The Gaelic Football Thread

[greengrass]

Crazy stuff, considering how important the leagues are in football to be bringing in a load of new rules at once with no real lead in but typical enough of the gaa at the moment whereby the intercounty championship is played off as quickly as possible like a street league.
I think the new rules in the main are positive but they should have for a final year at least allowed the pre season competitions

GPA have far too much clout atm. The whole intercounty schedule is farcical Where's the upside to all this nonsense. We're still running off club championships at the worst time of the year.

 

[cactus jack]

14 first time winners, no Kerry or Dublin for the 1st time since 2003

1. Niall Morgan (Tyrone) 2nd award (previously 2021)

2. Jonathan McGrath (Galway) 1st award.

3. Barry McCambridge (Armagh) 1st award.

4. Peadar Mogan (Donegal) 1st award.

5. Dylan McHugh (Galway) 1st award.

6. Aidan Forker (Armagh) 1st award.

7. Craig Lennon (Louth) 1st award.

8. Paul Conroy (Galway) 1st award.

9. Ben Crealey (Armagh) 1st award.

10. Rian O’Neill (Armagh) 1st award.

11. John Maher (Galway) 1st award.

12. Oisin Conaty (Armagh) 1st award.

13. Robert Finnerty (Galway) 1st award.

14. Oisín Gallen (Donegal) 1st award.

15. Conor Turbitt (Armagh) 1st award.

 

[TheOutdoorThreadmill]

'Why is AFL an evil code but everything else is fine?' Zach Tuohy questions Tomás Ó Sé criticism

As Cillian Burke, who last year played U20 for Kerry under Ó Sé signed with Tuohy’s former AFL club Geelong Cats earlier this week, Laois man Tuohy has revealed he is interested in helping more Gaelic footballers play professional Australian Rules.

www.irishexaminer.com

 

[NorthWestDrom]

Barcelona are after beating Conahy Shamrocks in the Leinster Junior Championship

 

[hurley68]

Michael Murphy making a come back for Donegal.

 

[dukeroyale]

'Why is AFL an evil code but everything else is fine?' Zach Tuohy questions Tomás Ó Sé criticism

As Cillian Burke, who last year played U20 for Kerry under Ó Sé signed with Tuohy’s former AFL club Geelong Cats earlier this week, Laois man Tuohy has revealed he is interested in helping more Gaelic footballers play professional Australian Rules.

www.irishexaminer.com

tuohy comes across as fierce bitter in that piece but none of what he said is untrue. you’d want to be some wanker to stop, or maybe dissuade is the word, a young fella from pursuing a professional sports career on the back of some parochial shit.

i played aussie rules for around ten years and really enjoyed it. got a trial for an irish international team for the euros but didn’t make it.

the aussie rules team i played with had six paddies as starters. we were only allowed two aussies on the field at any given time so they were delighted with us playing.

 

[cactus jack]

Derry edging closer to appointment of Kerry coach Paddy Tally as manager

Oak Leafers are the final county to appoint a senior football boss for 2025 - and believe they have identified their man

www.irishexaminer.com

You'd think a team on the up like Derry would have fellas queuing up for the job

 

[TheRebelRoar]

The junior Gaelic football team with three former rugby internationals and almost 100 caps from different codes

They are a junior football team, yes, but not as you might expect.

www.independent.ie

https://archive.ph/7RbGd

 

[Jukka]

Derry edging closer to appointment of Kerry coach Paddy Tally as manager

Oak Leafers are the final county to appoint a senior football boss for 2025 - and believe they have identified their man

www.irishexaminer.com

You'd think a team on the up like Derry would have fellas queuing up for the job

I suspect Derry's "on the up" phase has come and gone to be honest.

 

[TheOutdoorThreadmill]

The junior Gaelic football team with three former rugby internationals and almost 100 caps from different codes

They are a junior football team, yes, but not as you might expect.

www.independent.ie

https://archive.ph/7RbGd

They won by a point TOD was a sub