By Shaun Ca There are now just eight teams left in the race for Sam Maguire and the last eight pairings are now known following this morning’s All-Ireland quarter-final draw. All four games will take place next weekend at Croke Park. Tyrone will meet All-Ireland champions Kerry, in a repeat of last season’s semi-final, with […]
By Barry O’Donnell UPBEAT Tyrone defender Joey Clarke feels that the brace of hard earned back-to-back one point Championship victories the side have now secured hopefully indicates that they have turned the corner after a difficult season. The 2025 All-Ireland winning Under-20 captain cut a contented figure out on the Healy Park pitch at the […]
TYRONE manager Malachy O’Rourke has named an unchanged starting line-up for Sunday’s Round 2A encounter against Mayo at Healy Park – though that comes with the usual caveat that there could be changes on the day. The prize on offer for Tyrone this Sunday is a direct path through to the All-Ireland quarter-finals. If they […]
By Barry O’Donnell MEMORIES of last year’s bitter Championship reversal at home to Mayo should act as an effective motivational tool for Tyrone heading into this Sunday’s latest clash between the two counties, manager Malachy O’Rourke hopes. Rewind the clock back twelve months and an apparently buoyant Tyrone were heading into the meeting with the […]
By Barry O’Donnell TYRONE manager Malachy O’Rourke has warned that in Roscommon on Sunday his side are coming up against one of the ‘form teams in the country’. The ‘Hyde’ will no doubt be hopping this weekend in this opening round match of the revamped (yet again) All-Ireland Senior Championship series as Mark Dowd’s newly […]
By Barry O’Donnell THE prolonged six-week break will hopefully provide Tyrone with a clean bill of health on the injury front heading into Sunday’s crunch showdown with Roscommon, manager Malachy O’Rourke affirms. The Red Hands were last in action on Sunday, April 12 when losing out to Armagh in the Ulster Championship preliminary round, and […]
By Alan Rodgers A DETERMINED display when many had been forecasting a comprehensive defeat for Tyrone in yesterday’s Ulster Championship opener at the Athletic Grounds has brought hope for the Red Hands despite the disappointment of a narrow loss. Few gave Malachy O’Rourke and the players much chance following a shaky start to the season. […]
By Michael McMullan KIERAN McGeeney and Malachy O’Rourke have named their teams ahead of Sunday’s Ulster Senior Championship opener in the BOX-IT Athletic Grounds. Armagh have listed the same starting 15 from their last league game against Kerry but there are changes on the bench. Rory Grogan, Andrew Murnin and Barry McCambridge are listed. Conor […]
By Barry O’Donnell TYRONE captain Brian Kennedy hopes that the anticipated league victory over winless Offaly last weekend will provide the platform for a rousing finale to their Division Two campaign. With the teams deadlocked after half an hour at O’Neill Park, the Derrylaughan midfielder landed a monster two-pointer to give the hosts the edge […]
By Barry O’Donnell ACE attacker Eoin McElholm insists that Tyrone are not doing ‘justice’ to their under-pressure manager Malachy O’Rourke with their league performances to date. Speaking at the launch of the Dalata Hotel Group All-Ireland Under-20 Championship this week, the Loughmacrory star, who was the 2025 Footballer of the Year as the Red Hands […]
