THIS WAS DEFINITELY a game of two halves. With what started as a very cagey and nervous affair, ended in a dominant Tyrone second-half performance where they scored 2-11 to ensure their passage to the All Ireland semi-finals and a rematch with Monaghan. Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO Tyrone’s intensity and fitness One area that Tyrone have Read more about Analysis: Tyrone’s incredible tackling, Harte’s bench power play and why they conceded the kick-outs[…]

KERRY ARE ON the hunt for a new senior manager for the first time since 2012 following Eamonn Fitzmaurice’s decision to step down on Saturday night. Source: James Crombie/INPHO Just four men have managed Kerry since 1995 – Paidi Ó Sé, Jack O’Connor (twice), Pat O’Shea and Fitzmaurice. After delivering one league crown, six Munsters Read more about Who’s in the frame to become the next Kerry senior football boss?[…]

TIPPERARY HAVE NAMED their team for Wednesday’s Bord Gáis Energy All-Ireland Under 21 Hurling Championship semi-final. Click Here: shopskm Liam Cahill’s side take on Galway in two days’ time in the Gaelic Grounds, making just one change to the side which was beaten 2-23 to 1-13 by Cork in the Munster decider at Páirc Uí Read more about Just one change from Munster final defeat as Tipp take on Galway in All-Ireland U21 final four[…]

CORK MANAGER EPHIE Fitzgerald believes the tremendous work-rate of his players could send them back into an All-Ireland final after last year’s heartache. The 11-time champions will face-off against Donegal in this year’s dream All-Ireland semi-final on 18 August. And yesterday’s huge 8-18 to 1-6 victory over Westmeath outlined Cork’s huge squad depth once again. Read more about ‘It was a strange match for an All-Ireland quarter-final in that it was so lopsided’[…]

ALL ROADS LEAD to Dr Hyde Park in Roscommon on Sunday for a mouth-watering TG4 All-Ireland senior football championship quarter-final double-header. A general view of Dr Hyde Park. Source: Tommy Dickson/INPHO First up it’s an all-Connacht affair with Galway and Mayo going head-to-head for a place in the All-Ireland semi-final (throw-in 3pm, deferred showing on Read more about All roads lead to Dr Hyde Park for All-Ireland quarter-final double-header[…]

Clarinbridge’s Patrick Foley gets the nod. Source: Laszlo Geczo/INPHO GALWAY HAVE NAMED their team for Wednesday’s All-Ireland U21 hurling semi-final meeting with Tipperary. Facing the Premier County at the Gaelic Grounds (7.30pm), Galway manager Tony Ward has made two changes to the side that overcame Wexford after extra-time in the Leinster final. Andrew Greaney comes Read more about Two changes to Galway team for All-Ireland U21 hurling semi-final with Tipp[…]

Niall Donoghue back in 2013. Source: Cathal Noonan/INPHO TWENTY ONE-YEAR-old Conor Whelan is preparing to line out for Galway in the All-Ireland hurling final on Sunday, 19 August, after yesterday’s win over Clare. The Kinvara forward is a cousin of another former Tribesman star — the late Niall Donoghue, who took his own life just Read more about ‘It’s very important that we change the culture and make sure we don’t lose another loved one like that’[…]

GALWAY U21 CAPTAIN Fintan Burke never had to look too far for inspiration growing up. First cousins: Fintan and David Burke. A first cousin of the Tribesmen senior captain David Burke, he’s followed in his footsteps as he prepares to lead his side into battle in the Bord Gáis Energy GAA Hurling U21 All-Ireland semi-final Read more about ‘If you saw him going to the pitch, straight away you were going practicing the same things he was’[…]

THE GAA HAVE announced that Wexford official James Owens will be the referee for this year’s All-Ireland senior hurling final on Sunday 19 August. Owens will take charge of the clash between Galway and Limerick in Croke Park, in what will be his second All-Ireland final having previously officiated in 2015 between Galway and Kilkenny. Read more about Wexford’s Owens to take charge of Limerick-Galway All-Ireland hurling final[…]

AFTER A HEAVY defeat in the Munster final to Cork, the Tipperary U21 hurlers welcomed a break to reassess and regroup. Galway’s Fintan Burke and Tipp’s Mark Kehoe. Source: Brendan Moran/SPORTSFILE A 13-point loss on the big stage in Páirc Uí Chaoimh. Not exactly ideal. “After a loss like that you really have to regroup Read more about ‘A Tipperary team going in as the underdogs is a dangerous animal’[…]