Organisation: Fourmilewater

Waterford some county for old men

The dream of the nineties is alive in Waterford, it seems.

Sat, 14 Oct, 2017

Colleges conundrum agitating Cork clubs

Should either UCC team score a quarter-final victory this weekend, then the disquiet which greeted the hurlers’ surprise win over Midleton last Sunday will swell considerably.

Sat, 23 Sep, 2017

Deise chairman slams Sunday Game pundits over Austin Gleeson coverage: 'It’s so easy to dig up stuff'

Waterford county board chairman Paddy Joe Ryan has admitted that the Déise are “lucky” to have Austin Gleeson available for next month’s All-Ireland senior hurling final against Galway.

Thu, 17 Aug, 2017

Pressure rising as Rebels on a roll

Two months ago, a performance is all that was demanded of the Cork senior hurlers. Two months on, expectation levels have been dramatically altered. And John Meyler’s U21s are no exception.

Thu, 13 Jul, 2017

Kerry changes for Rossie game

Kerry, who travel to Dr Hyde Park to face Roscommon in Division 1 of the Allianz FL tomorrow (2pm), have two changes in personnel, as well as a number of positional switches, following their loss to Monaghan.

Sat, 04 Mar, 2017

Alan Cadogan fires hat-trick for UCC

UCC 5-13 Ulster University 2-4: With an 18-point winning margin, this Fitzgibbon Cup Group D clash might appear to have gone as expected. But it was never a cakewalk for UCC at the Mardyke yesterday.

Wed, 25 Jan, 2017

Cork outplayed as UCC finally get their hands on Canon O’Brien Cup

UCC 0-22 Cork 1-13: UCC always led as they claimed victory in the Canon O’Brien Cup for the first time at the Mardyke last night.

Sat, 07 Jan, 2017

‘We don’t look at the Kerry champions in awe’

Take it as a given that Thomas O’Gorman will pick up Colm Cooper on Sunday.

Fri, 25 Nov, 2016

Jamie Barron out to finish 2016 on high note

The conversation with Jamie Barron moves seamlessly between the two codes, every bit as fluent, in fact, as his juggling of both this year.

Thu, 24 Nov, 2016

Conor O’Brien calls it a day with Tipperary

Conor O’Brien has called time on his involvement with the Tipperary hurlers, the 30-year-old bowing out with two All-Ireland and five Munster medals.

Wed, 26 Oct, 2016

U21 stroll soothes the pain of last week for Waterford

Waterford 5-25 Antrim 1-8: Concrete solutions may have been thin on the ground, but at least there was general agreement Saturday’s futile exercise in Thurles did no-one any favours. 

Mon, 22 Aug, 2016

Magnificent Waterford deliver Munster U21 crown in style

Waterford 2-19 Tipperary 0-15: A powerful final quarter burst — in which the home outfit outscored Tipperary by 1-8 to 0-1 — delivered Waterford a first Munster U21 hurling title in 22 years.

Thu, 28 Jul, 2016

Donncha Fahey: Tipperary and Waterford never a cut-throat rivalry

Donncha Fahey won an All-Ireland with Tipperary in 2001. He was always Tipp, he maintains, but geography would have let him hurl for Waterford too. Better placed than most then to trace the peculiar border intimacies that even saw the great Mick Roche slip from one side to the other.

Sat, 09 Jul, 2016

Paul O’Brien delights for Limerick minors

Waterford 0-17 Limerick 0-19: The Limerick backroom team jumped for joy at full-time as the Treaty resisted a late avalanche of Waterford pressure to squeeze through to the Munster minor hurling final for the fourth year in a row at a sunny Walsh Park.

Thu, 30 Jun, 2016

Laois may avoid being kicked out of the championship

The role of the sideline official in permitting Laois’ use of seven subs against Armagh in Saturday’s qualifier may see them avoid being dumped out of the championship.

Tue, 21 Jun, 2016

Abbey score second victory

Mark Ferncombe fired over 10 points as Abbeyside earned their second win of the Waterford SHC against Cappoquin in Colligan last night (1-20 to 2-15).

Fri, 10 Jun, 2016

Ken McGrath's six observations on Clare v Waterford

He was one of Waterford’s greatest number sixes. Ken McGrath gives Michael Moynihan half a dozen observations on Waterford-Clare today.

Sun, 05 Jun, 2016

Brian Cody makes five changes for Clare clash

Jackie Tyrrell, TJ Reid, and Richie Hogan come into the Kilkenny team among five changes for tomorrow’s Allianz HL Division 1 semi-final with Clare in Semple Stadium (throw-in 4pm).

Sat, 16 Apr, 2016

Impressive Cork reveal fighting spirit to reel in Waterford

Waterford 1-10 Cork 0-17: An impressive Cork side overcame a disastrous start to ease to victory over Waterford in this Munster MHC clash in Walsh Park, Waterford.

Thu, 07 Apr, 2016

Today's GAA previews

A look ahead to today’s three big games...

Wed, 06 Apr, 2016

Team News: Debutant Kieran Morris among four Tipperary changes

Kieran Morris makes his league debut as Tipperary make four changes for today’s important Allianz HL Division 1A clash with Cork in Semple Stadium (2pm).

Sun, 20 Mar, 2016

Kilkenny rework losing side ahead of Tipperary battle

Brian Cody has made four changes to the Kilkenny side for today’s Allianz Hurling League Division 1A clash with Tipperary in Nowlan Park (throw-in 2pm).

Sun, 21 Feb, 2016

Hurling Team News: Kilkenny name strong side for Waterford opener

Brian Cody has selected 12 of the Kilkenny team which began last year’s All-Ireland hurling final against Galway for tomorrow’s Allianz HL Division 1A opener against Waterford in Walsh Park.

Sat, 13 Feb, 2016

LIT’s late show breaks UCC hearts

Limerick IT 2-15 UCC 1-14: The permutations were many heading into this sink-or-swim contest for the hurlers of UCC. In the end, not one of them was relevant; UCC crashing out of the Fitzgibbon Cup at the group stages for a second successive year.

Wed, 10 Feb, 2016

Goals do the trick for UCD in Fitzgibbon Cup

UCD 2-12 UCC 0-13 Fitzgibbon Cup

Fri, 29 Jan, 2016

Peadar Healy makes four Cork changes for Waterford football clash

Cork football manager Peadar Healy has made four changes to the side which was named for last Sunday’s postponed McGrath Cup fixture.

Wed, 13 Jan, 2016

Second-half goals seal victory for Cork

Cork 2-12 UCC 0-13: Cork retained the Canon O’Brien Cup, but UCC did put up a spirited fight in terrible conditions at the Mardyke.

Mon, 11 Jan, 2016

Mahony gives ‘stand-in’ free-taker thumbs up

Pauric Mahony has been impressed with how Brian O’Sullivan has performed as Ballygunner’s free-taker.

Fri, 06 Nov, 2015

Denis Walsh just avoids clash of the ash

But for a rearrangement, Denis Walsh would have found himself in quite the quandary tomorrow, a victim of his own success.

Sun, 18 Oct, 2015

Impressive Christians back in style with first win in 97 years

CBC Cork 0-16 CBS HS Clonmel 0-8: Eight unanswered points in the final 20 minutes were the key as Cork’s CBC won on their return to the Dr Harty Cup in Clashmore yesterday.

Thu, 15 Oct, 2015

Gunners keep cool to book final spot

Waterford SHC semi-final

Mon, 12 Oct, 2015

Thomas Ryan leads way for Tallow

Tallow 1-14 Ballyduff Upper 0-16: Fraher Field was subdued yesterday afternoon for the Waterford SHC semi-final between Tallow and Ballyduff Upper, which Tallow eventually won by the narrowest of margins.

Mon, 05 Oct, 2015

De La Salle slip to edge of precipice

The Waterford senior hurling semi-finals are on soon, and there are some surprising participants if you’re used to the Mount Sion-Ballygunner dominance of recent years.

Sat, 26 Sep, 2015

De La Salle in danger of the drop

Three time county champions De La Salle face a relegation play-off to keep their Waterford SHC senior status intact after Fourmilewater dumped them out of the race for the News & Star trophy on Saturday evening at Fraher Field.

Mon, 14 Sep, 2015

Youngster Séan gets audience with classy Austin Gleeson

The Waterford hurlers have won many new fans this season and even in defeat the men from the south east continue to show their class.

Wed, 15 Jul, 2015

Pauric Mahony will recover fully, says Derek McGrath

Waterford manager Derek McGrath has backed Pauric Mahony to show resilience and make a full recovery from a season-ending injury.

Mon, 11 May, 2015

Rob O’Shea snatches victory for UCC

Cork County SHC

Tue, 21 Apr, 2015

Stroll in the park for top class UCC

UCC 3-19 GMIT 0-8: The sight of Conor Lehane, Alan Cadogan and Shane O’Donnell being clapped off the field midway through the second-half painted a most accurate picture of this stroll in the park for UCC.

Fri, 30 Jan, 2015

Ryan back for second stint as Waterford County Board chairman

Paddy Joe Ryan was elected as the new Waterford County Board chairman at last night’s annual convention in Dungarvan.

Fri, 19 Dec, 2014

O’Keeffe fears new proposals could end club interest by June

Waterford secretary Timmy O’Keeffe fears teams could be eliminated from county championships by June if national proposals to condense club competitions into a calendar year are successful.

Thu, 18 Dec, 2014

Cody stays for 17th year

As expected, Brian Cody was last night reappointed for a 17th consecutive season in charge as Kilkenny senior hurling manager.

Tue, 11 Nov, 2014

Leahy strikes late for Midleton

Midleton CBS 0-11 CBS HS Clonmel 0-10

Thu, 16 Oct, 2014

Shanahan delivers to see Lismore through

Maurice Shanahan measured a last-minute free to supply Lismore with the draw they required on Saturday night to reach the quarter-finals and nudged Fourmilewater towards the relegation play-off.

Mon, 25 Aug, 2014

Powerful Passage back in title hunt

Waterford SHC, Round 4: With their backs to the wall beforehand, county champions Passage came out fighting last night to claim a vital Group 1 win over Fourmilewater in a crunch fourth round clash at Fraher Field (3-18 to 1-18).

Sat, 16 Aug, 2014