A PHOTGRAPH from the Irish Examiner archives is instructive. Sean O’Gorman, Ger Cunningham, Brendan O’Sullivan, Denis Walsh and Canon Michael O’Brien stand on the steps of the Hogan Stand amidst a sea of red and white, apart from Walsh who wears Galway maroon. 

League finalists Kilkenny and Tipperary were the favourites to contest this year’s All-Ireland final, even if the statistics over the past 20 years were against league final opponents staying the pace to September.

HE’S BACK in Croke Park for another All-Ireland hurling semi-final, this time with a different team, but driven by the same enduring passion for the game which has literally dominated his life for close on half a century.

THE Avonmore Milk Munster Schools’ Senior Cup is down to the last four with a mouth-watering semi-final between CBC and PBC at Musgrave Park today (3pm).

Brendan Larkin LIMERICK bid to reach their first All-Ireland MHC final at Croke Park in 40 years when they play Dublin in this afternoon’s semi-final at Nowlan Park (12.30pm)