Crazy stuff from the Oak Leafers! After 40 minutes of Sunday’s All-Ireland quarter-final between Kerry and Armagh, the Ulster side found themselves up by five points following a super score from Rian O’Neill. Just over 16 minutes later they were trailing the Kingdom by 10 points. While this was largely down to some outrageous pointing, […]
6 months ago
“You couldn’t ask for better team-mates.” Sean O’Shea gives an emotional interview after accepting the Man of the match award on behalf of David Clifford in the Munster final. Kerry defeated Clare with relative ease, scoring five goals in the process and winning the Munster championship for the third year in a row. However, the […]
2 years ago
Armagh went with a more pragmatic approach. Armagh have been labelled as the ‘Entertainers’ this season due to the way their exciting style is reminiscent of Kevin Keegan’s Newcastle team in the ’90s. Their obsession with drilling the ball forward as soon as possible, taking brave scores and making opportunities out of nothing has provided […]
3 years ago
Playtime is over. Kerry have announced their starting XV to play Armagh in today’s Allianz National football league clash, and they heave brought in the big guns. Jack O’Connor has clearly had enough of this ‘resting’ players malarky, it’s time to start getting some points on the board and some wins in the bank. The […]
3 years ago
Kenmare Shamrocks 3-11 Austin Stacks 1-15 Austin Stacks were the Kerry senior champions last year, they were very nearly the Munster champions too. But they’ll be playing intermediate club football in 2023. That’s how competitive it is in the Kingdom. It was a Seanie O’Shea inspired Kenmare Shamrocks that sent the Tralee club down, the […]
3 years ago
When friends become foes. This weekend is jam packed with great sporting viewing, starting on Saturday with RTE Two, and taking us right through to Sunday evening on TG4. First up it’s small ball action as Kilmacud Crokes want to make history and get into both the football and hurling senior club championships. The footballers […]
3 years ago