KIERAN McGeeney has named an unchanged starting team for this weekend’s semi-final showdown with rivals Down. The same 15 that overcame Cavan in the Ulster Championship quarter-final will line out in Clones on Sunday afternoon. That means there’s no Rian O’Neill in the starting line-up as the Crossmaglen attacker has been named on the bench. […]
McEntee the man to awaken ‘sleeping giant’ says Nally
ANDY McEntee will have a surprise up his sleeve when his Antrim side make the journey to Armagh on Saturday evening for the opening round of the Ulster Championship, says his former right-hand man Colm Nally. Nally, now coaching in the Orchard County having taken charge of Silverbridge, was part of McEntee’s backroom team in […]
No place to ‘Hyde’ for Armagh
By Shaun Casey AT the start of the season, Armagh fans may have been targeting Roscommon as a guaranteed two points, but things have changed dramatically following the opening two rounds. Roscommon are flying high at the top of Division One, a single point ahead of the Orchard County, and are in a rich vein […]
Nally takes charge of Silverbridge
FORMER Meath coach Colm Nally has been appointed manager of Armagh club Silverbridge for the upcoming season. Nally worked alongside Andy McEntee in the Royal County and helped Meath reach back-to-back Leinster finals, only to lose to Dublin twice in 2019 and 2020. The Louth native joined Cooley Kickhams midway through this season and guided […]
Jarly Óg Burns – we want to do ‘Geezer’ proud
By Shaun Casey FROM an early age, Jarly Óg Burns was destined to pull on the famed orange and white jersey that his father, ten years before his Armagh debut, had worn when holding aloft the Anglo Celt Cup. Jarlath senior helped the Orchard County end a 17-year wait for a provincial crown and now […]
Cumann Chat – Jarly Og Burns, Monaghan’s dilemma, Leinster championship
The six talking points that grabbed our reporters this week.