Tag: Hurling
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Time for the G. P. A. to put up or shut up – 18/11/23
It was always going to come down to who blinked first. And it would appear the fixture makers have called the GPA’s bluff. The divisive player representative body have been agitating for the pre-season competitions to be done away with, but they can hardly stir up anymore dung with fixtures and competition structure already in…
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Two changes ahead of Carlow challenge
Having been introduced during last week’s victory over Kildare, Mickey Burke is retained in the starting 15 ahead of Sunday’s Allianz NHL Div. 2A clash against Carlow. Elsewhere, Paul Kelly of Blackhall Gaels replaces Dunboyne’s Sean Quigley, who, along with Charlie Ennis, has been named a joint captain of Seoirse Bulfin’s side for 2024. Kelly…
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Wholesale changes for rapid rematch
Meath manager Seoirse Bulfin has made wholesale changes to his side ahead of Sunday’s National League Div. 2A opener against Kildare. Which is of course a rapid rematch of the Kehoe Cup Final of just a week ago. As a result of the reshuffle, mainstays of the team such as Charlie Ennis,Simon Ennis, James Toher,…
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Support your man by all means but be mindful of how you do it
No secret has ever been made of how grateful yours truly feels to have many who were once heroes admired from afar become treasured friends. Yes, a lot of them are, shall we say, ‘colourful’ characters but then, it would be my genuine belief that if there wasn’t a bit of a maverick in myself,…
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Enjoy it – it takes longer than you think
Repetition is one of the greatest foibles in this business. Balancing such worries, though, is the reality that, if a point retains credence, it’s worth ploughing up again. Now read on… Again, we return to the task of tending to some of da’s stuff. Specifically, a few GAA photos – including the one of the…
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Two sparkling stars in a glittering galaxy
Their journeys were always intertwined. Joy for one generally meant despair for the other. Never more than when a very harsh dose of red mist for one denied him and his colleagues hurling immortality. To the greatest benefit of the adversary with whom the stage will be divided for the remainder of what you take…
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Knockout pairings revealed
At tonight’s Meath Co Board meeting in Dunganny (Monday), as well as management teams being confirmed for county underage teams for 2024, the draws were made for the concluding stages of the club football championships at both Senior and Intermediate level. Both for those chasing silverware and salvation. Before getting into all that though, the…
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Luck of the Irish was unfortunately a two way street
Rep. Of Ireland… 1 Canada… 2 Scoring very early in a match is quite often a poisoned chalice. There are occasions when such is not the case of course. Such as Ray Houghton’s goal against the US in 1994 or Colm O’Rourke doing something similar for Meath against Dublin in 1990 or Graham Geraghty doing…
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Don’t try to figure it out just admire it
Limerick…0-30 Kilkenny…2-15 Any hurling aficionados among you might recognise the above headline. It has been here before. On the occasion Meath defeated Antrim for the first time in the Christy Ring Cup Final some years back before a re-fixture was ordered over some cock up with the full time score. But Meath were so good…
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Old Cats for the well travelled road
Kilkenny… 1-25 Clare… 1-22 In the aftermath of Kilkenny’s victory in the Leinster SHC Final against Galway, one photo in particular attracted mass attention. The chap from Bredagh in Co Down who was kitted out as TJ Reid for a stag do, and because of same was able to blag his way past security and…