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Solid defence the key to Tipperary's triumph

Brendan Cummins and the solid full-back line proved the rocks on which Waterford’s title hopes foundered

Mon Jul 16 2012 - 01:00

Kilkenny look equipped to pass a stiff test

HURLING ANALYST: The suspicion remains that the champions will find scores easier to come by than Dublin

Sat Jun 23 2012 - 01:00

Tipperary's greater strength in depth likely to prove decisive

HURLING ANALYST: Cork are building for the future but on paper look too inexperienced to topple their great rivals

Sat Jun 23 2012 - 01:00

Hungry Kilkenny the masters in all areas

Kilkenny were by far the best team – with team being the operative word – and fully deserved their success

Mon Sept 05 2011 - 01:00

Younger legs and renewed hunger edge it for Tipperary

The “Dream Final”, part three: after the great finals of the last two years between these counties, there is a great sense of…

Sat Sept 03 2011 - 01:00

Plenty of room for improvement from Kilkenny

GAA: THIS WAS a really strange match

Mon Aug 08 2011 - 01:00

Champions Tipperary produce masterclass

GAELIC GAMES: WE ANTICIPATED and expected a Tipperary victory, but nobody could have foreseen the size of this winning margin…

Mon Jul 11 2011 - 01:00

Kilkenny's big players will see them through

GAELIC GAMES: THE PENDULUM has swung since the league final

Sat Jul 02 2011 - 01:00

Tipp's triple salvo the undoing of brave Clare

GAA : THE RESULT may have gone as expected but it turned out to be a very enjoyable game at the Gaelic Grounds

Mon Jun 20 2011 - 01:00

Dublin must be more clinical in attack if they are to seize the day

GAELIC GAMES: THE FACT Dublin are actually in the final – and there very much on merit – conveys a story of its own

Sat Apr 30 2011 - 01:00

Kilkenny team

Nicky English assesses the Kilkenny team

Sat Sept 04 2010 - 01:00

Tipp on that upward curve now

ALL-IRELAND SHC SEMI-FINAL: OVERALL a case of job well done for Tipperary

Mon Aug 16 2010 - 01:00

Waterford look capable of finishing the job

HURLING ANALYST   IF THE stakes were high going into last Sunday’s Munster hurling final, they’re even higher going into this…

Sat Jul 17 2010 - 01:00

Stakes even higher for both teams next week

HURLING ANALYST The beaten Munster finalists will have little time to recover as they face a testing All-Ireland quarter-final…

Mon Jul 12 2010 - 01:00

Cork more likely to play to their potential

HURLING ANALYST: Waterford should play an orthodox game and their best games are played off-the-cuff without over-analysis

Sat Jul 10 2010 - 01:00

A display that is ominous for competition

HURLING ANALYSIS: THE PERFORMANCE produced by Kilkenny at Croke Park yesterday was both awesome and frightening

Mon Jul 05 2010 - 01:00

Champions' front-runners status strengthened

HURLING ANALYST: Enough in dismissal of poor Dublin challenge to suggest Nowlan Park preparations going well

Mon Jun 21 2010 - 01:00

It's a long, long way back for Tipperary

Brian Cody will have an extra pep in his step following Galway’s subdued display and Tipp’s crushing defeat, writes NICKY ENGLISH…

Mon May 31 2010 - 01:00

Crowning glory for Cody and his outstanding history-makers

Without ever reaching the heights of 2008, Kilkenny withstood all Tipperary’s brave efforts and won a great final

Mon Sept 07 2009 - 01:00

Brutal for Limerick but we have the final we wanted

HURLING ANALYST : PARKING THIS terrible spectacle, and from a purely hurling perspective, we have got the correct All-Ireland…

Mon Aug 17 2009 - 01:00

Reputations redeemed but Kilkenny always in control

HURLING ANALYST: THIS WAS a really enjoyable game with both sides guaranteed to take plenty from it but really, for both Waterford…

Mon Aug 10 2009 - 01:00

Ingredients there for Waterford to really let go

Hard to see Kilkenny actually losing, but a rout like last year’s All-Ireland final unlikely

Sat Aug 08 2009 - 01:00

Shanahan gives Deise a shot at redemption

Hurling Analyst: DAN SHANAHAN gave an emphatic answer to those who questioned whether he could regain his form of 2007 with …

Mon Jul 27 2009 - 01:00

Dublin happy to have rattled Kilkenny's cage

PEOPLE WERE worried the Leinster final would fail to provide us with competitive hurling

Mon Jul 06 2009 - 01:00

It's hard to make a rational case for Dublin

HURLING ANALYST: The more romantic are saying it would be great if Dublin win it but they really need to just do themselves …

Sat Jul 04 2009 - 01:00

Tipperary lack Kilkenny's ruthless streak

They may have moved into the Munster final, but Tipperary’s performance throws up a lot of concerns

Mon Jun 22 2009 - 01:00

Sheedy's men survive stern examination

HURLING ANALYST : Tipp will realise if Cork had taken their chances the outcome might have been very different

Mon Jun 01 2009 - 01:00

Kilkenny one of the greatest teams ever

HURLING ANALYST : Brian Cody's men completed their three-in-a-row in such awe-inspiring fashion that one couldn't help but feel…

Mon Sept 08 2008 - 01:00

McCarthy's defensive switches late but spot on

THE LAST three balls into the Cork defence were crying out for a Clare hand to pull them down

Mon Jul 28 2008 - 01:00

Nobody the better for succession of mismatches

HURLING ANALYST: IT IS EVEN more dispiriting to see Kilkenny shred the 15-point handicap laid on by the bookmakers for those…

Mon Jul 07 2008 - 01:00

For Cork to win half backs need to take control

Analysis : WHOEVER WINS this will be a contender and pretty certain to be in an All-Ireland final and the main obstacle to Kilkenny…

Sat Jun 07 2008 - 01:00

Limerick blown away by whirlwind start

Hurling Analyst: This game was over as a contest after Kilkenny's great start

Mon Sept 03 2007 - 01:00

GAA should open up qualifier draw

The current qualifier system is not the finished article, but it's a lot better than it was

Sat Jun 17 2006 - 01:00
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