Sport Archives – The College View

Guinness PRO14 to restart in August

June 21, 2020

A selected target date, August 22nd has been announced for the Guinness PRO14 2019/20 season to restart across all five competing territories.

GAA release its safe return to Gaelic games plan

June 21, 2020

The GAA has released its Safe Return to Gaelic Games plan for the coming weeks ahead, with inter-county action not resuming until October.

Premier League restarts after four month delay due to Covid-19

June 17, 2020

The Premier League returned to action today, June 17, after a lengthy delay of the season since early March due to the COVID-19 global pandemic.

Nadia Power receives Sports Scholar of the Year award

April 21, 2020

An interview with Nadia Power after winning DCU Sports Scholar award

A review of DCU Athletics

April 21, 2020

A review of DCU Athletics season

Ireland’s best golfing resorts

April 20, 2020

The best golfing resorts in ireland and a brief summary (location, price etc)

Irish tennis professionals are held back by lack of investment

April 20, 2020

Irish tennis professionals and coaches have criticised Tennis Ireland for not providing the funds and coaching needed to help elite players become world-class.

Review of the season for Collingwood Cup squad

April 15, 2020

It was a big year for DCU Soccer as the Collingwood Cup squad was named team of the year at the Clubs and Societies awards last week. The team’s coaches, Johnny McDonnell and Declan Roche

DCU’s David Garland is player of the tournament in the Sigerson Cup

April 15, 2020

Monaghan native and DCU corner-forward David Garland has been announced as the 2020 Electric Ireland GAA Sigerson Cup Player of the tournament, following his teams Sigerson Cup triumph last February.

DCU ladies rugby team are disappointed by match cancellations

April 15, 2020

The DCU ladies college rugby team were due to play the Student Sports All Ireland Division One Cup final against The University of Limerick (UL) for the third year in a row, but due to

Continued success drives Comerford

April 15, 2020

Dublin goalkeeper and Dublin City University star, Evan Comerford, has experienced a wealth of success in a relatively short playing career thus far.

Injury and Coronavirus prolongs Smith’s Olympic dream

April 15, 2020

Four years is a long time for any sports athlete to wait for a shot on the big stage at the Olympics but for former DCU student Céire Smith, she will have to wait a

Towey’s journey from DCU to AFL

April 1, 2020

An extremely tough preseason was awaiting Luke Towey when he arrived in Australia to play AFL for the Gold Coast football club over six months ago but now feels he has found his feet in

“There are more important things in life than just sport”: Michael Murphy

April 1, 2020

Former DCU star and current Donegal GAA captain Michael Murphy has stated that while the GAA has always been to the forefront of Irish culture there are more important things in this world to worry

Decision to delay the Tokyo Games a Silver Lining for Comerford

April 1, 2020

Irish Paralympian and European Championship bronze medallist, Orla Comerford sees the delay of the Paralympics to the summer of 2021 as an opportunity.

DCU retain overall title at the Cross Country Championships

March 18, 2020

Dublin City University topped the overall rankings running in the Irish Universities Athletics Association Cross Country Championships, securing their second title in as many years. The event was hosted by University College Cork, last weekend.

DCU tennis taking the positives from National Intervarsities

March 18, 2020

The DCU men’s first tennis team lost narrowly to Trinity College Dublin in the final of 2020 National Intervarsities.

Diving into underwater hockey

March 18, 2020

Not many people would have heard of the sport underwater hockey. This unique sport has been present in DCU now for over two years and as the popularity grows so does the success, with the club taking home their first ever trophy in Limerick last weekend.