Month: September 2021

Abbeyside 0-14
De La Salle 0-13

Tomás McCarthy reports from Fraher Field

JUBILANT SCENES GREETED Tommy O’Sullivan’s final whistle in Fraher Field this evening as Abbeyside squeezed through to their first Waterford senior hurling final in 10 years.

Top scorer Mark Ferncombe hit the winner five minutes from the end for Peter Queally’s charges after the teams were deadlocked on nine occasions.

The Villagers trailed 0-13 to 0-12 with 12 minutes left but a wasteful De La Salle didn’t score again. The Gracedieu outfit finished with 15 wides on a blustery evening, 12 in the second period.

James Beresford, Conor Prunty, Sean Whelan-Barrett and Ferncombe propelled an aggressive Abbeyside to victory. They can look forward to a county final against either Ballygunner or Passage at the same venue in a fortnight’s time.

The underdogs registered the last five points of the opening half to earn a 0-10 to 0-7 half-time cushion. Four Shane Ryan points (three frees) and one apiece by Adam Farrell, Eddie Meaney and Cormac McCann left Salle 0-7 to 0-5 ahead after a lively opening quarter.

Wind-assisted Abbeyside responded with the next five. Dangerman Ferncombe struck five in total, including two from play. A long-distance strike from David Collins snuck them in front.

Conor Prunty tracked Waterford team-mate Kevin Moran and charged forward for a point. Wing-back Darragh McGrath added another in injury time.

Salle levelled the contest again within eight minutes of the restart via McCann, Paidi Nevin and Ryan (free). A brilliant block from Jake Dillon denied Ferncombe a certain goal.

The full-forward nailed the resultant 65 (0-12 to 0-11). Nevin tied the match again at the end of the third quarter. Stephen Enright thwarted Eddie Meaney before Ryan’s seventh point of the evening gave Salle a slender advantage.

Ferncombe, who has scored 2-37 so far this season, equalised from a free and then sent Abbeyside into the lead with a super point from the stand sideline.

Neil Montgomery spurned a goal chance but they hung on. Ryan missed the opportunity to force a replay and Abbeyside jumped for joy when O’Sullivan blew the whistle.

Scorers for Abbeyside: Mark Ferncombe 0-8 (4fs, 1 65’), Sean Whelan-Barrett 0-2, Conor Prunty, David Collins, Darragh McGrath, Patrick Hurney 0-1 each.

Scorers for De La Salle: Shane Ryan 0-7 (4fs, 1 65’), Paidi Nevin, Cormac McCann 0-2 each, Adam Farrell, Eddie Meaney 0-1 each.

Abbeyside

1. Stephen Enright

2. Brian Looby
3. Sean O’Hare
4. John Elstead

8. James Beresford
6. David Collins
7. Darragh McGrath

9. Maurice Power
5. Conor Prunty

13. Patrick Hurney
15. Tiernan Murray
25. John Hurney

12. Sean Whelan-Barrett
14. Mark Ferncombe
10. Neil Montgomery

Subs

29. Richie Foley for Murray (44)
18. Tom Looby for Power (49)
22. Eoin Kiely for Patrick Hurney (58)
19. Sean Daly for John Hurney (62)

De La Salle

1. Shaun O’Brien

2. Conor Giles Doran
17. Ian Flynn
4. Michael Doherty

5. Shane McNulty
6. Jake Dillon
7. Tom Moran

8. Eddie Barrett
11. Adam Farrell

10. Kevin Moran
14. Thomas Douglas
9. Paidi Nevin

13. Eddie Meaney
12. Cormac McCann
15. Shane Ryan

Subs

22. Eoin Madigan for Douglas (HT)
20. Sean Carton for McCann (60)

Referee: Tommy O’Sullivan

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Ballintubber 2-17
Moy Davitts 0-11

BALLINTUBBER BOOKED THEIR spot in the final four of the Mayo GAA Senior Football Championship with a comprehensive win over last years intermediate champions Moy Davitts. 

Cillian O’Connor led the way on the scroeboard with seven points over the hour and the impressive Alan Plunkett keeping up his good form bagging 1-3.

Goals from Plunkett and veteran Alan Dillon late in the first half set last years beaten finalists on their way to victory.

Up to that point the outsiders had gone toe-toe with the West Mayo men with Brian Reape kicking four points for his side, while Cillian O’Connor chipped in with four points and Jason Gibbons three points in the first half for Ballintubber to sent them in leading 2-10 to 0-8.

Alan Dillon.

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The second half failed to catch fire the same way the first had with both sides splitting six points between them over the first 25 minutes of the half and any chance Moy Davitts had of getting back into it was gone when Conall Quinn was shown a second yellow card eight minutes from time. 

Breaffy 0-11
Westport 0-10

Aidan O’Shea’s Breaffy saw off Lee Keegan’s Westport by a single point to book their place in the final four.

Despite only scoring two points in the second half Breaffy were just about able to hold off the challenge of a Westport side under the guidance of James Horan who is in the race to become the new Mayo senior manager.

Breaffy led by four at the break on a score of 0-9 to 0-5 with Conor O’Shea kicking four points and Robert Hennelly three for Peter Forde’s side.

Westport kept themselves in tough through scores from the impressive Colm Moran and Fionn McDonagh – with Lee Keegan pulling the strings in the middle of the park for them.

Mayo Breaffy’s Aidan O’Shea.

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The second half saw Westport take control of the game and with a 15 minutes left they were level at nine points each and a man up after Matthew Ruane was shown a yellow and black card within minutes of each other.

Both sides swapped points over the final ten minutes to have it level at 0-10 each, but the winning score came from some smarts from Aidan O’Shea who looked to take a quick free in with Lee Keegan retreating in front of him and the ball was brought in 10 yards further and Hennelly converted to seal a 0-11 to 0-10 win.

Breaffy did have to survive a late goal chance from Westport – but Seamus O’Shea got his body in the way to block the ball and it was cleared to safety. 

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“Let’s face it, it’s a rare sport that hasn’t been through an existential crisis in recent years. From athletics to cycling and tennis to Formula One, we’ve seen almost every major sport display some pretty ugly cracks as the direct and indirect result of the massive financial pressures that now dominate the global games. Corruption, doping, match-fixing, exploitation: these are what happens when everyone wants a piece of the action, when victory is so rewarding yet increasingly costly to achieve.”

– If modern sport is educating its followers in anything, it’s how to manage resources and interpret a balance sheet, writes Emma John for The Guardian.

The Mayo team pictured before the 2003 All-Ireland senior ladies’ football championship final.

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“In the summer of 2003, an area which knew well the face of tragedy was haunted by it once again. While travelling from her home in Kinuary outside Westport to see two of her sisters play for Mayo against Galway in a Connacht Championship game, Aisling McGing was involved in a fatal car crash. She was just 18.”

– PJ Browne of Balls.ie tells the story of unimaginable tragedy surrounding Mayo’s triumph in the All-Ireland senior ladies’ football championship in 2003.

“The players are faster and bigger than they’ve ever been before and with the amount of ball-in-play time increasing in the northern hemisphere, particularly in the Gallagher Premiership and Guinness Pro14, the amount of high-impact collisions taking place has been increasing for years. There are regular impacts occurring now that rarely occurred in the amateur era. Combine that with an increase in high tackles that the professional era and the adoption of rugby league-style defences has brought, and you have a powder keg of player safety issues.”

– Rugby’s damaging ‘us’ and ‘them’ culture on player welfare must end, writes Alex Shaw of Rugby Pass.

“The Olympic movement in Canada is one party pushing a potential bid for the 2026 Olympics in Calgary; there will be a non-binding plebiscite in November to determine if there is popular support for a bid. Canada has been a strong voice for anti-doping, but if the IOC is pushing the reinstatement of the Russian Federation, how can you speak out too strongly without wrecking your chances?”

– Going soft on Russia cripples the fight for clean sport, writes the Toronto Star’s Bruce Arthur.

Dan Byrne of Bohemians celebrates after their FAI Cup quarter-final win over Derry City on Wednesday.

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“In many ways Bohemians were a metaphor for the Celtic Tiger, living through what seemed like a golden time, winning leagues and cups, travelling across Europe for five seasons in a row. Yet while everything appeared perfect, it wasn’t. The club, like so many others in the League of Ireland before them, were living beyond their means, caught up in a complicated property sale, €7million in debt by the time the fantasies stopped and reality bit. They were nearing their darkest hour when they saw the light, their board voting to slash their annual wage bill from €1million to €140,000. In so doing, their successful manager was lost, as was the entire first team and hopes of winning anything significant. Or so we thought.”

– Garry Doyle of The Times on the Bohemians revival.

“Language is powerful in such spheres and those speaking out need to be careful for, without evidence given to relevant authorities, they have no right to so lazily flash certain sentiments about. Yet that happened as silence after the brief chatter made sure innuendo formed and prospered.”

– Women in sport have been fighting hard for parity, clearly on this occasion it didn’t suit some, writes Ewan MacKenna for Independent.ie. 

“Six years ago, Golf Digest profiled this inmate who grinds colored pencils to their nubs drawing meticulously detailed golf-scapes. Although Dixon has never hit a ball or even stepped foot on a course, the game hooked him when a golfing warden brought in a photograph of Augusta National’s 12th hole for the inmate to render as a favor. In the din and darkness of his stone cell, the placid composition of grass, sky, water and trees spoke to Dixon. And the endless permutations of bunkers and contours gave him a subject he could play with.”

– Golf Digest’s Max Adler tells the story of Valentino Dixon, an innocent man who walked free this week after spending 27 years in prison.

“Obviously this is a breeding ground for greatness — right? Maybe not. What if I told you that the statistics suggest that just 15% of the players who play in the tournament are likely to go all the way and play for their countries at senior international level. Just 48 of all 320 players will still be in their national set-ups by the time they are adults. That’s just three players per squad.”

– Using relevant data, Stephen Finn illustrates the challenge players face when seeking to progress after representing their country at U17 level in the European Championships, which Ireland will host in 2019. 

George Green at Everton.

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“Green signs a two-and-a-half-year contract, receives a £45,000 signing-on fee in three instalments of £15,000, and a promising future with the Toffees beckons for the Dewsbury teenager. Four years later he is stood on railway tracks near his hometown waiting for the next train so that he can end his life, Green’s hopes of making it as a Premier League player ruined by cocaine and alcohol.”

– Former Everton player George Green opens up to the BBC’s Neil Johnston about his battle with addiction and depression.

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1. Jon Walters

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2. Saoirse Noonan

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3. Noelle Healy

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5. Rafa Benitez

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6. Sid Lowe

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7. James Milner

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8. Damian Comer

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9. Enzo Calzaghe

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THE FOUR-IN-a-row chasing Castlebar Mitchels booked their place in the semi-finals of the Mayo senior football championship with a 1-20 to 2-9 win over Claremorris in MacHale Park on Sunday afternoon.

Mayo senior star Paddy Durcan finished the day with four points and his twin brother James with three, while Neil Douglas continued to show why he is the most dangerous club forward in the county with a personal haul of six points all from play.

Mitchels did the heavy lifting in the first half going in leading by 1-12 to 1-0 with Aidan Walsh getting the goal for Castlebar and Conor Diskin getting Claremorris’ sole score for the entire 30 minutes.

The second half was a matter of just getting though it, but Claremorris showed plenty of pride and outscored the defending county champions by 1-9 to 0-8, with their goal coming from a penalty by James Shaughnessy.

But Castlebar were able to keep themselves well ahead all the way through with Paddy Durcan kicking three second half points and they now look forward to a repeat of last year’s county final against Ballintubber in two weeks time.

• Cillian O’Connor scores 0-7 as Ballintubber book semi-final spot while Breaffy see off Westport

Andy Moran’s Ballaghaderreen pulled off a minor upset seeing off Garrymore by two points, 3-11 to 0-18, in the last quarter-final of the weekend.

Two first-half goals from Darragh Kelly and a second-half three pointer from inter-county man Cian Hanley was the difference at the end of an exciting encounter.

Ballaghderreen led by 2-4 to 0-7 at the break after playing with the aid of a strong breeze in the first half with Barry Regan kicking three points and Andy Moran the other for the east Mayo side.

Garrymore kept themselves in touch thanks to four points from Paul Deely and two from Mark Tierney as they looked to overcome the great start that Ballaghderreen got.

Both sides went toe to toe in the second half, but the greater experience of the victors saw them home with Andy Moran pulling the strings in the middle and three points from midfielder Ryan Lynch key to their win.

2018 Mayo senior football championship

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Semi-final draw

Breaffy v Ballaghderreen
Ballintubber v Castlebar Mitchels

Quarter-final results

Castlebar Mitchels 1-20 Claremorris 2-9
Ballaghederreen 3-11 Garrymore 0-18

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NEIGHBOURS KILMALEY AND Ballyea completed the line-up for the Clare Senior Hurling Championship semi-finals in a fortnight’s time after powering to victories in this afternoon’s quarter-final double header in Cusack Park, Ennis.

They join Saturday’s last eight victors O’Callaghan’s Mills and Cratloe in tomorrow night’s draw at Clare Headquarters in Clareabbey.

Three years on from their last semi-final appearance that remarkably included relegation in the intervening period, Kilmaley are back in the last four after easing to a 1-21 to 1-08 victory over neighbours Éire Óg in a surprisingly one-sided curtain-raiser.

The Ennis side were contesting their third successive quarter-final and fourth in five years but their wait to bridge a 15 year gap to their last penultimate stage appearance continues for another season after sorely underperforming in Sunday’s curtain-raiser.

Despite facing into the blustery conditions, intermediate champions Kilmaley hit the ground running, and aside from a sixth minute Danny Russell equalising goal, had it predominately their own way with a clinical blend of movement and scoring power that Éire Óg simply couldn’t match.

County senior Mikey O’Malley raided for four points amidst six different scorers as Kilmaley built up an 0-11 to 1-02 advantage by the 23rd minute.

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Mikey O’Malley.

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Éire Óg did lift themselves with three of the next four points, two from captain David Reidy, but any hopes of a recovery were dashed deep in injury-time when fellow county panelist Mikey O’Neill grasped a Cian Moloney offload to billow the net.

Indeed, with Daire Keane rifling a shot off the post in the next passage of play, Éire Óg were fortunate to only trail by 1-13 to 1-05 at the break.

That was soon remedied on the restart when Moloney (2), O’Malley, Tom O’Rourke and Sean O’Loughlin grabbed unanswered points to nudge Kilmaley 1-18 to 1-05 clear by the turn of the final quarter, with Ciaran Russell providing the Townies’ only real resistance.

With the result beyond doubt, Kilmaley matched David Reidy’s mini-revival to complete a 13 point victory that could have been much greater only for Kilmaley to strike seven second half wides.

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1-13 from Niall Deasy would inspire 2016 champions Ballyea to a 1-19 to 0-16 triumph over Inagh-Kilnamona who were competing in their first quarter-final in five years.

In contrast to the opening tie, the second match was far more evenly matched, with the sides level on eight occasions before Deasy’s 39th minute goal finally put clear daylight between the sides.

Sandwiching three points from Tony Kelly, Eoghan Donnellan and Deasy’s seventh placed ball of the hour, it boosted Ballyea to a six point cushion, a margin that they would manage to hold until the final whistle in spite of Inagh-Kilnamona’s repeated attempts at goal.

Clare senior Deasy also fired eight first half points with the wind at their backs including an injury-time ’65 to edge Ballyea 0-10 to 0-09 clear by the break.

However, despite a bright restart from Inagh-Kilnamona with points through David Fitzgerald and Niall Arthur, their hopes were dashed with that goal after Pearse Lillis had delivered an inch perfect ball over the top for Deasy to crash past county team-mate Patrick Kelly at 1-15 to 0-12.

Two Niall Arthur 20 metre frees were stopped while a Gerry Coote flick was also repelled this time by goalkeeper Barry Coote as a determined Ballyea held on for victory.

Results — Clare senior hurling quarter-finals

• Kilmaley 1-21 Éire Óg 1-8
• Ballyea Inagh 1-19 Kilnamona 0-16

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Ballygunner 3-23
Passage 1-4

Tomas McCarthy reports from Walsh Park

BALLYGUNNER MOVED A step closer to Waterford senior hurling five-in-a-row with a semi-final obliteration of neighbours Passage at a breezy Walsh Park this afternoon.

Pauric Mahony shot 1-11 in an attacking masterclass from the champions while Conor Power and JJ Hutchinson struck second half goals. Fergal Hartley’s men, who are undefeated in 26 Waterford SHC matches, will take on Abbeyside in the county final on 7 October at Fraher Field.

Eight Mahony points engineered a 0-15 to 1-3 halfway lead for the holders. Against the breeze, Ballygunner created space for their full forwards to flourish. Tim O’Sullivan, Brian O’Sullivan and Conor Power claimed five points between them.

Mahony opened the scoring after just 25 seconds. Further points by Power, Mahony (free), Tim O’Sullivan, Brian O’Sullivan and Billy O’Keeffe gave them a 6-2 advantage inside the first quarter. Power was a late inclusion for the injured Peter Hogan and the speedster tormented the Passage full backs.

On 17 minutes, Richard Hurley burst through the Gunners defence and Stephen O’Keeffe blocked his strike at goal. Conor Drohan rifled the loose ball to the roof of the net off the hurley (0-6 to 1-2). The champions swiftly cancelled that out with points from Barry O’Sullivan, Mahony and Brian O’Sullivan. Power stung the side-netting on 22 minutes.

The Gunners hit seven on the bounce. Owen Connors knocked over a free for Passage in injury time, their first score for thirteen minutes. A Mahony free from inside his own half followed by another dead ball put them nine to the good at the interval.

Connors wasted two frees on the restart while Mahony and Tim O’Sullivan tagged on points at the other end. Seven minutes into the second period, Power collected a Wayne Hutchinson delivery and finished under Eddie Lynch (1-17 to 1-3). Brian O’Sullivan and Billy O’Keeffe stretched the margin to fifteen with a quarter of an hour still to play.

On 49 minutes, Mahony’s long range free bounced past Lynch to the back of the net. Sub JJ Hutchinson rammed home a third goal in the last minute. Hartley had the luxury of emptying his bench as they prepare for a first ever final meeting with Abbeyside next month.

Scorers for Ballygunner: Pauric Mahony 1-11 (1-10f), Conor Power 1-1, JJ Hutchinson 1-0, Tim O’Sullivan, Brian O’Sullivan 0-3 each, Billy O’Keeffe, Barry O’Sullivan 0-2 each, Shane O’Sullivan 0-1.

Scorers for Passage: Conor Drohan 1-0, Owen Connors 0-3 (0-2f), Richard Hurley 0-1.

Ballygunner

1. Stephen O’Keeffe

2. Eddie Hayden
3. Barry Coughlan
4. Ian Kenny

6. Wayne Hutchinson
5. Philip Mahony
8. Harley Barnes

9. Shane O’Sullivan
15. Michael Mahony

7. Billy O’Keeffe
11. Pauric Mahony
10. Barry O’Sullivan

13. Tim O’Sullivan
14. Brian O’Sullivan
17. Conor Power

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Subs

21. JJ Hutchinson for Michael Mahony (48)
24. Conor Sheehan for Power (51)
18. Harry Ruddle Redmond for Brian O’Sullivan (54)
22. Barry Power for Wayne Hutchinson (56)
19. Mark Mullally for Pauric Mahony (57)

Passage

1. Eddie Lynch

3. Jason Roche
6. Noel Connors
4. Jason Flood

5. Adam Roche
2. Darragh Lynch
7. Gary Cullinane

8. Pa Walsh
9. Killian Fitzgerald

14. Richard Hurley
11. Thomas Connors
10. Liam Flynn

13. Stephen Lynch
12. Owen Connors
20. Conor Drohan

Subs

17. Sean Hogan for Walsh (half-time)
18. Eoin Kelly for Drohan (40)
15. Sean Tracey for Flynn (53)
28. Conor Carey for Stephen Lynch (56)
21. Patrick Flynn for Fitzgerald (58)

Referee: Alan Kissane

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THE REIGNING SENIOR hurling champions in Dublin, Offaly, Wexford and Laois are all still on course to retain their titles after the weekend’s action.

All-Ireland club kingpins Cuala booked a Dublin semi-final spot this afternoon while St Martin’s reached the last four in Wexford yesterday. In Offaly, Kilcormac-Killoughey sealed a final spot yesterday with Camross returning to the Laois decider after their semi-final victory today.

Cuala face a repeat of last year’s county final against Kilmacud Crokes at the semi-final stage this season after both picked up quarter-final wins this afternoon. Con O’Callaghan and Sean Moran both grabbed goals in Cuala’s 2-26 to 2-13 success over Lucan Sarsfields with Kilmacud Crokes running out 0-19 to 0-14 victors against St Jude’s.

The other semi-final will see Ballyboden St-Enda’s and St Vincent’s, quarter-final victors on Friday night, face each other.

In Offaly, Coolderry won a seven-goal thriller this evening by 4-13 to 3-15 against Belmont in Birr to set up a final against Kilcormac-Killoughey. Coolderry hit three early goals and were ahead 3-7 to 1-6 at half-time and held on despite Oisin Kelly completed his hat-trick of goals late on for Belmont.

Yesterday Kilcormac-Killoughey had five points to spare, 1-16 to 1-11, over St Rynagh’s in Tullamore. The meeting of the last two champions was a repeat of last year’s decider when Kilcormac-Killoughey prevailed by three points.

A strong finish was key for Kilcormac-Killoughey with Tommy Geraghty netting in injury-time to seal their victory. Only a point separated the teams with six minutes of normal time left but the victors outscored St Rynagh’s by 1-2 to 0-1 in the remaining stages. At the interval it had been 0-9 to 0-6 in favour of Kilcormac-Killoughey, who will now be attempting in the final to reign in Offaly for the fifth time in seven seasons.

In Wexford, Naomh Eanna and Oylegate-Glenbrien both clinched senior hurling semi-final places this afternoon. Naomh Éanna were 4-17 to 3-11 victors over St Anne’s and Oylegate-Glenbrien saw off Shelmaliers by 3-12 to 2-12 in the curtain-raiser.

There was success for St Martin’s and Rapparees in yesterday’s quarter-final ties at Innovate Wexford Park. 14-man St Martin’s saw off Ferns St Aidan’s by 2-18 to 2-11. They were in front 1-8 to 1-7 at the break but stretched clear thereafter. Joe O’Connor bagged two goals for the winners. A powerful second-half display saw Rapparees defeat Rathnure by 2-18 to 1-14 in a game where the teams had been deadlocked at 1-7 apiece at the break.

Camross and Rathdowney-Errill both won their respective county semi-final ties in Laois today to set up a final meeting.

Weekend Results

Dublin SHC quarter-finals
St Vincent’s 1-14 Na Fianna 1-12
Ballyboden St Enda’s 3-21 Ballinteer St John’s 0-18
Kilmacud Crokes 0-19 St Jude’s 0-14
Cuala 2-26 Lucan Sarsfields 2-13

Laois SHC semi-finals
Camross 1-17 Borris-in-Ossory/Kilcotton 1-12
Rathdowney-Errill 1-15 Ballinakill 0-10

Offaly SHC semi-finals
Kilcormac-Killoughey 1-16 St Rynagh’s 1-11
Coolderry 4-13 Belmont 3-15

Wexford SHC quarter-finals
St Anne’s Naomh Eanna
Shelmaliers Oylegate-Glenbrien
St Martin’s 2-18 Ferns St Aidan’s 2-11
Rapparees 2-18 Rathnure 1-14

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1. Danielle Lawless, Kate Sullivan, Sinead Aherne, Nicole Owens, Niamh McEvoy and Ciara Lynch bring the trophy into St Sylvesters’ GAA Pitch during the All-Ireland Senior Football Champions Dublin Homecoming

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2. Gary O’Donovan signs autographs for fans from Skibbereen Rowing Club

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3. Sam Watson with his son Archie at the Irish Eventing Team Homecoming From FEI World Equestrian Games

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4. Ireland U17 player Cian Kelly celebrates scoring his side’s first goal with team-mates at Tallaght Stadium

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5. Dundalk’s George Kelly, Chris Shields, Patrick Hoban and Jamie McGrath celebrate after the game 

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6. Bohemians’ Ali Reghba celebrates scoring a goal with the fans

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7. Connacht’s Robin Copeland sings the “Fields of Athenry”

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8. Leinster’s Johnny Sexton goes over for a try despite the tackle of Juan Pablo Socino

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9. Action from the Irish Karate International Open

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10. A general view of the runners and riders in The Sequence Events Handicap Hurdle in Navan.

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Updated Sep 23rd 2018, 8:14 PM

CASTLEHAVEN CAUSED A major shock in the Cork senior football championship today as they dumped county and Munster title holders Nemo Rangers out at the quarter-final stage with an emphatic 1-11 to 0-4 success.

Nemo Rangers, who contested the All-Ireland final last St Patrick’s Day, were convincingly defeated in Dunmanway in a game where they failed to score in the first half and did not get off the mark until Luke Connolly pointed in the 43rd minute.

The sides had clashed in the 2015 county final when Nemo Rangers won out after a replay but they trailed 0-3 to 0-0 at half-time here and were in major trouble when Michael Hurley pounced for the only goal of the game early in the second half.

It was 1-8 to 0-1 in Castlehaven’s favour entering the final quarter and despite a few late points from Nemo Rangers, the West Cork side were comfortable victors by the final whistle as they advanced to face Duhallow.

The opening game of the day at the Dunmanway venue went the way of Carbery Rangers in their local derby against Clonakilty as they ran out 1-18 to 0-11 victors. It was 0-10 to 0-5 in favour of 2016 champions Carbery Rangers at half-time with John Hayes shooting 0-5 in that period and John O’Rourke contributing 0-3.

They grabbed the solitary goal of the match courtesy of Mark Hodnett early in the second half and were 1-13 to 0-7 clear at the three-quarter mark. Carbery Rangers had 11 points to spare at the finish and will now renew acquaintances with St Finbarr’s in their semi-final tie after losing out to the Togher club at that stage last season.

2017 finalists St Finbarr’s and semi-finalists Duhallow both picked up quarter-final victories last night in Páirc Uí Rinn.

St Finbarr’s and Duhallow both booked Cork semi-final spots last night.

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St Finbarr’s saw off city rivals Douglas by 2-8 to 0-11 with Cork forward Stephen Sherlock striking 1-5 for the winners while 0-6 from former Cork attacker Donncha O’Connor propelled divisional outfit Duhallow to a 0-13 to 0-10 success against Valley Rovers.

St Finbarr’s, defeated in last year’s decider in a replay by Nemo Rangers, were grateful to a strong start as they stormed in front 2-5 to 0-2 by the 17th minute with Sherlock and Enda Dennehy both raising green flags. Douglas cut the deficit to five points, 2-5 to 0-6, by the interval.

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Douglas held St Finbarr’s scoreless after the 44th minute in a game that required 10 minutes of additional time after a serious injury was suffered by St Finbarr’s goalkeeper Declan Murphy.

But despite the accurate free-taking of Eoin O’Sullivan and the return of action of Cork player Sean Powter as a late substitute, Douglas could not draw level and St Finbarr’s held out to triumph.

In the second game, O’Connor excelled for Duhallow as they reached the semi-final for the second successive year and will aim to make amends for last year’s loss to Nemo Rangers at that stage.

Duhallow were in front by 0-7 to 0-4 at the break with Valley Rovers ruing some missed scoring chances in the opening period. They pushed on in the second half to be in front 0-13 to 0-6 entering the finale with Eoghan McSweeney and Michael Vaughan both aiding O’Connor in the scoring stakes.

Valley Rovers hit the last four points of the game with Fiachra Lynch finishing with 0-6 to his credit and he was denied a goal by a superb late save from Duhallow netminder Patrick Doyle.

Cork senior football quarter-finals

Results

St Finbarr’s 2-8 Douglas 0-11
Duhallow 0-13 Valley Rovers 0-10
Carbery Rangers 1-18 Clonakilty 0-11
Castlehaven 1-11 Nemo Rangers 0-4

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