Saffrons must offer response for visit of Dubs


By Michael McMullan ANTRIM hurlers will have had a difficult week after Sunday’s heavy defeat at the hands of Limerick. The Saffrons have little time to lick their wounds with Dublin coming to Corrigan Park on Sunday. Both teams were a pale shadow of the respective teams from their final games of the 2023 season. […]


Defender Cassidy looks for continued Derry momentum


By Michael McMullan MOMENTUM is the key theme for Derry hurlers as they face into Saturday’s trip to Letterkenny. Johnny McGarvey’s side, relegated from Division 2A last season, were winners over Tyrone on Sunday and defender Sean Cassidy echoes his manager’s preseason mantra. “Like any game this year, the big Johnny wants us to do […]


Saffrons must offer response for visit of Dubs


By Michael McMullan ANTRIM hurlers will have had a difficult week after Sunday’s heavy defeat at the hands of Limerick. The Saffrons have little time to lick their wounds with Dublin coming to Corrigan Park on Sunday. Both teams were a pale shadow of the respective teams from their final games of the 2023 season. […]


Donegal set their sights on derby clash


By Michael McMullan SOMETHING has to give on Saturday in Letterkenny as Donegal lock horns with neighbours Derry (O’Donnell Park, 2.30pm). Mickey McCann’s men were comfortable winners over Wicklow in their opening game having already won the Conor McGurk in pre-season. McCann will be hoping the injuries that forced new skipper Conor Gartland and Josh […]


The toughest opener of all


By Michael McMullan WHAT a difference eight months can make in the Antrim senior hurling camp as they face into a potentially chastening league opener against top dogs Limerick. Wind the clock back to last May and Antrim were comfortable winners over Westmeath to retain their Liam McCarthy Cup status. It was the last day […]


A change in approach for Breffni boss Bellew


By Niall Gartland CAVAN hurling manager Ollie Bellew has decided to do things a little differently this year as they gear up for their first ever Division 3A campaign. The Breffni hurlers get the show on the road away to Sligo on Saturday week, but they haven’t been spending months and months grafting on the […]


Promotion the target for Derry hurlers


By Niall Gartland JOHNNY McGarvey is hopeful of a more stable league campaign in his second year in charge of the Derry hurlers. They find themselves in Division 2B having suffered relegation last year, but they’ve had a much more productive pre-season under their belts as they look ahead to their season opener against Tyrone […]


Manager McGarry hoping for winning start


By Alan Rodgers A NEW season beckons for the Tyrone hurlers as their main aim continues to be the consolidation of the brilliant progress which has marked their performances in both the league and championship during the past few years. Last year, 2023, marked their first time in both the higher Division 2B and the […]


Orchard target winning start out west


By Shaun Casey ARMAGH reached the Division 3A league final last year but their long-awaited promotion to Division 2B was again held up as Karl McKeegan’s side just came up short against Roscommon, who were admittedly much better on the day. Since suffering relegation to Division 3A in 2018, Armagh have competed in four league finals, […]


A familiar foe for Donegal’s league opener


By Michael McMullan DONEGAL hurlers get their league season off the ground this weekend with an away trip to take on Wicklow in Aughrim on Sunday. Mickey McCann is on board for a seventh season as manager and they’ll be looking to go one better than last season when they fell to Meath in the league […]