Afternoon all. The first Sunday of the Allianz Hurling League is upon us and we’ve got a few decent games in store on the hurling front.
Kevin O’Brien here and I’ll be taking you through all today’s action. Here are the games we’ll be focusing on:
Division 1A
Kilkenny v Cork, Nowlan Park, 2pm
Wexford v Limerick, Innovate Wexford Park, 2pm
Division 1B
Galway v Laois, Pearse Stadium, 12.30pm
Waterford v Offaly, Semple Stadium, 2pm
Galway 0-9 Laois 0-2
The latest from Pearse Stadium, where Micheal Donoghue’s side lead by seven after 25 minutes.
The Wexford v Limerick game today will have deferred coverage on TG4. The Division 1 football tie between Monaghan and Dublin is live at 2pm.
Here’s how Cork and Kilkenny will start:
Kilkenny:
1. Eoin Murphy (Glenmore)
2. Paul Murphy (Danesfort)
3. Huw Lawlor (O’Loughlin Gaels)
4. Tommy Walsh (Tullaroan)
5. Conor Delaney (Erin’s Own)
6. Paddy Deegan (O’Loughlin Gaels)
7. Enda Morrissey (Bennettsbridge)
8. James Maher (St Lachtains)
9. Conor Fogarty (Erin’s Own)(captain)
10. John Donnelly (Thomastown)
11. Ger Aylward (Glenmore)
12. Ger Malone (Mullinavat)
13. Billy Ryan (Graigue-Ballycallan)
14. Kevin Kelly (St Patricks)
15. Luke Scanlon (James Stephens).
Cork
1. Anthony Nash (Kanturk)
2. Stephen Mc Donnell (Glen Rovers)
3. Damien Cahalane (St. Finbarrs)
4. Conor O’Sullivan (Sarsfields)
5. Christopher Joyce (Na Piarsaigh)
6. Tim O’ Mahony (Newtownshandrum)
7. Seán O’Donoghue (Inniscarra)
20. Conor Cahalane (Midleton)
9. Cormac Murphy (Mallow)
10. Daniel Kearney (Sarsfields)
11. Declan Dalton (Fr. O Neills)
12. Luke Meade (Newcestown)
13. Jamie Coughlan (Newtownshandrum)
14. Aidan Walsh (Kanturk)
15. Patrick Horgan (Glen Rovers)
Galway 1-20 Laois 1-8
John Lennon buries a goal for Laois but Galway respond immediately with a score through Thomas Monaghan.
Galway 1-25 Laois 2-15
John Lennon scores his second goal for Laois against Galway.
Wexford 0-1 Limerick 0-0
Davy Fitz’s side lead early on.
Waterford 0-3 Offaly 0-0
The Deise power three in front.
Cork 0-2 Kilkenny 0-1
Kevin Kelly gets the first Kilkenny score of the 2019 league campaign.
GOAL! Cathal Dunbar hits the net for Wexford!
GOAL! Aaron Gillane responds with a goal for Limerick against Wexford.
Cork 0-3 Kilkenny 0-3
Dalton and Delaney hit a score apiece to bring the Cats level.
Waterford 0-7 Offaly 0-0
DJ Foran pops over a score from play and the Deise lead by seven.
Wexford 1-3 Limerick 1-3
We’re all level after Conor McDonald’s score for the Model County.
Waterford 0-8 Offaly 0-1
Mikey Kearney stretches the Deise lead.
Cork 0-4 Kilkenny 0-6
A Kelly free stretches the Kilkenny lead to two.
GOAL! Jack O’Connor taps in from close range for Wexford.
Waterford 0-8 Offaly 0-2
The Deise are six in front as we enter the last ten minutes of the half.
Cork 0-8 Kilkenny 1-8
Richie Leahy slams in a goal for Kilkenny and Billy Ryan tags on a point.
Waterford 0-9 Offaly 0-3
Waterford’s lead is six.
Wexford 2-3 Limerick 1-6
Peter Casey levels the game after a pass from Tom Condon.
Cork 0-10 Kilkenny 1-8
Murphy brings Cork back to within a point as we near the interval.
Half-time scores
Division 1A
Kilkenny 1-8 Cork 0-10
Wexford 2-4 Limerick 1-10
Division 1B
Waterford 0-12 Offaly 0-5
Some snaps from the games around the country:
GOAL! Waterford’s DJ Foran raises a green flag 90 seconds into the second period.
Cork 0-11 Kilkenny 1-9
Murphy brings Cork to within a point at the beginning of the second-half.
GOAL! Brilliant finish by Billy Ryan for Kilkenny.
Cork 0-12 Kilkenny 2-11
Murphy pulls back a score for the hosts, but Ger Aylward responds immediately for Kilkenny.
Cork 0-13 Kilkenny 2-12
John Donnelly sends the Cats five ahead.
Waterford 1-18 Offaly 0-6
Waterford are 16 points in front after 12 minutes of the second-half.
Kilkenny 2-14 Cork 0-15
Horgan splits the posts from a free, Fogarty hits one for the Cats.
Waterford 1-22 Offaly 0-7
Stephen Bennett with the latest free for the Diese.
GOAL! Jack Prendergast leaves Waterford 26 points in front of Offaly.
Wexford 2-7 Limerick 1-14
Limerick have 12 wides now but still lead by four with nine minutes left to play.
Kilkenny 2-18 Cork 0-16
Over 8,000 in Nowlan Park today as Kilkenny ease to victory.
Wexford 2-8 Limerick 1-14
Harry Kehoe sets up Paul Morris to reduce the gap to two as we head for the final few minutes.
Wexford 2-10 Limerick 1-14
Morris misses the chance to pull Wexford level, while Diarmuid O’Keeffe hits another wide moments later. Limerick lead by one.
Kilkenny 2-18 Cork 0-17 – FT
Waterford 2-28 Offaly 0-7 – FT
Wexford 2-10 Limerick 1-15
Darragh O’Donovan with a timely sideline cut over the bar for Limerick, who move two in front.
Wexford 2-10 Limerick 1-15
Gearoid Hegarty hits a big point for the visitors in stoppage-time. Big score for Limerick.
Can’t even comment… It was. Just so poor…
Poor yea , conditions didn’t help ! Your clubmate had a good game in the centre
Thought him everything he knows skippy… Didn’t teach him everything I know tho :-)
Good win on the road for Clare today.It was a difficult one without a number of key players, conditions and with wexford beaten by so much last wk end they were always going to be difficult to beat in wexford.
Whatever about conditions, first touch very poor both sides. Only positive for clare is they have players to come back.
So do Wexford…
But they don’t have a hurler of the year to come back along with podge Collins
As a wexford man,beginning to really get fed up when we can’t beat a top level team.apart from Clare two years ago,Waterford Limerick cork have all come to wexford park in a do or die match and we are coming out on the wrong side of them
How come wexford can’t seem to beat a so called top level team?apart from Clare in 2014,waterford cork and limerick have all travelled to wexford park and came out on top in so called do or die matches.
Maybe because they’re not good enough to do so eh?.. Just a thought….
How come wexford are struggling to beat any sort of top level team.we beat Clare in 2014 when they were all ireland champions but since then waterford limerick and cork have all travelled to their own backyard in so called do or die matches and have failed every time.
Wexford just haven’t got lads up to the standard. Tis alright winning at under 21 Leinster and getting to the All Ireland final, it takes three to four years to blossom into senior, and the Limerick team of the early 2000′s shows that may not even happen either.