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Irish Examiner
10 hours ago
- Irish Examiner
'We will do everything to stop that from happening' - Saoirse McCarthy hopes Cork camogie learns from hurlers loss
Saoirse McCarthy was a Cork hurling supporter on Sunday. She's been that fallen red soldier on All-Ireland final day. Her most recent experience of final heartbreak was 2022. Sunday at Croker was a reminder to never again visit that space. 'Feel so sorry for the boys and it is very hard to pick themselves up after this, but hopefully they will. "It was very hard to watch as a Cork supporter, you want them to do well, and yeah, you look at them and you say, I really hope that doesn't happen to us and we will do everything in our power to stop that from happening,' said the three-in-a-row Camogie All-Star. Unlike the men, the Cork women are chasing no famine-ending result. They are instead chasing a three-in-a-row of All-Irelands. To get back to their own concluding day, Waterford must be worked past this Saturday at UPMC Nowlan Park (5pm). Following on from their 11-point League final win over Galway in April, Cork have been untouchable in the championship to date. Four outings, four facile wins. Their smallest winning margin was nine points, their largest was 38. Fourteen goals across those four group strolls, and yet McCarthy speaks of a collective neither satisfied nor sated. 'We want to have a full 60-minute performance, we haven't had that yet. Played for 40 minutes, or thereabouts, but a full 60 minutes would be lovely.' The game where they came closest, she digs out, was last year's All-Ireland final triumph. And even within that, they were hit for a third quarter six-in-a-row as Galway pulled up level. 'A great game, Galway really put it up to us. We had to come out and really stand up to that test. It's probably the biggest test we have had in the last couple of years. 'Galway came out of the traps and decided they weren't going to let us walk away with it. We reacted well to it, which is something I think we might have struggled with before.' Sorcha McCartan, Clodagh Finn, and Meabh Cahalane came off the bench to play crucial roles at the end of that game, with half-forward McCarthy stating the panel depth has improved again in 2025. 'The competition for places is a really important factor for us, in that you know there is someone to take the jersey off you if you don't do your job. That competition really drives us and leads us to perform.'
RTÉ News
a day ago
- RTÉ News
'We have a target on our back' - Cork primed for Déise battle in semi-finals
It's been a distracting and ultimately disappointing week for Cork GAA following the All-Ireland final defeat to Tipperary on Sunday. But neither the hurlers' second-half implosion to gift Tipp the title, nor talk or a potential three-in-a-row for the reigning camogie champions is going to let Saoirse McCarthy lose focus ahead of Saturday's vital semi-final against Waterford. A Nowlan Park double-header sees the champions take on the Déise in the later game, which follows the meeting of Galway and Tipperary in the other semi-final. Cork come into the game off the back of a flawless group phase, where they finished top of the table in the five-team round-robin, while they also proved victorious in the league earlier in the year. They have contested the last four All-Ireland finals, winning both the 2023 and 2024 deciders, and are just one game away from making it back to Croke Park. "You can't be preparing for something that you're not in yet, so definitely won't be looking past Waterford this weekend," said McCarthy, speaking to RTÉ Sport ahead of the weekend fixture. "Semi-finals are there to be won and obviously we want to do that, but it's one game at a time." Saturday's opponents finished second in their respective group behind Galway in what was a competitive collective, as Waterford got the better of Dublin and Kilkenny, before overcoming a tough Clare unit in the quarter-finals. And McCarthy is expecting a tough battle against their neighbours, with the reward of a place in the final adding to the expected intensity. "It's going to be some challenge," said McCarthy. "They're a great side and I think they're having a great year, so we definitely won't be looking past them. "We know Waterford very well. We've played them multiple times most years. "They're a brilliant side, they're very pacey and they like to run the ball. They have the likes of Beth Carton, Lorraine Bray, and Niamh Rockett is flying this year. "We're under no illusions. They're going to come out of the traps. We know we have a target on our back and they're going to want to hunt us down. "I think they're going to bring a lot of physicality and pace to the game. "Hopefully, now we can stand up to that. "Obviously, they're going to be sharp after playing the quarter-final and we haven't had a game in four weeks, so that will be something we'll have to manage as well. "They're having a great year and Mike (Boland) has done a really good job with them as well. I think we're just excited to go out and play and see what they're going to produce too." Cork have been idle for four weeks since winning the group and claiming an automatic place in the last-four, while Waterford have only had three weeks to fill since their quarter-final win over Clare. But McCarthy said that the intensity and quality of training combined with the ever-increasing competition for places has kept the team sharp ahead of Saturday's trip to the Kilkenny venue. She said: "I think it is a bit long, but obviously you have to play off the quarter-finals in that time as well and still give the other teams a chance to have a break. "It's understandable at the same time. I think we managed it well. We were the same last year. "We know what we need to do now as well to prepare ourselves correctly. "The competition within our own squad is immense for places. The standard of training has been really good and hopefully we'll be ready now for Saturday." And while McCarthy can look forward to remaining competitive and eyeing further glory this summer, she admitted the ache of watching her male counterparts losing out at Croker Park last Sunday. "We were all behind the hurlers and I'm gutted for them," she said. "They had a great year, and they don't become a bad team overnight, so hopefully they can lift themselves up and be proud of what they achieved this year. "We're just trying to finish out our year now on a high and do our job."
The Irish Sun
2 days ago
- The Irish Sun
Darragh McCarthy reflects on Toomevara roots and All-Ireland glory with Tipperary
DARRAGH McCARTHY was pretending he was back in a field in Toomevara as the young forward fired 1-13 in Sunday's All-Ireland SHC final. The 19-year-old starred as Advertisement 2 Darragh McCarthy scored a whopping fired 1-13 in Sunday's All-Ireland SHC final 2 McCarthy during the homecoming celebrations of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions at FBD Semple Stadium in Thurles It capped a sensational debut season for the rookie, who has completed a clean sweep of minor, Under-20 and senior All-Ireland titles. McCarthy fired 0-8 from frees at HQ, but hurled as if he was at home to seal Tipp's 29th crown. He said: 'You're just in the back field in Toome again. That's it really, you're kind of visualising all the practice you've done there in Toome. Advertisement read more on gaa 'You kind of embrace it. My father would always say, 'If you're going into a big crowd or whatever, just kind of take a few deep breaths and take it all in before anything starts'. "That's kind of what I've done and you forget about it all then. 'Like Liam was saying before the game, the goalposts don't move. They're the same. Four lines, two goalposts in a field — it's the same thing really.' And boss Cahill's backing was vital too. Advertisement Most read in GAA Hurling McCarthy picked up his second red card of the campaign when he was dismissed in the All-Ireland semi-final win over Kilkenny, having also seen red against the Rebels in the Munster SHC. And Jason Forde took over the frees before the teen's second yellow card against the Cats. RTE GAA pundit embrace Tipperary captain Ronan Maher after his epic display toppled Cork in All-Ireland final But McCarthy was handed responsibility for placed balls again last Sunday and repaid his manager's faith. That support from Cahill was a huge boost. Advertisement McCarthy said: 'Liam backed me all day after the Kilkenny game. He said, 'You're going to stay on frees'. 'That gives you some confidence coming from the man at the top of it all, giving you that gee-up to say, 'Listen, you're the man to take the frees'. 'But when you had the 40 lads on the panel backing you as well, it gives you so much confidence to go and do what you do in practice every day and go execute there on the big day. 'We believed in ourselves the whole year and it paid off. We really deserved that — all credit to the lads.' Advertisement
