Late Midleton CBS goal knocks out Harty Cup champs Ardscoil Rís to set up all-Cork clash
A LATE GOAL delivered a Dr Harty Cup quarter-final replay success for Midleton CBS this afternoon and knocked defending champions Ardscoil Rís out of this year’s Munster colleges hurling race. The East Cork school claimed a dramatic 2-11 to 0-15 win in the game in Bansha as they got the job done at the second…
Former Kilkenny All-Ireland winner and ex-Limerick senior commit to Kildare hurlers for 2017
John Mulhall and David Reidy are the new additions to the Lilywhites. Source: INPHO FORMER KILKENNY ALL-Ireland winner John Mulhall has returned to inter-county hurling and will play for Kildare in the 2017 National League and Christy Ring Cup competitions. It is expected that an ex-Tipperary hurler will also join Joe Quaid’s Lilywhite revolution in…
Fitzgerald continues unbeaten record as Wexford boss with three-point defeat of Dublin
Wexford 1-17 Dublin 0-17 DAVY FITZGERALD CONTINUED his unbeaten start to life as Wexford manager with a 1-17 to 0-17 defeat of Dublin tonight which sees his side advance to the semi-finals of the Walsh Cup in 10 days’ time. A late scoring surge from the home side, including two timely points from the influential…
‘When I got up and tried to walk, I couldn’t because I’d no power whatsoever in my hamstring.’
A 10TH SEASON on the frontline with the Galway senior hurlers beckons for Joe Canning as he still chases that breakthrough All-Ireland win. 2016 saw that ambition to lift the Liam MacCarthy Cup thwarted at the semi-final stage in a narrow fashion by Tipperary. For Canning the disappointment of that loss was exacerbated by the…
‘When you lose the one match you’ve been training all year to win, it’s a waste of a year’
THERE’S NO SHORTAGE of people who were happy to see the back of 2016, and for Paul Murphy, Kilkenny’s All-Ireland final defeat meant that the last 12 months were “a waste of a year.” Murphy stepped out into Croke Park last September hoping to make it a perfect five wins from five on hurling’s biggest…
Late-bloomer Michael Fitzsimons taking nothing for granted
SUCH IS THE competition in Dublin’s all-conquering squad, even a man-of-the-match performance in last year’s All-Ireland final replay doesn’t guarantee Michael Fitzsimons a spot in Jim Gavin’s 2017 starting line-up. Far from it. Nobody understands that more than Fitzsimons. Source: INPHO/Ryan Byrne A late-bloomer, he never made an underage Dublin squad, let alone the first XV.…
‘I still have dark days when it’s up and down but I won’t give in to anything, not even depression’
WHATEVER YOUR PRECONCEIVED opinions are, leave them here. Wherever your allegiances lie, put them to one side. As a person, Ashling Thompson — the Cork camogie captain and the sport’s teak-tough poster girl — deserves a fair trial at the very least. Although, that said, it doesn’t really bother her what people think. She couldn’t…
Barry Nash bags a brace as Limerick record 24-point win over Kerry
Limerick 4-28 Kerry 0-16 Paul Brennan reports from the Gaelic Grounds LIMERICK, AS EXPECTED, built on their mid-week win over Clare to make it three Co-Op Superstores Munster SHL wins from four games with a comprehensive 24-point hammering of Kerry at the Gaelic Grounds and leaves John Kiely’s team waiting to see if they will…
Andy Moran nets twice in injury time as Mayo defeat Roscommon
Mayo 4-11 Roscommon 2-16 Declan Rooney reports from the GAA grounds in Kiltoom ROSCOMMON WILL PLAY Galway in next weekend’s FBD League final, but two goals from Andy Moran in added-time somehow gave Mayo victory in Kiltoom. Two Enda Smith goals looked to have handed a second defeat of the year to Mayo, but Moran…
10 points for McCurry and Harte as Tyrone advance to face Derry in McKenna Cup final
TYRONE AND DERRY will meet in the Dr McKenna Cup final after both counties safely navigated their respective semi-finals this afternoon. Click Here: custom die casting mould and moulding Derry were a point behind with three minutes to play before a James Kielt goal propelled them to a 2-12 to 1-13 triumph over Monaghan. Kielt’s goal,…