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.

Throw your head inside the door of any pub, grocers or butchers in Gort this weekend and you’ll find one topic dominates conversation.

Gort 0-09 St Thomas 0-09

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.

It says something when just over three months into the year, Finian Hanley admits he’s enjoying his football more than ever.

Thomas Codd and Murty Dempsey have been chosen to assist new Wexford senior hurling manager Liam Dunne for his first season in charge.

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.

ST THOMAS created a huge shock when they sent three time All-Ireland club champions Portumna crashing out of the Galway SHC after a dramatic weekend of quarter-final action.

TWO Eoin Forde goals in the space of a minute in the first-half paved the way for All-Ireland club champions Clarinbridge to move top of their group in the Galway SHC.

THE future for hurling has assumed a blue and gold hue.

THERE were 21,110 people in Thurles on Saturday night for the All-Ireland U21 final and they came for a night of celebration.

Galway manager Anthony Cunningham has kept faith with the team that beat Dublin for tonight's All-Ireland U-21 Hurling Championship final against Tipperary in Thurles (throw-in 7pm).

THE contentious choice of venue for tonight’s All-Ireland U21 decider has dominated the headlines this week but irrespective of where this game was played, Tipperary were always likely to be installed as strong favourites.

CORK football manager Conor Counihan is “fairly optimistic” that captain Graham Canty will be available for selection for the All-Ireland senior football final against Down.

GALWAY U21 boss Anthony Cunningham has branded the conduct of GAA President Christy Cooney and the Central Competitions Control Committee as ‘dictatorial’ in selecting Semple Stadium to host Saturday’s All-Ireland U21 final.

GALWAY chiefs have demanded that Croke Park officials switch this year’s Bord Gáis Energy All-Ireland U21HC final to a neutral venue claiming that opponents Tipperary have an unfair advantage in Semple Stadium.

All-Ireland U-21 HC semi-final

FOUR weeks have passed since Galway’s devastating defeat to Tipperary at All-Ireland senior hurling quarter-final stage, but plying his trade at another level has helped Tribesmen player David Burke to cope.

DUBLIN boss Richie Stakelum has drafted David Quinn and Ciaran Brennan into his team for tomorrow’s Bord Gais Energy All-Ireland U21HC semi-final against Galway in Tullamore.

The Galway hurlers might have to begin their Leinster SHC bid without veteran defender Ollie Canning, who is currently nursing an ankle injury.

NO one in Galway is getting carried away with Sunday’s NHL victory over Kilkenny but that doesn’t mean they can’t be satisfied with their day’s work in Nowlan Park.

Kilkenny 1-23 Galway 2-21

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IT may be coming up to Valentine’s Day but Galway footballers could be forgiven for thinking it is Halloween after being made watch a horror DVD.

All-Ireland champions Kilkenny crashed out of the Walsh Cup on a day when Offaly, Galway and Wexford advanced to next weekend's semi-finals.

A lawyer for Charlie Sheen asked a US judge not to let television cameras record a court hearing next week related to allegations that he threatened his wife with a knife.

Galway minor hurling manager Mattie Murphy basked in his side's glory yesterday as the Tribesmen avenged last year's All-Ireland MHC final defeat to Kilkenny.

GALWAY’S excellence on the national minor hurling stage manifested itself once more in yesterday’s ESB All-Ireland MHC final.

Galway 2-15 Kilkenny 2-11

LAST year’s heartbreaking All-Ireland minor final reversal still grates amongst the Galway hurling fraternity. But they have the opportunity for redemption in tomorrow afternoon’s decider in Croke Park.

Galway 2-22 Waterford 1-18, Croke Park

TOMORROW semi-final represents unchartered waters for this generation of Waterford youngsters as they partake in the county’s first All-Ireland MHC semi-final in 17 years.

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.

Galway 1-18 Cork 0-17