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The necessity to have Port Láirge represented in this year’s Munster Club Championship has led to this year’s Senior Football Championship being staged this Friday night (8pm) under the Fraher Field floodlights. That the competition’s conclusion has been sandwiched into a hectic handful of weekends, given that Waterford’s interest in the Football Championship concluded following a [...]

Three games in a week took its toll on Intermediate champions Ballinameela on Sunday afternoon last as they went down to Limerick’s Oola by four points in their Munster Club IFC Quarter-Final at Fraher Field. Playing against a very strong wind, Ballinameela got off to a good start in this game as Tom Curran edged them [...]

We may have grown accustomed to many one-sided SFC fixtures, but no-one anticipated the ease at which Kilrossanty saw off Clashmore to set up a semi-final against Ballinacourty on Saturday.. Alan Quinn and Joey Veale sent the Comeragh men into an early two-point lead against a Clashmroe side minus Brian O’Halloran and Sean Fleming. A quick [...]

Ballinameela won a fourth County Intermediate Football Championship and a third since 2009 at Fraher Field in last Wednesday night’s replay when seeing off Bonmahon by two points. Ballinameela made the better start, hitting points through Jim Curran and Brian Phelan inside the opening six minutes. Tom Curran struck their next score in the 18th miinute, while [...]

The Nire remain on course for back to back SFC crowns following a comfortable seven-point victory over the Brickey Rangers under the Fraher Field lights on Saturday last. There was never any doubt about The Nire’s progress over the hour: at times, particularly in the opening half the champions were simply operating at a level that [...]

The first play-off in the Senior Football Championship took place in a sparsely attended Fraher Field (gate receipts: €213) last Friday night, which saw the second meeting inside a fortnight of Ballinacourty and Clashmore. The result was the same as in their previous clash, with a wider margin in ‘Courty’s favour this time. The 2013 champions had [...]

Brian Phelan’s fisted goal, six minutes from time, salvaged last Saturday’s Intermediate Football Final for Ballinameela, an unlikely scenario for much of the hour such was Bonmahon’s superiority. Inspired by the outstanding Micheál Harney, the Copper Coast club should have been home and hosed by the time Phelan diverted Jim Curran’s pass beyond Brendan Murphy. They twice [...]

In an effort to get the Senior Football Championship played off on time to have a team in place to take part in the Munster Senior Club Championship, the County Board have pencilled in a number of games for this week and are hoping to have the number of teams involved cut to four by [...]

Ardmore confirmed their place in the knock-out stages of the Senior Football Championship after a winner takes all victory over Rathgormack in their final group game. The seaside village trailed by two points with just 10 minutes to play but hit 1-3 without reply to secure a quarter final berth. Rathgormack will be disappointed to miss out [...]