Life And Sport From An Armchair View
Leinster... 43 Stade Francais... 7 Just how far does Leinster's strength in depth actually run? Is a question I'm sure many of their adversaries have long pondered. Well, unfortunately for Leo Cullen et al, they might be getting a bit closer to finding out. Certainly at fly half anyway. Obviously, the retirement of Johnny Sexton... Continue Reading →
Sport never loses its ability to amaze. No matter how much of it you look at. In fact, maybe the more of it you observe, the more confusing it becomes. How else to explain Manchester United holding Liverpool to a draw? At a time when the form of the two sides was about as polarised... Continue Reading →
LEINSTER... 21 MUNSTER... 16 It wouldn't be a meeting of the two old foes if it wasn't an epic. Score for score, massive hits given and taken on both sides. The pendulum swinging one way and then the other. As is often the case in these situations, it came down to who managed error limitation... Continue Reading →
Brady's Garage have come on board as sponsors for the Meath Regional Football Championships, details for which were announced earlier this week. Last year's inaugural incarnation of the competition - in which teams compete for the Richie Barry Cup - was extremely well received by clubs, players and fans alike with - fittingly - the... Continue Reading →
No doubt there will be players who weren't part of the Meath senior football panel this season will have caught the eye of Colm O'Rourke and his fellow mentors thus far in the local club championships and - if they aren't called in directly - they will surely be aiming to utilise the Regional Championships... Continue Reading →
Leinster... 53 Leicester Tigers... 24 When the Dublin football team were in peak unbeatable mode under Jim Gavin, the manager repeatedly spoke about everyone in the camp 'trusting the processes'. Watch their matches during that era and you can see it playing out. There was one signal in particular - where the player in possesion... Continue Reading →
No matter what sport it may be, there will be competitors who stand out like a lighthouse. More than that, in a team environment, there will be players who will set pulses racing that bit faster than their contemporaries. In basketball you have Stephen Curry and LeBron James. Switch to soccer and you're talking Lionel... Continue Reading →
Ireland... 32 France... 19 There are few more satisfying things in sport than earning a statement victory with the cordite of controversy left wafting in the air. Now read on... That's exactly where Ireland found themselves on Saturday evening following their second win from as many outings in this season's Guinness Six Nations Championship. With... Continue Reading →
Tadhg Furlong has been ruled out of Ireland's Six Nations Championship opener against Wales on Saturday at the 11th hour due to an ongoing calf muscle injury. The Wexford colossus hasn't played since December, but was considered to be on track for a return before this latest setback. Connacht's Finlay Bealham will replace his Leinster... Continue Reading →
In the overall annals of GAA history, one wonders where the Centenary Cup resides. For Meath however, it was without doubt the spring board for the greatest era in the county's football history. Fast forward to the present day and Westmeath will be hoping that last year's Tailteann Cup success will similarly set them on... Continue Reading →