KERRY’S MARK O’CONNOR is set to miss the remainder of his club Dingle’s county senior football championship campaign after his AFL side Geelong stated they “AFL club state they cannot permit Kerry’s O’Connor to play club GAA games as ‘it’s a breach to his contract’”
Month: September 2021
‘Blistering pace’,’a defender’s nightmare’,’an eye for goal’ – Tributes pour in for retiring O’Sullivan
TRIBUTES ARE POURING in for 2009 All-Ireland winning captain Darran O’Sullivan following his retirement from inter-county football on Tuesday. O’Sullivan is now the fourth Kerry player “‘Blistering pace’,’a defender’s nightmare’,’an eye for goal’ – Tributes pour in for retiring O’Sullivan”
‘The feedback is very positive’ – Top referees welcoming proposed rule changes
Click:Spiritual Jewelry LEADING REFEREE CONOR Lane says that the reaction in refereeing circles to the proposed new rules in Gaelic football has been “very positive”. “‘The feedback is very positive’ – Top referees welcoming proposed rule changes”
All-Ireland hurling final ref Owens ‘can understand’ James McGrath’s outrage after snub
“WAS THERE? I don’t listen to social media,” was 2018 All-Ireland SHC final referee James Owens’ initial tongue-in-cheek response when the sideshow in the build-up “All-Ireland hurling final ref Owens ‘can understand’ James McGrath’s outrage after snub”
Donegal to snap up the man who came closest to taking down this Dublin team
IN AN EVENTFUL off-season that saw James Horan and Liam Sheedy reappointed as county managers, the news that Stephen Rochford is set to join Declan “Donegal to snap up the man who came closest to taking down this Dublin team”
Comer still ‘bitterly disappointed’ Galway didn’t put it up to Dublin in semi-final
FOR THE MOST part, Galway enjoyed a successful season in 2018. They went through their first top flight league campaign in seven years unbeaten up until “Comer still ‘bitterly disappointed’ Galway didn’t put it up to Dublin in semi-final”
‘I’m now disgusted I taught them so much! I knew those boys were destined for good things’
AS HE ATTEMPTS to stifle the impact of Nenagh Éire Óg in the battle to be crowned Tipperary senior hurling champions, John O’Keeffe can reflect “‘I’m now disgusted I taught them so much! I knew those boys were destined for good things’”
‘If I can push the team over the line, I’ll gladly do it’: Costello content with supersub role
CORMAC COSTELLO’S DREAM performance off the bench in the 2016 All-Ireland final was seen as a coming of age performance by the Whitehill Colmcilles man. Then “‘If I can push the team over the line, I’ll gladly do it’: Costello content with supersub role”
‘If I had it back now, I would have gone again’: Ó Sé on retiring a year too early
DARRAN O’SULLIVAN THIS week became the latest Kerry footballer to announce his inter-county retirement, following Anthony Maher, Donnchadh Walsh and Kieran Donaghy out the Kingdom “‘If I had it back now, I would have gone again’: Ó Sé on retiring a year too early”
‘I probably I should have put my hand up and said I’m not able to come back on’ – Cork’s hurling learning game
WHEN NORMAL TIME ended in July’s epic All-Ireland semi-final between Cork and Limerick, Daniel Kearney was lying in the dressing-room in Croke Park. He had “‘I probably I should have put my hand up and said I’m not able to come back on’ – Cork’s hurling learning game”