HERE are this weekend’s Down fixtures. Details are correct at the time of writing. Check the Down website for any changes before making your journey. DOWN SENIOR HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND THREE BALLYGALGET V LIATROIM Advertisement Saturday, Ballygalget, 5pm BALLYGALGET are two from two already in the competition and once again look the team most likely […]
By Shaun Casey TO the outside world, Saval were simply going to make up the numbers in the 1995 Down Intermediate Championship final. Despite winning the competition just seven years previous, with a host of experienced heads remaining, Saval were massive underdogs. Newry Bosco were expected to coast through and claim the crown. Championship titles […]
DOWN have named their team to take on Galway in Sunday’s All-Ireland Preliminary quarter-final which will be staged at Páirc Esler. There is one change to the starting line-up from last weekend’s narrow defeat to Monaghan in the group stage finale, with Eugene Branagan named in place of Adam Crimmins. The team is as follows, […]
By Shaun Casey DOWN’S round three defeat to Monaghan means the Mourne men could possibly be playing three weeks on the bounce, if they reach the All-Ireland quarter-finals for the first time since 2012, but boss Conor Laverty doesn’t mind. His side put in a solid shift and were leading heading into the final quarter […]
By Shaun Casey CHAMPIONSHIP clashes between Down and Galway are few and far between. In fact, Sunday’s encounter will be the first since the All-Ireland semi-final in 1971, when Galway won by seven points. Aidan Carr never faced the Tribesmen in the championship during his years in the red and black shirt, but he did […]
WHILE Conor Laverty and his Down team believed they would see out the group stages with three wins from three, they can taking plenty of learnings from their hectic tie with Ulster rivals Monaghan, which ended in a narrow defeat. Midway through the second period, the Mourne men were four-points ahead and looked like the […]
By Michael McMullan WITH 12 teams left in the race to get their hands on the Sam Maguire Cup, the pairings for this weekend’s All-Ireland preliminary quarter-final are how known. Ulster champions Donegal, winners over Mayo on Sunday, will face Louth. Down finished second to Monaghan in their group and have been drawn to play […]
By Michael McMullan TYRONE ladies welcome Westmeath to Stewartstown on Sunday with top spot in their All-Ireland Intermediate group up for grabs. Both have beaten Down so far. For Tyrone, it was a reverse of their defeat to Down in Ulster. Tyrone also have the hurt of last year’s All-Ireland final defeat to Leitrim still […]
By Michael McMullan WILLIE Maher has one hell of a job on his hands. The GAA’s new Head of Hurling could divide himself in 100 different pieces and still be meeting himself coming backwards. It’s the national game, yet very few counties are playing it at the top end. There are plenty of clubs hurling […]
By Michael McMullan WHILE the Tailteann Cup has been a successful bridge for previous winners Meath and Down, this season’s results are pointing towards the need for a deeper dig into the championship structures. GAA President Jarlath Burns, speaking after making the Tailteann Cup quarter-final draw on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland radio show, said a third-tier […]
