Offaly and Kerry enjoy big wins as Higgins captains Mayo hurlers to victory
OFFALY OVERCAME a slow start to defeat Meath by 16 points in today’s Division 2A Allianz Hurling League opener. Offaly found themselves a point behind at the first-half water break after missing plenty of chances. They led by 2-13 to 0-7…
Andy McEntee claims Meath player was ‘spat on in the face’ during defeat to Kildare
MEATH BOSS ANDY McEntee says full-back Conor McGill was spat on by a Kildare player in the incident that sparked a full-scale brawl at the end of their Division 2 semi-final defeat. The Royals were left counting the cost of…
Two sin bins, three penalties and 1-13 for Costello as Dublin ease past Roscommon
Dublin 1-22 Roscommon 0-16 A NINE-POINT victory for Dublin in a league game that won’t live long in the memory banks. The six-in-a-row All-Ireland champions got the job done in Roscommon to open up their Division 1 South campaign with…
‘Great to be back’ – Four-time All-Ireland winner returns to Wexford camogie panel
FOUR-TIME ALL-Ireland winner Katrina Parrock has returned to the Wexford camogie panel ahead of the 2021 season. Parrock, who was part of Wexford’s three-in-a-row All-Ireland champions, has linked up with the squad after stepping away from inter-county camogie in 2017.…
‘Running on the roads around Wexford town, I was genuinely broke up’ – From lockdown to hurling
IF DIARMUID O’KEEFFE has learned anything from being an intercounty hurler during the rolling lockdowns of the past year, it is an increased admiration for athletes in individual sports. The Wexford player will finally get going with his team next…
Down beat Antrim to Division 2 title, Wexford see off Armagh in Division 3 decider
Updated Jun 19th 2021, 7:11 PM TWO STUNNING GOALS in a five-minute spell just before half-time by Niamh Mallon and Sorcha McCartan, and another in the 57th minute by Anna Rogan after Antrim had clawed back a seven-point deficit to be…
Clare bounce back, Kelly causes scoring damage and Waterford’s missing names
1. Clare bounce back from last November The value of comparing championship meetings with the previous year’s fixture can be debatable but Clare and Waterford came together in Thurles yesterday, only seven months since they had clashed in an All-Ireland…
‘We won’t know until we’ve beaten them’ – Cork captain feels gap closing on Dublin as league final looms
CORK CAPTAIN MARTINA O’Brien says she feels her side is closing in on four-in-a-row All-Ireland winners Dublin, as the sides prepare to face off in the Division 1 final. The sides have already met in this year’s league campaign, serving…
‘As we raise the bar, we hope that everything else follows’ – Dublin star hails recent positive moves
EVERYTHING IS ON the up, says Dublin star Carla Rowe. Recent positive developments have ladies football in a good place, she believes. In the past few weeks, major news has been announced with male and female inter-county players set for…
Dual star scored 4-13 for Offaly over the weekend in camogie and Ladies football
GRAINNE EGAN ENJOYED quite the weekend on the field for the Offaly camogie and Ladies football sides. Lining out for the county team on consecutive days, Egan was in sensational scoring form and racked up a tally of 4-13 between…