Ireland’s Jordan Coyle and Centriko Volo have won The McNerney Family Cup at Spruce Meadows in Canada.
In the North American Ring, The McNerney Family Cup 1.45m, saw fifty-four horse and rider combinations tackle the Anthony d’Ambrosio-built course.
Only seven combinations posted clear first rounds to advance to the jump off.
Jordan Coyle and Centriko Volo crossed the finish line in a time of 40.44 seconds to secure their trip to the winner’s circle.
All-Ireland Football Semi-Final Derry v Galway – Stats, facts to know, betting and team news. Start time 5:30pm Saturday.
They arrive at the semi-final stages as respective Ulster and Connacht champions, having then gone on to win the quarter-finals.
It’s an unusual pairing for a semi-final, in that both teams were in Division 2 this year. Galway finished second to Roscommon and were promoted. Derry finished third.
They beat three Division 1 teams (Tyrone, Monaghan, Donegal) in the Ulster championship before hitting Clare for 5-13 in the All- Ireland quarter-final.
Galway beat Mayo, Leitrim, Roscommon and Armagh.
It’s 11-3 in victories to Galway over Ulster opposition in All-Ireland semi-finals. They beat Derry in 2001 and 1998: Donegal in 1983 and 1974; Down in 1971-1965-1959; Tyrone in 1956; Cavan in 1941 and 1934; Monaghan in 1938. They lost to Down in 1968 and Tyrone in 1986 and 1995.
Galway and Derry met in this year’s Allianz League (Div 2) in Owenbeg in March when the Tribesmen won by 4-11 to 0-12. They led by 3-8 to 0-4 at half-time.
Galway’s last appearance in the semi-final was in 2018 when they lost to Dublin. Galway last reached the All-Ireland final in 2001. Derry’s last semi-final appearance was in 2004 when they lost to Kerry. They last reached the final in 1993.
Galway have appeared in dozens of All-Ireland semi-finals, whereas it has been a far less common experience for Derry, who didn’t reach their first semi-final until 1958. They have played in nine semi-finals, winning two in 1958 (Kerry) and 1993 (Dublin). They lost in 1970 (Kerry), 1975 (Dublin), 1976 (Kerry), 1987 (Meath), 1998 and 2001 (Galway) and 2004 (Kerry).
PATH TO THE SEMI-FINAL – DERRY
Derry 1-18 Tyrone 0-10 (Ulster quarter-final) Derry 3-12 Monaghan 0-17 (Ulster semi-final) Derry 1-16 Donegal 1-14 AET (Ulster final) Derry 5-13 Clare 2-8 (All-Ireland quarter-final)
TOP SCORERS – DERRY
Shane McGuigan…..2-25 (0-10 frees, 1-0 pen, 0-1 mark) Niall Loughlin……….1-11 (0-5 frees, 0-1 ‘45’)
Benny Heron………..3-3
Gareth McKinless…..2-1
Paul Cassidy……………1-4
PATHS TO THE SEMI-FINAL – GALWAY
Galway 1-14 Mayo 0-16 (Connacht quarter-final)
Galway 4-20 Leitrim 0-9 (Connacht semi-final)
Galway 2-19 Roscommon 2-16 (Connacht final)
Galway 2-21 Armagh 3-18 AET – Galway won 4-1 on penalties – (All- Ireland quarter-final)
TOP SCORERS – GALWAY
Shane Walsh ……….1-23 (0-13 frees, 0-3 ‘45s’) Robert Finnerty…….0-13 (0-1 mark)
Patrick Kelly…………3-2
Cillian McDaid………..1-7
Johnny Heaney………1-5
PREVIOUS CHAMPIONSHIP MEETINGS
This will be their fourth championship meeting with the previous three in 1998-2001-2015. Galway won all three by six, three and five points respectively.
2015: Galway 1-11 Derry 0-8 (Qualifier)
2001: Galway 1-14 Derry 1-11 (All-Ireland semi-final) 1998: Galway 0-16 Derry 1-8 (All-Ireland semi-final)
LAST FIVE ALL-IRELAND SEMI-FINALS – DERRY
2004: Kerry 1-17 Derry 1-11 2001: Galway 1-14 Derry 1-11 1998: Galway 0-16 Derry 1-8 1993: Derry 0-15 Dublin 0-14 1987: Meath 0-15 Derry 0-8
LAST FIVE ALL-IRELAND SEMI-FINALS – GALWAY
2018: Dublin 1-24 Galway 2-12 2001: Galway 1-14 Derry 1-11 2000: Galway 0-15 Kildare 2-6 1998: Galway 0-16 Derry 1-8 1995: Tyrone 1-13 Galway 0-13
TEAM NEWS
BETTING
Galway and Derry are both even money. So if you have €25 on either team you would collect €50.
Dublin v Kerry – Preview, Stats, facts to know, betting and team news. Start time is 3:30pm Sunday.
It’s one of the great rivalries in football and the latest instalment will be the 32nd championship meeting between the counties since they first met in 1892. Kerry have won 17 times to Dublin’s 11 while there were three draws from the previous 31 clashes.
Kerry beat Dublin by seven points in Round 2 of this year’s Allianz League.
Dublin have reached the semi-final for a 13th successive year, having last failed to get there when losing to Kerry in the 2009 quarter-final. They won eight (v Mayo 2015-19, v Kerry 2013-2016, v Donegal 2011, v Tyrone 2017, v Galway 2018, v Cavan 2020) lost four (v Cork 2010, v Mayo 2012-2021, v Donegal 2014) and drew one (v Mayo 2015) of 13 games.
Jack O’Connor leads Kerry into the semi-final for the sixth time, having won the previous five in 2004-05-06-11-12.
Kerry conceded no goals in their three championship games so far against Cork, Limerick and Mayo. Dublin conceded two in their four outings against Wexford, Meath, Kildare and Cork.
PATH TO THE SEMI-FINAL – DUBLIN
Dublin 1-24 Wexford 0-4 (Leinster quarter-final) Dublin 1-27 Meath 1-14 (Leinster semi-final) Dublin 5-17 Kildare 1-15 (Leinster final)
Dublin 0-21 Cork 0-10 (All-Ireland quarter-final)
TOP SCORERS – DUBLIN
Dean Rock………..1-26 (0-17 frees, 1-0 pen, 0-2 mark, 0-1 ‘45’) Con O’Callaghan… 2-13 (0-1 mark)
Cormac Costello…….2-7
Ciarán Kilkenny……..1-9
Brian Fenton………….0-11
PATH TO THE SEMI-FINAL – KERRY
Kerry 0-23 Cork 0-11 (Munster semi-final) Kerry 1-28 Limerick 0-8 (Munster final)
Kerry 1-18 Mayo 0-13 (All-Ireland quarter-final)
TOP SCORERS – KERRY
Seán O’Shea………..0-19 (0-9 frees, 0-2 ‘45s’) Paul Geaney…………0-10 (0-2 mark)
David Clifford………..1-7 (0-4 frees, 0-1 mark) Killian Spillane…………1-4
Tom O’Sullivan……………0-6
LAST FIVE CHAMPIONSHIP MEETINGS
2019: Dublin 1-18 Kerry 0-15 (All-Ireland final) Replay 2019: Dublin 1-16 Kerry 1-16 (All-Ireland final) Draw 2016: Dublin 0-22 Kerry 2-14 (All-Ireland semi-final) 2015: Dublin 0-12 Kerry 0-9 (All-Ireland final)
2013: Dublin 3-18 Kerry 3-11 (All-Ireland semi-final)
LAST FIVE SEMI-FINALS – DUBLIN 2021:
Mayo 0-17 Dublin 0-14 AET 2020: Dublin 1-24 Cavan 0-12 2019: Dublin 3-14 Mayo 1-10 2018: Dublin 1-24 Galway 2-12 2017: Dublin 2-17 Tyrone 0-11
LAST FIVE SEMI-FINALS – KERRY 2021: Tyrone 3-14 Kerry 0-22 AET 2019: Kerry 1-18 Tyrone 0-18
2017: Mayo 2-16 Kerry 0-17 (replay) 2017: Kerry 2-14 Mayo 2-14 (Draw) 2016: Dublin 0-22 Kerry 2-14
PREVIOUS ALL-IRELAND SEMI-FINAL MEETINGS
They have met in eleven semi-finals previously with Kerry winning six to Dublin’s four while one was drawn.
2016: Dublin 0-22 Kerry 2-14 2013: Dublin 3-18 Kerry 3-11 2007: Kerry 1-15 Dublin 0-16 1977: Dublin 3-12 Kerry 1-13 1965: Kerry 4-8 Dublin 2-6
1962: Kerry 2-12 Dublin 0-10 1959: Kerry 1-10 Dublin 2-5
1941: Kerry 2-9 Dublin 0-3 (replay) 1941: Kerry 0-4 Dublin 0-4 (draw) 1934: Dublin 3-8 Kerry 0-6
1932: Kerry 1-3 Dublin 1-1
DUBLIN v KERRY: DECADE BY DECADE
Eleven of 31 championship games have been in the last 21 years. Kerry won four and drew one between 2001 and 2009 but Dublin have been dominant since then, winning five and drawing one of six clashes. It leaves Kerry seeking their first championship win over Dublin since the 2009 All-Ireland quarter-final.
………………Dublin…………Kerry……….Draws 1890-99………1………………..0………………0 1900-09………1…………………1………………0 1910-19………0…………………0………………0 1920-29………1…………………1………………0 1930-39………1…………………1………………0 1940-49………0………………….1……………..1 1950-59……..0…………………..2……………..0 1960-69……..0…………………..2…………….0 1970-79……..2………………….3……………..0 1980-89……..0…………………..2……………..0 1990-99……..0…………………..0………………0 2000-09……..0…………………..4………………1 2010-19………5………………….0………………1 ………………….11………………..17……………..3
TEAM NEWS
BETTING
Kerry 8/11 Draw 8/1 Dublin 6/4
Man of the match
4/1 David Clifford
8/1 Sean O’Shea
10/1 Ciaran Kilkenny
12/1 Dean Rock
16/1 or more all other players.
London Irish will travel to Munster Rugby on Friday 2 September 2022 for a pre-season friendly (7:30pm kick-off).
Declan Kidney’s squad will head to Musgrave Park to finalise preparations for the 2022-23 campaign.
In honour of Jack Wakefield, a London Irish supporter who passed away in 2005, the clubs will contest for the Jack Wakefield Memorial Trophy.
The trophy is awarded to the winners of every one of London Irish’s challenge matches against an Irish province. September’s meeting against the Red Army will be the 10th in 15 seasons.
The last meeting between the two sides was in a pre-season clash in 2019, with Munster Rugby coming out on top on that occasion.
Tír Chonaill AC’s Fintan Dewhirst won a silver medal in the men’s 400m Hurdle final at the European U18 Championships.
After incredible performances in the heats and the semi-finals, the Donegal man had the performance of his career in the final. He cleared each hurdle with masterful technique and skill to cross the line and claim a silver medal.
This is the sole medal secured by Ireland at this year’s Championships.
As well as winning a silver medal, Dewhirst secured a PB time of 51.65 seconds.
The 2022-23 Meydan racing season will commence on Friday, 4 November 2022. It will be the first of 21 fixtures at the UAE’s premier racetrack.
Action at Meydan Racecourse will culminate in the 2023 edition of the $30.5 million Dubai World Cup meeting on Saturday, 25 March.
The 20th edition of the Dubai World Cup Carnival, which brings together horses, trainers and jockeys from all over the world, gets underway on Friday, 6 January.
An enhanced Carnival programme, with prizemoney totalling more than $7.5 million, will take place at Meydan Racecourse between January and March, culminating in ‘Super Saturday’ – the official dress rehearsal for the Dubai World Cup – on 4 March.
Established in 2004, the Carnival will feature several new races, including the $150,000 Thunder Snow Challenge, over 2000 metres on dirt. Another addition is the $150,000 Ipi Tombe Stakes, for fillies and mares on turf over 1,400 metres, which honours the Zimbabwe-bred mare who won the Dubai Duty Free tournament in 2003.
In total, there are 21 Group races for Thoroughbreds. Purebred Arabians have their share of the action, too, with a new race, the UAE Arabian Sprint Championship. The rest of the Arabian races have Group status, including three Group 1 legs of the Maktoum Challenge series.
The 2023 Carnival will also provide opportunities for handicappers, with 20 handicaps, divided between dirt and turf, complementing the pattern races and worth a minimum of $75,000 each. Meanwhile, the Jumeirah Turf Series for three-year-olds returns for a second season. Last year’s Jumeirah Derby winner, Nations Pride, went on to run in the G1 Cazoo Derby at Epsom in June.
Cricket Ireland has today announced a 14-player squad for Ireland Men’s One-Day International series against New Zealand to be played at Malahide from 10-15 July 2022.
The three-match series will be part of the ICC World Cup Super League, with 30 crucial points up for grabs.
The squad includes call-ups for two of the North West Warriors squad – top-order batter Stephen Doheny and bowling all-rounder Graham Hume. Both players were recently handed retainer contracts by Cricket Ireland.
Ireland Men’s ODI squad for New Zealand series
Andrew White, Chair of National Men’s Selectors, said:
“Taking on the world’s number one ODI side will always be a challenge, but with 30 World Cup Super League points on the line, this series becomes even more significant. One-day cricket is the format we have performed most consistently in over the last few years, and despite the age profile of many in the squad being young, they have gained some important experience in recent times in finding ways of winning against top sides.
“With the recent retirement of William Porterfield, we’ve called up Stephen Doheny into his first ODI squad. Stephen has impressed coaches and selectors with his stroke play and is now starting to convert starts into defining and match-shaping innings’ at inter-provincial and Wolves level. His form has warranted his call-up to both white-ball squads and we wish him well.
“It’s likewise pleasing to see Graham Hume get his chance in the ODIs after repeated seasons of consistent form while he qualified to play for Ireland. Hume has demonstrated his accuracy and ability to extract bounce and movement in home conditions – we are hoping his knack of prising out early breakthroughs will translate to the higher level.”
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IRELAND MEN’S HOME FIXTURE SCHEDULE FOR 2022
Ireland Men v India Men T20I series
Ireland Men v New Zealand Men series
Ireland Men v South Africa Men T20I series
Ireland Men v Afghanistan T20I series
New Zealand and Ireland name starting teams for 2nd test on Saturday. Start time 8:05am.
Mack Hansen is introduced on the right wing to play alongside James Lowe and Hugo Keenanin the backfield.
Captain Johnny Sexton will again be partnered by Jamison Gibson Park at half-back while Robbie Henshaw and Garry Ringrose continue their centre partnership.
The pack is unchanged from the first Test in Auckland with Andrew Porter, Dan Sheehan and Tadhg Furlong in the front row and Tadhg Beirne and James Ryan at lock. Peter O’Mahony, Josh van der Flier and Caelan Doris are named in the backrow.
Rob Herring and Finlay Bealham who were ruled out of the first Test return to be named amongst the replacements alongside Cian Healy, Kieran Treadwell, Jack Conan, Conor Murray, Joey Carbery and Bundee Aki.
The second Test against New Zealand will be broadcast live on SKY and RTE Radio. (8.05am IST)
IRELAND v New Zealand
Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin, Saturday 9th July, 2022
KO: 8.05am Irish Time
15. Hugo Keenan (Leinster/UCD) 21 caps
14. Mack Hansen (Connacht) 4 caps
13. Garry Ringrose (Leinster/UCD) 43 caps
12. Robbie Henshaw (Leinster/Buccaneers) 58 caps
11. James Lowe (Leinster) 13 caps
10. Johnny Sexton (Leinster/St Mary’s College) 106 caps CAPTAIN
9. Jamison Gibson Park (Leinster) 18 caps
1. Andrew Porter (Leinster/UCD) 44 caps
2. Dan Sheehan (Leinster/Lansdowne) 8 caps
3. Tadhg Furlong (Leinster/Clontarf) 58 caps
4. Tadhg Beirne (Munster/Lansdowne) 31 caps
5. James Ryan (Leinster/UCD) 44 caps
6. Peter O’Mahony (Munster/Cork Constitution) 85 caps
7. Josh van der Flier (Leinster/UCD) 41 caps
8. Caelan Doris (Leinster/St Mary’s College) 18 caps
Replacements
16. Rob Herring (Ulster/Ballynahinch) 26 caps
17. Cian Healy (Leinster/Clontarf) 116 caps
18. Finlay Bealham (Connacht/Buccaneers) 23 caps
19. Kieran Treadwell (Ulster/Ballymena) 6 caps
20. Jack Conan (Leinster/Old Belvedere) 28 caps
21. Conor Murray (Munster/Garryowen) 97 caps
22. Joey Carbery (Munster/Clontarf) 33 caps
23. Bundee Aki (Connacht/Galwegians) 38 caps
NEW ZEALAND TEAM
The All Blacks team has been named to play Ireland at Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin on Saturday July 9th (Kick off 7.05 PM NZT) The match day 23 is:
* Denotes All Blacks debut
Head coach Ian Foster says this full house (sold out) match in Dunedin is another massive test for the All Blacks, plus clearly an opportunity to seal this (best-of-three) Steinlager series.
“While I was delighted at how we performed and the leadership shown in the first Test match, we will need to really lift and improve in some key areas. We know the Irish will throw everything at us this week to keep the series alive.
“We’ve again had challenges this week, but we feel this team has laid a foundation to build on and is desperate to improve against a very determined Irish side.”
With Sam Whitelock and Tupou Vaa’i ruled out, Scott Barrett moves back to lock alongside Brodie Retallick.
Dalton Papalii will wear the number six jersey alongside captain Sam Cane at seven and Ardie Savea at the back of the scrum.
“The backline remains unchanged with a plan to build on existing combinations from the previous week,” Foster said.
Debutants Aidan Ross and Folau Fakatava have the chance for a first Test cap.
While this is the All Blacks eighth Test match at Forsyth Barr Stadium, it will be Ireland’s first Test match at the venue.
The All Blacks have won 40 out of 46 Test matches in Dunedin, with five losses, and one draw.
Sailor Eve McMahon won the ILCA6 European Youth championship at Thessaloniki, Greece, on Wednesday. She rounded off an impressive series by winning both races on the final day.
The 17-year old Howth Yacht Club sailor won the 2021 Youth World Championship at Lake Garda, Italy, last August.
McMahon celebrated in the traditional manner by jumping overboard. Her close competitor Roos Wind from The Netherlands congratulated McMahon back on her dingy.
The ILCA6, previously known as the Laser Radial, is the women’s single-handed event for the Olympic Games. Annalise Murphy won silver for Ireland at Rio 2016 after narrowly missing the podium at the London Games four years previously.
“You really couldn’t get better than that”
“Originally, I was using this regatta as a warm-up event as I hadn’t sailed for a long time while sitting my Leaving Cert,”said McMahon shortly after coming ashore. “I was really pleased with my final day, I finished with two bullets so you couldn’t really get better than that.”
McMahon now heads to The Netherlands for the Sailing Youth World Championships next week followed by Texas for the defence of her class world title.
“I’m just focussing on my processes and on my own sailing and not at results too much – but obviously a win would be great,” she said.
Although Irish footballers have lost their sphere of influence at the top of the Premier League, there are two standouts in the Championship who will have very important roles to play for their clubs in the second tier.
The relegation battle in the Championship is not one that clubs relish, and the performances of these two Republic of Ireland internationals could make or break the campaigns for Wigan Athletic and Birmingham City in their bid to avoid the drop to League One.
Will Keane (Wigan Athletic)
Keane was in inspired form in League One last season to fire the Latics to the third-tier crown. However, he will now play a more significant role in the final third, with Leam Richardson’s men being backed at a leading betting site at 3/1 to take the immediate plunge back into League One. Keane will be instrumental as he was in the previous two campaigns for the Latics. The former Manchester United man came to the fore in the 2020/21 season late in the term to dig them out of trouble at the bottom of the third tier.
🏆 Next up is the Players’ Player of the Year award…
Huge congratulations to Will Keane, well deserved! 💙#wafc 🔵⚪️ #BELIEVE pic.twitter.com/VUpX4xw1j6
— Wigan Athletic (@LaticsOfficial) May 1, 2022
The 29-year-old notched 10 goals in 32 appearances, including five in his last seven appearances when his team needed him the most to avoid a second-straight relegation. Keane built on the momentum and was sensational in the last campaign. He finished as the top-scorer in League One with 26 goals in 44 games, blasting the Latics to the crown, and was named in the PFA League One Team of the Year. Keane now has to take his game to a new level, where he has previously struggled to find his feet. With a tougher level of competition and little margin for error, the 29-year-old must remain flawless alongside Callum Lang. If not then Wigan could be in trouble at the bottom of the league.
Scott Hogan (Birmingham)
Hogan scored important goals for Birmingham in the last campaign, although he did go off the boil towards the end of the season. The 30-year-old is a proven goal-scorer in the Championship, notably in the 2016/17 term when he notched 14 strikes for Brentford in only 25 matches. His form did earn him a lucrative move to Aston Villa, where he failed to replicate the standard of his performances. Hogan bounced around a number of clubs on loan before securing a deal with the Blues. The forward has been solid amid the turmoil at St Andrew’s, but will be playing under his third manager in as many years as John Eustace has replaced Lee Bowyer.
Scott Hogan has scored 10+ goals in a Championship season for the second time in his career:
◉ 2016/17: ⚽️14
◉ 2021/22: ⚽️10On course to set a new personal best. 🏅 pic.twitter.com/S9yXtIHp5n
— Squawka (@Squawka) January 30, 2022
Whether that will affect his form remains to be seen, but Birmingham need him to operate at the peak of his powers. The Blues are one of the leading contenders to be relegated from the Championship, and do not have a lot of firepower at their disposal. Hogan needs to rediscover his scoring touch after notching 10 goals in 36 games last season, although he failed to find the net in his final 10 matches of the term. Eustace faces a challenge to get one of his key men firing, but if he succeeds it could make the difference at the bottom of the second tier.
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