Month: September 2021

A SPECTACULAR SECOND-HALF surge saw Tipperary past Kilkenny as Liam Sheedy’s side were crowned 2019 All-Ireland hurling champions.  There were moments of magic aplenty, this “Tipp deadly duo Callanan and Bubbles combine for magical All-Ireland final goal”

TIPPERARY’S 28TH ALL-IRELAND was delivered by a cast of outstanding performers — but only one can be named man of the match this evening. Both “Who was man of the match in today’s All-Ireland hurling final?”

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 “Tipperary player ratings: Maher and Heffernan lead the way in heroic team performance”

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 “‘I have two very special girls. They gave me a card this morning that said, ‘Dad, go and do it””

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 “Shefflin: ‘Where is the common sense to this? I’m not saying it because it’s Kilkenny’”

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 “Kilkenny player ratings: Donnelly’s coming of age display a rare bright spark for Cats”

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 “It’s Sunday so here are 10 of our favourite images from the sporting week”

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 “‘It took the referee a long, long time to make up his mind’: Cody ‘amazed’ at Hogan’s red card”

1. Tipperary goalkeeper Brian Hogan encouraging his team during a heavy rain shower Click Here: hurricanes rugby jersey Source: James Crombie/INPHO 2. Padraic Maher and “14 great photos that capture the agony and ecstasy of Tipperary’s All-Ireland win”

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 “Tipperary star Noel McGrath named All-Ireland final man-of-the-match”