Sixty-five next year, Justin McCarthy is further away than ever from single-handedly leading a team to an All-Ireland Hurling...
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Acquiring aquaphobia
Acquiring aquaphobia
Padraig Harrington seems to have developed a nasty habit of digging himself watery graves. Finding fairways, clutching putts,...
Words to whet your appetite
Words to whet your appetite
“I sat down in the room for an hour or two when I got back to the hotel. I’ve never been hit by a car but it...
Cometh the hour, cometh the men
Cometh the hour, cometh the men
I must confess I couldn’t see it coming, but the remodelled Waterford’s combination of dogged mediocrity with a...
Micko’s magic
Micko’s magic
“If you could bottle that man’s optimism and enthusiasm this country would be off its knees in the morning . . . In...
Watson’s greatness is elementary
Watson’s greatness is elementary
As the BBC’s Peter Alliss succinctly put it, it proved to be “the impossible dream”. Yet the way Tom Watson...
Future is in good hands
Future is in good hands
Coming within 72 hours of the Minors’ Munster Final triumph, the Waterford Under-21s’ immensely impressive...
What’s rare is wonderful
What’s rare is wonderful
Of the two results in Thurles the Waterford Minors’ magnificent, to some minds implausible victory was by far and away the...
Game not yet up for gilded generation
Game not yet up for gilded generation
Having been in two minds on Monday night whether to review the tape from Sunday I was glad I did, for I’m more optimistic...
Worst of times to the best of times
Worst of times to the best of times
When Nicky English was announced as RTÉ viewers’ choice as the best Munster hurler of the past 25 years on The Sunday Game...
Opportunity knocks
Opportunity knocks
The broken collarbone suffered by Gary Hurney when colliding with Michael ‘Brick’ Walsh during a practice match among the...
Over and outhalf
Over and outhalf
Ultimately the Lions weren’t the kings of the South African jungle. They played top-class rugby in patches, particularly...
