HIS week in the league we have Super Sunday. And it is just that when you look across all the divisions. There is so much to play at both ends of all the tables. This Sunday I’ll make my way to Inniskeen for the derby clash of Louth and Meath, but, as usual on Super […]
Donegal skipper Rodgers eyes a winning conclusion to the league
March 19, 2025
By Michael McMullan GALWAY have been the only team to beat Donegal this season but captain Róisín Rodgers points to the game’s learnings. A dig into the performance the simple mistakes hit between the eyes. Costly errors in a convincing home defeat. Donegal have also drawn three of their games in an ultra-tight Division Two […]
Donegal step into next phase
March 14, 2025
By Michael McMullan IT’S only March but it’s impossible not to mention Donegal and championship in the same sentence. They welcome Tyrone to O’Donnell Park this weekend with both teams coming from different angles. The Red Hands crave two league points in a bid to beat the drop with the home team safe from the […]
FEATURE: Top rung of the ladder
March 12, 2025
Michael McMullan looks at the counties who’ve been in Division One of the NFL over the last decade Kerry (10) NOT since 2002, with a mixture of Divisions 1A, 1B, 2A and 2B, have the Kingdom been out of the top fight. They’ve won the competition on 23 occasions to cement their status as the top […]
GERARD O’KANE: The picture is becoming clearer
March 10, 2025
WEEK five of the league has just passed and ‘moving day’, to use some golfing parlance, has come and passed. Each division is starting to take a sort of shape in terms of how the top two or three teams are panning out, a middle cohort of teams and then the bottom two or three teams […]
FEATURE: Donegal’s Luke Barrett’s coaching journey
March 7, 2025
Luke Barrett coached Milford u-12s while still a teenager himself. He was Donegal minor manager by the age of 26. Just 32, he’s part of the county senior setup. From a sporting family, he’s living the dream. Michael McMullan went to meet him… LUKE Barrett and sport have always been intertwined. He has known nothing […]
Gaoth Dobhair manager’s overall positive take on new rule enhancements
March 5, 2025
By Michael McMullan GAOTH Dobhair manager Rónán Mac Niallais feels the new rule enhancements have been “positive overall” for the game but calls for consistency in their application at club level. Speaking ahead of the Donegal side’s Ulster Senior League semi-final with Antrim intermediate Champions All Saints, Mac Niallais said benefits of entering the competition […]
Coulter pleased with Donegal’s upward curve
March 1, 2025
By Michael McMullan DONEGAL hurlers were the story of last weekend with their victory over Kerry but Declan Coulter insists there is still work to do. With two teams facing the drop, Donegal host Derry in the final game of the season and travel to promotion contenders Kildare on Sunday. Their win over the Kingdom […]
Championship dress rehearsal for Donegal
March 1, 2025
By Michael McMullan HOW much do Donegal want a league final spot? That’s the question this week as they welcome Derry to Ballyshannon on Sunday. Jim McGuinness spoke after the Armagh win of their six-point tally and not risking anyone. His selection for Galway last weekend said more. Eoghan Bán Gallagher, Ciarán Thompson and Ryan […]
KEVIN CASSIDY: Clifford, Walsh, Canavan and an exhibition
February 27, 2025
AS I stood in Salthill last Sunday, I witnessed two things. The first one was the worst breeze I have ever witnessed a match taking place in. Secondly, it was the best display of kicking technique I have ever had the pleasure of watching. The conditions at Pearse Stadium were absolutely atrocious, and so the array […]