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Opening Shot – Should the GPA endorse products?

July 12, 2016

The GPA’s product partnerships are bad for the future of the GAA according to John Hughes.

Category: Columnists, Extra Time, News


Opening Shot – Antrim must improve for Ulster’s sake

July 5, 2016

John Hughes explains that the Saffron players aren’t just playing for the jersey.

Category: Antrim, Columnists, Counties, News


Opening shot – Kieran, we need to talk

June 28, 2016

John Hughes makes the difficult suggestion that one of his Armagh heroes may have to say goodbye.

Category: Armagh, Counties, Extra Time, News


Opening Shot – Qualifiers ruined the championship

June 21, 2016

John Hughes says the first five games of the Ulster Championships were damp squibs.

Category: News


Opening shot – Are players really burning out?

May 31, 2016

Kieran McGeeney’s assertion that the GAA don’t work as hard as other sports has John Hughes questioning the accepted truths of burn out.

Category: Extra Time, News


Opening Shot: What if your team is too good?

May 24, 2016

John Hughes explains what happens when the coach becomes the weak link.

Category: Extra Time, News


Opening shot – Casement should be Belfast’s Croker

May 10, 2016

John Hughes explains that having the Ulster Championship final played at Casement would push GAA to the top of the cultural agenda in Belfast.

Category: Antrim, Counties, Extra Time, News


Opening Shot – Dublin’s hothouse is flowering

May 3, 2016

John Hughes reckons that Dublin’s third league title is a result of them having greater resources and financial clout.

Category: Extra Time, News


Opening shot – This is more than a game

April 28, 2016

John Hughes reminds us why the GAA is serving society by getting children to be active.

Category: Extra Time, News


Opening shot – Ulster needs Antrim hurling to succeed

April 20, 2016

John Hughes laments the fall from grace for Antrim hurling and explains why it will have a knock on effect for Ulster hurling.

Category: Extra Time, News


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