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Tony Leen

Kevin Flahive and David Clifford 7/5/2022

Fifty minutes of maybe-things-aren't-that-bad from Cork. So what comes next?

Kerry have eyes on a bigger prize. For Cork, a hum-drum qualifier against moderate opposition is the sort of next step that frequently brings out the dishevelled worst in them

Sun, 08 May, 2022

Tony Leen: Only solution to Cork v Kerry venue saga is a return to Páirc Uí Rinn

Whether the County Board executive in Cork was on the same page as their footballers and management is a moot point now – they’re duty-bound now to climb into the foxhole

Fri, 01 Apr, 2022

Republic of Ireland v Luxembourg - FIFA World Cup 2022 Qualifier

Tony Leen: Stephen Kenny will be given the time to turn us into believers

That things are ‘different’ has been sold as better, as if to indicate that Stephen Kenny is the only way we can move beyond working the channels and second balls.

Mon, 29 Mar, 2021

Tipperary v Cork - Munster GAA Football Senior Championship semi-final

A strange kind of beauty in Cork's hard work and discipline

Before the door of Dressing Room No 3 underneath Semple Stadium’s Old Stand closed towards us, the first four of Liam Kearns’ words to his numbed Tipperary players seeped out.

Mon, 28 May, 2018

Buckling under the weight of Ireland’s greatest noughties moments

So, sports fans are outraged that Jermaine Defoe is missing from the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year award shortlist? (According to click king Mr Google Analytics). Wait til they see this evening what the chainsaw gang in Montrose have done to the array of Ireland’s Greatest Sporting Moments in the 2000s, writes Tony Leen.

Thu, 30 Nov, 2017

No-one in Kerry’s dropping the ball this time

There's a recurring narrative attaching to this group of nascent Kerry football talents that demands they wipe the floor with anything that crosses their path. Three minor All-Irelands on the trot allied to a clutch of All-Ireland Colleges titles will do that, writes Tony Leen.

Wed, 29 Mar, 2017

Plenty of f’s and effort in Saturday night slugfest

It didn’t require a trained lip-reader to decipher the sentiments of the Kerry players at the final whistle in Tralee, two words repeated and rhyming with book it.

Mon, 20 Mar, 2017