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Clonea breeze past 14 man Ballyduff Clonea 5-13 Ballyduff Lower 0-09 Brian Flannery Reports Reigning champions Clonea had an easier than anticipated route back to the East Waterford Intermediate hurling final with a 19 point demolition of Ballyduff Lower in the semi-final. Ballyduff Lower who caused a surprise when ousting unbeaten Ballygunner in the previous round was no match for Clonea [...]

The proposed National League Fixtures issued to all County Boards early last week show that Waterford’s senior hurling team will have three home and two away fixtures next spring in Division 1B. Meanwhile the County Senior Footballers will have three home and four away fixtures in Division Four, including a trip across the Irish Sea to [...]

Eastern Intermediate Hurling Quarter-Final Dunhill 1-19 Portlaw 1-11 Unbeaten Dunhill demonstrated their Eastern Intermediate title winning credentials thanks to a strong second half showing at Kill on Saturday last. A Portlaw side, boosted by the return of the in-form DJ Foran, betrayed their early season form for the second successive weekend and took to the game to Dunhill [...]

Senior Hurling Championship Quarter-Final De La Salle 5-17 Mount Sion 1-16 Brian Flannery Reports De La Salle had 11 points to spare over neighbours Mount Sion in last Sunday afternoon’s Senior Hurling Championship Quarter-Final at Walsh Park. A purple patch midway through the second half where the Gracedieu side hit 2-2 without reply from the 40th to the 44th [...]

Senior Hurling Championship Quarter-Final Ballygunner 1-16 Roanmore 1-13 Brian Flannery at Walsh Park Champions and title favourites Ballygunner progressed to a Senior Hurling semi-final meeting with Passage having overcome a stern test from Roanmore at Walsh Park on Sunday last. Level at the break, Ballygunner upped the pace on resumption hand had established a comfortable looking eight-point advantage heading [...]

So we have new hurling champions with Limerick very much seizing their opportunity and getting it done under immense pressure. When I saw that there was going to be eight minutes of injury time I couldn’t help thinking of the 1994 All-Ireland when Limerick were in a similar winning position, leading by five points with five [...]

Eastern Intermediate Hurling Championship Clonea 4-22 St Saviours 1-08 Brian Flannery Reports Clonea handed St Saviours a 23 point drubbing in the final round of the Group stages of this year’s Eastern Intermediate hurling championship. Played on a well-manicured Walsh Park surface on Saturday afternoon last the reigning champions was much too good for a disappointing St Saviours side. While the Ballybeg [...]

Senior Hurling Championship Quarter-Final Play-Off Mount Sion 0-21 An Rinn 2-13 Mount Sion advanced to the Senior Hurling Championship Quarter-Finals, but only after they were pushed hard by An Rinn in the opening game played at Fraher Field on Sunday afternoon. Last year’s Intermediate Champions were given little hope by most, but they produced a full-blooded display that [...]

Senior Hurling Championship Quarter-Final Play-Off Dungarvan 2-23 Lismore 2-20 (AET) Brian Flannery Reports Two goals in the second half of extra time were crucial in finally securing Dungarvan a place in the Quarter Finals of the Senior Hurling Championship at Fraher Field on Sunday last. Dungarvan went into this game missing a number of regulars with Kevin Daly [...]