Tribesmen have failed to bring through successful minor teams and have been found wanting
Hurling Championship
Limerick’s season is going exactly how they would want; Dublin wind it up; Keith Rossiter’s Wexford revival; and those bloody abacuses
It’s interesting to note that the final 12 of the Liam MacCarthy this year will be identical to the line-up who started out in there in 2005
Summers of Galway, Waterford and Tipp are busted, leaving Henry Shefflin and Davy Fitz to drag themselves in front of cameras to share their woes
All-Ireland champions back on the trail and road ends for their old challengers Galway
Clare and Limerick to meet in Munster final for third year in a row, while Kilkenny and Dublin will contest the Leinster final
Micheál Donoghue’s team in Leinster final, as Henry Shefflin ponders his future
Conal Cunning and James McNaughton each net twice in win over Carlow
Banner set up Munster final rematch with Limerick after seeing off a Tipp side that showed plenty of spirit
All-Ireland champions dictated the end game, as they have done so often over the years
Kilkenny and Dublin make Leinster final, while Limerick and Clare make Munster final
Kilkenny to face Dublin in Leinster final while Wexford finish third in the Leinster championship
Limerick are favourites to advance but consistently impressive Waterford can’t be taken for granted
Having managed in the championship for all but one of the past 17 seasons, the Waterford boss heads to Limerick in search of a result to extend their summer
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