Collins ruled out of Connacht final

Roscommon’s hopes of reclaiming the Nestor Cup on Sunday week have suffered a huge blow with the news that Neil Collins will miss out through injury. The St Brigids, Dublin based full-back has been ruled out of the Connacht SFC final clash versus Galway after he suffered a hamstring injury in training. Collins had been…

Cooney cleared to face Cats but Egan ban stands

Conor Cooney is free to take his place in Galway’s starting XV for Sunday’s Leinster SHC final against Kilkenny. The Galway forward had registered 1-3 in the semi-final victory over Offaly before being shown a straight red card by referee Colm Lyons for an innocuous swing of the hurl in the 60th minute. A one-match…

Sheehan thinks ”Brolly’s got a point”

Bryan Sheehan agrees with Joe Brolly’s contention that the enjoyment is being eroded out of gaelic football. As he prepares for Sunday’s Munster SFC final against Tipperary in Killarney, the Kerry captain admits that it can all be a bit much sometimes, especially at club level: “The competition we have in training is ferocious and…

Replays in President’s crosshairs

GAA President Aogán O Fearghail has repeated his call for the abolition of championship replays. The Cavan man says he has no idea why the Ulster SFC semi-final replay between the Breffni County and Cavan was slated for this weekend instead of last and insists that there shouldn’t be replays in the championship: “The replay…

Carey in football boost for Kilkenny

Kilkenny hurling legend DJ Carey has taken up a key role with the county’s underage footballers. Five-time All-Ireland SHC winner Carey is now in charge of Kilkenny’s U14 footballers and revealed that more time is devoted to football than hurling in primary schools across the county. Carey revealed that he contacted county board chairman Ned Quinn…

Cribbin takes blame for Lakemens league failure

Westmeath manager Tom Cribbin has laid the blame for his charges most recent relegation in the league firmly at his own feet. Cribbin’s record as Westmeath manager is a strange one indeed as he has won five out of six Leinster championship matches, while only four wins out of 14 have come in the league.…

Saturday to come too soon for Rebel skipper?

Cork captain Stephen McDonnell is in a race against time to play any part against Dublin in Saturday night’s SH Qualifier. The Glen Rovers clubman broke his elbow in a challenge game aganst Clare in May and is deperate to feature at Pairc Ui Rinn this weekend in a game that the Rebels must win…

“When are they ever going to change it?”Corrigan

Tomas Corrigan says it’s time to get rid of the GAA’s archaic championship format. With the traditional provincial competitions seemingly becoming less and less relevant, the Fermanagh attacker says it’s time for the Association to effect some radical change: “These conversations have been going on for years, and they’re falling on deaf ears,” he told RTE. “When…

McCluskey out for season

Fermanagh defender Ryan McCluskey will play no more part in this summer’s championship. McCluskey was an absentee as the Ernemen travelled to Wexford Park to record a fine Qualifier victory over the Model County last weekend and will also be unavailable for Saturday week’s clash with Mayo in Castlebar. Manager Pete McGrath confirmed to The…

Flynn has a go at Wexford management

Adrian Flynn reckons the Wexford footballers would have reached the Leinster final this year if they had a ‘decent’ management. The former All Star nominee made his controversial remark about David Power and his management team on twitter after watching Kildare’s defeat to Westmeath in today’s Leinster semi-final. Wexford lost to the Lilywhites by a point in the…