Eddie Brennan’s Kilkenny u-21 side eased into the All-Ireland final after hammering Derry in Semple Stadium. It ended 8-35 to 0-07 as the Leinster champions won with a massive 52 points to spare. First half goals from John Donnelly, Shane Walsh, Richie Leahy and Billy Ryan (2) saw the Cats ease into next month’s final. However, the facile nature of …
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On Friday evening, a club fixture was due to take place in the Longford Senior Hurling Championship. Unfortunately for the players and fans in attendance though, no officials attended the game. As a result of this, the match could not take place as the light was fading away with no sign of any referee arriving at the game. The intriguing …
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Bear in the Square are a GAA tipping duo who share a common love of Junior B and Ciaran McDonald. Our tips are weighted from 1-5 with a 5 point stake being our max bet. Here we are in the third week of August and the football championship is just about to start! The so called ‘top four’ teams have managed …
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Saturday sees the semi-finals of the All-Ireland U-21 Hurling Championship take place in Thurles as part of a triple-header with the clash of Meath and Kerry in the ‘B’ competition acting as the curtain-raiser. Champions of 2015, Limerick, will be looking to reclaim their title. They were impressive in their successful Munster-winning efforts but will not take the untested Galway …
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The Tipperary hurlers loss has been to the gain of one man in particular as Fergal Horgan looks set to be named as referee for the upcoming All-Ireland hurling final between Waterford and Galway on September 3. Horgan has been chosen ahead of Cork’s Colm Lyons to throw the ball in at Croke Park as Galway and Waterford meet at …
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The 2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship will come to an end on September 3 – with Galway and Waterford battling it out to make history. Both Micheál O’Donoghue and Derek McGrath will be looking to add their names to the list of managers to have won the Liam MacCarthy Cup – and with this in mind, we’re setting you a challenge …
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In the aftermath of Waterford’s Austin Gleeson being cleared of any wrongdoing in Sunday’s All-Ireland semi-final versus Cork, the Central Competitions Control Committee (CCCC) will be given more power to sanction players in the coming seasons. Gleeson is free to play in the All-Ireland final after referee James Owens admitted that he had already ruled on an altercation involving the Waterford man …
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Results dictate analysis in every sport but hurling is particularly prone to this. The knock-out format means that there are very few games which really matter and it is hard to spot a pattern evolving across a whole season. Because of this, too much is read into who wins and losses and important details about the performances of different teams can …
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The position of Dublin senior hurling manager currently remains vacant. But speculation grew this week when bookmakers, Boylesports, stopped taking bets on former All-Ireland winning Dublin football manager Pat Gilroy taking the reigns of the counties senior hurling team. This speculation seemed far-fetched and has remained pure rumours over the last few days as the Dublin county board claim to …
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The Central Competitions Control Committee are displeased with the fact they can not look into the Austin Gleeson incident following a decision from referee James Owens not to report the matter in his match report. Waterford’s Gleeson appeared to pull the helmet off Cork’s Luke Meade towards the end of the first half – but escaped any punishment. The decision …
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It’s been one of the most controversial summers in the GAA’s history. We’ve seen a lot of high profile appeals and suspensions. 2017 has been highly entertaining; the entertainment has provided drama that has not always been positive. There have been a number of negative episodes and here we rank the top five so far. 5. Sliotar Thief Cork hurling’s revival …
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The Kilkenny and Tipperary hurling rivalry runs deep but current Kilkenny hurler Richie Hogan and former Tipperary minor hurler and current Irish international soccer player, Shane Long recently put their differences aside. As part of the GAA’s partnership with Sure, Richie Hogan travelled to Southampton Football Club where he faced fellow Irish man Shane Long along with other Southampton players …
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Galway hurling was sent into mourning last week with the untimely death of one of their greatest ever players, Tony Keady. Aged 53, Keady was taken ill before passing away last Thursday. It turned Galway’s hurling’s week from ecstasy and empathy. Having qualified for the 2017 All-Ireland final following a cracking win over Tipperary, Galway soon lost one of the …
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The 2017 All-Ireland Hurling Championship is coming to it’s conclusion with Waterford and Galway left to battle it out for the Liam MacCarthy Cup on September 3. We have seen some very high scorelines in this year’s championship with the Déise, the Tribesmen, Cork and Tipperary all racking up some huge tallies on their way to the semi-finals. Tipperary’s Seamus …
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Ger Cunningham departed his role as Dublin manager following the Dubs defeat to Tipperary in this year’s qualifiers. The Cork native left after a three-year term that will be looked back on negatively in the capital. Speculation on who will take over has been quiet as the hurling season has yet come to its conclusion. But Boylesports have created speculation today with …
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One would go a long way to find a group of people more passionate about anything, then the people of Waterford are about their hurling team. John Mullane’s interview after the epic 2004 Munster hurling final with Cork encaptured the connection between the team and their supporters. “The people of Waterford are my life, I love my county”. “AND WE LOVE …
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One of the shocks of the 2017 senior hurling championship was the early exit of Kilkenny after they were beaten by Wexford and Waterford respectively. In light of their previous successful seasons, 2017 was one to forget for Brian Cody’s Cats. Their losses to Waterford and Clare in the National League were unpredictable, but their rocky start epitomised the season that was …
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One game remains, barring a draw at least, in this year’s All-Ireland hurling championship. With only two collective teams remaining involved, the individual end of year awards have started to be debated. We have seen the influence an All-Ireland final can have on selection, but let’s kick off the endless debate anyway. Here we talk through the contenders and look …
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