The game will be shown by TG4. GAA fans aren’t used to watching live televised games in the middle of the week, normally turning to the likes of the Champion’s League to quench our sporting thirst until the real stuff happens at the weekend. However, tonight UL will take on NUIG in the Sigerson Cup […]

4 years ago

“We’ve had sessions where we have nine guys training and 22 not training.” The Sigerson Cup final is to be played tonight between NUIG and UL, and although it is to be a star studded affair, including the biggest star in Gaelic football right now, David Clifford, one player will be missing. NUIG and Mayo’s […]

4 years ago

“It’s only a matter of time before inter-county lads are pulled from Sigerson.” Kerry legend James O’Donoghue has taken to Twitter to vent his frustrations at the current GAA calendar and scheduling clashes. This Tweet was born from his rage at the news of Tommy Conroy’s cruciate ligament injury in a Sigerson Cup game on […]

4 years ago

“It puts a damper on the whole evening.” Mayo star Tommy Conroy was playing for NUIG in the Sigerson Cup yesterday evening, but suffered an injury just before half time. The forward didn’t return to the field in the second half, staying in the dressing room to receive treatment, leaving Mayo fans concerned that the […]

4 years ago

There was only two minutes left to play. Ulster University were just two points down against NUIG in the Sigerson Cup, as the clock ticked past the 58th minute. Substitute Sean Mulkerrin, from the Galway university then suffered a worrying-looking knee injury. With an ambulance taking more than half an hour to arrive, it was […]

4 years ago

“Might just make it on the line…. ohhhh, she’s hobbling, she’s hobbling!” 19 one-hundredths of a second. Aishling Forkan was that close. It was a cracking day of competition, in Athlone today, at the 2019 Irish Universities Athletics Championships. Phil Healy blazed home in 23:04 in the Women’s 200 metres but the real drama arrived soon […]

7 years ago