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BIG MATCH PREVIEW: Experience of two battles against Wexford will see Kilkenny quash the rebel-lion

By Kilkenny Now 13th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE TALK all week has been of a great Kilkenny – Cork rivalry. Despite protestation from Tipp folk everywhere, the stats don’t lie – these two are the flag bearers of the ancient art in their respective provinces. That rivalry came about from forcing your way out through the on the day […]

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LEINSTER FINAL: Wexford overcome Cats in tense and thrilling finale

By Kilkenny Now 30th June 2019 0

WEXFORD are the champions of Leinster for the first time in 15 years after they overcame Brian Cody’s Kilkenny in another tense, nail-biting encounter between the neighbours at Croke Park. Precious little separated the sides, who drew level on no fewer than 10 occasions throughout the match before Wexford pulled clear in the closing stages. […]

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KILKENNY GAA ROUND-UP: All your local results and league tables

By Kilkenny Now 17th June 2019 0

J.J. Kavanagh & Sons All County League Group A Fri, 14 Jun, Fri, 14 Jun, Venue: Windgap, (Round 1), Windgap 2-15 Conahy Shamrocks 0-19 J.J. Kavanagh & Sons All County League Group c Tue, 11 Jun, Tue, 11 Jun, Venue: Piltown, (Round 4), Mooncoin 6-16 Piltown 1-8 Fri, 14 Jun, Fri, 14 Jun, Venue: Pairc […]

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Cody’s Cats 7-1 outsiders to lift Liam McCarthy this year after thrilling draw at Wexford

By Kilkenny Now 17th June 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY DESPITE Kilkenny’s thrilling draw with Wexford on Saturday, Galway being dumped out of the championship by Dublin was the most significant development this season so far. Brain Cody, calmness personified, knew the draw was good enough to see Kilkenny into another Leinster decider as he walked onto the Innovate Wexford Park turf […]

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BIG MATCH PREVIEW: Championship permutations and why Cody’s Cats must win battle of Innovate Park

By Kilkenny Now 15th June 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY GONE be with the days of the auld knock-out championship! After eight games of hurling in the Leinster Senior Championship this year, nothing is clear going into this evening’s final two matches, and Kilkenny have everything still to play for. With the four teams playing in the final round of the Leinster […]

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Comedian Dara Ó Briain ‘living the dream’ as his Kilkenny hurls arrive in London

By Kilkenny Now 13th June 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY IRISH presenter and comedian Dara Ó Briain has suggested a puck about at the Lord’s Cricket Ground London after took delivery of a special batch of Kilkenny hurls. The popular BBC presenter said he was “living the dream” when he tweeted photos of the three hurls sent to him by the Hurley […]

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Kilkenny V Galway – Cody has something to smile about as top Cats return

By Kilkenny Now 7th June 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE Cats face their biggest challenge of the year so far this weekend against Galway, but Brian Cody will at least have a much stronger stack to play with this time around. The Kilkenny coach will be relieved to have some of his biggest names who have been side-lined through injury in […]

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DJ CAREY: Hurling in danger of being ‘strangled’ by tactics

By Kilkenny Now 29th May 2019 0

KILKENNY hurling legend DJ Carey has expressed his disappointment at the lack of exciting contests that the hurling Championship has served up so far. While praising some individual team performances, particularly Tipperary, he said the games themselves have fallen far short of the excitement levels experienced at the same stage last year. And the Gowran […]

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Cats see off Carlow, but Cody’s injury crisis mounts

By Kilkenny Now 19th May 2019 0

KILKENNY are within touching distance of qualifying from the group stages of the Leinster Championship after they proved too much for a brave Carlow side at Netwatch Cullen Park today. However, Brian Cody’s injury crisis mounted in an afternoon that saw Colin Fennelly, Walter Walsh and Alan Murphy all forced from the field of play. […]

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Top sportswriters single out Kilkenny young gun Adrian Mullen as ‘one to watch’

By Kilkenny Now 10th May 2019 0

NOT too many pundits are tipping Kilkenny to go all the way in this year’s championship as Brian Cody battles an injury crisis that has ruled out many of his key players. But there is hope the Ballyhale young guns who helped propel the Shamrocks to victory in the All-Ireland club championship will make a […]