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Tony Browne

Dessie Hutchinson celebrates scoring the first goal of the game 21/11/2020

Tony Browne: Direct running and eye for goals give Waterford the edge

Until Limerick win a second All-Ireland, they won't hold the kind of aura that many seem to believe they already possess. Waterford certainly won’t fear them

Thu, 10 Dec, 2020

Some observations now that the smoke has cleared...

Leading into last year’s All-Ireland final, something that nagged at me as a Waterford man was the thought we might come to rue the time we didn’t kill off Galway earlier that season during a league quarter-final up in Salthill, writes Tony Browne

Sat, 25 Aug, 2018

Puckout strategy the key for underdogs Limerick

From precision preparation to puckout strategies, John Kiely’s Limerick has got virtually everything right this summer - but Galway will win, writes Tony Browne.

Fri, 17 Aug, 2018

Cathal Mannion, Conor Whelan and Brian Concannon with James Maher 27/5/2018

Does every Kilkenny player really think they can take Galway down?

After all the commotion of the past seven days, today's two provincial hurling finals could hardly have come at a better time for the GAA and everyone who follows it. 

Sun, 01 Jul, 2018

We’ve been too nice in Waterford, and we’ve paid the ultimate price

You could say that right from the off Waterford were off. Before the ball was even thrown in down in Limerick last Sunday, or indeed before a ball was ever thrown in this summer.

Tue, 12 Jun, 2018

If McGrath rolls dice the Déise faithful may follow

Shortly after my wife and I took up a pair of seats about four rows from the back of the covered stand in Cusack Park last Sunday, I could hear a young fella behind me asking his father: Is that Tony Browne?

Tue, 29 May, 2018