Colmán Stanley

5 days ago | sportsjoe.ie | Colmán Stanley

There was further controversy today in the ongoing skorts debacle in Camogie. Dublin faced Offaly in the Leinster Camogie Minor Shield A final, with both teams entering the field of play wearing shorts. However, according to Newstalk journalist Will O’Callaghan, following a ‘lengthy standoff’ the sides returned to their dressing rooms and changed back into skorts after a Leinster Camogie official told them that the game would be abandoned if they did not do so.

1 week ago | sportsjoe.ie | Colmán Stanley

Lions head coach Andy Farrell has named his squad for their tour of Australia this summer. The nationality breakdown is as follows: 15 Ireland, 13 England, 8 Scotland, 2 Wales. This makes up 38 players, despite the fact that it was expected to be a 40-man squad. However, Farrell looks to have cleared this up with his comments at the live announcement.

1 week ago | sportsjoe.ie | Colmán Stanley

Lions head coach Andy Farrell has named his squad for their tour of Australia this summer. The nationality breakdown is as follows: 15 Ireland, 13 England, 8 Scotland, 2 Wales. This makes up 38 players, despite the fact that it was expected to be a 40-man squad. However, Farrell looks to have cleared this up with his comments at the live announcement.

1 week ago | sportsjoe.ie | Colmán Stanley

Mack Hansen was one of a record 15 Ireland players selected for the 2025 Lions tour to Australia. After the live squad announcement, the Connacht winger was video called to get his reaction. When Lions head coach, and Hansen’s Ireland boss, Andy Farrell heard the news he quipped, ‘you can’t be serious’, as a nod to Hansen’s outspoken and flamboyant personality. When host Lee McKenzie put it to Farrell that ‘you picked him’, he jokingly said that it was ‘the other coaches’.

1 week ago | sportsjoe.ie | Colmán Stanley

Andy Farrell has named his squad for the 2025 Lions tour to Australia. 15 Ireland players have made the final cut, while Caelan Doris has cruelly missed out after picking up an injury in Leinster’s loss to Northampton at the weekend. The number eight had been favourite to captain the squad, with England’s Maro Itoje taking that mantle. The full breakdown of the squad is as follows: 15 Ireland, 13 England, 8 Scotland, 2 Wales.