Category: Hurling
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Every team has their own prototype
The above might look like the most blatant case of stating the obvious mankind or womankind has ever encountered, but that doesn’t reduce its credence. Think about it – Micko’s Kerry were the first to patent football by handpass. Then, Jim McGuinness morphed that into death by handpass but then, in fairness, the man from…
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Harvest in the hills all in vain
MEATH…2-18 DONEGAL…1-16 No matter what competition structure a governing body in any code put together, there will always be somebody left feeling hard done by if they end up on the wrong side of a tight margin call. Whether their umbrage is justified or not. Think of Thierry Henry’s disgraceful handball against Ireland that Stevie…
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Cummins called to the bench for judgement day
Na Fianna’s Conor Cummins replaces Philip O’Brien as substitute goalkeeper in the only change to the matchday panel from that which rescued a dramatic draw against Derry a week ago ahead of tomorrow’s crunch encounter against Donegal in the final round of regulation fixtures in the Christy Ring Cup at O’Donnell Park in Letterkenny. What…
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Shine on you brilliant brothers!
MEATH…3-15 DERRY…3-15 The late Paddy McIntyre Snr – a dual player at inter county level, as was his son of the same name – often said “You find your good players when you are getting beat”. There was seldom a greater manifestation of the truth of the old nugget of wisdom than the display of…
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Joyce jolt and Downey downtime could derail Rebel redemption
Without having the Co-Op Superstores Munster Senior Hurling League results to hand, it can still be said with a fair degree of certainty that the hurlers of Cork and Limerick have met three times already this season. It would be a very brave – or foolish – individual who would bet against them having at…
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Stickmen shaken up ahead of rendezvous with the Rossies
Johnny Greville has made four changes to the Meath Senior hurling team from that which lost out to Kerry in advance of tomorrow’s second round outing against Roscommon in King And Moffatt Dr Hyde Park. The midfield is completely realigned with Kilmessan’s Kyle Donnelly and Sean Colloe from Longwood replacing Joey Cole and Simon Ennis,…
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Crash hoping charges stay on course as they take on the big boys
Meath U-20 Hurling manager Sean ‘Crash’ Corrigan has, as one would have expected, kept faith with those who have recorded victories over Antrim and Carlow as his charges move into Phase 2 of the Leinster Championship, taking on Dublin this afternoon at Parnell Park (2PM, live on Clubber TV) That means that Joey Christie of…
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Hoping to build on a good start
Having dug out a gutsy victory in their opening round fixture against Kildare in the Leinster MHC, Niall McKeigue’s side welcome Antrim to Trim tomorrow (Saturday), hoping to repeat the victory of our U-20 lads over the same opposition in Kilmessan 13 days ago. Yes, you will note that, yet again, two Meath teams are…
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Young Royal stickmen get their journey underway
To begin a frantic few days as all Meath underage county teams get their respective competitive seasons under way, Meath Minor Hurling Manager Niall McKeigue has announced his panel for their Leinster MHC opener against Kildare in Trim. The game has a 3.00pm throw-in time and will form the second part of an attractive looking…
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Disappointment lessened by a garnish of context
When the Meath senior hurlers got within a half dozen points of an Offaly side who the previous September had been beaten by Clare in the Liam Mac Carthy Cup Final and Kilmessan’s Anton O’Neill was awarded RTE’s Man Of The Match – and especially with the Royal County having already defeated the Faithful and…