Anthony Daly: Cork put exclamation mark on statement win with green flags
Shane Kingston’s late goal, and the two green flags which followed from Alan Connolly, put the exclamation marks on a statement Cork performance
HELD UP: Cork’s Mark Coleman is tackled by Waterford’s Austin Gleeson during the Allianz Hurling League Division 1 clash. Picture: Piaras Ó Mídheach
Mon, 10 May, 2021 - 06:05
Just after Waterford had pared the deficit down to four points with four minutes remaining yesterday at Páirc Uí Chaoimh, I scribbled on my notepad ‘4 with 4??’ With Cork feeling Waterford’s hot breath on their necks, I was thinking that the match could go either way, but that thought was extinguished in a blink by a magnesium flash of Shane Kingston class.
); The attitude really was the big question today, I think they passed that test - Limerick start again
John Kiely on Limerick’s return to action in 2021. By Fintan O Toole Sunday 9 May 2021, 10:54 AM May 9th 2021, 10:54 AM 10,497 Views 20 Comments
Tipperary players form a guard of honour for the Limerick team.
Image: Morgan Treacy/INPHO
Image: Morgan Treacy/INPHO
IT WAS 20 minutes before throw-in yesterday evening when the Tipperary team assembled near the tunnel on the Ennis Road side of the stadium in Limerick.
They moved into position for the guard of honour to salute the reigning champions, an unusual time of year for that gesture with a May season opener providing the chance to recognise the kings of the December decider.
John Fogarty: Hurling managers have little to fear about sin bin
Something to keep in mind is just how specific this sin bin rule is. Try and apply the sin bin to cynical fouls in last year’s championship and we can only categorically call two out of 10 certainties and four most definitely weren’t
SIN WHEN YOU’RE WINNING: Tipperary’s Seamus Callanan is fouled by Galway’s Adrian Tuohey in last year’s All-Ireland SHC quarter-final, an act of cynicism that would result in a sin bin this year. Picture: Inpho/James Crombie
Tue, 04 May, 2021 - 07:00
In January, this newspaper listed seven examples of cynical fouls over the course of last year’s All-Ireland senior hurling championship. It accompanied an interview with GAA director of games development Pat Daly in which he said the organisation had a moral obligation to tackle cynicism.