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independent.ie | Colm Keys |Frank Roche |Dermot Crowe |Michael Verney
1 – A county that has not won an All-Ireland title for 20 years are the favourites to win the All-Ireland hurling title. Is Cork’s current status justified? Colm Keys: There comes a time in a team’s journey when they have to accept the mantle and embrace it. Cork are favourites justifiably, not just on the back of their league win but their proximity last year.
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independent.ie | Colm Keys
Breaking | Nickie Quaid named to start Limerick’s Championship opener just five months after tearing cruciate ligament Limerick goalkeeper Nickie Quaid is named to start in the championship - just five months after cruciate tearLimerick have named Nickie Quaid to start their opening Munster Championship game against Tipperary despite only suffering a torn cruciate ligament in the middle of November.
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1 week ago |
independent.ie | Colm Keys
TJ Reid to miss Kilkenny’s Leinster SHC opener against Galway with injuryTJ Reid will miss Kilkenny's opener. Photo: SportsfileTJ Reid has not been included in the Kilkenny squad for tomorrow's Leinster SHC opener against Galway because of an injury that could disrupt his involvement in the provincial campaign. Reid is believed to have picked up a calf injury and consequently is not among the 26 named by manager Derek Lyng.
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independent.ie | Colm Keys
Seán O’Shea back in match day squad for Kerry while Shane Walsh still out for Galway Seán O'Shea hasn't featured in a Kerry match day squad since the middle of FebruaryShane Walsh is still out for Galway as they prepare to play Roscommon in Sunday’s Connacht SFC semi-final. Walsh has been missing since the Dublin league game when he was replaced at half-time. It emerged that he had to have a small procedure on his back after that and prior to Galway’s last league game against Kerry.
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independent.ie | Colm Keys
Colm Keys: Shane Dowling’s second coming as a goalkeeper may be one of the most notable inter-county comebacks everLimerick goalkeeper Shane Dowling is set for an unlikely Munster Championship return. Photo by Seb Daly/SportsfileIf the Allianz Hurling League is anything to gauge, then Shane Dowling has nudged into pole position to complete one of the most notable inter-county comebacks of this or any other era.
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43,243 attendance at hurling league final in PUC. Mostly red. And they've been lapping it up! So impressive.

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What Mick O'Dwyer achieved with Wicklow has to be up there with everything else he did. On three successive July 2009 Saturdays in Aughrim, they beat three Ulster teams - Fermanagh, Cavan and Down. And never used a sub! RIP.