Month: September 2021

CORK U20 BOSS Denis Ring expects that Kieran Kingston will be returning to fill the county’s senior managerial vacancy for next year and believes he will be taking charge at ‘an exciting time’ for hurling on Leeside.

Ring will be at the helm when Cork face Tipperary in next Saturday evening’s Bord Gáis Energy All-Ireland U20 hurling final.

He does not view himself as a contender for the senior position and expects Kingston to return given he ‘has unfinished business’ after departing at the close of the 2017 campaign.

Cork have been on the hunt for a new senior hurling boss since John Meyler’s departure at the end of July in the wake of their 2019 championship exit at the hands of Kilkenny.

“I expect Kieran Kingston will be the manager coming back,” said Ring.

“I know Kieran has unfinished business with Cork. He probably left prematurely, I know he had established a lot of good practices and good systems, put things in place, good people in place.

“I know it would be positive from that perspective coming back. I expect Kieran will be the manager next year, I think he is excellent. As senior manager two years ago with us as minors he was very good, very supportive. I’d have a very good relationship with Kieran and Shane his son was our (U21) captain last year.”

The 2017 All-Ireland hurling semi-final was Kieran Kingston’s last game in charge of Cork.

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Ring believes that Kingston will have a far stronger panel at his disposal and has tipped some of the players that will feature in Saturday’s decider at the Gaelic Grounds to make the step up to senior level.

“I think it is exciting times for Cork hurling. I think if it is Kieran he will be inheriting a panel next year that is vastly superior to the panel he inherited four years ago.

“I have no doubt about it. There’s some players from this team will be exceptionally good seniors. There’s four or five of them I have in mind straight away that I can see will walk in.

“Funny enough there may even be more from this year’s team than last year’s team in terms of having the raw material to go on and do it. We have a number of leaders in the team that are absolutely fantastic.

“From my own perspective it is an absolute pleasure to be involved with Cork, a privilege, there is no pressure with it. This particular bunch are particularly unique. I’ve never come across anything like them before and I’ve been involved a long time. I’m 33 years coaching and managing.

“I’ve never come across a group like it. I really enjoy it to the full extent. This crowd are different, whether they win on Saturday or not.

“I think Kieran Kingston or whoever next year will reap the rewards of the work of the last few years because there are players coming through who have been seriously tested against the best opposition.”

This Sunday marks the third successive season that the county have featured in an All-Ireland underage hurling final after falling short at minor level in 2017 and U21 last August. Taking on Tipperary is an onerous task.

“There’s a lot of talk about this team in Tipperary,” stated the Cork manager.

“They are the kind of dream team as such from a youth perspective coming forward. They play very attractive hurling. They present a huge challenge from our perspective.”

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Updated Aug 20th 2019, 4:35 PM

HAWK-EYE HAVE confirmed that it was correct in awarding John Donnelly’s controversial point in Sunday’s All-Ireland hurling final.

John Donnelly’s point on Sunday was awarded by Hawk-Eye.

Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO

Tipperary goalkeeper Brian Hogan appeared to have caught Donnelly’s effort before it dropped over the crossbar, but the play was subsequently called back and a point was awarded for the Kilkenny forward. 

Hogan was adamant that he’d prevented the ball from going over. It was the second game in succession where Hawk-Eye awarded a score after he fetched it above his crossbar, following a similar incident with a Lee Chin free in the semi-final.

Doubts were raised over whether Hawk-Eye’s system allowed it to determine if the sliotar had crossed the bar, but the Sony-owned company confirmed its technology can detect if the ball has gone over and that Donnelly’s effort was indeed a legitimate score. 

Hawkeye is called in again when an effort for point is caught just above the crossbar. John Donnelly benefits from the decision.

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— The Sunday Game (@TheSundayGame) August 18, 2019

“To confirm, the Hawk-Eye system, installed at Croke Park, can determine if the ball has passed the crossbar,” Hawk-Eye’s Grace Fenton told The42.

“The system only gives a point when the ball has crossed the plane of the goal and in between the goalposts.”

Some of the confusion surrounded the ball tracker image that appeared to show the trajectory of the ball if it had continued on its flight path even after the keeper caught it. 

Hawk-Eye confirmed that by the trajectory changing colour it was an indication the ball had fully travelled over the crossbar.

“The visual confirmation that the ball crossed the plane comes from the fact that the trajectory changes colour,” added Fenton.

“This point in the trajectory of the flight is signified by the trajectory changing from red to white.”

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LIAM CAHILL COULD have been facing a different Tipperary hurling scenario this week.

Twelve months ago he was a leading contender to be installed as the county’s senior supremo, his candidacy bolstered by the manner in which he steered Tipperary’s U21 team to an impressive All-Ireland triumph in late August.

But the senior appointment saw Liam Sheedy ratified for a second spell and he capped a glorious return last Sunday in Croke Park.

For Cahill there is no sense of regret. He is taking another Tipperary team into All-Ireland final combat next Saturday when the U20 side take to the field in the Gaelic Grounds.

And the decision to entrust Sheedy with the senior managerial reins was one Cahill always viewed as ‘a no-brainer’.

“It was all fairly helter skelter after the U21 All-Ireland. Michael Ryan had stepped aside and obviously names were going to be bandied about. At the time it wasn’t the be all and end all, but when you did enter the process you’d like to maybe have the success of being appointed.

“Myself and Mikey (Bevans), in particular who was part of my intentions going forward, we knew Liam Sheedy was in the mix. It was a no brainer for everybody involved and it has (been) proven right.

“He was the right man at the right time with the ample experience required for a team that was in a situation needing to kick on. He had the expertise of having worked with some of these older players before so the fit was just right.

“Hats off to everybody, especially to Liam, his management team, all the players involved and to the county board and everybody associated with the appointment. It was work well done.”

Liam Sheedy celebrates Tipperary’s victory with Seamus Callanan.

Source: Tommy Dickson/INPHO

Cahill is well-placed to assess the current Tipperary senior management team, having soldiered in his playing days alongside Sheedy and selector Tommy Dunne.

“Tommy Dunne and Liam Sheedy always set incredible standards as players. Tommy was just a complete winner as well as Liam too.

“Liam’s inter-county career mightn’t have been as decorated as Tommy’s, but they were both very passionate, great motivators and great men to put their own game at risk for the benefit of others. Really it didn’t matter what number jerseys they had on their backs when they were playing.

“Once they were part of a Tipperary squad they were in it 100%. You will see that in the squad at senior level, they are a large squad, but the unity seems to be absolutely incredible. It has all the hallmarks of them two men over it, I’m really thrilled for both of them.”

Liam Sheedy and Tommy Dunne lift the Liam MacCarthy Cup with Darragh Egan and Eamon O’Shea.

Source: James Crombie/INPHO

Three of Cahill’s U20 charges – Jake Morris, Jerome Cahill and Paddy Cadell – were part of the victorious senior setup on Sunday.

Their underage manager left them alone to enjoy the celebrations before they return to training tonight and did not discourage any of his squad from travelling to Dublin for the game.

“We trained Saturday evening. I’d say the majority of them went to Dublin to support their team-mates and the county and were back down again on Sunday night.

“There has to be an element of trust in it and to be fair to these players, they put in so much effort and respect over the period of time we’ve been together now that we’d have no worries about them conducting themselves properly and making sure they’re doing the right thing and making the right choices between now and Saturday.

“I’ve left them (the senior panel members) alone. They had a big task ahead of them and we agreed there after the Wexford game that they would, win or lose, do whatever formalities had to be done and they’re back in with us tonight. By all accounts they’re fresh and eager and ready to go.”

With Tipperary engulfed in joyous celebrations after the senior success, Cahill does interpret it that there is extra pressure on his team to increase the All-Ireland U20 collection.

Instead the manager is seeking to embrace the positivity and the likely increase in support they will get at the Gaelic Grounds for the Bord Gáis Energy U20 decider against Cork.

“The place is fairly wild there at the moment. Great homecoming last night, big crowds out and great enthusiasm around the county. It’s brilliant.

“They did it and they did it in style. It was a brilliant team performance really. Thankfully now the senior championship is won and it’s given us great momentum and we’re hoping to come in on the back of that on Saturday.

“It is a big challenge to keep the focus on the job at hand. We’re back in tonight. We’re going to really just hone in around our performance and our game. Concentrate on what we have to do.

“I know the county is gone wild. Hopefully we have a big following here on Saturday. We as a management team and panel have to get our heads around what will be required. This is going to be a massive challenge on Saturday.”

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FORMER OFFICERS OF St Mary’s, Athenry have reiterated their call for the GAA to hold a full investigation into how child welfare hearings were conducted in the club in 2017 and 2018.

Last week the GAA issued a public apology for a false allegation made against former juvenile club chairman Robert Ruane.

A press release from former club officers last week said the claim was made in letters circulated to club members last year by the GAA’s National Child Safeguarding Committee.

A statement issued by former club chairman Sean Keane on behalf of former club officers reads:

“Following the apology by the GAA to our former Juvenile Chairman Robert Ruane, Athenry, we are again calling on GAA President John Horan and Croke Park officials to hold a full independent audit and investigation into how Child Welfare Hearings were conducted in our Club in 2017 and 2018. 

“In calling for this investigation, we are motivated by our collective responsibility to protect children at all times. This responsibility should never be compromised for any reason. 

“Club members, officers, coaches, parents and volunteers must have complete confidence in the GAA’s child safety procedures. Innocent volunteers should not have to live in fear of being unfairly persecuted or prosecuted or of being subjected to false allegations of child abuse.

“We are therefore asking for a full truthful version of events to be established. We seek only for improvements to be made to the GAA’s Child Safeguarding procedures so that no other Club or volunteer should have to suffer the same deep hurt and distress that was caused to our children, members and community.”

The former St Mary’s officers say they have already contacted John Horan with areas of interest they want to be examined.

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KILKENNY STAR RICHIE Hogan has opened up about his All-Ireland final red card, saying that there is “absolutely no way” he should have been sent off for a high tackle on Tipperary’s Cathal Barrett.

Liam Sheedy’s Premier side were 3-25 to 0-20 winners over the Cats at Croke Park on Sunday, and Hogan’s 33rd-minute dismissal came as a huge talking point from the clash of the old rivals.

Referee James Owens flashed red at Hogan for the late, high challenge with the scoreline reading 1-8 to 0-10 at the time. From there, the momentum swung in Tipperary’s favour and the game escaped 14-man Kilkenny.

And on Off The Ball this evening, seven-time All-Ireland winner Hogan addressed the incident publicly for the first time. 

“I watched it back there this morning,” he said. “I stayed away from it earlier on — but I was going in for a shoulder on Cathal Barrett, he side-stepped inside and my momentum took me through.

In my opinion, there was absolutely no way it was a sending-off. I suppose that’s the way these things go. Sometimes these decisions go for you and sometimes they go against.

“It was clear as day to anyone at the match, what I was trying to do,” he added.

“The first thing I thought was to turn around and get back and get after the ball, but when I saw him on the ground I thought ‘Alright, it’s a free’.

“I was complaining about getting a yellow card, because it was one of those clearly accidental, honest challenges in my opinion. I just assumed that he [Owens] had taken the wrong card, to be honest with you.”

The Danesfort man explained how he was “amazed” and “astounded” to be handed his marching orders and how he’s almost certain Owens said it was a “late challenge”.

“It’s disappointing. But hurling is an incredibly difficult game to referee. I wouldn’t be pointing any blame at James Owens, Cathal Barrett or anyone really. It’s just a difficult situation.”

He continued: “Somebody said to me yesterday that they were talking about an elbow. Any talk about an elbow there is absolutely crazy, my elbow does not connect with him at all – my shoulder absolutely does.

“They spoke about your arm not being down by your side. This is not Irish dancing. We have hurleys in our hands – how do we hold a 36-inch long hurley if your arm is not bent?

“My technique in shouldering was absolutely right – I just didn’t hit his shoulder.”

Hogan noted that himself and Kilkenny must move on from the incident and the decider loss:

“That’s the way it goes. We get up and get on with it. We would never look to it as an excuse, or use it as an excuse.

"I'll sit down and I'll think about it"

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— Off The Ball (@offtheball) August 20, 2019

“For myself […] I don’t want the All-Ireland final to be ruined by controversy over a particular incident. I mean, I will never speak about it again.

“We’ll just get up and get on with it, and wish Tipperary well. The next week and couple of months should be about Tipperary.”

And on his own future in the Black and Amber, 2014 Hurler of the Year Hogan concluded:

“I’ll sit down and I’ll think about it. For me, if we had won it Sunday, it would have been a nice way to maybe sign off like that. I’ll do whatever I can to play for another year and we’ll see from there.

Nobody wants to finish their career like that. Maybe it’s a good thing, maybe that decision that I would have had to make over the winter has probably been made already for me. 

“I think to be honest with you, I owe it to myself to do whatever I can to play again.”

You can listen to the full half-hour long interview here.

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GALWAY’S ALL-IRELAND winning boss Micheál Donoghue has stepped down.

The surprise move is a major setback for the Tribesmen. Donoghue was in charge for four years, leading Galway to a famous All-Ireland SHC victory in 2017, a win that ended a 29-year wait for the Liam MacCarthy cup. 

“I, together with the Galway Senior Hurling Management team, today informed the Galway County Board that we are not taking up the fifth year of our term,” Donoghue said in a statement.

“We would like to thank Galway GAA for the opportunity they gave us to lead Galway Hurling – it was the opportunity of a lifetime and was both an honour and privilege to do.

“We would like to thank the players for their honesty, dedication and commitment to their sport and county. We would like to acknowledge and thank our background team and support staff who worked with us for their expertise and service to the Galway Senior Hurling team.”

Galway failed to progress from the Leinster championship this summer, finishing fourth behind Dublin, Wexford and All-Ireland finalists Kilkenny – who they managed to beat 2-22 to 3-20 in Nowlan Park in June. Results elsewhere ensured they were knocked out of the championship despite the outcome.

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LIMERICK STAR AARON Gillane is set to undergo surgery tomorrow to repair the broken jaw he sustained while playing club championship for Patrickswell last weekend.

Sporting Limerick reports that Gillane broke his jaw in two places during Patrickswell’s draw with Kilmallock at the LIT Gaelic Grounds on Friday night.

Gillane scored 0-13 during the game but now looks likely to miss the remainder of the club campaign, dealing a major blow to Patrickswell’s title chances. 

Managed by Limerick legend Ciaran Carey, Patrickswell are currently unbeaten and top of their group in the Limerick SHC with one game left to play.

The corner-forward is in the running to win his first All-Star this year after enjoying another stellar campaign for the Treaty, who lifted the Munster title before bowing out at the All-Ireland semi-final stage last month.

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TWO FORMER WATERFORD players will be part of the committee charged with finding the county’s next senior hurling manager.

Ballygunner’s Stephen Frampton and Ballyduff Upper’s Tom Feeney were both long-serving defenders for the Waterford hurlers and will be involved in the five-man selection committee.

WLR FM Sport has reported that the pair will be joined by county secretary Pat Flynn, vice-chairman Sean Michael O’Regan and the chief executive of Nemeton TV Irial Mac Murchú as Waterford hunt for the successor to Paraic Fanning.

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Fanning departed his post earlier this month after just one campaign in charge, having taken over for the 2019 season when he succeeded Derek McGrath.

Waterford began the year brightly when they reached the Division 1 league final in Croke Park but the championship was a huge disappointment at they lost out in their four games in Munster against Clare, Tipperary, Limerick and Cork.

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AIDAN O’MAHONY HAS rejected the suggestion he’s part of a ‘Kerry mafia’ that took part in an orchestrated campaign to prevent David Gough from being appointed as the All-Ireland final referee.

Prior to his appointment, O’Mahony and former Kingdom boss Eamonn Fitzmaurice raised questions over Gough’s suitability to take charge of the game because he lives and works in Dublin.

The Meath native irritated Kerry supporters with his failure to award a free for a late foul by Kevin McManamon on Peter Crowley in their All-Ireland semi-final defeat to Dublin in 2016.

But O’Mahony has insisted he has no issue with Gough refereeing the final as Dublin chase a historic five-in-a-row.  

“I gave my answer that the fact that he was working in Dublin and that he lives in Dublin that there would be a lot of pressure on him,” the Paddy Power ambassador said. 

“I suppose the media ran with a story that suited themselves and they got a good week out of it.

“To answer it, look, he’s reffing the All-Ireland final, I’ve no problem with that. I suppose the players and the management there at the moment, they won’t even look at that.

“They’ve enough to be concentrating on now for the next couple of weeks, the talk about the five-in-a-row and stuff so he’s reffing the All-Ireland final and it’s no different to a player starting his first All-Ireland final, you say best of luck to him.”

Meath native David Gough will take charge of the All-Ireland final.

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O’Mahony maintained there is no added pressure on the school teacher heading into the game due to the furore over his appointment. 

“Is there (extra) pressure on him? I doubt it, no. There’s always going to be pressure going into an All-Ireland final.

“This is probably the biggest game there’s been since the Offaly-Kerry game and I suppose the funny thing about it is, instead of Kerry going for the five-in-a-row they’re trying to stop the five-in-a-row. Look, we weren’t out there trying to do a media witch hunt to put pressure on him.

“It was just me being asked a question, I answered it and I think Eamonn Fitzmaurice gave his opinion as well. It isn’t that we’re on a WhatsApp group saying, ‘Jesus I’ll put something up now and you put something up later’.

“I could say from the journalists’ side, they were making a big song and dance about it that we shouldn’t have said this but if I’m asked my opinion on something, I’ll give it.

“From my side, when I was playing football I never spoke to the media and I was probably a pain in the ass to deal with and that was just the way I was.

“Now, I can give my opinion on something but there’s no pressure on David Gough. The pressure is that Dublin are going for the five-in-a-row, Kerry are trying to stop the five-in-a-row so there might be a bit of pressure on him for that reason.

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“There’s no mafia,” he continued. “They were going on about the weekend that there was a big thing going to be set up outside Fitzgerald Stadium, the open day, that they were going picketing and there was one person there. Jesus Christ almighty. I think it got two more days out of that.

“No, there’s no mafia against it. It’s just lads giving their opinion on it. Like it’s no different to Dublin giving their opinion on the final as well. I think that’s the beauty about this game, there’s so much riding on it.

“The five-in-a-row is massive and that’s going to be a talking point for the next two weeks and for our lads down in Kerry, there’s no pressure on them.

“I think a lot of people aren’t giving them a chance, even the lads below, so it’s the ideal game.

“It’s like the roles reversed, they’re gone from the team that was trying to do the five-in-a-row to the team that are trying to stop the five-in-a-row so for a young lad, it’s a great proposition to be in.”

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GALWAY CAMOGIE CAPTAIN Sarah Dervan says her side are already focusing their energies on the All-Ireland final after dethroning back-to-back champions Cork at the weekend. 

Sarah Dervan alongside Cork captain Gemma O’Connor before their All-Ireland semi-final on Saturday.

Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO

The Tribeswomen edged out Cork by just one point after a thrilling encounter at the Gaelic Grounds to set-up a meeting with Kilkenny on 8 September. 

It was a repeat of their last-four meeting at the same venue two years ago, with Paudie Murray’s side winning on that occasion. But Galway held firm against the Munster champions this time around, prompting some euphoric scenes at full-time. 

This will be their first All-Ireland decider since 2015, but Dervan insists that the team have already recovered from the shock of derailing a Cork side that was seeking three-in-a-row.

We had a few drinks Saturday night but it was put to bed after that,” the Galway full-back tells The42 of the mild celebrations which were followed by a return to training on Monday.

“The match was so close and intense but you wake up the next morning [and] you’re back grounded again.

Epic scenes! Galway players celebrate after dethroning the All-Ireland champions Cork. pic.twitter.com/SB4Grg621e

— RTÉ GAA (@RTEgaa) August 17, 2019

“Everyone keeps telling us it’s a great match. Anything could have happened to change the game, just delighted that we came out the right side.”

There’s another step to go, we’ve nothing really achieved yet.”

Galway led for much of the battle with Cork and were ahead by one point at the half-time break. But it was the defending champions who scored the only goal of the tie, following a hand-passed effort from Julia White on 18 minutes.

That score appeared to be the starting point of Cork’s charge to victory. Galway have tasted defeat in the last three All-Ireland semi-finals, but they refused to be denied this time and outscored their opponents by six points to one to regain control of proceedings.

“It was about how you react to things,” says Dervan.

“Everything’s not gonna go your way the whole game. Everyone’s going to get their purple patch but it’s how you react to that.

“You answer questions of the other team and thankfully we came out and scored the next six points which was fantastic.” 

The victorious Galway team after winning the Division 1 title earlier this year.

Source: James Crombie/INPHO

Galway defeated Ann Downey’s Kilkenny in the National League final earlier this year, a victory which ended the Cats’ four-in-a-row bid.

Overcoming Cork in the All-Ireland semi-final certainly gives Galway another psychological boost heading into the final. Dervan spoke to stalwarts Gemma O’Connor and Orla Cotter after the game, where she was reminded of the pain that comes with losing at the penultimate stage.

“The heartbreak that was on their faces was unbelievable.

You do feel sorry because you’ve been there and to lose an All-Ireland semi-final by a point is a hard place to be in.”

Dervan credits Cathal Murray’s management team for instilling a belief in the players that they can win in high-stakes situations, but that they must now prepare to bring that confidence to Croke Park next month.

“We were sort of a hard luck story,” Dervan explains.

“We knew we were capable of getting there but we were falling at the semi-final stages and stuff like that the last couple of years.

“It’s 2015 since we were in the All-Ireland last and we’re delighted to be through but at the end of the day, we’re only through to Croke Park. There’s another big game and another 60 minutes ahead of us.

Cathal Murray celebrates after defeating Cork.

Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO

 ”We kind of just said ‘let’s enjoy the next few hours’ and then it was recovery the next morning and getting back into training. It’s a great thing to be training for an All-Ireland final.

“A big step has to be improvement again if we were to stick with Kilkenny. They’ve been in the last three All-Irelands, they won in 2016 and they’ve massive experience behind them. 

There’s no point just getting to Croke Park if we’re not going to go there to win.”

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