Earlier this week we quizzed you on the 15 hurlers with the most championship appearances and it proved very difficult so it’s time to see how you fare with footballers. These 15 footballers have racked up 70 or more championship appearances with three still players still in action. They hail from five different counties and all, except one, have played …
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Last week, we tested you on your knowledge of the hurling championship’s top scorers from 2010 to 2019, now it’s time to do the same with its Gaelic football counterpart. These are the players that notched up the highest tally in the football championship between 2010 and 2019. One footballer has registered an impressive amount of scores during this time. It …
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The GAA have today confirmed that the start of this year’s All-Ireland senior football championship has been suspended following the ongoing global pandemic. The association confirmed that the Connacht senior football championship clash between New York and Galway has been postponed. The game was due to take place in Gaelic Park, New York on May, 3, however, due to the …
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The 2019 GAA season will go down in memory for a lot of reasons. Mayo ending a hoodoo of nine straight Croke Park final defeats, Galway’s mid-summer exit one week after beating Kilkenny, Cavan’s run to a first Ulster final in 18 years, Carlow’s participation in the Liam MacCarthy Cup and who can forget the incoming five-in-a-row, something that looks …
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The World Cup final, Super 8s, All Ireland Hurling Quarter-Finals – RTÉ face into a tricky situation on the weekend of the 14th/15th July. The GAA announced the details this week of two of the first Super 8 clashes to take place in this year’s All Ireland Football Championship. Dublin v Donegal will take place on Saturday 14th July at …
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There was no shortage of drama on Saturday as the Round 3 Qualifier fixtures threw up some entertaining spectacles. Kildare’s defeat of Mayo and Armagh’s late triumph over Clare were the highlights of Saturday’s action while Monaghan and Tyrone took care of Leitrim and Cavan, respectively. Those four winners, in addition to the four defeated provincial finalists, will make up Monday …
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This weekend the Ulster Quarter-Final between Tyrone and Monaghan in Omagh takes centre stage in the football championship.
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Mayo still in the hunt for Sam Maguire despite Galway defeat
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The Leinster Championships get under way this weekend, and Kevin Boyle previews Offaly's clash with Wicklow.
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The Dublin footballers are just another successful team who are proving to be unpopular with the general public.
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Bear in the Square are a GAA tipping duo who share a common love of Junior B and Ciaran McDonald. Our tips are weighted from 1-5 with a 5 point stake being our max bet. Here we are in the third week of August and the football championship is just about to start! The so called ‘top four’ teams have managed …
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This weekend sees Mayo compete in their seventh All-Ireland semi-final in a row. Outside of losing to Kerry in 2011, each of the last five seasons has seen Mayo exit the championship at the hands of the All-Ireland champions. 2017 sees them get to the final four yet again. In the last five seasons, Mayo have won three of their …
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On 25th February 2017, GAA congress voted in the most significant change to the structure of the football championship since the qualifiers were introduced in 2001. The traditional quarter-finals will be replaced by a round robin system. The round robin constitutes two groups of four, consisting of two provincial winners and two round four qualifiers, with the top two advancing …
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Colm O’Rourke is a former All-Ireland winner and a long established panellist on The Sunday Game on RTÉ. Following four one-sided quarter-finals, the Meath man has been very vocal on his views surrounding the introduction of the Super 8s in place of the All-Ireland quarter-finals from next season. O’Rourke was vocal in RTÉ studios following Mayo’s 22-point victory over Roscommon …
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What many describe as Tyrone’s greatest ever player, Peter Canavan, fancies his county to account for Armagh when the pair collide in the All-Ireland quarter-final. Writing in the Irish Independent, the man known as Peter the Great gave an account of his experience of the great rivalry between the two Ulster counties. While tempers have been know to boil over on …
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There is a bumper bank holiday weekend of GAA action in store. If you fancy spending some of your winnings from the Galway races, then check out betting selections below. Tyrone vs Armagh Armagh were excellent against Kildare. They have powered on as the season has progressed. Whatever happens on Saturday, they can take a lot of heart from their …
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The final whistle in Croke Park last Sunday provided a sense of relief for both Mayo and Roscommon. While both would be disappointed not to have won the game, the room for improvement and the recognition that both were still in the 2017 championship meant both had to accept the outcome and move on. It is widely speculated that Roscommon …
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A first Ulster title since 2010 was welcomed by Tyrone in 2016, but that was as good as it got when defeat to Mayo at the quarter-final stage ended their season. All eyes are focused on ensuring 2017 is different. This weekend sees one of GAA’s most eye-catching rivalries reignite as Tyrone take on Armagh in the first of this Sunday’s All-Ireland quarter-finals. …
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