Talk all you like about defensive systems and structures and so on, but when it comes down to it, nothing beats thumping the ball into the square for a big man.

It’s not often we get a provincial derby between Leinster and Munster these days with both teams fully locked and loaded. Therefore days such as Saturday’s Guinness PRO14 semi-final are occasions to be savoured.

Carlow's first home game in this year's Leinster senior hurling championship may have made for a heartwarming tale but Kilkenny have never been ones for romance or fairytales.

Jason Forde hit 1-9 as Tipperary shook off a sluggish mid-game spell to leave 14-man Waterford on the brink of a Munster Championship exit.

Summer hurling’s opening weekend threw up killer lines.

Forty years on, they still talk about those five minutes.

Dan Morrissey was among the thousands of Limerick supporters who took station on the Gaelic Grounds terrace the afternoon of the 2013 Munster hurling final.

Eighteen years have elapsed since a 15-man Cork last lost a Championship game to Limerick over 70 minutes. But defeat on Sunday at the Gaelic Grounds puts John Meyler's squad behind the eight-ball. Here are five key changes Cork must get right to be back in business.

Donal Lenihan on the players and performances that could shade today’s meeting of the European superpowers in Newcastle.

Dig around through the entrails of Leinster’s last ten years of European triumphs and there are surprisingly few threads connecting them all.

Goals from Karl Sheppard and Graham Cummins made it two from two under interim manager John Cotter for Cork City.

A modest proposal: Uefa should now do the decent thing and cancel this year’s Champions League final.

The last time there was a big Munster senior hurling championship game in Waterford, back in 1996, Ken McGrath was still a minor.

Still trying to find the perfect pair of jeans? Annmarie O’Connor has done the work for you. Here are her new denim rules.

A special bucket collection for a special Cork GAA talent takes place outside Pairc Ui Chaoimh on Sunday. It is worth your support. Now read on....

It comes as a joy - and even a little bit of a relief - when Pauline McLynn sits down for our interview and orders a proper pot of Irish breakfast tea.

It’s not often that you’d find yourself sympathising with sports bodies.

The move is part of a new effort to hold the Catholic hierarchy accountable for failing to protect their flocks.

Summer is almost upon us but forgive me if I’m not of a sunny disposition. The standard of hurling refereeing is slipping and I fear it could have a major bearing on what we see in the coming weeks.

II read that they are planning to put microchips into sliotars now.