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With the GAA season in full swing, most observers are engrossed in the action on the field. With the likes of Wexford, Galway and Cork lighting up the championship, 2017 is shaping up to be a memorable race for the Liam MacCarthy Cup. However, never far away from people’s lips is the discussion over championship restructure. After Congress introduced the …

With all teams up and running in the race for the Liam McCarthy Cup, we take a look at the latest pecking order in hurling. 1. Galway (no change) The Tribesmen are All-Ireland favourites, and justifiably so after the demolitions of Dublin and Offaly. The men in maroon have a physicality which is telling, while clutch players such as Daithí Burke, David …

Another weekend of championship action is upon us and the games come thick and fast. The first round of the football qualifiers throws in on Saturday while there are huge games in Ulster and Munster on Sunday. Using a 1-5 rating system, with one being a risky bet and five being a certainty, we have our top four bets for …

Today’s Leinster Senior Football Championship clash between Westmeath and Offaly at O’Connor Park in Tullamore finished all-square at 10 points apiece, meaning that the midlands teams will have to do it all over again in Mullingar next Saturday to determine who will face Dublin in the provincial semi-finals on June 25th. Enthusiasm for the sequel is unlikely to be high, …

Shades of 2013 shine through this amazing 2017 senior hurling championship. To the delight of hurling fans, we appear to be looking at the most open championship in years. All-Ireland champions Tipperary were due to steam roll through this years championship, where are they? The qualifiers. OK, so Tipperary are gone, Kilkenny must now be favourites right? Wrong, they are …

It’s a huge weekend of GAA action with nine games being played over the course of Saturday and Sunday. If you fancy a flutter on the live action or are looking for something to top up your accumulator, then why not check out our selections for this weekend’s action. Using a 1-5 rating system, with one being a risky bet …

The hurling championship is a short season. From the first throw-in of the year to picking up the Liam MacCarthy Cup might take just four games. We want to know, however, if you can name the hurlers with the most All-Ireland Hurling Championship appearances. As mentioned above, the hurling championship is far from the longest. On many occasions in this …

Former Kilkenny hurler Eoin Larkin gives his thoughts ahead of the weekend’s hurling. Handling expectation has been Galway’s problem for a long time now. They often seem to put in the big performances, and then the Galway people start to really back them and expect a big championship. But I think it’ll be different this year. Micheal Donoghue has built …

Now that the Munster Championship has begun the hurling world’s focus switches to Leinster. Here we look at the Leinster Hurling Championship All Star team. Last week we picked our Munster hurling All Star XV. Now it is the turn of Leinster hurling to face judgement. This year’s Leinster Hurling Championship looks set to be one of the most open in …

After Sunday’s blistering start to the Munster Championship, Leinster’s finest get to show the country what they are made of with three quarter-finals taking place this weekend. With defending champions Kilkenny waiting in the last four, the six teams in action at the weekend will be eager to avoid the minefield that is the qualifiers – especially now that defending …

The All-Ireland Hurling Championship has well and truly begun and looks set to be a thriller. With this in mind we test your knowledge and see can you name every hurler to score a goal in an All-Ireland final since 2000? The first Sunday in September holds a special place in any hurling fan’s heart. Since 2000 we have seen …

The 2017 National Hurling League is consigned to history, as the Championship kicked off with two games in the Leinster preliminary rounds. We take a look at the pecking order as the big guns now fully turn their focus to the summer. 1. Galway (+1) We have new leaders, and rightly so. Everything clicked for the Tribesmen yesterday. They came …

Galway shook the hurling landscape to its core with a remarkable victory over Tipperary yesterday afternoon. The Tribesmen trumped Tipp in every facet at the Gaelic Grounds, and are now being fancied to end 29 years of hurt and win the Liam McCarthy Cup for the first time since 1988. With the League consigned to history, focus now turns to …

And then there were two. After yesterday’s semi-finals of varying excitement, Galway will take on Tipperary for the National Hurling League title. We take stock of what that means for the pecking order. 1. Tipperary (no change) Still the team to beat. The Premier found another gear against a Wexford team that brought the fight yesterday. A hallmark of the great …

Pundit Arena columnist Eoin Larkin looks back at the National Hurling League quarter-final between Waterford and Galway, and feels it was a game the Déise should have won, regardless of the weakened team Derek McGrath had out. The manner in which Waterford let that game slip in Salthill would be a worry. Derek clearly didn’t have any interest in winning the …

Well that was an interesting weekend… For any critics of the current National Hurling League structure, just notice how competitive all the games were this weekend, bar Offaly vs Tipperary. Sure, nothing is going to be perfect, but realistically this is the only mismatch you can be sure of. We take a look at the lay of the land after …

With the National Hurling League facing into a bumper Sunday of quarter-finals and a Division 1A relegation play-off, Pundit Arena columnist Eoin Larkin looks ahead to the action. _____ Cork moving in the right direction, but need to push on Of all the teams left in contention for the League title, I think Cork need it the most. The Rebels could …

With the quarter-final and relegation play-offs in the National Hurling League confirmed, we take a look at the latest pecking order as the small ball season gathers pace. 1. Tipperary (no change) Sure, they’ve failed to win a match since our last rankings were drawn up, but there are plenty of positives to take away for Michael Ryan. They were …