With a second successive title, Ballyhale Shamrocks made it a clean sweep of All-Ireland club titles for Kilkenny this weekend despite some heroics from Borris-Ileigh’s Jerry Kelly and Brendan Maher.

Experienced Ballyhale Shamrocks made it a 17th senior county title in Kilkenny yesterday, throttling a game James Stephens outfit and running out easy winners in the end.

Ballyhale Shamrocks made it to the All-Ireland senior club hurling final after this clash in Semple Stadium, Thurles with Ballygunner of Waterford.

CORK schoolboys Simon Hanbidge and David O’Mahony have been paired in the Irish U-19 second row for the PricewaterhouseCoopers sponsored international with Australia to be held at Cork IT under lights tomorrow (7.30 pm).