Tyrone’s Sean Cavanagh and Cavan coach Mattie McGleenan THEY WILL BE opponents in Omagh on Sunday. Yet Tyrone player Sean Cavanagh and Cavan manager Mattie McGleenan have plenty experience of being in the same camp. During McGleenan’s Tyrone career, he was a player Cavanagh aspired to be. And when McGleenan’s playing days ended, his coaching … Continue reading "‘He’s a great manager, very clever, gets the best out of all the players he works with’"

Home Bundee Aki returned to training today, having been been sidelined due to injury since December. Source: James Crombie/INPHO The Club Players Association have again hit out against the new GAA ‘Super 8′ proposals to revamp the All-Ireland senior football championship. The Ireland U20 team has been named for Friday night’s Six Nations clash with France, … Continue reading "We’ll Leave It There So: ‘Super 8’ gaelic football proposal slammed, Bundee Aki’s back and today’s sport"

Meath’s Fionn Reilly and Liam O’Reilly of Westmeath Source: James Crombie/INPHO WESTMEATH CAME FROM behind to clinch a 2-8 to 0-12 win over Meath tonight in the EirGrid Leinster U21 football championship and set up a quarter-final meeting against reigning champions Dublin next week. It's great to score the match winning goal…but if you're a … Continue reading "Late goal seals Westmeath win over 13-man Meath to set up Leinster quarter-final with Dublin"

GAA CLUB PLAYERS have slammed the ‘Super 8′ proposal to revamp the All-Ireland senior football championship and now inter-county players have followed suit. The GAA-GPA agreement was announced last year. Source: Donall Farmer/INPHO 70% of Gaelic Players Association members have voted against the motion that will be debated at this weekend’s GAA Congress while 30% … Continue reading "GPA reject the ‘Super 8’ football proposal but back calls for extra-time and August All-Ireland finals"

WE LIKE THE look of this. This year’s edition of AIB’s ‘The Toughest Trade’ is nearly upon us and the first episode, due to air on RTÉ2 next Wednesday, looks like a cracker. A trailer for the first episode will surely whet your appetite as former Wales rugby star Shane Williams is put through his … Continue reading "Murphy on playing against ‘monsters’ and Williams tackles the ‘most tiring skill session he’s ever done’"

THE GPA HAVE revealed why they are opposed to the revamp of the All-Ireland senior football championship, which will be debated at GAA Congress this weekend. Source: Seb Daly/SPORTSFILE The ‘Super 8′ proposal – which will seek to introduce a round-robin system at the quarter-final stage – has attracted fierce criticism with club and inter-county … Continue reading "5 reasons why the GPA are opposing the new plans for the All-Ireland football championship"

AND THEN THERE were four. It’s semi-finals time in the Fitzgibbon Cup, with Limerick-based teams LIT and holders Mary Immaculate College facing off on one side of the draw, as UCC prepare to battle it out with surprise packets IT Carlow. NUI Galway are hosts for finals weekend and a plethora of inter-county stars are … Continue reading "8 players to watch in the Fitzgibbon Cup hurling semi-finals"

Click:Dropper bottles THIRTY YEARS ON, Galway’s famous 1987 All-Ireland hurling triumph is still very special for the Tribesmen. Having fallen at the final hurdle so often in recent memory — nine times in the last 36 years — the rare successful days still stand out prominently for Galway fans. The Tribesmen went on to win … Continue reading "‘We couldn’t afford to lose a third All-Ireland’ – Galway legend reflects on famous win in stirring video"

THE FOCUS ALL week has been placed on the passionate debate surrounding the plans for the All-Ireland senior football championship. But before that is voted on at Saturday’s GAA Congress in Croke Park, there is the matter of deciding on the next president of the GAA tomorrow night. Walsh, Horan, Frost, Skelly and Horan – … Continue reading "In the running: The 5 candidates to be the next president of the GAA"

Home Simon Zebo at today’s Ireland Rugby Press Conference. Source: Billy Stickland/INPHO Jonathan Sexton will wear Ireland’s number 10 jersey for the first time since the November defeat to New Zealand when France are the visitors for Saturday’s crucial Six Nations clash. Ireland head coach Tom Tierney has made wholesale changes to the Ireland team set to … Continue reading "We’ll Leave It There So: Sexton set to pack his bag for Saturday, Rooney’s staying put and today’s sport"