Tag: Aoibhin Cleary
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Eating cake and having it do not compute
“You can’t stop young people having the opportunity to have a career in sport because there’s not many as sports here in Ireland where there’s that chance as there are in Australia”. Cora Staunton And there you have it. Somebody finally puts it in black and white. Even if the person in question loves talking out…
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Sarah’s finest hour steers Meath back to Croker
MEATH…2-12 KERRY…1-09 For any team to even strive to reach the maximum of their perceived potential, there will be days when those who are often the unsung heroes or heroines ascend to the highest notes to bring the crescendo to its desired conclusion. Thus was the scenario at Glenisk O’Connor Park on Saturday evening as…
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McCormack maintains consistency of selections
Shane McCormack has once against kept the faith with those who got much closer to winning the Leinster SFC last month than most people expected. Indeed, they may have actually achieved the feat were it not for the fact that certain Meath players couldn’t get a free off Amazon, never mind the referee. Still, they…
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Cleary straight back in to skipper Royals
Meath manager Shane McCormack has opted to put captain Aisling Cleary straight back into his starting 15 ahead of their showdown with Dublin in the first round of the TG4 Leinster LSFC at Pairc Tailteann. This despite the fact that the Donaghmore/Ashbourne clubwoman missed the closing stages of the National League. Presumably in readying herself…
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Two sides to every story? You don’t always hear both
So Aoibhin Cleary is the latest Royal County star to be recruited to play Austalian Football League or AFLW, as it’s known in the Ladies sphere. Following Conor Nash, Cian McBride, Vikki Wall, Orlagh Lally and Eamonn Armstrong. Of those, only Cian and Vikki – temporarily – have returned to give something back. Granted, Eamonn…
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Sometimes Cliches Are Unavoidable
MEATH…4-04 TYRONE…0-02 The above is one of the cases that absolutely merits appendage to the headline in question. For the reality is that were it not for Meath’s four goals – a brace apiece from Kerrie Cole and the introduced Michelle Collins – were the crucial interventions as the 2021 Div. 1 champions got their…
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McCormack’s new look Ladies head for the land of the Red Hand
This writer cannot actually remember a time – other than when she was being rested – when Monica McGuirk wasn’t between the posts for the Meath Ladies. But that is exactly the case this weekend as Shane McCormack takes his new look troop to, ironically, Newtownstewart, home of the legendary goalkeeping brothers – Finbarr and…
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System allows for positives in defeat
Aside from the fact that, despite their implosion which has led to three Championship defeats, Derry remaln in contention for Sam Maguire, competition structure is the gift that keeps on giving from a writer’s perspective. As far as I’m aware, the current system in the All Ireland SFC – Round Robin and then for knockout…
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McCormack makes one switch for battle with former charges
Meadhbh Byrne reclaims her spot in the Meath full forward line and that is the only change to the ensemble which defeated Waterford two weeks ago in Dungarvan as Royal County boss Shane McCormack prepares to take on his former charges in Ashbourne on Sunday. Byrne, from county senior champions Dunshaughlin/Royal Gaels, netted three times…
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Deise have no answer to the Gallogly express
MEATH…2-10 WATERFORD…2-05 The record books will show that Ailbhe Leahy and Marion Farrelly bagged the two goals as Meath made it three wins from as many outings in the Lidl Ladies NFL, but it was the fact that Na Deise simply had no answer to the ceaseless, marauding runs of Niamh Gallogly that really swung…