Kilkenny face Dublin this weekend in Parnell Park. While the new hurling championship format is uncharted territory for all ten teams involved, Brian Cody has employed an old tactic that the Gaa Hour lads have seen right through. Cody is known to keep his cards close to his chest so it was unusual when he […]

8 years ago

Nine months on from last year’s Leinster final and Daniel Flynn’s one-on-one miss against Stephen Cluxton still haunts him. We’ve all been there. You have one big chance for your score to define a game and it goes begging. For most of us, whose biggest sporting achievement is running onto the pitch after an All-Ireland […]

8 years ago

Brian Cody never doubted his Kilkenny team. No matter what the pundits say. Kilkenny exited the 2017 championship in the second round of qualifiers after losing to an up-and-coming Wexford, and ultimately Waterford. Professional pundits and couch analysists alike called for Cody’s head saying that Kilkenny wouldn’t win another trophy in his tenure. This widespread […]

8 years ago

​With the European Champions Cup semi-finals this weekend, thoughts can’t help but wander to the heroes of past and present representing our provinces on the biggest stage in European club rugby. Irish clubs have proven some of the most successful in the Champions Cup and Heineken Cup before it. With that in mind, here is […]

8 years ago

Lee Chin gives his life to Wexford GAA. He lives as professional a lifestyle as any inter-county GAA player. But, while even the Wexford hurler is opposed to professionalism in GAA, he did outline the under-appreciation of inter-county players. Chin admitted his disappointment in some of the treatment of players who commit so much time […]

8 years ago

The new hurling championship format was sold as an alleviating solution to the on-going club fixtures problem in the GAA but it has somehow managed to worsen proceedings in Kilkenny. According to JJ Delaney, the Kilkenny club hurling championship was working well under the old championship format and the new system has actually set their […]

8 years ago

more often than not, your referee on a given weekend will be less than adequate, especially in the lower divisions. It’s something that we accept as part and parcel of the club game and we just learn how to play on these refs inadequacies, but Kevin McStay says that even at intercounty level the […]

8 years ago

Clare manager Colm Collins said Gordan Kelly’s ban is “a joke”  ahead of his player’s appeal hearing on Thursday night. Kelly was banned for three months after Clare’s drawn National Football League clash with Tipperary, on February 11, when it was alleged that he sprayed water at an official after the game. The veteran defender […]

8 years ago

“That’s tough for our lads to take.”

8 years ago

There is space for a dual player. There must be. GAA dual players are a dying breed. The incredible feat of representing your county in both football and hurling was once a dream that, for very few, could become a reality. Now, it seems, it can only be a dream. Podge Collins put a nail […]

8 years ago

Ryan McMenamin is eager to clear up his part in a recent sideline melee, which saw him sent to the stands in Brewster Park. McMenamin, the newly appointed Fermanagh assistant manager, and Wexford’s Brian Malone were sent off for the incident which saw 16 players and mentors from both sides involved. Speaking on the latest […]

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