Month: September 2021

GLENBEIGH-GLENCAR BOSS Aidan O’Shea was full of praise for man of the match Darran O’Sullivan, who scored 1-3 to lead the Kerry club to All-Ireland success yesterday. O’Sullivan hit 1-1 in the first-half against Tyrone’s Rock St Patrick’s before suffering a blow to his quad muscle, leaving his participation for the second period in doubt.…

LIMERICK LOOK SET to be consigned to an eighth successive season of second tier Allianz League hurling in 2018. Wexford’s opening two Division 1B victories against fellow big-hitters Limerick and Galway have left Davy Fitzgerald’s Slaneysiders in the box seat for promotion to the top flight. But Limerick manager John Kiely isn’t giving up the…

SATURDAY WAS SPECIAL for Our Lady’s Secondary School, Templemore, as they won the Dr. Harty Cup for the first time since 1978.  For nine players who featured in last year’s final defeat to Ardscoil Rís, it was the chance to exorcise some demons and they did that in style, romping to a 19-point victory over…

KILDARE FOOTBALLER SEÁN Hurley is stepping away from the county set-up, for the time being at least. Hurley spent two injury-ravaged  years in Australia with AFL side Freemantle Dockers, before he was released last August. He returned Down Under in November to undergo hip surgery, before rejoining the Kildare squad as he stepped up his…

Limerick footballer Seamus O’Carroll. Source: Lorraine O’Sullivan/INPHO LAST YEAR’S DUBLIN senior football finalists Castleknock have a new recruit in Limerick forward Seamus O’Carroll. The attacker recently rejoined the Limerick senior setup after previously lining out in the 2013 qualifier defeat to Longford. He hit 1-1 in January’s McGrath Cup final loss to Kerry before bagging…

Source: Donall Farmer/INPHO MIDFIELDER NEIL GALLAGHER has become the latest Donegal All-Ireland winner to announce his retirement from inter-county football. Injury problems have hampered the Glenswilly man in recent seasons and today manager Rory Gallagher has confirmed that he has stepped away with a back complaint. Rory Gallagher has today confirmed that due to injury…

FORMER TIPPERARY FOOTBALLER Colin O’Riordan made his first senior appearance for the Sydney Swans in a pre-season game yesterday. O’Riordan in action during Swans training in 2016. Source: Luke McManus/Sydney Swans O’Riordan, who made the move Down Under in October 2015, had 12 possessions in his debut for the Swans in their two-point defeat to…

TWO DOWN, THREE to go in the group stages of the Allianz Hurling League. It’s still early days as the various divisions take shape but we’ve already been provided with some early-season clues as to how counties are shaping up. Tipperary are the Division 1A pace-setters with two wins from two and in Division 1B,…

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ONE OF THE most striking statistics from last weekend was the poor conversion rate from penalties in the Allianz Hurling League. TJ Reid: MIssed penalty Source: Donall Farmer/INPHO Of the six games that took place across the top two tiers, six penalties were awarded and just two resulted in goals. Donal Burke (Dublin) vs Cork…