By Michael McMullan DONEGAL selector Colm McFadden has walked the walk in the Ulster Championships white heat and shines a light on the cut and thrust of the coming weeks. Having been a scoring ace, he is now on the other side of the line. Donegal are the reigning champions and have been faced with […]
Ulster’s first-time NFL winners
March 29, 2025
Shaun Casey looks back on Ulster county’s maiden Division One successes Armagh Armagh’s one and only National League title came 20 years ago during a golden period of success for the Orchard County. Following on from their historic All-Ireland win in 2002, Armagh backed it up with a first ever NFL title in 2005, beating […]
Derry’s injury woes continue
March 24, 2025
By Michael McMullan DERRY’S Ulster Championship preparations have been dealt another blow with an injury to midfielder Anton Tohill. Manager Paddy Tally confirmed the Swatragh man sustained a broken hand in Sunday’s defeat to Armagh. Magherafelt’s Conor McCluskey is also out “long-term” with goalkeeper Odhrán Lynch also unlikely to feature in Ballybofey. Advertisement The news […]
McGuinness shuffles the Donegal pack for Mayo clash
March 22, 2025
By Michael McMullan DONEGAL have names their side for Sunday’s league clash against Mayo in Castlebar. Manager Jim McGuinness has 11 changes from the side that lost to Tyrone with only Caolan McColgan, Hugh McFadden, Niall O’Donnell and Finbar Roarty retained. There is a first start of the season for defender Stephen McMenamin while Michael […]
Donegal proving to have more around the edges
March 22, 2025
By Michael McMullan DONEGAL have another chance to run eyes over their entire panel this weekend with a trip to Mayo. Manager Jim McGuinness has stressed the importance of staying in the division. With their top-flight status secured, the management took the chance to reshuffle their deck last weekend. Advertisement Donegal made 11 changes from […]
Derry receive Cassidy boost ahead of crunch Letterkenny visit
March 20, 2025
By Michael McMullan DERRY manager Johnny McGarvey has been handed a timely boost ahead of their vital NHL clash with Donegal on Saturday. Shea Cassidy, sent off against Meath, had his red card rescinded on Wednesday night and is free to play this weekend. The Sleacht Néill forward was shown a red card for an […]
KEVIN CASSIDY: It’s heating up as the league hits the final Sunday
March 20, 2025
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 […]