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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 …

The Allianz Leagues wrapped up on Sunday (almost) as Mayo and Limerick lifted their first Allianz League trophies in 18 and 22 years respectively in Croke Park. For some teams, it was a league campaign to remember, for others it was one to forget. With that in mind, we have decided to select our GAA Stock Watch based on the …

Mayo dismantled a high-flying Kerry on Sunday to pick up their first national title in 18-years after a run of nine straight Croke Park final defeats. From start to finish they were the better side and had it not been for two classy Kerry goals in the opening half then Mayo could have had plenty to spare come the end. …

Diarmuid O’Connor spoke of his delight for the Mayo supporters after the team ended a run of nine straight Croke Park final defeats against Kerry on Sunday. The Mayo captain was in inspirational form for James Horan’s side en route to defeating Kerry for the second time this season, admitting it was great to get some silverware after four years …

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 …

The group stages are over and all there is left to play for in the Allianz Football League is silverware this Saturday and Sunday. Seven tough rounds of games have come and gone and while the winners are yet to be determined we know the six counties who have been condemned to the drop. While relegation doesn’t necessarily always translate …

What a hectic weekend of Allianz League action it was.  In the Allianz Hurling League, our four semi-finalists have been confirmed. All-Ireland champions Limerick put a beating on Laois to set-up a tie with a high-flying Dublin side who shocked everybody by taking out Tipperary last weekend in Semple Stadium. The other semi-final pits 2017 All-Ireland champions, Galway against a …

Cora Staunton has firmly shut the door on a return to inter-county action with Mayo following the conclusion of her second season playing in the AFLW. The 37-year-old is set to make a decision on her future with the Greater Western Sydney (GWS) Giants soon, but the four-time All-Ireland winner has confirmed that she won’t be pulling on the green …

Mayo ground out an important win on Saturday night against a Kerry side who, up until then, had taken on all comers and won. People will say ‘sure it’s only the league’ and to an extent that is true, the real questions will be asked come the ‘white heat’ of Championship. However, we can’t underestimate the importance that this game …

And breath… 22 games in just two days. It really was a bumper weekend of GAA action. Corofin cemented their spot as the best football team in the country, while Henry Shefflin led Ballyhale Shamrocks back to the top in his first year of management. In the Allianz Hurling League, Cork took down Kilkenny in their ‘relegation playoff’ while Dublin recorded …

The penultimate round of the Allianz Football League talks place throughout today with a bumper 16 game fixture list to sink our teeth into. So far, the only confirmed league final we have is that between Leitrim and Derry in Division 4 with the two sides coming face-to-face today in Celtic Park, Derry. Mayo travel to Tralee looking to get …

Mayo travel to Austin Stack Park on Saturday evening to take on a Kerry side who have been firing on all cylinders so far in the Allianz Football League. After three games of the season, these two sides looked destined to meet in the final after both teams won their first three games. Since then, however, the two sides have gone …

Diarmuid O’Connor has been named Mayo captain for the 2019 season and to say it could be a masterstroke from James Horan is an understatement.  The Ballintubber man might not have been many peoples choices as captain and that is not a reflection on himself. With names like Keith Higgins, Andy Moran, Lee Keegan, Aidan O’Shea and indeed, Cillian O’Connor, …

Footballers around the country get a moment to relax this week as the Allianz Football League goes into hibernation, meanwhile, the hurling takes centre-stage, but not the quarter-final ties as originally planned.  Here is the pick of the news from around the GAA world this week. ___ Allianz Hurling League Fixture Crisis. On Monday, the GAA announced that last weekend’s …

Following another epic weekend of Allianz Football League action we now get a clearer picture of how the four divisions are shaping up ahead of the final two fixtures. There were plenty of talking points following the weekend’s action. Sligo are now a confirmed Division 4 team following an eight-point defeat to Westmeath. Leitrim and Derry are going in the …

Mayo travelled to Croke Park on Saturday evening looking to go four wins from four in Division One of the Allianz Football League. It wasn’t to be for James Horan’s side as they fell to a comprehensive eight-point defeat against a Dublin side who, despite not firing on all cylinders, never really looked in trouble from the get-go. On the …

Mayo boss, James Horan, cut a dejected figure last night following his sides eight-point defeat to Dublin at Croke Park. The Westerners were second best from start to finish on a night where their goalkeeper, Rob Hennelly, was easily their stand-out player scoring two points and making six point-blank saves. Following the performance, Horan lamented the number of turnovers Mayo conceded …