Month: September 2021

Richie Hogan is shown a red card by James Owens. Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO RED OR NOT? Kilkenny went down to 14 men in the All-Ireland hurling final after Richie Hogan was given his marching orders in the 33rd minute. Red card for Richie Hogan for late hit on Cathal Barrett #kkvtipp #rtegaa https://t.co/HNoMvyeVOn pic.twitter.com/gbz7Ar6w1Q —…

VICTORIOUS TIPPERARY HURLING captain Seamus Callanan turned the praise towards the collective Premier panel after a 3-25 to 0-20 All-Ireland final romp over Kilkenny at Croke Park this afternoon. Callanan capped a remarkable run of goal-scoring by netting in the Championship for an eighth straight match this year, but when the stat was put to…

Monaghan 3-18 Westmeath 1-10 By Dan Bannon at Lannleire MONAGHAN SECURED THEIR precious senior status with a convincing victory over Westmeath in the TG4 All-Ireland SFC relegation play-off final in Dunleer. A towering display from Louise Kerley at full-forward saw her contribute 1-11 to her side’s tally, while the returning Cora Courtney was superb throughout…

A SPECTACULAR SECOND-HALF surge saw Tipperary past Kilkenny as Liam Sheedy’s side were crowned 2019 All-Ireland hurling champions.  There were moments of magic aplenty, this goal in particular involving John ‘Bubbles’ O’Dwyer and Seamus Callanan catching the eye. After taking the game by the scruff of the neck, the Premier pounced for their third goal…

TIPPERARY’S 28TH ALL-IRELAND was delivered by a cast of outstanding performers — but only one can be named man of the match this evening. Both Paudie Maher and Ronan Maher were the standouts in the Tipp rearguard, while Barry Heffernan and Seamus Kennedy will also have won plenty of fans with their performances on Sunday.…

Brian Hogan 7Our Rating For the second game in succession, Hawk-Eye awarded a point after Hogan had fetched it above his crossbar. In his first All-Ireland final he kept a clean sheet, while Tipperary retained 20 of his 26 puck-outs.   Cathal Barrett 8Our Rating Saved his best performance of the season for last. Barrett…

ALL-IRELAND-WINNING manager Liam Sheedy singled out his family for some special praise as he led the Tipperary hurlers back to the promised land. Sheedy was joined by wife Margaret and daughters Gemma and Aislinn on the Croke Park pitch at full-time as Tipp kick-started their All-Ireland party. Niall O’Meara, Seamus Callanan and John ‘Bubbles’ O’Dwyer…

KILKENNY GREAT HENRY Shefflin has strongly argued that the card issued to Richie Hogan for a high tackle on Cathal Barrett in today’s All-Ireland hurling final should not have been red. Tipperary were 3-25 to 0-20 winners over the Cats at Croke Park this afternoon, and Hogan’s 33rd-minute dismissal comes as a huge talking point from…

Eoin Murphy 6Our Rating The Cats won just 13 of his 37 restarts, the vast majority of which went long. There wasn’t a huge amount he could have done for the three Tipperary goals.    Paul Murphy 6Our Rating Coped reasonably well on Jason Forde in a full-back line that was under siege in the…

The Circle of Life: Michael Darragh McAuley meets six-month-old Hollie Collins at Dublin’s open training session on Monday Source: James Crombie/INPHO Ruby Walsh was a man in demand after Tuesday night’s Hurling for Cancer Research match  Source: Bryan Keane/INPHO History-makers! Ireland’s Michelle O’Neill (left) was on an all-female team of officials for Wednesday night’s Uefa…