By Michael McMullan FORMER Ulster minor and u-21 winning goalkeeper Danny Rodgers has been named on the bench for Donegal this weekend with Shaun Patton listed as the the number one. The Ulster champions face a vital clash with Mayo in a bid to make it to the knock-out stages of the championship. Patton hasn’t […]
KEVIN CASSIDY: Jeopardy visits for the first time
June 12, 2025
AFTER a few weeks of unbelievable action in the All-Ireland series, it all comes down to this weekend’s games. As I stated last week, I don’t think there is any real need to tweak what we have based on this year’s evidence, but we will see what next year brings. There are some massive clashes this […]
We need to up our game says McGuinness
May 31, 2025
BY RYAN FERRY DONEGAL manager Jim McGuinness says Cavan brought a ‘serious edge’ to their group opener with Mayo, and he expects his side to face more of the same on Sunday. Cavan were tipped by many pundits to finish bottom of Group One but their three-point victory over Mayo has made things interesting. And […]
Ben glad to be back on board with Tyrone
May 29, 2025
By Niall Gartland HAVING excelled himself in Errigal Ciaran’s memorable run to the biggest day in club football with a series of eye-catching performances in the middle of the park, Ben McDonnell was duly drafted into the Tyrone Senior set-up by Malachy O’Rourke for his second crack at county football. Ben had been absent from […]
KEVIN CASSIDY: The gift that just keeps on giving
May 29, 2025
BEFORE I get stuck into this week’s action, I just want to touch on the structures around the championship, the fact that they are set to change next year. I understand in the past that perhaps things might not have worked out as we had hoped with a few dead rubbers here and there, but […]
Eoghan Bán returns as Donegal name squad for Tyrone visit
May 23, 2025
By Michael McMullan JIM McGuinness has named the same team from the Ulster final for Saturday’s visit of Tyrone. The Ulster champions host the Red Hands in a repeat last year’s All-Ireland opener (Ballybofey, 7pm) There is a return of Eoghan Bán Gallagher after injury ruled the Killybegs man out since their league win over […]
Gallen happy to fight for his spot
May 23, 2025
BY RYAN FERRY OISÍN Gallen hopes Donegal will continue to employ a kicking game ahead of their All-Ireland group stage opener against Tyrone this Saturday. Gallen was named as the All Star full-forward last season and had a great year in the green and gold. However, you could have counted on one hand the number […]
KEVIN CASSIDY: It’s open season
May 22, 2025
BEFORE Donegal and Tyrone have even kicked a ball in the All-Ireland series, it has been blown wide open. Last weekend’s result in Castlebar now means that anything is possible in this group and we could see one of the big guns exit the competition a lot earlier than they would have wanted. Let’s just […]
Barrett basks in the magic of another Clones cauldron
May 15, 2025
By Michael McMullan THERE isn’t room to swing a cat in the Clones tunnel, but you can see the wide smile Donegal coach Luke Barrett wears as he steps his way through the crowds. In a feature interview with Gaelic Life earlier in the year, he spoke about growing up and watching the teams’ buses […]
KEVIN CASSIDY: A final for the ages
May 15, 2025
AS I sit down to write this week’s piece, I’m struggling in that I actually don’t know where to begin. I think I can speak for most when I say that was probably one of the best Ulster finals we have ever witnessed. If I’m being 100 per cent honest towards the end of the […]