Scenario A. A Kilkenny team versus an Offaly team in the Leinster club hurling final in Portlaoise tomorrow. It may not result in a win for the Offaly crowd but the chances are it’ll be close.

Kilkenny continue the policy of rotation for tomorrow’s Allianz Hurling League Division 1 final in Semple Stadium (throw-in 3.30pm).

Dubs Stars 2-13 Dublin 0-13

Last week we spoke to former National Director of Hurling, Paudie Butler, and he dismissed traditional notions of winter hurling.

Loughgiel (Antrim) 3-14 Slaughtneil (Derry) 1-15

Loughgiel took Ulster SHC silverware; Limerick's Na Piarsaigh advanced to an AIB Munster semi-final, while Clara and St. Brendan's were crowned Kilkenny and Kerry champions respectively following today's hurling action.

A leading hurling manager has slammed the Ulster Council as “farcical” after it had to indefinitely postpone the provincial final.

Loughgiel 1-16 Ballygalget 1-09

St Thomas’ (Galway) 0-15 Loughgiel Shamrocks (Antrim) 0-07

St. Thomas (Galway) 0-15 Loughgiel Shamrocks (Antrim) 0-7

Munster SHC: Kilmallock (Limerick) 0-15 Thurles Sarsfields (Tipperary) 2-12

Loughgiel Shamrocks star Liam Watson hit out at critics who’ve suggested he and his Antrim clubmates beat a sub-par Coolderry side in last weekend’s All-Ireland Club hurling final.

Liam Watson’s 3-7 was the talk of hurling after Loughgiel Shamrocks won the All-Ireland club final on Saturday last, especially when coupled with his phenomenal tally of 16 points in the Antrim side’s defeat of Limerick and Munster champions Na Piarsaigh in the semi-final.

Hat-trick hero Liam Watson was the toast of Loughgiel this weekend with his 3-7 tally helping to hold off the challenge of hot favourites Coolderry in this All-Ireland club senior hurling final in chilly Croke Park on Saturday.

This was the best club final I’ve seen since the All-Ireland final was moved to Croke Park in the mid 80s.

Loughgiel Shamrocks manager PJ O'Mullan was happy his side proved their doubters wrong by capturing the club's first AIB All-Ireland Club SHC title since 1983.

Coolderry manager Ken Hogan was making no excuses in the wake of his side's AIB All-Ireland Club SHC final defeat to Antrim's Loughgiel Shamrocks at Croke Park yesterday.

Loughgiel (Antrim) 4-13 Coolderry (Offaly) 0-17

Coolderry captain Brendan O'Meara has had to park his wedding date until next month due to the Offaly club's involvement in their first ever All-Ireland Club SHC final tomorrow at Croke Park.

Joey Scullion was heralded as Ulster's top club hurler last week after the Loughgiel Shamrocks forward picked up the AIB Provincial Club Hurler of the Year award for 2011 at an awards ceremony in Dublin.

Coolderry forward Cathal Parlon has praised his side's collective work ethic as one of the main reasons why the small Offaly club are contesting their first ever AIB All-Ireland Club Senior Hurling final this St. Patrick's Day.

Losing an All-Ireland club hurling semi-final a few weeks ago with Na Piarsaigh was a massive disappointment for young Shane Dowling — but there were two compensations.

Antrim, without their Loughgiel players, pulled off an exciting and thoroughly deserved victory over Wexford at Casement Park yesterday.

Where do Kilkenny get their hunger?

“No complaints,” was the reaction of veteran Na Piarsaigh forward Damien Quigley after Saturday’s comprehensive extra-time loss to Loughgiel Shamrocks in this All-Ireland Club SHC semi-final at Parnell Park.

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.

Loughgiel (Antrim) 0-27 Na Piarsiaigh (Limerick) 2-13 (aet)

EARLY in 1991, Ken Hogan came home from training one evening to find visitors from Offaly who wanted him to coach their team.

How focused is Kieran Bermingham, Na Piarsaigh team captain, as his side prepares for Saturday’s clash with Antrim and Ulster champions Loughgiel Shamrocks in the All-Ireland Club SHC semi-final?

Wexford’s All-Ireland winning captain and goal-scoring heroine, Ursula Jacob scored a remarkable 1-16 as Oulart-The-Ballagh proved much too strong for Loughgiel in the All-Ireland senior club camogie semi-final.

GOALS win matches, that’s what they say,” said Loughgiel’s magnificent centre-back Johnny Campbell after this hard-fought All-Ireland club SHC semi-final in Parnell Park on Saturday afternoon.

O’Loughlin Gaels 3-10 Loughgiel 0-10

To lose a county final, at any level, is a huge blow, especially when your club has been in the doldrums for a while; to lose two, devastating, surely. To lose six, then, and to lose those six in succession, how must that feel? How do you come back from that?

O’LOUGHLIN GAELS full-back Andy Kearns has been ruled out of the AIB All-Ireland Club SHC semi-final clash with Ulster kingpins Loughgiel Shamrocks on February 19.

Experienced Dunloy forward Paddy Richmond will hope to spearhead the Antrim attack when they meet on-form Dublin in tonight's historic NHL Division 1B tie (Casement Park, throw-in 7pm).

Malachy Dallas will hope to cover over the cracks left by the injured Liam Watson for Antrim's tilt at Christy Ring Cup glory on Sunday (Croke Park, throw-in 2pm).

New Antrim manager Jim McKernan wants retired midfielder Jim Connolly to go back on his decision to quit the inter-county hurling.