Tag: #GAA2026
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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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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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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…
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Job done, move on, start building
MEATH… 6-22 LAOIS… 0-07 In such no-win situations, there’s only one thing a body can do – win. Tick the box and move on. If you do manage to win, you are only doing as would have been expected and if you don’t well, let’s not go there. So, credit to them, when Trevor Giles’s…
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A time of opportunity rather than a problem
Transition. Movement. Change. Difference. Essentially, they all describe the same thing. But can have seismically different meanings for different people. Indeed, they can have vastly fluctuating connotations for the same people in differing circumstances. Even for yours truly. For instance, the notion of doing Transition Year after completing the Junior Cert. appeared to be a…
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Scoring diversity the biggest plus as winning run goes on
MEATH… 3-15 LONGFORD… 0-12 Meath repeated their victory of 12 months ago over Longford in Newtownforbes – the home of Clonguish GAA – to complete the group stages of their Dalata Hotels Group Leinster U-20 FC campaign unbeaten. The upshot of which is that they stay on the main road and thereby the shortest route.…
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Hoping to build on a good start
Having dug out a gutsy victory in their opening round fixture against Kildare in the Leinster MHC, Niall McKeigue’s side welcome Antrim to Trim tomorrow (Saturday), hoping to repeat the victory of our U-20 lads over the same opposition in Kilmessan 13 days ago. Yes, you will note that, yet again, two Meath teams are…