March 1st, 2013,
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Richard
.By Senan Connell of Setanta SportsAt this early stage of Allianz League action two Leinster teams are amongst a group of three teams who lead the way with the Munster sides somewhat surprisingly bringing up the rear!The tie of the weekend is arguably the clash of Dublin and Mayo at Croke Park on Saturday evening. Throw-in is at 7pm and it will be shown live and exclusive of Setanta Sports. Both teams have made a good start to the league with Dublin sitting at the top of the pile in a three-way tie for first place. Mayo will feel unlucky not to be there also after a late controversial penalty consigned them to defeat a
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February 25th, 2013,
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Richard
.By Oliver Skehan of Setanta SportsSaturday's Division 1A opener in the Allianz Hurling League saw Cork teach great rivals Tipperary a lesson down Leeside - Jimmy Barry-Murphy's men running out easy 0-26 to 1-11 winners at Pairc Ui Rinn. Noel McGrath opened the scoring for the Premier County inside a minute but, amazingly, the visitors failed to register a score again until just before the half-time whistle as the Rebels ran riot, knocking over 14 unanswered points.An incredibly sluggish looking Tipperary outfit didn’t know what hit them as the unerring Patrick Horgan steered over six points, while Daniel Kearney, Chri
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February 22nd, 2013,
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Richard
.By Daithí Regan of Setanta SportsAfter two action packed weekends of football it’s now the turn of the country’s hurling teams to battle it out on this opening weekend.The Allianz Hurling League throws in at 7:00pm with the eagerly anticipated Division One clash between Cork and Tipperary at Páirc Uí Rinn on Saturday night which will be live and exclusive on Setanta Sports 1.I feel that this is a huge year for these two teams. Last year there were many who argued that one Liam McCarthy was all that this Tipperary team were going to win. I disagree with that sentiment and I believe that this Tipp team now under the gui
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February 15th, 2013,
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Richard
.By Senan Connell of Setanta SportsTwo down, five to go and there is no doubt but that Messrs. McGeeney, Gavin and Harte would have picked up their Monday papers and been delighted with what they saw. Three counties jockeying for position at the top of Division One and as they head in to the break they are safe in the knowledge that they are looking up rather than over their shoulders at a potential relegation scrap.Kieran McGeeney and Kildare have really exploded from the blocks and they are in superb form at the moment – you could even say that the break is bad timing for them!Their neighbours Dublin were again very
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February 10th, 2013,
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Richard
.By Oliver Skehan of Setanta SportsDublin and Tyrone registered wins in Division One of the Allianz Football League on Sunday but while it was one-way traffic in Killarney, Stephen O’Neill’s last-gasp penalty broke Mayo hearts west of the Shannon.Having led 0-8 to 0-2 at the break Dublin ran out convincing 1-11 to 0-4 winners, heaping more misery on new Kerry manager Eamon Fitzmaurice in the process.Bernard Brogan opened the scoring for the visitors and went on to add four more points in the opening 35 minutes before adding a further two in the second-half.Despite Michael Dara McCauley’s sending off with 15 minutes lef
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February 8th, 2013,
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Richard
.By Senan Connell of Setanta SportsAs the dust settles after a manic weekend of sport people will still be talking about the Superbowl and the 6 Nations but for me it was all about the Allianz Leagues and what a start we got with so many talking points! Laois notched up 20 points against Armagh! Kerry not scoring in the whole of the second half against Mayo! We then had the contrast of the free-flowing spectacles in Croke Park and the rain soaked war of attrition in the ‘Battle of Ulster’ between Down and Tyrone. Finally we saw a Meath team score a paltry 2-3 in a Division Three game, a division many people say they do
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