The walls outside Mr Murphy’s classroom are postered with newspaper cuttings.

Two goals down after four minutes, county champions Thurles Sarsfields recovered well to see off Kilruane MacDonaghs in the Tipperary senior hurling championship second round at Templemore yesterday. 

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Scuffles broke out in the Jungle camp in Calais less than an hour after French authorities began a fresh round of processing refugees and migrants to be driven away.

Thurles, Kiladangan, Killenaule and Clonoulty-Rossmore advance to semis after two Semple Stadium double-headers.

Tipperary SHC: Champions Loughmore-Castleiney defeated Clonoulty-Rossmore 0-17 to 2-10 in a nail-biting finish to this quarter-final at Semple Stadium on Saturday.

A huge weekend of senior hurling activity saw the Tipperary SHC championship reduced to the last eight, and while there were no major upsets, there were some very significant results, not least the victory of Thurles Sarsfields over Drom-Inch.

Tipperary senior hurling champions, Loughmore-Castleiney suffered a shock defeat in the Mid Division’s SHC semi-final, losing to Upperchurch -Drombane 2-19 to 1-21 after extra-time at Templemore yesterday.

Ruairí Gleeson was the hero for Kildangan as the North champions swept past Clonoulty-Rossmore in the replay of the Tipperary SHC quarter-final at Dolla on Saturday, winning by 3-13 to 2-13.

Clonoulty-Rossmore 1-11 Kildangan 0-14

Munster IHC final:

Limerick 0-15 Tipperary 0-20

UCC 2-17 Mary Immaculate College 2-12

Mary Immaculate 1-17 Waterford IT 1-15

Tipperary 0-22 Limerick 1-09

Tipperary and Clare made winning starts to their competitive action for 2013, recording quarter-final wins in the Waterford Crystal Cup this afternoon.

Tipperary 1-22 Offaly 1-13

Tipperary 3-23 UCC 2-15

A first Allianz National Hurling League victory of the season for Tipperary and a first defeat for Galway were the main talking points from a high-scoring encounter at Semple Stadium yesterday.

Tipperary senior hurling manager Declan Ryan has cut seven players from an extended squad ahead of next Saturday’s Waterford Crystal Cup quarter-final against UL — including 2010 All-Ireland winner Pat Kerwick.

A second string Tipperary side eased to victory against a strong Munster selection in a charity game at Nenagh on Saturday which raised over €7,000 for Breast Cancer Ireland.

TIPPERARY recovered from a sluggish start to ease into the Waterford Crystal Cup senior hurling quarter-final by defeating Limerick IT at Dolla yesterday.

JOY unconfined for Drom & Inch yesterday in Semple Stadium as they won their first Tipperary senior hurling title, edging out Clonoulty Rossmore by two points to get their hands on the Dan Breen Cup.

KEEPING Lar Corbett scoreless — it’s a winning formula.

TIMMY HAMMERSLEY scored 0-13 for Clonoulty-Rossmore yesterday in their facile West Tipperary SHC final victory against Cappawhite at Dundrum.

TIPPERARY senior hurling manager Declan Ryan has dropped four members of last year’s All-Irelandwinning squad. Defenders Conor O’Brien and Hugh Maloney have been let go, along with forward pair Paddy Fanning and Timmy Hammersley.

AFTER so many months of doom and gloom, of recession and depression, it is great to see the real hurling season starting again with the Allianz Hurling League this weekend.

LIMERICK IT nailed down a Fitzgibbon Cup quarter-final berth at Moylish yesterday and left this year’s hosts on the brink of missing the finals weekend.

IT MAY have taken a late quality point from full-forward Keith Hogan to save UCD’s bacon in this thrilling Fitzgibbon Cup game at WIT’s Carriganore venue yesterday, but it was well deserved on a day hurling itself was the real winner.

“A GOOD ould workout,” was the verdict of new Tipperary manager Declan Ryan after yesterday’s one-point loss to WIT in this Waterford Crystal Tournament preliminary-round match, a game that doubled as the 2011 season opener for the All-Ireland champions.

Timmy Hammersley got one over on his native county Tipperary as Waterford IT handed the reigning All-Ireland champions their first defeat of 2011.

THURLES SARS retained their Tipperary senior hurling title in dull and damp Semple Stadium yesterday, capping off a superb year for their four Tipperary All-Ireland-winning stars, but only after a testing final few minutes against a young Clonoulty-Rossmore side that will surely come again.

SOMEWHERE in their clan history, Michael and Conor Gleeson have a common ancestor, are still brothers in blood; this Sunday, however, in the Tipperary senior hurling final, they will be on opposite sides, generals in opposing camps.

ON the Clonoulty-Rossmore team facing Thurles Sarsfields in Sunday’s Tipperary SHC final in Semple Stadium you have Tom Butler, and then you have Big Tommy Butler.

Tipperary 1-19 Waterford 2-16

NHL DIVISION 1:

THE KERRY management’s desire to employ Marc Ó Sé’s footballing talents in the half-back line gets another trial tomorrow in Tralee, with the youngest of the Gaeltacht brothers selected at right half-back for the clash with Mayo.

GOALKEEPER Ger Reidy has sensationally quit the Kerry football squad to concentrate on his studies.

THIRTY years of failures and disappointment in the Fitzgibbon Cup were washed away as NUI Galway swept to success on their home turf in Pearse Stadium on Saturday.

NUI Galway 1-17 Waterford IT 1-16