Daniel Kearney hit 0-5 for the Rebels tonight. Source: Tommy Dickson/INPHO Cork 0-25 Waterford 1-19 Denis Hurley reports from Mallow LATE POINTS FROM subs Darragh Fitzgibbon, Shane Kingston and Alan Cadogan made it three wins from three for Cork in the Co-Op Superstores.ie Munster Hurling League as they saw off Waterford in Mallow tonight. In … Continue reading "Horgan and Kearney the scoring stars as Cork stay unbeaten in Munster with win over Waterford"

Barry Nash raised the second green flag for Limerick tonight. Source: Cathal Noonan/INPHO Limerick 2-15 Clare 0-19 Eoin Brennan reports from Sixmilebridge A STRONG FINISH ensured that Limerick bounced back fully from Sunday’s humiliating reverse to Cork to snatch the latest derby spoils against Clare, in front of a healthy attendance of 1,719 in O’Garney … Continue reading "Limerick recover from mauling by Cork with late Nash goal key to success over Clare"

Ronan McHugh celebrates netting for Tyrone tonight. Source: Presseye/Andrew Paton/INPHO DERRY, MONAGHAN AND Tyrone all bagged the top table spots in the Dr McKenna Cup tonight to advance to the semi-finals next Sunday while Fermanagh joined them as the best runner-up. Dr McKenna Cup semi-finals – Sunday Jan 22ndDerry v Monaghan, Athletic GroundsTyrone v Fermanagh, … Continue reading "23-point win puts Tyrone into Dr McKenna Cup last four with Derry, Monaghan and Fermanagh"

HE’S NOT FROM a rugby hotbed, he’s not really sure what position he’s best suited to play and given he studied German in school, he’ll need to try to break the language barrier as well. Still there’s no masking Michael Murphy’s enthusiasm for his next sporting project, heading to the Massif Central in France to … Continue reading "French adventure – Michael Murphy swapping life with Donegal for Clermont"

A LATE GOAL delivered a Dr Harty Cup quarter-final replay success for Midleton CBS this afternoon and knocked defending champions Ardscoil Rís out of this year’s Munster colleges hurling race. The East Cork school claimed a dramatic 2-11 to 0-15 win in the game in Bansha as they got the job done at the second … Continue reading "Late Midleton CBS goal knocks out Harty Cup champs Ardscoil Rís to set up all-Cork clash"

John Mulhall and David Reidy are the new additions to the Lilywhites. Source: INPHO FORMER KILKENNY ALL-Ireland winner John Mulhall has returned to inter-county hurling and will play for Kildare in the 2017 National League and Christy Ring Cup competitions. It is expected that an ex-Tipperary hurler will also join Joe Quaid’s Lilywhite revolution in … Continue reading "Former Kilkenny All-Ireland winner and ex-Limerick senior commit to Kildare hurlers for 2017"

Wexford 1-17 Dublin 0-17 DAVY FITZGERALD CONTINUED his unbeaten start to life as Wexford manager with a 1-17 to 0-17 defeat of Dublin tonight which sees his side advance to the semi-finals of the Walsh Cup in 10 days’ time. A late scoring surge from the home side, including two timely points from the influential … Continue reading "Fitzgerald continues unbeaten record as Wexford boss with three-point defeat of Dublin"

A 10TH SEASON on the frontline with the Galway senior hurlers beckons for Joe Canning as he still chases that breakthrough All-Ireland win. 2016 saw that ambition to lift the Liam MacCarthy Cup thwarted at the semi-final stage in a narrow fashion by Tipperary. For Canning the disappointment of that loss was exacerbated by the … Continue reading "‘When I got up and tried to walk, I couldn’t because I’d no power whatsoever in my hamstring.’"

THERE’S NO SHORTAGE of people who were happy to see the back of 2016, and for Paul Murphy, Kilkenny’s All-Ireland final defeat meant that the last 12 months were “a waste of a year.” Murphy stepped out into Croke Park last September hoping to make it a perfect five wins from five on hurling’s biggest … Continue reading "‘When you lose the one match you’ve been training all year to win, it’s a waste of a year’"

SUCH IS THE competition in Dublin’s all-conquering squad, even a man-of-the-match performance in last year’s All-Ireland final replay doesn’t guarantee Michael Fitzsimons a spot in Jim Gavin’s 2017 starting line-up. Far from it. Nobody understands that more than Fitzsimons. Source: INPHO/Ryan Byrne A late-bloomer, he never made an underage Dublin squad, let alone the first XV. … Continue reading "Late-bloomer Michael Fitzsimons taking nothing for granted"