Month: April 2022

Home Peter O’Mahony and Rassie Erasmus speak to the media at UL. Source: Niall Carson Munster’s Champions Cup game against Glasgow Warriors will go ahead as planned on Saturday. The province’s captain, Peter O’Mahony, was understandably emotional as he paid tribute to Anthony Foley in Limerick. Seamus ‘Banty‘ McEnaney is back in inter-county management after…

SEAMUS ‘BANTY’ MCENANEY is back in inter-county football after agreeing a three-year term as Wexford manager. McEnaney, the former Monaghan and Meath boss, takes over from David Power in charge of the Division 4 outfit. “On foot of a recommendation from the FAC, agreement has been reached with Seamus McEnaney from Monaghan to assume the…

DON’T TURN YOUR back on a powerful footballer who has three All-Irelands and two All-Stars to his name. It’s a harsh lesson but one that was learned by a St Patrick’s Emerald City player in a match against former Dublin full-back Rory O’Carroll in Auckland over the weekend. Advertisement O’Carroll recently joined Marist Rangers GAA…

ZACH TUOHY LOOKS set to follow Pearce Hanley’s lead in completing an AFL move and ending a lengthy spell with his first club in the oval-ball game. The Laois native, who was an unused substitute for Portlaoise in their county final defeat to Stradbally last weekend, is on the brink of signing for Geelong in…

WAYNE MCNAMARA HAS called time on his inter-county career. The 30-year-old defender confirmed his retirement this evening through a statement released by Limerick GAA. Advertisement McNamara won a Munster title with the Shannonsiders in 2013. Source: Cathal Noonan/INPHO Click Here: The oldest member of TJ Ryan’s 2016 senior panel, McNamara has been involved with the…

Home Dundalk’s Stephen O’Donnell at the 2016 PFA Player of the Year Award nominations. Source: Morgan Treacy/INPHO Dundalk manager Stephen Kenny has admitted fixture congestion is taking its toll on his ‘exhausted’ players ahead of the club’s Europa League game against Zenit St Petersburg on Thursday. Meanwhile, there will be a full house at Tallaght Stadium after…

FORMER MINOR ALL-IRELAND-WINNING captain Mark O’Connor has joined AFL club Geelong. O’Connor played on Kerry’s victorious underage sides in 2014 and 2015, captaining Jack O’Connor’s charges in the latter, and has chosen the Cats after a number of AFL sides expressed interest in the Dingle man. “I’ve made the decision to go to Geelong,” O’Connor,…

MAYO NATIVE PEARCE Hanley has completed his AFL trade to Queensland rivals Gold Coast Suns, ending his eight-year spell at the Brisbane Lions. Hanley, 27, has consistently been one of the best players for the struggling Lions in recent seasons, playing 129 first-grade games for the club. Former DCU student Hanley joined the Lions as…

Updated at 0800 IT’S HALF-TIME in Dublin’s first National League tie of the year. It’s also Paul Mannion’s first game back in a Dublin jersey since 2014. After a lively first-half on Kingdom debutant Brian Ó Beaglaoich, the Kilmacud Crokes forward isn’t feeling so sprightly. In the privacy of the Croke Park dressing rooms, he’s hunched over,…

FORMER MONAGHAN SELECTOR Declan Brennan has revealed plans to establish a Club Players Association (CPA) – and revealed that he’s received over 10,000 messages from interested parties wishing to contribute. The CPA’s goal is to ensure a voice for club players across the country, with particular emphasis on the fixtures schedule which often sees them…