#Senior Cup

MANCHESTER UNITED are set to turn to Burnley flop Wout Weghorst as they look for goals. And this is far from the first time a United signing has raised eyebrows, particularly in a January window. Here are ten of the strangest signings the club have ever made. Ighalo arrived in 2020 with a record of having scored 16 goals in a Premier League season,…

They stagger out onto the pitch in two or three different huddles, their orms folded against the cold of a horrible January morning. I'm there, "Welcome back, ladies! Hope you had a good Christmas!" and they're all, like, hating on me for my - yeah, no - cheeriness? The first training session of the year was always my favourite, but not so with…

Summerhill College have reached two Connacht Schools Senior Cup finals in the last three years, but they have still to win one, and ten-time champions Sligo Grammar remain the traditional rugby school in the county. hey haven't been in a Senior Cup decider since 2014, when they won it. And at junior level Sligo Grammar have won seven titles - their…

Ulster Rugby have confirmed next season's Academy squad and it includes five new faces. Joe Hopes (club TBC), Lorcan McLoughlin (Queen's University / IQ Rugby), James McNabney (Ballymena RFC), Rory Telfer (club TBC) and Scott Wilson (Queen's University) have all been inducted as Year One players. Ulster Rugby Academy Manager, Gavin Hogg said:…

No other Irish U21s or U20s squad has produced as many Lions as the squad from 2012. The 2007 squad came close, with Cian Healy, Seán O'Brien, and Keith Earls (Luke Fitzgerald, who was of that age group, went straight from school into the Irish and Leinster senior teams). Not only were Lions made from the 2012 crop, there was an ensemble of…

The Bank of Ireland Leinster Schools Senior Cup has been pared down to the quarter-finals. First up on Sunday, favourites Blackrock College will be wary of Terenure College and Leinster League winners Gonzaga College will showdown with Wesley College on Monday. Newbridge College will try to run Belvedere College off their feet on Tuesday and St…