“I just don’t know what Colm’s system of play was yesterday.” Cora Staunton has said that Colm O’Rourke was tactically ‘naive’ to set his Meath team up the way that he did against Dublin in the National League. Meath went man-to-man against their Leinster rivals, and they were taken apart with ease, as the opposition […]
3 years ago
“I’d like to see how much AFL he has watched to make those comments.” When the news broke that Vikki Wall may be going to Australia to play in the AFL, the Meath manager was not one bit happy. Eamonn Murray came out in a pretty frank interview, stating that Aussie rules is a “dreadful” sport […]
4 years ago
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7 years ago
ON a packed weekend of Ladies Club Football activity, the Munster, Leinster and Ulster senior championship Final pairings were decided, as All-Ireland senior champions Carnacon romped to a 19th successive Mayo crown. Cora Staunton, fresh from launching her autobiography, collected 2-8 as Carnacon captured their 20th Mayo title in total, following a 9-10 to 0-4 victory over […]
7 years ago
The LGFA have reduced the eight suspensions issued to Carnacon players earlier this month after they were found guilty of bringing the game into disrepute following their walkout from the Mayo panel during the ladies senior football championship. Cora Staunton, Fiona McHale, Martha Carter, Marie Corbett, Amy Dowling, Doireann Hughes, Sadhbh Larkin and Saoirse Walsh were all handed […]
7 years ago
On Monday night, 12 players from the Mayo Ladies football team, led by former captain Sarah Tierney, called a press conference to outline their reasons for walking away from the intercounty panel. The players cited player welfare, intimidation and being undermind by management among the reasons for leaving the squad while the county board responded […]
7 years ago