Ireland’s World Cup opponents, Vera Pauw’s fate and an Irishman in the NFL
Though it’s a quiet time of year on the GAA front,
some counties still have jobs to get done, the most pressing of which is the recruitment of a new manager . As Seán Moran notes in his piece this morning, “Whereas there aren’t as many vacancies in the ranks of intercounty management as there were last year, the process hasn’t become any easier.” Across the pond, the NFL looks set to feature its first Irish-born player in almost 40 years with the news thatwhen the new season begins next week. “Whelan, aged 24, originally grew up in Eniskerry, Co Wicklow,” writes Nathan Johns, “before moving to California aged 13. When the Packers start their season on Sunday, September 10th away to the Chicago Bears, he could be the first Irish-born NFL player since Dubliner Neil O’Donoghue lined out for the St Louis Cardinals in 1985.
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