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CATS INJURY CRISIS: Now keeper Eoin Murphy is ruled out of Leinster championship

By Kilkenny Now 5th May 2019 0

KILKENNY will be without two-time All-Star winning netminder Eoin Murphy for the Leinster championship. The Glenmore man injured his knee in a recent club game. It has now been confirmed he has fractured a bone. Murphy injury is the latest blow for manager Brian Cody as he prepares his depleted squad for the Cats’ opening […]

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‘It’s disrespectful’ – Henry hits out at talk of him taking over from Brian Cody

By Kilkenny Now 26th April 2019 Post a comment

HURLING legend Henry Shefflin has hit out at “disrespectful” talk linking him with the Kilkenny senior job while Brian Cody remains the top Cat. Shefflin, who won a record 10 All-Ireland medals with his county, has also brought his winning mentality into coaching: he recently guided Ballyhale Shamrocks to the All-Ireland club title in his […]

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‘I grew up supporting Kilkenny and Henry Shefflin’ – confessions of a Carlow hurler

By Kilkenny Now 19th April 2019 0

CARLOW hurling star Martin Kavanagh has revealed how he grew up supporting the Cats – and idolised Henry Shefflin – as he prepares to come face-to-face with Brian Cody’s Kilkenny on the pitch. Martin Kavanagh said he can’t wait to do battle with Kilkenny at the neighbouring counties prepare for their Leinster SHC clash at […]

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Cats likely to be without four key players for next month’s Championship opener

By Kilkenny Now 12th April 2019 0

INJURIES are mounting up for Brian Cody’s Kilkenny side as the Cats prepare for their quest to win their first All-Ireland title since 2015. With just a month to go before the start of the 2019 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, four key players are already looking extremely doubtful for the opening round-robin games. Conor Delaney […]

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Kilkenny to appeal Conor Delaney’s suspension from Cats’ Championship opener

By Kilkenny Now 9th April 2019 0

KILKENNY are preparing to appeal against the suspension of Conor Delaney from the Cats’ opening provincial championship round-robin games. The Erin’s Own defender was sent off in Kilkenny’s last regulation league against Wexford. It had been hoped Delaney would serve the suspension in the subsequent dead-rubber play-off game again Cork. However, the Central Competitions

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Cats blow as Buckley and Maher to miss round-robin series of Championship

By Kilkenny Now 4th April 2019 0

KILKENNY boss Brian Cody has been hit with a double blow ahead of the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, with Cillian Buckley and James Maher set to miss the entire round-robin series. Buckley sat out this year’s league campaign and hasn’t featured for the Cats since last year’s All-Ireland quarter-final defeat to Limerick because of a […]

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Cats’ bid for four-in-a-row dashed, but St Kieran’s are crowned kings of schools hurling again

By Kilkenny Now 31st March 2019 0

IT’S been a weekend of highs and lows for Kilkenny hurling as St Kieran’s College racked up a 23rd schools’ championship, while the county’s camogie team saw their dreams of a four-in-a-row league titles dashed at Croke Park today. The Cats’ bid for a fourth Division 1 league title on the trot came to an […]

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‘Let the celebrations continue’ – hurling star TJ Reid announces engagement

By Kilkenny Now 21st March 2019 0

HURLING star TJ Reid and former Miss Kilkenny Niamh de Brún have announcement their engagement. Niamh, who is also a well-known blogger, took to Instagram last night to deliver the good news to her followers. Posting a picture of her and TJ, each with a glass of celebratory bubbly in hand, she simply said: “I […]

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Cats go down fighting in bad-tempered final round of Hurling League in Wexford

By Kilkenny Now 10th March 2019 0

Wexford 1-19 Kilkenny 1-12 DAVY Fitzgerald’s side battled back from a five-point half-time deficit to overcome Kilkenny at Wexford Park today. Brian Cody’s men looked to be in a comfortable position at the break, but with the wind at their backs Wexford producing a barnstorming comeback in what was an often-ill-tempered clash. The final round […]

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Eddie Brennan: ‘Limerick are beginning to look like my old Kilkenny team’

By Kilkenny Now 6th March 2019 0

HURLING legend Eddie Brennan says Limerick are beginning to resemble the great Kilkenny team he starred in at the height of its powers. His former teammate Jackie Tyrrell recently expressed doubts about their ability to retain the All-Ireland title they won for the first time since 1973 last year. But Brennan (pictured above in his […]