DONEGAL skipper Paddy McBrearty has sustained a ‘fairly significant injury’ that rules him out of Sunday’s Division Two decider against Armagh. McBrearty sustained a leg injury in last weekend’s league encounter against Meath and underwent a scan yesterday to suss out the extent of the damage. Speaking at last night’s launch of the Ulster Championship, […]
By Michael McMullan IT’S hard to imagine anything other than Derry taking on Dublin in the league final later this month, but Mickey Harte’s focus remains on their final game this weekend. Should Roscommon cause a shock at Celtic Park on Sunday, expected wins for Dublin and Kerry would leave three teams on 10 points […]
By Michael McMullan DERRY have made one change for Sunday’s visit of Roscommon to Celtic Park (1.45pm). Niall Toner came on at half time for Niall Loughlin in Castlebar to score three vital points to clinch victory. Toner is listed to start on Sunday with Loughlin dropping out of the matchday panel. Advertisement His place […]
By Shaun Casey ONE point is all Down need on Sunday to confirm their promotion to Division Two and a Croke Park date for a league final, but their opponents Clare are eyeing up that much sought after promotion spot as well. Even in defeat, Down can get promoted if Westmeath happen to lose away […]
By Katrina Brennan WHEN things go right they go very right and when they go wrong they go very wrong, and unfortunately for Fermanagh, it was the latter on Saturday afternoon in Ardee. Manager Kieran Donnelly watched on from the sideline as Louth landed blow after blow, scoring 6-17 in all, on their home turf. Their […]
ARMAGH have named an unchanged team for Saturday’s clash with Cork in SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaomih (7pm). Kieran McGeeney’s side secured promotion with victory over Cavan last weekend and will play Donegal in the League decider next weekend. The Orchard County have had a settled look to their side with 10 players have featured in […]
It’s a decade since Cavan completed their four-in-a-row of Ulster u-21 titles. Jack Brady looks back on how it impacted the county’s fortunes. Michael McMullan writes… MICKEY Graham, Dermot McCabe, Peter, Larry and Jason Reilly came within a late rally of the 1996 All-Ireland u-21 title. Graham’s goal levelled matters in Tom Semple’s field before […]
With the final day of NFL coming up this weekend, Shaun Casey looks at some of the big storylines that have dominated the round seven fixtures of recent seasons 2023 – Monaghan MONAGHAN love the last-day drama and could have been nominated for every year, but last season was significant as they held onto their […]
WE had hoped for a super Saturday and super Sunday type situation this weekend where a close eye would be kept on all scores to see who might make the drop and who would potentially make the finals. However, the way the games have gone to date, we know a lot of what will potentially […]
By Shaun Casey KERRY legend Tomás Ó Sé believes the competitiveness and the cut-throat nature of the Ulster Championship could hinder the impact that Ulster counties can make on the All-Ireland scene. Derry and Monaghan reached the last four of the race to Sam Maguire last season but lost out to Kerry and Dublin respectively […]
