Person: Alan Tynan

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Diarmuid Barron promoted to Munster senior squad as Jack Crowley joins academy

Munster has announced its academy make-up for next season.

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Young Munster weather the storm against rivals Garryowen

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Smith stars as Ireland U20s run in six tries against Munster Development side

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Cork Con's Crowley chosen at out-half in Ireland U20 team to face Munster side

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Two U20 Six Nations winners among those added to Munster Academy

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Johann van Graan looks to his reserves to complete the Italian job

Ireland U-20s earn eight-try morale-boosting win at World Rugby U-20 Championship

The morale-boosting result for Peter Malone's injury-ravaged squad will see them compete for ninth place in Sunday's final round.

Tue, 13 Jun, 2017

Brian Fox: ‘Football suffered most in dual player ban’

Brian Fox knows that Tipperary football, not hurling, that suffered most as a result of Liam Cahill’s ban on dual players lining out for the Premier minor hurlers.

Wed, 07 Jun, 2017

Ireland hopes dashed despite Jack Kelly tries

Jack Kelly ran in two tries for Ireland in the second-half, but their U20 World Cup semi-final hopes ended at the hands of a rampant Scotland in Kutaisi, Georgia.

Mon, 05 Jun, 2017

Ireland v England - RBS U20 Six Nations Rugby Championship

Ireland must beat Scotland to keep hopes alive

Peter Malone’s Ireland U20 side face an onerous task if they are to reach the World Cup final for the second year in a row.

Sat, 03 Jun, 2017

Italy make Ireland pay with last-gasp try

Italy 22 Ireland 21: Munster’s Calvin Nash ran in a couple of tries, but Ireland’s hopes of reaching successive World Rugby U20 Championship finals took a nosedive as Italy pipped them at the death in Georgia.

Thu, 01 Jun, 2017

Lansdowne and Clontarf earn home advantage

Table-toppers Lansdowne and defending champions Clontarf will have home advantage in the Division 1A semi-finals after a tumultuous final day in the Ulster Bank League.

Mon, 17 Apr, 2017

Brian Hickey hails heroic defence as Cork Con claim 28th cup win

Cork Constitution 14 Young Munster 0: Cork Constitution claimed their 28th Bank of Ireland Munster Senior Cup title at wind-swept Musgrave Park yesterday at the expense of old rivals Young Munster, whose bravery was not enough against the defending champions.

Mon, 27 Feb, 2017

Major boost for Munster as Garryowen swept aside

Ulster Bank League Division 1A

Sat, 04 Feb, 2017

Tipperary star Alan Tynan passes the test as Young Munster win crucial battle

Young Munster 19 Lansdowne 10: Tipperary multi-sport star Alan Tynan has become a massive favourite with the faithful at Tom Clifford Park, where he played a key role on Saturday as Young Munster defeated Lansdowne 19-10 to move within one point of the Dublin side at the top of the Ulster Bank AIL Division One A table.

Mon, 30 Jan, 2017

Gavin Coombes looks set for big welcome from West Cork fans

The selection of up-and-coming Skibbereen flanker Gavin Coombes should ensure increased local interest in tonight’s B&I Cup clash between Munster A and Doncaster Knights at Bandon RFC (7pm).

Fri, 13 Jan, 2017

Difference in class too much as Cork Con slam Nenagh

Cork Constitution cruised past Nenagh Ormond in their Munster Senior Cup quarter-final clash in Ballintemple, scoring 8 tries in a 57-10 demolition of the Division 2A side.

Mon, 17 Oct, 2016

Ulster Bank League profiles: Big player turnover at Young Munster

"The professionals aren’t expected to do it, yet the amateurs are. It just doesn’t add up."

Fri, 16 Sep, 2016

Pick hurling or football, Liam Cahill tells Tipperary minors

Tipperary minor hurling manager Liam Cahill has given players the ultimatum of picking hurling or football this year but not both.

Tue, 22 Mar, 2016

Power-packed win for Belvedere College

Belvedere College 31 Cistercian College Roscrea 7: Belvedere College produced a stunning performance at the RDS yesterday when they secured their 11th Leinster Schools’ Senior Cup title at the expense of defending champions Cistercian College Roscrea.

Mon, 14 Mar, 2016

Cistercian Roscrea enjoying life at the summit of Leinster

Insideat coelis animo sed corpore terris — Let the mind be in heaven while the body dwells upon the earth. CC Roscrea Motto

Fri, 11 Mar, 2016

Roscrea advance to cup semis

Cistercian College, Roscrea 27 Gonzaga College 17

Fri, 12 Feb, 2016

Charlie McGeever keenly aware of wider significance of Tipp’s ‘dream final’

Around Clonmel, they’ve been dubbing Sunday’s clash as the ‘dream final’. Commercials against Moyle Rovers for Tipperary SFC bragging rights.

Thu, 15 Oct, 2015

Kerry romp to back-to-back All-Ireland minor crowns

Kerry 4-14 Tipperary 0-6: Of the 21 All-Ireland winning teams Jack O’Connor has been involved with, he described this latest Kerry minor batch as the most complete of the lot.

Mon, 21 Sep, 2015

Profiling the dual players seeking another Tipp minor success

Nine of the Tipperary players in Sunday’s All-Ireland minor final panel also featured this year for the county minor hurlers.

Fri, 18 Sep, 2015

Charlie McGeever recalls how GAA game ended his hopes of making it at Tottenham

It’s 33 years ago but Charlie McGeever still has vivid memories of the Gaelic football match he should never have played in.

Wed, 16 Sep, 2015

Jeffrey Lynskey’s young Galway confound critics

Galway 4-13 Tipperary 1-16: Jeffrey Lynskey was told last December when he interviewed for the position of county minor manager that he would be taking charge of one of the worst Galway teams in recent decades.

Mon, 07 Sep, 2015

Liam Cahill focuses on big picture

Liam Cahill hurled for three years as a Tipperary minor.

Sun, 06 Sep, 2015

Liam Cahill: Dual stars can grasp shot at double

Tipperary minor hurling manager Liam Cahill believes that this is his dual players’ last chance of competing in two All-Ireland finals in the same year.

Thu, 03 Sep, 2015

Tipperary dreaming about All-Ireland doubles

Tipperary 0-11 Kildare 0-9: A couple of minutes before full-time, the big screen panned out to the crowd and picked up a pensive-looking Jack O’Connor.

Mon, 31 Aug, 2015

Charlie McGeever summons another performance from Premier

There have been plenty of distractions for Charlie McGeever as the Tipperary manager plots and plans for tomorrow’s All-Ireland minor football semi-final against Kildare.

Sat, 29 Aug, 2015

Winning feeling can ease Tipp’s dual load

They’re winning, and that’s the most important point, reasons Tipperary minor hurling manager Liam Cahill.

Sun, 16 Aug, 2015

Cusack Park gates set to reopen for Clare club clashes

The gates of Cusack Park could be reopened later this month to stage the third round of Clare SHC games.

Fri, 14 Aug, 2015

Charlie McKeever admits fear of another failure spurred Tipperary

Tipperary 1-10 Galway 0-6: Tipperary manager Charlie McKeever admitted the fear of further failure was strong as his team became the only beaten provincial finalist to make the All-Ireland minor football semi-finals.

Tue, 04 Aug, 2015

Sars advance to Mid-Tipperary final

Tipperary SHC

Mon, 20 Jul, 2015

Tipperary storm up final stretch against Limerick

Tipperary 0-20 Limerick 0-17: A rousing finish from Tipperary – in which Liam Cahill’s charges hit four unanswered points in the final four minutes of action – put paid to Limerick’s Munster minor hurling three-in-a-row bid.

Mon, 13 Jul, 2015

Geaney turns on style for Kingdom

Kerry cruised to a third successive Electric Ireland Munster MFC title with Conor Geaney producing a masterclass against Tipperary at Fitzgerald Stadium yesterday.

Mon, 06 Jul, 2015

Tipperary ready to spoil Kerry’s three-in-a-row chase

In 2013, Kerry defeated Tipperary in Fitzgerald Stadium to deny the Premier County footballers a minor three in a row.

Sat, 04 Jul, 2015

Jack O’Connor warning as Tipperary football on the rise

He wouldn’t take kindly to be called an old dog, but Kerry minor coach Jack O’Connor has traversed enough hard roads around Munster to recognise the changing of the guard when he sees it.

Sat, 04 Jul, 2015

Tipp survive late scare to reach decider

Tipperary 1-15 Clare 1-11

Fri, 26 Jun, 2015

Scenes of joy as Cistercian Roscrea claim first title

Cistercian College Roscrea 18, Belvedere College 11:

Wed, 18 Mar, 2015

Tipperary school’s history bid in Leinster Schools’ Senior Cup

Cistercian College Roscrea will aim to create history at the RDS this afternoon, when they seek to claim the Leinster Schools’ Senior Cup crown for the first time.

Tue, 17 Mar, 2015

Cistercian College, Roscrea hang on in gripping finale against Newbridge College

Cistercian College, Roscrea 20 Newbridge College 19

Tue, 10 Mar, 2015

Cistercian College battle back to force replay with Newbridge College

Cistercian College, Roscrea 8 Newbridge College 8: Drama aplenty in Donnybrook yesterday in the Leinster Schools’ Cup semi-final , but no decision.

Thu, 05 Mar, 2015

Murphy the hero as Cistercian Roscrea upset Cup holders Blackrock

Leinster Schools Senior Cup: Cistercian College, Roscrea 17 Blackrock College 14

Thu, 12 Feb, 2015

Clare turn on scoring style after three red cards trip up Tipp

Clare 1-23 Tipperary 0-12

Thu, 01 May, 2014

Wasteful Tipp end up hanging on

Tipperary 0-11 Cork 0-8

Thu, 16 May, 2013

Future promise as young Tipp stars sparkle

While the fallout from Tipperary’s All-Ireland semi-final defeat to Kilkenny continues to reverberate, there were some green shoots for Premier hurling fans with victory in the Carrigdhoun Munster Inter-county U15 competition on Saturday.

Mon, 03 Sep, 2012

Blue collar, blue chip Roscrea eye upset

THEIR name bears that of a town in Munster, and they are referred to as a Tipperary school; yet their premises is located over the border in Offaly and they play their rugby in Leinster.

Thu, 17 Mar, 2011