DUBLIN MANAGER MATTIE Kenny has named his team for tomorrow’s Leinster Hurling Championship clash with Wexford [throw-in 3.00pm] The Boys in Blue return to Parnell Park on Sunday hoping to bounce back from last weekend’s 2-23 to 1-21 defeat against Kilkenny at Nowlan Park. Dublin went into the interval four points ahead on that occasion, […]
Cavan 1-13 Monaghan 0-12 Paul Fitzpatrick reports from Kingspan Breffni Park IN THE BUILD-UP to this match, which is almost invariably decided by a goal, it was noted that four points is a very comfortable win and five, in this fixture, is a hammering which had occured just once in the last three decades. That Cavan […]
AMIDST THE WONDER and chaos of last summer’s Munster hurling championship, one line rang true. Home advantage counted. Two games into 2019 and that 2018 pattern has been ripped up. The upshot of the early results is that it makes the challenge facing Cork and Waterford today more daunting as they take on buoyant forces […]
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Cathal McAllister scolds Dublin selector Greg Kennedy. Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO 1. YOU HAVE TO hand it to Gregory Kennedy. (And sure even if you puck it at him, he’ll just catch it and throw it back.) Ah, come on. I know we’re all supposed to be outraged but in fairness, if you had to pick out the […]
A FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP win against neighbours Monaghan in 18 years was particularly significant for Cavan’s Oisin Kiernan. The Castlerahan man started at corner-forward on the team that recorded a 1-13 to 0-12 victory at Kingspan Breffni Park last night. Just three months after finishing chemotherapy treatment, Kiernan can now look forward to an Ulster semi-final […]
Limerick 0-19 Cork 1-16 Denis Hurley reports from the Gaelic Grounds DARRAGH FLYNN WAS the hero as Limerick and Cork shared the spoiled in the Electric Ireland Munster minor hurling championship at the Gaelic Grounds on Sunday afternoon. Trailing by 1-4 to 0-2 inside 14 minutes after a blistering Cork opening, Limerick responded with six […]
Tipperary 2-30 Waterford 0-18 John Fallon reports from Semple Stadium WATERFORD’S QUEST FOR a first ever championship win over Tipperary at Semple Stadium never looked like materialising as they slumped to a double scores defeat which leaves them with a near impossible task of saving their summer after a second defeat. But it was another […]
Dublin 1-22 Wexford 2-19 Kevin O’Brien reports from Parnell Park FOR THE FIFTH time in the last 12 months, Dublin surrendered a second-half lead in the Leinster SHC but a last-second goal from a 21m Sean Moran free earned them a draw against Wexford this afternoon. Having trailed by five after 55 minutes, goals from […]
Carlow 1-14 Kilkenny 3-22 Conor McKenna reports from Netwatch Cullen Park KILKENNY CRUISED TO a comfortable 14-point victory over Carlow in the second round of the 2019 Leinster hurling championship this afternoon, with the visitors leading from start to finish. Carlow’s Seamus Murphy in action against Kilkenny’s Richie Leahy. Source: Ken Sutton/INPHO Carlow will be […]