Month: September 2021

THERE WERE BIZARRE scenes at Nowlan Park on Saturday afternoon during Kilkenny’s Leinster Senior Hurling Championship curtain-raiser against Dublin, as selector Greg Kennedy caught a TJ Reid free while on the pitch. Kennedy, a former Galway hurler who was sent off in the 2001 All-Ireland semi-final against Kilkenny, successfully intercepted Reid’s quickly-taken free aimed at…

Kilkenny 2-23 Dublin 1-21 Kevin O’Brien reports from Nowlan Park  THE 2018 SEASON had a lot to live up to, but the 2019 championship roared into life as Kilkenny turned a four-point half-time deficit into a five-point victory in the Leinster SHC opener this evening. Tj Reid celebrates scoring his side’s first goal. Source: Ryan…

Limerick 3-11 Tipperary 1-10 Daragh Small reports from Semple Stadium LIMERICK WON THEIR first Munster senior football game since 2012 as they advanced to a semi-final meeting with Cork. Semple Stadium in Thurles was bathed in sunshine this evening and Billy Lee’s men fully deserved their shock win over Tipperary. It was 0-8 to 0-8…

Clare 0-9 Waterford 0-8 Declan Rooney reports from Cusack Park, Ennis CLARE WILL FACE Kerry in the Munster senior football championship semi-final for the fourth year in a row after Eoin Cleary fired them to victory against Waterford at Cusack Park in Ennis. This was far from straightforward for the Banner men, who had to…

Kildare 0-15 Wicklow 1-10 Robert Cribbin reports from Netwatch Cullen Park A LATE NEIL Flynn free gave Kildare the breathing space they needed as they took a narrow win over a gallant Wicklow side in the Leinster SFC first round in Carlow. It’s a game where Kildare will wonder how it got so close as…

Laois 4-22 Offaly 3-21 Kevin Egan reports from Tullamore FOUR YEARS AFTER beating Offaly in senior championship hurling for the first time in 43 years, Laois repeated the trick this evening in Tullamore, and just as it was in the league this year, the final margin was four points but could easily have been far…

Kevin O’Brien reports from Nowlan Park BRIAN CODY DESCRIBED the first-half incident involving Greg Kennedy during today’s Leinster SHC opener as “a bizarre thing to do” by the Dublin backroom team member. Brian Cody clashes with Greg Kennedy near the sideline. Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO The former Galway defender, who also worked with Mattie Kenny during…

DESSIE FITZGERALD IS reminded of the incident that changed his life every time he passes the Buttevant GAA pitch in Cork. Dessie Fitzgerald’s life changed forever in the 2011 Cork junior hurling semi-final. Source: James Crombie/INPHO His mind is instantly brought back to a Cork junior hurling semi-final in 2011.  It was a match that…

1. Ballinagh GAA Apologies for no tweets yesterday as I wasn't around for the game vs the gaels because I was at a wedding but from what I'm hearing we were both hammered. — Ballinagh GAA Club (@Ballinagh) May 5, 2019 Source: Ballinagh GAA Club/Twitter 2. Colin Kelly  Measure of the great man Eugene Mc…

Kevin O’Brien reports from Nowlan Park DURING THE FINAL seconds yesterday in Nowlan Park, Dublin desperately tried to claw back a goal but found the area in front of Darren Brennan’s posts flooded with black and amber jerseys.  Tommy Walsh, Paddy Deegan Pul Murphy tackle Liam Rushe. Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO After a meaner performance in…