Liam Cassin of Faythe Harriers and Jack Devereux (St. Martin’s) battle for possession in their Pettitt’s Senior hurling championship clash in Chadwicks Wexford Park on Monday. Photo: Jim Campbell© Wexford PeopleYesterday at 07:30Pettitt’s SHC Group A: Glynn-Barntown 2-15, Crossabeg-Ballymurn 1-9; St. Anne’s 1-21, Ferns St. Aidan’s 1-17; Naomh Éanna 2-20, Oulart-The Ballagh 2-17.Pettitt’s SHC Group B: Oylegate-Glenbrien 2-16, Cloughbawn 3-10; St. Martin’s 0-25, Faythe Harriers 2-17; Shelmaliers 1-19, Rapparees 1-17. Read More:

Luke Loughlin in action for Clonkill in last Sunday’s Westmeath SHC match against Castletown Geoghegan. Photo: John McCauley. Published: Wed 7 Aug 2024, 12:43 PM Last updated: Wed 7 Aug 2024, 12:47 PM The injury to Luke Loughlin was the main focus for both managers following last Sunday’s Westmeath Senior ‘A’ hurling championship match between Castletown Geoghegan and Clonkill. Westmeath football star Loughlin, who is also a key player for the Clonkill hurling team, collapsed on the TEG Cusack Park pitch, having rejoined the action after being treated for a blood injury. There was a lengthy delay as the player…

‘The greatest day of my life’ – O’Donnellpublished at 18:04 21 July18:04 21 JulyFT: Clare 3-29 Cork 1-34We have some reaction from the victorious Clare camp with Mark Rodgers and Shane O’Donnell speaking to BBC Sport NI’s Mark Sidebottom:Mark Rodgers: “That was a testament to our panel, the lads that game on were outstanding. When the game went to extra-time, we never worried for a second.”Shane O’Donnell: There is an outpouring of emotion, when you have to sit and watch the last 15 minutes from the bench, your heart is in your mouth, but the young lads delivered and to…

It looks like Kilkenny hurler TJ Reid and his wife Niamh de Brun’s daughter Harper is getting an early start in the sport! TJ made his debut for the Kilkenny team in 2007 and has made quite the impression over the years with many regarding him as one of the best hurlers of all time. So it’s no surprise that his little girl is already getting used to the sport and this week Niamh shared the sweetest clip of the daddy-daughter duo practising skills. Pic: Niamh de Brún-Reid/Instagram Harper, who will be two later this year, is well used to…

ACTION continues this weekend across all grades in the Limerick club hurling championship as the next round of fixtures get underway. Here is all the fixtures from Thursday, August 8 until Sunday, August 11 in each grade. Thursday, August 8 Bon Secours Hospital Limerick, Senior Hurling Championship Senior B Round Two Ballybrown v Kildimo Pallaskenry in Mick Neville Park at 7pm South Liberties v Monaleen in Fedamore at 7pm Lyons of Limerick, Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship Round Three Glenroe v Effin in Killmallock at 7pm Nick Grene Sportsgrounds Maintenance, Intermediate Hurling Championship Group One Round Two Pallasgreen v Bruree in Knocklong…

Donal Óg CusackDonal Óg Cusack has returned to the inter-county coalface as coach of next year’s Cork U-20 hurlers.The three-time All-Ireland winning netminder and current RTÉ pundit is the high-profile inclusion in a Rebel backroom team led by Noel Furlong of Carrigtwohill, who was confirmed as manager last month.Cusack’s involvement adds some stardust to a management team that also includes Tadhg Óg Murphy (Sarsfields), Vincent Hurley (Courcey Rovers) and Seán Guiheen (Na Piarsaigh) as selectors.The Sunday Game analyst previously worked as a coach to the Clare senior hurlers and subsequently served as Cork minor manager during the Covid-disrupted 2020 campaign.Furlong…

Top end is better than ever but stagnation rules in many parts of the country Jarlath Burns re-established the National Hurling Development Committee (NHDC) when he became GAA president. Photo: Ben McShane/SportsfileIt may have been 50 or 60 years ago but I remember it vividly, the pre-election promises delivered by megaphone as people streamed out of Mass on Sunday mornings. ‘Vote for me and we’ll get the Shannon drained. The other crowd won’t, but we will.’Kilkerrin – my home parish in north Galway – is nearly 30 miles from the Shannon but, for political opportunism purposes, was deemed to be…

Blackwater 0-16 Buffers Alley 1-13 Ollie Murphy (Blackwater) taking the ball away from Brian Doran.FRUSTRATION FOR Blackwater, and relief for Buffers Alley – that seems an adequate summation of the reaction from both camps to their drawn clash in Group B of The Courtyard Ferns Intermediate hurling championship in Oylegate on Saturday.The Wexford District side had celebrated one of their best results of recent times at the same venue in July of last year, when they defeated their more seasoned rivals from just up the road by two points. Read More:

Derek Lyng will stay on as Kilkenny manager for a third year. Photo: SportsfileDerek Lyng is to remain on as Kilkenny senior hurling manager for a third year, the Kilkenny county board has confirmed.Lyng was appointed to succeed Brian Cody for three years initially and will now see out that term, ending any speculation there may have been since the All-Ireland semi-final defeat to Clare that he might step away.Under Lyng Kilkenny have won two Leinster titles, extending their run in the province to five in succession.Mark Dowling and Niall Bergin have been confirmed as Kilkenny U-20 and minor managers…

GAAGO presenter Gráinne McElwain with analysts, from left, Marc Ó Sé, Paddy Andrews and Michael Murphy before the All-Ireland SFC quarter-final between Kerry and Tyrone. Photo by Brendan Moran/SportsfileBroadcast companies will have an opportunity to bid for the media rights to two championship packages that have been put back on the table by the GAA just two years into the current five-year arrangement.Under pressure from the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC), which has apparently advised the GAA to take this course of action, the GAA has invited ‘expressions of interest’ from other parties for the two packages which are…