Niall Gartland assess the promotion and relegation permutations with two rounds of the NFL remaining DONEGAL ALONGSIDE Galway, the top-ranked team in the county. Donegal have won four of their five matches to date, the only blemish a defeat on the road to the Tribesmen. The question hanging over them in recent weeks was a cynical […]
By Niall Gartland TYRONE have found themselves dragged into a battle for Division One survival, and Malachy O’Rourke says there’s “no point in crying” about the situation. The Red Hands really could have done with a win against Kerry last Sunday, but it didn’t happen and it will take a huge effort to climb towards […]
By Barry O’Donnell WHILE hoping for a reaction after their eight point defeat to Armagh last time out, Tyrone manager Malachy O’Rourke concedes that for the second game running this weekend they are facing a potential wounded animal in its own patch. Just as the pumped up Orchard boys were desperate for a response against […]
By Niall Gartland TYRONE defender Aidan Clarke was among those to impress in their opening night win over Derry, and he very much welcomes the heightened sense of competition with the return of some familiar faces to the panel in recent months. Two All-Ireland SFC winners of 2021 who later left the panel – Rory Brennan […]
By Barry O’Donnell SEASONED Tyrone attacker Darren McCurry insists that they will have to be at ‘their very best’ to come away from the home of the All-Ireland champions Armagh with the spoils this Saturday night. Despite being buoyed by the nature of their seven-point triumph over Derry in their National League opener last weekend, […]
By Shaun Casey ARMAGH and Tyrone renew their famous rivalry on Saturday evening as Malachy O’Rourke’s Red Hand County visit the BOX-IT Athletic Grounds for the second round of the National League. Both head into the contest off the back of very different opening round displays, as All-Ireland champions Armagh fell to Galway by six […]
By Michael McMullan PADDY Tally has named his first Derry team for their league opener against Tyrone on Saturday in Omagh. There are four changes from their All-Ireland quarter-final defeat to a the Kingdom last summer, who had Tally in the management team. Gareth McKinless is on club duty, Chrissy McKaigue is retired, the injured […]
BOOSTING a glittering managerial CV at club and county level, Malachy O’Rourke is acutely aware that high expectations come with the territory as he gets set to take his bow in the Tyrone hot-seat this Saturday evening. The Fermanagh man has done it all on the club front, winning six senior County titles across Derry, […]
THE games for the new rules over the weekend had all the drama of a plate of warm scones, though the final was fun. To be fair, I played in an All-Star game in Donegal after they won the All-Ireland and scored 1-2 in the first half against the most fearsome defensive formula the game […]
By Michael McMullan GLEN selector Johnny Bradley insists the Watties need a “monumental effort” and need to perform to their max to keep their hands on the John McLaughlin Cup on Sunday at Celtic Park. They put their Derry, Ulster and All-Ireland titles on the line against a Newbridge side bridging a 33-year gap from […]
