NUI Galway 1-22 Waterford IT 2-13 NUI GALWAY SET up a local Fitzgibbon Cup semi-final clash next week against GMIT thanks to a six-point win over Waterford IT at Dangan tonight, with Evan Niland continuing his immaculate run of form for both Galway and the university by scoring 0-14 over the course of the hour….
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‘With five minutes to go, I was looking up at the clock like, ‘Get me out of here”
MEATH DID IT, why can’t we? Something that’s likely been said over and over in every corner of the country since the Royals’ magical, maiden All-Ireland senior triumph. “Not that we’re worried, but we’re more conscious of the challenge this year than last year,” All-Star goalkeeper Monica McGuirk tells The42. It’s something every player in attendance…
‘A few players did approach him’ – Kilcoo’s bid to get Mickey Moran on board
ON SATURDAY, MICKEY Moran attempts to win a senior All-Ireland final as manager on the fifth time of asking. The 2020 club final defeat with Kilcoo to Corofin, arrived after Slaughtneil fell at the final hurdle to the Galway side in 2015 and Dr Crokes in 2017. In 2006, his Mayo team were taken apart…
Stunning late goal hands All-Ireland senior title win to Waterford’s Ballygunner
Ballygunner (Waterford) 2-17 Ballyhale Shamrocks (Kilkenny) 1-19 BALLYGUNNER HAVE LONG dreamed of being crowned All-Ireland champions but perhaps they could never have imagined as sensational a way to realise that ambition. Shane O’Sullivan celebrates Ballygunner’s win. Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO Two points down, deep in injury-time against the Kilkenny aristocrats of this competition, it appeared as…
Galway, Kerry and Wexford schools celebrate GAA senior provincial final wins
Results Connacht senior A football final St Jarlath’s (Tuam) 3-6 St Colman’s (Claremorris) 0-9 Munster Corn Uí Mhuirí senior A football final St Brendan’s (Killarney) 0-17 Tralee CBS 0-12 Leinster Corn Uí Dhúill senior A hurling final Good Counsel (New Ross) 1-22 Dublin South Schools 0-14 Advertisement ***** GALWAY’S ST JARLATH’S, Kerry’s St Brendan’s and…
‘We felt this was the way to go eventually’ – inside the LGFA’s subscription streaming service
THERE WAS SOME trepidation before the news was announced. Perhaps a slight fear of the unknown of what lay ahead as the press release was sent out. Ladies Gaelic Football Association announces details of 2022 live-streaming service. No going back. The fine print? This would be a subscription model, with previously free-to-watch-online matches going behind…
The Kilkenny, Waterford, Dublin and Down champions chasing All-Ireland glory
Hurling – Ballyhale Shamrocks v Ballygunner, Croke Park, 3pm Football – Kilmacud Crokes v Kilcoo, Croke Park, 5pm Both live on TG4 ***** 1. Will we get a hurling classic? If a general sense of anticipation builds up before an All-Ireland club hurling final, the game that unfolds has tended to disappoint in recent times….
Sigerson Cup final to be shown live on TG4
UL’s David Clifford celebrates with team-mates after their semi-final win. Source: Laszlo Geczo/INPHO THIS YEAR’S SIGERSON Cup final will be broadcast live by TG4. Advertisement NUI Galway needed extra-time to book their place in the final with a 0-18 to 0-15 win over MTU Kerry last night. In the other semi-final, Kerry star David Clifford…
NUI Galway land first Sigerson Cup title since 2003 as strong display secures win over UL
NUI Galway 0-12 UL 1-6 A FIRST SIGERSON Cup title for NUI Galway since 2003 after their powerful start to the second half proved crucial in defeating UL at a rain-lashed IT Carlow grounds tonight. NUIG’s Cathal Sweeney and Eoghan McLaughlin of the University of Limerick. Source: Laszlo Geczo/INPHO Despite losing Mayo’s Tommy Conroy and…
After Conroy injury, Horan criticises ‘unsustainable’ demands on young players
Updated Tue 8:03 PM JAMES HORAN HAS called the demands on young inter-county players “unsustainable” in the wake of Tommy Conroy’s ACL injury. Conroy had been double jobbing with Mayo in the Allianz Football League on weekends while on Sigerson Cup duty with NUIG in midweek. His season came to a crashing halt when a…