championship 2020

6 min read 2022-04-17 18:23:14

A gawk at Galway

Photo: GAA We’re now just a week out from the Galway game so it’s definitely time to turn the beams in the direction of this one. Just seven

3 min read 2022-02-02 04:16:22

Photo: Irish Independent Right, it’s Tuesday already so time to shift the focus on towards next weekend and our NFL Round 2 clash with Monaghan.

1 min read 2021-11-24 01:09:33

Photo: Sports Joe It was only fitting that he would be the last man standing from the U21 Class of 2006. Colm Boyle, whose retirement from the

1 min read 2021-11-05 03:47:28

Photo: Irish Independent The news that broke this morning about the likely impending departure for Australia and the AFL of Oisín Mullin is a bad

2 min read 2021-04-22 22:14:23

Photo: Irish Times (Ryan Byrne/Inpho) The fixtures for this year’s shortened National Football League campaign have finally been released –

6 min read 2021-04-08 04:10:43

As we gradually edge our way out of the madness, induced by Covid lockdowns, the mind turns slowly back to football. For years, Mayo GAA has been a

3 min read 2021-03-30 12:59:40

For any new stars debuting on any GAA team you’re instantly on a mission to make a name for yourself the first chance you get. The time you have

4 min read 2021-03-29 02:55:28

Photo: RTÉ That flurry of coverage generated by James Horan’s interviews with the local media is, I know, a bit old hat by now but I meant to do a

1 min read 2021-03-22 03:36:09

Photo: TheSun.ie James Horan has been quiet enough on the media front since last December’s All-Ireland final but he’s returned to the circuit in

2 min read 2021-03-21 03:07:04

Image: Scotsman.com Happy Vernal Equinox, people. In normal times, my spirits tend to lift at this point of the year as we start to get close to

3 min read 2021-03-13 03:30:00

It’s certainly not an anniversary to celebrate but if nothing else it’s worth noting that it’s a full year to the day since our lives were

1 min read 2021-02-21 03:23:37

The All-Stars awards show has just concluded on RTÉ2 and, from our perspective, there were no surprises with how the two Footballer of the Year

1 min read 2021-02-19 15:08:57

The 2020 All-Stars awards will be presented tomorrow night, with the ceremony live on RTE2 (throw-in 6.30pm), but ahead of that the football

3 min read 2021-01-19 03:02:00

Photo: Irish Independent (Sportsfile) Right, you the voters have spoken. The poll is now closed on our Player of the Year 2020 vote and, with a

3 min read 2021-01-16 03:09:51

Photo: Newstalk On the same day that he was named as an All-Star nominee for the fifth time, Chris Barrett today announced his retirement as an