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BreakingNews.ie
18-05-2025
- Sport
- BreakingNews.ie
Brian Hayes feared season could have been over for Cork after injury
Cork hurler Brian Hayes has spoken about how victory over Limerick last year gave them a vital boost in the Munster championship ahead of their clash on Sunday. Last year Cork were underdogs as they faced Limerick in the Munster championship, needing a win to keep their championship alive. Advertisement They won in one of the games in the season, and repeated the performance when they met in the All-Ireland semi-finals. Coming into this weekend, Cork are on top of the table with a Division 1A title secured, and are seen by many as favourites for the All-Ireland. Hayes, part of a full-forward line that can't stop scoring, says the victory last May provided a platform to build on. "For us last year, it was do or die. When you are coming up against the All-Ireland champions, it is a nice way to test yourself. Advertisement "It was a close game, and coming out the right side of it gave us that belief to push on again in the All-Ireland series. Hopefully, on Sunday, we can get the right kind of bounce off it." After losing a classic All-Ireland final to Clare, the response from the Rebel county has been immense, as they have never looked back on the heartbreaking defeat in Croke Park last July. Despite always having a talented squad, it has been 20 years since Cork have won Liam MacCarthy. The Cork forward says the wait from 2005 is not talked about in Cork. "There has only been a few lads who have been involved for a good couple of years, it does not really make a difference how long it has been, it doesn't bring any added pressure. Advertisement "We are just focusing on ourselves and the present, it is a long way off for us for still, we are just looking to the weekend and what we can bring to the match on Sunday. If Cork are to be successful this season, Hayes will likely have been a crucial part of it. Scoring for fun in the league and championship, an injury at home to Galway threatened to end his season. In what at first looked serious, thankfully only put him out of action for weeks rather than months, to the relief of the corner forward. Advertisement Sport Offaly's Mairéad Teehan says there is no guarantee... Read More "You fear for the worst at the start but thankfully it wasn't anything serious and we were just relying on symptoms to see how long it would take to get back. "Thankfully, it wasn't too long and I was able to work with the physios and S&Cs that we have, and the doctors. It's been fine since thank God. "The games are coming so thick and fast, you can't really afford to be missing any matches. "We're always minding ourselves and keeping our bodies right. Our S&Cs are good that way, that we're minding ourselves."
Irish Daily Mirror
16-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Daily Mirror
Cork v Waterford LIVE stream for Munster Minor Hurling final
Cork and Waterford fans will have entirely different expectations for 2025 when it comes to their county's successes but both will have a keen eye on tonight's Munster Hurling final. Waterford haven't had the greatest recent success at underage level in recent years but a talented crop of minors coupled with some signs of life from the senior team has changed the narrative in the county. Life is good for Cork thought, They've had plenty of success underage while their senior set up is flourishing and the future looks bright for the Rebel County. When the two sides met earlier in the Championship, it was Cork who ran out six point winners All that said, there is a Munster Minor title to play for tonight with the two sides meeting at Semple Stadium in Thurles. Throw-in for the game is set for 7.35 pm and it can be streamed live through TG4 Sport's YouTube channel. The video is available to watch for free in our video player at the top of the page.
The Irish Sun
01-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
‘Can't beat Barry's Tea' – Mack Hansen stuns fans with retro Cork GAA outfit as rugby ace swaps sports
MACK Hansen's always comes across as a free spirit - so it was no surprise to see him adopt the Rebel County when it comes to GAA. Of course the Aussie-born winger does have legitimate grounds to be a Cork fan since Advertisement 3 The Connacht Rugby star was in attendance at a sold-out Pairc Ui Chaoimh over the weekend Credit: @mackh______ 3 Outside the revamped stadium which now bears the name of sponsors SuperValu Credit: @mackh______ 3 Sadly Connacht look set to miss out on the URC play-offs as they're six points outside the top eight with only two rounds of fixtures to go But nonetheless it was still a bit of a jarring sight seeing the rugby international in GAA gear - from the 1990s no less. Donning the jersey most associated with the generation of Colin Corkery, Brian Corcoran and Larry Tompkins, he enjoyed pints with friends prior to Recapping the trip to Leeside as a whole, the 27-year-old alluded to the county's quintessentially Irish sponsor at the time. He captioned a few photos: "Can't beat Barry's Tea." Advertisement Read More On Irish Sport It didn't take long for the official Barry's Tea Instagram account to respond to the random shout-out. Their reply stated simply: "Love the jersey!" Plenty of his Cork followers also lapped up seeing him in red as a move to Tim Lynch hailed: "Welcome home kid." Meanwhile Luke Herlihy pondered: Hon the Rebels, any chance of coming to Munster?" Advertisement Most read in Rugby Union The Munster Hurling Championship contest didn't end up living up to its pre-match billing though. That was largely down to the Premier being reduced to 14 men within seconds of throw-in after teen Darragh McCarthy was sent off for striking out at Sean O'Donoghue. Tipperary GAA legend reveals surprising difference between 'pressure' of playing for club vs county The final scoreline of 4-27 to 0-24 possibly didn't even fully reflect the extent of the home side's dominance since Pat Ryan's charges seemed to be on autopilot for much of the second half as they'd amassed a huge lead by half-time. Afterwards Ryan emphasized: 'I think in the Munster Championship it doesn't matter how you win, as long as you win — that's the key. Advertisement "Everyone wants you to play champagne hurling and wants you to score goals and all of that. 'Getting over the line and winning matches, we couldn't do it above in Ennis the last day, we did it a bit better today. 'I often say about us, we can only go at one speed and that's flat out. "We can't be in third or fourth gear, it's not the way we play. We have to be in fifth gear. Advertisement 'We took our eye off the ball in certain aspects and didn't move the ball in quickly enough and gave them too many easy short puckouts, which didn't help us in any way. 'Getting the two points was all we came down here to do and we're delighted we got them.' MISSION IMPOSSIBLE Nine points ahead in their Ryan continued: 'As I've said all along, you can't win games in Munster with only 14 fellas on the field. It's just impossible, teams are too good, so we should have been winning that game. Advertisement 'We were disappointed with a couple of fallow periods in the second half again. That's something we'll look at with our analysis team, why did that happen?' In their analysis, Tipp will lament their failure to avail of several first-half goal opportunities. Craig Morgan and Sam O'Farrell forced saves from Patrick Collins. Forde also saw a 20-metre free kept out by Eoin Downey.
