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There was plenty of action across both codes on Saturday with teams up and down the country booking final spots while others packed their bags for another summer. Donegal defied most of the experts to swat aside the Tyrone challenge and book their spot in another Ulster final, while Patrick Horgan hit 1-12 for Cork in their facile win over …

Over the past two years, the popularity of social media sensation Buff Egan has expanded at an insane rate. Now it’s time we asked, should Buff be given the recognition he deserves? If you are without access to a Snapchat account, you may be unaware, but on June 10, Kilkenny and Wexford was not the only major hurling game to take place. …

For the Carlow minor hurling team 2006 was a landmark year not only for the Barrowsiders but also for every minnow hurling county in Ireland. Reaching a Leinster final against Kilkenny was a huge achievement, especially for a county where success in any GAA code is a rarity. Over a decade later in 2017, Carlow are now celebrating winning a …

For some, thoughts of the championship are a few weeks away still. However, for the majority of counties the May bank holiday weekend represented their second championship outing of 2017. In the Leinster Championship qualifier group, it’s nicely set up for a clincher final weekend of games. Laois maintained their winning ways over Meath to sit atop the group. Last …

This week’s Wednesday Whinge relates to the issuing of a replay between Laois and Armagh after the O’Moore County had used surplus subs in their win over the Orchard men in a recent qualifier match. We questions why a replay is becoming too much of a cop-out for the GAA. Clare vs Offaly in 1998, Meath vs Antrim in 2016 and …

The CCCC decided on Tuesday that the replay of the Christy Ring Cup final will be on Saturday evening in Newry. While the result of the original match was shrouded in controversy, perhaps the GAA felt this was the fairest settlement. However, Meath GAA are unhappy with this arrangement. With the players believing that they had secured promotion to the top …

The Christy Ring Cup final on Saturday evening was shrouded in controversy. Meath ran out one point winners, but it soon became apparent there was an error in the scoring, and the match ended level. Since then, there has been much debate as to what will happen next. On the Sunday Game, Anthony Daly forwarded the notion of promoting both …

Our new weekly feature on Pundit Arena GAA has landed. After all the dust settles on the weekend, we will look at those whose stock has risen and fallen over the weekend’s action by looking at who’s hot and who’s not. _____ Who’s Hot Dublin Fans On Their Travels We gave it plenty of negative press on these pages and …

The first big weekend in the race for Liam McCarthy is over. We look at how the weekend’s results changed the hurling landscape. _____ 1. Clare (No change) 2. Waterford (No change) 3. Kilkenny (No change) 4. Tipperary (No change) Whatever will be said about Cork, Tipperary were very impressive. The additions of Seán Curran, Dan McCormack and Séamus Kennedy gave …

Kerry and Kildare faced off in an All-Ireland quarter-final at the weekend, with the men from the Kingdom emerging victorious by a comfortable margin. The next day the Kerry senior footballers thoroughly  demolished the Lilywhites in Croke Park in a game that, for some, has highlighted the need for a second tier inter-county football championship. Confused? Well, while it may …