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Cork and Tipp unchanged for U20 final

Cork and Tipperary have named unchanged teams for tomorrow’s All-Ireland U20 hurling final.

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Tipperary U-20s blitz past Wexford into All-Ireland final

It's starting to feel a lot like 2010 all over again for Tipperary who are closing in on another double of All-Ireland U-20 and senior hurling titles.

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Tipp stun Cork with late goal to win Munster U20 final

A Jake Morris goal four minutes into second-half injury-time secured Tipperary a stunning Munster U20 final victory.

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Tipperary ease into Munster U-20 Hurling final

Mayo v Roscommon - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Quarter-Final

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Mayo and Roscommon to do it all again after thrilling quarter-final ends in draw

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Roscommon set up Connacht final clash with Galway

Ireland hopes dashed despite Jack Kelly tries

Jack Kelly ran in two tries for Ireland in the second-half, but their U20 World Cup semi-final hopes ended at the hands of a rampant Scotland in Kutaisi, Georgia.

Mon, 05 Jun, 2017

Italy make Ireland pay with last-gasp try

Italy 22 Ireland 21: Munster’s Calvin Nash ran in a couple of tries, but Ireland’s hopes of reaching successive World Rugby U20 Championship finals took a nosedive as Italy pipped them at the death in Georgia.

Thu, 01 Jun, 2017

Paul Boyle to lead Ireland in tricky Italy opener

Lansdowne’s Paul Boyle will lead out the Ireland U20s for the first time at the Kutaisi Stadium in Georgia today as they begin their World Rugby Championship campaign with a tricky test against Italy.

Wed, 31 May, 2017

Peter Malone relishing another crack at Baby Blacks in championship

Ireland U20 head coach Peter Malone is looking forward to having another crack at New Zealand as he prepares to bring his side into battle for this summer’s World Rugby U20 Championships in Georgia, writes Daire Walsh.

Thu, 18 May, 2017

Ireland v England - RBS U20 Six Nations Rugby Championship

Grand Slam for England as Ireland just fall short

Ireland 10 England 14: Gavin Coombes’ late try was not enough to deny England U-20s a Grand Slam as Nigel Carolan’s side fell just short in Donnybrook.

Sat, 18 Mar, 2017

Nigel Carolan’s cubs bid to derail England Grand Slam bid

Ireland U20 coach Nigel Carolan insists his side wouldn’t lack for motivation against Grand Slam- chasing England at Donnybrook this evening (6pm).

Fri, 17 Mar, 2017

Peter Malone hoping Ireland have more in the tank

Three wins from three in the bag and yet the sense when it comes to Nigel Carolan’s latest batch of Ireland U20s is that we have yet to witness anything like the best that the group has to offer as they face into this evening’s meeting with Wales in Eirias Park.

Sat, 11 Mar, 2017

Nigel Carolan’s troops make it three on the trot as Ireland U20s overcome France

Ireland 27 France 22: Not a performance to shout about, but Ireland’s U20s did just about enough to make it three wins from three in this year’s Six Nations at Donnybrook last night.

Sat, 25 Feb, 2017

McHugh pounces to snatch victory for Donegal

Allianz FL Division 1

Mon, 13 Feb, 2017

Italy v Ireland - RBS U20 Six Nations Rugby Championship

Ireland U20s scrape home against Italy

Italy U20 26 Ireland U20 27: The Ireland U20s withstood a powerful challenge from Italy in Prato last night, before securing their second consecutive one-point victory in this year’s Six Nations Championship.

Sat, 11 Feb, 2017

Pat O’Connor named Clare skipper for 2017 season

Tubber’s Pat O’Connor has been named as Clare senior hurling captain, though Tony Kelly will deputise for him in tomorrow night’s Allianz HL Division 1A clash with Cork in Páirc Uí Rinn (7pm).

Fri, 10 Feb, 2017

Mickey Harte content as Tyrone get to grips with Roscommon

Tyrone 0-18 Roscommon 1-9: The Red Hands made a winning return to Division One with a battling display at Healy Park, recovering from an early Roscommon goal to impose themselves in an entertaining contest played in front of a crowd of 6,110.

Mon, 06 Feb, 2017

Cillian Gallagher ready to hit highs again for Ireland U20s at Six Nations

New campaign, new batch of players, but Connacht’s Cillian Gallagher feels the appearance by Ireland’s U20s in last year’s World Cup final has set a bar that this and future generations of talent should aspire to match.

Thu, 02 Feb, 2017

Kevin Walsh takes Connacht League title in his stride

Galway 2-14 Roscommon 0-15: Goals in either half from Cillian McDaid and Danny Cummins enabled Galway retain their FBD Connacht League title against Roscommon at Kiltoom.

Mon, 30 Jan, 2017

Mayo pull off unlikely victory

FBD Connacht League - Mayo 4-11 Roscommon 2-16: Andy Moran reminded Mayo of his worth with two late goals to seal an unlikely victory at Kiltoom.

Mon, 23 Jan, 2017

Moate Community School and St. Peter’s College reach Leinster schools final

Closely fought semi-final ties in the  Leinster Post Primary Schools Senior Football ‘A

Wed, 18 Jan, 2017

Three-goal Templemore march into Harty Cup semi-finals

Our Lady’s Templemore 3-14 Thurles CBS 1-10: Our Lady’s Templemore haven’t tasted Harty Cup glory since winning the competition for the one and only time in the school’s history back in 1978.

Thu, 12 Jan, 2017

Templemore ease past Thurles in Harty Cup

LAST year’s runners up Our Lady’s Templemore eased into the last four of the Harty Cup with a ten-point victory over local rivals Thurles CBS in front of a huge crowd at The Ragg this afternoon.

Wed, 11 Jan, 2017

Paul O’Connell enthusiasm rubs off on Munster's young guns

Munster Development XV - 35

Sun, 01 Jan, 2017

Second-half Leinster blitz too much for Ireland U20s

Leinster Development XV 57 Ireland U20 XV 26: The Leinster Development XV produced a second-half blitz at Donnybrook yesterday to finish with 31 points to spare in a high scoring encounter with an Ireland U20 side.

Thu, 22 Dec, 2016

Thurles grind down Abbey CBS

Thurles CBS 0-14 Abbey CBS 0-9: It was not an afternoon for aesthetics as Thurles CBS ground out a five-point win over John Kiely’s Abbey CBS side in greasy conditions to book their place in the last eight of the Dr Harty Cup.

Thu, 15 Dec, 2016

Clare v Roscommon - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship - Round 4A

Roscommon disappoint as Clare's footballers make history

Clare made a little bit of history in Salthill this afternoon.

Sat, 23 Jul, 2016

Roscommon squeeze through by a single point at the last against impressive New York

The wait for a fairytale goes on. But oh how close New York came to making history in the Bronx last night.

Mon, 02 May, 2016

Galway heading for sun after Armagh encounter

Galway may be heading for Armagh on Sunday, but on Monday, they will be going to the sun and a five-day warm weather training camp.

Fri, 11 Mar, 2016

Roscommon impress with comfortable win over Down

Roscommon continued their impressive National League campaign as they were nine-point winners over bottom side Down in Pearse Park, Longford.

Sun, 06 Mar, 2016

Roscommon rout leaves Cork red-faced

Roscommon 4-25 Cork 3-10: Fergal O’Donnell has been involved in his fair share of one-sided encounters; Roscommon’s 11-point hammering at the hands of Mayo in the 1999 Connacht championship springs to mind, even fresher are the scars of the 3-18 to 0-7 rout by the same opposition 10 years later.

Mon, 29 Feb, 2016

GPA canvasses players in B championship standoff

The Gaelic Players’ Association is citing the opinions of the players directly involved in calling for the opposition to the introduction of a second tier in the All-Ireland SFC.

Fri, 26 Feb, 2016

Jennings steers Belvedere to last four after thriller with Blackrock

Belvedere College 35 Blackrock College 29

Tue, 23 Feb, 2016

Rare All-Ireland double for St Mary’s

AIB All-Ireland Club IFC final - St Mary’s (Kerry) 2-10 Hollymount-Carramore (Mayo) 0-10: Maurice Fitzgerald has made Mayo suffer before.

Mon, 08 Feb, 2016

Allianz Football League team news: Brian Kelly gets Kerry opportunity

Goalkeeper Brian Kelly, Aidan O’Mahony, and Jonathan Lyne are the three inclusions as Kerry opt against wholesale changes for tomorrow’s visit of Roscommon to Fitzgerald Stadium in Division 1 of the Allianz Football League (2pm).

Sun, 07 Feb, 2016

Harsh lesson for Roscommon as Monaghan snatch points

Roscommon 1-9 Monaghan 2-10: Three years ago, these sides clashed in Division 3. Monaghan got to the top flight a year ahead of Roscommon so the words of Malachy O’Rourke should be heeded by the disappointed Rossies after they let a winning hand slip from their grasp.

Mon, 01 Feb, 2016

Stephen Rochford introduced as manager of the Mayo senior football team

New boss Stephen Rochford names powerful Mayo side for visit to Cork

Despite being ravaged with injuries, new Mayo manager Stephen Rochford has been able to name nine survivors from last year’s All-Ireland semi-final defeat to Dublin for tomorrow’s Allianz FL opener with Cork in Páirc Uí Rinn (2pm).

Sat, 30 Jan, 2016

Galway v Roscommon - FBD Connacht League Final

Galway fans get a ray of hope with FBD League success

Galway 2-8 Roscommon 0-13: January silverware is no guarantee of a golden summer but Galway fans will be suitably heartened by this FBD League success, the first trophy they have brought home since they last won it in 2009.

Mon, 25 Jan, 2016

Fermanagh finish with a flourish to stun Roscommon

Fermanagh 1-14 Roscommon 0-16: Sean Quigley kicked the winner for Fermanagh three minutes into added time, but Roscommon will wonder for quite some time how they coughed up a five-point lead with five minutes left.

Mon, 13 Jul, 2015

Fermanagh knock Roscommon out of the Football Championship

Sean Quigley and Tomas Corrigan combined to save the day for Fermanagh as they came back from the dead to snatch an unlikely victory over Roscommon at Brewster Park.

Sun, 12 Jul, 2015

Roscommon set up Connacht semi with Sligo

A Ciaran Murtagh goal proved decisive as Roscommon advanced to a GAA Connacht SFC Semi-final date with Sligo, following a seven-point win in Ruislip.

Sun, 24 May, 2015

John Evans beaming as Roscommon players respond to ‘kick in the backside’

Kildare 2-12, Roscommon 0-24:

Mon, 16 Mar, 2015

Tally delights as steely St Mary’s edge NUI Galway in Sigerson Cup

St Mary’s College 1-10 NUI Galway 1-7

Thu, 05 Feb, 2015

Sligo students rue missed opportunities

Sligo IT 0-8 NUIG 0-8

Mon, 19 Jan, 2015

John Evans praises NUIG resolve

NUI Galway 0-10 Roscommon 0-09: Roscommon manager John Evans felt NUI Galway showed more resolve as the Galway students edged a tempestuous affair at Ballyforan.

Mon, 12 Jan, 2015

Maynooth turn on style to see off Laois

Laois 1-07 Maynooth 0-18: NUI Maynooth eased to a convincing eight-point win over Laois in Portarlington last night.

Thu, 08 Jan, 2015

Students make it tough for Mayo

FBD Connacht League: Mayo 1-13 NUI Galway 1-11

Mon, 05 Jan, 2015

Controversial free gives Mayo ladies win over Westmeath

Mayo 3-8 Westmeath 1-13

Sat, 09 Aug, 2014

St Joseph’s and Our Lady’s must meet again

St Joseph’s HS, Crossmaglen (Armagh) 1-7 Our Lady’s SS, Belmullet (Mayo) 1-7(AET)

Mon, 24 Mar, 2014

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