Dublin have lost one championship game in the last four seasons. In fact, that can be stretched to the Boys in Blue losing two championship games in the last six seasons and they are currently undefeated in the 2017 championship. Of the last nine national titles that have been on offer at senior level, Dublin have won seven of them. …
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The Tyrone turnaround has been sparked by youth becoming experience and it could be argued that Tiernan McCann exemplifies this as well as any other player. Now aged 26, McCann has turned into one of the leading half-backs in the country and will go toe-to-toe with the likes of James McCarthy and Jack McCaffrey this Sunday in Croke Park. The role …
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As Dublin’s Stephen Cluxton lifted the Delaney Cup for a record-breaking seventh consecutive time on Sunday afternoon it officially brought an end to a truly exciting year for the provincial football championships. Just twelve teams now remain in the race for the Sam Maguire Cup, and, as expected, Kerry and Dublin have advanced to their respective quarter-finals with relative …
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With promotion and relegation settled after some great football, all that remains in question is to whom the silverware is awarded. The respective divisional finals will be played between, Dublin and Kerry, Kildare and Galway, Louth and Tipperary and Westmeath and Wexford. This spring saw all but the bottom division go right down to the wire in terms of promotion …
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Rugby World Cup Final referee, Nigel Owens, advocates using the TMO in GAA. Although many rugby fans have criticised the amount of time referees spend referring decisions to the Television Match Official, the use of such technology has aided the game greatly. Not only can referees refer try scoring decisions to the Television Match Official, but the TMO can bring incidents of …
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Tyrone Minor manager Mickey Donnelly has spoken out on those sledging allegations by Donegal and the treatment of Tyrone by the media as a whole. In an interview with our The 16th Man podcast, Donnelly said ‘‘I would be a bit reluctant to talk about that in that it’s still probably in a legal form, but we were very annoyed …
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Following last weekend’s controversy, Conor McManus has argued for the introduction of a television match official The unfortunate Conor McManus returned to Croke Park yesterday to collect his GAA-GPA Player of the Month Award. Although Monaghan’s defeat to Tyrone was still fresh in the mind of McManus, he did return to the scene of Sunday’s bitter clash with a suggestion …
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Tyrone’s Tiernan McCann will be handed an eight-week ban for his simulation during last weekend’s All-Ireland Quarter-Final, which ultimately led to the dismissal of Monaghan’s Darren Hughes. Hughes appeared to tousle McCann’s hair, and the forward dropped to the floor theatrically as though he had been struck in the head. As per Colm Keys of the Irish Independent, the GAA’s …
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The 16th Man is our new GAA Podcast covering all matters Championship as well all the big and not so big issues from the world of GAA. Why does our language always have to be so extreme? Why Tiernan McCann is in fact not the devil incarnate. And a moment of appreciation for a county board, getting it done the …
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Darren Hughes was one of three players sent off during Tyrone’s victory over Monaghan Darren Hughes was today sent off after appearing to rub Tiernan McCann’s hair. Upon feeling Hughes touch his head, McCann appeared to throw himself to the ground. The Tyrone forward has drawn scorn from many quarters, with many on social media calling for McCann to be …
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