Tag: Kepak Group
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Classism stretches beyond the rancid GPA
The first word in the above headline is a substitute for the original occupant of that slot. Had it been left in, though, the keyboard warriors would’ve been all over yours truly like pepper sauce on a steak. Blurting about hypocrisy and such. Nothing will ever alter my view that senior inter county players should…
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Super Smyth sparkles as Meath brilliantly steady the ship
MEATH…2-14 DUBLIN…1-04 Do not adjust your screens. The score before you is indeed correct. Some turnaround from 0-10 to 2-16 on the August Bank Holiday weekend. Alright, alright, romantic dreaming aside, the manner in which the Royal ladies rebounded after last week’s disappointment against Galway was impressive in itself. That, combined with the fact that…
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The only way is up
MEATH…0-08 GALWAY….0-16 It is symbolic of a team’s current status and ambitions when one hears open mention of the fact that top flight survival will suffice as far as priorities for a National League campaign. Of course there’s always the possibility that such a non-fussed approach could come back and bite you in such a…
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Duggan debuts as skipper as Galway hit the ‘Hill
Emma Duggan will Captain the Meath seniors for the first time when Wayne Freeman’s tenure begins when the Royal County ladies take on familiar foes Galway in the first round of the Lidl Ladies National League at Summerhill on Sunday afternoon. Duggan will lead the locals out in her role as joint Vice Captain –…
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Selections for Roscommon – Oct. 13th 2025
2.05: GALLEY POINT (KILLIAN LEONARD/THOMOND O’MEARA) 2.35: COUNTERCULTURE – EW – (BILLY LEE/WILLIE MCCREERY) 3.05: NIBRA’S RAINBOW (ROBERT WHEARTY/GAVIN CROMWELL) 3.35: MCLOUGHLIN – EW – (ROBERT WHEARTY/GAVIN CROMWELL) 4.05: GLENROYAL (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 4.35: TITANIUM – EW – (BEN COEN/CIARAN MURPHY) 5.05: NANCEE SPAIN (BEN COEN/DANNY MCLOUGHLIN)
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Selections for Roscommon – Sept. 1st 2025
4.12: MOREHAMPTON (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 4.45: LUST (JACK KEARNEY (3)/CONOR MAXWELL) 5.15: ROWDY YEATS (COLIN KEANE/NOEL MEADE) 5.45: IN MY TEENS (GARY CARROLL/GAVIN CROMWELL) 6.15: INDIAN RIVER (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOHN MURPHY) 6.45: CLEAR QUARTZ – EW – (JOE HARNETT (10)/MARK FAHEY) 7.15: TICKLING (PADDY MCGETTIGAN (7)/MARK MOLLOY)
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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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Selections for Roscommon – Jul. 1st 2025
5.08: SOUND BITE (GARY CARROLL/GAVIN CROMWELL) 5.38: BEYOND DREAMS (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 6.08: POPADOM – EW – (JIMMY DALTON (10)/ANDY SLATTERY) 6.38: FLYING FORTRESS – EW – (GARY CARROLL/GAVIN CROMWELL) 7.08: ACTION PLAN – EW – (BEN COEN/GER O’LEARY) 7.38: HELLO NEIGHBOUR (GARY CARROLL/GAVIN CROMWELL) 8.08: JANES HARBOUR (DECLAN MCDONOGH/JOSEPH O’BRIEN)
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Golden Oldies and a Sunday morning adjusting to a new high
With exactly 11 minutes to go in Tullamore on Saturday evening last, my significant other began imploring referee Joe McQuillan to blow for full time. Now read on… After removing the Michael out of the poor woman over her time keep miscalculation, it was readily admitted that such was the astonishment and excitement surrounding the…
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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…