The trials and tribulations of water breaks as GAA calls time on them

Brendan Crossan

WHEN the short history of water breaks is written there are many who’ll argue with a fair degree of conviction that their introduction changed the course of some championship outcomes.

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Slow starts in each half did the damage admits Slaughtneil boss Michael McShane

Neil Loughran 24 Jan, 2022

AIB All-Ireland Club Senior Hurling Championship semi-final: Robert Emmet's, Slaughtneil (Derry) 1-17 Ballygunner (Waterford) 2-19 THERE was no disguising Michael McShane's disappointment as he stood against the changing room wall at Parnell Park, the dust beginning to settle on Slaughtneil's All-Ireland semi-final defeat to Munster kingpins Ballygunner.

Slaughtneil staring down the barrel in Ballygunner shoot-out

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AIB All-Ireland Club Senior Hurling Championship semi-final: Robert Emmet's, Slaughtneil (Derry) v Ballygunner (Waterford) (tomorrow, Parnell Park, 1.

Slaughtneil staring down the barrel in Ballygunner shoot-out

Neil Loughran 22 Jan, 2022

AIB All-Ireland Club Senior Hurling Championship semi-final: Robert Emmet's, Slaughtneil (Derry) v Ballygunner (Waterford) (tomorrow, Parnell Park, 1.

St Thomas' look to stop Ballyhale in their tracks

Pádraig Ó Meiscill 22 Jan, 2022

All-Ireland Club Senior Hurling Championship semi-final: Ballyhale Shamrocks (Kilkenny) v St Thomas' (Galway) (tomorrow, Thurles, 3.

Return of McAleer & Rushe as Tyrone sponsors a good fit says county chairman

FRANCIS MOONEY 21 Jan, 2022

A FAMILIAR logo will be emblazoned on the front of Tyrone shirts this year with the second coming of former sponsor McAleer & Rushe.

Belief from Ballyhale defeat sharpened Slaughtneil insists captain Cormac O'Doherty

Neil Loughran 20 Jan, 2022

IN the couple of years since, Slaughtneil’s 2020 All-Ireland semi-final defeat to Ballyhale has assumed an almost mythical quality.

Slaughtneil success would 'help put Ulster hurling back on the map': Cormac O'Doherty

Neil Loughran 20 Jan, 2022

SLAUGHTNEIL captain Cormac O’Doherty admits he would love to help “put Ulster hurling back on the map” by pulling off a major upset in Sunday’s All-Ireland club semi-final.

Residents' group voices support for Casement Park redevelopment

Kenny Archer 19 Jan, 2022

REPRESENTATIVES of residents living close to Casement Park have again voiced their support for the re-development of the ground by Ulster GAA, despite some local opposition to the project.

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