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Monday, February 13, 2012

Today's Paper - GAA

Door open for Lar return, says Ryan

Tipperary boss Declan Ryan has reiterated that the door remains open for Lar Corbett to return to the squad.

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Farney find range in fiery affair

An exhibition of long-range shooting from Monaghan would have been the talking point from this Division 2 affair were it not for two ugly melees.

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Three-goal Kelly fires up Cork

The margin separating the teams when they clashed in the 2010 All-Ireland final was wafer-thin but since then the chasm between the footballers of Cork and Down has increased substantially.

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Pre-season score-quake but Tipp go extra mile

The Waterford Crystal Tournament is meant to be an early-season warm-up competition, an opportunity for teams to shake loose the winter cobwebs.

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Classy Cats dish out drubbing to Tribesmen

A youthful Galway were given a lesson yesterday as Kilkenny swept them aside to claim the Walsh Cup at Pearse Stadium.

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Clare cakewalk, but too early for banner headlines, says Davy

Despite the insistence of Clare manager Davy Fitzgerald that the result of this Waterford Crystal Cup semi-final yesterday will be an “utter irrelevancy’’ when the counties meet in the June Munster championship semi-final, the Banner boss must have been impressed at the way his charges performed.

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Emotional Murphy ticks all the right boxes with heartfelt speech

Damian Murphy played like a captain and he spoke like a leader of men too even if he did describe himself as “over the hill and overweight” in the midst of his speech from the Hogan Stand.

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Milltown-Castlemaine reign

Kerry’s affinity with the All-Ireland Club IFC – not to mention Croke Park – continued yesterday with Milltown-Castlemaine claiming the county’s third title in the tournament’s eight-year history.

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Cooney dismisses Derrytresk complaints

GAA president Christy Cooney has rejected Derrytresk claims that they received shabby and unfair treatment during the inquiry and appeals which followed the now infamous All-Ireland Club JFC semi-final against Dromid Pearses of Kerry.

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Gracious Gammell hides disappointment and praises champs

For so many years Mervyn Gammell has been the hero for Charleville, starring in the North Cork championship when some of his current team-mates were still in the cradle.

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Saints deny battling Derrytresk at death

For weeks, the focus before this All-Ireland junior final zeroed in on Derrytresk, but Galway’s Naomh Pádraig stole the limelight in Croke Park yesterday by claiming the honours in the most dramatic fashion.

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Ballyragget bag title after titanic Charleville tussle

A magnificent contest between two outstanding teams, a game to grace any venue and any occasion as an ultra-talented St Patrick’s of Ballyragget overcame the powerful challenge of Cork champions Charleville in this All-Ireland club JHC final in Croke Park on Saturday evening.

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'We learned to grind out teams'

If ever the All-Ireland Club finals needed a reason for approval, Saturday was it.

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14-man Rangers make history

History was created in Croke Park on Saturday evening when Mount Leinster Rangers became the first team from Carlow to win an All-Ireland club title.

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Loughgiel a superior force, says Quigley

“No complaints,” was the reaction of veteran Na Piarsaigh forward Damien Quigley after Saturday’s comprehensive extra-time loss to Loughgiel Shamrocks in this All-Ireland Club SHC semi-final at Parnell Park.

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Goals do trick for cool Coolderry

Ken Hogan was extolling the talents of Loughgiel on Saturday when news came through the Antrim side had been taken to extra-time in their All-Ireland Club semi-final with Na Piarsaigh.

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Longford edge out Cavan for second win

Longford maintained their 100% record with a swagger at ice cold Kingspan/Breffni Park on Saturday night.

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Loughrey goal topples Tipperary

Tipperary’s promotion ambitions are hanging by a thread following this second successive league defeat at Semple Stadium yesterday.

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Hat-trick for Marren as Sligo hold off Wexford

Corner-forward Adrian Marren netted an astonishing 3-5 as Sligo picked up their first league win with a six-points defeat of Wexford at Markievicz Park — although the home side almost threw away a seemingly unassailable lead in this thriller.

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Rossies finish the stronger to prevail

Roscommon maintained their perfect start to their Division Three campaign with a win that was far more comfortable than the scoreline suggests.

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Galway lose way after solid start but still rescue a draw

This was a strange encounter at Pearse Stadium yesterday.

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GAA to probe ugly clashes

GAA chiefs look set to investigate ugly clashes in yesterday’s Allianz Football League Division 2 game between Monaghan and Kildare at Clones.

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Awesome Ó Sé leads Chorca Dhuibhne

Last year’s defeated finalists Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne deservedly beat a brave Tralee CBS side in a keenly contested Corn Uí Mhuirí semi-final at the Dr Crokes Grounds, Killarney yesterday.

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Shortt shoots Drom to final

Killimor’s grip on the All-Ireland senior club camogie championship is no more, as Drom/Inch dominated the Galwegians at MacDonagh Park in Nenagh to book a place in this year’s final against Oulart-the-Ballagh.

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Keane points Galway to glory

Barry Keane’s six point haul helped Galway claim the All-Ireland Vocational Schools hurling title at windy Thomastown on Saturday.

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Barry goal proves key

Clonakilty CC claimed Munster Vocational senior football honours for the fourth consecutive year after a stern test at Ballineen on Saturday.

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Vaughan goal the key for DLS

FOR the third time in seven years, De La Salle (Macroom) will participate in the marquee day in Munster Colleges football after staving off Coláiste Chríost Rí in an absorbing Corn Uí Mhuirí semi-final in Cloughduv on Saturday.

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Ahern points Dubs to victory

ACE forward Sinead Ahern scored 0-5 as Dublin maintained their 100% start to the Bord Gáis Energy Ladies National Football League Division 1 campaign.

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Glancy and Cox goals punish wasteful Carlow

Goals in both halves were crucial to Leitrim’s success in Dr Cullen Park yesterday.

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Fermanagh fight back to secure points

Peter Canavan’s Fermanagh side came from behind to secure a win over Clare at Brewster Park.

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Ryan hits 1-6 as Treaty defeat 14-man exiles

Limerick topped the Allianz League Division 4 table after an unimpressive performance at the Gaelic Grounds yesterday.

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Hurneys point way as Waterford whip Cats

Waterford secured their first Allianz League victory of 2012 with a facile victory over Kilkenny at Fraher Field, Dungarvan, on Saturday night.

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‘Dozy’ Kerry get their comeuppance

IF a perfect result amounts to both sides taking what they deserved from the action, then this was precisely that.

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Lifeless and Cassidy-less Donegal exposed by lively Laois

MAYBE there was a direct correlation between a lifeless Donegal performance that saw them fall to a second loss in Division One on the same weekend Kevin Cassidy announced his retirement from inter-county football.

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Tyrone step up push for promotion

Tyrone blew neighbours Derry away at Healy Park to step up their bid for promotion.

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Westmeath steamrolled as Meath banish away day blues

The famine is over, according to Seamus McEnaney, though whether Meath can maintain their fine Division 2 form to achieve the promotion they crave remains to be seen.

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We had to fight Kerrigan’s ban, reveals Counihan

Conor Counihan has revealed that Cork felt compelled to clear Paul Kerrigan’s name last week after he was slapped with a two-game ban after being sent-off during last Sunday’s draw against Armagh.

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Saturday likely to be re-fixture date

The GAA will decide a re-fixture date for Saturday’s abandoned Allianz League match between Mayo and Dublin this morning after the game was abandoned at half-time due to heavy fog.

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