Tag: Newbridge

  • Frayne strain a pain as Royals get ready to rumble

    Frayne strain a pain as Royals get ready to rumble

    Regardless of the sport, once it’s a team pursuit, the loss of one significant component thereof can have catastrophic consequences for the ambitions and prospects thereof. Whether that be Willie Mullins seeing the services of State Man defenestrated for the season, just as Sir Gino – ironically also in the ownership of Joe and Marie…

  • Golden Oldies and a Sunday morning adjusting to a new high

    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…

  • One change for the Ladies

    One change for the Ladies

    In a nod to the fact that while a few results haven’t gone their way of late but at the same time they haven’t been doing a whole lot wrong, Meath have made just one change ahead of what amounts to a semi final in the TG4 Leinster LSFC against Kildare at Cedral St Conleth’s…

  • Change of venue for Leinster Final

    Change of venue for Leinster Final

    As if the high drama on the pitch involving Meath teams over the past week or so wasn’t enough, things took another twist prior to the Royal County’s meeting with Louth in tomorrow (Wednesday) evening’s Leinster U-20 FC Final – of course they did – with the revelation that the showdown for the Seamus Flood…

  • As you were for the Minors

    As you were for the Minors

    After a 12 point win over Westmeath 12 days ago, it comes as little or surprise that Meath’s management have given a resounding vote of confidence to those who were on duty on that occasion ahead of tonight’s Leinster MFC Round 2 encounter against Kildare at Cedral St Conleth’s Park, Newbridge, where the action throws…

  • A snippet of the opening round fixtures in the Allianz Leagues

    A snippet of the opening round fixtures in the Allianz Leagues

    All Ireland football champions Dublin will welcome Monaghan to Croke Park (presumably) in the opening round of the NFL, it was revealed this evening as some details of the fixtures in the perceived secondary competition were released on Friday afternoon. The Farney Army have caused the all conquering Dubs more problems than most over the…

  • Running to stand still… at best

    Running to stand still… at best

    Meath… 0-08 Kildare… 0-13 Before a ball was kicked in Div. 2 of this year’s Allianz NFL, the opinion was expressed in this space that survival therein might represent an achievement in itself. Now however, with the campaign concluded, that feels like an underachievement. If only due to the highly encouraging start achieved in defeating…

  • Frailties ruthlessly exposed by evolving Kildare

    Frailties ruthlessly exposed by evolving Kildare

    Kildare…1-14 Meath… 0-14 Sometimes it is as simple as it looks. Gaelic football, like everything in life, constantly changing. Evolution, though, often means things have been known to end up back where they once were. Now read on… If you were to look at footage if the Dublin-Kerry games from the 1970s – lauded as…

  • Selections for Tipperary – June 1st 2021

    Selections for Tipperary – June 1st 2021

    4.40: TAR HEEL – EW – (MIKEY SHEEHY (5)/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 5.10: LAKOMET OF SAINTS – EW – (CHRIS HAYES/FOZZY STACK) 5.40: LOVEDAY (NATHAN CROSSE (5)/WILLIE MCCREERY) 6.10: ROSES BLUE (SHANE FOLEY/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 6.40: A STEP TOO FAR – EW – (CIAN MACREDMOND (7)/KIERAN COTTER) 7.10: FUTURE ROMANCE – EW – (WAYNE LORDAN/AIDAN HOWARD) 7.40: SWELLTIME…

  • Word play at its most devious

    In a recent interview,  St Peter’s, Dunboyne and Meath star Emma Duggan said  it was “very tough” to be preparing for her Leaving Cert without the distraction of GAA matches and/or training. The audaciously talented 18-year-old went on to say that “You have to realise it’ll be back soon enough. That’s what’s keeping me going…