Christy Ring Cup final Meath 1-23 Derry 1-21 By Michael McMullan MEATH had to fend off a stern Derry comeback to deny the Oakleafers a first Christy Ring Cup title in a game of two halves at Croke Park on Saturday afternoon. Advertisement It was the shootout between star men Cormac O’Doherty and James Regan […]
By Kieran Lynch WITH their All-Ireland Premier Junior Championship campaign starting this weekend, Armagh captain Michelle McGuigan is hoping that her side can go one step further than they did in each of the last two years. In both 2021 and 2022 the Orchard County reached the final of the competition and took to the […]
By Niall Gartland KICKING up stink about Dublin. It became a bit of a public sport for a few years there, but as they say, there’s no smoke without fire, right? At least they aren’t winning All-Irelands all around them these days (come on, it got boring) but you’ll likely have clocked Glenn Ryan’s comments […]
By Michael McMullan DERRY have named their team for Saturday’s All-Ireland U-20 B hurling final with Roscommon in Croke Park (2.45pm). The Oakleafers go in search of their first success at this grade after losing finals to ten-time winners Kerry (2018) and Meath (2021). Derry were winners over Mayo and Donegal on their way to […]
By Barry O’Donnell ON the back of their brilliant demolition job on the holders last weekend, Omagh CBS attacker Ruairi McCuallgh believes there is no reason why they can’t now succeed Naas as the All-Ireland Schools champions. The Tyrone boys went to town against their shell-shocked Kildare opponents on Saturday at Clones emerging as resounding […]
By Michael McMullan GLEN will attend a meeting on Monday night with Croke Park official as the fallout of their All-Ireland final defeat to Kilmacud Crokes continues. The Derry and Ulster champions lost 1-11 to 1-9 in the All-Ireland final eight days ago. Glen lodged an objection, last Tuesday night, centred around the closing stages […]
By Michael McMullan MALACHY O’Rourke is planning to face Paul Mannion this Sunday but the Glen boss doesn’t expect to see the Kilmacud Crokes star in from the start. Mannion, who spent the summer playing alongside Glen’s Ciaran McFaul for the Donegal Boston club, kicked 0-9 in his first outing for the Crokes in their […]
By Niall Gartland ROME wasn’t built in a day and Galbally star Liam Rafferty has been on quite the journey with his club since he was a pupil at St Joseph’s Primary School. Rafferty was part of the trail-blazing Pearses team that won their first ever Tyrone u-21 Championship title back in 2017 alongside a who’s […]
By Michael McMullan CONOR Glass watched last year’s All-Ireland Club final in the Hogan Stand Bar in Moneyneena and he’s now 60 minutes away from walking up the steps of the stand it’s named after to collect the Andy Merrigan Cup. Glass kicked his 10th point of the campaign as Glen accounted for Maigh Cuilinn […]
By Alan Rodgers MAJOR Tyrone and Ulster Club Championship matches could soon be returning to O’Neill Park in Dungannon after a grant of £100,000 has been received from Croke Park for new floodlights. The announcement of the financial aid comes as a £2 million development of the famous ground gathers pace. In the summer of […]
