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Michael Corry reporting live from Croke Park. Cork 4-12 Mayo 1-13 Cork and Mayo clashed this afternoon in Croke Park with a spot in the Electric Ireland All-Ireland Minor Football Championship decider on the line. It was Cork who started the brighter of the two teams but Mayo drew first blood when Ethan Henry beautifully stroked a free over the …

In association with Expect high drama this weekend as the Electric Ireland All-Ireland Minor Football Championship reaches the penultimate stage. The season started with 32 but we’re down to just four as heavy-hitters Mayo, Cork, Galway and Kerry go toe-to-toe this weekend in Croke Park for a place in this seasons decider on September 1st. The action gets underway on …

Cork 3-16 Dublin 1-14 Cork survived a nightmare start where they trailed Dublin by nine points before registering a score to go on and lift the All-Ireland U20 Football title in O’Moore Park. Dublin got their charge off to the perfect start with back-to-back points from James Doran and Ciaran Archer in the opening minute. Archer added the third point …

Dublin and Cork have both shown their hand ahead of the All-Ireland U20 Football Final which throws in at 4 pm on Saturday in O’Moore Park, Portlaoise.  Both sets of management teams have decided to stick with the same starting 15 that helped them over the line in their respective semi-final match-ups last week. Cork defeated Tyrone in a gripping …

Come Sunday evening, we will know the four teams set to compete for Sam Maguire following the final round of the Super 8s. Group 2 is already set in stone with Tyrone and Dublin meeting in what is essentially a dead-rubber game while Cork and Roscommon fight it out to avoid the wooden spoon. Meanwhile, it’s fair to say most …

The GAA has today confirmed that O’Moore Park in Portlaoise will play host to Saturday’s All-Ireland U20 hurling semi-final and football final with both games being televised live on TG4. At 2 pm Cork face Kilkenny in their final four clash before the football decider takes centre stage at 4 pm with the meeting of Dublin and Cork. Following this, …

Cork are into the semi-finals of the Electric Ireland All-Ireland Minor Football Championships following a 12-point win over Monaghan in Bord na Mona O’Connor Park. Monaghan nearly got off to the dream start when Liam McDonald was put through on goal in the opening minute and he would have scored only for a superb block by Daniel Peet. Patrick Campbell …

Tipperary 3-15 Cork 2-17  Tipperary are the winners of the Bord Gais Energy Munster GAA Under-20 Hurling Championship after a dramatic last-minute victory over Cork at Semple Stadium. In the end, Tipperary ran out one-point winners and they have Jake Morris to thank after the Nenagh Eire Og man blasted home a goal in the dying seconds to give his …

The Cork County Board today announced plans for a new pitch to be laid at Páirc Uí Chaoimh ahead of the 2020 Allianz Leagues. However, with the good news come a little bit of bad for Corkonians as work is set to commence next week meaning that the Rebel footballers upcoming Super 8s clash with Roscommon on the August Bank …

The fixture details have been released ahead of the final phase of the All-Ireland Super 8s campaign which is set to take place over the August Bank Holiday weekend. Depending on the results of this weekend’s Croke Park double-headers on Saturday and Sunday, the final phase of games could prove pivotal in determining who qualifies for this year’s All-Ireland SFC …

2019 got off to a rocky start for the Cork footballers.  A poor league campaign ended in relegation to Division 3, however, Ronan McCarthy’s side have rallied well in the Championship with wins over Limerick and Laois sandwiched in between a strong showing in their Munster final defeat to Kerry. They had the unenviable task of heading to Croke Park …

The scoreline may have read 5-18 to 1-17 but don’t let that fool you.  Dublin were well and truly in a game last night in Croke Park. Cork started the stronger of the two sides kicking four points without reply int he opening minutes. A Jack McCaffrey goal seemed to spark a Dublin revival, however, Cork withstood the challenge only …

Michael Corry reporting live from Croke Park Dublin 5-18 Cork 1-17 Wow… it wasn’t the game we expected but the game we wanted so much. In the end, Dublin had too much for Cork in phase one of the 2019 Super 8s but by God they were pushed the whole way by a rampant Rebel bunch who can head home …

The Super 8s officially get underway this evening in Dr Hyde Park when Tyrone travel to take on Roscommon. Focus then turns to Croke Park where Dublin welcome a renewed Cork side to HQ. Ballybofey hosts the meeting of Donegal and Meath tomorrow before the opening weekend finishes off a glamour tie in Killarney as Kerry host Mayo. There are …

Sunday sees the renewed rivalry of the two most successful sides in hurling when Cork and Kilkenny battle it out in Croke Park for a place in the All-Ireland semi-finals.  It’s a rivalry as long as time. Their first All-Ireland final meeting came all the way back in 1893 and to date, no two teams have met in more All-Ireland …

What a weekend we have in store. The Super 8s are back for a second year as two teams from each province begin their quest over the coming weeks to book a spot in this years All-Ireland semi-finals.  The one slight change to the system in 2019 sees the provincial winners host the opening round of fixtures as opposed to …

GAA president, John Horan, insisted that a Croke Park double-header involving the Cork senior footballers and hurlers was not feasible this weekend.  Both teams are set to head to HQ this weekend with the footballer’s facing Dublin on Saturday evening in phase one of the super 8s while John Meyler’s hurlers face old rivals, Kilkenny, on Sunday. Many thought it …

Former Kerry footballer, Aidan O’Mahony, has taken umbrage with Sean Cavanagh’s comments regarding the current state of Kerry football on last week’s edition of The Sunday Game.  The three-time All-Ireland winning Tyrone player claimed that if Kerry were competing in any other province bar Munster that they wouldn’t qualify for the Super 8s. O’Mahony feels that Cavanagh was just looking …