There is much for Kingdom to digest, top being their inability to disrupt chains of command Donegal manager Jim McGuinness with members of his backroom team after his side’s victory over Kerry in the NFL Division 1 final. Photo: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile Many moons ago, Armagh played Galway in the All-Ireland senior football final and were … Read more
Donegal have been working flat-out on beating David Clifford this year Kerry’s David Clifford in action against Donegal’s Brendan McCole during last year’s All-Ireland SFC final. Photo: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile Jack O’Connor said last week: “Yerra, we were only aiming to avoid relegation, so we are all a bit surprised to be in a league final. … Read more
The conclusion was that leaving influential Kerry forward free represented an egregious miscalucation on the part of Jim McGuinness – it’s never that simple Paudie Clifford in possession with Jamie Brennan of Donegal giving chase during last year’s All-Ireland SFC final. Photo: Ray McManus/Sportsfile In Gaelic football, consensus is the killer of decent analysis. Most … Read more
The Connacht rivals clash on the final day of the league. Kobe McDonald of Mayo in action(Image: Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/James Lawlor) Mayo take on Roscommon today as the Allianz National Football League reaches its final round. Mayo come into the game after a difficult outing against Kerry last weekend, with the Kingdom proving too strong … Read more
Kerry reap rewards as ‘all in’ prodigal legend joins the team that Jack built As forwards coach and selector, Kieran Donagh helped Geezer’s Armagh to the Sam Maguire pinnacle in 2024. Now as part of Jack O’Connor’s backroom, he’s hoping to achieve Kerry’s first back-to-back since his own playing pomp in 2006-07 Retaining your title … Read more
Who actually wants a Division 1 final? Why does Division 2 matter so much more? And for whom does the bell of the Tailteann Cup tolls? Donegal manager Jim McGuinness, left, and Kerry manager Jack O’Connor. Photo: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile ‘Super Sunday’, the last day of the National Football League, is upon us. A smorgasbord of … Read more
Kerry are building for the future while Andy Moran looks stuck in the past Mayo’s Kobe McDonald in action against Joe O’Connor of Kerry. Photo: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile Typical Mayo. They finally have a scoring superstar and he emigrates. After electrifying the game as a 16 and 17-year-old, when it was announced Kobe McDonald was … Read more
Kerry are building for the future while Andy Moran looks stuck in the past Mayo’s Kobe McDonald in action against Joe O’Connor of Kerry. Photo: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile Typical Mayo. They finally have a scoring superstar and he emigrates. After electrifying the game as a 16 and 17-year-old, when it was announced Kobe McDonald was … Read more
RTÉ have confirmed that they will broadcast live television coverage of the National Football League meeting of Kerry and Mayo on Saturday. Both sides will make their way to Tralee with ambitions of strengthening their prospects of making the Division One final in the coming weeks, as well as laying down another marker with the … Read more
The sides clash today in the National Football League. Diarmuid Murtagh of Roscommon(Image: Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Andrew Paton) Roscommon face off with Dublin this afternoon in the latest round of the Allianz National Football League. With three wins from four, Roscommon are one of the form sides in the country right now. Their sole defeat in … Read more