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NEW CORK MANAGER Shane Ronayne has announced a 39-strong panel for the 2022 Lidl Ladies National Football League campaign.
The Rebels open their Division 1 tilt against All-Ireland champions Meath at Páirc Tailteann, Navan, on Saturday [throw-in 1.30pm], as the sides lock horns for the first time since their dramatic championship semi-final last year.
Ronayne’s panel shows a nice blend of youth and experience, with plenty of established regulars returning to the fold.
He has called up eight players from his Mourneabbey club side, with high-scoring forward Laura Fitzgerald, goalkeeper Maebh O’Sullivan — sister of Ciara and Doireann — and rising star Ellie Jack among the newer faces brought in from the county champions.
As confirmed last week, Máire O’Callaghan will captain the Leesiders for the season ahead, with Melissa Duggan named vice-captain.
Senior league panel 2022 announcement. Best of luck to all the girls and management! @SuperValuIRL @theGAAstore @BlackwaterMotor @spronayne pic.twitter.com/G4Lg8Cqr89
— Cork LGFA (@CorkLGFA) February 8, 2022
Claire O Shea listed twice in error. Panel also includes Marie Ambrose from @stvalsladies https://t.co/WcCXAMwxtX
— Ger McCarthy (@germccarthy74) February 8, 2022
The 2022 Lidl National Leagues are set to be launched in Newbridge this afternoon, with the LGFA confirming details of a comprehensive live-streaming service yesterday.
Over 100 live games that are not being shown live on TG4 will be made available at the LGFA’s dedicated live-streaming portal (https://page.inplayer.com/
Fans can sign up for a season ticket that covers all games in 2022 for just €50; a weekend pass costs €10, while a single game is available for €5. There is also the option to buy single games after they have concluded for €3 each.
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Here are details of a comprehensive live-streaming service for the 2022 season, which will cover over 100 live games in the @lidl_ireland National Leagues, the @TG4TV All-Ireland Championships & the @currentacc_ie All-Ireland Club Championshipshttps://t.co/3j7vLEwHFH#LGFA
— Ladies Football (@LadiesFootball) February 7, 2022
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FEARGAL LOGAN SET the tone when he spoke to reporters in the aftermath of Tyrone’s six-point defeat to Armagh, which was marred by the sending off of five players.
Four men dismissed – Michael McKernan, Padraig Hampsey, Peter Harte, and Kieran McGeary – were on the Tyrone side and Logan confirmed they’d be appealing the suspensions.
The GAA will examine David Gough’s report before issuing suspensions to the the four Tyrone players and Armagh’s Greg McCabe.
It’s expected Gough dismissed the players for contributing to a melee or dangerous play, both of which are Category III offences that carry a minimum two-game ban.
Back in May 2018 at a media briefing, referees development chairman Willie Barrett let it be known that officials were instructed at a pre-championship seminar to crack down on additional players becoming involved in scuffles.
“We’ve seen a number of games where a melee has occurred and we’ve asked our referees to deal with it very strongly,” said Barrett at the time. “Where there are two players involved, it’s fine, the referee can deal with it, but where more players come in and add to that, it then becomes a melee.
“What’s a melee? Making a bad situation worse. So, we feel that we need to deal with that and we’ve given clear instruction to referees that red cards must be issued in those situations where players are coming in and you’re eventually seeing five or six or seven players involved.
“We would be particularly honing in on the first and second person into the melee, shall we say, after two players have been involved. We believe that’s causing other players to come in. Likewise in hurling, if it’s left to the two players and the referees and officials, there’s generally no difficulty.”
However, the unsightly melees have continued since then and referees rarely dealt with them as strongly as Gough did.
These days, melees can occur for a wide variety of reasons. Some teams use them tactically: to slow the game down, to distract the referee or to draw his attention to an incident they feel must be dealt with.
The all-in brawl at the end of the clash in the Athletic Grounds on Sunday wasn’t a good look for the GAA.
The actions taken by Gough were unusual in that he stood back, looked out for the players that made “a bad situation worse”, to use Barrett’s phrase, and followed the rulebook to the letter in dismissing five players.
It’s no surprise to hear Tyrone are appealing the red cards. Kieran McGeeney’s post-match comments strongly suggest Armagh will follow suit.
“Talking to Greg there, he feels hard done by,” said McGeeney.
“When you have a bit schemozzle like that there, it’s really hard to see. I’m sure everybody’s going to be looking at videos tonight and there’s going to be solicitors all over the place.”
Four Tyrone players are shown a red card for their involvement in a brawl.
Source: Philip Magowan/INPHO
The appeals process in the GAA is farcical. Suspensions are overturned on technicalities as lawyers find loopholes in the rulebook. Players who know themselves they’re guilty of an offence routinely escape punishment. It has long become a nationwide trend.
A system implemented by amateurs that’s challenged by legal professionals is fundamentally flawed.
A tweet from Eamon McGee in 2015 summed the flawed disciplinary system up: “Lost my appeal to the red card I got in club game. Irony: any appeal I’ve won in the past I was as guilty as sin. The one time I’m innocent, I lose.”
Following the infamous Battle of Omagh in 2006, when two major melees broke out in a league game between Tyrone and Dublin, four players were sent-off and nine were subsequently issues with suspensions. In the end, only the ban for Tyrone’s Collie Holmes stuck as both counties exploited ambiguity in the laws.
The GAA’s high volume of successful appeals must supersede any other sport in the world.
If Croke Park are serious on stamping out melees, then they need to back Gough’s decision when the inevitable appeals come from both counties.
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It could be argued that Hampsey and, to a lesser extent, McKernan appeared unlucky to receive straight reds. But if the Association does not enforce a number of suspensions, it will essentially send out the message that Gough’s decision to take strong action was wrong.
It will tell club and county players that mass brawls are still part of the game.
As the number of referees decline to worrying levels across the country, failing to back Gough could have unwanted repercussions for officiating.
“I’ve actually seen situations in club games in Kerry where referees have made calls (to send players off),” said Marc Ó Sé on The42 GAA Weekly.
“Obviously a lot of club teams video their games. They’ve appealed, sent them into the CCCC and they’ve got off. What it’s done is it has disillusioned a lot of referees who are saying, ‘What’s the point?’ I know one or two referees in fact who’ve decided not to referee anymore.
“By taking the decision away from them, maybe they feel they’re losing integrity in some way. It will be a huge thing to see what the GAA are going to do.
“There will be appeals, Tyrone are certainly going to appeal. It will be very interesting over the next few days to see what’s going to happen there.”
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– Updated with third-level GAA live-streaming midweek info
GAA FANS ARE set for a huge weekend of TV and livestream coverage next weekend with eight games set to be covered.
It’s Round 2 of the hurling with Saturday’s matches featuring Antrim hosting Dublin and All-Ireland champions Limerick welcome Henry Shefflin’s Galway to the Gaelic Grounds.
Croke Park hosts the best club sides in the country as the All-Ireland senior finals taking place on Saturday with a Kilkenny (Ballyhale) against Waterford (Ballygunner) final in store for the hurling, while Down’s Kilcoo and Dublin’s Kilmacud Crokes meet in the football decider.
The ladies football league commences with Round 1 and there’s a Saturday night Division 1 fixture as Donegal face Galway live on TG4.
Then on Sunday it’s all hurling action with Clare, Wexford, Cork, Offaly, Kilkenny and Tipperary all being covered.
There is also set to be colleges action live-streamed midweek with the Fitzgibbon Cup quarter-finals and Sigerson Cup semi-finals down for decision, four of those games are being covered.
Here’s what’s in store:
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STEELSTOWN BRIAN ÓGS were crowned All-Ireland intermediate champions yesterday, the Derry club etching their names into history in Croke Park.
They became the first Derry side to lift the intermediate title, and the first Derry city club to win an All-Ireland after triumphing against Trim of Meath on a scoreline of 3-14 to 2-5. (Three clubs from the south of the county have won senior titles before in Bellaghy 1972, Lavey 1991 and Ballinderry 2002.)
Founded as recently as 1987, captain Neil Forester gave the full background of Steelstown Brian Ógs in a simply superb acceptance speech.
Full of passion and emotion, Foreseter also referenced tragedies that have impacted the club through the years,
Brian Óg McKeever died in 2009 at the age of 17, after a battle with leukaemia. He had captained underage teams at the club and was also a Derry minor player. Steelstown changed their name thereafter, and retired the number five jersey in his honour.
Charlene Griffiths was another huge club figure, who passed away three years later.
For those who missed it, or those who want to watch it again and again – Neil Forester's winning speech. That'll ring out for years to come. https://t.co/1nVzbJ5pHK pic.twitter.com/CzejrstbR5
— Orlagh Mullan (@OrlaghMullan) February 7, 2022
Neil Forrester’s speech in full:
“To Croke Park, the GAA, AIB, this is an incredible competition. It really is the crown jewel in the GAA calendar because you can see how much it means to the parishes and communities of Ireland.
“We’re a young club. We were founded by Anthony McGurk, Mickey Doherty, Philip Devlin. They were told there was no Gaelic football in the city, but they did not listen. They planted the acorn, it was nurtured by people like Brid Kelly-McElroy, Andy Barr Senior. They were told there was no Gaelic football in Derry city, they did not listen. To you, our coaches, administrators, parents, you nurtured us more. The oak tree grew. Gaelic football is alive in Derry City.
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“It hasn’t been easy. We’ve faced serious adversity. We’ve never won a league or a championship on our men’s team, now we have three. Adversity wasn’t just on the pitch, it was off it. We lost people that we loved; people like Charlene, people like Brian Óg McKeever. He’s the true captain of this club, it should be him climbing these steps, he’s the captain’s captain. It wasn’t to be, so instead, we named our club after him. Even though he was only 17 years old, that’s the type of man that he was.
“Tonight, everybody will know his name and our club’s name, because Derry city belongs to Steelstown Brian Ógs.”
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IT TOOK DUBLIN rising star Kate Sullivan all but 10 seconds to find the back of the net in yesterday’s currentaccount.ie All-Ireland intermediate club final.
Her goal, straight off the throw-in, paved the way for glory for St Sylvester’s, as the Malahide outfit won their first All-Ireland crown at this grade.
With Sullivan’s Sky Blue team-mates Sinéad Aherne and Nicole Owens among others central to the victory, Syls finished 1-6 to 0-7 winners over Castlebar Mitchels of Mayo.
22-year-old Sullivan has been a member of Mick Bohan’s Dublin senior panel over the past few seasons and has made her impact felt when called upon.
A classy forward with a bright future ahead, Sullivan is destined to play a big part as the county look to bounce back from last year’s All-Ireland final defeat to Meath.
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But yesterday, it was all about Syls, with manager Anthony Cooke hailing her heroics in the aftermath.
“Kate’s been brilliant all season,” Cooke said following the two-point win at Duggan Park in Ballinasloe.
“Hopefully, we’ll see a lot of her in the Dublin jersey this season, she’s been in and out of the team the last few years. Since she’s come back into the club this year she’s just been phenomenal.
“Her pace is something else but she has that finishing quality as well. To be honest, it [the goal] wasn’t something we’d worked on but Kate obviously won that throw.”
Castlebar Mitchels boss Fintan Keane, meanwhile, said he was “extremely proud” of his side’s effort in their first All-Ireland intermediate final, though the narrow loss is “heartbreaking”.
While Kilkerrin-Clonberne landed the senior crown last week, St Judes kickstarted a Dublin double with their All-Ireland junior title win on Saturday.
A 3-9 to 1-8 victory over Mullinahone of Tipperary saw them join fellow capital outfits Foxrock-Cabinteely, Thomas Davis and St Maurs on the roll of honour.
Dual star Hannah Hegarty was named Player of the Match after another towering display.
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Waterford star Caoimhe McGrath, captain Aoife Keyes and Aisling Gannon scored the goals in Balltinglass, with manager Jeff Kane in a celebratory mood afterwards.
“We started the club in 1978,” the Judes boss beamed. “We’ve challenged in senior championships in football and hurling and we’ve a really successful camogie set up. This is heaven, it’s absolute heaven.
“I’m with the guys four years now. We’ve been through ups and downs, lost a championship final to a really good Ballinteer St John’s team last year. We made a promise to ourselves that we wouldn’t leave anything out there anymore.
“Came together as a unit and we’re All-Ireland champions.”
Mullinahone manager Paul Kelly said his side were “naturally disappointed” after battling all the way, though the border club can take immense pride from their entire year.
“We came across a very good Judes side,” he conceded. “We knew coming here today that we were going to be up against it, given the population of St Judes GAA club in general, plus they have inter-county footballers like Caoimhe McGrath from Waterford.
“At the end of the day, we’re a small rural club and we got six players from Windgap. We always knew it was going to be a tough battle.”
– with reporting from Darren Kelly for the LGFA.
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MATTIE KENNY AND Liam Cahill had no complaints after yesterday’s Allianz Hurling League clash between Dublin and Waterford that saw 18 cards handed out, including two reds and blacks.
The thrilling draw in Parnell Park wasn’t a particularly bad-tempered affair, although several scuffles did break out and Antrim whistler Colm Cunning was quick to punish those involved.
He set the tone in the first-half when he booked six players, three from either side, for altercations. In the second period Cian O’Callaghan (black and a yellow) and Conor Prunty (two yellows) were sent-off late on.
Neither Kenny nor Cahill felt it was the sort of game that warranted so many cards, but they stopped short of criticising the referee.
“I was very surprised by that,” said Cahill of the card count. “It’s February hurling and the league is going to be more condensed this year, more than ever with the short run into championship.
“Everybody is trying to get as much as they can out of it. Difficult day to hurl but also a difficult day to referee as well to be fair. A very difficult day to referee with the intensity that was in the game.
“That was a hard-hitting game. It mightn’t have been an all-out skilful game but it was definitely very physical. There was a lot of big hits going on and a lot of well-conditioned men on the field.”
Kenny admitted “didn’t think it was” a niggly game that deserved so many cards.
He continued, “There was a lot of rucks in it. You had both sides very committed. When the ball was getting stuck in the pitch like that, a lot of guys are going to get in around it. They’re using their strength and weight.
“There were a few yellow cards handed out. There was nothing nasty in the game. It was just too very competitive sides going hard at it. Fair play to both sets of players.”
The black card has been introduced to hurling for the 2022 season for the denial of a goalscoring opportunity inside the 20m line or the D with a penalty also awarded. A sin-binning could previously be applied with a yellow card, but the black card has come into play this season.
A further amendment will be voted at Congress this month which proposed that fouls less than 25m infield of each sideline “as a ‘rule of thumb” would not count as a goalscoring opportunity.
Waterford were the beneficiaries of the ruling on two occasions, as Cian O’Callaghan took down Colin Dunford with a heavy hit as he bore down on goal.
It was exactly the reason the rule was brought in, and Stephen Bennett duly dispatched the penalty. O’Callaghan was sent to the sideline for ten minutes.
Dublin goalkeeper Sean Brennan also spent ten minutes in the sin-bin. Again, it was deserved after he took down Jack Prendergast who would have scored had he not been denied fouled by the Sky Blues netminder.
Kenny was pleased with how Dublin reacted to bing down to 14 men for over 20 minutes.
“A lot went on in that game we suffered two black cards and red cards in the finish. We had the wind in the fist half so we’d have liked to build up a bigger lead than we had.
“When they got the first penalty it gave them some momentum or stopped our momentum. We had to fight for that back in the first-half.
“We took a four point lead into half-time. Probably not enough in these conditions but our lads showed massive character in the second-half. When things seemed to be going against them they stayed in the game, keeping coming up the field against wind and got some vital scores which got us a draw in the end. It was a fair result for both sides.”
In the fourth year of Kenny’s reign, the Sky Blues have made an unbeaten start to the season after winning the Walsh Cup.
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“I felt myself in the Walsh Cup, I thought the standard and speed of hurling was higher than normal. Usually the Walsh Cup is very slow and lads are trying to find their feet.
“The weather in January was really good and the quality and speed of hurling was really high. That came into the league today as well. Even though the conditions were tough it was really competitive. I thought the standard was pretty high for the conditions on the pitch.”
Daire Gray was a late cry-off from the team after tweaking his hamstring in the warm-up, while Cian O’Sullivan, Cian Boland, Mark Schutte, Shane Barrett and Liam Rushe are also out injured.
Cahill said Jamie Barron and Tadhg de Burca are carrying muscle strains and are unlikely to return for Waterford’s home tie against Laois next weekend.
“The most pleasing aspect for me is the continuous fight and resolve of these players to improve every day and to never take a step back,” Cahill said.
:Today it was a game that could have gone away from them and they stayed fighting until the end. That’s the main ingredient for me every day they go out. I know there was to be more to it than that and there will be but you can’t have the rest unless you have that.
“We have Fitzgibbon Cup were we have to see how fellas come out of that on Tuesday. So a lot of that, bit of managing involve but looking forward to the next couple of matches in the league.”
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GOALS FROM PATRICK McBrearty and Ryan McHugh helped Donegal to victory over Kildare in Division 1 of the Allianz Football League, while Derry were emphatic winners against Offaly in Division 2.
Star forward Michael Murphy was withdrawn due to injury in the first half of their outing in Ballybofey, but Declan Bonner’s side recovered from his absence to ensure a 2-11 to 1-9 win.
Kildare were leading by 1-3 to 0-5 at that point, with the goal coming from Jimmy Hyland.
But Donegal produced a strong response as Michael Langan and McBrearty combined for 1-1 to push their side into a three-point lead.
Kildare’s Paddy Woodgate and McHugh then traded points before McHugh extended Donegal’s advantage with their second goal just before half-time.
Kildare made the brighter start to the second half, grabbing three unanswered points to reduce the gap to three.
But a Conor O’Donnell point halted their momentum and kept Donegal’s noses in front as they held on for the victory.
Meanwhile in Division 2, Derry stormed to their second win of the league with a 2-13 to 0-7 victory over Offaly.
Shane McGuigan top-scored for the winners with 1-6, while Niall Loughlin chipped in with 1-2 as John Maughan’s side suffered a second consecutive defeat.
The visitors were 10 points clear at the break, thanks to Loughlin’s goal while Offaly struggled against the wind and had just two points on the board.
Bill Carroll hit Offaly’s third point in the early stages of the second half. Carroll was on target again shortly after while Dylan Hyland also found his range for Offaly to cut the deficit to 1-11 to 0-5.
But they were unable to close the gap any further as McGuigan struck for Derry’s second goal just before full-time.
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Allianz Football League Results
Division 1
Donegal 2-11 Kildare 1-9
Division 2
Offaly 0-7 Derry 2-13
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Dublin 0-21
Waterford 2-15
ON A COLD, blustery afternoon in Parnell Park, Dublin maintained their unbeaten start to the season after an entertaining draw with Waterford.
This was February hurling at its best. Both counties went hell for leather for the two points in this Division 1 Group B opener. The teams were level seven times in a tie that featured plenty of mistakes but one that was full of intensity, honesty and physicality.
It was a full incident with two reds, two blacks and 14 yellows handed out by referee Colum Cunning. There were two penalties awarded, both for Waterford and converted by Stephen Bennett. The full-forward finished with 2-10 but was well shackled by play by the excellent Eoghan O’Donnell.
Dublin may feel aggrieved not to have won it given they missed two late shots at the posts, but overall both Mattie Kenny and Liam Cahill could be reasonably happy with a share of the spoils.
The Sky Blues shared around their scorers far more than their opponents as nine players hit the scoreboard, though marksman Donal Burke led the way.
Having scored 0-42 in the pre-season, the Na Fianna forward continued his deadly accurate shooting with a 12-point haul here. Elsewhere Danny Sutcliffe won man-of-the-match after getting through a sight of ball and their midfield partnership of Conor Burke and Chris Crummey controlled much of the match.
Dublin played 20 minutes with a man disadvantage having seen Cian O’Callaghan and Sean Brennan black carded in either half. O’Callaghan received a late red card to see Dublin reduced to 14 men while Conor Prunty likewise received his marching orders shortly before the finish.
Dublin’s Cian O’Callaghan is sent-off.
Source: Lorraine O’Sullivan/INPHO
This was Cahill’s first competitive game in charge since he turned down the offer to take over his native Tipperary and there was plenty to please him from Waterford’s performance.
Despite missing their Ballygunner contingent, in addition to Jamie Barron, Tadhg de Burca and Shane McNulty, they gave their fill of it to an almost full-strength Dublin.
The Deise were led by Austin Gleeson at centre-forward, while Tom Barron and DJ Foran enjoyed bright spells.
The Waterford boss stated earlier this week he hopes to reach the knockout stages of the league. This may well turn out to be a valuable point in the race to emerge from a group that also includes Tipperary, Kilkenny, Antrim and Laois.
Dublin arrived into this game in good form, having easily defeated Wexford and Galway during their run to the Walsh Cup title.
Backed by a very strong breeze, Dublin raced into an early three point lead. The first major talking point of the clash arrived when Colin Dunford was fouled by Cian O’Callaghan after he skinned Andrew Dunphy.
Because a goalscoring was denied by O’Callaghan, a penalty was awarded and the Cuala defender was sinbinned. Stephen Bennett drilled the penalty into the bottom corner, sending the Deise 1-1 to 0-3 ahead.
Waterford added a pair of scores through Austin Gleeson who looked dangerous in the opening half. After O’Callaghan returned to the field and Dublin were restored to their full compliment they shot seven scores without reply to take control.
The pick of them came from full-back Eoghan O’Donnell, who fired from over well inside his own half. Burke added five frees as Kenny’s side led by 0-11 to 1-4 at the break.
There was a sense however, that Dublin’s eight wides would prove costly given the size of the gale behind Waterford after the interval.
It was a niggly opening period where six yellow cards were handed out, split evenly between the teams. That figure had risen to 12 by the 49th minute after an off-the-ball scuffle that resulted in a lengthy stoppage as the referee consulted with his umpires.
Dublin’s Donal Burke tackles Carthach Daly of Waterford.
Source: Lorraine O’Sullivan/INPHO
Three scores from Burke left Dublin 0-13 to 1-6 ahead but Waterford started to assert themselves on the contest. Gleeson continued to cause problems and he won a close-range free that Bennett drilled over.
Bennett set-up Dunford with a diagonal ball for a score and then Foran drove over his second impressive effort. Just like the first, Waterford’s second goal arrived from Bennett’s stick via a penalty. Gleeson won a long delivery and picked out Jack Prendergast who somehow ghosted unmarked in front of Sean Brennan’s goal.
Brennan raced out and tripped Prendergast as he attempted to sidestep the keeper just inside the 21. Brennan was black carded, with Ronan Hayes replaced by sub goalie Alan Nolan. Bennett dispatched the penalty to push his team 2-10 to 0-15.
In the end it was a battle between free-takers Burke and Bennett as the sides were inseparable after an exciting finish.
Scorers for Waterford: Stephen Bennett 2-10 (2-0 pen, 0-9f), Austin Gleeson and DJ Foran 0-2 each, Colin Dunford 0-1.
Scorers for Dublin: Donal Burke 0-12 (0-10f, 0-1 65), Conor Burke 0-2, Eoghan O’Donnell, Chris Crummey, Riain McBride, Danny Sutcliffe, Ronan Hayes, Fergal Whitely and Eamonn Dillon 0-1 each.
Waterford
1. Shaun O’Brien (De La Salle)
2. Conor Gleeson (Fourmilewater), 3. Conor Prunty (Abbeyside), 4. Kieran Bennett (Ballysaggart) 4. Darragh Lynch (Passage)
5. Jack Fagan (De La Salle), 6. Iarlaith Daly (Lismore), 7. Tom Barron (Fourmilewater)
8. Carthach Daly (Lismore), 9. Jack Prendergast (Lismore)
10. Michael Kiely (Abbeyside), 11. Austin Gleeson (Mount Sion), 12. DJ Foran (Portlaw)
10. Patrick Curran (Dungarvan), 14. Shane Bennett (Ballysaggart), 15. Colin Dunford (Colligan)
Subs
20. Michael Kiely (Abbeyside) for Shane Bennett (48)
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21. Billy Power (Clonea) for Dunford (61)
24. Ciaran Kirwan (Kill) for Gleeson (67)
Dublin
1. Sean Brennan (Cuala)
2. Andrew Dunphy (St Brigi’ds) 3. Eoghan O’Donnell (Whitehall Colmcille), 4. Cian O’Callaghan (Cuala)
17. John Bellew (Lucan Sarsfields), 6. Paddy Smyth (Clontarf), 7. James Madden (Ballyboden St Enda’s)
8. Conor Burke (St Vincent’s), 9. Chris Crummey (Lucan Sarsfields)
12. Danny Sutcliffe (St Jude’s), 11. Riain McBride (St Vincent’s), 1. Donal Burke (Na Fianna)
13. Fergal Whitely (Kilmacud Crokes), 14. Ronan Hayes (Kilmacud Crokes) 15. Colin Currie (Na Fianna).
Subs
23 Eamonn Dillon (St Finbarr’s) for Currie (48)
16. Alan Nolan (St Brigid’s) for Hayes (54)
22. Davy Keogh (Thomas Davis) for Brennan (64)
Referee: Colum Cunning (Antrim).
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Wexford 1-11
Limerick 0-11
Ronan Fagan reports from Chadwicks Wexford Park
ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONS Limerick were rocked by a second-half Mikie Dwyer goal in Sunday’s Allianz Hurling League Division 1 opener against jubilant Wexford at a blustery Chadwicks Wexford Park.
John Kiely’s men overcame some alarming first-half shooting – ten wides – to lead 0-7 to 0-6 at the break.
But Wexford kept pace and stoutly maintained an edge after Dwyer’s 59th minute breakthrough turned the tables by 1-9 to 0-11 as the Model County secured their first competitive victory over the Shannonsiders since the corresponding league fixture in 2017.
Wexford’s odds-defying feat is testament to the fortitude of the squad just a week after suffering a sixteen point hammering by Dublin in the Walsh Cup final, and manager Darragh Egan started with eleven of that side in a resounding display of faith.
Limerick had stormed to Munster league honours in January, and they started with nine of last August’s All-Ireland heroes on this occasion.
But their finishing troubles from that pre-season tournament carried over into this Group A league duel as they squandered a host of chances despite first assistance of the strong wind.
Indeed, as they erred, Jack O’Connor fired Wexford into a 0-2 to níl lead before Declan Hannon and Aaron Gillane levelled after twelve minutes.
But Limerick’s shooting issues saw Oisín Foley, a league debutante, and Diarmuid O’Keeffe assert Wexford by 0-4 to 0-2 before Conor McDonald was denied a goal as Dan Morrissey recovered to clear.
Wexford maintained a two point advantage following a double exchange of scores, but Limerick sorted out their radar to claw out a 0-7 to 0-6 interval lead after a double from Gearóid Hegarty and a Diarmaid Byrnes’ free.
Byrnes tagged on another dead-ball on the resumption, but a further Jack O’Connor brace hammered home Wexford’s intent, and the sides remained inseparable after 47 minutes as Oisín Foley cancelled out a David Reidy free (0-9 each).
Limerick sought to steal clear as Robbie Hanley and Hegarty shot them 0-11 to 0-9 clear.
But Wexford fired back with the decisive blow – Mikie Dwyer latching onto a long-range Jack O’Connor free to net despite losing his balance.
Conor McDonald and Connal Flood increased the margin to 1-11 to 0-11 before Wexford held firm in the face of desperate Limerick efforts to salvage something.
Scorers for Wexford: Jack O’Connor (0-5, 4 frees), Mikie Dwyer (1-0), Oisín Foley, Connal Flood (0-2 each), Diarmuid O’Keeffe, Conor McDonald (0-1 each).
Scorers for Limerick: Diarmaid Byrnes (0-3, 1 ’65, 2 frees), Gearóid Hegarty (0-3), Aaron Gillane (0-2 frees), Declan Hannon, David Reidy (free), Robbie Hanley (0-1 each).
Wexford
1 Mark Fanning (Glynn-Barntown)
2 Simon Donohoe (Shelmaliers), 3 Liam Ryan (Rapparees), 4 Matthew O’Hanlon (St. James’)
5 Damien Reck (Oylegate-Glenbrien), 6 Pádraig Foley (Crossabeg-Ballymurn), 20 Connal Flood (Cloughbawn)
8 Diarmuid O’Keeffe (St. Anne’s), 9 Cathal Dunbar (Naomh Éanna)
11 Liam Óg McGovern (St. Anne’s), 7 Jack O’Connor (St. Martin’s), 12 Charlie McGuckin (Naomh Éanna)
10 Oisín Foley (Crossabeg-Ballymurn), 14 Conor McDonald (Naomh Éanna), 15 Mikie Dwyer (Fethard)
Subs:
19 David Dunne (Davidstown-Courtnacuddy) for Dunbar (60)
25 Oisín Pepper (Rapparees) for McGuckin (64)
23 Paul Morris (Ferns St. Aidan’s) for O’Connor (70)
Limerick
1 Nicky Quaid (Effin)
2 Barry Nash (South Liberties), 3 Dan Morrissey (Ahane), 4 Richie English (Doon)
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5 Diarmaid Byrnes (Patrickswell), 6 Declan Hannon (Adare), 7 Colin Coughlan (Ballybrawn)
22 Robbie Hanley (Kilmallock), 9 William O’Donoghue (Na Piarsaigh)
10 Cathal O’Neill (Crecora Manister), 11 Tom Morrissey (Ahane), 12 Gearoid Hegarty (St, Patrick’s)
13 Aaron Gillane (Patrickswell), 14 Pat Ryan (Doon), 15 David Reidy (Dromin-Athlacca)
Subs:
21 Seamus Flanagan (Feohanagh-Castlemahon) for Gillane (HT)
26 Oisín O’Reilly (Kilmallock) for Ryan (46)
17 Conor Boylan (Na Piarsaigh) for O’Neill (60)
24 Darren O’Connell (Kildimo-Pallaskenry) for Reidy (67)
8 Brian O’Grady (Kilteely-Dromkeen) for Hanley (70)
Referee: Thomas Walsh (Waterford).
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