#paudie-mccafferty

#paudie-mccafferty

Robbie Cannon was in a fourball with Shane Lowry at The Grove XXIII, a small corner of paradise tucked away on the outskirts of Hobe Sound in Florida.

In the All-Ireland senior football final, Armagh's strategy involved clearing the ball to protect a slender lead, which ultimately led to a score from Niall Grimley.

Donegal had 32 possessions in the game. They got off 31 shots.

Brodie Spencer stated, "Coming up through the age groups of Northern Ireland, we've always been seen as the underdogs and I think we thrive with that underdog title. It suits us, you know, being the underdogs and a team sort of downplaying us."

Teams are getting killed on this. It's like a power play in ice hockey. One miscue off the tee and 1-7 flies over and past you in seven or eight minutes.

Brendan Griffin's whistle sounds and it's all over for another year in Division 2 as the Royals reign supreme in Croke Park! A massive second-half improvement from Robbie Brennan's men, as Cork faded midway through that period of the game.

Prague will become a byword for misery now, the scene of a collapse from a position that seemed almost too good to be true.

After electrifying the game as a 16 and 17-year-old, when it was announced Kobe McDonald was going at the end of this season, the Mayo people's disappointment was like the time the Templenoe parish priest told his flock that Pat Spillane's first baby was a girl.

The star-studded trio were box-office television on The Sunday Game during the GAA championship for nearly three decades, ably assisted and guided by Lyster's genius as host.

There are lots of big and interesting football games on live television this weekend. We're getting to the point in the year where the good teams are starting to hit their straps, when results have consequences. Why then, do I get the feeling we'll all feel underwhelmed by Sunday night?

It is 18 years since his era as Ireland head coach ended. He paved the way for future success but his final years in charge came with a cost and a few regrets

The glamorous brunette was on The Late Late Show GAA special on Friday night. The Sam Maguire was in the middle of the foyer. She said everyone was walking up to it, touching it, getting photos.

All-action displays are becoming the norm for Robert Baloucoune, James Lowe and now Tommy O'Brien, with the likes of JJ Kenny at Leinster made of the same stuff

Expectation comes with the territory when a team makes vast improvements in a short space of time and Meath football boss Robbie Brennan knows that the shoe is on the other foot this year. The Royals went into last year with little fanfare, but Brennan quickly turned the tide after taking the reins from Colm O'Rourke, and they picked up massive championship wins over Dublin, eventual All-Ireland champions Kerry and Galway in a roller-coaster summer.

Teams don't always get the immediate 'bounce' anticipated from the arrival of a new manager. Éamonn Fitzmaurice routinely recalls 2013 when Kerry lost the first four Division 1 league games of his stewardship, only scoring an average of a little under eight points per game against Mayo, Dublin, Kildare and Donegal before turning the ship around in the final three games.

Our Association is a broad church and Croke Park must make decisions for the overall good - let's be transparent about the process