Month: September 2021

CORK’S CONOR Corbett and Galway’s Seán McDonagh have been named Electric Ireland Minor Footballer and Hurler of the Year for their exploits in 2019. Corbett was “Conor Corbett and Seán McDonagh named Minor Footballer and Hurler of the Year”

1. “We end up disappearing down the rabbit hole of whether Bernardo is “a racist”, a term that has no fixed definition, and thus can “The ‘racist’ rabbit hole, World Cup woes and more of the week’s best sportswriting”

WHEN THE 2019 PwC All-Star hurling nominations were announced last Wednesday one name more than any other seemed to have been sprung from nowhere. Jack “‘Those sessions were some craic. I have a couple of good friends who nearly lost their jobs over it’”

ALL-IRELAND FINALISTS Foxrock-Cabinteely maintained their dominance in Dublin this weekend with a dramatic extra-time victory to collect their fifth county title in-a-row. There was drama “All-Ireland finalists Fox-Cab win fifth Dublin crown on the bounce after extra-time thriller”

SARAH ROWE RECENTLY brought the curtain down on an outstanding first season in the Australian Football League Women’s (AFLW). But actually, with the deal done “‘That’s when it dawned on me that this isn’t just a hobby. People’s lives depend on this’”

Na Fianna 3-14 St Sylvesters 0-9 Kevin O’Brien reports from Parnell Park NA FIANNA HAD far too much quality for St Sylvesters in today’s Dublin “Dessie Farrell’s reign over Na Fianna begins with 14-point victory against 13-man Sylvesters”

THE FINAL PAIRINGS for the Lidl Ladies National Football League semi-finals were confirmed after wins for Cavan and Louth in this weekend’s deciding matches. In “Hat-trick hero Sheridan guides Cavan to league semi-final with win over Kerry”

MICHAEL RYAN GOT his tenure as Na Piarsaigh manager off to a winning start this afternoon, as his side ran out 22-point winners in the Bon Secours “Former Tipp boss Ryan starts life as Na Piarsaigh manager with a win in Limerick SHC”

CLARE’S AILISH CONSIDINE is one of eight players to have re-signed with women’s AFL champions the Adelaide Crows, the club has confirmed. Considine kicked an “Clare’s Ailish Considine re-signs with AFLW champions Adelaide”

DESPITE HOPES THAT he would rejoin the Donegal squad ahead of the championship, Odhran MacNiallais has confirmed he won’t be involved with Declan Bonner’s side “MacNiallais: ‘I’m not going back. I just have no real interest in football at the minute’”