Month: September 2021

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 “Here’s The Sunday Game Hurling Team of the Year for 2019”

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 “Sheedy returns to the promised land, where it went wrong for Kilkenny and Callanan’s goal rush”

THE DISMISSAL OF Kilkenny’s Richie Hogan was a major talking point following their All-Ireland SHC final defeat to Tipperary. Many felt referee James Owens had “Dunne, Duff, McHale – 11 famous players sent off in All-Ireland finals”

FRESH FROM CLIMBING the steps of the Hogan Stand and lifting the Liam MacCarthy Cup once again, Tipperary’s newly-crowned All-Ireland champions continued a fine GAA “Tipperary’s All-Ireland champions visit children’s hospitals with Liam MacCarthy”

TIPPERARY’S EMPHATIC ALL-Ireland final win was a big TV hit for RTÉ, with an average of 804,500 viewers tuning in to watch Liam Sheedy’s men “Over 800,000 people tuned in to Tipperary’s emphatic All-Ireland final victory”

Barry Heffernan and Ronan Maher dominated under the high ball on Sunday. A YEAR AFTER their season ground to a halt in Munster, Tipperary are “The dynamic duo in the Tipp defence that lorded the skies against Kilkenny”

AFTER YEARS OF near misses and falling at the final hurdle, Sinead Burke will finally see a longtime dream come true this weekend.  The Galway “‘I wasn’t myself… I look back and say, ‘God, what would have happened if I didn’t go back?””

WHEN THE FINAL whistle blasted in Croke Park on Sunday, Liam Sheedy walked briskly down the Hogan Stand sideline. He was joined by first selector “Liam Sheedy: ‘To do it again with Eamon by my side is a very special moment’”

TIPPERARY SELECTOR TOMMY Dunne would be in favour of the introduction of video technology in GAA to help referees make judgements during games. Dunne helped “Time for video replays for refs and Tipperary win eases the hurt of 2012”

DUBLIN’S DOUBLE GOAL-SCORING hero in the 2018 TG4 All-Ireland Senior final, Carla Rowe, is hoping to repeat her ‘dream come true’ performance when Dublin and Cork do “Dublin star Rowe targeting repeat of ‘dream come true’ performance against Cork in Croker”