Oulart-Ballagh 1-11 Ballyhale Shamrocks 1-10

It’s the sort of thorny problem Darren Stamp was sure belonged to a past generation. Yet here he is, a day before a Leinster club hurling semi-final, and there’s something else clawing and scraping away at his mind.

Retired Wexford stalwart Darren Stamp helped Oulart-the Ballagh edge out Kilmacud Crokes in a tense AIB Leinster Club SHC quarter-final tie at Parnell Park.

Just days after announcing his retirement from senior inter-county hurling, Wexford's Darren Stamp has called on the GAA to pay players at the top level.

Former Wexford hurler Darren Stamp believes inter-county players should be paid a weekly allowance by the GAA.

Cork manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy has tweaked his team for Saturday's crucial All-Ireland SHC third phase qualifier against Wexford in Thurles (throw-in 5pm).

Wexford manager Liam Dunne has selected an unchanged team for tomorrow's All-Ireland SHC first phase qualifier against Carlow.

Anyone who went to Offaly’s clash with Wexford in Tullamore on Saturday to see good hurling, good individual displays or good team play would have been sorely let down.

Wexford manager Liam Dunne and his Offaly counterpart Ollie Baker have selected their teams for Saturday's Leinster SHC quarter-final at O'Connor Park (throw-in 7pm).

Glynn Barntown duo John Leacy and Gary Moore will make their debuts for Wexford in Sunday's Allianz Hurling League clash with Antrim at Casement Park (throw-in 1.30pm).

The 2012 M Donnelly-sponsored Interprovincial Football and Hurling Championship was launched today by GAA President Christy Cooney at Croke Park.

SO, a Leinster Club hurling final with none of the usual suspects.

OULART-THE-BALLAGH produced a stunning performance to hold off a magnificent Clough-Ballacoola in this thrilling AIB Leinster Club SHC semi-final at Wexford Park yesterday.

THERE was massive delight in the villages of Oulart and The Ballagh yesterday, as their Leinster club win over Kilkenny champions James Stephens at Nowlan Park on Sunday was celebrated with gusto.

IT’S taken four attempts in the last seven years, but Wexford champions Oulart-The Ballagh have finally turned over a Kilkenny team in the Leinster Club senior hurling championship.

LIMERICK and Wexford have reacted strongly against the decision to restructure the Allianz Hurling League from next year.

Limerick 1-22 Wexford 2-13

Darren Stamp is fit to lead Wexford in Saturday's All-Ireland SHC second phase qualifier against Limerick at the Gaelic Grounds (throw-in 5pm).

Paul Roche and Garrett Sinnott have been included in the Wexford team for Saturday's Leinster SHC semi-final against Kilkenny at Wexford Park (throw-in 7pm).

Wexford have three main injury concerns ahead of their much-anticipated Leinster SHC semi-final against Kilkenny this Saturday.

A large crowd is expected at Wexford Park on Saturday week, with Wexford hosting Westmeath and Kilkenny in the Leinster Senior Football and Hurling Championships respectively.

A WIN pulling up for Wexford then, but the 11-point margin owed more to Antrim’s spectacular collapse than anything the home team offered up in a Leinster quarter-final that seemed to hang in the balance at half-time.

Wexford 3-16 Antrim 1-11

CLONOULTY-Rossmore defender John O’Keeffe will make his senior intercounty hurling championship debut in Sunday’s Munster quarter-final clash against Cork after being named in Tipperary’s starting side last night.

Wexford will begin their Championship campaign this weekend without team captain Darren Stamp who is nursing an ankle injury.

THE ACCUSED: Hurling’s lawmakers

DONEGAL manager Jimmy McGuinness yesterday added his name to the list of high-profile figures to have railed against the GAA’s use of referee assessors and the perceived pressure such figures place on referees, to the detriment of the games themselves.

WEXFORD’S Darren Stamp may feel hurling is becoming ‘a game for sissies’ but a more nuanced dissection of the ancient code emerged in Croke Park yesterday among some of the Tipperary players he faced in Semple Stadium on Sunday.

WEXFORD star Darren Stamp has launched a blistering attack on GAA disciplinary chiefs – accusing them of taking the “manliness” out of hurling and edging it towards “a sissies’ game”.

Tipperary manager Declan Ryan and his Wexford counterpart Colm Bonnar have finalised their teams for tomorrow's Allianz Hurling League Division 1 tie at Semple Stadium (throw-in 2.30pm).

SO many times it’s been said — goals win matches; so many times it’s been said also about this Kilkenny team, that they are a veritable goal-scoring machine. Well, not so yesterday.

THREE times postponed, this Leinster Club senior hurling final at Dr Cullen Park, Carlow, yesterday was worth the wait.

O’Loughlin Gaels (Kilkenny) 0-14 Oulart-The-Ballagh (Wexford) 1-8

WEXFORD manager Colm Bonnar has backed Kilkenny to win back the All-Ireland senior hurling championship crown in 2011.

Wexford manager Colm Bonnar has made four changes to his team for Saturday's All-Ireland SHC phase 1 qualifier against Tipperary at Semple Stadium (throw-in 3.30pm).

WHAT were the Leinster Council thinking when they fixed this game for 7pm on a Saturday evening in Kilkenny?

SMALL things, Keith Rossiter had said last week, that’s what has cost Wexford so many times over the years.

THERE was a distinct lack of quality to yesterday evening’s Allianz NHL Division 2 decider in Semple Stadium, but it is results, not aesthetics, that will concern Wexford boss Colm Bonnar.

Wexford have received a timely boost ahead of Sunday's Allianz NHL Division 2 final against Clare (Semple Stadium, throw-in 5pm), with Darren Stamp and Paul Roche returning from injury to take places on the starting line-up.

WEXFORD boss Colm Bonnar has called for NHL Division One to be expanded, saying the system of using a football model for hurling leagues is not working.

SHOCKING footage of the weekend assault on Tipperary referee Willie Barrett has appeared on the internet.

KERRY GAA chiefs have described Colm Cooper’s eye surgery as ‘successful’ and expect the All-Ireland winner to return to training in the near future.

Wexford manager Colm Bonnar has tweaked his starting line-up for Sunday's Allianz NHL Division 2 clash with Down at Wexford Park (throw-in 1.30pm).