Kilkenny v Clare on All-Ireland semi-final day: Round 3
They go again! It’s the third year in-a-row that Kilkenny and Clare are meeting in the final four of the All-Ireland hurling championship. Kilkenny currently lead the rivalry 2-0 after last year’s incredible battle that was effectively decided by a terrific save by Eoin Murphy.
We’ll have team line-ups for you and any late changes that arise before the 3pm throw-in so do stay with us for the afternoon.
Here’s how the Kilkenny team has been named to start:
1. Eoin Murphy (Glenmore)
2. Mikey Butler (O’Loughlin Gaels), 3. Huw Lawlor (O’Loughlin Gaels), 4. Tommy Walsh (Tullaroan),
5. David Blanchfield (Bennettsbridge), 6. Richie Reid (Shamrocks Ballyhale), 7. Mikey Carey (Young Irelands)
8. Cian Kenny (James Stephens), 9. Paddy Deegan (O’Loughlin Gaels — captain)
10 Adrian Mullen (Shamrocks Ballyhale), 11. TJ Reid (Shamrocks Ballyhale), 12. John Donnelly (Thomastown)
13. Martin Keoghan (Tullaroan), 14. Billy Ryan (Graigue Ballycallan), 15. Eoin Cody (Shamrocks Ballyhale)
And here is the Clare team that has been named to start:
1. Eibhear Quilligan (Feakle)
2. Adam Hogan (Feakle), 3. Conor Cleary (Kilmaley — captain), 4. Conor Leen (Corofin)
5. Diarmuid Ryan (Cratloe), 6. John Conlon (Clonlara), 7. David McInerney (Tulla),
8. David Fitzgerald (Inagh-Kilnamona), 9. Cathal Malone (Sixmilebridge)
10. Tony Kelly (Ballyea), 11. Mark Rodgers (Scariff), 12. Peter Duggan (Clooney-Quin)
13. Aidan McCarthy (Inagh-Kilnamona), 14. Shane O’Donnell (Éire Óg Ennis), 15. David Reidy (Éire Óg Ennis).
Before throw-in, have a read of Declan Bogue’s preview here:
There is a sense Kilkenny have figured Clare out, so much rides on this third meeting
The teams are in the pre-match parade now. Can you call a winner?
Poll Results:
Throw-in! Kilkenny v Clare
1 min: Kilkenny 0-1 Clare 0-0
TJ Reid gets Kilkenny off the mark with an early free.
2 mins: Kilkenny 0-1 Clare 0-0
Diarmuid Ryan tries to raise a white flag for Clare but his attempt at the posts goes wide. Adam Hogan then wins a free off TJ Reid at the other end to keep the ball with Clare.
3 mins: Kilkenny 0-1 Clare 0-0
A half block on Adrian Mullen sees Shane O’Donnell get on the ball for his first touch. Possession then comes to David McInerney who also goes for a point but it’s Clare’s second wide of the day.
4 mins: Kilkenny 0-1 Clare 0-0
TJ Reid tries to point from a sideline. It’s a terrific effort; there’s plenty of air under it. But the wind, pulls it wide. Still just the one point on the board.
6 mins: Kilkenny 0-2 Clare 0-1
Cian Kenny doubles Kilkenny’s advantage after shortening his grip. Aidan McCarthy then gets Clare’s account up and running from the puckout.
6 mins: Kilkenny 0-2 Clare 0-1
Great defensive effort by Clare to smother out Mullen and Eoin Cody. John Conlon gives out a roar as he whistle goes.
7 mins: Kilkenny 0-2 Clare 0-2
SAVE!
Eoin Murphy gets down to keep out a shot from Aidan McCarthy after Clare win a turnover. The referee gives Clare a free and McCarthy taps it over to level the tie.
8 mins: Kilkenny 0-2 Clare 0-2
DOUBLE SAVE!
Eibhear Quilligan keeps his net clean from Cian Kenny with the first attempt, and Mullen with the rebound shot.
10 mins: Kilkenny 0-3 Clare 0-2
Cian Kenny gets his first point of the day. He’s been busy so far in the opening 10 minutes and he puts Kilkenny ahead again.
12 mins: Kilkenny 0-5 Clare 0-2
Paddy Deegan scores a monster point from distance and now Kilkenny are two in front. David Blanchfield adds one straight after. Three between them now.
12 mins: Kilkenny 0-6 Clare 0-2
SAVE!
Quilligan delivers again as Mikey Carey storms through to create a one-on-one with the Clare keeper. A third vital save to keep them alive. TJ Reid points the ’65 and Kilkenny are starting to stretch their legs.
14 mins: Kilkenny 0-6 Clare 0-3
McCarthy scores a free to grab Clare’s first point since the eighth minute.
16 mins: Kilkenny 0-6 Clare 0-4
Butler makes a brilliant to get the ball on the run. He runs into plenty of space but his shot at the posts trails wide. An at the other end, David Reidy hits the target and there’s two between them now.
18 mins: Kilkenny 0-6 Clare 0-4
Carey takes a sideline but it falls straight into the paw of John Conlon. He then gives the ball away to Tommy Walsh.
Back to Clare again, and the ball down to the Clare forwards ends in a free out to Richie Reid.
19 mins: Kilkenny 0-7 Clare 0-4
A free awarded to Kilkenny for a chop down by Conor Leen on Martin Keoghan. And TJ Reid makes it a three-point game again.
19 mins: Kilkenny 0-7 Clare 0-4
Shane O’Donnell penalised for overcarrying while being tackled by Mikey Butler.
20 mins: Kilkenny 0-7 Clare 0-5
McCarthy scores from a tight angle to reduce the gap to two.
22 mins: Kilkenny 0-7 Clare 0-5
Uncharacteristic wide from TJ Reid. Mikey Carey gets on the puckout but his delivery is slightly delayed and Adam Hogan wins the ball ahead of Cody, and wins a free off his marker.
GOAL! Kilkenny 1-7 Clare 0-5 (Cody ’24)
24 mins: Kilkenny 1-8 Clare 0-5
Eoin Cody auditioning for a shot at Wimbledon with that overhead flick. He made a brilliant run along the inside but seemed to have run into traffic and was going to get smothered out. But he saved himself with that superb hit mid-air.
Billy Ryan then adds a point.
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Eoin Cody with a smashing goal for Kilkenny
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27 mins: Kilkenny 1-8 Clare 0-6
A free from McCarthy keeps Clare somewhat in touch. But they need a spark. Adrian Mullen then gets a free shot at the posts, but there’s not enough in it and it’s a chance to stretch their lead gone.
29 mins: Kilkenny 1-8 Clare 0-7
David Fitzgerald with an inspirational score for Clare, and they needed that. Can they capitalise on it?
30 mins: Kilkenny 1-9 Clare 0-7
TJ Reid knocks over a simple free in front of the posts to take the edge off the momentum Clare got from that Fitzgerald point.
31 mins: Kilkenny 1-9 Clare 0-8
Brilliant score as Peter Duggan catches the puckout and feeds Reidy for the finish between the posts.
34 mins: Kilkenny 1-9 Clare 0-7
SAVE!
Cathal Malone gives away a sideline under pressure. Cody then almost catches Quilligan off guard with the delivery into the square. But he dives in time to keep the ball out.
34 mins: Kilkenny 1-9 Clare 0-8
Another bad wide as Paddy Deegan is off target. And while Kilkenny are on top, those misses could come back to haunt them if Clare get a chance.
35 mins: Kilkenny 1-9 Clare 0-8
Free for Cody as he is fouled after trying to squeeze through on goal. Cody then goes back for afters and the referee overturns the ball to throw the ball in.
36 mins: Kilkenny 1-10 Clare 0-7
Billy Ryan slips through to drill the ball over and put five between them heading in for the break.
Half-Time! Kilkenny 1-10 Clare 0-8
36 mins: Kilkenny 1-10 Clare 0-9
Super fetch from Shane O’Donnell and Clare end up with a free to help cut the gap. And McCarthy obliges.
37 mins: Kilkenny 1-10 Clare 0-9
Short puckout to Huw Lawlor who whips it down to Keoghan on the wing. But again, it’s a bad miss to keep Clare in the game.
38 mins: Kilkenny 1-10 Clare 0-9
Hogan wins possession and gets a free for his endeavor. Diarmuid Ryan aims his free down to O’Donnell but Kilkenny deal with it.
39 mins: Kilkenny 1-10 Clare 0-10
Excellent from Duggan. Wins the ball in the air, battles his way through and swings the ball over. Now, there’s just three between them.
40 mins: Kilkenny 1-10 Clare 0-11
O’Donnell gets around Lawlor and gets a great point. Three unanswered points from Clare and it’s game on!
41 mins: Kilkenny 1-11 Clare 0-11
David Fitzgerald takes a shot the posts after a beautiful touch from Reidy to create some space for him. But it’s a wide, and Mikey Carey scores at the other end to restore the tree-point lead.
42 mins: Kilkenny 1-10 Clare 0-12
Fitzgerald comes striding through to get the ball off O’Donnell and drills it over. Back to two again.
43 mins: Kilkenny 1-11 Clare 0-12
Paddy Deegan the latest with a wide for Kilkenny. Diarmuid Ryan replies with another wide for Clare. Poor accuracy from both sides.
44 mins: Kilkenny 1-12 Clare 0-12
Sideline for Kilkenny and TJ Reid strikes it sweetly over the bar.
45 mins: Kilkenny 1-12 Clare 0-12
Clare win possession from a thro-in but an attempted pass to release McCarthy is deemed a throw and it’s a free for Kilkenny.
GOAL! Kilkenny 2-12 Clare 0-12 (Ryan ’46)
48 mins: Kilkenny 2-12 Clare 0-14
Clare are in a big hole now as Billy Ryan supplies Kilkenny’s second goal of the afternoon after the ball spilled out in a defensive error for Clare.
Tony Kelly scores at the other end shortly after followed by a McCarthy free to leave four between them.
49 mins: Kilkenny 2-13 Clare 0-14
Super score over the shoulder by John Donnelly. Clare making some changes as Cathal Malone is replaced by Ryan Taylor.
50 mins: Kilkenny 2-13 Clare 0-15
Free for Clare but O’Donnell is furious he was granted advantage as he was about to round Lawlor and maybe go for a goal. McCarthy stands over the ball and flicks the free over.
51 mins: Kilkenny 2-13 Clare 0-16
Mark Rodgers gets on the scoresheet and Clare are far from beaten in this game. They’ve responded brilliantly to the Ryan goal.
52 mins: Kilkenny 2-14 Clare 0-17
TJ Reid hooks it over from near the sideline. Good team move then follows from Clare as Ryan Taylor scoops the ball out wide to Reidy to split the posts.
Hogan then wins a free from the resultant puckout. He’s having a super battle with Cody.
53 mins: Kilkenny 2-14 Clare 0-17
SAVE!
Brilliant reflexes from Murphy to get down and parry away a powerful shot from McCarthy. And that could be crucial.
55 mins: Kilkenny 2-14 Clare 0-18
Free for Clare and a yellow card for Mikey Carey and McCarthy reduces the difference to two. That’s his ninth of the day.
56 mins: Kilkenny 2-15 Clare 0-18
John Donnelly with his second of the day to keep Kikenny’s noses in front. Ian Galvin comes on to take the place of David Fitzgerald.
TJ Reid then earns a free off Conor Cleary as Walter Walsh comes in for Martin Keoghan.
58 mins: Kilkenny 2-16 Clare 0-19
And Reid converts with no fuss. But Clare are not giving up and Tony Kelly steps up with a point from the puckout.
59 mins: Kilkenny 2-16 Clare 0-20
Paddy Deegan leaps into the air to intercept a crossfield pass from Ryan Taylor. A free is the result but TJ Reid doesn’t have enough juice in the effort and Clare come down the field, feed Ian Galvin and it’s over the bar.
61 mins: Kilkenny 2-16 Clare 0-20
Aron Shanagher on for Reidy as Clare come on the march again. Kelly tries one from distance but Walter Walsh gets a touch on it and his shot is off target.
62 mins: Kilkenny 2-16 Clare 0-20
Ian Galvin wins a free off Tommy Walsh. And McCarthy converts from a difficult position under pressure.
Just one between them now! Tom Phelan on for Mullen.
63 mins: Kilkenny 2-16 Clare 0-21
O’Donnell does brilliantly to get around Richie Reid. He gets the hard work done but the end product doesn’t result in a score.
64 mins: Kilkenny 2-16 Clare 0-22
LEVEL!!
Aron Shanager with the equalising score.
66 mins: Kilkenny 2-16 Clare 0-22
Tom Phelan wins a free for Kilkenny after a big ruck. Duggan gets a yellow as TJ Reid prepares to go for a point.
67 mins: Kilkenny 2-16 Clare 0-22
And it’s just too far out for him. That’s 11 wides for Kilkenny now. Conor Fogarty is on for Billy Ryan.
67 mins: Kilkenny 2-16 Clare 0-22
O’Donnell draws a free from Richie Reid. And now Clare have a chance to take the lead.
70 mins: Kilkenny 2-16 Clare 0-23
TJ Reid misses a crucial free to tie the game. Ian Galvin takes a shot at the other end but it’s a very tight angle and it’s wide.
Hogan then makes a huge defensive play to win the ball ahead of Cody and gets the free on his way out.
71 mins: Kilkenny 2-16 Clare 0-23
We’re into the first of three added minutes. Tony Kelly takes a free that goes wide.
71 mins: Kilkenny 2-16 Clare 0-24
Tony Kelly point to put Clare two ahead! Is that enough to kill off Kilkenny?
Full-Time! Kilkenny 2-16 Clare 0-24
Irish team really doing well this year, fairplay to all involved!
Really? Only one medal and a number of possible finalists not getting out of their heats.
Remember this is just the Europeans and we really should be making finals and getting medals.
Sonia said the same thing today.
Well done lads, great race.
Those boys look too excited at breaking that national record.
Aw gravy… Shtop
The usual will happen. Break national record getting to the final and finish last in the actual race that matters
Last in that race would make them eight best in Europe : no mean feat, especially as Europe now seems to include Ethiopia
Congrats to the 4 x 400 relay team for qualifying for the final tomorrow.
Great team effort from the off.Gusty as ever even down the finishing straight.well done,screaming at the telly like a mad yoke.proud.to be irish when looking at that finish
Congrats to Fionnula Britton for finishing 10th. Of course this would not be good enough for Mr. Heffernan !!!
Great running by the lads, they were only a tiny bit behind the winners of that heat.
Congratulations to our athletes and to Journal for praising and acknowledging their success. It is great to see such positivity. It makes a change from other papers, TV and media who often describe success as failure. Eg: so-and-so reaches the final and “fails” to get the gold medal instead of acknowledging the huge effort, dedication and success in achieving participating in the final.
A very good trait the British have regarding their athletes in track and field is that they praise and encourage the efforts of their athletes, their commentators are very often retired athletes of the highest calibre who genuinely appreciate what it takes to reach the standards necessary just to compete in a final.
A brilliant run from the guys! 3:03.57 is the new national record. Thought that might be important to mention in this article?? Also the guys are not named in the correct order in the photo.
Hi Ronan,
We mentioned it was a national record in the headline. Also, the athletes aren’t named in any specific order in the above photo.
Hi Paul, in the initial article there was no mention of the record, it has been clearly updated to include it since I made the comment. :-) Also, it would not have been very difficult to do a little homework and name the athletes in order. Otherwise, it is fantastic that you and the Score are reporting on Irish sporting milestones like this. Keep up the good work.
Sorry when I say record I mean the time. Records in Track and Field are all about the times, or distances or heights depending on the event. So it is important to include.
Unfortunately, we can’t always get in all the details such as specific times immediately, hence the ‘more to follow’ which was initially at the bottom of the article. Thanks for your feedback.
Order in photo is Morissey, Barr, Murphy, Gregan, if you wanted to correct the caption like!
The caption is correct. All four athletes named are in the photo. It would only be incorrect if it explicitly stated ‘left to right’.
Ok, if you wanted to update the caption then, making it more informative.
I can see where they keep their batons, seriously though, fair play lads
And Ciara, about GAA games – yes they’re unique.
Because nobody wants to play them!
Only played here – and by a few emigrants.
Soccer is played in every country on earth. All 220 – even here….
Yes, Glen: Ireland very bad, rest of world very good. Why don’t you pi$$ off out of Ireland, if your opinion of the country is so low. Life is short and the world’s out there for all to explore! Don’t let the door hit your ass. . . Slán!
For such a small ethnic European nation
GAA Hurling – one of the fastest field sports in the world, unique to us – world class athletes.
GAA Football – world class athletes (devotion & dedication more than any pro soccer player – as amateurs)
Sean Kelly – one of the best cyclists in the world
Stephen Roche – one of the best cyclists in the world
Sonia Sullivan – World champion
Katherina McKiernan – world champion
John Tracy – world class runner, Olympic silver
Eamonn Coughlan – world class runner
Padraig Harrington – world class golfer
Horse racing – The Irish own it
Snooker – Ken Doherty world class champion
Soccer – Irish team have beaten Brazil in the past heydays and capable of winning a world cup with right belief, training and manager, the talent is already here among the Irish, always has been.
Rugby – Munster beat the All-Blacks, Irish capable of beating any team, again just need right self belief and confidence.
MMA – Conor McGregor – finally displaying the confidence and sense of right to feel we are not only good enough but have the raw genetic talent to beat any other race, ethnicity or nation.
Boxing – a world power, there is no-one we cannot beat in it.
There is nothing we cannot achieve. Our ancestors thought so, we had it hammered out of us during 800 years of colonialism, left with no self esteem, thinking we are worth nothing. Time for pride and confidence in being Irish, not false arrogance.
We are not here to take part, we are here to take over.
Munster beat the All Blacks!! True but…..
We have a reasonable sporting history, nothing more. Look at smaller countries – like Belgium and Holland.
Sadly, we’re not in their league.
Ciara, Google is your friend – don’t be so parochial and insular.
World class ‘athletes” in GAA? Surely a joke right?
@Glen
You are forgetting one massive difference – they have higher per capita populations with bigger economies, remember they also had colonies, of which they draw competitors, we however select from a select ethnic Irish base, they do not have a rugby background and most of their talent goes into soccer or athletics, unlike Ireland where we field in every major sport and then have the GAA.
@Fiachra
No, just because athletics people train specifically for athletics, would they be able to compete at senior level GAA, whilst living a normal life, the fitness levels earned by the GAA is world class standard as well as skill, and we are talking about unpaid amateurs here. That is more admirable than anything, the commitment they show.
Belgium and Holland? Their populations are multiples of ours. Are you serious?
Hey Ciara, Catherine McKiernan was never World Champion :-), (4 silvers at the world cross country in a row) but a phenomenal athlete. However, Eamon Coughlan (1983 – 5000m) and John Trecey (back to back world cross country titles) were.
Well done lads…..i must say that i dont like the full green running outfit. Should be another colour added to the outfit. From a distance id say they look like giant green beans running around a track, Just sayin
Anyway…….when is the final ?
14.40 Tomorrow.
Jaysus ffs hardly earth shattering performances !
Maybe with a moniker like “flying picket” you could enter one of these races. It’s obvious you are some sort of an armchair commentator who has no appreciation of the standard of achievement and dedication necessary to reach a final at the highest level. Better still try and beat the Irish record in any event yourself, we could praise your “personal best”.
The Irish are capable of achieving anything, we do not need foreign blood to win at anything.
Our ancestors built the Newgrange Boyne valley geo-astrological monuments long before the pyramids, for Christs sake. Start having pride in being Irish and believing in how brilliant it is to be Irish, we are a talented, intelligent, physically superb, unique rare people. Be proud of your Irish ancestry, there is nothing like it anywhere else in the world, once it is gone, it is gone forever.
Jawohl mein kommandant!
@Charles
the response of the low self esteem, pure example of what I am talking about –
Irish afraid to have confidence in themselves, fear having the right to believe they are as good as if not better than most – no, it get’s put down as something wrong.
Go on away with your spineless cowardly begrudgery, something which has held Ireland back for 100s of years.
Sorry but it’s like who has the the more Liathróidí right to left ,
Hope I spelt that right bloody Guinness