Tag: LGFA
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Amy and Emma return as Royals face daunting task
Amy Gaffney comes in to replace the departed Mary Kate Lynch while Emma Duggan makes a crucial and very welcome return to lead Wayne Freeman’s attack for Sunday’s Leinster LSFC clash with Brendan Martin Cup holders Dublin at Parnell Park. Not only do last year’s beaten showpiece finalists have to win in the lioness’s den,…
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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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Fringe players state their case
Meath Ladies senior football manager Wayne Freeman has made five changes to his team ahead of the weekend’s penultimate round of the Lidl Ladies NFL in which they will take on a rejuvenated Cork side at the MTU grounds in Bishopstown. While I am loathe to describe any fixture as a ‘dead rubber’ , from…
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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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Eating cake and having it do not compute
“You can’t stop young people having the opportunity to have a career in sport because there’s not many as sports here in Ireland where there’s that chance as there are in Australia”. Cora Staunton And there you have it. Somebody finally puts it in black and white. Even if the person in question loves talking out…
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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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Cleary straight back in to skipper Royals
Meath manager Shane McCormack has opted to put captain Aisling Cleary straight back into his starting 15 ahead of their showdown with Dublin in the first round of the TG4 Leinster LSFC at Pairc Tailteann. This despite the fact that the Donaghmore/Ashbourne clubwoman missed the closing stages of the National League. Presumably in readying herself…
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Duggan absent from Royal line up
Emma Duggan is a notable and very worrying absentee from the Meath team published as that which will take on Kerry in the Lidl Ladies NFL at Austin Stack Park in Tralee tomorrow (Saturday). Throw in is scheduled for 2pm and the game will be shown live on TG4. Katie Newe comes in as an…
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Doing it in such a way that people cannot but notice
In honour of International Womens Day, we here and BTS head office look at some of those who have made sporting strides on the local, national and international stage… NINA CARBERRY (WALSH) MEP: The only possible place this celebratory journey could begin. Enshrined her name in Irish sporting history when becoming the first lady rider…
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Another new midfield combination for the Ladies
Manager Shane McCormack has again shuffled his deck in preparation for Saturday’s date with the Dubs in Round 5 of the Lidl Ladies NFL at Parnell Park. Throw in is at 3pm and the game will be shown live on TG4. The positional switches see Nicole Troy reclaim her usual corner back berth with Ratoath’s…