Month: September 2021

Coláiste Chríost Rí (Cork) 1-14 Tralee CBS (Kerry) 2-11 (after extra-time) Denis Hurley reports from Baile Bhúirne There will be a third game in the Corn Uí Mhuirí semi-final saga between Coláiste Chríost Rí and Tralee CBS after Michael Kelliher’s free five minutes into injury time at the end of extra time earned the Kerry…

Slaughtneil 0-12 St Vincent’s 0-10 By Orla Bannon at Pairc Esler THE COLLECTIVE WILL of Slaughtneil, and the individual brilliance of Chrissy McKaigue, drove the Derry and Ulster champions to a stunning upset over St Vincent’s to advance to the AIB All-Ireland club football final. The Dublin champions were highly fancied to win at Pairc…

Tipperary 1-24 Dublin 1-8 Fintan O’Toole reports from Croke Park REIGNING ALL-IRELAND champions Tipperary began their 2017 campaign in style as they flattened Dublin by 16 points in tonight’s Allianz Division 1A hurling league tie at Croke Park. Tipperary returned to headquarters for the first time since last September’s glorious triumph against Kilkenny and manager…

Dublin 0-10 Tyrone 1-7 Fintan O’Toole reports from Croke Park DUBLIN’S REMARKABLE UNBEATEN record in league and championship continues but it took an expertly converted injury-time free from Dean Rock to ensure they rescued a Division 1 league draw against Tyrone tonight. Jim Gavin’s side kicked the final five points of the game to draw…

Cork 0-21 Clare 1-11 Denis Hurley reports from Páirc Uí Rinn CORK ACHIEVED THEIR first regular-season Allianz HL Division 1A win since March 2015 as they pulled away from Clare in the second half at Páirc Uí Rinn on Saturday evening. Having played well for much of the first half, the home side found themselves…

Mayo 0-15 Kerry 1-10 Paul Brennan reports from Austin Stack Park, Tralee NOT QUITE CROKE Park in August but as near as one could hope for championship football in February as Mayo pulled off a remarkable win over Kerry in Tralee tonight. As the temperatures plummeted in Austin Stack Park, the tempers rose towards the…

ONE GAME INTO Dublin’s league campaign and things are already looking precarious for Ger Cunningham’s side at the foot of the Division 1A table. A 16-point thumping to the All-Ireland champions is hardly time to press the panic button, but it is a confidence-sapping result for this young squad. Four of the starting team tonight…

LAST NIGHT, TYRONE came about as close as any team has done to breaking Dublin’s two-year long unbeaten streak. It’s a mark of the champions though that they kept plugging away, brushing off the psychological blow of Dean Rock’s missed second-half penalty to level the game deep into stoppage-time. ​”It’s never over until it’s over,”…

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Tipperary 1-16 Sligo 2-14 Jackie Cahill reports from Semple Stadium, Thurles TIPPERARY HAD JIMMY Feehan sent off and Philip Austin stretchered off as they fell to a first Allianz League Division 3 defeat of the season. Visitors Sligo – who led by ten points in the second half – survived a Tipperary fightback to win…