All-Ireland SFC Round 2 TYRONE v ARMAGH Saturday, O’Neill’s Healy Park, 7pm (Live on RTÉ) By Niall Gartland Advertisement ARMAGH dumped reigning All-Ireland champions Tyrone out of the race for Sam with surprising ease this time last year, but the feeling is that the gap between the two teams has been not just narrowed but […]
Rory Beggan (31) MONAGHAN’S victory over Tyrone was a high-scoring affair (2-17 to 1-18) so it says something about Rory Beggan that he was one of the leading contenders for the man of the match award. Not only were his kick-outs characteristically on point, but he played his ‘fly ‘keeper’ role to perfection when Monaghan […]
Ryan O’Toole It was fairy-tale stuff from O’Toole. He ignored all his natural instincts that screamed to fist the ball over the bar. Instead, the Scotstown clubman fired the ball low and hard, between the legs of Tyrone ’keeper Niall Morgan, to secure a famous win for Vinny Corey’s men and see them through to […]
Ulster Championship quarter-final Cavan v Armagh Saturday, Kingspan Breffni, 6.30pm By Niall Gartland Advertisement IF you believe the bookies, this should be an Armagh victory all day long. They’ve been priced as 12 for Saturday’s trip to Kingspan Breffni Park, but in our eyes you’d be foolish to write off Mickey Graham’s Cavan. For one […]
By Niall Gartland TYRONE supporters were treated to a quite magnificent game of hurling in Sunday’s Christy Ring Cup opener against Derry, and Eire Óg clubman Dean Rafferty hopes that it’ll encourage at least some of the enthralled onlookers to attend their round two clash against Mayo in Castlebar this Saturday. The match was played […]
By Kieran Lynch ARMAGH are going into this weekend’s home clash against Donegal with an extra degree of confidence after they got their Nickey Rackard Cup campaign off to a winning start last week. The Orchard County would have been sick of the sight of Roscommon, having lost to the Rossies twice in the league, […]
By Mark McGoldrick FERMANAGH manager Joe Baldwin said his side ‘will not fear anybody’ as they kick off their Nickey Rackard Cup campaign on Saturday against a formidable Donegal in Letterkenny. “Donegal recently competed in the Division 2B league final, so on paper, they’re considerably well ahead of us,” said the Erne boss. “We’re definitely […]
By Niall Gartland ULSTER CHAMPIONSHIP QUARTER-FINAL Tyrone v Monaghan Sunday, O’Nelll’s Healy Park, 4pm Advertisement LET’S get ready to rumble and all that, but there’s a nagging feeling that the Ulster Championship has been diluted by the decision to essentially prise apart the provincial championships from the race for the Sam Maguire. Indeed, a few commentators […]
By Niall Gartland THERE’S a fine line between success and failure and the Down hurlers will hope that the cards fall in their favour in their Joe McDonagh Cup campaign which gets underway against Kerry at Ballycran in Saturday. Down only had a single point at the table when the curtain was drawn on their […]
THE Antrim camogs face a must-win clash in their final group stage game in Division 1B against Wexford this Sunday. The table couldn’t be more delicately poised as the winners of the game will progress to a league final showdown against Waterford, who won all five of their matches. The Saffrons fell to their first […]
