ROSCOMMON HAVE ANNOUNCED the retirements of the county’s former senior football team captains Geoffrey Claffey and Niall Carty this evening. A statement confirms that the pair have played their last games for the Rossies, as manager Kevin McStay looks ahead to the 2017 campaign. Goalkeeper Claffey has indicated that he is also retiring from club football with Castlerea…
Read moreSarsfields’ missed opportunity, O’Callaghan’s frightening talent and other club hurling talking points
1. Missed opportunity for Thurles Sarsfields THURLES SARSFIELDS’ PLAYERS likely still woke up this morning wondering how they let it slip…again. Leading Clare’s Ballyea — who won their first county title a week previously — by seven points with 10 minutes to play, it looked almost certain that the Tipp champions would advance to this…
Read more‘We were all hurt by that and pained’ – Ballyboden defeat in 2015 the driving force for St Vincent’s
Click:sale Chlorine tablet ST VINCENT’S WALKED off the field at Parnell Park in a familiar position on Saturday night. Champions. They’ve now been crowned top dogs in Dublin 28 times. Nobody else comes close. The Marino club were warm favourites to beat Ballyboden St Enda’s in last year’s decider, but failed to catch fire and…
Read moreFrom financial strife to a Munster hurling final – the renaissance of Cork’s Glen Rovers
AFTER CRACKING THE Cork senior hurling championship code in 2015, Glen Rovers have now gone one step further. From 1989 until last year, the Glen hadn’t won a county title but that 26-year wait came to an end with victory over Sarsfields. And now Rovers have ended another famine, as yesterday’s gritty win against Patrickswell has…
Read moreFormer captain and 2013 All-Star among big omissions in Dublin’s 2017 hurling squad
DUBLIN SENIOR HURLING manager Ger Cunningham has announced his winter training panel ahead of the 2017 season. There are some big name omissions as former captain Johnny McCaffrey, ex joint-captain Peter Kelly, forward Paul Ryan, Daire Plunkett, Niall Corcoran and Glenn Whelan are deemed surplus to requirements. It is understood that Shane Durkin has also…
Read moreIt’s Sunday, so here are 11 of our favourite images from the sporting week
It’s Sunday, so here are 11 of our favourite images from the sporting week Previous 1 / 11Next Stefan Slachev attempts a wrestling move on Paddy Barnes during their fight in Belfast on Saturday night. Source: Presseye/William Cherry/INPHO CJ Stander in downtown Chicago. Source: Dan Sheridan/INPHO A general view as the Down Royal Festival draws…
Read moreRichie Power plays a substitute-role as Carrickshock secure return to Kilkenny senior hurling ranks
Carrickshock 0-13 Tullogher-Rosbercon 0-6 TWO-TIME ALL-Star Richie Power played the entire second-half for Carrickshock as they ran out seven point winners over Walter Walsh’s Tullogher-Rosbercon in the Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling final. Advertisement County champs 🙌💚💛 pic.twitter.com/l2TTBrwbUW — suzanne (@suzannepower) November 6, 2016 Source: suzanne/Twitter Carrickshock, who lost Kilkenny senior hurling finals in 2010 and 2013, led…
Read moreKeith Higgins’ Ballyhaunis side and Ahascragh Fohenagh finish all square
Ballyhaunis (Mayo) 2-13 Ahascragh/Fohenagh (Galway) 0-19 EXTRA TIME WAS needed but still could not seperate Galway champions Ahascragh/Fohenagh and Mayo’s Ballyhaunis in the Connacht intermediate hurling final. The three-in-a-row Mayo champions set up the tie after beating Roscommon side Oran in their semi-final on Wednesday night. Source: Ballyhaunis Facebook Ahascragh/Fohenagh led by three points at half…
Read moreLeinster champions Oulart The Ballagh advance to last four, while St Mullins stun Raharney
REIGNING LEINSTER CHAMPIONS Oulart-The-Ballagh cruised past St Rynagh’s and into the provincial semi-final today. They did so without a number of key players, with Keith Rossiter and Nicky Kirwan ruled out through injury, while they lost Eoin Moore due to concussion in the first-half. Advertisement Veteran Paul Roche compounded matters by picking up a straight red…
Read moreFoxrock Cabinteely make easy work of Leinster final and win two in a row
Foxrock Cabinteely (Dublin) 5-10 St Laurences (Kildare) 1-3 FOXROCK CABINTEELY MADE it two Leinster titles in a row as they had a comprehensive victory over St Laurence’s earlier today. Advertisement They now face Cora Staunton’s Cornacon in the semi-final. Source: Foxrock Cabinteely website St Laurence’s couldn’t handle the south Dublin side as they lead from…
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