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BBC News
17-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Limerick ease to win over Antrim in Tailteann Cup
Antrim's hopes of progression in the Tailteann Cup were dealt another blow as they were beaten 1-18 to 1-10 by Limerick at Corrigan Park. The result means that Antrim have lost both of their opening two games in group three and will need to beat London in their final group match in a fortnight's time to secure a preliminary quarter-final spot. Limerick will take on Westmeath in their final group fixture in a straight shootout for top spot and a place in the quarter-final. The Saffrons trailed 0-8 to 0-5 at the break with both sides wasteful in front of goal, kicking six wides apiece. Antrim full-back Eunan Walsh's two-point effort was the highlight of the half as Peter Nash and James Naughton led the Munster side's charge on the scoreboard. The visitors would dominate the the middle third in the second half and started to convert that dominance onto the scoreboard with two pointed efforts from Danny Neville and captain Iain Corbett extending their lead out to seven points with just 10 minutes of the second half played. It went from bad to worse for Andy McEntee's side as Emmett Rigter was hauled down by an Antrim defender as he entered the small parallelogram, giving referee Kieran Eannetta no choice but to award a penalty. Corbett stepped up and sent the effort below Michael Byrne and into the net as Limerick led 1-15 to 0-8 with 20 minutes to play. Antrim's chances of any fightback were dealt a serious setback seconds later when substitute Fionn Nagle was shown a black card for an off-the-ball shoulder charge. Patrick McBride punched home a Marc Jordan cut back in the final minute of injury time but it was Limerick who would head home eight-point victors.
Irish Times
10-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Times
Dublin overpower Antrim to continue Leinster charge
Leinster SHC: Antrim 0-19 Dublin 3-25 Dublin cantered to a third-straight win in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship as they took care of business against Antrim at a sunny Corrigan Park on Saturday. Niall Ó Ceallacháin's men took a grip early and didn't let go as they were virtually out of sight by the break as wind-assisted they opened a 12-point gap and extended that by three before the final whistle. Antrim were without the services of Keelan Molloy and Conor Johnston to add to their injury woes in attack and that told as there was a blunt edge to what they did as they just couldn't get anything going for a sustained period and there was a sense of inevitability about this game from early on. Centre backs Chris Crummey and Conor Boyd swapped early scores before points from Sean Currie and John Heatherton gave the Dubs a lead they would hold until the end. READ MORE James McNaughton pointed a free in reply, but the Dubs rattled off the next three through Currie and Cian O'Sullivan. A McNaughton free would prove to be Antrim's last score for 14 minutes, by which time the Dubs had rattled off 2-3, the first of those goals coming as goalkeeper Eddie Gibbons picked out O'Sullivan to fetch and bury. The second goal was not disimmilar as another long ball was grabbed by Ronan Hayed, who gave Ryan Elliott no chance. Dublin's Fergal Whitely. Photograph: John McVitty/Inpho Antrim rallied briefly with two McNaughton frees after Ryan McCambridge ended their dry spell, but they couldn't sustain it with Currie extending his first-half tally to eight and O'Sullivan knocking over another score with a sole Joseph McLaughlin point in response as Dublin headed into the break with a 2-14 to 0-7 advantage, which could have been greater but for a fine save by Elliott on Paddy Doyle. A hat-trick of McNaughton points straight after the restart gave the hosts some hope, but Dublin replied through Brian Hayes and O'Sullivan. After McNaughton and Currie swapped frees, Crummey landed a beauty from deep and then former Dublin footballer Conor McHugh thumped over after another McNaughton free. It was clear the Dubs were managing their lead as Antrim just didn't have enough support for McNaughton in attack, as the goal they required to get back into contention wasn't looking likely. The gap was at 11 points going into the final quarter but that was pushed out thanks to Currie and Crummey before Dublin grabbed a third goal in the 64th minute as substitute Fergal Whitely showed fantastic control to get away and blast home. It would go from bad to worse for Antrim with McNaughton shown a straight red late on for lashing out on McHugh as Dublin coasted home to maintain their perfect start to the campaign. ANTRIM: R Elliott; S Rooney, N O'Connor, P Burke; J Maskey, C Boyd (0-1), C Bohill; E Campbell (0-1), G Walsh (0-1f); J McLaughlin (0-2 1f), R McCambridge (0-2), S Walsh; E O'Neill, J McNaughton (0-10, 8f, 1′65), N Elliott (0-1). Subs: S McKay for S Walsh (HT), C McKeown (0-1) for E O'Neill (51 mins). DUBLIN: E Gibbons; J Bellew, P Smyth, C McHugh (0-1); P Doyle (0-1), C Crummey (0-3), A Dunphy; C Burke (0-1), C Donohue; B Hayes (0-1), C O'Sullivan (1-3), D Power; S Currie (0-12, 7f, 2′65), J Hetherton (0-1), R Hayes (1-0). Subs: P Dunleavy for A Dunphy (26 mins), D Burke for J Hetherton (49), C Currie (0-1) for C Burke (53), F Whitely (1-1) for R Hayes (59), J Madden for C Crummey (66). Referee: L Gordon (Galway).
