CORK WERE FORCED to field without midfielder Bill Cooper due to a back injury he suffered before throw-in of today’s Munster senior hurling clash with Tipperary. After Cork had undergone their warm-up, Cooper was seen walking down the tunnel at Páirc Uí Chaoimh with the team doctors and it was announced shortly after that Robbie … Continue reading "Back injury ruled out Cork midfielder just before throw-in of Munster opener"

AFTER THE MISERABLE campaign they endured last season, Tipperary exploded from the 2019 Munster starting blocks to win by seven points at the home of the team who have reigned supreme over the last two summers in the province. Yet underneath the South Stand in Páirc Uí Chaoimh as he offered his post-match reflections, Liam … Continue reading "Liam Sheedy: ‘I’m delighted but I’m a realist and I realise that’s it’s only two points’"

JOE BROLLY SAYS the All-Ireland senior football championship must be revamped with three tiers similarly to the women’s game. Despite several strong performances by lower-tier counties at the weekend, Brolly suggested that major change is required in the format of the competition and went so far as saying two tiers would not suffice. “This is … Continue reading "‘We need at least three tiers’ – Brolly calls for dramatic change to football championship"

SCORING STARS WERE the main men on the opening afternoon of the 2019 Munster senior hurling championship. Clare saw off Waterford narrowly in Walsh Park while Tipperary ran out decisive winners over Cork in Páirc Uí Chaoimh and it was a pair of attackers who were rewarded with the individual honours. Ballyea’s Tony Kelly, the … Continue reading "Do you agree with the selections for the Sunday Game man-of-the-match awards?"

ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONS Dublin and Meath will both be in action in O’Moore Park in Portlaoise as part of a Saturday night Leinster quarter-final double-header at the end of this month. The Leinster Council have confirmed that the Portlaoise and Tullamore venues will both host double-headers as the quarter-finals of the Leinster senior football championship take … Continue reading "Portlaoise and Tullamore to host double-headers in Leinster senior football quarter-finals"

FORMER CORK GOALKEEPER and ex-Clare hurling coach Dónal Óg Cusack believes that the Banner have the potential to be crowned All-Ireland senior hurling champions. Donal Moloney and Gerry O’Connor’s charges held on to beat Waterford by a single point at Walsh Park yesterday, opening their Munster campaign on a winning note. They survived a late … Continue reading "‘It’d be a travesty if they don’t win more’ – Clare are potential All-Ireland champions, says Cusack"

SINCE RETURNING FROM Harvard University at the end of March, Shane O’Donnell has helped bring Clare to “a different level” according to his teammates. O’Donnell spent the winter and spring at the famed Boston college on a Fulbright Scholarship and returned to Clare training in perfect time to assist with their championship preparations. The Ennis … Continue reading "‘He has lit up the place since he came home’ – impact of O’Donnell’s return on the Banner"

JAMES MCCARTHY HAS hailed the return of Rory O’Carroll to the Dublin panel, while remaining tight-lipped over the prospect of a Diarmuid Connolly comeback.  O’Carroll recently moved home after spending three years in New Zealand and after impressing for Kilmacud Crokes in the Dublin SFC, the full-back was recalled to the county set-up by Jim … Continue reading "‘Lads were delighted to have him back’ – McCarthy thrilled with O’Carroll’s comeback"

IT WAS A weekend that had Division Four outfit Limerick beating hot favourites Tipperary, Wicklow pushing Kildare close, Clare stumbling over the line against Waterford and John Maughan’s Offaly running Meath to the wire. But, Derry — who operated from Division Four in the 2019 National League — gave Tyrone — who finished third in … Continue reading "Analysis: Kickouts, shooting, lack of intensity and ill-discipline, but Tyrone survive almighty scare"

THE LGFA AND Camogie Association are fully independent bodies, separate from the GAA but is it time for them to be welcomed into the fold? That’s one of the questions Dara Ó Cinnéide asks on tonight’s episode of GAA Eile. Ladies football and camogie are under the microscope in this, the third episode of the … Continue reading "‘It’s mad to think that handball has a greater right to play in Croke Park than I do’"