Brian Hogan 7Our Rating For the second game in succession, Hawk-Eye awarded a point after Hogan had fetched it above his crossbar. In his first All-Ireland final he kept a clean sheet, while Tipperary retained 20 of his 26 puck-outs. Cathal Barrett 8Our Rating Saved his best performance of the season for last. Barrett […]
Click:工作間出租 ALL-IRELAND-WINNING manager Liam Sheedy singled out his family for some special praise as he led the Tipperary hurlers back to the promised land. Sheedy was joined by wife Margaret and daughters Gemma and Aislinn on the Croke Park pitch at full-time as Tipp kick-started their All-Ireland party. Niall O’Meara, Seamus Callanan and John ‘Bubbles’ […]
Click:pool filter balls KILKENNY GREAT HENRY Shefflin has strongly argued that the card issued to Richie Hogan for a high tackle on Cathal Barrett in today’s All-Ireland hurling final should not have been red. Tipperary were 3-25 to 0-20 winners over the Cats at Croke Park this afternoon, and Hogan’s 33rd-minute dismissal comes as a huge […]
Eoin Murphy 6Our Rating The Cats won just 13 of his 37 restarts, the vast majority of which went long. There wasn’t a huge amount he could have done for the three Tipperary goals. Paul Murphy 6Our Rating Coped reasonably well on Jason Forde in a full-back line that was under siege in the […]
The Circle of Life: Michael Darragh McAuley meets six-month-old Hollie Collins at Dublin’s open training session on Monday Source: James Crombie/INPHO Ruby Walsh was a man in demand after Tuesday night’s Hurling for Cancer Research match Source: Bryan Keane/INPHO History-makers! Ireland’s Michelle O’Neill (left) was on an all-female team of officials for Wednesday night’s Uefa […]
BRIAN CODY’S FRUSTRATION at Richie Hogan’s first-half red card was evident in his post-match press conference, but he was keen not to use it as an excuse for Kilkenny’s heavy loss to Tipperary. It was the highest margin of victory in an All-Ireland final since the Cats dismissed Waterford by 23 points in the 2008 […]
1. Tipperary goalkeeper Brian Hogan encouraging his team during a heavy rain shower Source: James Crombie/INPHO 2. Padraic Maher and Séamus Callanan ready to bring Liam home Source: James Crombie/INPHO 3. Ger Browne jumping for joy Be part of the team Access exclusive podcasts, interviews and analysis with a monthly or annual membership. Become a […]
TIPPERARY’S NOEL MCGRATH has been named man-of-the-match in today’s All-Ireland senior hurling final. McGrath was brilliant for Liam Sheedy’s men as they beat Kilkenny by 14 points at Croke Park to lift the Liam McCarthy Cup once again. The Loughmore-Castleiney star operated in midfield, working tirelessly for the Premier throughout and pulling the strings with plenty […]
ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONS Tipperary have six representatives on The Sunday Game’s Hurling Team of the Year for 2019. The team, voted on by a selection of the programme’s panellists, also featured four players from runners-up Kilkenny, two apiece from beaten semi-finalists Limerick and Wexford, and one from Cork. Tipperary’s midfield maestro Noel McGrath was named as […]
1. Hogan’s controversial red card THEY SAY A game of hurling is just a series of mini skirmishes fought all over the field. Come out on top in enough of them and you’ll win the game. One particularly intriguing battle was the showdown between Richie Hogan and Cathal Barrett – two of the most experienced […]