Gaelic

Day 1 is filled with two potential tricky games but there's a potential cracker in store in the capital on Thursday evening. First up are the hosts Athlone IT against Cork IT. It's an evening throw in for these two teams and the local side would be fairly eager to see themselves in the weekend but are up against a serious operation in the form of Cork IT.... more

Last Comment: 14 February 15:15

Gaelic

It might only seem like yesterday when I started blogging on the preliminary round of the Sigerson Cup but we're already at the quarter final stage a fortnight later on. It's split into two days. UCC play St Marys & DIT host Maynooth on Wednesday and on Thursday Athlone play CIT and DCU host UCD in the game of the round. Today I'll focus on Wednesday's games. First up UCC vs St Marys.... more

Last Comment: 16 February 18:07

Gaelic

There are 10 games in the league on Sunday and for some teams it could be any ambitions they might have of playoff spots, & promotion trips to Croker could be finished for another year and another few might have to concentrate on a relegation battle which is a pretty awful situation to be in. In division 1 there doesn't seem to be much value.... more

Gaelic

There are five 7. 00 starts for the National Football League this evening after week 1 there are a few things showing. A few of the bigger teams aren't at the races quite yet. Cork are thinking to championship time and some teams are showing the benefits of the hard work put in over the Christmas. First up tonight is Cork vs Kildare.... more

Last Comment: 09 February 23:09

Gaelic

Division 1 The presence of former Kerry and current Dr Crokes coach Donie Buckley in the Mayo camp can only be a good thing for the men in green and red and with the Kerry boys having to make the long trip to Castlebar and with Kerry under new management a getting to know you period is expected plus the Crokes boys are missing and they are a huge loss even to a county like Kerry.... more

Last Comment: 04 February 18:29

Gaelic

Kildare v Donegal Kildare 10/11 Donegal 6/5 Handicap Betting Kildare (-1) (5/4) Draw 15/2 Donegal (+1) (4/5) My value bet here is the Kildare side. They've had a good preseason and are training pretty hard early enough in this season. The addition of Jason Ryan to the backroom team will add a lot to the preparation and I think against Donegal who will be a bit experimental early on and a few of their players are looking to have wintered well.... more

Last Comment: 03 February 12:38

Gaelic

Athlone IT vs Carlow IT Athlone IT Sportsgrounds 2. 00 Tuesday 29th Jan Best Odds Athlone IT - 5/2 Carlow IT - 8/15 In the league this year Athlone were in the Group D Connacht-ish group as usual against IT Sligo, NUIG & GMIT. They did well and finished 2nd in the group while Carlow ended up in a relegation playoff having finished bottom of the Munster-ish Group C with UCC, CIT and ITTralee. I think Athlone are grossly overpriced here.... more

Last Comment: 30 January 08:41

Gaelic

3rd Level Colleges hurling and football competitions are unique events. It's where you can find some of the games' finest exponents of their craft battle head to head with each other far from the spotlights of Croke Park. It's where heart and bottle is just as important as the skill you possess and where all stars can be humbled by junior players.... more

Last Comment: 30 January 08:34

Gaelic

Despite what the GAA would like to get you make you think, Gaelic Football is not the same level as the Premiership. Jimmy McGuinness proved that last year when he used organisation and a thing called tactics to win out. This shocked the country as until that point the standard equivalent of a 4-2-4 soccer formation was being used.... more

Last Comment: 28 January 02:47

American Football

It's the first time in 25 years that there's been the same 2 sides in the AFC decider as the previous year and if last year's 23-20 win for the Pats was a real battle. Baltimore should have won last years game and I'm sure they are still hurting and with Ray Lewis in his swansong there could be the destiny team here.... more

American Football

First up we've San Francisco travelling to Georgia and facing the Falcons in Atlanta. San Fran away form this season : 5-3 Atlanta home form this season : 7-1 The weather looks decent enough outside the Georgia Dome but it's all indoors so it won't make a difference. It might not suit San Fran as their home Candlestick Park is a fair old bucket of wind at the best of times. Key men.... more

Miscellaneous

Compare the following headlines. Robin Van Persie fined his match fee and banned for two weeks for missing penalty!!! Johnny Wilkinson gets 14 day ban for missing easy drop goal!!! Rory McIlroy banned for a month after collapsing on the back 9 in Augusta!!! Brendan Powell Jnr banned for 14 days for jumping an extra fence!!! One of these headlines is true but each one of these headlines have occurred due to the same reason. Human error.... more

Horse Racing

So the gamble failed. The dream is over and the statue of Nijinksy in Ballydoyle won't have a neighbour. What went wrong? Who's to blame? What next? Firstly, I don't think that anyone can see the race as anything but a penalty kick even retrospectively especially when you see who won the race. Encke is not a World class horse.... more

Last Comment: 17 September 11:10