When teams in sport go on long unbeaten runs, everyone has them in the crosshairs, writes Tomás Quinn. 

Allianz HL Division 1A

Galway forward Cyril Donnellan admits that halting Tipperary’s high-scoring attack will be a difficult task for Micheál Donoghue’s side this weekend.

I saw an interview with Ken McGrath during the week where he expressed the hope Waterford would just go for it tomorrow against Kilkenny. 

Eamonn Corcoran has urged Tipperary to rediscover a winning habit – or run the risk of being renowned as a team that can’t close out tight games.

Veteran defender Joe McMahon believes Tyrone are on the verge of a second golden era with another talented young team.

Just moments before the senior semi-final throw-in last Sunday, the winning Kerry minor squad appeared from under the Hogan Stand and walked up past the senior subs to take their position close by. They had been the appetiser, a tasty one at that. Now they had ringside seats to get a full appreciation of what their future may hold.

The man who was affectionately known as ‘the Canon,’ had the Midas touch when it came to developing hurling talent and coaching teams to success at the highest level, achieving this with St Finbarr’s, Farranferris, UCC and Cork at underage and adult level.

Feile na nGael: Local side Kevin Lynch’s from Dungiven became the first team from Ulster to take Bus Éireann Division 1 Hurling Féile na nGael honours after yesterday’s final action at Owenbeg.

LEINSTER SHC SEMI-FINAL:

DAVID CUNNINGHAM, Glen Rovers, takes over the full back slot left vacant by the injury to Eoin Cadogan for Cork’s last game in the preliminary rounds of the Allianz NHL against Galway at Pearse Stadium on Sunday.

AS has been seen on so very many occasions, great institutions that imagine they exert a powerful influence over our existence can lag behind society and how we lead our lives.

CORK HARLEQUINS’ reign as All- Ireland club champions came to an end at Lough Moss Leisure Centre on Saturday, when they were beaten 4-2 by Ulster Senior League winners Annadale (6-3 on aggregate).

THE last time Steven McDonnell found Mike McCarthy perched on his shoulder in Croke Park, he had one of those afternoons that players slot into the folder marked "experience"; one of those days that, in terms of euphemisms, transforms a promising youngster into a mature footballer.

THE Captains Fantastic they were, both of them counties from decades in the wilderness, each will be remembered forever for their epic speeches on those days of days.