“It makes these club games all the more exciting” – Venue decision bang on for All-Ireland semi-finals
The All-Ireland club semi-finals will take place in county grounds this year, rather than the national stadium. All four club semi-finals were played in Croke Park last season but the general consensus was that they were lost in GAA HQ. The double-bill of hurling semi-finals certainly wasn’t helped by the fact it took place on […]
2 years ago
GAA JOE Team of the weekend
Three-in-a-row for Ballygunner, three-in-a-row for Kilmacud Crokes. O’Loughlin Gaels finally got the better of Na Fianna to continue Kilkenny’s dominance of Leinster club hurling while in Connacht, St Brigid’s bounced back with another big win over Corofin. Up in Ulster, it was a case of the kings distancing themselves from the rest as, with their […]
2 years ago
Results from around the grounds on another huge club championship weekend
The era of the super-club is here with Ballygunner and Kilmacud Crokes both one game away making it three provincial crowns in a row. Kilmacud Crokes survived something of a scare up in Ardee, where their mettle was severely tested by the Louth champions but Robbie Brennan’s side pulled through. Meanwhile in Munster, Ballygunner survived […]
2 years ago
Shane Walsh finishes Éire Óg off as Kilmacud advance after a job well done
Kilmacud Crokes 1-12 Éire Óg 0-4 Shane Walsh’s late goal off the left put the gloss on Kilmacud Crokes’ comfortable Leinster quarter final win over Éire Óg. There was plenty of nostalgia during the week about the Carlow club’s legendary Leinster club final win over their Dublin opponents in 1999, but there was to be […]
2 years ago
Kilmacud break Raheny hearts as Paul Mannion shows nerves of steel
Kilmacud Crokes 2-15 Raheny 2-15 (Crokes win 5-4 on penalties) Kilmacud Crokes are through to their third consecutive Dublin SFC final, but only after surviving an almighty test from a Raheny side that just wouldn’t give up. Crokes had looked dead and buried in normal time, trailing by three points with three minutes of injury-time […]
2 years ago
“It was nice to get a sweat on” – Mannion back in the swing of it after hectic celebrations
Paul Mannion went for an hour long walk in Valencia on Monday morning. The sun was shining, the temperature was high and, as a result, it was a good way to sweat out the celebrations of the last two weeks. Of those, there have been plenty. From sing-songs in Dublin to campfires at All Together […]
2 years ago