By Shaun Casey IT’S nearing the halfway point of the Nickey Rackard Cup and already Sunday’s round three meeting of Armagh and Roscommon has an important feel to it as both aim to secure their status in the competition. After the opening two rounds, Armagh currently sit on two points thanks to an opening day […]
By Michael McMullan IT’S four years since Cavan appeared in their only Lory Meagher Cup final and with two wins from two, they’ve a chance to add to their 2025 momentum. Next up is the visit of Lancashire this weekend. After a comfortable win over Warwickshire in Birmingham, Ollie Bellew’s charges were winners over Monaghan […]
By Michael McMullan MONAGHAN hit three goals at Clones when the sides met in the league but the Farney hurlers will be hoping to bounce back against Warwickshire on Saturday in the Lory Meagher Cup. After victory over Lancashire, Monaghan lost to Cavan in Round Two at Kingspan Breffni after shipping two first-half goals. Cavan […]
By Michael McMullan GOALS from Niall McKenna and Seaan Elliott shot Antrim to a famous victory over Wexford in last year’s Leinster Championship. That was then. This is now. Davy Fitzgerald is now at the helm and the Saffrons head to the sunny south east hoping to get their Leinster Hurling Championship campaign off to […]
By Alan Rodgers THERE are real grounds for optimism among the Tyrone hurling fraternity as the 2025 inter-county season approaches its climax and all involved will be hoping to yield dividends at various grades for the Red Hands in national competitions. Saturday sees the county’s senior side continue their Christy Ring Cup campaign with an […]
By Pauric McGurn HAVING just seen his Fermanagh side start their Nickey Rackard cup campaign with a one-point defeat to Armagh, Fermanagh manager Joe Baldwin was quite rightly hugely disappointed as they prepare to bounce back against Louth on Sunday. The Erne men could not have asked for a worse possible start when before even the […]
Down will hurl in Division One next season. Marc Fisher looks forward to it, having battled his way in their promotion charge. He spoke with Michael McMullan HURLING has been everywhere for Marc Fisher. He remembers a March Sunday in 2007 when Cork came to a snowy Ballygalget. The Rebels needed a Cathal Naughton point […]
By Shaun Casey JUST six weeks ago, Armagh and Mayo locked horns in the BOX-IT Athletic Grounds during their Division Three league campaign and the sides once again face off on Saturday, this time in the championship. The visitors defeated Karl McKeegan’s side by nine points, but the scoreline didn’t do the contest justice. Two […]
By Shaun Casey THE celebrations and claps on the back for gaining promotion and getting their hands on the Division Two league title will long be forgotten about when Down line out at Netwatch Cullen Park on Saturday afternoon. Ronan Sheehan and his men will have put an unbelievable league campaign behind them as they […]
By Shaun Casey A DERBY-DAY clash with near neighbours Cavan awaits Monaghan in round two of the Lory Meagher Cup this weekend and Farney manager Arthur Hughes says the challenge his side face “will not be simple.” Cavan were surprising winners when the sides last clashed in the competition back in 2023 but Monaghan had […]
