Freelance sports media journalist. Commentator for the EHF Champions League and co-host “handballhour.libsyn.com“. Irish international handball player.
Player Ratings – Team Esbjerg vs Rostov-Don By Chris O’Reilly IN FOCUS: There was high drama in this weekend’s highlight match in the DELO EHF Champions League as Rostov-Don escape from Denmark with a 25:24 victory as Esbjerg fail to equalise from the penalty line with the last throw of the match. Here are the ratings for all players …
By Chris O’Reilly The DELO EHF Champions League has a week off after six rounds filled with entertaining clashes, some surprises and a few too many postponements as Europe’s top 16 women’s clubs come to terms with a new competition format. During this week off, I’ve taken a look at each team and rated their season so far, taking into …
By Chris O’Reilly The DELO EHF Champions League has a week off after six rounds filled with entertaining clashes, some surprises and a few too many postponements as Europe’s top 16 women’s clubs come to terms with a new competition format. During this week off, I’ve taken a look at each team and rated their season so far, taking into …
Player Ratings – Odense Håndbold vs Brest Bretagne Handball By Chris O’Reilly IN FOCUS: Brest looked back to their best on Sunday afternoon as they recorded an impressive away victory against Odense, not as impressive as Ana Gros’ performance though. The Slovenian right back scored 14 goals in the 31:24 win. Here are the ratings for all players involved in …
Rostov-Don vs Metz Handball 30:26 (16:12) By Chris O’Reilly IN FOCUS: Rostov-Don took a while to get going against Metz, but eventually took full control of the highlight match in Round 5 of the DELO EHF Champions League, claiming a 30:26 win and going top of group A. Here are the ratings for all players involved in the match and …
Vipers Kristiansand vs CSM Bucuresti 30:25 (14:12) By Chris O’Reilly Vipers Kristiansand Coach Ole Gustav Gjekstad – 8 Solid plan from Ole today, he knew where CSM’s weaknesses would be at both ends of the court and took full advantage of it. Did not rotate his squad too much, only making multiple changes at half-time, as he knew what he …
In Focus – DELO EHF Champions League – Round 3 No winner in the much anticipated Champions League match between Brest Bretagne Handball and Györi Audi ETO KC, as the teams settled for a draw – 25:25 (12:12). For quite some time it looked like Brest would be able to pull off a victory in front of an impressive home …
By Chris O’Reilly This is certainly not what BV Borussia 09 Dortmund would have been daydreaming about ahead of their first home match in the DELO EHF Champions League. The German club were swiftly and convincingly swept aside on Sunday, losing 41:29 to a Brest Bretagne team on a mission to avenge the cruel and early end to last season. …
By Chris O’Reilly The worst kept secret in women’s handball over the past week was officially confirmed on Monday afternoon as Vipers Kristiansand announced the signing of Norwegian superstar Nora Mørk. This comes just days after she parted ways with CSM Bucuresti, ending a short and not so sweet spell at the 2016 Champions League winners. Mørk revealed to Norway’s …
By Chris O’Reilly While the handball world had come to a grinding halt due to the current global health crisis, we will never know how this season’s major competitions would have played out. This time has already proven to be challenging and the full extent of the damage on all levels of the sport is difficult to stomach. However, times …
