FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP ATTENDANCES have fallen by an average of more than 7,000 per game over the last 10 years, new figures released by the GAA show. A total of 788,746 fans attended the 60 games (not including replays) played in the provincial championships and All-Ireland series in 2016. This average crowd of 13,146 per match…
Read moreGAA wants to play All-Ireland finals in August and replace football quarter-finals with group stage
THE GAA HAS issued revised proposals for a Gaelic football championship restructure in what appears to be an attempt to appease critics of the original ideas revealed in August. However, the latest document released by GAA director general Paraic Duffy is persisting with a round-robin stage for the last eight of the football championship, to…
Read moreDundalk success means greater challenge for Louth to keep promising gaelic football players
FORMER LOUTH PLAYER Colm Nally says Dundalk’s dominance of the national soccer scene has left local Gaelic football teams with a battle to win over the hearts and minds of talented teenagers. Several Louth minor footballers have quit the game to play underage soccer for Dundalk, according to Nally, with a view to ultimately making…
Read moreFormer Dublin star insists majority of the side’s backroom team are unpaid volunteers
ALL-IRELAND WINNING DUBLIN football coach Jason Sherlock has downplayed the issue of Dublin’s enormous backroom team and highlighted the role that volunteers have played in their incredible run of success. Sherlock, a former Dublin star forward, was among a 23-strong group of backroom team members photographed on the Croke Park pitch after their All-Ireland final…
Read moreHill and Mulcahy goals send Moyle Rovers into Tipp SFC semi-final
SECOND HALF GOALS from Thomas Hill and Ross Mulcahy ensured Moyle Rovers edged tonight’s Tipperary SFC quarter-final against Aherlow Gaels by a score of 2 – 11 to 0 – 13. File photo: Ross Mulcahy in minor action for Tipp in 2013. Source: James Crombie/INPHO Rovers, playing without the Dubai-based Peter Acheson, had to come…
Read moreWe’ll Leave It There So: Munster game goes ahead, Banty is back and all of today’s sport
Home Peter O’Mahony and Rassie Erasmus speak to the media at UL. Source: Niall Carson Click Here: Munster’s Champions Cup game against Glasgow Warriors will go ahead as planned on Saturday. The province’s captain, Peter O’Mahony, was understandably emotional as he paid tribute to Anthony Foley in Limerick. Seamus ‘Banty‘ McEnaney is back in inter-county…
Read moreBanty is back in inter-county management
Click:Electric three-wheeled motorcycle wholesaler SEAMUS ‘BANTY’ MCENANEY is back in inter-county football after agreeing a three-year term as Wexford manager. Click Here: McEnaney, the former Monaghan and Meath boss, takes over from David Power in charge of the Division 4 outfit. “On foot of a recommendation from the FAC, agreement has been reached with Seamus…
Read moreWatch: Rory O’Carroll flattens opponent in Auckland GAA match
DON’T TURN YOUR back on a powerful footballer who has three All-Irelands and two All-Stars to his name. It’s a harsh lesson but one that was learned by a St Patrick’s Emerald City player in a match against former Dublin full-back Rory O’Carroll in Auckland over the weekend. Advertisement Click Here: O’Carroll recently joined Marist…
Read moreAnother big Irish AFL move as Tuohy set for Geelong switch
ZACH TUOHY LOOKS set to follow Pearce Hanley’s lead in completing an AFL move and ending a lengthy spell with his first club in the oval-ball game. The Laois native, who was an unused substitute for Portlaoise in their county final defeat to Stradbally last weekend, is on the brink of signing for Geelong in…
Read moreLimerick’s Wayne McNamara brings his inter-county career to a close
Click:can be WAYNE MCNAMARA HAS called time on his inter-county career. The 30-year-old defender confirmed his retirement this evening through a statement released by Limerick GAA. Advertisement McNamara won a Munster title with the Shannonsiders in 2013. Source: Cathal Noonan/INPHO Click Here: The oldest member of TJ Ryan’s 2016 senior panel, McNamara has been involved…
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