@Siggo

Journalist (cricket) writer (children's fiction, RUGBY SPIRIT series) & editor. President Lord’s Taverners Ireland. President Irish Universities Cricket Assoc'n

 Dublin
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Joined March 2009
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In light of Delilah will IRFU review its PA music? Boys are Back in Town (condones street fighting, knife crime), Dearg Doom (glorifies beheading), Fields of Athenry (corn larceny) Beautiful Day (celebrates climate change)?
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🆑 DISTRICT SIGGINS CUP🏆 ▶️ Trinity vs North Leinster ⏰ Tues 3rd, 11am College Pk Follow on CL Match Centre! 🏏
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Sad to hear of the death of Barry McIlheney, who I interviewed for a fanzine when were both in Trinity 44 years ago. Found this sticker last year which led me to youTube. Talented lad, and a very nice man. youtube.com/watch?v=8Aw7zZA_…
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Piece in today’s Mail
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Oof. Barry McCarthy finishes with 3-100, taking the unwanted Ireland record away from Peter Connell's 0-95 v NZ in 2008. @cricketireland @pembrokecricket
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Great two see two former @TrinityCricket players bowling in tandem for @GlamCricket v @Middlesex_CCC in the county championship.
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Ger Siggins retweeted
Ger Siggins@Siggo24 May 2025
Off you pop to get today’s @irishdailymail
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Off you pop to get today’s @irishdailymail
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My Friday piece in ⁦@irishdailymail⁩
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My piece in today’s ⁦@irishdailymail⁩
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Who’d a thought a game between the 16th and 17th best teams in England would be so bad
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Ger Siggins retweeted
Ger Siggins@Siggo21 May 2025
extra.ie/2025/05/21/sport/im…

Reliance on imports puts spotlight on Irish system

It is a situation that has long been a matter for debate, with the former Ireland coach Adrian Birrell — himself a South African — telling me in 2007 that he

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extra.ie/2025/05/21/sport/im…

Reliance on imports puts spotlight on Irish system

It is a situation that has long been a matter for debate, with the former Ireland coach Adrian Birrell — himself a South African — telling me in 2007 that he

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CricketEurope News: Double hundred for Saif - RUNS flowed in College Park on Saturday, as Saif Ur Rehman Malik scored an unbeaten 211 for Dublin University 2nd XI against Mullingar 2nd XI in a 40-over Division 10 match. ift.tt/D2dBE7u
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An unusual sight for a Zimbabwean cricket fan but a very exciting one! ZC will play the join most test matches in 2025🇿🇼
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The Fast Show. William McClintock's 30-ball century for Donemana last night could well be the fastest in Irish history. @Siggo takes a look at similar feats in Ireland. cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/A…
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The Leinster cricket family have been shocked by the loss of Peter Prendergast, a fine player with Clontarf and North Leinster, a fine footballer with UCD in the LOI, and a magnificent father to three great kids. He's less well known as a truly great writer about sport. There..
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are barely two dozen of us who write about Irish cricket, pros and amateurs, but no-one, ever, wrote with the style and grace of Pete, or the Egg, or the Hammer, or whatever you knew him as. His work in the Nightwatchman, especially about his father, was exceptional. He also...
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wrote memorable pieces for Cricket Leinster, Cricket Europe and the Lord's Taverners Ireland newsletter in recent years. Here's an example of his great talent on Cricket Europe. cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/A… Farewell old pal, every hour spent with you was a gem, and a fond memory.
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Before the start of play in today’s IP50 fixture between the Leinster Lightning and North West Warriors, both teams paused for a minutes silence to remember Peter Prendergast
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