Niall McIntyre

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  • All-Star 15 of footballers who HAVEN’T made it to All-Ireland final

    All-Star 15 of footballers who HAVEN’T made it to All-Ireland final

    The best of the rest. Every year is the same. A couple of unheralded players shoot the lights out in their provincial championships. The All-Star calls are legitimate and they’re taken on board too. It isn’t long before they’re swallowed up though. The weeks pass and the underdogs are knocked out. Their star fades rapidly. […]

    7 years ago

  • Irish u20 basketballers create history again with famous win over Great Britain

    Irish u20 basketballers create history again with famous win over Great Britain

    Irish basketball is on the way up. And the class of 1999 is taking them there. Two years ago, the under-18 girls brought Irish basketball to previously uncharted highs. A silver medal in their palms after the under-18 championships in Dublin, they had gotten the taste for it. It only made them hungry for more. […]

    7 years ago

  • Judge for yourself whether Stephen O’Brien’s black card should get overturned

    Judge for yourself whether Stephen O’Brien’s black card should get overturned

    What a pity it would be. The All-Ireland semi-final and Kerry look beaten. Tyrone are on top all over and the Kingdom aren’t firing. They have Stephen O’Brien though. The darty Kenmare Shamrock showed moments of that trademark trickery early on but he wasn’t getting the opportunities, the freedom or the service. The second half […]

    7 years ago

  • O’Brien the game-changer as Sludden’s substitution proves costly for Tyrone

    O’Brien the game-changer as Sludden’s substitution proves costly for Tyrone

    Kerry 1-18 Tyrone 0-18 And then there were two… An electric second half surge inspired by Paul Geaney and finished off by Stephen O’Brien and David Clifford helped Kerry book an All-Ireland final place against Dublin. Four points down and devoid of ideas at half-time, the Kingdom showed their true colours in the second half […]

    7 years ago

  • Fellow golfers call-out painfully slow American after pedestrian play

    Fellow golfers call-out painfully slow American after pedestrian play

    Slow play. One of the ugliest traits in golf. It could be a Sunday stableford in your local course, it could be the US Open on Sky Sports but no matter where it is and no matter when it happens, the end product will always be the same. Uncomfortable viewing and unenjoyable golf. The golf […]

    7 years ago

  • O’Callaghan the driver as Dublin turn Mayo with ‘most awesome 12 minutes ever’

    O’Callaghan the driver as Dublin turn Mayo with ‘most awesome 12 minutes ever’

    Dublin 3-14 Mayo 1-10 Manic and controlled aggression. Ferocious, bordering on reckless intensity. One man, two men, three men, four. Swarming every blue body that gets so much as a sniff of leather. Mayo’s first half rear-guard action was hailed as one of the most impressive defensive displays Croke Park had bore witness to. And […]

    7 years ago

  • Campbell the star but Cork full back’s solo effort will stand the test of time

    Campbell the star but Cork full back’s solo effort will stand the test of time

    Cork 4-12 Mayo 1-12 Cork football is on the rise. One week after their under-20s dismantled Dublin in an All-Ireland final, the minors did likewise to Mayo in the wide open spaces of Croke Park. Patrick Campbell, that sharpshooter from Nemo Rangers was the main man for the Rebels who got goals at the right […]

    7 years ago

  • “I do a lot of visualisation, and visualising the positions I’ll be in” – preparing perfection with Hoggie

    “I do a lot of visualisation, and visualising the positions I’ll be in” – preparing perfection with Hoggie

    31 years young. After Cork’s loss to Kilkenny in this year’s All-Ireland quarter final, the whole narrative surrounded that man Patrick Horgan. Another barely believable individual display, another ridiculous tally, another year without an All-Ireland medal. He’s not comfortable with it that way. It doesn’t sit well with him. Because he doesn’t play for praise, […]

    7 years ago

  • Ireland under-20’s brilliant opportunism prompts scenes of joy and semi-final date

    Ireland under-20’s brilliant opportunism prompts scenes of joy and semi-final date

    The Ireland machine rolls on. The Irish under-20 women’s basketball team are wiping out all before them at the European championship Division B over in Kosovo and they’ve a semi-final to look forward to now. Having coasted through the group stages with comfortable wins over Ukraine and Great Britain, they were catapulted into a quarter […]

    7 years ago

  • “Seamie is not seen as a superstar of the game”

    “Seamie is not seen as a superstar of the game”

    TJ Reid is 8/11 to be the Hurler of the Year. Seamie Callanan is the second favourite at 2/1. There’s little doubt as to who’s the more adored of the two though. While nationwide acclaim meets the Kilkenny man’s every groundbreaking performance, Seamie Callanan’s record breaking goalscoring feats are more of a slow burner. TJ […]

    7 years ago

  • “They give out this veil of ‘ah sure we just hurl’ and people are very fooled by it”

    “They give out this veil of ‘ah sure we just hurl’ and people are very fooled by it”

    The 2003 All-Ireland football semi-final and the whole GAA world stopped and stared. Mickey Harte’s Tyrone were impossible to ignore. Ravenous, insatiable and incessant, they leapt across the Croke Park turf like they were mad at the grass and they hit Kerry bodies with that same manic aggression. The levels of intensity were groundbreaking and […]

    7 years ago

  • Brilliant Galway march on but Clare minor steals the show with his pure class

    Brilliant Galway march on but Clare minor steals the show with his pure class

    Galway 1-24 Clare 1-22 Clare needed a miracle, they weren’t far off getting one. With the quarter final stages being played in a round-robin format this year, score difference was always going to be crucial. As it worked out, the Clare minors needed a six point win against Galway in O’Moore Park, Portlaoise on Saturday […]

    7 years ago

  • Level-headed and ruthless, Dublin’s newest star has it all

    Level-headed and ruthless, Dublin’s newest star has it all

    They already speak about this lad in awed tones in county Dublin. Ciaran Archer. Under-20 sensation. It’s strange to think now that two years ago, very few had heard of him. A sub on the county minor team, he appeared late on in their Leinster final win over Louth. Had potential alright, but hardly a […]

    7 years ago

  • Cork under-20s run riot to demolish Kerry with dream display in Munster final

    Cork under-20s run riot to demolish Kerry with dream display in Munster final

    Cork 3-16 Kerry 0-12 Kieth Ricken’s pre-match words worked a treat. The Cork manager was in a relaxed mood prior to the Munster under-20 football final. He talked up his Cork boys, he had a bit of fun talking about the opposition. “That’s as obvious as tits on a bull as the man says,” he […]

    7 years ago

  • UCD awarded 3-0 win after Bohs field ineligible player

    UCD awarded 3-0 win after Bohs field ineligible player

    It would have been worse if Bohs had actually won the game. UCD have been awarded a 3-0 victory over Bohemians after it was found that Bohemians fielded an ineligible player in their SSE Airtricity League Premier Division clash on Monday night in UCD. The game itself didn’t pass without controversy. After Yoyo Mahdy’s goal […]

    7 years ago

  • From bad to worse for Rory as McDowell has his own mini meltdown

    From bad to worse for Rory as McDowell has his own mini meltdown

    Swings and roundabouts. When Rory McIlroy was down in the dumps, Graeme McDowell was flying high. When Graeme McDowell was having his own mini-meltdown, Rory McIlroy was steadying the ship. For a while at least. But then it all went haywire for McIlroy again. Fancied by many coming into it, big things were expected of […]

    7 years ago

  • Shane Lowry bounds home with lowest ever opening round at a major

    Shane Lowry bounds home with lowest ever opening round at a major

    Brilliant stuff from Shane Lowry. Shane Lowry signed off on a -4 67 to come in as the clubhouse leader after a solid first round at the 148th British Open at Royal Portrush. The 67 is the Offaly man’s lowest ever opening round at a major and when you consider that he has missed the […]

    7 years ago

  • Solid start for Cork amateur James Sugrue alongside Clarke at British Open

    Solid start for Cork amateur James Sugrue alongside Clarke at British Open

    The early bird catches the decent round. With the rest of us only turning over for our second sleep, Tyrone’s Darren Clarke and Cork’s James Sugrue were spinning rocks on the range. 4.30 in the morning you’d have found them out on the Royal Portrush practice grounds. The alarm had to be set for four. […]

    7 years ago

  • Disastrous first hole leaves Rory McIlroy’s British Open hopes in jeoprady

    Disastrous first hole leaves Rory McIlroy’s British Open hopes in jeoprady

    Hard to believe. The course record holder, one of the favourites for this tournament, a former champion. Playing on one of the courses that moulded him as a golfer, hometown hero Rory McIlroy took an absolutely disastrous first hole at the 148th British Open. Standing on the first tee at Royal Portrush, the Hollywood native […]

    7 years ago

  • Length of the pitch score for inspired half back sends Kilkenny to Leinster glory

    Length of the pitch score for inspired half back sends Kilkenny to Leinster glory

    Kilkenny 1-17 Wexford 0-18 Kilkenny strike back. After losing minor and senior Leinster finals to Wexford, Kilkenny were out for payback in Wednesday evening’s Bord Gais Leinster under-20 final and DJ Carey’s men duly obliged with a narrow win in Wexford Park. With the wind at their backs, it was the home side who started […]

    7 years ago

  • “He is now one of the most feared forwards in Ireland”

    “He is now one of the most feared forwards in Ireland”

    Owen Mulligan is liking what he sees. Tyrone coasting through the qualifiers and bringing that form into the Super 8s too. Their weekend victory over Roscommon was the Red Hand at their very best. Tight in defence and efficient in attack, Roscommon were there or thereabouts but they never really looked like kicking onto win […]

    7 years ago

  • “The minute you hit Gorey, the flags are out”

    “The minute you hit Gorey, the flags are out”

    Gripped by hurling. Living for it. The road from Dublin to Wexford is a fast one these days. The M11 motorway will take you from the capital city to wherever in the sunny south east you want to be. Motorway can be boring. Especially 90km of it. Gorey is the promised land. It’s where Wicklow […]

    7 years ago

  • Future Ireland international to join Birmingham City from Dutch club

    Future Ireland international to join Birmingham City from Dutch club

    Dan Crowley was once the Great White Hope. For England. In fairness, the Three Lions have had many of them over the years and it doesn’t take too much to get them going all yellow banners on Sky Sports News but this lad looked like the real deal. A graduate of the Aston Villa academy, […]

    7 years ago

  • The way Glen Rovers youngster talks about Patrick Horgan sums it all up

    The way Glen Rovers youngster talks about Patrick Horgan sums it all up

    The stories are almost legendary. 7 in the morning, out on the Glen pitch is where you’ll find Hoggie. Drilling a leather ball through the crisp morning air, watching it rip over the goals and then doing the same thing again. The stories are so good that they’re almost hard to believe. But it’s time […]

    7 years ago

  • UCD keeper celebrates in front of Bohs fans kicking it all off at the UCD Bowl

    UCD keeper celebrates in front of Bohs fans kicking it all off at the UCD Bowl

    A costly one for Bohs, Conor Kearns enjoyed every minute of it for UCD. UCD kept their positive recent momentum going in the League of Ireland on Monday night with a priceless 1-0 win over Bohs at the UCD Bowl. In an entertaining affair, Yoyo Mahdy’s first half 25 yard stunner proved crucial for the […]

    7 years ago

  • Cian O’Neill wishes Kildare players well in eloquent resignation statement

    Cian O’Neill wishes Kildare players well in eloquent resignation statement

    Cian O’Neill has called it a day. A disappointing championship exit against Tyrone in St Conleth’s Park will be Cian O’Neill’s final game as the Kildare senior football manager after he decided to resign from his position on Tuesday morning. The round 4 qualifier exit acted as a backward step from the year previous when […]

    7 years ago

  • Darragh Canavan has eyes on the back of his head with genius pass

    Darragh Canavan has eyes on the back of his head with genius pass

    A man with the rare capacity to make the most of it. The son of Peter, the son of God, expectation was going to surround Darragh Canavan from a young age. The expectation would have drifted however, if it turned out at 13, 14 or 15, that he wasn’t actually that good. Loads of GAA […]

    7 years ago

  • “It’s why I’ve wanted to play for Tipp since I was young”

    “It’s why I’ve wanted to play for Tipp since I was young”

    Tipperary were on their summer holidays early last year and for a man like Noel McGrath, it was tough to take. Tipperary: a place where expectations are high as the sky and a sense of presumption no doubt exists. This is hurling country. Their people presume their county will be involved at the glamour part […]

    7 years ago

  • “I don’t think there’s been a better Cork hurler than him, he’s an artist”

    “I don’t think there’s been a better Cork hurler than him, he’s an artist”

    Hoggie this, Hoggie that, the bottom line is Cork could do with a clone of him, or maybe even two. The Glen Rovers forward brought the house down in Croke Park on Sunday afternoon with yet another jaw-dropping individual performance, yet it wasn’t enough to bring Cork to another All-Ireland semi-final. He didn’t have enough […]

    7 years ago

  • Richie Hogan reaction to ferocious Bill Cooper hit sums up a man hungry for more

    Richie Hogan reaction to ferocious Bill Cooper hit sums up a man hungry for more

    Richie Hogan doesn’t spend time feeling sorry for himself. Two years interrupted by a troublesome back injury, Richie Hogan hasn’t got a clear run at it in recent times. There have been moments of magic, of course there has, this is one of the most gifted and fearless competitors hurling has ever seen. On Sunday, […]

    7 years ago

  • Hurling team of the weekend

    Hurling team of the weekend

    Brought to you by Centra #WeAreHurling And then there were four. Laois fought the fight of their lives but Tipperary did just enough. Cork looked at times as if they were about to run riot against Kilkenny but as they so often do, Brian Cody’s team steadied the ship when it mattered. If the Rebels […]

    7 years ago

  • Tipperary through but Laois and their devoted fans emerge with all the credit

    Tipperary through but Laois and their devoted fans emerge with all the credit

    Tipperary 2-25 Laois 1-18 These men of Laois ain’t no flash in the pan. A red card for Aaron Dunphy midway through the second half proved costly for Laois as Tipperary, buoyed by their numerical advantage kicked onto win this All-Ireland quarter-final with ten points to spare. The Aaron Dunphy red card which could prove […]

    7 years ago

  • Kilkenny’s quiet hero gives exhibition of clever hurling as Cats keep on rolling

    Kilkenny’s quiet hero gives exhibition of clever hurling as Cats keep on rolling

    Kilkenny 2-27 Cork 3-18 Kilkenny’s hype man minus the bravado. Conor Fogarty delivered an exhibition of hard work, clever hurling and bravery as Kilkenny overpowered and outhurled Cork in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling quarter final in Croke Park. Cork were fancied coming into the game and for parts, they lived up to the billing but […]

    7 years ago

  • Minor to remember the difference as Galway march on a contrasting road

    Minor to remember the difference as Galway march on a contrasting road

    Kilkenny 2-15 Galway 3-16 Rusty but fresh or tired but sharp. Which one do you take? The Electric Ireland All-Ireland minor preliminary quarter final between Kilkenny and Galway took place as the curtain raiser in Croke Park on Sunday and both sides came to GAA HQ having travelled very different roads. The Cats’ journey was […]

    7 years ago

  • Diarmuid Connolly is BACK training with the Dubs

    Diarmuid Connolly is BACK training with the Dubs

    Take a deep breath, Dublin fans. Take a breath, Gaelic football fans. Having not been seen in a Dublin jersey for the guts of two years, the wait is almost over to see Diarmuid Connolly back in the sky blue again. In an interview with Dubs TV on Sunday morning, Jim Gavin provided a host […]

    7 years ago

  • Final scoreline doesn’t do Cork justice, but Dublin are savages

    Final scoreline doesn’t do Cork justice, but Dublin are savages

    Dublin 5-18 Cork 1-17 For a little while at least, there was a bit of craic in Croke Park. Cork took off like scalded cats. Kevin O’Driscoll drilled over an absolute peach off the outside of the boot to settle the rest of the Rebels down. Sean White, Paul Kerrigan and then Ruairí Deane kept […]

    7 years ago

  • Harte, McShane and Sludden do the damage as McNamee solid as a rock in defence

    Harte, McShane and Sludden do the damage as McNamee solid as a rock in defence

    Tyrone 0-17 Roscommon 0-13 It wasn’t quite the 18 points of 2018, but it was still impressive by Tyrone and equally disappointing for Roscommon. Mickey Harte’s men started well in a partisan Dr Hyde Park and kept their foot on the throttle the whole way through to disappoint the home crowd and to get their […]

    7 years ago

  • ‘It’s down to the hours and hours of practice he does on his own’

    ‘It’s down to the hours and hours of practice he does on his own’

    Ever since he made his debut as a fresh faced 19-year-old in the Connacht championship, Cillian O’Connor has been chasing down history. He’s still fresh-faced nine years on but on Sunday, another record is set to be surpassed. Some things never change. Colm Cooper, a Kingdom genius and the finest and most prolific scorer Gaelic […]

    7 years ago

  • Stealing confidence Lar Corbett style with Conor Lehane and Shane Kingston

    Stealing confidence Lar Corbett style with Conor Lehane and Shane Kingston

    Brought to you by Centra #WeAreHurling The Westmeath game was always going to be an ideal one for the Cork hurlers. The beaten Joe McDonagh Cup finalists. A team low on confidence and a team shattered by a lost target for the second year in a row. A hiding wasn’t a guarantee, but it was […]

    7 years ago

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