Tipperary’s Willlie Maher and Kilkenny’s Conor Phelan will manage the senior side bidding to prevent a Scottish five-in-a-row of series wins.

OUT ON a hurling field temporarily set up for a hot afternoon of competition in New Jersey recently, the big NYPD detective who had offered to stand in goal for us explained why he was better than we’d expected.

SPONSOR Martin Donnelly has indicated that the interprovincial football championship will be held later this year but hinted that the future of the tournament remains up for debate.

LOUTH hurler Paul Dunne will defend his Poc Fada title in the Cooley Mountain tomorrow in one of the finest events in the history of the competition.