Hurling

Limerick will play Kilkenny in the All-Ireland u-21 final after beating Galway 2-23 to 2-19 after a tense battle in Thurles. Pat Donnelly’s men finished the game the better side and will now meet Eddie Brennan’s Cats on September 9. Great performances from Peter Casey, Barry Nash, Robbie Hanley and Colin Ryan were key from the Shannonsiders. Galway, despite goals …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …