GAA united behind little Sam
They came in their thousands to help a worthy cause in Sam Bradley, the little boy with a rare form of cancer, who had his right kidney removed last week.
They came in their thousands to help a worthy cause in Sam Bradley, the little boy with a rare form of cancer, who had his right kidney removed last week.
Antrim skipper Kevin O'Boyle may be a Cargin club colleague of brothers Michael and Thomas McCann and Tony Scullion but he refuses to allow the recent public spat between Scullion in particular and manager Frank Dawson to deflect from preparations for the Ulster Championship quarter-final against Monaghan.
Armagh manager Paul Grimley is still trawling for positives as he sets his sights ever more firmly on Sunday week's Ulster Championship preliminary round tie against Cavan at Kingspan Breffni Park.
Cusack Park in Mullingar was the scene of immense Antrim embarrassment last season as they fell by two points to Westmeath.
I'm glad to see that Tyrone footballers will be boycotting RTE coverage for the third championship summer in a row.
Down 2-17 Kerry 3-16: Down have been drawn against neighbours Armagh in Round 2B of the Christy Ring Cup after suffering a first round defeat at home to Kerry.
Derry 1-11 Wicklow 1-10: Ahead by five points 20 minutes into the second half, 1-9 to 0-7, and playing with a one man numerical advantage from the 22nd minute, Derry struggled to hold off a determined Wicklow at Owenbeg on Saturday.
Meath 1-20 Armagh 2-10: Armagh manager David Kennedy can be forgiven for thinking that Meath have the Indian sign on his side.
There is a refreshing honesty and directness to Antrim hurling manager Kevin Ryan when he talks. After this victory – only Antrim's second since they joined the ranks of the Leinster Championship in 2009 – he wasn't going to dodge the big questions.
Westmeath 2-13 Antrim 3-18: Considering where they were last year when they came to Cusack Park and were shocked by a 0-14 to 0-12 defeat to these hosts, Antrim's Leinster Championship is already a roaring success after a second half in which they demonstrated they were a class above Westmeath.
The main man was missing but it was business as usual for Kilkenny in front of a packed house at Nowlan Park as they captured the National Hurling League title with a superb, three-point victory over Tipperary.
Kilkenny retained their National Hurling League title with a 2-17 to 0-20 win over Tipperary at Nowlan Park.
Galway won their second All-Ireland Under-21 football championship title in three years with a 1-14 to 1-11 victory over Cork at the Limerick Gaelic Grounds.
Armagh captain Ciaran McKeever has claimed that from the outset of this year, he has been "headhunted" by referees eager to punish him.
Seven Ulster championship medals would prove sufficient to sate the appetite of most players but Neal McAuley's catalogue of success to date with Antrim has merely whetted his appetite for what he describes as "bigger game."
After the revelation that 1,000 tickets for the meeting between All-Ireland champions Donegal and Tyrone on May 26 in Ballybofey were put on sale on the GAA website gaa.ie on Wednesday –only for a complete sell-out within 40 minutes – Tyrone manager Mickey Harte reflected that the game could have attracted a full house to St Tiernach's Park in Clones.
Stand by for a score-fest bonanza! That was the confident prediction from provincial Director Danny Murphy at last night's launch of the Ulster Senior Football Championship.
The last decade has proven the most successful in the history of gaelic football in Ulster.
Donegal manager Jim McGuinness remains hopeful that Karl Lacey will be available for the Ulster Championship showdown against Tyrone at MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey on May 26.
Fermanagh's failure to gain promotion to Division Two of the Allianz Football League proved a bitter pill for manager Peter Canavan but a ray of hope for the Ulster Championship has suddenly penetrated the cloud of gloom.
Gerry forces Sammy into Mexican wave
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Australia have picked James O'Connor at fly-half for Saturday's opening Test against the British and Irish Lions at Suncorp Stadium with Kurtley Beale included on the bench.
Rob Howley has declared that the British and Irish Lions have yet to see the best of George North after the Wales wing was passed fit for Saturday's first Test against Australia.
Australia have picked James O'Connor at fly-half for Saturday's opening Test against the British and Irish Lions at Suncorp Stadium with Kurtley Beale included on the bench.
Sunderland boss Paolo Di Canio has landed teenage Swedish winger David Moberg Karlsson.