So after an amazing hurling summer, who will prevail in the hurling final replay?
It’s Cork against Clare in the battle to claim the Liam McCarthy Cup.
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Hello and welcome to Croke Park for this afternoon’s All-Ireland senior hurling final replay between Clare and Cork.
Both teams currently out on the pitch warming up on a beautiful evening for hurling.
The big news is that there is one late change on the Clare team with Darach Honan dropping to the bench as Shane O’Donnell gets set to start at full-forward.
Here’s the Cork team that is named to start today:
Cork: Anthony Nash; Stephen McDonnell, Shane O’Neill, Conor O’Sullivan; Brian Murphy, Christopher Joyce, William Egan; Lorcan McLoughlin, Daniel Kearney; Seamus Harnedy, Cian McCarthy, Patrick Cronin; Luke O’Farrell, Patrick Horgan, Conor Lehane.
Here’s the Clare team that is named to start:
Clare: Patrick Kelly; Domhnall O’Donovan, David McInerney, Cian Dillon; Brendan Bugler, Pat Donnellan (c), Patrick O’Connor; Conor Ryan, Colm Galvin; John Conlon, Tony Kelly, Colin Ryan; Podge Collins, Shane O’Donnell, Conor McGrath.
Great atmosphere starting to develop at Croke Park. Hill 16 looks nearly full at the moment from our vantage point in the Upper Hogan Stand with both Cork and Clare fans while the main three stands are starting to fill up.
Here’s the Clare substitutes list:
Donal Tuohy, Conor Cooney, Seadna Morey, Liam Markham, Nicky O’Connell, Fergal Lynch, Shane O’Donnell, Cathal McInerney, Peter Duggan, Jonathan Clancy, Paul Flanagan.
Clare’s Nicky O’Connell could be one of the men introduced today.
Here’s the Cork substitutes list:
Darren McCarthy, Killian Murphy, Mark Ellis, Tom Kenny, Stephen White, Rob O’Shea, Jamie Coughlan, Cathal Naughton, Stephen Moylan, Michael O’Sullivan, Michael Cussen.
Tom Kenny is one of the players on the bench for Cork today.
Seamus Harnedy will start for Cork despite being an injury worry during the week.
Great cheers from the Clare supporters as their players names are read out over the public address.
The referee today is Westmeath’s James McGrath with Brian Gavin the standby referee and the other linesman being Johnny Ryan. The sideline official is Alan Kelly.
Just to let you know that if we are level again at the end of 70 minutes today, there will be extra-time played.
The floodlights are on in Croke Park but there’s no real need for them at the moment on what is a bright evening for hurling.
The players are lining up on the red carpet below us now and getting ready to meet President Michael D Higgins.
So is this going to be the final chapter in an amazing 2013 hurling campaign? And who’s going to win folks? Let us know.
Early scoring chance for Clare’s Conor McGrath but his effort drifts wide from the Cusack Stand.
Clare 0-2 Cork 0-0: 2 mins – Clare extend their lead through Shane O’Donnell. That point should soothe his nerves.
Clare 0-2 Cork 0-1: 3 mins – Cork hit back through Seamus Harnedy as he grabs a loose ball and points.
Clare 0-2 Cork 0-2: 4 mins – The teams are level through a Lorcan McLoughlin point after Luke O’Farrell popped the pass out to him.
Clare 0-3 Cork 0-2: 5 mins – Clare back ahead courtesy of a fine point from Conor McGrath who has started brightly.
Clare 1-3 Cork 0-2: 5 mins – First big score of the game and it arrives courtesy of a low shot by O’Donnell arrowed across Anthony Nash. The credit goes to Donnellan for the great run to set up that goal from deep.
Clare 1-4 Cork 0-2: 7 mins – First free of the day for Clare’s Colin Ryan and he converts after Tony Kelly was fouled.
Clare 1-4 Cork 0-3: 9 mins – And Patrick Horgan strikes over his first free of the day for Cork.
Clare 1-4 Cork 0-4: 11 mins – Lovely point for Cork by Conor Lehane from the Cusack Stand side.
Clare 1-5 Cork 0-4: 12 mins - Colin Ryan points a Clare free after Podge Collins was fouled.
Davy Fitz celebrates Clare’s opening goal (INPHO / James Crombie)
Clare 2-5 Cork 0-4: 13 mins – It’s that man O’Donnell again who finds the net with a brilliant finish after being played in by Conor McGrath.
Clare 2-5 Cork 0-5: 14 mins – Superb skill by Conor Lehane to point for Cork but Clare definitely have the upper hand so far.
Clare 2-5 Cork 1-5: 16 mins – Incredibly Nash hits the net with a rocket past 13 Clare players!
Clare 2-6 Cork 1-5: 17 mins – Clare fight back with Colin Ryan hitting over a free.
Clare 2-6 Cork 1-6: 18 mins – Patrick Horgan cancels that out by pointing a free for Cork after Patrick Cronin was again fouled by Cian Dillon.
Clare 3-6 Cork 1-6: 19 mins – Great positioning by O’Donnell again to claim the ball and he batted to the net past Nash.
Amazing contribution from O’Donnell so far. He’s causing havoc for the Cork defence.
Clare 3-6 Cork 1-7: 21 mins – Patrick Horgan responds with a point for play for Cork.
Clare 3-7 Cork 1-7: 22 mins – Then Tony Kelly hits his first point of the game for Clare.
The scene on the line for Cork’s first goal as Anthony Nash drills a 21-yard free past 13 Clare defenders (Image: RTÉ)
Clare 3-8 Cork 1-7: 23 mins – Well struck free from distance by Clare’s Colin Ryan yields a point.
Goal chance for Cork after a mistake in the Clare defence but Patrick Horgan is crowded out of it and the ball rolls wide.
Clare 3-9 Cork 1-7: 26 mins – More problems in the Cork defence caused by O’Donnell and he releases John Conlon who is fouled with Colin Ryan slotting over another free.
Cronin starting to cause problems for Clare as he is fouled by Cian Dillon again.
Clare 3-9 Cork 1-10: 32 mins – Horgan shoots over the free for Cork’s third successive point.
Clare 3-9 Cork 1-11: 34 mins – Horgan intercepts a pass from Brendan Bugler and points from play
The half ended in a welter of excitement with Clare nearly getting in for a fourth goal through O’Donnell. But Shane O’Neill did brilliantly to get back and crowd him out.
Here’s some talking points from the first-half.
- The rocket to the net by Anthony Nash from that 20-yard free.
- Shane O’Donnell firing a hat-trick in an All-Ireland senior final in just his first year out of the minor ranks.
- Clare’s bright start which enabled them to have an eight-point lead at one juncture.
- And Cork’s fightback to be only four points adrift at the break.
Clare 3-10 Cork 1-11: 37 mins – Tony Kelly does marvelously to make space to point for Clare from distance.
Clare 3-10 Cork 1-12: 38 mins – Great play by Patrick Horgan to win a free and he rifles over the point.
Free in for Cork and it’s brought closer after dissent by Patrick Donnellan. Seamus Harnedy was fouled initially.
Clare 3-10 Cork 1-16: 52 mins – Now Cork are level as Patrick Horgan converts the free.
Clare 3-11 Cork 1-16: 54 mins – Vital point for Clare from Shane O’Donnell. That’s 3-2 now for him today.
Clare 3-12 Cork 1-16: 55 mins – Clare stretch their lead through a John Conlon point.
Cork point effort by Tom Kenny hits the post and the ball is cleared by goalkeeper Patrick Kelly.
Clare 3-13 Cork 2-16: 60 mins - Conor Lehane’s shot was brilliantly blocked by the Clare rearguard but Harnedy whipped the rebound to the net.
Clare 4-13 Cork 2-16: 61 mins – McGrath breaks free of the Cork defence and fires a bullet to the top corner of the net.
Clare 4-15 Cork 2-16: 65 mins – Shane O’Donnell flights over a point for Clare. They’re now five clear.
Sub – Darach Honan is on for Shane O’Donnell for Clare. He’s getting a huge ovation.
Free in for Cork for a foul on Seamus Harnedy after he raced through the Banner defence.
Clare 4-16 Cork 3-16: 70 mins – Late drama as Moylan fires to the net after a pass from Patrick Cronin.
Clare 5-16 Cork 3-16: 72 mins – Honan goals at the other end after cutting in from the left wing.
After a thrilling 70 minutes of hurling which featured eight goals, it is Clare who triumph!
The Banner are celebrating their first All-Ireland senior final win since 1997. Their players and supporters are delirious in Croke Park as ‘The Rose of Clare’ blares over the public address.
15 billion for 2 tournaments?
There are actually 3 tournaments (Confederations Cup). Still crazy though!!
Look at that ‘James Hunt’ of a copper on the bottom pic completely drenching the face of that poor woman with pepper spray.
Was that spray really necessary?
Could that poor woman look any more inoffensive or non-threatening?
I’m here in São Paulo (please correct spelling in article) it’s not just the $R3.20 transport cost 20 centavos increase that’s the problem. The problem is the corruption and the money grabbers and the ‘Brazilian way’ attitude that the country stereotypes it’s self on. The young people of this wonderful country have woken up and are trying to show that change is needed! About 3 months worth of brazilians salary is paid to the government, so essentially you work 3 months to pay the president and government!!! The amount of money spent on the world cup is shocking considering you see a lot of people living on the street and kids asking you for food nearly everyday, substandard health care and lack of Education facilities. The World Cup will be interesting to see in Brasil! I’m personally looking forward to it, despite the waste of money it is.
I stopped reading after your pedantic opening sentence
Well if you’ve studied for 4 years to be a journalist you can at least get a spelling right ? Knob
Irish people on the lower rate of Income Tax pay 20% a year, working out at two-and-a-half months per year, not much different to the Brazilian rate – and that’s before you include things like the Universal Social Charge and VAT. Yet we haven’t seen such large-scale processes here. Yet.
I think it comes down to the fact that countries with a Scandinavian society model are happy enough to pay high rates of tax because their public services work efficiently. Brazilians, and Irish people, on the other hand, get the short straw – they resent paying taxes, because many of the public services are simply shoddy. For example, private health insurance, for those who can afford it, in both countries, is a must have if you want to get decent health care.
When it comes to education in Brazil, there is a paradox where the best universities in the country are publicly-funded. But in order for their kids to enter them, parents have to fork out substantial tuition fees to private primary and secondary schools, as there is so little investment in the public education system. Meanwhile, poorer people who want to get better qualifications, end up working full time on leaving school, and studying in fee-paying private universities by night.
As you say Pádraig, the 20 cent price increase was just the tip of the iceberg. Where you at the protests yourself last night?
Can’t wait for the World Cup. South American held competitions never seem to fail to deliver. Come on Ireland!
In the unlikely event that we actually qualify :)
The youths who occupied the Congresso Nacional were more than a few hundred and according to the live News câmeras at the time when they decided to leave they left cleaning what ever mess was left behind with them. There are photos and vídeos all over the internet showing them to number more than 10,000 people.
Regarding the world cup stadiums:
In six years, since the country’s bid, the increase in public spending amounts to 200% – not counting inflation.
Only in the current renovations of the Maracanã, stadium R$ 1,2 billion have been invested, equivalent to 57% of what had been predicted in investment for the 12 stadiums in the initial BID to FIFA in 2007. In a report in April, the state court of public account (TCU) estimated that there had been a US$ 7.1 billion investment in the sector. In the budget presented for the Brazilian candidacy, R$ 2.1 billion was the estimated cost of the creation and renovation of stadiums in the country. This value, which was defended by the government at the time, would come entirely from the private sector. Today, the reality is the state accounts for over 97% of the funds invested in the arenas, and only three stadiums are funded in part by private investment. It is worth remembering that more than half of the money used to build stadiums (US$ 3.75 billion) comes from the BNDES (National Bank of development).
There will be more protests and they are a little misjointed with many demands and aims. They will be successful if the rest of the population joins them (Unions, Poor people, Army and Public servants). Then maybe there will be some change. Looking forward to the next protest as I will be there.
Its the mainstream media’s job to misinform.
From what I understand, when Brazil was awarded the hosting rights of the World Cup, FIFA and the Brazilian government promised that the stadiums themselves would be funded by private investors, while the dividend for the public was to be an increased investment into projects such as improved public transport.
A few years down the line, the private investors had to be bailed out with public money earmarked for public transport projects, as the stadium construction was falling behind schedule. As the construction had to be speeded up, it was then costing more money. There have been allegations of corruption in the tendering process too. So when public transport fares increaded recently without any improvement, this was the straw that broke the camel’s back.
This generation of Brazilians, despite an abysmal public education system at primary and secondary level, are very well informed, while they would have no memory of life under dictatorship. The risk with these protests, perhaps like in Turkey, is that their claims are too disparate and vague, their organisation too haphazard – a politician was complaining that when he offered to meet with the protest leaders to discuss their grievances in São Paulo he couldn’t find a spokesperson/leader.
An analogy could be drawn with Ireland: private investors investing in projects that were “too big to fail” messed up, leading to a government bailout and deteriorating, yet more expensive, public services.
Hah! Get out of this one Blatter and your blazers. Then try and get out if the Qatar one without playing the World Cup in January.