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Joe Brolly Not Budging From Comments About Paul Grimley

Joe Brolly Not Budging From Comments About Paul Grimley

Joe Brolly had stood by the criticism which he made of Armagh and their manager on the Sunday Game Live after their loss to Cavan. Armagh manager, Paul Grimley said yesterday that he was giving serious consideration to boycotting the national broadcaster following Brolly’s comments. Apparently Paul Grimley is not going to talk to the National Broadcaster. Was it something Mark Sidebottom sai... »

Ken Early Rejoins Newstalk?

Ken Early Rejoins Newstalk?

Ken Early rejoins Newstalk as GAA sideline reporter? No, no he doesn’t but imagine how Ciaran Murphy would feel.. From Today’s Newstalk GAA launch, a young Ken Early like cub reporter asking the tough questions.   Brian Lawless / SPORTSFILE »

The Best Finished GAA Goal You’ll See This Year

The Best Finished GAA Goal You’ll See This Year

Former Mayo senior footballer Mark Ronaldson scored with a beautiful finished for Shrule/Glencorrib last weekend. The “oooohhhh” from the crowd says it all. And over and over again in GIF form. H/T Brian Murphy »

There Could Be A Shake Up Of The International Rules Series

There Could Be A Shake Up Of The International Rules Series

AFL CEO Andrew Demetriou’s has put forward a radical plan to shake up the international rules series. This would see an indigenous all-stars team tour Ireland in October. The indigenous all-stars would be similar in concept to the New Zealand Maori rugby team with the team made up mainly of aboriginal players. Having an Australia international rules team that will be selected based on race i... »

Mayo And Toulon Players Were Hanging Out Over The Weekend

Mayo And Toulon Players Were Hanging Out Over The Weekend

Mayo and Toulon both had successes on the pitch over the weekend. Mayo defeated Galway in the Connacht Championship and Toulon were victorious over Clermont in the Heineken Cup semi-final. And it looks like some Mayo and Toulon players enjoyed each others company for a few drinks last night. Few drinks with the Toulon boys twitter.com/SeamieShea/sta… — Seamie O’Shea (@SeamieShea) May 1... »

Here Are The Best Images From The Weekend’s GAA Action

Here Are The Best Images From The Weekend’s GAA Action

Here are the best images from the first major weekend of championship action. »

VH-Yes: The Sunday Game From 1984

VH-Yes: The Sunday Game From 1984

Recently at Balls.ie we have been swept up in a wave of nostalgia. Gone are the laptops and DVD’s, now it’s all windows 95 and VHS videos. Last week we brought you footage from the 1989 Lions tour of Australia and today we have unearthed footage from the sunday game in 1984. Who is that dynamic young go-getter presenting the show? Do you have any classic footage on VHS at home? If you ... »

Dermot Earley’s Career In Pictures

Dermot Earley’s Career In Pictures

GAA fans were saddened yesterday to hear of Dermot Earley’s retirement. He has always been one of the players that fans of other counties looked at with admiration so we decided to bring you Dermot Earley’s career in pictures. Here he is talking about his retirement on Newstalk. And most of all, spare a thought for the housewives of Kildare. »

GIFs: Two Galway Players See Red Vs Mayo

GIFs: Two Galway Players See Red Vs Mayo

Galway went down to 13 men in their Connacht Championship quarter-final clash with Mayo after Niall Coleman saw red for punching Alan Dillon right in front of referee, Marty Duffy. Galway captain, Gareth Bradshaw, was shown a red card 3 minutes into the second half, also for an off the ball incident. »

Joe Brolly Has Forgotten The Kerry Manager’s Name

Joe Brolly Has Forgotten The Kerry Manager’s Name

Éamonn Fitzmaurice was named Kerry Senior football manager last August but his name still hasn’t sunk in with Joe Brolly. As the Sunday Game panel discussed who would be the likely winner of the Munster Championship. Brolly referred to how “Brosnan” would “tap into that deep Kerry vibe of football” and how the team would have faith in him because “he’s bee... »

Classic Football Photos Will Get You In The Mood For Championship

Classic Football Photos Will Get You In The Mood For Championship

What is better than the first big championship football weekend? Classic football photos of course. Just before you tune in to Armagh and Cavan, take a trip down memory lane to years as far back as 2012. Don’t worry we have a few older photos there as well for the sake of appearances.   »

Video: 2 Minutes 24 Seconds Of A Championship Promo From RTE That Will Get You Psyched.

Video: 2 Minutes 24 Seconds Of A Championship Promo From RTE That Will Get You Psyched.

Credit to RTE, their promo work across all codes has come on leaps and bounds and this is savage. The Championship is coming, the summer starts here and we can’t bloody wait.   »

Someone Has Made A Hurling Video In Their Backyard And It’s Brilliant.

Someone Has Made A Hurling Video In Their Backyard And It’s Brilliant.

On our daily trawl through the world wide web for hurling snippets, we came across this today. It’s something of a hurling trickshot video with some great target practice and also has a first; hurling while cutting the lawn. Hat-tip to them all. via: Mairead Mhaidhc on Youtube. »

Owen Mulligan’s Tyrone Future In Doubt?

Owen Mulligan’s Tyrone Future In Doubt?

Owen Mulligan Tyrone’s future is in doubt after admitting that he unlikely to be selected for the county panel. The three-time All-Ireland medallist sat out Tyrone’s league campaign citing club commitments and said recently that he did not expect to be called on by Tyrone manager Mickey Harte. “I attended two in-house matches some time ago but heard nothing back, so I take it I&#... »

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