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It's ten years since Dima Dmitruk set up the Spartacus Boxing Club in Tullamore. On Sunday morning, as many of us rose early to watch Kellie Harrington's bid fo...
Super Sunday ahead for Banner June 27, 2021 Clare v Waterford @ Semple Stadium Thurles, Sunday 3.30pm (Colm Lyons, Cork) With a full hand to choose from, Clare would undoubtedly be heading to Thurles on Sunday in confident mood of turning over last year’s All-Ireland Quarter-Final result. Traditionally, Clare wouldn’t have the same innate hang-ups about Waterford as they would to a Tipperary or Cork or in more recent times Limerick. Of course, that’s the same for Waterford who will view this match-up as the best of a bad lot in an ultra-competitive Munster Championship. However, there ...
Anthony Daly: From heroes to hurling's most hunted - Limerick getting a taste of what's to come When you’re not a traditional county, and you’re threatening to take over, it is far easier to develop that siege mentality, and to think that the traditionalists — and everyone else — want to see you taken down Tipperary players form a guard of honour for Limerick before the league game in at the Gaelic Grounds last month. John Kiely may try to utilise a siege mentality, says Anthony Daly.Picture: Inpho/Morgan Treacy Sat, 05 Jun, 2021 - 07:00 A broad smile creased my face as soon as I rea...
One of Clare’s 2013 All Ireland winners feels the Banner final two league games will be used to finalise the strongest 15 starters ahead of their championship opener. Brian Lohan’s charges make the trip to Parnell Park to take on Dublin this weekend, before finishing off the campaign against Kilkenny in Cusack Park a week […]
Clare hurling manager Brian Lohan. Photograph by John Kelly Hurlers facing Leinster litmus test June 3, 2021 After clearing away the cobwebs in May, the summer starts here for Clare’s flagship hurlers when completing their National League campaign against Dublin and Kilkenny in the space of seven days. That’s the view of former Clare captain Frank Lohan, who after successfully soldiering together for Clare for over a decade (1995-2006) including two All-Ireland titles in 1995 and ’97, is back in the trenches alongside his older brother Brian as part of the Club Clare fundraising commi...