Henry Shefflin rolled back the years with a vintage display as Ballyhale Shamrocks sealed a place in the AIB All-Ireland senior club hurling final this afternoon.

TJ Reid has hit out at the GAA’s decision to experiment with one-on-one penalty taking in the pre-season competitions. Reid had perfected a similar penalty taking style to Cork keeper Anthony Nash which was ultimately outlawed last year, paving the way for the current striker versus goalkeeper experiment.

Gort 2-13 Portumna 1-10

Gerard O’Donoghue will line out for Gort at corner-forward in tomorrow’s Galway senior county hurling final against Portumna in Kenny Park, Athenry (1.30pm).

Tie hole drama was the order of the day when the Private Home Care All-Ireland ladies inter-club finals came to a thrilling climax at Monkstown Golf Club on Saturday.

Joe Canning landed a free from 110 yards to complete a remarkable comeback by All-Ireland champions Portumna and send them into the semi-finals of the Galway SHC.

Limerick minor manager Brian Ryan expects the Treaty hurlers to be driven by the Hawk-Eye injustice which marred their 2013 campaign.

Richie Cummins hit two goals as Gort gave the performance of the weekend in the Galway SHC and are now sitting top of Group B, with two wins from two, after defeating Clarinbridge 4-10 to 1-9.

Galway SHC: Galway hurlers have suffered a huge blow with experienced attacker Niall Healy set to miss all of the Leinster championship campaign with a serious knee injury.

Joe Canning hit the winning points as Portumna dealt a severe blow to All-Ireland club hurling champions St Thomas’ defence of their Galway title.

St Thomas 1-16 Gort 1-15

Joe Canning hit 0-13 for Portumna, but it was not enough to stop the three-times All-Ireland club champions crashing out of the Galway SHC at the quarter-final stage to Turloughmore.

Tipperary have named an unchanged starting side for Sunday’s All-Ireland SHC semi-final clash with Kilkenny, but the major talking point is the inclusion of Toomevara’s John O’Brien at full-forward. O’Brien’s brother Thomas passed away earlier this week.

Ken Hogan was extolling the talents of Loughgiel on Saturday when news came through the Antrim side had been taken to extra-time in their All-Ireland Club semi-final with Na Piarsaigh.

Coolderry (Offaly) 3-16 Gort (Galway) 0-17

THIS club hurling championship must be one of the strangest competitions around.

GORT are determined to continue Galway’s remarkable record in the All-Ireland club hurling championship, according to star attacker Aidan Harte.

VICTORIOUS All-Ireland minor winning manager Matt Murphy rounded off a great year when he guided his club Gort to their sixth Galway SHC title with a deserved success in front of a crowd of almost 9,000 at Pearse Stadium yesterday.

ANDY COEN was just two the last time Gort won the Galway senior hurling title, in 1983.

A GOAL from Richie Cummins two minutes from the end of normal time sent Mattie Murphy’s Gort into the Galway SHC final.

PORTUMNA’S quest for a fourth Galway senior hurling championship in a row stepped up another gear with a 2-13 to 0-13 win over Beagh in Loughrea.

Portumna 1-18 Gort 2-07, Pearse Stadium

OLLIE FAHY, remember him? The former Galway senior forward is now 33 and off the inter-county scene for a few years but is still going strong with his club.

THE relief in Cork was palpable after the GAC of the Munster Council confirmed the Leesiders as provincial senior football champions for 2002.