Rob Hennelly
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Game Changers: Stephen Cluxton’s indelible mark on Gaelic football
- Gaelic Football
- July 13, 2020, 06:00
If and when he eventually hangs it up, Stephen Cluxton will retire with not just one of the great Gaelic football careers but one without many peers a(...)

Dublin put the squeeze on as 14-man Mayo run out of juice
- Gaelic Football
- February 3, 2020, 06:00
Dublin 1-11 Mayo 0-8 There has to be the odd dud episode in this riveting series. So Mayo’s quest for a win over Dublin now dates back to 2012, when (...)

Same as it ever was as Dublin see off Mayo again
- Gaelic Football
- February 1, 2020, 21:16
Dublin 1-11 Mayo 0-8 This pair. If Dublin and Mayo could be classed as a couple, then they make Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen appear like boring subu(...)

Galway leave Mayo in a spot of bother for a second year running
- Gaelic Football
- January 12, 2020, 16:57
Mayo 1-17 Galway 1-17 (Galway win 3-2 on penalties) Penalties were needed for the second year running before a verdict could be reached between Mayo (...)

Six of the best: Looking back at Jim Gavin’s All-Ireland final triumphs
- Gaelic Games
- December 2, 2019, 06:00
2013: Dublin 2-12 Mayo 1-14 Jim Gavin, his first season as manager after Pat Gilroy, just about gets Dublin over the line, forced to leave on a clear(...)

Seán Moran: Bernard Brogan’s role in Dublin’s five-in-a-row cannot be understated
- Gaelic Football
- October 24, 2019, 13:21
Bernard Brogan’s retirement at the age of 35 probably didn’t come as a major surprise in that it had been widely speculated on since Dublin’s completi(...)

GAA Statistics: Could Jack Barry be first to nullify Brian Fenton?
- Gaelic Football
- August 22, 2019, 06:00
Jack McCaffrey had only five possessions in general play during Dublin’s semi-final win over Mayo – the reigning champions still won the match by 10 p(...)

Who’d want to be a goalkeeper in these high-pressure times?
- Gaelic Games
- August 14, 2019, 07:00
In a conversation about Kilkenny’s exceptional goalkeeper Eoin Murphy, Christy O’Connor, an authority on the position, made an interesting point. He f(...)

Shock and awe as Dublin lay waste to Mayo
- Gaelic Football
- August 12, 2019, 05:00
Dublin 3-14 Mayo 1-10 Maybe not 10 minutes that shook the world, but what Dublin did to Mayo in a darkly concentrated burst of matchless power and te(...)

Unerring O’Callaghan keeps Dublin’s drive for five on the road
- Gaelic Football
- August 10, 2019, 19:39
Jim Gavin has a small ritual he carries out with every Dublin player who comes off the pitch as he’s substituted. Doesn’t matter if you had a scorcher(...)