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Anthony Daly

Cork pack lethal counterpunch

Yesterday was tough, in more ways than one. I wasn’t in Thurles because I watched the game from the RTÉ studios in Montrose. It felt weird but, in another way, it was easier. 

Mon, 10 Jul, 2017

A pumped Clare’s best might just be good enough

Having Dónal Óg Cusack on board is a big advantage, especially with Clare’s need to shut down Anthony Nash’s puckouts, particularly to Conor Lehane, writes Anthony Daly.

Sat, 08 Jul, 2017

A steel fist in a maroon velvet glove

Anytime I get the lift down from the press box to level 2 in the Hogan Stand, I always look over at the hurling roll of honour as I make my way out through the corridor of the main exit.

Mon, 03 Jul, 2017

The Bob O’Keeffe Cup is not Galway’s Holy Grail but success is now demanded

Before the 2013 Leinster final, we were listening to a standard backing track in Dublin.

Sat, 01 Jul, 2017

Confident Cork have new mentality

As I parked my car in Dr Morris Park before yesterday’s game, the Moycarkey Pipe band were just tuning up before the U25 game. 

Mon, 19 Jun, 2017

Derek McGrath won’t want Waterford v Cork to become a shoot-out

Cork ran riot at times against Tipp but Waterford will question how much Tipp really tested them, writes Anthony Daly.

Sun, 18 Jun, 2017

Kilkenny fear factor melts away in a boiling cauldron

Over the last three weeks, everyone raved about the quality of the Cork-Tipperary match but Saturday night’s game appealed to me a lot more, writes Anthony Daly.

Mon, 12 Jun, 2017

Big pussycat may come back to bite Wexford

In various conversations with the three Kilkenny Sunday Game analysts — Henry Shefflin, Jackie Tyrell and Eddie Brennan — over the last couple of months, you could almost sense the manic, primal Kilkennyesque ferocity in them anytime Wexford and June 10 was mentioned, writes Anthony Daly.

Sat, 10 Jun, 2017

Limerick contaminated by 1B virus

Given my Clare loyalty and my Limerick connections to their underage Academy, I stole into Thurles yesterday like a thief in the night; head down, baseball cap pulled tightly down over my eyes, plain clothes, biro and notepad in my hand.

Mon, 05 Jun, 2017

Clare’s hunger and desire has to be stronger than everyone else

Clare have only won one game in Munster since 2008. It hasn’t been good enough, writes Anthony Daly.

Sat, 03 Jun, 2017