The situation which Waterford find themselves in reminds me a lot of the team we had in the mid-noughties with the window of opportunity getting narrower with every passing season.

?Rivalries that have underpinned so much of the GAA’s wholesomeness for years have been largely built on geography.

Funny how life turns, how a photo of a young boy posing with his hero morphs into a picture of the current Meath manager and the man he succeeded in the role.

What is the sound of 15,000 Limerick people wincing? Watch the game in Thurles last Sunday back and you’ll hear. Sixty-five minutes into Limerick’s pulsing draw with Tipperary.

The success of a team is determined by the strength of the group under pressure. Discuss.

Call it the drawing power of Munster hurling – last Sunday’s double-whammy of deadlocks, involving Cork/Clare and Tipperary/Limerick, underlined the ultra-competitive nature of the southern province.

Kerry must prepare for Sunday week’s Munster senior football championship final against Clare without Paudie Clifford after the Fossa man’s one-match suspension for being sent off in the semi-final win over Cork was upheld at a Central Hearings […]

Armagh boss Kieran McGeeney has made four changes ahead of the Orchard's tantalising Ulster SFC semi-final against Tyrone in Clones tomorrow (throw-in 4.45pm).

Stephen Cluxton returns as Dessie Farrell's Dubs continue chase for 15th Leinster title in succession

In his inaugural campaign as Dublin hurling manager in 2009, Anthony Daly oversaw a first championship win over Wexford in 19 years for his new team.

Two weeks into championship 2025, we can safely say we now have at least a ‘big five’. Kerry, Galway, Donegal, Dublin and Armagh have all shown enough pedigree and consistency this season to be considered the leading All-Ireland contenders.

Six days. That’s the time-frame for Waterford to sink or swim in this year’s Munster Hurling Championship.

The Liam MacCarthy Cup that might have been is coming up for auction. It’s not a replica. The trophy is thought to be one of two designs submitted by the goldsmith Edmond Johnson.

His name may not have ended up in lights as he didn’t make the final 15 but being nominated for a 2024 All-Star is something that Antrim hurling star Paddy Burke will always cherish.

Offaly almost threw it away in normal time before rallying powerfully in extra-time to book a quarter-final place against Meath with a dramatic extra-time win over Wicklow in Kilcormac's Faithful Fields on Thursday evening.

The situation which Waterford find themselves in reminds me a lot of the team we had in the mid-noughties with the window of opportunity getting narrower with every passing season.

?Rivalries that have underpinned so much of the GAA’s wholesomeness for years have been largely built on geography.

Funny how life turns, how a photo of a young boy posing with his hero morphs into a picture of the current Meath manager and the man he succeeded in the role.

What is the sound of 15,000 Limerick people wincing? Watch the game in Thurles last Sunday back and you’ll hear. Sixty-five minutes into Limerick’s pulsing draw with Tipperary.

The success of a team is determined by the strength of the group under pressure. Discuss.

Call it the drawing power of Munster hurling – last Sunday’s double-whammy of deadlocks, involving Cork/Clare and Tipperary/Limerick, underlined the ultra-competitive nature of the southern province.

Kerry must prepare for Sunday week’s Munster senior football championship final against Clare without Paudie Clifford after the Fossa man’s one-match suspension for being sent off in the semi-final win over Cork was upheld at a Central Hearings […]

Armagh boss Kieran McGeeney has made four changes ahead of the Orchard's tantalising Ulster SFC semi-final against Tyrone in Clones tomorrow (throw-in 4.45pm).

Stephen Cluxton returns as Dessie Farrell's Dubs continue chase for 15th Leinster title in succession

In his inaugural campaign as Dublin hurling manager in 2009, Anthony Daly oversaw a first championship win over Wexford in 19 years for his new team.

Two weeks into championship 2025, we can safely say we now have at least a ‘big five’. Kerry, Galway, Donegal, Dublin and Armagh have all shown enough pedigree and consistency this season to be considered the leading All-Ireland contenders.

Six days. That’s the time-frame for Waterford to sink or swim in this year’s Munster Hurling Championship.

The Liam MacCarthy Cup that might have been is coming up for auction. It’s not a replica. The trophy is thought to be one of two designs submitted by the goldsmith Edmond Johnson.

His name may not have ended up in lights as he didn’t make the final 15 but being nominated for a 2024 All-Star is something that Antrim hurling star Paddy Burke will always cherish.

Offaly almost threw it away in normal time before rallying powerfully in extra-time to book a quarter-final place against Meath with a dramatic extra-time win over Wicklow in Kilcormac's Faithful Fields on Thursday evening.