“IF I WAS being realistic,” says Dessie Hutchinson, “I probably thought my chances of being involved in games like this were gone.” It’s Monday afternoon, the beginning of Hutchinson’s first championship week as a senior inter-county GAA player. When the subject of Waterford’s Munster SFC quarter-final against Clare is broached, he’s unable to suppress his […]
IT WAS A decision she had to think a lot about, but one she couldn’t turn down in the end. Triple threat: Orla O’Dwyer. Source: Inpho/Crosscoders. When a professional contract in the Australian Football League Women’s [AFLW] came her way, Tipperary dual star Orla O’Dwyer just couldn’t say no. It was something she never thought […]
LAST JULY, CONOR Cox took his place alongside his father Martin in O’Moore Park for Roscommon’s round 4 qualifier tie against Armagh. Martin hails from the Éire Og club in Roscommon and Conor, his Kerry-born son, has been a regular spectator at their championship games over the years. “He’s a big Rossie fan,” Cox told The42. ”When […]
THE REIGNING CHAMPIONS Dublin have booked their place in the semi-finals of the Electric Ireland Leinster MHC following a dramatic draw with Wexford. Wexford rallied from eight points down to secure a share of the spoils, with AJ Redmond slotting over a late equalising point from a long-range free. The 2-17 to 3-14 result sees […]
THERE WERE BIZARRE scenes at Nowlan Park on Saturday afternoon during Kilkenny’s Leinster Senior Hurling Championship curtain-raiser against Dublin, as selector Greg Kennedy caught a TJ Reid free while on the pitch. Kennedy, a former Galway hurler who was sent off in the 2001 All-Ireland semi-final against Kilkenny, successfully intercepted Reid’s quickly-taken free aimed at […]
Kilkenny 2-23 Dublin 1-21 Kevin O’Brien reports from Nowlan Park THE 2018 SEASON had a lot to live up to, but the 2019 championship roared into life as Kilkenny turned a four-point half-time deficit into a five-point victory in the Leinster SHC opener this evening. Tj Reid celebrates scoring his side’s first goal. Source: Ryan […]
Limerick 3-11 Tipperary 1-10 Daragh Small reports from Semple Stadium LIMERICK WON THEIR first Munster senior football game since 2012 as they advanced to a semi-final meeting with Cork. Semple Stadium in Thurles was bathed in sunshine this evening and Billy Lee’s men fully deserved their shock win over Tipperary. It was 0-8 to 0-8 […]
Clare 0-9 Waterford 0-8 Declan Rooney reports from Cusack Park, Ennis CLARE WILL FACE Kerry in the Munster senior football championship semi-final for the fourth year in a row after Eoin Cleary fired them to victory against Waterford at Cusack Park in Ennis. This was far from straightforward for the Banner men, who had to […]
Kildare 0-15 Wicklow 1-10 Robert Cribbin reports from Netwatch Cullen Park A LATE NEIL Flynn free gave Kildare the breathing space they needed as they took a narrow win over a gallant Wicklow side in the Leinster SFC first round in Carlow. It’s a game where Kildare will wonder how it got so close as […]
Laois 4-22 Offaly 3-21 Kevin Egan reports from Tullamore FOUR YEARS AFTER beating Offaly in senior championship hurling for the first time in 43 years, Laois repeated the trick this evening in Tullamore, and just as it was in the league this year, the final margin was four points but could easily have been far […]