AFTER CRACKING THE Cork senior hurling championship code in 2015, Glen Rovers have now gone one step further. Click Here: From 1989 until last year, the Glen hadn’t won a county title but that 26-year wait came to an end with victory over Sarsfields.  And now Rovers have ended another famine, as yesterday’s gritty win against Patrickswell has propelled them into a first AIB Munster senior club final in 40 years. Rovers ruled the province in 1964, 1972 and 1976 and now have the chance to add a fourth crown when they face off against surprise packets Ballyea from Clare on November 20, a fixture that’s expected to be pencilled in for…

DUBLIN SENIOR HURLING manager Ger Cunningham has announced his winter training panel ahead of the 2017 season. There are some big name omissions as former captain Johnny McCaffrey, ex joint-captain Peter Kelly, forward Paul Ryan, Daire Plunkett, Niall Corcoran and Glenn Whelan are deemed surplus to requirements. It is understood that Shane Durkin has also opted out for next year. Cunningham’s panel pulls the curtain down on the inter-county careers of many players who starred in the march to 2013 Leinster senior hurling championship glory. Three years ago, McCaffrey lifted the Bob O’Keeffe Cup as Dublin stormed to provincial championship glory, securing a big win against Galway in the final.…

It’s Sunday, so here are 11 of our favourite images from the sporting week Previous 1 / 11Next Stefan Slachev attempts a wrestling move on Paddy Barnes during their fight in Belfast on Saturday night. Source: Presseye/William Cherry/INPHO CJ Stander in downtown Chicago. Source: Dan Sheridan/INPHO A general view as the Down Royal Festival draws to a close. Source: Presseye/Kevin Scott/INPHO Noelle Molloy celebrates Shelbourne’s Women’s Senior Cup final victory. Source: Donall Farmer/INPHO Simon Zebo enjoys the moment after Ireland stunned the All-Blacks in Chicago. Source: Dan Sheridan/INPHO Donnacha Ryan comes to terms with the enormity of what Ireland achieved against New Zealand. Source: Dan Sheridan/INPHO James Murphy and Niall…

Carrickshock 0-13 Tullogher-Rosbercon 0-6 TWO-TIME ALL-Star Richie Power played the entire second-half for Carrickshock as they ran out seven point winners over Walter Walsh’s Tullogher-Rosbercon in the Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling final. Advertisement County champs 🙌💚💛 pic.twitter.com/l2TTBrwbUW — suzanne (@suzannepower) November 6, 2016 Source: suzanne/Twitter Carrickshock, who lost Kilkenny senior hurling finals in 2010 and 2013, led a low-scoring affair by 0-7 to 0-3 at the interval and powered home in the second-half. The newly crowned champions lost John Tennyson to a red card on 42 minutes, but they outscored Tullogher-Rosbercon by 0-4 to 0-1 down the home straight, with county star John Power among those on target. Kevin Farrell scored five points…

Ballyhaunis (Mayo) 2-13 Ahascragh/Fohenagh (Galway) 0-19 EXTRA TIME WAS needed but still could not seperate Galway champions Ahascragh/Fohenagh and Mayo’s Ballyhaunis in the Connacht intermediate hurling final. The three-in-a-row Mayo champions set up the tie after beating Roscommon side Oran in their semi-final on Wednesday night. Source: Ballyhaunis Facebook Ahascragh/Fohenagh led by three points at half time and were five points up twenty minutes into the second half. Two goals from the Mayo side in the closing minutes gave them a lifeline and forced the game to extra-time. Advertisement A point a piece in the first period of ten minutes called for a pulsating finish to the game. The sides scored…

REIGNING LEINSTER CHAMPIONS Oulart-The-Ballagh cruised past St Rynagh’s and into the provincial semi-final today. They did so without a number of key players, with Keith Rossiter and Nicky Kirwan ruled out through injury, while they lost Eoin Moore due to concussion in the first-half. Advertisement Veteran Paul Roche compounded matters by picking up a straight red card on 32 minutes. Despite all that, Oulart were comfortable throughout, running away as 10-point winners. After 18 minutes they were in front by 1-4 to 0-2 thanks a goal from minor star Murtha Doyle. Click Here: The Wexford kingpins led by nine at half-time and a late goal from Martin Og Storey wrapped up the 2-13…

Foxrock Cabinteely (Dublin) 5-10 St Laurences (Kildare) 1-3 FOXROCK CABINTEELY MADE it two Leinster titles in a row as they had a comprehensive victory over St Laurence’s earlier today. Advertisement They now face Cora Staunton’s Cornacon in the semi-final. Source: Foxrock Cabinteely website St Laurence’s couldn’t handle the south Dublin side as they lead from the get-go and won by an impressive 19 point margin in the end. Two goals from both Fiona Claffey and Anne Marie Murphy, and one from Ciara Murphy helped the Dublin champions to the provincial title and a place in the All-Ireland semi-final. Leinster senior Club Final FT Foxrock Cabinteely 5-10 (25) St Laurence's 1-3…

Glen Rovers (Cork) 0-15 Patrickswell (Limerick) 0-14 Jackie Cahill reports from the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick CORK CHAMPIONS GLEN Rovers are through to a first AIB Munster senior club hurling final since 1976. Eight points from Patrick Horgan helped the Glen through to a November 20 decider against Clare kingpins Ballyea. Glen trailed from the start until the 58th minute, when Horgan won a free despite having to win the ball under pressure from three players, and duly converted from close in. Conor Dorris added a fine point from the wing for a two-point buffer and while Aaron Gillane converted a free in the second minute of stoppage time for Patrickswell, the clock ran…

Ballyea 4-18 Thurles Sarsfields 2-22 SEVEN DAYS ON from a first ever Clare hurling title, Ballyea are only 60 minutes away from a provincial crown after a truly inspirational fightback in Cusack Park this afternoon. Seven points in arrears nearing the final ten minutes, the hosts would somehow reel in the three-in-a-row Tipperary champions thanks to the leadership of Tony Kelly and a last gasp equalising goal from Gary Brennan to force extra-time. And with momentum firmly behind them, Ballyea would complete the dramatic recovery as Damien Burke and Padraic Maher traded goals before county final hero Niall Deasy fired the last two points to maintain their historic run. It was…

Cuala (Dublin) 4-16 Borris/Kilcotton (Laois) 1-14 RISING DUBLIN FOOTBALL star Con O’Callaghan steered Cuala to the semi-finals of the AIB Leinster club SHC with a whopping 4-3 haul at Parnell Park. The speedy attacker featured in this year’s Championship for back to back title winners Dublin though is a quality hurler too as he displayed again. A dual Leinster finalist at minor level in 2014, O’Callaghan racked up 3-3 in the first-half alone to all but kill off Borris-Kilcotton. It was a tough first foray into their province for the Laois representatives who only won their first county title recently after amalgamating in 2011. O’Callaghan, the only sub used by…