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The Weekend in Sports

USA were crowned Champions in the Women’s World Cup final yesterday, beating Netherlands by 2 goals to nil. Donald Trumps nemesis Megan Rapinoe scored a penalty to put the Americans in front just after the hour mark with Rose Levelle doubling their lead just eight minutes later. On Saturday, Sweden …

The Reality Of The GAA Super 8 Is Not As Bad As It May Seem

The Senior Football Championship structure has been changed drastically over the weekend as the GAA Congress voted in a round-robin or ‘Super 8’ format to replace the current quarter finals while also voting in favour of pushing All Ireland finals back two weeks. The changes have created widespread panic among …

New GAA Reforms Will Prove Beneficial To The Game

The GAA has proposed a number of changes to the All-Ireland Football Championship which will be up for discussion at the Annual Congress this month. Although these changes have been heavily criticised by the club players association for not coming into effect until 2019, they will still prove beneficial for …

Longford Ladies Breathe Life Back Into Junior Championship

In the wake of Dublin’s victory over Mayo in the Senior All Ireland over the weekend, it is also important to reflect on what was once a somewhat overlooked part of the game; The LGFA Junior final between Longford and Antrim which took place the previous week. In what was …

King Henry Prioritises Ride Over Hurling

Following the recent announcement of his retirement from a glittering inter-county hurling career, ten time All-Ireland winner Henry Shefflin explained that “I decided to quit while watching the Cats beat Clare with my wife on TV last Sunday”. The promiscuous ginger revealed that after years of not being able to …