Kevin Egan

RTÉ Sport contributor

Westmeath's Aaron Craig and Tommy Gallagher tangles with Gavin McGowan

Westmeath beat the Royal to book quarter-final spot

Westmeath recovered from losing their two first games of the Leinster SHC round robin group to beat Meath 1-18 to 0-19 in Mullingar and book their place in the provincial quarter-final.

GAA • 14 May 17

Vincent's celebrate their seventh Leinster title

Connolly steers Vincent's to Leinster glory

Rhode's luckless run in Leinster finals continued this afternoon when they succumbed to a 1-16 to 0-12 defeat to Dublin champions St Vincent's at O'Moore Park.

GAA • 11 Dec 16

Paul McPadden of Rhode dives over Simonstown's Seamus Kenny

Rhode hang on to see off determined Simonstown

Rhode narrowly held on in the face of a late surge from Simonstown Gaels to secure a 1-12 to 1-9 win at O’Connor Park this afternoon, securing their place in the last four of the Leinster club football championship at the expense of the Meath champions.

GAA • 13 Nov 16

Ronan Hughes, pictured in action for Offaly, finished with a personal haul of 1-04

Hughes the hero as St Rynagh’s reign in Offaly

Twenty-three years and eight county final defeats later, St Rynagh’s finally regained the Offaly senior hurling championship title in O’Connor Park after a late goal from man of the match Ronan Hughes wrapped up a 2-16 to 1-15 win over rivals Birr at the Tullamore stadium.

GAA • 23 Oct 16

Niall McNamee hit 0-6 for Rhode in the county final

Rhode too strong for Ferbane in Offaly decider

Rhode justified their status as the hottest of pre-match favourites for this year’s Offaly senior football final this afternoon when they easily overcame the challenge of Ferbane and win their 27th senior crown, moving alongside Tullamore at the top of the Faithful County Roll of Honour.

GAA • 16 Oct 16

Rovers ease into quarters with facile Athlone win

Shamrock Rovers eased their way into the quarter-finals of the FAI cup with little or no difficulty in Athlone tonight, though 48 minutes had expired before the difference in class between the Premier Division title chasers and the beleaguered home side finally showed on the scoreboard.

Soccer • 19 Aug 16

Cork's James Loughrey and Barry McKeon of Longford

Rebels show strength as they overcome Longford

Cork’s greater strength in depth proved crucial at Glennon Brothers Pearse Park as Colm O’Neill and Paddy Kelly came off the Rebels’ bench to decisively turn the tide of this Round 3B qualifier in Cork’s favour.

GAA • 16 Jul 16

Kildare on top in high-scoring clash in Newbridge

Kildare succeeded in scoring more than in their last two Leinster championship outings combined tonight at St Conleth’s Park as they powered past Offaly in the final quarter of their qualifier fixture in Newbridge, securing their place in Monday morning’s qualifier draw.

GAA • 09 Jul 16

Dublin step on gas to capture Leinster U21 crown

Dublin withstood a spirited first-half effort from Offaly in the Leinster under-21 HC final at O’Connor Park in Tullamore tonight before piling on the scores in the second half to secure their sixth hurling title at this grade.

GAA • 06 Jul 16

London's Mark Gottsche and Niall Darby of Offaly in action in Tullamore

Offaly overcome poor start to see off London

Offaly overcame a dismal start at O’Connor Park this afternoon as they came from five points down to record a comfortable 0-17 to 1-07 win over London in the first round of the All-Ireland SFC qualifiers.

GAA • 25 Jun 16