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Anthony Daly

Two‑time All‑Ireland–winning captain and former Dublin and Clare manager, Anthony Daly, is a much-respected pundit and columnist as well as ringmaster in chief on the hugely-popular Dalo’s Hurling Show.

Kilkenny v Galway - Leinster GAA Hurling Senior Championship Final

Anthony Daly: This was Kilkenny's most cherished Leinster title in two decades

Cork, meanwhile, will be disappointed when the chance was there but did they run out of gas?

Sun, 15 Nov, 2020

Limerick v Waterford - Allianz Hurling League Division 1 Final

Anthony Daly: Waterford won’t back down but Limerick’s physicality and firepower will win the day

Scheduling the Munster final for Thurles, and not Cork, has handed an advantage to the Leinster teams

Sat, 14 Nov, 2020

Patrick Horgan and Eoghan O'Donnell 7/11/2020

Anthony Daly: The jury is still out on Cork but at least they’re back on the road

When you’re backed into a corner, there’s only one way out

Mon, 09 Nov, 2020

Anthony Daly: Three key match-ups Dublin must get right if they are to upset Cork

Dublin got the match-up with TJ Reid wrong last week and I don’t see them making that mistake Saturday afternoon

Fri, 06 Nov, 2020

Tipperary v Limerick - Munster GAA Hurling Senior Championship Semi-Final

Anthony Daly: Powerhouse Limerick ensure the game was played on their terms

It’s going to take some outfit to beat Limerick this year

Mon, 02 Nov, 2020

Cork v Waterford - Munster GAA Hurling Senior Championship Semi-Final

Anthony Daly: Waterford wanted it more, which is an indictment on Cork

The team which lost by the least amount — Cork — will still have attracted the most criticism

Mon, 02 Nov, 2020

Aaron Gillane with Brendan Maher 30/6/2019

Anthony Daly: Tipperary to tiptoe quietly through the front door

Tipp are heading into this campaign with a chip on their shoulders. They've had a full 14 months of listening to the theory that Kilkenny did Tipp the biggest favour in their history by taking Limerick out of the equation last year

Sat, 31 Oct, 2020

Shane Kingston and Shane McNulty 8/6/2019

Anthony Daly: Sometimes you long for the old Cork-Waterford ping-pong fests

Some of these guys may take their emotional energy from the crowd so you’d wonder now will that have an effect on the big guns here like Patrick Horgan and Austin Gleeson?

Fri, 30 Oct, 2020

Graeme Mulcahy shoots on goal 25/10/2020

Anthony Daly: Painful Limerick lesson proves Clare hurling certainly not in the place we need to be

I don’t want to be hammering lads but if you took Tony Kelly out of the team yesterday, Clare would have been whipped

Mon, 26 Oct, 2020

Anthony Daly: We’ve a chance to bring joy into people’s lives, so why not try?

The counter-argument is how much more difficult will it be to suppress emotion — all around the county — after a Munster final or All-Ireland win? I don’t see that being a problem.

Sat, 24 Oct, 2020