Tag: Oisin Martin

  • Meath go with strongest team available

    Meath go with strongest team available

    If National League team announcements are worth the paper or screens they are written on, Meath have gone with the strongest combination available to them for Saturday’s National League opener against Derry in Croke Park. That means, despite missing Summerhill’s Leinster Club SFC encounter with Athy nearly three months ago, Eoghan Frayne captains the side…

  • New names, same old bravery, heart and skill

    New names, same old bravery, heart and skill

    MEATH… 2-11 WICKLOW… 1-12 Meath won’t have shortened in the betting for the All Ireland, or the Leinster Championship or even promotion out of Div. 2 of the National Football League. But, taken for what it was, John McCarthy – head of Meath’s Development Squads – would have to have been delighted with the progress…

  • Auditions begin for season two of Robbie’s Royals

    Auditions begin for season two of Robbie’s Royals

    Conor Gray, Daithi McGowan and Diarmuid Moriarity provide a smidgeon of experience as Robbie Brennan unveils a largely experimental side for his team’s season opener against Wicklow in the resuscitated Dioralyte O’Byrne in Aughrim’s Echelon Park. Throw in among the Wicklow hills is at 1.30pm and the match will be shown live on Clubber TV.…

  • Early season football fixtures released

    Early season football fixtures released

    What I believe to be the last club senior county football final of the season takes place on Sunday in Tipperary but, even before this calendar year’s business has been completed, thoughts have very much turned to the 2026 season. Panels have been drawn up – more of that anon – while, more significantly, the…