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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 …

After all that, who would have believed Kerry versus Mayo would be the least competitive game of the weekend? The two squared off in Killarney in the opening phase of the Super 8s in what was given main event status with its 4 pm throw-in time on Sunday. A ding-dong battle was expected and it looked to be heading that …

Kerry 1-22 Mayo 0-15 It was billed as the main event on the opening weekend of the Super 8s. A true heavyweight clash involving two of Gaelic football’s greatest sides.  What transpired was far from the classic many had anticipated as Kerry completely overrun a tired Mayo outfit en route to a ten-point win. Lee Keegan got Mayo off to …

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 …

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 …

Tyrone legend, Sean Cavanagh, has detailed his experience of sitting in the stands in Fitzgerald Stadium during a Kerry game, describing the Kingdom supporters as ‘absolute animals’. Back in 2003, Páidi Ó Sé was forced to step down from his role as manager after referring to the Kerry support as ‘f*****g animals’. The Kingdom legend later apologised for his remarks …

Three of the four round 4 qualifiers of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship have been decided as Mayo, Tyrone and Cork booked their place in the Super 8s thanks to wins over Galway, Cavan and Laois, respectively.  Following Meath’s win over Clare on Sunday afternoon, the lineup of this year’s Super 8s has finally been confirmed and there is no …

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 …

Cork 3-10 Kerry 1-19 Every man and his dog had written off Cork before this one but credit to Ronan McCarthy’s side who put in a strong showing in Páirc Uí Chaoimh against Kerry in the Munster SFC final. Kerry prevailed in the end by three points but it was a completely different performance from Cork compared to last year’s …

Páirc Uí Chaoimh is the venue this evening as Cork and Kerry square off in yet another Munster SFC final.  Peter Keane’s Kerry side are the red-hot favourites going into the game but Cork will be buoyed by their impressive showing against Limerick coupled with Kerry’s below-par second-half performance against Clare. While the two counties seem to be headed in …

Wow… What a crazy day of hurling. Offaly’s clash with Kerry in the Joe McDonagh Cup was being hailed as the most important game in the Faithful County’s history. Unfortunately, a two-point loss means they drop into hurling’s third tier next season. In other shock news from around the hurling world. Dublin’s win over Galway coupled with Wexford and Kilkenny’s …

Kerry are out on Saturday for their first championship match of 2019 when they take on Clare in the Munster SFC semi-final at Cusack Park, Ennis. The Kingdom announced their starting XV earlier this week and purists around the country are already purring at the thought of a full-forward line containing Paul Geaney, James O’Donoghue and David Clifford. It’s a …

Dublin make their 2019 championship bow this weekend when they travel to O’Moore Park in Portlaoise to take on Louth in the LSFC. It is the first game in what will hopefully be a monumental summer for Jim Gavin and his charges as the Metropolitans go in search of the GAA’s first ever five-in-a-row. With odds as high as 100/1 …

The Dublin senior footballers stand on the brink of history as the 2019 All-Ireland Championship looms.  The ‘drive for five’ is underway and all anybody can talk about is whether Jim Gavin’s men can complete something that has never been done before in Gaelic Games. The great Kilkenny hurling team of the late 2000s couldn’t complete the five, nor could …

“Vinnie’s going to get you, Vinnie’s going to get you.” Vinnie Murphy recounts a tale of leaving a Kerry nightclub back in the early 2000s shortly after his second retirement from inter-county football. He had taken a team down to play in the famous Páidí Ó Sé tournament and after being hammered by hosts, An Ghaeltacht, they flocked to one …

With the Allianz Leagues officially coming to an end and the build-up to the All-Ireland Championship beginning, it’s time to assess each of the teams competing in 2019. While Mayo may have won the league, are they really top of the pile? Does a first national title in 18 years mean you should leapfrog the team going for five-in-a-row? Where …

We’re on the verge of the first big weekend in the GAA calendar as the Allianz League Finals are set to take centre stage in Croke Park on Saturday and Sunday. The action kicks off on Saturday with a fantastic double-header. A huge crowd is expected in for the Division 4 final as minnows Leitrim pit their wits against Derry …

Following a league campaign that started like a house on fire before burning out and then lighting up again, Mayo find themselves in their first Allianz Football League final since 2012. It marks a strong return for James Horan who came back into the Mayo fold following a four-year hiatus. Mayo are motoring well going into Sunday’s game with Kerry …