By Michael McMullan CAVAN travel to Derry on Saturday with a place in the Ulster semi-final up for grabs. It’s a repeat of the recent Ulster League Shield final, a game Cavan won. but Breffni manager Ed O’Hanlon is putting no stock in that result. With the loser this weekend still having a second chance […]
DONEGAL senior football manager, Jim McGuinness, gave an update on Michael Langan’s absence for Sunday’s Ulster Championship defeat to Down at O’Donnell Park. The Donegal joint-captain was listed to start for the meeting with the Mourne County, but a late change to the team saw Ciarán Moore take his place in the side. It was […]
THE race for the Sam Maguire will be based on a backdoor format this year, with pairings based on where counties have progressed in both their provincial competitions and their league placing. Any county reaching a provincial final will be in pot on for the draw and guaranteed a home draw. The full breakdown of […]
By Michael McMullan THERE is nobody in Ciarán Meenagh’s backroom team that he doesn’t know inside out. The Loughmacrory man has surrounded himself with people on the same page. They’ve been in the trenches with him somewhere in the past. That’s how he rolls. Trust and familiarity. Advertisement Martin Boyle is one example. The man […]
By Michael McMullan CONOR Laverty praised his side’s level of desire to improve after Down’s win over champions Donegal in O’Donnell Park on Sunday. In the last two seasons, Down pushed eventual All-Ireland champions Armagh and Donegal all the way before coming up short. Speaking after both games, Laverty pointed to the level of preparation […]
Ulster SFC – Down 3-21 Donegal 1-21 By Michael McMullan A RAMPANT Down caused the championship’s latest shock by unseating Ulster champions Donegal on Sunday on O’Donnell Park. Conor Laverty’s side were full of ambition, energy and pace, leaving Donegal left to pick through the pieces of defeat ahead of the All-Ireland series. Advertisement Second-half […]
BY RYAN FERRY DONEGAL senior football manager Jim McGuinness says their recent training camp in Portugal has left the team in good stead ahead of the Ulster Championship. McGuinness’s charges have enjoyed a super season so far after winning both the Dr McKenna Cup and the National Football League. Now it’s time for the next […]
By Shaun Casey THIS year’s Ulster Championship preparation is much different for Danny Magill. In two of the past three seasons, the Burren clubman, along with his Down teammates, has been eyeing up triumphs over Donegal. In 2023, he kicked a point on his championship debut as Conor Laverty’s men overturned the Tir Chonaill county […]
By Shaun Casey ARMAGH go to Brewster Park on Saturday afternoon as unbackable favourites to overcome their hosts and coast into the semi-finals of the Ulster Championship. But voyages to Enniskillen have rarely been as straightforward. Ask any Armagh fan. Sure, Kieran McGeeney’s men thrashed Fermanagh at that same venue two years ago, before going […]
By Michael McMullan DOWN have named their squad for Sunday’s Ulster Championship quarter-final with Donegal in O’Donnell Park. Conor Laverty’s side added the league title to their promotion back to Division Three and look ahead to the championship. There are three changes from their victory over Wexford in the league decider. Advertisement Paddy McCarthy comes […]
