Friday 24 May 2013
MAYBE it is a figment of this column's imagination, but the championship just ended surely confirms the need for an aggressive clampdown on the practice of throwing hurleys.
Time and again this summer, photographs of goals being scored picked up images of timber flying, literally. This is a relatively new phenomenon in hurling and one that should bring the perpetrator an automatic red. Or do we wait until the handle of a thrown hurley penetrates someone's face-guard at the cost of an eye?
DUBLIN hurling hopes have received a major boost after Ciaran Kilkenny confirmed he would like to line out for the county seniors next year.
TIPPERARY manager Eamon O'Shea has omitted a number of big names from his 31-man squad for the Munster SHC semi-final against Limerick on June 9, writes Jackie Cahill.
PLAYED 7, Won 2, Lost 5 – that's Antrim's disappointing record in the five seasons they have figured in the Leinster SHC.
DUBLIN hurling hopes have received a major boost after Ciaran Kilkenny confirmed he would like to line out for the county seniors next year.
TIPPERARY manager Eamon O'Shea has omitted a number of big names from his 31-man squad for the Munster SHC semi-final against Limerick on June 9, writes Jackie Cahill.
PLAYED 7, Won 2, Lost 5 – that's Antrim's disappointing record in the five seasons they have figured in the Leinster SHC.
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