Archive for the ‘GAA Hurling’ Category
Shefflin dreams of further Croker joy
No-one has been there and done that as a player like Henry Shefflin. And now, just a year into his first senior managerial stint, he’s just an hour away from steering Ballyhale Shamrocks to another All-Ireland title. “We knew it was going to be very tight,” said the Kilkenny legend in the wake of his [...]
OUTGUNNED
Ballygunner downed by Shamrocks in Semple
Brian Flannery Reports
Throughout history, many great campaigns ended in defeat after literally getting stuck in the mud. Napoleon Bonaparte and indeed Hitler witnessed disaster as their respective armies suffered in the harshness of a Russian winter with their armoury buried in muddy tracks.And so too Ballygunner’s campaign to [...]
Connolly relishing Semple showdown
Ballygunner selector Padraig Connolly admits that playing the All-Ireland Club Semi-Final a fortnight after his team’s sensational Munster Final display would have been preferable.
“I’d have to agree with that,” he said when that scenario was presented to him. “But you can be sire that the Ballyhale backroom staff would have liked to have played us [...]
O’Sullivan: this is what it’s all about
Ballygunner stalwart Shane O’Sullivan is relishing the prospect of challenging club giants Ballyhale with a place in the All-Ireland Club Hurling Final up for grabs in Semple Stadium this Saturday.
Speaking to The Munster Express, the former inter-county star described a potential run-out at Croke Park on Saint Patrick’s Day as the stuff of boyhood dreams. [...]
GUNNING FOR CROKER
All-Ireland Club Senior Hurling Semi-Final
(Ballygunner v Ballyhale Shamrocks,
Semple Stadium, Saturday, 5pm)
Brian Flannery Reports
Waterford and Munster champions Ballygunner resume their quest for a maiden All-Ireland club title this Saturday at Semple Stadium where they face Leinster title holders Ballyhale Shamrocks.
It’s over two months since Ballygunner shot down the challenge of Na Piarsaigh in the [...]
Déise’s Demolition Job
National Hurling League Division 1B
Waterford 2-28
Offaly 0-7
Brian Flannery at Semple Stadium
New Waterford manager Paraic Fanning couldn’t have asked for an easier opening to his tenure as his side demolished a woeful Offaly side by 27 points in round one of the National Hurling League.Played at the neutral venue of Semple Stadium Thurles after [...]
SEMPLE STROLL
Two points and scores galore for Déise hurlers
A ‘home’ win against Offaly was always likely in what was Paraic Fanning’s first competitive outing as Waterford senior hurling manager. However, nobody, not even a dispirited Faithful County fan, could have envisaged so easy a victory for Waterford in last Sunday’s Division 1B opener in Thurles, with [...]
Moran keen to get stuck in
Deise stalwart Kevin Moran is hoping the bounce of the ball will go Waterford’s way following a year to forget in both League and Championship. Speaking to The Munster Express at the TQS sponsorship renewal at the WIT Arena on Friday last, the De La Salle clubman’s appetite for a return to action was palpable.
“The [...]
Time to get back to winning ways
National Hurling League Division 1B Waterford v Offaly
(Semple Stadium, Sunday, 2pm)
Brian Flannery Reports
This Sunday sees Waterford open their National Hurling League campaign against Offaly at Semple Stadium.
Our hurlers are being forced to play this ‘home’ game at a neutral venue having been found guilty of transgressing rules in 2018 where Waterford undertook a training [...]
Ursuline claim maiden Munster Senior crown
Munster Senior Colleges ‘A’ Camogie Final
St Angela’s Ursuline 1-11
Scoil Na Tríonóide Naofa Doon 0-05
St Angela’s Ursuline added to last year’s All-Ireland success with a comprehensive win over Scoil Na Tríonóide Naofa, Doon in the Munster Senior Colleges ‘A’ Camogie Final in Cappamore, Limerick on Saturday.
Ursuline lined up for the start of the game with two [...]