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The Cork team bus is up for grabs on DoneDeal. The seller? Oh it’s only Jimmy Barry-Murphy of course.  This is hilarious. And low, and hilarious. Did we mention we find this funny? The image above is of course great but it’s the product description that makes it. Cork team bus – free to a good home or nearest offer: …

This Saturday night in Thurles Cork and Clare renew their rivalry which has captivated the hurling public over the last two years. Its Do or die for both teams on the field as the loser will exit the 2015 Championship but in reality the same could be said for the two men on the sideline as the losing managers’s job …

The first half of the GAA season has concluded and Waterford have secured the first national trophy on offer for 2015. They won the league from Division 1B and played an excellent brand of hurling. Pundit Arena GAA decided to kick-off another debate by putting an All-Star selection together, based solely on the 2015 league. The XV is dominated by …

Waterford’s run to League glory was coupled with criticism of their defensive style of play. However, a lot of hurling teams, and even football sides, could learn from Derek McGrath’s system. A hurling team’s advantage over football is that the instant the opposition is dispossessed in the middle third, a score is nearly always on. Points are regularly picked off …

Cork and Waterford are set to renew their famous rivalry this Sunday, in the Allianz League Division 1 hurling decider, at a venue that has provided many a thriller between the two throughout the noughties. Waterford may not have the likes of  John Mullane, Dan Shanahan, Tony Browne and Ken McGrath in their ranks now, but the younger crop of Déise …

As we are halfway through the current decade, we felt it was time to pick a team comprised of the best Munster hurlers of the last five years.  In order to maintain the right balance, we took into account what each player’s respective county achieved in the Munster championship and the All-Ireland series during his playing period. So here it is; the Munster Hurling XV …

Diarmuid ‘The Rock’ O’Sullivan was a rebel hurling legend. He won three All-Ireland titles during his time in the red and white of Cork and to this day he’s remembered fondly by the Leeside public. Here, we give you seven reasons as to why he was loved so much. 7. The brother First up, we love Diarmuid because he’s the brother …

Anthony Nash has been named Cork Senior Hurling captain for the upcomimg season. The Kanturk man has replaced Patrick Cronin who decided to step down from the role to focus on his own playing career. The announcemnt was made by Jimmy Barry-Murphy before the third annual Canon O’Brien Cup in which Cork defeated UCC on a scoreline of 1-26 to …

More time for reflection on 2014. To follow on from our ‘Top 10 Gaelic football moments of 2014’, here we look at what we classify as the Top 10 hurling moments of the year. It was a good year of hurling with plenty of highlights. These were our favourites.   10. Clare win their third consecutive under-21 title It was a …

The Football Association of Ireland recently endured a much publicised controversy, spearheaded by Chief Executive John Delaney. This was quickly been followed by the confirmation of the redevelopment of Pairc Ui Chaoimh, which was controversial to some GAA folk. This sparked a question at Pundit Arena. Could similarities be drawn between the chief executive of the FAI, John Delaney, and …

Ger Loughnane once said that “some people say hurling isn’t very important in the scheme of things, but to hurling people hurling is the scheme of things.” It’s that very ‘scheme of things’ that comes to a head in Sunday’s All Ireland Final. It’s the Sunday in September every hurler wants to play in and every manager wants to be …

The weekly GAA Talking Points return this week, with a reflection and a look ahead to some of the stories that have been in the news. All-Ireland Hurling Final Pairing Decided The All-Ireland hurling final is a return to order, as some might say, as Tipperary will now face Kilkenny having disposed of Cork. Last year saw many new faces …

John Ivory is here to dish out the first of our PA Report Cards, grading each team’s performances during this year’s All Ireland Hurling Championship. First under the microscope are Cork, Limerick and Clare. Cork It will be tough for Cork’s faithful to get the sour taste of last Sunday’s semi-final defeat to Tipperary out of their mouths, but once …

Cork’s capitulation on Sunday at the hands of Tipperary had both management and pundits alike scratching their heads. Where did it all go wrong for the Rebels? The Premier are not ten points better than their southern rivals. Proven players at this level flopped for Jimmy Barry-Murphy’s side, with basic errors and inaccurate shooting letting down the team. So did …