THE REIGNING ALL-IRELAND U20 football champions Galway will take on Mayo in their opening game of this year’s championship. Captain Jack Glynn lifts the trophy after the 2020 All-Ireland U20 football final. Galway were pitted against their old rivals at the semi-final stage when the draw was made for the Connacht U20 championship last night. … Continue reading "Reigning All-Ireland champions Galway to face Mayo in Connacht opener"

ADELAIDE CROWS PLAYER Ebony Marinoff has been suspended for three weeks for the tackle in a practice game on Sunday that left Cork All-Ireland winner Brid Stack with a neck fracture. Stack, who was making her Aussie Rules debut for GWS Giants, is ‘expected to make a full recovery’ after sustaining the worrying injury and … Continue reading "AFLW player hit with three-week ban for challenge that injured All-Ireland winner Brid Stack"

CAVAN LADIES FOOTBALL legend Aisling Doonan (Maguire) has announced her retirement from inter-county football after a remarkable 19 seasons. The Ladies Gaelic Football Association [LGFA] released a statement this afternoon confirming the news, and paying tribute to “one of the most naturally gifted forwards to grace our playing fields in recent times”. Doonan, 33, finishes up … Continue reading "‘Memories banked to last a lifetime’ – All-Ireland winning Cavan great retires after 19 seasons"

Dublin ladies manager Mick Bohan. Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO DUBLIN’S ALL-IRELAND FOUR-IN-A-ROW winning boss Mick Bohan is staying at the helm for the 2021 season. “Dublin LGFA club delegates this evening have ratified Mick Bohan as the Dublin senior manager for the 2021 season,” the county wrote on Twitter this evening. “Bohan took on the Dublin … Continue reading "Dublin’s four-in-a-row All-Ireland winning boss staying on for 2021 season"

AUSSIE RULES SIDE Adelaide Crows are to appeal the three-match ban handed out following a tackle that left All-Ireland winner Bríd Stack hospitalised with a serious neck injury. Crows midfielder Ebony Marinoff was hit with the suspension — the longest in AFLW’s short history — for making forceful front-on contact on Stack during a pre-season … Continue reading "‘Grossly disproportionate’: Crows to appeal three-match ban for tackle on Bríd Stack"

GALWAY HAVE BEEN rewarded for their All-Ireland final success last month with six players on the EirGrid 20 U20 football team. A 1-11 to 0-13 success over Dublin in Croke Park delivered glory for Galway in December and six of their players have bagged individual awards in Conor Flaherty, Jack Glynn, Conor Raftery, Paul Kelly, … Continue reading "All-Ireland champions Galway lead the way with 6 players landing U20 football awards"

CONOR PHELAN HAS been added to Brian Cody’s Kilkenny senior hurling management team for the 2021 season. The Clara man won an All-Ireland senior medal under Cody as a player in 2003, coming on as a substitute in the final win over Cork. He also featured in the following year’s senior decider when Kilkenny lost … Continue reading "Former All-Ireland senior winner joins Cody’s Kilkenny management team for 2021"

AFLW PLAYER BRÍD Stack has revealed she is ‘devastated’ about the injury she suffered in a practice game in Adelaide on Sunday but is counting her blessings that it was not more severe. The Cork All-Ireland winner was making her debut for the GWS Giants in a pre-season encounter when she suffered ‘a stable fracture … Continue reading "‘Devastated but counting my blessings’ – Brid Stack looking forward to recovery after neck injury"

Updated Jan 20th 2021, 5:00 PM THIS WEEK’S GUEST on How To Win At Dominoes, The42′s coaching podcast with Shane Keegan, is Cork U20 football boss Keith Ricken. After watching Ricken give a presentation at the GAA’s 2020 Coaching Conference, Keegan describes him as “one of the most captivating coaches I’ve ever encountered.” The man who … Continue reading "‘Don’t be caught up too much in science or lecturing when you’re on the sideline or in the dressing room’"

Click:microsatellites EBONY MARINOFF’S APPEAL to have her three-game AFLW suspension overturned has taken another twist after fresh video evidence was introduced by Adelaide Crows, which saw the case adjourned until Thursday, 28 January. Marinoff was slapped with the longest ban in league history after her frontal tackle on Stack forced the Cork native to depart … Continue reading "Fresh evidence from Crows suggests Stack’s injury could have occurred in earlier incident"