Hurling’s mad-cap summer proves a breath of fresh air
Inside Track with John McIntyre IT’S not much more than eight weeks ago when there appeared to be an almost collective resignation about the outcome of this year’s All-Ireland hurling championship. Kilkenny and Tipperary...
Hurlers must raise intensity levels for big Banner battle
THE big question ahead of Sunday’s All-Ireland hurling quarter-final against Clare in Thurles is do Galway have the stomach and temperament to recover from their unexpected mauling by Dublin in the Leinster final earlier...
Ryan’s harsh dismissal leaves brave Dublin down and out
Inside Track with John McIntyre MOST of the time, neutrals don’t get the results they aspire to in sport. Last Sunday in Croke Park, for instance, virtually everybody outside of Cork would have been...
Fleet-footed Clare leave neighbours chasing shadows
Inside Track with John McIntyre IF you can’t run fast – and run hard, inter-county hurling is no longer the place for you. Once more, Clare’s youthful hurlers, brimming with pace and mobility, ran...
Rout of U-21s makes bad summer even worse for Galway
Inside Track with John McIntyre THERE was an air of weary resignation among the handful of Galway supporters departing Thurles last Saturday evening. They had headed to Semple Stadium far more in hope than...
Pacey Banner boys can finish year in a blaze of glory
Inside Track with John McIntyre IT’S a measure of the unexpected upheaval in this year’s hurling championship that for the first time since 1997, the All-Ireland final will go ahead without Kilkenny, Tipperary or...