Solid defence the key to Tipperary's triumphBrendan Cummins and the solid full-back line proved the rocks on which Waterford’s title hopes founderedMon Jul 16 2012 - 01:00
Kilkenny look equipped to pass a stiff testHURLING ANALYST: The suspicion remains that the champions will find scores easier to come by than DublinSat Jun 23 2012 - 01:00
Tipperary's greater strength in depth likely to prove decisiveHURLING ANALYST: Cork are building for the future but on paper look too inexperienced to topple their great rivalsSat Jun 23 2012 - 01:00
Hungry Kilkenny the masters in all areasKilkenny were by far the best team – with team being the operative word – and fully deserved their successMon Sept 05 2011 - 01:00
Younger legs and renewed hunger edge it for TipperaryThe “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 KilkennyGAA: THIS WAS a really strange matchMon Aug 08 2011 - 01:00
Champions Tipperary produce masterclassGAELIC 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 throughGAELIC GAMES: THE PENDULUM has swung since the league finalSat Jul 02 2011 - 01:00
Tipp's triple salvo the undoing of brave ClareGAA : THE RESULT may have gone as expected but it turned out to be a very enjoyable game at the Gaelic GroundsMon Jun 20 2011 - 01:00
Dublin must be more clinical in attack if they are to seize the dayGAELIC GAMES: THE FACT Dublin are actually in the final – and there very much on merit – conveys a story of its ownSat Apr 30 2011 - 01:00
Tipp on that upward curve nowALL-IRELAND SHC SEMI-FINAL: OVERALL a case of job well done for TipperaryMon Aug 16 2010 - 01:00
Waterford look capable of finishing the jobHURLING 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 weekHURLING 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 potentialHURLING ANALYST: Waterford should play an orthodox game and their best games are played off-the-cuff without over-analysisSat Jul 10 2010 - 01:00
A display that is ominous for competitionHURLING ANALYSIS: THE PERFORMANCE produced by Kilkenny at Croke Park yesterday was both awesome and frighteningMon Jul 05 2010 - 01:00
Champions' front-runners status strengthenedHURLING ANALYST: Enough in dismissal of poor Dublin challenge to suggest Nowlan Park preparations going wellMon Jun 21 2010 - 01:00
It's a long, long way back for TipperaryBrian 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-makersWithout ever reaching the heights of 2008, Kilkenny withstood all Tipperary’s brave efforts and won a great finalMon Sept 07 2009 - 01:00
Brutal for Limerick but we have the final we wantedHURLING 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 controlHURLING 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 goHard to see Kilkenny actually losing, but a rout like last year’s All-Ireland final unlikelySat Aug 08 2009 - 01:00
Shanahan gives Deise a shot at redemptionHurling 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 cagePEOPLE WERE worried the Leinster final would fail to provide us with competitive hurlingMon Jul 06 2009 - 01:00
It's hard to make a rational case for DublinHURLING 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 streakThey may have moved into the Munster final, but Tipperary’s performance throws up a lot of concernsMon Jun 22 2009 - 01:00
Sheedy's men survive stern examinationHURLING ANALYST : Tipp will realise if Cork had taken their chances the outcome might have been very differentMon Jun 01 2009 - 01:00
Kilkenny one of the greatest teams everHURLING 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 onTHE LAST three balls into the Cork defence were crying out for a Clare hand to pull them downMon Jul 28 2008 - 01:00
Nobody the better for succession of mismatchesHURLING 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 controlAnalysis : 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 startHurling Analyst: This game was over as a contest after Kilkenny's great startMon Sept 03 2007 - 01:00
GAA should open up qualifier drawThe current qualifier system is not the finished article, but it's a lot better than it wasSat Jun 17 2006 - 01:00
