Talking points: Port gear up for another crack at Kilmacud, big guns clash in Munster

The loss to Kilmacud last year was Portarlington's first-ever Leinster club semi-final, and their first time in Croke Park, so they look better equipped to play their expansive style at Headquarters now

GIFTED: Kilmacud Crokes’ Shane Walsh has been in stellar form on his new club's march. Pic: INPHO/Bryan Keane

Ballygunner aim to keep striding ahead of Na Piarsaigh 

On the Wednesday night before the 1996 Leinster hurling final, Liam Griffin, the Wexford manager was flicking through the TV channels when he came across a programme featuring Alain Mimoun. The great French athlete was in his 80s by then but the story he related to his interviewer encapsulated much of the struggle of his career.