Month: September 2021

Kevin O’Brien reports from Parnell Park  RARELY HAS A county needed a victory like Offaly did against Dublin in the Leinster hurling U20 quarter-final last “‘We’re building a team for two to three years. There’s 23 or 24 of them underage next year’”

DUBLIN’S ALL-STAR defender Sinead Goldrick faces a race against time to prove her fitness if she is to play any part in Sunday’s TG4 Leinster “‘It is a bit of a complicated fracture’ – Dublin ace Goldrick faces race against time for Leinster final”

IF GOALSCORING DOES not usually fall within the remit of Chris Crummey, he picked an opportune time to make his mark in that sector for “A timely first Dublin hurling goal, a bittersweet win over Galway and the Dessie Farrell impact”

IT’S FIVE YEARS since Alan Cadogan made his senior hurling breakthrough for Cork, seven years after his older brother Eoin had made his bow. Yet “‘The finger injury was a freak accident, it got caught in Sean O’Donoghue’s bib, don’t ask me how’”

CORK HURLING BOSS John Meyler has added former midfielder Tom Kenny to his backroom team for the remainder of the season.  The Evening Echo reports “Two-time All-Ireland winner joins Meyler’s backroom team in Cork”

DONAL VAUGHAN HAS returned from injury to bolster Mayo’s midfield options after serious injuries to Diarmuid O’Connor and Matthew Ruane over the past week.  Vaughan “Vaughan comes into Mayo midfield as Horan includes young debutant for Armagh clash”

DUBLIN HAVE NAMED 11 2018 TG4 All-Ireland final starters for their Leinster decider against Westmeath on Sunday.  Netwatch Cullen Park hosts a provincial final triple “Dublin show hand for Leinster eight in-a-row bid as Donegal and Armagh name sides for Ulster showdown”

CATHAL BARRETT HAS been included in Liam Sheedy’s starting Tipperary team to face Limerick at the Gaelic Grounds in Sunday’s Munster Senior hurling final (throw-in “Barrett included in Tipp team to face Limerick in Munster decider”

LIMERICK HAVE RECALLED four star names to their starting XV for Sunday’s Munster Senior hurling final with neighbours Tipperary (throw-in 2pm). 2018 Hurler of the “Limerick recall four big names for Sunday’s provincial decider”

IT’S BEEN A long 15 years for the Wexford hurlers. Former Wexford forward Michael Jacob wheels away after scoring the winning goal against Kilkenny in “Fans shaking the team bus after Leinster triumph and a goal that made Brian Cody collapse in despair”