Deise lay down marker as Mahony’s 10-point haul secures first away win over Cats in 13 years
Waterford 1-15 Kilkenny 0-17 Tomas McCarthy reports from Nowlan Park WATERFORD EMERGED FROM a robust encounter at Nowlan Park with their first away win over Kilkenny since 2004. Click Here: Kangaroos Rugby League Jersey The hosts struck the last three points of the contest but Derek McGrath’s side hung on for victory in front of…
The Fitz Factor! Davy’s Wexford battle back from seven down to storm past Limerick
DAVY FITZGERALD’S FIRST competitive game in charge of Wexford saw his new side produce a barnstorming comeback to see off Limerick at a lively Wexford Park. The win leaves Wexford on course to duke it out with Galway for promotion to the top flight. A youthful Limerick outfit featuring 10 league debutants look set to…
St Patrick’s Day conundrum for GAA if Slaughtneil win club hurling semi-final
SLAUGHTNEIL’S PROGRESS TO an AIB All-Ireland senior club football final – and their presence in the hurling semi-final against Cuala on 25 February – has left GAA fixtures-makers with a sizeable potential headache to consider. Should Derry stars Slaughtneil advance to the hurling decider, it will scupper plans for the traditional St Patrick’s Day double-header,…
Winners and losers – Who’s flying or struggling after start of Allianz football league?
TWO DOWN, FIVE to go in the group stages of the Allianz Football League. It’s still early days as the four divisions take shape but we’ve already been provided with some early-season clues as to how the various counties are shaping up. Kildare, Louth, Waterford and Wexford are the only teams boasting 100 per cent…
Analysis: How Tyrone’s sweeper and tackling nearly ended the Dubs’ unbeaten run
TYRONE WERE HANGING on by the end on Saturday night in Croke Park but they put in one hell of a fight. Tyrone’s Niall Sludden was man-of-the-match on Saturday night. Source: Tommy Dickson/INPHO Dublin may have gone 31 games unbeaten but they really had to grind out this result. Up to the 47th minute sending…
8 players to watch in this week’s Fitzgibbon Cup quarter-finals
WE’RE DOWN TO the last eight as the race for 2017 Fitzgibbon Cup glory hots up. There are four games down for decision this week, with holders Mary Immaculate College defending their crown against NUI Galway in the first of the quarter-final fixtures on Tuesday afternoon. At the Mardyke, UCC host DCU and then on…
Munster final repeat, Sigerson showdowns and Croke Park club finals
REIGNING ALL-IRELAND hurling champions Tipperary face a repeat of last year’s Munster decider when they head to Walsh Park to face Waterford. It’s the first time the counties have crossed paths since Tipperary’s destruction of Waterford at the Gaelic Grounds last July. Cork’s Saturday night home tie against Dublin and Clare’s entertaining of Kilkenny on…
‘I was ecstatic’: Lee Chin reveals his delight at Davy Fitzgerald’s arrival
DAVY FITZGERALD BRINGS a media spotlight with him wherever he goes, and his arrival in Wexford likely means the county’s hurlers will be under more scrutiny that they’ve experienced in recent years. Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO That’s not an issue for Lee Chin, who says the Wexford camp felt energised after the appointment of the 2013…
‘It was like a tennis game at times’: Rock on facing Tyrone
COMING BACK FROM the jaws of defeat is often the hallmark of great teams. As if we needed a reminder, Dublin displayed all the qualities associated with a side at the top of their game against the men from Tyrone on Saturday night. Dean Rock helped Life Style Sports Launch the new PUMA Evo Touch…
Ice breaker! Lee Chin hoping to ‘get back in one piece’ as he swaps Wexford for Vancouver
LEE CHIN IS no stranger to trying his hand at different sports. Hurling is his first love, but the 24-year-old is also a talented Gaelic footballer and was a dual player with the Wexford seniors in 2013. Chin is off to Canada as part of AIB’s ‘The Toughest Trade’. Source: Ramsey Cardy/SPORTSFILE On one occasion…