormley’s side got off to a sluggish start in the game, kicking just two points in the first half but they completely dominated after the […]

2 years ago

Connacht lost their 100% record in this year’s URC after a 25-22 defeat away to Edinburgh. Connacht, who have began their URC campaign with three wins from three, looked on course for a draw when JJ Hanrahan converted Cian Prendergast’s 77th minute try to leave the scores at 22-22. But Tipperary man Ben Healy found […]

2 years ago

There are 12 big senior provincial games across the country this weekend. The Leinster hurling and Ulster football quarter finals take centre stage with some heavyweight clashes across both provinces. The Leinster hurling championship was blown wide open a fortnight ago when the five-in-a-row-seeking Ballyhale Shamrocks were beaten in the Kilkenny county final. O’Loughlin Gaels […]

2 years ago

Donagh Murphy will be top of the right on Sunday afternoon, corner forward in Netwatch Cullen Park, and he’s right in the middle of it on Sunday night. Murphy, 19, is a key man on the Mount Leinster Rangers team who are hoping to pull off something of a shock in the Leinster club hurling […]

2 years ago

James Downey expects Jacques Nienaber to place a huge emphasis on defence as he takes over as Leinster coach. Fresh from guiding the Springboks to their second World Cup in a row, Nienaber is set to link up with Leinster in the coming weeks. Minus the services of their World Cup stars, Leinster have had […]

2 years ago

A 47-strong Fulham Irish contingent, of players, officers, management and backroom team, will descend on Castlebar this Saturday morning. And that’s not even including the supporters. The panel are all booked into the Ellison Hotel in the middle of the town but for now, their only focus is on MacHale Park for a six o’clock […]

2 years ago