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The Irish Sun
3 days ago
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- The Irish Sun
History made by Waterford while there's huge wins for Cork, Limerick and Galway as end of Camogie groups approaches
GOALS from Amy O'Connor, Katrina Mackey and Clodagh Finn helped CORK secure a comprehensive away win over TIPPERARY. The All-Ireland champions continue to cast a long shadow over the rest of the Group 1 field, with the visitors scoring all three goals in the first ten minutes of Saturday's round-robin clash at The Ragg. 2 Katrina Mackey is no stranger to the back of the net 2 Great result for Galway and Caoimhe Kelly That set them up for a comfortable afternoon, with O'Connor going on to score 1-13, 1-5 of it from play, in a 3-21 to 1-9 hammering. Player of the match O'Connor said: 'It was a very good performance. We started well and set our stall out early. 'There will be a couple of things for us to work on, particularly in terms of how we set up for the puckouts and our efficiency in the second half, but overall we can be happy. 'Our full-forward line at the moment, you have seven or eight players and any of the seven or eight could play. Read more on Camogie "When people are coming on and performing as well as Kate Wall and Ciara O'Sullivan did there, it's great to see Sorcha McCartan back, everyone's under pressure all the time. If you don't perform, you won't play.' In Owenbeg, meanwhile, GALWAY hammered DERRY 4-25 to 0-5 in a Group 2 game thanks to goals from Mairéad Dillon, Aoife Donohue, Sabine Rabbitte and Caoimhe Kelly. The Tribes' manager Cathal Murray said: 'We had a really good spread of scorers. We had a good performance, and we're very happy to have two wins out of two and be out to a good start in the group. "We got a lot out of the game, we've a two-week break now before the Kilkenny game which is shaping up to be a massive match after their result. They'll be fired up and eager to bounce back.' Most read in GAA Hurling The departure of manager Jerry Wallace at the end of the Very League and the subsequent postponement of their Munster final against Cork in the lead-up to the historic Special Congress decision to allow camogie players the choice between wearing shorts or skorts had WATERFORD in the spotlight without ever pucking a ball. On Saturday, however, they were the story of the second weekend in the Glen Dimplex All-Ireland Championship for all the right reasons. RTE pundit Joe Canning urges GAA to make huge change for Leinster hurling final as fans 'totally agree' Thanks to a strong finish, the Déise recorded their first-ever Championship win over KILKENNY — and their first win over them in ten attempts in any competition since returning to senior a decade ago — on a 0-17 to 0-10 scoreline in front of a large crowd at Nowlan Park. Waterford's Niamh Rockett, who scored nine points, told 'We were bullied against Kilkenny in the league. They were standing over us, really loud and really going for it from the get-go.' Mick Boland, who stepped in to replace Wallace, said: 'Any management changeover in mid-season is difficult. But the thing about it is, most of the management were in there before, so there was continuity, there was no real change. 'After Jerry stepped back, the girls pushed us to take over, and it was seamless. We targeted this match at the start of the year, and the result was unbelievable, the performance was very good. "There were patches there in the second half where we lost our way, but we pulled it back and got the tide going our way again. 'We missed a lot of opportunities, our conversion rate, especially when it came to goals, was poor. We probably left four goals behind us and on bigger days you won't win those matches.' HEATING UP Another local derby will be the focus of the fixture list in round three, with CLARE to host LIMERICK in Group 1. After Clare had beaten WEXFORD in the first round, Limerick followed up with a 1-10 to 0-10 win against the Models in Rathkeale on Saturday. While that result leaves Wexford's hopes of securing a knockout place hanging by a thread, the winner of next Saturday's fixture in Ennis will be all but assured of a quarter-final berth at least. Limerick manager Joe Quaid said: 'Next weekend is basically a preliminary quarter-final. 'Whoever wins goes through so the stakes don't get much higher. We suffered a terrible defeat last week against Cork but maybe we took our eye off the ball as well. 'We were never going to beat Cork but since the draw, this is the game we've been focusing on for the past six months. 'We knew we had to win, we didn't care if we won ugly or great. The work-rate out of those girls was just phenomenal, talk about having each other's backs. 'Ciara O'Riordan got a block in late on with her back, they died for each other on the pitch and they are a great bunch. 'We've 15 new girls on the panel this year and for them to achieve that is unreal. 'They train every bit as hard and give as much commitment as the Limerick senior hurlers and a day like today, in front of their supporters, is just fantastic. They got to show the people of Limerick what kind of characters they are.'
The Irish Sun
3 days ago
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
GAA starlet pays touching tribute to Dillon Quirke who will ‘inspire Tipperary for years to come' after All-Ireland win
TIPPERARY captain Sam O'Farrell dedicated their All-Ireland U20 hurling title to Dillon Quirke. The Advertisement 2 Tipperary won the All-Ireland U20 hurling title Credit: Ray McManus/Sportsfile 2 Captain Sam O'Farrell dedicated it to Dillon Quirke Credit: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile Captain Sam O'Farrell used a section of his victory speech to pay tribute to Dillon Quirke, who The Tipp skipper said: "On happy occasions like this, there's always some sadness when we think of the people who are no longer with us to celebrate this victory. "There's one man in particular I want to mention, who wherever Tipperary hurling teams play will never be forgotten. "That man is Dillon Quirke. Advertisement Read More on GAA "An All-Ireland winner at under-21 level in 2018. For the blue and gold, he always played with pride, determination, courage and skill. "And it is those qualities that we wanted to bring here today and represent the Tipperary jersey as Dillon did when he played. "Dillon will continue to inspire Tipperary hurlers for many years to come." Quirke's memory had also been Advertisement Most read in Sport Live Blog It came ten years after their last one in 2015, when Quirke was part of the team. And Tipperary GAA star 'had to do live apology on RTE' the day after cursing during All-Ireland interview - He said: 'We won here in 2015, Ronan Teehan was the captain. Dillon Quirke was corner-back the same day. "There is a whole load of the lads sitting in Sydney at the moment in a pub having a barbeque celebrating, they couldn't get home, they're working. Advertisement "There's lads all around the world. But Dillon couldn't be there. 'I didn't want to say anything to any of the boys all week, I put on his jersey from 2015 underneath my own today. "I wanted him here. He helped us. He was something else. "He is such a loss to Clonoulty, the school, everything. I didn't want to burden the boys with anything about emotion. Advertisement "We had a picture inside in the dressing-room of Dillon. We don't kind of allude to it or mention it but the boys know who he is. 'It's for us and the staff and the people involved. Evelyn Heffernan works with us and two of her boys Enda and Ronan were playing in 2015, best of friends with Dillon. 'You just knew coming down there was something bigger happening. "Just delighted to think of Dillon and to remember him on the day because he lived for Harty and just loved that medal so much." Advertisement GOOD CAUSE In the wake of Dillon's untimely death, his dad set up the Dillon Quirke Foundation to help screen young people for cardiac issues. And speaking back in January, he believes his son's passing can He told The Irish Sun: 'I've heard dozens of stories from parents that ring to say, 'we're obviously very sad about what happened to you and your family, but you've now saved our child'. 'And so, what better story could one have to hear? To hear that is tremendous for us. Advertisement 'It's a big solace to me personally because we're doing so much with the foundation.'
The Irish Sun
30-04-2025
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
Tipperary GAA legend reveals surprising difference between ‘pressure' of playing for club vs county
TIPPERARY legend John "Bubbles" O'Dwyer has explained why he felt greater pressure playing for his club rather than his county. The prodigious half-forward 4 'Bubbles' will be one half of talkSPORT Ireland's new podcast Beyond the 65' alongside Wexford ace Conor McDonald Credit: @talksportireland 4 New episodes of the fun-filled hurling show will be released every second Wednesday Credit: @talksportireland 4 Each discussion will be chaired by talkSPORT presenter Luke Delaney as all angles of the hurling season are covered Credit: @talksportireland He's now launched In He remarked: "I never would have gotten nervous for inter-county games, I'd have gotten more nervous for club games. "Because there's probably more pressure on you there. You're expected to run the show there y'know? Read More On GAA "But county games no. As Conor says, you have your work done by then and so matchday is probably the easiest part. "I'd say going up through minor and under-21 teams before senior that there's always some pressure there. "But the most pressure you feel comes from yourself. The manager or other players don't put any pressure on you at all really. "I never would've found any pressure only for club games." Most read in GAA Hurling The bulk of the episode focused on the extreme training regiments modern players are subjected to in pre-season to prepare themselves for the long season ahead. Interestingly, both men noted that there has been a huge increase in how demanding workloads have become over the past decade. RTE GAA pundit Enda McGinley reacts to Dublin vs Meath on The Sunday Game The virtual professionalism of inter-county set-ups where every session is classed as a red, orange or green in terms of intensity has trickled down to the club game too. On what exactly goes into one of those most severe red sessions, McDonald stated: "You're looking at running between 7-10km whereas with your orange it'd be 5-7km while a green is handy enough. "That's your Thursday night before Championship job. "And in red sessions that's tackling, running, hitting. At no point is it a conversational pace!" 4 McDonald and O'Dwyer agree that John Kiely's Limerick side have raised the bar at club level as well as inter-county O'Dwyer then chimed in as he emphasized this is all a relatively recent phenomenon. He remembered: "Around 2014 or 2015 this talk of red, orange and green sessions was absolute gibberish to us. "Now club teams are doing it. You have some clubs forking out seven or eight thousand euro for these GPS units. "It's crazy. And with that comes more pressure on the manager or coach because everything is tracked." The 33-year-old later acknowledged that there is definite value in being able to gauge your fitness level across pre-season and league. However, he did add a word of warning that he feels sometimes modern players are inhibited during matches by fretting about how much ground they've covered rather than playing naturally as the game dictates.
