Could Michael Breen be the answer to Tipperary's full-back problem?

Challenge games in January are never an accurate barometer, but Liam Cahill certainly wasn’t happy after one of Tipp's

In their ten championship matches, Errigal Ciarán have won eight by just one score. In the history of the club championship, has any side ever reached an All-Ireland football final after such a long, arduous, taxing and draining campaign?

When Tynagh/Abbey-Duniry were relegated from the Galway senior championship in 2022, and were looking for a new manager to get them back up the following year, there was only one logical starting point in that search – Mattie Kenny.

Kilkerrin-Clonberne kicked on to secure a fourth successive All-Ireland title while Crokes were again left with that bitter taste of defeat in their mouths at the hands of the Galway side, having lost to them in last year’s semi-final after extra-time.

Why do Munster teams struggle so much in the All-Ireland club championship?

Nobody saw Coolera-Strandhill's maiden provincial title coming

Niall Ó Ceallacháin, the new Dublin hurling manager, is still on this two-road journey with Na Fianna, who are aiming for a first Leinster title on Saturday evening

A Westmeath club has only ever reached one premier provincial hurling final at underage, senior or club level. That was 87 years ago when Westmeath beat Meath, Offaly and Laois to qualify for a Leinster senior final which Kilkenny won by eight points.

Talking Points: There will never be another player-manager at the elite level in GAA but it’s even rarer again for an inter-county manager to continue to play club hurling or football at a high level.