Tag: GAA2022
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McCormack is the Premier Iron Man as Tipp stun Brave Faithful
Tipperary… 1-17 Offaly… 1-16 Leo O’Connor must absolutely hate being involved in All Ireland Finals at this stage. It was he, Cantona-esque, with collar up, who essayed over Limerick’s final score in the 1994 decider before Offaly manufactured a resurrection to rival anything produced by Our Lord on a Friday long ago. Yesterday, he was…
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Guts and effort not enough to trump instinct and knowhow
Limerick… 0-27 Galway… 1-21 Inches. That’s often all the separates glory from gloom. If the break for you, it’ll be the former scenario. The ball breaking one inch the wrong way and your dreams are dashed. Finite margins. Early on, Conor Cooney fails to rise a 25 metre free, wasted. HawkEye takes a point apiece…
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DriveThru Sports Show – Ep. 24
The first one of these I’ve done in a very long time and I will admit its existence is purely down to the fact that I hadn’t the energy to type anything after watching an epic day’s sport in Croke Park. Sit back, enjoy and please like and share if you think it’s decent!
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Lenihan revives Dunboyne Riverside connection
Republic Of Ireland defender Darragh Lenihan has completed his transfer from Blackburn Rovers to fellow Championship hopefuls Middlesbrough. While the 28-year-old’s decision to leave Ewood Park – where he had been club Captain – might raise a few eyebrows, it’s clear Rovers didn’t appreciate the asset they had on their books. Plenty of others did,…
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Fear of the unknown without foundation
Somewhere recently, Meath’s defeat of Donegal in the NFL quarter final of 1990 came up in conversation. Brian McEniff’s men had been kicking our lads around Breffni Park – in more ways than one – all day before two late goals from David Beggy set the Royals on a collision course with arch nemesis of…
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One precocious talent, but Clare are no one-trick ponies
“Less than a minute remains on the clock, as I tighten my boot lace, and turn down my sock/Is that the crowd I hear, or is it the ghosts, of men who before me had faced the same test, and never once failed to give of their best? “ This corner would never claim to…
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Lally point completes Royal rally
Meath……0-09 Armagh……0-09 Eamonn Murray’s ladies showed the true character of champions when reeling in a classy Armagh outfit at Glennon Bros. Pearse Park. In so doing guaranteeing their passage through to the knockout stages of the race for the Brendan Martin Cup. The Orchard County county had the better of the first half but, having…
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Things going to script is a one way street
It’s strangely apt to be writing the following just as the Tailteann Cup semi finals are down for decision. The point was made not so long ago on these pages that hurling was ahead of football in coming up with a tiered championship. Because of the inception of the McDonagh, Ring, Rackard and Meagher Cup…
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Armagh – saving Gaelic football one long ball at a time
When Meath broke through to the big time in Gaelic football circa 1986, I was five. Not a jot is recalled of the wet day Dublin were eventually usurped, but once this corner was properly attuned to the goings on of such matters – which in truth was the following year – the importance of…
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The defining exhibition of the greatest game in the world
A long time ago, a dear departed family acquaintance said to my father, regarding the state of the world at that time, “Don’t let anybody tell you about the good old days, the good times are now”. Personally, I would find such an assertion hard to concur with for a lot of reasons but that’s…