Tag: GAA
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When more goals aren’t enough
MEATH… 2-15 KILDARE… 1-20 All anybody wants and should be entitled to is fair play. Meath got nowhere near that from the officials in this Leinster U-20 FC semi final at Cedral St Conleth’s Park. How these referee appointments are arrived at is another topic entirely, but all anbody wants is for the rules to…
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Eat, sleep, win, repeat?
The above is exactly how manager Cathal O’Bric and the Meath U-20 footballers will be hoping it will be when they tackle Kildare at Cedral St Conleth’s Park in Newbridge as they strive to qualify for a third successive Dalata Hotel Group Leinster U-20 FC Final. The headline stems from the fact that the Royal…
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Turkey shoot in the Garden
MEATH…6-23 WICKLOW…0-05 Another win, another half dozen goals. The potential it was always felt there was within this young bunch of Meath footballers as being so. That’s about as much as you can say about Meath’s Leinster MFC Preliminary QF victory tonight without seeming disingenuous. The home side actually opened the brigther in Aughrim and…
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Years come and go but there’s one question there’s still no answer to
It is said that fair play is good sport. So doesn’t it stand to reason that unfair play makes for bad sport? But where does reality stop and unfairness begin? With the exception of the hooter in its current form, there’s no debating that the reforms brought in by Jim Gavin’s committee have transformed football…
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Winning combination left alone
Hardly surprisingly, Meath manager Trevor Giles has kept the faith with those who hit 6-26 against Laois 12 days ago ahead of tonight’s Leinster MFC Preliminary Quarter Final against Wicklow at Echelon Park, Aughrim. However, as with previous rounds, the Royal County have again shaken up their matchday panel with Leo Kavanagh, Oisin Farrelly and…
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Joyce jolt and Downey downtime could derail Rebel redemption
Without having the Co-Op Superstores Munster Senior Hurling League results to hand, it can still be said with a fair degree of certainty that the hurlers of Cork and Limerick have met three times already this season. It would be a very brave – or foolish – individual who would bet against them having at…
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Tailteann Cup opening round jousts
The draw for the opening round of matches in the 2026 Tailteann Cup was made on Monday lunchtime and have thrown up some potentially interesting clashes to look forward to. Foremost among them the clash of Clare and Offaly. The most surprising nugget pertaining to that forthcoming fixture being that it will mark the Banner …
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Leave Eoghan Frayne alone!
No matter in what facet of life it may be, whenever something goes wrong, there has to be a fall guy or girl, doesn’t there? Whether that be how Brian Cowen and the late Brian Lenihan were vilified and excoriated even though they were forced into signing up to a bailout the country didn’t need…
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GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship 2026
Counties ParticipatingThe following 16 Counties shall be eligible to participate in GAA Football All-IrelandSenior Championship (Sam Maguire Cup) (a) The 8 Provincial Champions and Runners-Up (b) The next 8 highest-ranked teams at the conclusion of the National League Exception to (b): The previous year’s Tailteann Cup Winners, if not alreadyqualified as one of the teams…
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Jones return a needed lift for club and county
St Peter’s, Dunboyne…2-11Moynalvey…2-11 On a weekend when reasons for cheer were as scarce for devotees of Meath football as hen’s teeth, the return to action of Ronan Jones as a second half sub was a telling boost for Dunboyne as they maintained their recent run of momentum in the FL Div. 1 when coming from…