JOE O’CONNOR IS set to be named the Kerry senior football captain for 2022. It’s understood that Austin Stacks put the midfielder’s name forward following a meeting of the club executive last night. O’Connor picked up a knee injury in the recent Munster club final defeat to St Finbarr’s. A cruciate setback was feared, but…
Month: April 2022
Ballygunner prove they have the mettle to go with skill in bid for All-Ireland glory
FOR ALL THE titles they’ve accumulated over the past decade, it’s the pain of defeat that turned Ballygunner into a ruthless winning machine. The club won Munster in 2001 and endured four final defeats before they next claimed provincial honours in 2018. For the then five-in-a-row Waterford champions, getting over the final hurdle in Munster…
Gordon D’Arcy joins Wexford hurling backroom team – ‘He’s a great asset around the place’
WEXFORD BOSS DARRAGH Egan has hailed the addition of former Ireland and Leinster rugby player Gordon D’Arcy to the county’s hurling setup. D’Arcy has joined Wexford as a member of the backroom team, which also features Billy Walsh, the current USA boxing coach that formerly served in that role with Ireland. Tipperary native Egan is…
GAA confirm fixture details for All-Ireland club finals in Croke Park next month
THE GAA HAVE announced the fixture details for the six All-Ireland club finals that will take place in Croke Park next month. The finalists for the three hurling deciders were confirmed over the weekend with six football semi-finals down for decision next Saturday. The centrepiece will be the senior finals on Saturday 12 February with…
6 GAA games live on TV next weekend as inter-county league action starts
THE GAA SEASON steps up a notch next weekend with the start of the 2022 football leagues and with key games in the concluding stages of the club championships, there are six live matches to take in. The action commences on Saturday afternoon with a triple-header of club games on TG4. Cork’s Mourneabbey and Galway’s…
Dessie Hutchinson: ‘Maybe we’re starting to prove a few people wrong’
WHEN DESSIE HUTCHINSON left a career in professional soccer behind him to resume his hurling career with Ballygunner and Waterford, he surely dreamed of days like yesterday. He fired over four points as Ballygunner advanced to their first ever All-Ireland club hurling decider, setting up a mouthwatering showdown with Ballyhale in three weeks’ time. Having…
TJ Reid: ‘I had only one option to strike the ball as hard as I could’
TJ REID HAS conjured up plenty moments of brilliance in his hurling career but it’s difficult to think of something more sensational or dramatic as his intervention today in Semple Stadium. TJ Reid with St Thomas manager Kenneth Burke after the game. Source: Laszlo Geczo/INPHO The Ballyhale Shamrocks dream of landing three-in-a-row in the All-Ireland…
Dublin set up Walsh Cup final against Wexford, experienced Tyrone player opts out for 2022
DUBLIN BOOKED THEIR place in next Saturday’s Walsh Cup final with victory today over Offaly. Dublin ran out 2-23 to 1-20 winners in Birr and will now play Wexford next weekend in the final of the Leinster pre-season hurling competition. Mattie Kenny’s team trailed 1-13 to 1-9 at half-time but took charge in the second…
More TJ Reid heroics, St Thomas’ heartbreak and dream final pairing
1. More TJ Reid heroics COMETH THE HOUR, cometh the man. Ballyhale Shamrocks were two points down with 30 seconds left on the clock when TJ Reid stood over a free from a tight angle outside the 21. Realising there might not be enough time to get another score, Reid went for broke. His strike…
TJ Reid hits dramatic late goal as Ballyhale defeat St Thomas to reach All-Ireland final
Ballyhale Shamrocks (Kilkenny) 2-15 St Thomas (Galway) 0-20 TJ REID RESCUED Ballyhale Shamrocks with a sensational late goal as the champions broke the hearts of Galway’s St Thomas in the All-Ireland senior club semi-final today. Reid smashed a 20-yard free to the net, from just to the right of the goal in the 64th minute,…