TODAY

REVOLUTIONS start innocuously: a small spark, a quiet shift in opinion, a slow realisation that an establishment has reached its final days.

THERE is no rest this week for newly-crowned Kilkenny champions Ballyhale Shamrocks, no time to celebrate their magnificent achievement of four-in-a-row.

Wexford County Board has put a selection committee in place to select a new senior hurling manager.

HAD he had a mind to do so, Damien Fitzhenry, the last line of defence for the Wexford hurlers in Sunday’s Leinster SHC final against Kilkenny, could easily have been the first point of attack for the Wexford footballers in their provincial decider against Dublin, two weeks later.

Dublin 0-19 Wexford 2-13

Less than two weeks after he led Wexford out for the Leinster SHC final against Kilkenny, it now seems that Nigel Higgins' inter-county hurling career is at an end.

Nigel Higgins will captain Wexford for their Leinster SHC semi-final showdown against Dublin on Saturday evening (throw-in 7pm).

The fifth edition of the annual Purple and Gold Star matches, which see the cream of Wexford GAA talent on show, will take place at Wexford Park tomorrow (first throw-in 1pm).

A WEEK OFF — that’s the reward being granted the Toomevara players by manager Pat Herbert after their late late Munster final heroics on Sunday.

Oulart-The-Ballagh 2-19 Monageer-Boolavogue 0-11

Seamus Murphy has officially stepped down from his role as Wexford's senior hurling manager.

ULSTER’S representatives in Sunday’s AIB All-Ireland SHC club semi-final, Ballygalget, have one thing in common with their illustrious opponents Newtownshandrum.

Seamus Murphy has confirmed that the 2006 season will be his second and final year in charge of the Wexford senior hurlers.

Seamus Murphy is to stay on as Wexford hurling manager for the second year of his two-year term with the county's senior panel.

Rathnure 3-10 Buffers Alley 2-9

Leinster champions Wexford will have to plan without the services of star forward and former captain Paul Codd for the 2005 league and championship campaigns.

ADRIAN FENLON has given new Wexford manager Seamus Murphy a Christmas boost - by making himself available for next year’s campaign.

Rathnure's Seamus Murphy has been announced as the new Wexford senior hurling manager. He takes over from club colleague John Conran, who departed due to family and business commitments.

Speculation is mounting that Wexford hurling boss John Conran will step down following his side's 18-point All-Ireland semi-final defeat to Cork last weekend.

PAUL CODD, a member of one of Wexford’s most famous hurling dynasties, has been drafted in by the Leinster champions for Sunday’s Guinness All-Ireland SHC semi-final clash with Cork at Croke Park.

WEXFORD hurling boss John Conran doesn't expect Antrim to bring off a sensational result by beating Cork in Sunday's All-Ireland semi-final.

JOHNNY PILKINGTON will be available to play with Birr in Sunday’s AIB Leinster club hurling final against Kilkenny champions O’Loughlin Gaels in Portlaoise.

O’Loughlin Gaels 0-20 Rathnure 2-11

Wexford champs Rathnure will wait until the 11th hour to rule Paul Codd in or out of Sunday's Leinster club showdown with O'Loughlin Gaels.

FITZGERALD STADIUM, Killarney was yesterday named as the venue for the meeting of Castlehaven and An Ghaeltacht in the semi-final of the AIB Munster club SFC on Sunday week next.

THE county championship schedule winds a little closer to conclusion this weekend with a handful of finals and replays to be decided before the provincial campaigns can begin in earnest.

HE has proved himself one of the top hurling referees of modern times, with four All-Ireland senior appointments to his credit.

FORMER Clare and Galway hurler Fergus Flynn is set to transfer to Waterford club, Ballygunner.

LIMERICK footballer John Quane will replace Kerry captain Darragh Ó Sé, on the Vodafone Allstars visit to San Diego this week.

YOU don't expect to be talking about Kilkenny/Wexford rivalry in mid-November, but the meeting of Young Irelands and Rathnure in the AIB Leinster club hurling championship semi-final in Wexford Park (2.30) tomorrow is guaranteed to arouse passions in both counties.

Tomorrow's Dublin SFC final between UCD and St Vincent's at Parnell Park has been postponed because of the torrential rain in the capital.

Rathnure’s John Conran was appointed Wexford hurling manager last night.

All-Ireland club hurling champions Birr kept their title charge on course with a narrow Leinster SHC semi-final win over Castletown at Portlaoise yesterday.