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Irish Times
6 hours ago
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- Irish Times
Hurling previews: Tipperary bring new energy to a familiar challenge
Saturday All-Ireland SHC quarter-finals Galway v Tipperary, Gaelic Grounds, 6.15pm (Live, RTÉ2) – Up until two years ago, in all of the meetings between these counties in the modern era, from 1987, neither had managed to win more than two consecutive matches. That was until Galway won the 2023 All-Ireland quarter-final at the same venue to go three in succession. Aside from that, the sense is very much that it's Tipperary's time and not simply because it's their turn. Liam Cahill fields a much changed team this time, having introduced a cohort of younger players, all of whom have shown promise. The big defeat to date was by Cork after a match Tipp had to navigate with 14 players and in the circumstances, put their heads down and competed until the end. They have momentum and purpose. Coming third in Munster was an achievement and not a failure like two years ago, and they look like a team that's learning as they go. Older members, John McGrath and, Ronan Maher and Jason Forde are also playing well. READ MORE Tipperary's All-Ireland winning under-20s have supplied Darragh McCarthy, a precociously ice-veined freetaker, and Sam O'Farrell, a lively middle third player. Tipperary's John McGrath during the preliminary quarter-final against Laois. Photograph: Leah Scholes/Inpho Cahill gives an unexpected full debut to Peter McGarry, who came in against Laois in the preliminary quarter-final and acquitted himself very well in the half forwards. Galway have been a more complicated story. They are under new management this year, as Micheál Donoghue has made a welcome return but he hasn't been able to magic up a cohort of new players and so they are less changed from two years ago. Leinster was book ended by cuffings from Kilkenny, even if there was a dead-cat bounce at the end of the provincial final. But as has been widely pointed out as one of the lessons of 2023, Galway have frequently arrived at this stage after chastening experiences in the province and yet their All-Ireland quarter-final record is very strong, having won their last five over the past 10 years. Leinster GAA Senior Hurling Championship Final, Croke Park, Dublin 8/6/2025 Kilkenny vs Galway Galway's Seán Linnane, Gavin Lee and John Fleming dejected after the Leinster Final loss to Kilkenny. Photograph: Bryan Keane/Inpho The most recent Croke Park display remains troubling however, as it featured a lengthy fade-out which all but sank their prospects, plus random distribution into attack and a lack of bite in defence. Even in the de facto Leinster semi-final with Dublin, Galway inattention enabled their opponents to renegotiate a hammering as a simple defeat. It is likely they will find improvement here. Cathal Mannion has been their best player but has occasionally been stymied by the collective malaise. Donoghue has lost Fintan Burke to injury but the team has more in them. They'll need it, as Clare found that any slackness in defence can invite a goal rush. Ultimately, Tipperary's hard eked-out passage through Munster contained more signs of sustainable progress and better life lessons than Galway's thrashing of their weaker co-provincials and meltdowns against Kilkenny. Verdict: Tipperary Dublin's Cian O'Sullivan in action during the preliminary quarter-final against Kildare. Photograph: Bryan Keane/Inpho Limerick v Dublin, Croke Park, 4pm (Live, RTÉ2) – Dublin signed off in Leinster with a very disappointing defeat to Galway but dealt briskly with what on the face of it was a tricky challenge from Joe McDonagh Cup winners Kildare in last week's preliminary quarter-final. Niall Ó Ceallacháin has reason for cheer with Dónal Burke's reappearance – at last – in the matchday panel. Their opponents, however, look a little over-qualified for this. Unless the definite signs of slippage (losing last year's drive-for-five and then this year's grip on their Munster title) in Limerick accelerate alarmingly, they should be emerging from this with some sense of purpose restored. They had undeniably good performances from some players, such as the enduringly menacing Aaron Gillane, but there were also errors – between handling and shooting – that helped to undo them against Cork. One worry for John Kiely is that three years ago, Clare having lost a Munster final in extra time found themselves very flat in the All-Ireland quarter-final and although they won, were unable to raise the bar higher for the semi-final. Although his focus is strictly on this weekend, the Limerick manager will be scanning anxiously for signs of an upswing that can get the team back on the All-Ireland track after the unexpected derailing earlier in the month. Verdict: Limerick
The Irish Sun
a day ago
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
Tipperary legend makes confident prediction for county's future as quarter-final vs Galway looms large
THE appearance of green shoots in Tipperary helped to convince Patrick 'Bonner' Maher it was time to bring an end to his days in blue and gold. As a three-time All-Ireland SHC winner, the Lorrha-Dorrha half-forward played a prominent role in Tipp's greatest days of the recent past. Advertisement 2 Maher is an ambassador for the Electric Ireland GAA All-Ireland Minor Championship Credit: Inpho 2 Oisin O'Donoghue, 15 and Darragh McCarthy, 13, amongst teammates after beating Kilkenny in May's All-Ireland U20 final And Maher, who Three weeks since The All-Ireland Under-21 triumph of 2010 was an important launchpad for what Maher went on to achieve at the highest level. Promising youngsters such as Darragh McCarthy, Oisín O'Donoghue and Sam O'Farrell are already making a similar transition now. Advertisement Read More On GAA Maher said: 'It's great to see and there's huge potential in that Under-20 squad to come up and get into that senior panel. 'From our perspective back in 2010, it was huge for us to get into the senior panel and get involved in senior games, so that will bring them on immensely as well. 'There's a good few of them boys that I think will have a bright future and long careers ahead of them wearing a Tipperary jersey.' For Maher, there was no fairytale ending as his swansong season was utterly wretched. Advertisement Most read in GAA Hurling Liam Cahill's men were dumped out of the Championship with a game to spare in the Munster round robin. Just five years after the county's 28th Liam MacCarthy Cup triumph, it painted a bleak picture for the state of Tipp hurling. Nevertheless, Maher viewed the situation from a different perspective. 'Just in time for Father's Day' - Dublin GAA legends welcome the birth of precious baby daughter He explained: 'Coming to the end of 2024, I know the campaign didn't go well but I could see the green shoots that were in there around the group and I knew Tipperary would do well moving forward. 'Another thing I kind of said to myself was maybe the time for me to step away is now and give some younger player, one of the Under-20s, an opportunity to come into the panel and to take a place and get an opportunity to drive it on from there.' Advertisement COMING GOOD Having come under intense scrutiny following the failure of last season, Cahill has overseen an impressive response in 2025. A victory over Galway in Maher continued: 'It's just one of those things when you train so hard to peak at a certain time and it just doesn't happen for whatever reason. 'But the group got back together. They went hard at it early this year and the fruits of that are showing now. Advertisement 'An awful lot of these younger players, the likes of Jake Morris and these boys, are stepping up, which is huge and it's needed. 'Ronan Maher is always a leader, Mikey Breen, there's an awful lot of these boys putting their hands up to show that they have the leadership quality there that they always potentially had. "But they're really shoving it on this year, which is great to see.' MAGICIAN MCGRATH While the injection of youth is serving Tipperary well, Maher also hailed stalwart Noel McGrath, 34, who is still central to the cause in his 17th season. Advertisement The two-time All-Star said: 'Noel is a generational player. He's always had it since we were playing together at minor and I suppose Under-16 level. "He's always had something special about him. Fair play to him, he's some operator. 'It was a joy to play beside him for so long. You probably don't see half the work that he does away from the field to get himself into the condition. "He looks after himself fierce well to still be able to operate at the level he is. It's great to see that he's still doing the job and it looks like there's plenty left in the tank with him too.' Advertisement PATRICK 'BONNER' MAHER is an ambassador for the Electric Ireland GAA All-Ireland Minor Championship.
Irish Times
7 days ago
- Sport
- Irish Times
FRC propose adjustment to 50m penalty for foul on player catching kick-out mark
The Football Review Committee has proposed a rule adjustment to remove the 50-metre penalty for a foul on a player who catches a kick-out mark. Central Council will now vote on the proposal and if passed the rule amendment will be operational for the All-Ireland senior football preliminary quarter-finals and the Tailteann Cup semi-finals. It was the standout news from this weekend's meeting of Central Council where an increase in league attendances was also announced. The GAA stated: 'Ard Chomhairle is to consider a proposed adjustment from the FRC to the penalty for a foul on a player who catches a mark from a kick-out to be changed from a 50m advanced free to a free on the spot where the foul occurs. READ MORE 'It was confirmed that there was a 24% increase in Allianz League gate receipts leading to an increased distribution to counties. 'Eligibility for the All-Ireland JFC, relating specifically to London and New York, is to remain unchanged for the 2026 competition. 'The following were added to the DRA Panel; Rory Conway and Niall Gallagher (both Legal Panel) and Liam McCabe (Cavan) and Joe Edwards (Antrim) (GAA Panel). 'A proposal from Comhairle Ard Oideachais to rename the cup awarded to the winners of the JHC as the 'Corn Darragh Mhic Cárthaigh, in memory of MTU Cork student Darragh McCarthy was passed. 'It was agreed that county boards will supply smart sliotars for semi-finals and finals in all county junior, intermediate and senior championships.'
The 42
7 days ago
- Sport
- The 42
GAA to consider change on 50m penalty for fouling player who catches kickout mark
THE GAA'S CENTRAL Council is set to consider a change to the penalty for a foul on a player who catches a mark from a kickout, following a proposal from the Football Rules Committee [FRC]. A statement released today says the punishment could be changed from a 50m advanced free to a free on the spot where the foul occurs. 'Ard Chomhairle is to consider a proposed adjustment from the FRC to the penalty for a foul on a player who catches a mark from a kick out to be changed from a 50m advanced free to a free on the spot where the foul occurs,' the statement reads following a meeting of Coiste Bainistíochta and Ard Chomhairle which took place this weekend. Elsewhere at the meeting, it was agreed that county boards will supply smart sliotars for semi-finals and finals in all county junior, intermediate and senior championships. Advertisement It was confirmed that London and New York's eligibility for the All-Ireland JFC is to remain unchanged for the 2026 competition. There was also a 24% increase in Allianz League gate receipts leading to an increased distribution to counties. The Comhairle Ard Oideachais has also proposed renaming the cup awarded to the winners of the JHC as the 'Corn Darragh Mhic Cárthaigh, in memory of MTU Cork student Darragh McCarthy, which was passed. Check out the latest episode of The42′s GAA Weekly podcast here
Irish Times
18-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Times
GAA live updates: Tipperary host Waterford in first of two big Munster hurling clashes
27 minutes ago Sunday's GAA Championship fixtures Munster SHC Round 4 Tipperary v Waterford, FBD Semple Stadium Thurles, 2pm Limerick v Cork, TUS Gaelic Grounds Limerick, 4pm Leinster SHC Round 4 Kilkenny v Dublin, UPMC Nowlan Park 3pm All-Ireland SFC Round 1 Clare v Down, Cusack Park, 2pm Mayo v Cavan, MacHale Park, 2.30pm Tailteann Cup Round 2 Leitrim v Sligo, Carrick-on-Shannon, 1.30pm London v Westmeath, Ruislip, 2pm Carlow v Wexford, Netwatch Cullen Park, 2.30pm Longford v Fermanagh, Glennon Brothers Pearse Park, 3pm Joe McDonagh Cup Round 4: Laois v Kildare, O'Moore Park, 3pm 0 minutes ago Tipp have arrived. Listen to that Tipp Tipp Tipp!! Huge Tipp Support — Tipperary GAA (@TipperaryGAA) 4 minutes ago Ahead of the 2.0pm throw-in in Thurles, Malachy Clerkin has a live update on the team news. Gorgeous day in Thurles for what is pretty much a knock-out game between Tipperary and Waterford. Darragh McCarthy has been brought in to replace Noel McGrath in the starting team for Tipp. Waterford play as named. Tipperary: Rhys Shelly; Robert Doyle, Eoghan Connolly, Michael Breen; Sam O'Farrell, Ronan Maher, Bryan O'Mara; Willie Connors, Craig Morgan; Conor Stakelum, Andrew Ormond, Jake Morris; Darragh McCarthy, John McGrath, Jason Forde. Waterford: Billy Nolan; Ian Kenny, Conor Prunty, Iarlaith Daly; Mark Fitzgerald, Tadhg De Búrca, Gavin Fives; Paddy Leavey, Darragh Lyons; Stephen Bennett, Kevin Mhony, Jamie Barron; Jack Prendergast, Mikey Kiely, Dessie Hutchinson. 6 minutes ago In case you missed it, Dublin got their All-Ireland football challenge back on track with a narrow win over Galway in Salthill yesterday evening, winning their opening round of the All-Ireland series. Gordon Manning was there, and called it 'one of those picture postcard Saturday afternoons in sun-baked Salthill for Dublin'. He added: 'The stamped dispatches mailed back to the capital went something like this – lovely day out west, we had ice cream on the prom and later that evening watched Tom Lahiff put the cherry on top, talk of our demise has been greatly exaggerated. We'll be home soon, see you at Croke Park.' Read his full report here – 17 minutes ago 🚨TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 🗓️Sunday 18th May @ 2PM 🏟️FBD Semple Stadium, Thurles 🥎Waterford v Tipperary 🎟️ Best of luck to the team and management. — Waterford GAA (@WaterfordGAA) 20 minutes ago Sean Moran's two hurling previews deftly set the scene for what's in store in Thurles and Limerick. Tipperary v Waterford, FBD Semple Stadium Thurles, 2.0– Having done a decent job on refitting Tipperary, Liam Cahill knows the importance of getting out of the province to continue the development work and is at the same time mindful of this fixture's pitfalls. Even with their blank record in the round-robin, Waterford are unbeaten by Tipp since the format resumed in 2022. The home side did well, however, to bounce back from the Páirc Uí Chaoimh calamity and beat Clare in Ennis. They are getting good, productive form from the forwards and if the defence can lose focus, it brings high energy and will need to if Waterford get a run on them. On balance, though. Verdict: Tipperary Limerick v Cork, TUS Gaelic Grounds Limerick, 4.0 – This fixture has created plenty of fireworks since the round robin began, most vividly last year in two matches that Cork nicked despite Limerick having every opportunity themselves. Even in the league, Limerick chose this fixture to put in a performance and led by four going down the stretch but again, Cork caught them for a draw. The home side will hope to bring further incremental improvement to their packed-to-capacity venue and put pressure on the visitors' fault-lines: a mysterious disinclination to sustain 70-minute displays and a slight recurrence of the disciplinary issues that dogged their early championship last year. 26 minutes ago Good afternoon, and welcome to The Irish Times live GAA blog for what is another massive Sunday in the Munster hurling championship, with plenty of football action too. In the penultimate round of the Munster hurling championship, Tipperary take on Waterford, at FBD Semple Stadium in Thurles at 2pm, followed by the headline clash between Limerick and Cork at TUS Gaelic Grounds in Limerick at 4pm. Two critical games which could ultimately influence the progression of all four teams. In Leinster, there is also a fourth round meeting between Kilkenny and Dublin at UPMC Nowlan Park (3pm). In football, Clare face Down (Cusack Park, 2pm) and Mayo host Cavan (MacHale Park, 2.30pm) in the first round of the All-Ireland series, and there are also four games in the second round of the Tailteann Cup; Leitrim v Sligo, Carrick-on-Shannon, 1.30pm; London v Westmeath, Ruislip, 2pm; Carlow v Wexford, Netwatch Cullen Park, 2.30pm; Longford v Fermanagh, Glennon Brothers Pearse Park, 3pm
