Irish women primed for impromptu Cork visit
Ireland’s senior women will train en masse in Munster for the first time under Darren Smith as they begin a three-day camp at University College Cork on Sunday ahead of August’s European championships.
Masters head for Home Nations
Munster players are dotted throughout three Irish Masters teams who are in action at the Home Nations in Wakefield, England this weekend.
Irish star’s wondergoal makes top US shortlist
SFH diarist Rebecca Barry has become the first field hockey player to be nominated for the fabled ESPY Awards, which celebrate America’s greatest sporting achievements.
Meredith wants Irish stars back on home soil
Andrew Meredith believes Ireland’s wild geese must come home if they are to challenge at world hockey’s top level – and has hinted at a return to regional training in Munster.
Green machine goes into overdrive to floor France
Madness reigned in Rotterdam on Saturday night as Ireland hit six unanswered goals in half an hour to retrieve a four-goal deficit against France and salvage the wreckage of their World League 3 campaign with an unlikely 6-4 victory.
More heartbreak, more drama – and no World Cup berth
Ireland’s World Cup qualification dreams were all but dashed as they were undone by a goal that shouldn’t have stood in a 1-0 defeat to Spain in Rotterdam yesterday.