Month: September 2021

LIMERICK WILL BEGIN their Munster SHC campaign this weekend, making only one change to the side that beat Galway in last year’s All-Ireland final. Peter “14 of the All-Ireland starting team feature for Limerick against Cork”

TIPPERARY HAVE MADE some minor tweaks to their line-up as they look to continue their winning start to the Munster SHC campaign against Waterford. Coming “Tipperary tweak winning formula as they look to maintain positive start against Waterford”

IN JUNE 1993 a heavyweight Kilkenny outfit rolled into Carlow town. When they got there around 12,000 fans packed into Dr Cullen Park to greet “‘It’s been built up now for quite a while’ – 26 years on Carlow set to host Kilkenny again in Leinster”

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 “No changes from Kilkenny defeat as Dubs aim to bounce back against Davy Fitz’s Wexford”

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 “Cavan into Ulster semis after first championship win over Monaghan in 18 years”

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 “After home losses, Cork and Waterford face tough away tasks in Munster minefield”

1. Christina – Mayo fans in New York Source: Christina Twitter Page. 2. Cillian Sheridan Source: Cillian Sheridan Twitter Page. 3. Alex Goode Source: Alex “Oasis-inspired chant for Frank Lampard, Mayo fans in New York and more Tweets of the week”

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 “Remembering Dublin legend Anton O’Toole, the curious case of Ben Te’o and the week’s best sportswriting”

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 “Kiernan plays in win over All-Ireland semi-finalists just three months after chemotherapy”

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 “Flynn the standout performer as Limerick and Cork share minor spoils”