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1 week ago | 
balls.ie | Niall McIntyre |Rob O'Halloran |Eoin Harrington |Lee Costello
Limerick hurler William O’Donoghue thinks the GAA can do more to grow the game of hurling. The Na Piarsaigh club-man says fan-zones and music are potential ways of improving the match-day experience of spectators at championship games. He also feels more games should be televised, which certainly rings true this weekend with Limerick’s Munster championship opener against Tipperary not being broadcast at all.
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1 week ago | 
balls.ie | Eoin Harrington |Rob O'Halloran |Lee Costello
This Friday, one of the biggest games yet of the League of Ireland season takes place in Inchicore, as title contenders St. Patrick's Athletic host Shamrock Rovers at Richmond Park. Ahead of that game, you can take in the best pre-match buzz at the Glen of Aherlow pub with Rockshore.
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1 week ago | 
balls.ie | Rob O'Halloran |Lee Costello |Eoin Harrington |Joshua Bell Curran
Munster have prematurely added some depth to their front-row ranks in the wake of their Champions Cup exit with Leinster duo Lee Barron and Michael Milne linking up on-loan until the end of the season. It has been announced in January that the front-row pair - who have struggled for minutes at Leinster - will join Munster this summer on permanent deals. However, their moves have been fast-tracked with Jeremy Loughman and Diarmuid Barron both picking up injuries for Munster in recent days.
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1 week ago | 
balls.ie | Rob O'Halloran |Lee Costello |Eoin Harrington |Joshua Bell Curran
Rieko Ioane's shock impending switch to Leinster has naturally caused a stir, leaving one All Blacks legend to believe the announcement had been an April Fools joke. All Blacks centre Ioane has exercised his right to a sabattical from Super Rugby side Blues, and will spend part of that year break playing for Leinster, The Blues confirmed on Wednesday morning.
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1 week ago | 
balls.ie | Lee Costello |Rob O'Halloran |Eoin Harrington |Conor McEvoy
Mo Salah has finally put pen to paper and will remain at Liverpool until 2027 at the least, putting to bed much speculation about his future. The Premier League's current top scorer seemed destined to leave the club, and at one point said in an interview that he was "more out than in."However, it never affected his form, and to celebrate his new extension he picked up the Man of the Match award in their win against West Ham last weekend.
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1 week ago | 
balls.ie | Rob O'Halloran |Lee Costello |Eoin Harrington |Joshua Bell Curran
South Africa boss Rassie Erasmus has hit out at rugby pundit Matt Williams after he speculated that the Springboks tactical emphasis on a 7-1 split may have contributed to Steven Kitshoff's spinal injury. Williams, who formerly managed Leinster, is a vocal critic of the tactic implemented by the two-time World Cup-winning coach Erasmus. The move, which sees his teams opt for seven forwards and just one back on the bench, has proven fruitful at Test level.
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1 week ago | 
balls.ie | Lee Costello |Eoin Harrington |Niall McIntyre |Rob O'Halloran
Kilcoo have appointed former Monaghan star Martin Corey as their new manager, along with Tyrone's two-time All-Ireland winner Joe McMahon, and former Derry boss Paddy Crozier. Corey and McMahon had started the season as part of Robbie Brennan's backroom team with Meath, and they enjoyed a decent league campaign in Division Two. Then just before the championship began, the county was shocked to learn that both coaches had stepped away from their role, and nobody could offer any clarity as to why.
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1 week ago | 
balls.ie | Niall McIntyre |Eoin Harrington |Lee Costello |Rob O'Halloran
Two-time AFLW premiership winner Ailish Considine acknowledges the sport as a 'threat' to ladies football but says players would be foolish not to take the opportunity to move Down Under if it was presented to them. Considine moved to the Adelaide Crows AFLW side in 2019 as their first international player, going onto enjoy a remarkably successful career where she became the first Irish player to win a Grand Title, before adding a second in 2022.
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1 week ago | 
balls.ie | Lee Costello |Joshua Bell Curran |Eoin Harrington |Rob O'Halloran
Tyrone have had a frustrating few years since winning the All-Ireland back in 2021, and have struggled to regain that form that made them champions. In fact, the Red Hand county had failed to win three consecutive games in a row since their Sam Maguire winning season, but at long last they look like they are finding some consistency.
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1 week ago | 
balls.ie | Eoin Harrington |Lee Costello |Joshua Bell Curran |Rob O'Halloran
Rory McIlroy finally achieved his lifelong dream on Sunday, with a dramatic victory at the Masters. Golf's most prestigious tournament was the final hurdle to clear for McIlroy en route to a legendary Career Grand Slam, and he held firm in a sudden-death playoff against Justin Rose to prevail at long last. It was McIlroy's fifth Major win, 11 years after his last.
