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Division 1 Hurling: Shane Bennett stars for Waterford in win over Westmeath

Shane Bennett was the star for Waterford in a 3-18 to 1-15 win over Westmeath in Mullingar. Westmeath to their credit gave it their all but ultimately the quality on offer for Na Deise shown through.

Waterford had the aid of the wind in the opening period. However, it took Liam Cahill’s side a while to settle in. It took 8 minutes for a score to be marked off on the scoreboard. Iarlaith Daly knocking over a point, Eoin Price got Westmeath’s first score of the game and by the 11th minute it was 0-03 to 0-01 to the Deise. Waterford pushed on with Stephen Bennett to the fore with frees. The Ballysaggart man pounced for a goal just before the 20th minute. However Westmeath hit back and the gap was back down to five after 26 minutes, 1-08 to 0-06. Then came the Waterford purple patch, they hit 2-02 in the space of a few minutes. Jack Fagan tapping into an empty net, while Stephen Bennett also grabbing his second major of the day. Waterford ahead at the break 3-10 to 0-06.

Patrick Curran stretched the gap further on the resumption. However, Niall Mitchell and Ciaran Doyle made it 3-11 to 0-08. Bennett had the gap out to 13, before Mitchell got the Lake County’s only goal of the game on 54 minutes. Doyle, a scorer of four second half points added another white flag, as did Shane McGovern. Bennett replied for Waterford. Pauric Mahony and Patrick Curran knocked over scores in response to a Doyle effort from play. Waterford should have added two further goals to their tally. However, Waterford Stephen Bennett’s 64th minute penalty was saved by Aaron McHugh. He also had a goal disallowed for a square ball infringement. Westmeath scored the last three points of the game with Allan Devine (2) and Ciaran Doyle, Westmeath winning the second half 1-09 to 0-08. At least some hope for Westmeath going forward on their second half performance.

Division 1: Donegal put Meath to the sword in Navan

Donegal put Meath to the sword in Navan in an emphatic 3-08 to 0-07 win. Michael Murphy once again proved his worth to the Declan Bonner side registering 1-02 on the scoreboard.

The sides have gotten used to playing each other over the last few years. Donegal and Meath met three times in 2019 with Donegal winning all three. It was Andy McEntee’s men though that made a brighter start than the Tir Chonaill men. They raced into a 0-04 to 0-01 lead. Tom O’Reilly kicked the opening score for Meath, before David Toner scored a sublime score. Cillian O’Sullivan and Bryan McMahon extended the lead before Donegal finally on the scoreboard. Donegal then had a penalty saved by Meath goalkeeper Marcus Brennan. Michael Murphy shot to the right was well saved. It was all Donegal from here as Meath wouldn’t score till the 40th minute.

Ciaran Thompson pointed for the visitors, before Donegal’s first goal arrived through Odhran McFadden-Ferry on 28 minute. The Gweedore man riffled an effort in past Brennan. Donegal had another goal on 33 minutes. Michael Murphy this time on target finishing to the goalkeeper’s right. A low scoring half 2-02 to 0-04.

On 39 minutes Donegal got their third goal of the game courtesy of Michael Langan. It all came from some superb play from Ryan McHugh who broke clear down the left wing, before throwing a dummy. He then found Langan who palmed the ball to the net. Jamie Brennan and Langan added points, before Niall O’Donnell and 2012 All-Ireland winning captain Michael Murphy finished off the scoring to give Donegal a deserving 10 point win as they put Meath to the sword.

Next up for Donegal is a game with Galway in Letterkenny, while for Meath they will face Mayo in what is already looking like a big game for the Royals if they are to stay in the top flight in 2021.

Donegal: Shaun Patton; Eoin Ban Gallagher, Neil McGee, Odhran McFadden Ferry (1-00); Caolan Ward, Conor O’Donnell, Eoin McHugh; Hugh McFadden (0-01), Michael Langan (1-01); Paul Brennan, Ryan McHugh, Ciaran Thompson (0-01, 0-01f); Peadar Mogan, Michael Murphy (1-02, 1-00 pen, 0-02f), Jamie Brennan (0-02).

Subs: Andrew McClean for E McHugh (50), Niall O’Donnell (0-01) for Mogan (55), Brendan McCole for McFadden Ferry (55), Jeaic McKelvey for McFadden (67), Ciaran Diver for P Brennan (71).

Meath: Marcus Brennan; Robin Clarke, Conor McGill, David Toner (0-01); James McEntee, Brian Conlon, Donal Keogan; Bryan Menton, Ronan Jones; Mathew Costello, Bryan McMahon (0-01, 0-01f), Eamon Wallace; Cillian O’Sullivan (0-02, 0-02f), Thomas O’Reilly (0-03), Joey Wallace.

Subs: Ben Brennan for Costello (h/t), Ethan Devine for E Wallace (48), Ronan Ryan for Conlon (55), Sean Tobin for J Wallace (62), James Conlon for McMahon (62).

 

Dublin record 4-18 to 2-17 win over Laois

Dublin recorded a big performance in their 4-18 to 2-17 win over Laois at Parnell Park on Sunday. Mattie Kenny’s men put in a clinical performance dispatching Eddie Brennan’s charges by 7 points.

Dublin registered 1-04 inside the opening 10 minutes of play. Oisin O’Rorke registering three points, before he assisted in Dublin’s opening goal. He played an excellent cross field ball to Eamonn Dillon who was unmarked and finished past Enda Rowland. Dublin took their foot of the gas then which allowed Laois back into the game. Aaron Dunphy, Ciaran McEvoy and Ross King all pointing to cut the deficit to four points. Dublin were then dealt a blow when Eamonn Dillon had to replaced due to what looked like a hamstring injury. Stephen Bergin landed a massive score from distance for Laois. James Ryan cut the gap then to two minutes later.

Laois took the lead for the first time in the game with three unanswered points. Jack Kelly, Paddy Purcell and Willie Dunphy all scoring. Kilmacud man O’Rorke responded with two more scores giving Dublin the advantage. Mark Schutte was then replaced due to injury by John Hetherton. Enda Rowland landed a monstrous free, but Dublin landed a couple of scores to give them the lead at the break by three points.

Laois were then hit with two sucker punches within 5 minutes of the restart. Oisin O’Rorke and David Keogh rattling in goals to put daylight between the teams. Dublin leading by 7. Ross King kept Laois in touch with frees, but Ronan Hayes netted Dublin’s 4th goal of the day midway through the half. It was a super goal. Hayes gathered a long delivery before firing to the net past Rowland. Willie Dunphy grabbed  Laois’ second goal of the game but it was far to late as Dublin recording a deserving 7 points win in a big performance.

Dublin: Sean Brennan; Paddy Smyth, Eoghan O’Donnell, James Madden (Fergal Whitely 45); Chris Crummey, Daire Gray, Cian O’Callaghan (Andrew Dunphy 40); Jake Malone, Sean Moran; Donal Burke, Danny Sutcliffe (Riain McBride 55), Ronan Hayes; Mark Schutte (John Hetherton 31) Oisin O’Rorke, Eamonn Dillon (David Keogh 12)

Scorers: Oisin O’Rorke (1-7, 6f), David Keogh (1-2), Ronan Hayes (1-0), Eamonn Dillon (1-0), Sean Moran (0-3, 1f), John Hetherton (0-2), Donal Burke (0-2), Riain McBride (0-1), Jake Malone (0-1)

Laois: Enda Rowland; Liam Senior (Ronan Broderick 50), Ryan Mullaney (John Lennon 35), Donncha Hartnett; Jack Kelly, Padraig Delaney, Ciaran McEvoy; Fiachra C Fennell Diarmuid Conway; Aaron Dunphy (Eoin Gaughan 50), Paddy Purcell, James Ryan; Ross King, Willie Dunphy, Stephen Bergin

Scorers: Willie Dunphy (2-0), Ross King (0-6, 5f), Ciaran McEvoy (0-2), Stephen Bergin (0-2), James Ryan (0-2), Aaron Dunphy (0-1), Paddy Purcell (0-1) (James Keyes 58) Enda Rowland (0-1), Eoin Gaughan (0-1) Jack Kelly (0-1)

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Dominant Limerick beat Galway 1-19 to 0-14

John Kiely’s dominant Limerick side beat Galway 1-19 to 0-14 at the Gaelic Grounds on Sunday. It was the first meeting between the sides since the 2018 All-Ireland Final. Galway manager Shane O’Neill may have to plan without Joe Canning after he picked up an injury on 47 minutes.

Galway found the target with their first 8 shots on goal. This meant Galway were ahead 0-08 to 0-06 after 23 minutes. David Reidy landing three first half frees for Limerick. All starting Limerick forwards though chipped in with scores from play in the opening period, Graeme Mulcahy, David Dempsey, Tom Morrissey, Gearoid Hegarty and Seamus Flanagan all getting on the scoreboard. It was 0-12 to 0-09 at the break. Joe Canning and Conor Whelan keeping Galway within three points.

The three point lead was doubled when Limerick grabbed a goal. Some good work for Seamus Flanagan who dispossessed Gearoid McInerney found David Dempsey who blasted past Murphy in the goal. Galway to their credit responded with four of the next five points. However, the final 20 minutes was the downfall as they only scored one point. Aaron Gillane, Graeme Mulcahy, Darren O’Connell and Tom Morrissey all turned on the style in the final couple of minutes. Galway tried to get some goals but Nickie Quaid stood firm as Limerick went on to beat Galway by 8 points. We predicted a Limerick win right here. 

Limerick: N Quaid; A Costello, S Finn, R English; D Morrissey, D Hannon (0-01), B Nash; D O’Donovan (0-01), W O’Donoghue; G Hegarty (0-02), T Morrissey (0-02), D Reidy  (0-07, 4f); D Dempsey (1-01), S Flanagan (0-01), G Mulcahy (0-01).

Subs: C Lynch for Darragh O’Donovan (blood 3-6 mins); T Condon for English (half time);  D Byrnes for Hannon (38); Aaron Gillane (0-02, 1f) for Flanagan (55); D O’Connell (0-01) for Dempsey (60); Brian Ryan for Reidy (65)

Galway: E Murphy; S Loftus, G McInerney, TJ Brennan; P Mannion, S Cooney (0-01), A Harte (0-01); A Tuohey, S Linnane; D Kilcommins, C Mannion (0-01), J Canning (0-07, 5f); J Flynn, C Whelan (0-02), B Concannon.

Subs used: C Cooney (0-01, 1f) for Concannon (half time); S Bleahane (0-01) for Canning (47); Darragh Burke for Kilcommons (52); Paul Killeen for Loftus (55); J Grealish for Linnane (65)

Division 1b Hurling: Clare beat Wexford 0-18 to 0-15

A Tony Kelly inspired Clare beat Wexford 0-18 to 0-15 in Division 1b of the hurling league. Kelly racked up 0-12 (0-10f) for Brian Lohan’s charges as they ended up three point winners over Davy Fitzgerald’s side at Wexford Park.

Wexford hit 13 wides in the game which probably cost them in the end against a 14 man Clare side owing to John Conlon’s dismissal on 29 minutes due to a high tackle on Kevin Foley. Clare took the game to Wexford in the opening 15 minutes or so, playing with the wind they took a 0-06 to 0-00 after 12 minutes. Kelly knocked over a couple of frees, while Ryan Taylor pointed twice. Wexford hit back with scores of their own. Jack O’Connor knocking over three frees. It was 0-06 to 0-03 after 27 minutes. Tony Kelly knocked over a further four more points from frees, while the impressive David Fitzgerald and Shane O’Neill also raised white flags to give Clare a 0-12 to 0-04 lead at the break.

Wexford aided with the breeze in the second half came out and got scores from a Paudie Foley free and the O’Connor brothers Jack and Rory. Mark Fanning also pointing. The gap was down to three after 46 minutes, 0-12 to 0-09. However, Wexford hit 5 wides in the space of a couple of minutes, However the gap was down to just one point with McDonald (2), McGovern and Morris all on target. However, former hurler of the year Tony Kelly showed calmness when pointing. Wexford hit four late wides which Davy would be angry about. Ballyea man Kelly rounded off the win with two late scores as Brian Lohan got one over on his old teammate Davy Fitzgerald as Clare beat Wexford.

Clare: Donal Touhy; Conor Cleary, Jack Browne, Eoin Quirke; Stephen O’Halloran, Pat O’Connor, Aidan McCarthy; David McInerney, Tony Kelly (0-12, 10 frees); David Reidy, David Fitzgerald (0-3), Ian Galvin; Ryan Taylor (0-2), John Conlon (capt.), Shane O’Donnell (0-1).

Subs: Cathal Malone for Kelly (blood., 26-29); Domhnall McMahon for Galvin (46); Seadna Morey for Taylor (55); Malone for Reidy (60); Liam Corry for Quirke (69); Aaron Shanagher for O’Donnell (70+2).

Wexford: Mark Fanning (0-1); Joe O’Connor, Liam Ryan, Shane Reck; Damien Reck, Pádraig Foley (0-3 frees), Shaun Murphy; Liam Óg McGovern (0-1), Kevin Foley; Aidan Rochford (0-1), Rory O’Connor (0-2), Jack O’Connor (capt., 0-4, 3 frees); Cathal Dunbar, Conor McDonald (0-2), Paul Morris (0-1)

Faugheen brings the house down at Dublin Racing Festival

On a day when stars were on show at the Dublin Racing Festival, one shone brightest, as the legendary 12-year-old Faugheen (13/8jf) won a pulsating Flogas Novice Chase (Grade 1) over 2m 5f.

The former Champion Hurdler was bidding to win a second Novice Chase at the highest level, on a day his trainer Willie Mullins had intimated would be Faugheen’s ‘Gold Cup’.

Battleoverdoyen (13/8jf) and Davy Russell took the lead from flag fall in an attempt to burn off the eventual winner, seven years the senior of Gordon Elliott’s runner. Paul Townend staying within a reasonable distance throughout the contest, moving menacingly closer before they turned into the home straight.

Faugheen jumped the final fence ahead of his stablemate Easy Game as early front runner Battleoverdoyen tumbled at the last. Townend took Faugheen to the far rail as Robbie Power and Easy Game (5/1) on the stand side loomed as the big danger.

Both Mullins-trained runners battled each other up the home straight, before Faugheen got up by to the delight of the packed stands who had cheered him throughout the race. In a sign of great sportsmanship, Power immediately congratulated Townend, knowing the significance of Faugheen’s win.

Delta Work wins The Paddy Power Irish Gold Cup

Delta Work (5/2) and Jack Kennedy claimed the feature race of the weekend for Co. Meath trainer Gordon Elliott, when victorious in The Paddy Power Irish Gold Cup ahead of Kemboy (5/4f) and Presenting Percy (100/30).

A first success in the race for both jockey and trainer, Delta Work showed courage and battling attributes to hold off Kemboy and Presenting Percy by a length-and-a-half and three-and-a-quarter-lengths respectively, to win his fifth race at the highest level over fences.

Wave Of The Sea (12/1) won a dramatic running of The Tattersalls Ireland Spring Juvenile Hurdle (Grade 1), a race which saw Cheltenham Triumph Hurdle favourite, Aspire Tower, crash out at the final hurdle. The Joseph O’Brien-trained winner crossed the line a length-and-a-half ahead of Gavin Cromwell’s Wolf Prince (10/1), with another O’Brien inmate, Cerberus (6/1) a neck further back.

Aspire Tower (1/3f) received a relieved round of applause from patrons when he rose and walked in front of the stands post race.

Willie and Danny Mullins teamed up to take The Chanelle Pharma Novice Hurdle (Grade 1) over 2 miles with Asterion Forlonge. The Maria Donnelly-owned gelded son of Coastal Path was a decisive nine-and-a-half length winner over Gordon Elliott’s 5/4 favourite Easywork with another four-lengths to Mt Leinster.

The winning trainer was tasting success in the top-level contest for the seventh time in eight years, and the eight time in total, having previous won the contest with big names such as Bacardys, Nichols Canyon, Vautour and Alexander Banquet.

Treacysenniscorthy (8/1), under Kevin Brouder, made every post a winning one, in a career-best effort to win The William Fray Handicap Hurdle (Grade B) over three miles, giving the rider a second big win of the 2020 Dublin Racing Festival.

The Robert Widger-trained victor has now won four-on-the-trot, having a length-and-a-half in hand on The Jam Man (16/1), with Column Of Fire (5/1f) a head behind in third.

Davy Russell was seen to his best when bringing Black Tears (14/1) up on the rail side to take The Irish Stallion Farms EBF Paddy Mullins Mares Handicap for trainer Gordon Elliott. The winner had two-and-a-half-lengths to spare over runner-up Our Roxanne (12/1), with Concertista (10/1) a further two-and-a-quarter lengths behind.

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