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Irish Examiner
14 hours ago
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Nash hailed by London manager Rogers as huge asset to their Christy Ring Cup sucess
London hurling manager Neil Rogers has hailed the part played by coach and former Cork star Anthony Nash in their breakthrough Christy Ring Cup success. The Exiles claimed an unlikely tier three triumph, securing their involvement in the 2026 Joe McDonagh Cup competition, by beating Derry in last weekend's final at Croke Park. They'd previously lost to Derry in the group stage while they were beaten by Mayo - the eventual Rackard Cup finalists - in the late March National League Division 3 final. But London were full value for Saturday's big final win over Derry, leading virtually from pillar to post. Two-time All-Star goalkeeper Nash, who retired from Cork duty after the 2020 season, joined up with London last winter after moving to the English capital for work. "He's been huge for us," said Rogers. "I got in touch with him in November. I didn't know him before that. Initially he was a bit reluctant. We met a couple of times, kind of became friends, and then he jumped on board. Once he was on board, he was all in. "He's been brilliant and has worked really hard on the structure of the team, puck-outs, that kind of side of it. He's very good at taking lads one on one in training as well, just giving them nuggets of information. His experience is huge and he's a huge character." Birr and Offaly man Rogers was keen to point out that Nash isn't London's goalkeeping coach. "The first phone call I made to him, the very first thing he said was, 'Don't ask me to do goalkeeping sessions'. He said, 'I'm not doing goalkeeping sessions with you'. So he's done nothing with the goalies, we have another goalkeeping coach from Waterford, Alan Tobin, he's brilliant as well. Anthony is more involved around the structure of the team, the setup. He's been brilliant." The step up to Joe McDonagh Cup activity next year will be significant but Rogers is hopeful they can take it in their stride, providing they hold onto their players. "With the turnover in London, it's hard to know," he shrugged. "We don't know who we're going to have in the panel next year. We don't know who is going to come in or potentially leave, which is always the issue in London. We'll work hard and do our best. I'm sure Derry would have had aspirations of competing at that level so if we can keep most of our lads, I think we'll definitely be able for it too." London GAA secured permanent access to a floodlit grass pitch last winter. Rogers said that it has been a huge development for both the hurlers and footballers. "We used to train in a place called Grasshoppers, a rugby pitch," he said. "It was a beautiful facility but there's no full-length (GAA) pitch so we could never play 15 on 15 games in training. London Irish going into administration was to our benefit. "London GAA did a deal with London Irish that we'd put a set of lights down there. There was always a GAA pitch there but there were no lights so we did a deal to put a set of lights up. "We take turns with the footballers. On Tuesdays, they train on the main pitch and we train on the rugby pitch, and vice versa on the Thursday. It's been huge for us in terms of getting training games in. We've never had that before. I'm in London 13 years and we've never had that. The S&C company that we use is based there as well. So everything is involved in the one centre. That's been really helpful."
RTÉ News
3 days ago
- Sport
- RTÉ News
London end title drought over devastated Derry in Christy Ring Cup final
David Devine gave his best display yet in a London jersey, shooting a terrific 1-12, as the Exiles held firm to claim the Christy Ring Cup title. A strong final-quarter performance that included six points in a row at one stage, ultimately won it for London who have claimed a first title since 2012. Their reward is a place in next season's Joe McDonagh Cup competition. That will be a significant jump in standards, though Devine has shown that it's possible to move seamlessly from one grade of hurling to another. The Westmeath man was a Warwickshire player just last year, but moved to London for 2025 and was the difference in this final. In all, London scored eight of the game's last 12 points as they turned the screw late on - and Devine scored five of those. The Kilburn Gaels clubman also scored London's goal midway through the first half, while Enda Egan and Dylan Dawson contributed seven points between them in the breakthrough win. But it's agony again for Derry who have slipped to their third final defeat in a row and their fourth in five seasons. They got it back to a one-point game late on, and appeared to have momentum on their side at that stage, but 72nd and 74th-minute points from Devine secured the win for London. Derry topped the Ring Cup group previously, and significantly, beat London by 2-19 to 1-18 when they met in the round robin. London previously slipped up in the Division 3 National League final against Mayo, who played earlier today in the lower tier Rackard Cup final. Derry supporters travelled to Croke Park optimistic about finally ending their streak of Ring Cup final defeats. But they never managed to get ahead of a slick and fully focused London side that led for the majority of the contest. London signalled their appetite for destruction with four of the game's first five points. Devine struck two of those from frees and then popped up at the back post to volley to the net following Sean Glynn's run through the centre and lay-off. Slaughtneil's Cormac O'Doherty was Derry's main scorer, hitting nine points overall. London led by 1-15 to 1-12 at half-time though a resurgent Derry wiped out the deficit after the restart, drawing level at 1-19 apiece in the 52nd minute, when Cushendall clubman Christy McNaughton hit his third point of the day. That's when things got really interesting because London reeled off six points in a row in response, seizing control of the game and then wincing as Derry picked off four points themselves. Eamon Conway had a strong second half for Derry, and clipped over their last score in the 71st minute, leaving a point in it at that stage. London weren't to be denied, and pulled clear for the three-point win with those two stoppage-time Devine scores. Derry were awarded a free in at the death, but O'Doherty's rasping shot was blocked on the line for a 65 that also failed to yield the goal they needed to force extra-time. London: Mark Kilgannon; Niall Fitzgerald, Conor Byrne, Stephen Whelan; Tom Millerick (0-01), Enda Egan (0-04, 3f, 1 65), Padraig Muldoon; Adam Cunney, Paul Kennedy (0-01); Jack Morrissey (0-01), Sean Glynn (0-02), Dylan Dawson (0-03); Conor McCormack (0-01), Conor O'Carroll (0-02), David Devine (1-12, 9f). Subs: Niall Geoghegan for Fitzgerald (35+2), Rory Lodge for Kennedy (44), Owen Sheil for McCormack (55), Tom Hanifin for Cunney (69), Donnacha Leahy for Dawson (72). Derry: Sean Kelly; Sean Cassidy, Mark Craig, Patrick Turner; Ruairi O Mianain (0-02), Richie Mullan (0-02), James Friel; Meehaul McGrath, Eamon Conway (0-04); Thomas Brady (1-01), John Mullan, Cormac O'Doherty (0-09, 8f); Cahal Murray (0-01), Christy McNaughton (0-03), Shea Cassidy (0-01). Subs: Paddy Kelly for Friel & Ryan McGill (0-01) for Brady (56), Gerald Bradley for McGrath (61), Callum O'Kane for Mullan (68).
Irish Examiner
3 days ago
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Dramatic late Mulry point seals Nickey Rackard cup glory for Roscommon
Nickey Rackard Cup final: Roscommon 3-16 Mayo 1-21 Brendan Mulry rode to Rosommon's rescue with a remarkable late winning point to capture the Nickey Rackard Cup title for his county in dramatic circumstances. Trailing by four points in the 68th minute of a rollercoaster game, it looked as if Roscommon were set for another loss to Mayo after National League and Rackard Cup group game defeats. But points from substitute Ben McGahon, joint captain Conor Mulry and Eoin Kiernan tied the game, laying down the platform for Mulry to snatch the winning score with just seconds of stoppage time remaining, clinching their third title. It was a dramatic ending to an exciting game that swung back and forth though Mayo, the Division 3 champions and pre-match favourites, will kick themselves for letting victory slip through their hands. Aside from coughing up that late advantage, they also blasted 20 wides over the 70 or so minutes as they slipped to agonising back-to-back final defeats. Sean Canning, Robbie Fallon and Mulry all finished with 1-02 each for Roscommon who have fought back superbly in the competition after losing their opening game to Mayo and drawing their next match. Roscommon operated in Mayo's slipstream in their previous two meetings, losing that group opener by seven points and conceding 3-25 when they met in the league. Both of those games were in Castlebar admittedly though it looked as if things may go a similar way at neutral Croke Park. Mayo were 0-9 to 0-3 ahead at the end of the opening quarter and dominating proceedings. With a near patent on possession, they racked up point after point and Tooreen's Liam Lavin helped himself to three of the scores. Jason Coyne of Mayo looking dejected after his side's defeat. Picture: Stephen Marken/Sportsfile Eoghan Collins drilled one over too and then set up Eoin Delaney for one of his two scores as Ray Larkin's side turned the screw. The only concern for Mayo was all the wides they were also tallying with far too many chances squandered. They finished the first-half with a whopping 11 wides and another couple of point attempts that dropped short. Roscommon seemed to draw energy from Mayo's difficulties and suddenly came roaring into the contest in the second quarter. They outscored Mayo by 2-5 to 0-2 between the 19th minute and half-time to take an unexpected three-point half-time lead, 2-8 to 0-11. Canning tortured Louth in his previous outing for Roscommon, striking a hat-trick of goals in that final round group game, and blasted 1-2 during the blitz. It was his fourth game in a row to score at least one goal and he posted notice of his blistering pace with an earlier point after a speedy solo run. Canning's 28th minute goal was a trademark powerful strike, coming at the end of a darting run in from the left. Brendan Mulry's goal in stoppage time was more fortunate as he went up to contest Conor Cosgrove's long delivery and smiled as the sliotar deflected in off him. Collins drew a great save from Roscommon goalkeeper Enda Lawless after the restart as Mayo chased scores. Shane Boland, football star Fergal's brother, clipped two points to help reduce the gap to three after 45 minutes, 2-11 to 0-14. Mayo had the deficit down to just one with under 20 minutes to go but were rocked by Roscommon's third goal from full-forward Robbie Fallon. An amazing game still had a couple of crucial turns to take. Mayo once again wrestled control of the game, reeling off 1-5 without response to take that three-point lead, 1-21 to 3-12, thanks in part to Eoin Delaney's 57th minute goal. But just as Mayo seemed certain to get their hands on the silverware, they had it whipped from their grasp in the form of four Roscommon points in a row and that dramatic Mulry winner. Roscommon scorers: S Canning 1-2, R Fallon 1-2 (0-2f), B Mulry 1-2, E Fitzgerald 0-3, B McGahon 0-2 (0-1f), C Mulry 0-2, F Killion 0-1, C Cosgrove 0-1 (0-1f), E Kiernan 0-1. Mayo scorers: E Delaney 1-3, S Boland 0-6 (0-3f), L Lavin 0-4, D Huane 0-2, R Duffy 0-1, E Collins 0-1, K McDermott 0-1, J Coyne 0-1, B Douglas 0-1, S Kenny 0-1 Roscommon: E Lawless; A Donnelly, J Dillon, M Ward; M Hussey, C Cosgrove, D Finn; E Fitzgerald, J Donnelly; F Killion, C Mulry, C Murray; S Canning, B Mulry, R Fallon. Subs: L Óg Coyle for Killion 47, B McGahon for Hussey 50, J Dowling for Murray 54, R Conlon for Fitzgerald 58, E Kiernan for Fallon 62. Mayo: B Douglas; C Murray, O Greally, C Hession; S Thomas, D Kenny, E Collins; D Huane, S Boland; C Phillips, R Duffy, L Lavin; K McDermott, E Delaney, J Burke. Subs: S Kenny for Burke 41, J Coyne for Hession 47, J Heraty for Duffy 62. Referee: C Doyle (Tipperary). Read More GAA previews: Kerry selection shows respect to Cork but Kingdom double forewarned
RTÉ News
3 days ago
- Sport
- RTÉ News
Roscommon overhaul Mayo at the death to win dramatic Rackard Cup
Brendan Mulry will be the toast of Roscommon hurling after capping a remarkable Croke Park fightback with a dramatic winning point to steal the Nicky Rackard Cup title. Trailing by four points in the 68th minute of a rollercoaster game, it looked as if Roscommon were set for another loss to Mayo after National League and Rackard Cup group game defeats. But points from substitute Ben McGahon, joint captain Conor Mulry and Eoin Kiernan tied the game, laying down the platform for Mulry to snatch the winning score with just seconds of stoppage time remaining. It was a dramatic ending to an exciting game that swung back and forth though Mayo, the Division 3 champions and pre-match favourites, will kick themselves for letting victory slip through their hands. Aside from coughing up that late advantage, they also blasted 20 wides over the 70 or so minutes as they slipped to agonising back-to-back final defeats. Sean Canning, Robbie Fallon and Mulry all finished with 1-02 each for Roscommon who have fought back superbly in the competition after losing their opening game to Mayo and drawing their next match. Roscommon operated in Mayo's slipstream in their previous two meetings, losing that group opener by seven points and conceding 3-25 when they met in the league. Both of those games were in Castlebar admittedly though it looked as if things may go a similar way at neutral Croke Park. Mayo were 0-09 to 0-03 ahead at the end of the opening quarter and dominating proceedings. With a near patent on possession, they racked up point after point and Tooreen's Liam Lavin helped himself to three of the scores. Eoghan Collins drilled one over too and then set up Eoin Delaney for one of his two scores as Ray Larkin's side turned the screw. The only concern for Mayo was all the wides they were also tallying with far too many chances squandered. They finished the first-half with a whopping 11 wides and another couple of point attempts that dropped short. Roscommon seemed to draw energy from Mayo's difficulties and suddenly came roaring into the contest in the second quarter. They outscored Mayo by 2-5 to 0-2 between the 19th minute and half-time to take an unexpected three-point half-time lead, 2-8 to 0-11. Canning tortured Louth in his previous outing for Roscommon, striking a hat-trick of goals in that final round group game, and blasted 1-02 during the blitz. It was his fourth game in a row to score at least one goal and he posted notice of his blistering pace with an earlier point after a speedy solo run. Canning's 28th minute goal was a trademark powerful strike, coming at the end of a darting run in from the left. Brendan Mulry's goal in stoppage time was more fortunate as he went up to contest Conor Cosgrove's long delivery and smiled as the sliotar deflected in off him. Collins drew a great save from Roscommon goalkeeper Enda Lawless after the restart as Mayo chased scores. Shane Boland, football star Fergal's brother, clipped two points to help reduce the gap to three after 45 minutes, 2-11 to 0-14. Mayo had the deficit down to just one with under 20 minutes to go but were rocked by Roscommon's third goal from full-forward Robbie Fallon. An amazing game still had a couple of crucial turns to take. Mayo once again wrestled control of the game, reeling off 1-05 without response to take that three-point lead, 1-21 to 3-12, thanks in part to Eoin Delaney's 57th minute goal. But just as Mayo seemed certain to get their hands on the silverware, they had it whipped from their grasp in the form of four Roscommon points in a row and that dramatic Mulry winner. Roscommon: Enda Lawless; Adam Donnelly, James Dillon, Mark Ward; Micheal Hussey, Conor Cosgrove (0-01, 0-01f), Darragh Finn; Eoin Fitzgerald (0-03), Jack Donnelly; Finn Killion (0-01), Conor Mulry (0-02), Cian Murray; Sean Canning (1-02), Brendan Mulry (1-02), Robbie Fallon (1-02, 0-02f). Subs: Liam Og Coyle for Killion 47, Ben McGahon (0-02, 0-01f) for Hussey 50, Jack Dowling for Murray 54, Ryan Conlon for Fitzgerald 58, Eoin Kiernan (0-01) for Fallon 62. Mayo: Bobby Douglas (0-01); Connor Murray, Oisin Greally, Conal Hession; Simon Thomas, David Kenny, Eoghan Collins (0-01); Danny Huane (0-02), Shane Boland (0-06, 0-03f); Cormac Phillips, Ryan Duffy (0-01), Liam Lavin (0-04); Kieran McDermott (0-01), Eoin Delaney (1-03), Joe Burke.
Irish Independent
26-04-2025
- Sport
- Irish Independent
Louth denied victory by late flurry of Mayo points
Nickey Rackard Cup - Round 3 Mayo 2-25 Louth 2-18 The Argus 'For me, looking at today, I wouldn't mind another shot at those [Mayo] boys,' said Louth manager Trevor Hilliard after he saw his side push Mayo all the way in their third round Rackard Cup encounter at Castlebar. 'The score didn't show where we were. We led this game the whole way. I can't fault the boys for their effort. People were giving us no chance down here but by God, Louth brought their game today. I'm very proud of the way the lads played.'
