Galway GAA

Joe Canning: Everything is coming together for Tipperary at the right time

For the first time since 2023, Tipperary have momentum. Galway will need to come up with something to stay in the championship

Tactical analysis: Down will need to share scoring burden around more to knock out Galway

Down’s reliance on three key men is an issue, but they have improved steadily under Conor Laverty

Galway’s Fintan Burke bullish in advance of championship quarter-final against Tipp

If Tribesmen are to progress into the semi-final against Cork, prolific Cathal Mannion will be vital to their cause

Conor McManus: Here’s my ranking of the top 12 counties going into the knockouts

The last unbeaten record went up in smoke at the weekend and a few big names are in action sooner than expected

Dublin’s path forward becomes clear and what else we learned from the GAA weekend

No more second chances; Conor Laverty gets Down moving on up; Galway’s embarrassment of riches

Galway deliver second-half stormer to pull their season back from the brink against Armagh

A late point from Shane Walsh earned the Tribesmen the win at Breffni Park

Can Galway squeeze more from Shane Walsh and Damien Comer? Now is the time to find out

In the last two seasons, Walsh and Comer have started a mere four games together. Galway have carried that limp in their step

Malachy Clerkin: Calling the football championship wide open is a polite way of saying every team is flawed

When the landscape shows up to nine teams able to win Sam Maguire or stop someone else, the format doesn’t matter a damn

Joe Canning on taking frees: ‘If I miss this, I’m f**ked. I’ll never live this down’

Things can’t continue as they are for the Leinster final: it’s time to move away from Croke Park

Tactical analysis: Aerial dominance and nous in final third will prove pivotal in decisive football weekend

Mayo aiming for a repeat, Dubs target bounce-back and champions Armagh out to maintain momentum

Darragh Ó Sé: Galway, Dublin and Derry have only themselves to blame for their troubles

All three sides have lacked leaders at times and come Saturday night the summer will be over for one of them

Nicky English: Weary-looking Limerick’s errors allowed Cork confidence to flourish

Unconvincing Kilkenny did what they had to do to take sixth Leinster in a row

Cork and Kilkenny through to semi-finals after clinching provincial titles, but all the glory goes to Munster

Limerick left with longer route to Liam MacCarthy after losing out in penalty shootout

Derek Lyng praises Kilkenny’s hard work as they shrug aside Galway for six-in-a-row

Manager says the Cats' performance in Leinster final was ‘decent’ but admits they’ll have to take it up a gear for knockout phase

TV View: Cork freed from desire as they put an end to Limerick’s Munster reign

Palpitation-inducing Munster hurling final made the Leinster and URC shindigs - and England v Andorra - look like they were flatlining

Kilkenny make it six Leinster titles on the trot as Galway revival falls short

Tribesmen twice got within four points during endgame but pay price for leaving it all too late

Galway’s Conor Whelan: ‘Mental health is not as abstract as people sometimes make it sound’

A decade after his debut, the Galway forward talks about his cousin’s suicide, having a PhD due this week and how travel keeps him fresh

Munster SHC final: Limerick look too far ahead to be caught on this occasion

Cork must focus on making inroads into the big deficit from recent encounter

Leinster SHC final: Unflappable Kilkenny can contain the Galway bounce-back

Micheál Donoghue’s team have picked up momentum but maybe not quite enough

Nicky English: Opportunity for redemption smaller for Cork than Galway

The gap to Limerick looks too big but Galway have momentum in Leinster

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