John Egan leads the Kerry hurling team by example and the captain is one of their best and most experienced players.

GAA Director General Páraic Duffy believes a Team Ulster competing in the All-Ireland championship would be “brilliant” for hurling.

Carlow 4-17 London 2-13

Down 2-17 Kerry 3-16

Former Offaly star Daithi Regan has blasted the county’s senior management for the manner of the team’s Allianz Hurling League defeat to Limerick on Sunday.

CONSIDER this. Since Dublin last won the Leinster SHC, exactly 50 years ago, the county has annexed six football All-Irelands and 23 provincial titles.

Details of the Champion 15 teams for the Christy Ring, Nicky Rackard and Lory Meagher Cups for 2010 have been announced today.

The Dublin footballers will make a return trip to Croke Park for their All-Ireland SFC second round qualifier against Tipperary on Saturday week (July 10).

Kerry failed to hang onto a goal lead early in the second half as Wicklow pinched a 0-15 to 2-07 victory over the Kingdom in Section 2B of the Christy Ring Cup.

WESTMEATH County Board secretary Paddy Collins has taken former Dublin minor and AFL star Jim Stynes to task for ‘trivialising’ the violence in the second test in Melbourne in the International Rules Series.