HENRY SHEFFLIN WILL take his Ballyhale Shamrocks team into action against the reigning champions Dicksboro in the quarter-finals of this year’s Kilkenny senior hurling championship.
Shefflin is in his first season managing Ballyhale Shamrocks and saw them win convincingly in the first round last evening, 3-22 to 1-12 against St Patrick’s Ballyraggett.
Their reward is a last eight fixture against Dicksboro, who claimed the Kilkenny senior hurling shield on Saturday and ended a 24-year wait to lift the county senior title last October.
Last year’s beaten finalists James Stephens, who triumphed in the senior hurling league final on Sunday, will have to wait for their quarter-final opponents with Erins Own taking on Carrickshock in a first round replay next Saturday. The losers of that game will face Danesfort in this year’s battle to avoid senior hurling relegation in Kilkenny.
Elsewhere there will be a meeting of recent champions at the quarter-final stage as 2016 kingpins O’Loughlin Gaels meet 2015 victors Clara. The clubs met in that 2015 decider when Clara triumphed.
The remaining quarter-final involves Bennettsbridge against Mullinavat, both clubs promoted from the intermediate grade in successive years in 2014 and 2015.
2018 Kilkenny senior hurling championship
Saturday 29 September
First round replay
Erins Own v Carrickshock, Clara, 2pm
Sunday 30 September
Quarter-finals
O’Loughlin Gaels v Clara, James Stephens Park, 12pm
Bennettsbridge v Mullinavat, Thomastown, 2pm
Dicksboro v Ballyhale Shamrocks, John Locke Park, 4pm
Saturday 6 October
Quarter-final
James Stephens v Erins Own/Carrickshock, Venue TBC, 2pm
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I was in Lille that match, the fans role were probably the most important part.
@Jordan Callaghan: hopefully the away end is loud tomorrow
@Jordan Callaghan: and the fact that the Italians rolled over.
@Peter Kiernan: ahhhh Peter don’t be talking sense. Nothing like a heroic effort in the last must win game to get everyone pumped …. Let’s forget how O’Neill was too afraid to try to win the games that could have had us already qualified.
Different scenario somewhat compared to Lille. Wales also have to go for a win as well, whereas Italy were already qualified and focused on their next game
CUIR IAD FAOI BRÚ!
PUT ‘EM UNDER PRESSURE!
Doo de doo de doo de do. do do do!
This Irish team have proven this campaign that they are far better away from home. I was in Vienna when we played well and won. This Welsh side are no better than us. They’ve been outplayed on home turf more than once recently and got lucky. Hopefully their luck will finally run out tomorrow night.
Are Wales putting out the B team???
An Italian B team is better than a welsh A team.
….and Ireland calls on Martin O’Neill to pick a team that is attack minded and instruct them to have a real go at Wales. It’s all or nothing now. No point in playing defensive, getting a 0-0 draw and then regretting the one or two chances that got away. I don’t want to see the word “brave” used to describe Ireland if we fail tomorrow.
Well let them play like they did in Lille… not just long ball boring stuff, give it a proper go COYBIG
@Dermo: well said Dermo
Is it true that O’Neill is Trapattoni in disguise? He refuses to allow his team use their own initiative when it really matters.