Managerial merry-go-round turning unusually softly
NORMALLY the club management merry-go-round would be ready to come off its rails at this stage but this has been a winter season notably devoid of moving and shaking.
“I always go for goal first. If I can’t get that I’ll go for a point. If I can’t get that then I’ll look for a pass...”: Shane O’Regan’s direct approach helps Sarsfields along the way to an All-Ireland final
The former Watergrasshill hurler was open and honest about his role and approach with All-Ireland club senior finalists Sarsfields
Sleacht Néill suffer their cruellest blow of all on All-Ireland stage
Derry champs miss out on All-Ireland final opportunity far beyond what any of their previous four attempts had given them.
Sleacht Néill ratings: Brendan Rogers and Fionn McEldowney left everything out on the field
The form Jack O’Connor was in, most men wouldn’t have laid a glove. Yet McEldowney was one of Slaughtneil’s best players. The 18-year-old won battles, he made recovery tackles, he came out of rucks he had no right to win. But O’Connor did hurt them with his scores.
Sarsfields the latest sitting duck for Slaughtneil
WELCOME, all four of you, to the semi-finals of the AIB All-Ireland Sitting Duck Championship.
Cahair O’Kane: The juice is only worth the squeeze if you win
URBAN Meyer has won three NCAA championships.
Refs will bear brunt of no pre-season competitions: Raymond Galligan
CAVAN boss Raymond Galligan believes the absence of pre-season competitions next season is unfair on referees trying to grapple with the introduction of a raft of new rules.
Cavan’s sensory room is more than a room. It is a cornerstone of a family’s relationship, a connection, a crumb of normality
MARK Gilsenan is loathed to reach for the word ‘normal’. Hates it.
Cahair O’Kane: Kilcoo and Errigal’s commitment to attack says they’ll both be even harder to beat in next year’s new game
THE public perception of Kilcoo’s style of football is baffling.
Clonoe overwhelmed as legend McCabe pledges to help fund new facilities
CLONOE and Tyrone legend Kevin McCabe has “changed the future of Clonoe forever,” the club has said in response to his pledge to help them build a new stand and changing rooms.
Sleacht Néill ratings: McGuigans and Ó Mianain to the fore
STAR MAN: Shane McGuigan: It was McGuigan’s drive that propelled Sleacht Néill to victory. Was involved in 1-6 of their tally, of which 1-3 was in the final quarter. Hit three points of his own. Huge effort that pushed them ahead on 53 minutes. 8.5
Shane McGuigan lights fire under Sleacht Néill to lift them into wide-open All-Ireland race
AS Cushendall rowed gradually clear of them in Newry twelve months ago, it almost felt like the sun was setting on Sleacht Néill’s dream of an All-Ireland club title. It has never been more alive than it is now.
Jim McGuinness: ‘The game’s always changing. In the ‘70s people were giving out about the handpasses. They’ve always gave out about Donegal. In many respects people in Donegal don’t care. The same way they don’t care the motorway stops in Cavan, it stops in Monaghan, it stops in Tuam. We’re cut off, we’re isolated’
THERE’S almost nobody in the restaurant. The tall, lean, unmistakable figure of Jim McGuinness sweeps through the door, searching past a blissfully unaware elderly couple.
Ulster says yes: Northern counties set to back football’s rule changes
ULSTER will say yes to Gaelic football’s proposed new playing rules, paving the way for their introduction at this weekend’s Special Congress.