Month: September 2021

There’s plenty of action across several sports coming up this weekend.

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THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE final is the big fixture coming up this weekend as we gear up for another bumper schedule of live action.

It’s the battle of the Premier League sides as Manchester City and Chelsea battle it out for European supremacy on Saturday evening.

For GAA fans, the focus is on the football league this weekend while the hurling competition takes a break.

There’s also Rainbow Cup games for rugby fans to look forward to; here’s what’s coming up.

Friday

10.30am: Live AFL action is available on BT Sport 1 as the Western Bulldogs take on Melbourne.

11.15am: Stage 19 of the Giro d’Italia will be on Eurosport.

5pm: Day 2 of the Charles Schwab Challenge will be shown live on Sky Sports Golf.

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5.45pm: In the SSE Airtricity League, Finn Harps take on Sligo Rovers at 5.45pm on WATCHLOI. Two more Premier Division ties will follow at 7.45pm as Drogheda United face Derry City while St Patrick’s Athletic square off with Dundalk.

7.20:pm Head over to TG4 where you can catch live coverage of the Rainbow Cup as Munster take on Cardiff Blues.

7.45pm: Sky Sports Red Button will be showing Italy take on San Marino in an international friendly.

Cavan boss Mickey Graham.

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Saturday 

5am: The Brisbane Lions face the GWS Giants in the AFL on BT Sport 3, with Gold Coast Suns playing Hawthorn later in the morning at 10.30am on the same channel.

11am: Stage 20 of the Giro d’Italia is on Eurosport.

2pm: There’s a place in the Premier League on the line as Brentford and Swansea face off in the Championship play-off final on Sky Sports Main Event. 

3pm: TG4 will be bringing you some Allianz football league action in the afternoon. In the Division 3 North, Cavan will host Derry. The station will also have some Ladies Football in the evening as Cork and Dublin square off in Division 1 at 7.35pm.

Eir Sport will be broadcasting the Division 1 North tie between Armagh and Donegal.

4pm: There’s two more Premier Division ties coming up on Saturday. WATCHLOI will have live coverage of Bohemians and Waterford, as well as the clash of Longford Town and Shamrock Rovers. 

5pm: Sky Sports Red Button will be airing the international friendly of Sweden and Finland.

5pm: The action continues at the Charles Schwab Challenge on Sky Sports Golf.

8pm: It’s the big one as Manchester City and Chelsea battle it out in the Champions League final. You can get live coverage of all the action on BT Sport 1 / BT Sport Ultimate / BT Sport YouTube or on Virgin Media Sport. 

Sunday

2am: Jason Quigley fights Shane Mosley Jr with the NABO middleweight title on the line on DAZN.

5am: BT Sport 3 will have live action from the AFL as Richmond play the Adelaide Crows. Port Adelaide versus Fremantle is coming up at 8am on the same channel.

11am: The Republic of Ireland U21 team will play Switzerland in an international friendly live on Premier Sports 1.

12.15pm: Head over to Eurosport to catch Stage 21 of the Giro d’Italia.

1.45pm: More GAA action coming your way with three big ties in the National Football League. The coverage will begin with a Division 2 South fixture as Clare and Cork do battle.

The meeting of Galway and Dublin in Division 1 South follows at 3.45pm. At the same time, Roscommon will face Kerry live on the TG4 app with deferred coverage on the TV.

5pm: The final round of the Charles Schwab Challenge begins on Sky Sports Golf.

7pm: Switzerland play the USA in an international friendly on the Sky Sports Red Button.

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THE RESCHEDULED FIXTURE between the Kilkenny and Wexford hurlers will go ahead this Sunday, it has been confirmed.

A spokesperson for Kilkenny GAA has told The42 that the re-fixed tie has been given the green light by the GAA in the wake of a player testing positive for Covid-19 in the Cats’ camp.

They added that the rest of the panel were deemed “casual contacts” by the HSE.

“Out of an abundance of caution the rest of the panel were tested,” the statement continues.

Kilkenny will now face Wexford this Sunday afternoon [throw-in, 3pm] in Nowlan Park after their original Division 1 Group B tie was cancelled last week due to a third positive Covid-19 case in the Wexford camp.

Two players in Davy Fitzgerald’s side initially tested positive in the days leading up to the game, but it was still hoped at that point that the game could go ahead.

Wexford subsequently confirmed a third case in the squad which forced the postponement and a request for a re-fixture was submitted to the CCCC.

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MARC Ó SÉ’S advice for a defender tasked with patrolling the elusive David Clifford? Say your prayers.

With the form he’s in at the moment, there’s very little an opponent can do to subdue the former Young Footballer of the Year.

He kicked 1-6 in a dominant display against Dublin last weekend, converting a late penalty to ensure a share of the spoils after Kerry rallied back from seven points down. 

Ó Sé is considered to be one of the best defenders of his generation, but he fears he would have struggled to measure up to Clifford’s quality.

“With a player like David Clifford, it’s so hard to mark him,” he said in conversation with Maurice Brosnan and Fintan O’Toole on this week’s edition of The42 GAA Weekly.

“You look at [Mick] Fitzsimons the last day and the way he tried to marshall him, and the one thing he tried to do was he tried to put him on his weak foot straight away.

“But sure Clifford scored three points with his weak foot straight away. So what would I do if I was trying to mark Clifford? I’d have a good prayer beforehand anyway and when the ball does come in, I would try and deny [him] the ball first of all.

“What I’ve noticed from himself, even this year, and with Seán O’Shea [as well], they’ve gotten stronger. Seán O’Shea is a beast of a man now. Give him another year or two and he’ll be like Ciarán Kilkenny. 

“I think Clifford is after getting so ferociously strong that he can win a ball and hold you off with one hand. So, I don’t know what I would do to be quite honest. I’d say deny possession would be the key thing.

“Do what Fitzsimons did and try to play him onto his right [foot] but you’d be trying to get down on that boot as well and try to get a few blocks.

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“I think the easiest thing to do would be to have a good prayer beforehand and see would that work. Or as Fr Ted says, ‘We might say another mass.’

Two games deep into the 2021 league campaign, and Kerry are currently leading the Division 1 South table, but are level on points with Dublin.

They made a powerful start to the competition as they inflicted a 4-21 to 0-11 victory over Galway, with Clifford contributing 3-6 to that tally. Peter Keane’s side followed that up with a compelling contest against the six-in-a-row champions with a trip to Roscommon coming up this weekend.

“I’ve been impressed at stages, very impressed against Galway,” says Ó Sé when asked for an assessment of their performances so far.

“We got a reality check after that. If you were to judge the Dublin-Kerry game in Thurles on its first-half merits, you’d be very worried about where Kerry are at.

“You’d nearly be understanding of what they were set-up so defensively last year the way they were. 

“In our county, we always had this attacking style. If you have good forwards, and Kerry have quality forwards at the moment, I think it definitely helps, with an emphasis on kicking quick ball into the forwards of the calibre of Seán O’Shea or David Clifford.

“If you can get balls into them quickly, it’s very hard for the opposition defence. There’s for and against for sure because you are leaving yourself open at the back. I think Kerry will definitely have to do a load of work [with] their inside defensive line.

“Trying to get the balance right is the big thing and that’s the big challenge in front of Peter Keane from a Kerry point of view because whilst the forwards have been going very well, defence is where you’re going to have to get the balance right.

“Gavin Crowley has come in and done a great job. People were mourning the loss of Peter Crowley [but] Gavin Crowley is a good fit there, I think. He’s aggressive, a bit like Crowley was.”

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DUBLIN AND ROSCOMMON have announced team selections for tomorrow’s final round of Division 1 South football league ties.

Jonny Cooper named to start by Dublin while Conor Cox comes in for Roscommon.

Dublin travel to Tuam Stadium to take on Galway while Roscommon host Kerry in Dr Hyde Park, both games starting at 3.45pm.

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— Dublin GAA (@DubGAAOfficial) May 29, 2021

TEAM NEWS! 📣

Anthony Cunningham has named his team to face Kerry in tomorrow’s Allianz Football league Division 1 match in Dr. Hyde Park. Throw in is at 3.45pm.
You can watch the match live on the TG4 Player. pic.twitter.com/0z4Nw6BxAp

— Roscommon GAA (@RoscommonGAA) May 29, 2021

Dublin have made just the one change in the team they have announced this afternoon with Jonny Cooper replacing John Small in defence. Small limped off with a hamstring injury in last week’s draw with Kerry in Thurles.

Roscommon have made several changes as they bring in the Daly brothers, Conor and Ronan, to start in their defence along with Conor Hussey. 

There are four attacking additions in Niall Kilroy, Shane Killoran, Diarmuid Murtagh and Conor Cox, who all came on in last week’s clash with Galway. 

Niall Daly, Gary Patterson, Sean Mullooly, Eddie Nolan, Conor Devanney, Cathal Cregg and Cian McKeon are the players to make way.

Dublin

1. Evan Comerford (Ballymun Kickhams)

2. Mick Fitzsiomns (Cuala), 3. David Byrne (Naomh Olaf), 4. Sean McMahon  (Raheny).

5. Eoin Murchan (Na Fianna), 6. Jonny Cooper (Na Fianna), 7. Robert McDaid (Ballyboden St. Enda’s).

8. Brian Fenton (Raheny), 9. James McCarthy (Ballymun Kickhams).

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10. Tom Lahiff (St Jude’s), 11. Con O’Callaghan (Cuala), 12. Niall Scully (Templeogue Synge Street).

13. Paddy Small (Ballymun Kickhams), 14. Ciaran Kilkenny (Castleknock), 15. Cormac Costello (Whitehall Colmcille).

Roscommon

1. Colm Lavin – Éire Óg

2. David Murray – Padraig Pearses, 3. Conor Daly – Padraig Pearses, 4. Brian Stack – St Brigids.

5. Ronan Daly – Padraig Pearses, 6. Conor Hussey – Michael Glaveys, 7. Richard Hughes – Roscommon Gaels.

8. Enda Smith – Boyle, 9. Tadhg O’Rourke – Tulsk.

10. Niall Kilroy – Fuerty, 11. Ciaran Murtagh – St Faithleachs, 12. Shane Killoran – Elphin.

13. Diarmuid Murtagh – St Faithleach’s, 14. Donie Smith – Boyle, 15. Conor Cox – Éire Óg.

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Banners in Schalke’s Veltins Arena.

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1. Ahead of their match against Bayer Leverkusen, the stadium was dark and the spotlight was on the miners down on the pitch. The last two coal mines in Germany had closed at Bottrop and Ibbenburen, bringing an end to the German industry, and in the centre circle they stood with Tonnies and other Schalke figures, who would also soon leave. They sang an old mining song: “Gluck Auf, Gluck Auf. Der Steiger kommt. Und er hat sein stilles Licht bei der Nacht schon angezund’t” (“Good luck, Good luck, the pit foreman comes and he has his bright light in the night, already lighted”). Minutes later, the players ran out on the pitch through the tunnel, which in 2014 had been transformed into a mine shaft. But the mining was no more, and soon the old Schalke disappeared too.

ESPN’s Tom Hamilton charts the decline of Schalke 04, once a giant of German football, following their relegation from the Bundesliga.

2. Black jockeys were aboard 13 of the 15 horses that competed in the first ever Derby in 1875. Go back further, and at its nascence, the entire industry was predicated on the labor of enslaved Black people. Many were purchased from West Africa specifically for their equestrian skills to be its riders, trainers and grooms.

In American racing’s earliest days, owners ran the horses they owned with the humans they owned atop them.

In The New York Times, Sarah Maslin Nir tells the story of Cheryl White, America’s first licensed Black female jockey.

3. No such relief is allowed for competitive sportspeople, however. Anti-doping regulation prohibits the presence of these medicines when Aoife takes to the lanes.

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“I’d be coming off and have to lie down,” she notes of the toll competing with insufficient painkillers has taken on her. “I’ve won the nationals and passed out in the back seat of my car with the pain.

“Bowling the Triple Crown with Ireland up in Belfast, a five-day event, I had to go out onto the ice-rink afterward and lie down on my stomach to reduce the pain.”

International Irish bowler Aoife Hall tells Off The Ball’s Arthur James O’Dea about her battle with endometriosis.

Pep Guardiola and Thomas Tuchel during their time in the Bundesliga.

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4. Reschke had experienced a similar moment with Guardiola a few months earlier when the two of them had travelled to Italy to see Roma play ahead of a Champions League group game against Bayern. “It was crazy. Pep spoke of each team’s strengths and weaknesses before kick-off and the match went exactly the way he had predicted. Later that week, he allowed me to sit in on the team meeting. Many of the moves and situations he had anticipated played out (when Bayern eventually played Roma), as if he had scripted it. It was incredible.” Bayern annihilated Roma 7-1 in the Stadio Olimpico that night, in one of the most accomplished performances of Guardiola’s three-year reign.

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5. “Where I grew up in Clonard there was nothing: no amenities. No parks or playgrounds. And there was one public phone box. So what we’d do is free-phone the police so you could throw stones when they’d come. But that wasn’t done out of hatred. It was for a bit of crack: for a chase.”

To keep them off the streets, Ó Muirigh and his friends were sent to play Gaelic games. His mother’s uncle, Jim Phelan, had hurled for Antrim. His grandfather was pure St Gall’s. He found himself on a mini-bus headed for football training. And through it all, something his grandmother had said lodged in his mind.

Molly Murray had a thing about the law and lawyers. All of those days visiting her son and attending court, of travelling to Long Kesh had made her realise something. These dull court rooms and legal offices was where progress and consequence happened. 

Keith Duggan looks at the story of Ballymurphy and the important role sport can play in Northern Ireland, for The Irish Times. 

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Mayo 3-17
Meath 2-12

Colm Gannon reports from Castlebar

WITH BOTH SIDES already through to the semi-finals it was all about topping the group when Mayo and Meath met in MacHale Park.

Andy McAntee made eight changes to the side announced earlier in the week before throw-in, while Mayo made two alterations from their named 15.

James Horan’s men had this game put to bed by the half time break, when they went in leading 3-11 to 1-5.

James Carr rattled the back of the net twice in the first half, his second goal a real beauty coming just before the half time whistle, when he climbed high to win the ball before turning and firing it low past Harry Hogan.

Twenty-two minutes in he palmed the ball home from close range after being picked out by a Diarmuid O’Connor pass to get his day going on the scoreboard and followed that up with a long range point a minute later.

Meath were the first to hit the net when Bryan McMahon scored from close range after Robert Hennelly had saved a shot from David Dillon on the 15 minute mark to pull his side within two points at the first water break.

Mayo netted their first goal from the penalty spot just after the resumption when Cillian O’Connor slotted home a penalty after Bryan Walsh had been fouled on his way to goal. The Ballintubber man was quietly efficient in the first half finishing up with 1-4 to his name before the turn around and his withdrawal from the action.

Mayo’s Jordan Flynn and Joey Wallace of Meath.

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Both sides made a number of changes at the break, and Meath hit their second goal of the day on 41 minutes when Bryan Menton was played in down the right flank and powered the ball home at the near post.

But the game was slipping into a challenge game pace as both sides ran their benches with bigger challenges coming down the road for both.

Aidan O’Shea made his first appearance off the bench for Mayo this year and contributed a point not long after his introduction as did Michael Newman for Meath.

Both sides added on a few more scores before the end, but the outcome of the game was well decided at that stage.

Mayo’s Aidan O’Shea tackles Meath’s Seamus Lavin.

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Scorers for Mayo: James Carr 2-1, Cillian O’Connor 1-4 (1-0 pen, 0-2f, 0-1 mark), Paul Towey 0-3 (0-2f), Darren McHale, Matthew Ruane, Bryan Walsh 0-2 each, Fergal Boland, Michael Plunkett, Aidan O’Shea 0-1 each.

Scorers for Meath: Michael Newman, James Conlon 0-4 (0-3f) each, Bryan Menton, Bryan McMahon 1-0 each, Eamon Wallace 0-2, Jack Flynn, Jack O’Connor 0-1 each.

Mayo

1. Robert Hennelly (Breaffy)

2. Eoin O’Donoghue (Belmullet), 3. Oisin Mullin (Kilmaine), 4. Lee Keegan (Westport)

5. Michael Plunkett (Ballintubber), v6. Stephen Coen (Hollymount-Carramore), 7. Fergal Boland (Aghamore)

8. Matthew Ruane (Breaffy), 22. Jack Carney (Kilmeena)

9. Diarmuid O’Connor (Ballintubber), 11. Darren McHale (Knockmore), 12. Bryan Walsh (Ballintubber)

25. Ryan O’Donoghue (Belmullet), 14. Cillian O’Connor (Ballintubber), 15. James Carr (Ardagh)

Subs:

13. Paul Towey (Charlestown) for Cillian O’Connor

17. Colm Boyle (Davitts) for Keegan

21. Aidan O’Shea (Breaffy) for Carney

19. Eoghan McLaughlin (Westport) for Boland

24. Darren Coen (Hollymount-Carramore) for O’Donoghue

20. Jordan Flynn (Crossmolina Deel Rovers) for McHale

26. Tommy Conroy (The Neale) for Carr

Meath

1. Harry Hogan (Maigh Dearmhai)

2. Seamus Lavin (Dunboyne), 3. Conor McGill (Ratoath), 4. Eoin Harkin (Summerhill)

20. Jack O’Connor (Curraha), 23. Bryan McMahon (Ratoath), 5. Cathal Hickey (Seneschalstown)

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8. Bryan Menton (Donaghmore-Ashbourne), 21. David Dillon (Navan O’Mahonys)

25. Eamon Wallace (Ratoath), 19. Jason Scully (Oldcastle), 17. Jack Flynn (Ratoath)

26. Joey Wallace (Ratoath), 11. Darragh Campion (Skryne), 24. James Conlon (Naomh Colmcille)

Subs

7. Donal Keogan (Rathkenny) for Hickey

6. Shane McEntee (St Peter’s Dunboyne) for McMahon

9. Padraic Harnan (Moynalvey) for Dillon

22. Danny Dixon (Bord an Mhuilinn) for Campion

15. Michael Newman (Kilmainham) for Scully

16. Liam Byrne (St Peter’s Dunboyne) for Hogan,

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Cork 0-22
Clare 1-18

Paraic McMahon reports from Cusack Park, Ennis

CORK EMERGED VICTORIOUS on the day but lost out on scoring difference to Kildare and today’s opponents Clare in the race for promotion play-offs spots in Division 2 South.

A draw looked to be the most likely outcome as the game entered the closing stages but in retrospect Cork dominated proceedings for the most part and claimed the two points, despite finishing with fourteen men following Brian Hurley’s dismissal for a second bookable offence.

Ronan McCarthy’s Cork started the stronger but saw their three point advantage wiped out when David Tubridy converted a penalty on eight minutes. The veteran Doonbeg attacker would finish the contest with 1-08 to his name as he continued his strong League form.

Inspired by Tubridy’s penalty, Clare took the lead for the first time on fourteen minutes and strengthened it with white flags from Tubridy and Gavin Cooney.

However the arrival of the water break stymied their momentum and Cork fired six scores without reply. Substitute Cathail O’Mahony proved too hot to handle as he kicked three points in a six minute window. Colm Collins and his management were forced to redeploy Cian O’Dea to the full-back line at half-time in a bid to curb the influence of the Mitchelstown marksman.

Unable to regain the lead as a result of this spell, Clare were always chasing the game as Cork continued to keep their account ticking over. Ten different scorers registered for the Rebels in the encounter.

Clare’s Darren O’Neill and Cork’s Ian Maguire.

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Both sides kicked ten points each in the second half, crucially it was Cork that led by a single score at the interval and this remained the gap at the sounding of the final whistle.

Soft-tissue injuries caused headaches for both managers with Cork losing the trio of Ciaran Sheehan, Daniel O’Mahony and Sean Powter to injury while Kevin Harnett also had his involvement ended by what appeared to be a hamstring strain.

Scorers Cork: Cathail O’Mahony 0-5 (0-1f), Luke Connolly 0-4 (0-3f), John O’Rourke 0-4, Brian Hurley, Tadhg Corkery 0-2 each, Paul Walsh, Kevin O’Driscoll, Sean White, Ian Maguire, Mattie Taylor 0-1 each.

Scorers Clare: David Tubridy 1-8 (0-6f), Eoin Cleary 0-4 (0-3f), Gavin Cooney, Cathal O’Connor, Darren O’Neill, Pearse Lillis, Darragh Bohannon, Aaron Griffin 0-1 each.

David Tubridy scores the only goal of the game from a penalty.

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Cork

1. Mícheál Martin (Nemo Rangers)

2. Sean Powter (Douglas), 3. Daniel O’Mahony (Knocknagree), 4. Kevin Flahive (Douglas)

5. Tadhg Corkery (Cill na Martra), 6. Sean Meehan (Kiskeam), 7. Mattie Taylor (Mallow).

8. Ian Maguire (St. Finbarrs), 9, Paul Walsh (Kanturk).

10. Sean White (Clonakilty), 11: Ruairi Deane (Bantry Blues), 12. Kevin O’Driscoll (Tadhg MacCarthaigh)

13. John O’ Rourke (Carbery Rangers), 14. Cíaran Sheehan (Éire Óg), 15: Luke Connolly (Nemo Rangers).

Subs

20: Cian Kiely (Ballincollig) for O’Mahony (11) (Inj)

25: Cathail O’ Mahony (Mitchelstown) for Sheehan (21) (iNJ)

26: Brian Hurley (Castlehaven) for White (42)

23: Mark Collins (Castlehaven) for Walsh (42)

17: Paul Ring (Aghabullogue) for Powter (50) (Inj)

18: Kevin O’ Donovan (Nemo Rangers) for Corkery (50)

24: Damien Gore (Kilmacabea) for Connolly (64)

Clare

1. Stephen Ryan (Kilrush Shamrocks)

2. Ciarán Russell (Éire Óg), 3. Cillian Brennan (Clondegad), 19. Kevin Harnett (Newmarket-on-Fergus).

5. Cian O’Dea (Kilfenora), 6. Sean Collins (Cratloe), 7. Daniel Walsh (Kilmurry Ibrickane).

8. Darren O’Neill (Éire Óg), 9. Cathal O’Connor (Coolmeen).

10. Pearse Lillis (Cooraclare), 11. Eoin Cleary (St Joseph’s Miltown), 12. Darragh Bohannon (Shannon Gaels)

13. Gavin Cooney (Éire Óg), 14. David Tubridy (Doonbeg), 21. Joe McGann (St Breckan’s).

Subs

26. Dean Ryan (Na Fianna, Dublin) for Harnett (21)

25. Conall Ó hÁiniféin (Éire Óg) for Ryan (HT)

22. Emmet McMahon (Kildysart) for Walsh (53)

15. Keelan Sexton (Kilmurry Ibrickane) for Cooney (60)

18. Aaron Griffin (Lissycasey) for McGann (60)

23. Cormac Murray (St Josephs Miltown) for O’Neill (65)

Referee: Derek O’Mahoney (Tipperary)

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Kildare 2-18 Laois 1-8
Down 0-13 Westmeath 1-9

KILDARE GAVE THEIR football fortunes a boost with a resounding win over Laois today by 13 points in Portlaoise.

That paved the way for them to finish top of Division 2 South, ahead of Clare and Cork on scoring difference, to ensure they will play Meath in a fortnight for the right to contest Division 1 next year.

Kildare were ahead 1-7 to 0-4 at the interval, thanks to a goal from Luke Flynn before the break. Then a second goal arrived for the Lilywhites early in the second half courtesy of Kevin Flynn and they powered on from there.

That strike put them in front 2-9 to 0-6 yet Laois did hit back with a goal soon after when Gary Walsh netted.

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Walsh was the top scorer for Laois with 1-5 but they only had three players on target throughout whereas Kildare were in control with ten players getting on the scoresheet.

Jimmy Hyland and Neil Flynn struck 0-4 apiece while substitutes Shane O’Sullivan (0-3) and Aaron Masterson (0-2) both impressed in front of goal.

Laois player Evan O’Carroll and Kildare’s Mark Dempsey.

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Elsewhere in Division 2 North, Down saw off Westmeath by a point and will now take on Laois in the relegation play-offs.

Wesmeath must meet Cork while they also saw the experienced Kieran Martin suffered an injury.

Both sides already knew they were set for the bottom two places in their section after losing their games to date. Down were in front 0-9 to 0-3 at half-time in Mullingar but Westmeath fought back to trail 0-12 to 1-4 at the second-half water break. 

But they could not draw level as Down held on to triumph. Corey Quinn shot 0-7 for the Mourne Coutny while Paul Devlin scored 0-2.

John Heslin was Westmeath’s top scorer with 0-6 while Fola Ayorinde hit the only goal of the game.

 

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Wexford 0-23
Kilkenny 2-27

Ronan Fagan reports from Nowlan Park

KILKENNY WERE IN the full of their health as TJ Reid stole the show with 1-18 to consign Covid-19 affected Wexford to a heavy derby loss in Sunday’s Allianz Hurling League Division 1, Group B clash at sweltering UPMC Nowlan Park.

Reid posted a personal 1-9 by half time as the locals rested on a 2-15 to 0-7 interval advantage, and essentially the second half was about Wexford saving some face.

It was a rather out-of-sorts showing by Davy Fitzgerald’s men, with their lack of collective preparation during the past fortnight owing to Covid-19 in the camp obviously having an unsettling effect.

The sides shared the first four points before a lead-restoring free from Reid was added to considerably when Billy Ryan angled home a goal after a puck-out from Eoin Murphy to blow open a 1-3 to 0-2 sixth-minute lead.

Wexford kept in touch at 1-5 to 0-5 after 11 minutes courtesy of Aidan Nolan and two majestic Rory O’Connor contributions.

But Kilkenny were packing greater danger as Wexford struggled upfront, something illustrated in the purple and gold enduring an 18-minute drought while the home side enriched their lead to the tune of 1-11 to 0-5 by the 28th minute, mainly thanks to Reid’s deadballs.

Wexford had a massive let-off during that spell when Liam Ryan effected a timely hook just as Reid seemed set to spring through on goal.

But, moments after Lee Chin ended Wexford’s impasse with a point, they were stung by a Reid net-rattler on 30 minutes when the Ballyhale Shamrocks’ man capitalised after an initial save by James Lawlor from Alan Murphy (2-11 to 0-6­).

Kilkenny stretched clear by 2-15 to 0-7 at half-time.

Despite Wexford’s sterling efforts during the third quarter, as they closed to within 2-20 to 0-16 at the last drinks break, Kilkenny remained commanding to put themselves in pole position to win Group B.

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Scorers for Kilkenny: TJ Reid 1-18 (0-14 frees, 0-1 ‘65), Billy Ryan 1-4, Alan Murphy 0-3, Eoin O’Shea 0-1, Paddy Deegan 0-1.

Scorers for Wexford: Lee Chin 0-13 (10 frees, 1 ‘65), Rory O’Connor 0-4, Aidan Nolan 0-2, Joe O’Connor, Diarmuid O’Keeffe, Shaun Murphy, Conor McDonald 0-1 each.

Reid, left, posted a brilliant tally of 1-18.

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KILKENNY

1. Eoin Murphy (Glenmore)

2. Tommy Walsh (Tullaroan)
3. Huw Lawlor (O’Loughlin Gaels)
4. Paddy Deegan (O’Loughlin Gaels)

5. Darragh Corcoran (Ballyhale Shamrocks)
6. Pádraig Walsh (Tullaroan)
7. Conor Browne (James Stephens)

8. Richie Reid (Ballyhale Shamrocks)
9. Cillian Buckley (Dicksboro)

10. Adrian Mullen (Ballyhale Shamrocks, capt.)
11. John Donnelly (Thomastown)
12. Billy Ryan (Graiguenamanagh)

13. James Bergin (Conahy Shamrocks)
14. TJ Reid (Ballyhale Shamrocks)
15. Alan Murphy (Glenmore)

Substitutes:

24. Eoin O’Shea (O’Loughlin Gaels) for Bergin (23)
21. Conor Fogarty (Erin’s Own) for Buckley (49)
23. James Maher (St. Lachtain’s) for Ryan (49)
18. Michael Carey (Young Irelands) for Reid (64)
22. Liam Blanchfield (Bennettsbridge) for Mullen (70+1)

WEXFORD

1. James Lawlor (Ferns St. Aidan’s)

2. Shane Reck (Oylegate-Glenbrien)
3. Liam Ryan (Rapparees)
4. Joe O’Connor (St. Martin’s)

18. Glen Malone (Shelmaliers)
6. Matthew O’Hanlon (St. James’, joint-capt.)
19. Jack O’Connor (St. Martin’s)

10. Aidan Nolan (HWH-Bunclody)
8. Diarmuid O’Keeffe (St. Anne’s)

9. Liam Óg McGovern (St. Anne’s)
11. Rory O’Connor (St. Martin’s)
12. Conor Devitt (Tara Rocks)

22. Lee Chin (Faythe Harriers)
14. Mikey Dwyer (Fethard)
15. Harry Kehoe (Cloughbawn)

Substitutes:

5. Gavin Bailey (Ferns St. Aidan’s) for Joe O’Connor, temp. (26)
Joe O’Connor for Malone (33)
23. Conor McDonald (Naomh Éanna) for Devitt (HT)
26. Kevin Foley (Rapparees) for Kehoe (HT)
13. David Dunne (Davidstown-Courtnacuddy) for O’Keeffe (53)
7. Connal Flood (Cloughbawn) for Jack O’Connor (53)
25. Paul Morris (Ferns St. Aidan’s) for Dwyer (55)
24. Shaun Murphy (Oulart-The Ballagh) for Dunne, inj. (58)

Referee: Colm Lyons (Cork).

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THE PAIRINGS HAVE been confirmed for the 2021 GAA football league semi-finals and relegation play-offs aross the four divisions, after the last set of games in the round-robin series concluded today.

The games will take place on the weekend of 12-13 June with the dates, times and venues to be confirmed by the GAA’s CCCC tomorrow.

The semi-finals winners in Division 2-4 will be promoted while the losers of the relegation play-offs in Division 1-3 will be relegated.

The winners of the league semi-finals in each division will advance to the finals on the weekend of 19-20 June, provided there is no team involved that is playing championship on 26-27 June. If that is the case, there will be no league final played.

Division 1

Semi-finals

• Donegal v Dublin
• Tyrone v Kerry

Relegation

• Armagh v Roscommon
• Monaghan v Galway

Division 2

Semi-finals

• Mayo v Clare
• Meath v Kildare

Relegation

• Down v Laois
• Westmeath v Cork

Division 3

Semi-finals

• Derry v Limerick 
• Fermanagh v Offaly

Relegation

• Cavan v Wicklow
• Longford v Tipperary

Division 4

Semi-finals

• Antrim v Waterford
• Louth v Carlow

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