BRIAN HOGAN saw a few minutes action at the start of this year’s NHL final. The rest he absorbed in hospital, having broken a collarbone.

WELL, that was some year, wasn’t it? There is still some tidying up to do at club level, but for all intents and purposes, with Nemo clinching another Munster Club SFC title last Sunday, the last shots have been fired in the GAA season, on the field at least.

PHILIP MAHER has been ruled out of Tipperary team to play Clare in the Munster SHC semi-final on Sunday.

DON’T write off Waterford! That’s the advice from former Tipperary manager Michael Doyle in the face of growing doubts about their ability to beat Clare in the opening round of the Guinness Munster SHC in Thurles on Sunday.

SUNDAY'S Allianz NFL Finals at Croke Park will be all-ticket.

THE Executive Committee of Cork County Board last night launched a strongly worded rebuttal of the numerous claims which forced the county’s hurling panel to withdraw their services on Friday.