Niall Morgan aiming for shot at glory new
The most prominent coaches might see it as bad practise. Dave Alred, the kicking coach of Jonny Wilkinson would be appalled. Pat McEnaney says it's fine by him.
The most prominent coaches might see it as bad practise. Dave Alred, the kicking coach of Jonny Wilkinson would be appalled. Pat McEnaney says it's fine by him.
Tyrone captain Stephen O’Neill and utility player Peter Harte return for Sunday’s massive Ulster Championship quarter-final clash against Donegal at MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey.
Whether he's at Lennoxtown or Letterkenny, Jim McGuinness is at his happiest when he's on a training pitch — passing on what he has gained from many years of preparing for what he feels is his destiny.
One of Alex Ferguson’s biggest fans plans to pay his own tribute to the Old Trafford legend — by steering his own side to the Ulster Minor Football Championship title.
Paul Grimley has taken the unprecedented step of issuing a statement to offer a personal apology to Armagh supporters and County Board in the wake of Sundays four point defeat to Cavan in the Ulster championship.
Time has not dulled the memory of one of the finest and certainly most significant blocks ever undertaken at Croke Park.
Time waits for no man. It's an old maxim yet it carries a greater ring of truth now than ever given the pace of change in all aspects of our lives.
Not surprisingly, Armagh is engulfed in a cloud of gloom just now.
When it comes to calling a spade a shovel, RTE ‘The Sunday Game’ pundit Joe Brolly tends to leave those who might mince their words wallowing in his slipstream.
Donegal officials believe they have scored a victory already even before a ball has been kicked in the Ulster Championship against Tyrone.
Antrim skipper Kevin O'Boyle has issued a call to arms to his team ahead of their Ulster Championship clash with Monaghan at Casement Park on June 9.
Justin McNulty sees it as nothing more than a "freak of nature".
One of the most subjective exercises a journalist will be asked to do is pick a 'man of the match'. On Sunday, this newspaper along with most others decided that Martin Dunne's nine points were enough to give him the accolade. We were all wrong.
The fear of becoming a part of an ugly statistic is foremost in the minds of the Tyrone players this week as they stare down the barrel at Donegal, in Ballybofey this Sunday.
There is a different look about Cavan now.
The Allianz Football League may be the second most important competition in the annual inter-county fixtures calendar, but Donegal manager Jim McGuinness' curt dismissal of its relevance has carried a caustic edge in the build-up to Sunday's Ulster Championship quarter-final meeting with Tyrone.
At some stage of their Championship preparations, every manager will have to decide whether they will play a sweeper or not.
Cavan 1-15 Armagh 1-11: To sweep or not to sweep; that is the question. It was answered emphatically by a stirring Cavan performance that put them into the first round proper against Fermanagh, after they beat Armagh by four points on the scoreboard, but won hands down in the tactical exchanges.
Armagh crashed out of the Ulster Minor Football Championship after an injury-time score from substitute Brian O'Connell granted Cavan victory.
He fronted up afterwards; you have to give him that. While the knives were out for Paul Grimley in the saloons of Cavan town and in the television studios, he stood in the tunnel here at Breffni Park, his shell-shocked players filing out of the dressing room behind him, and defended his approach; not so much attacking, but Charge of the Light Brigade.
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David Moyes' Manchester United revolution is under way following the departures of Mike Phelan and goalkeeping coach Eric Steele.
Argentina striker Sergio Aguero insists he is happy at Manchester City.
Tottenham winger Andros Townsend has pulled out of the England Under-21 squad for this summer's European Championship in Israel after being charged by the Football Association with betting offences.