Senior Football Championship Group A The Nire 2-3 Clashmore-Kinsalebeg 0-5 Mac Dara Mac Donncha Reports Clashmore will be rueing last Thursday’s defeat at Fraher Field as they should have at the very least earned a share of the spoils. They kicked 11wides, including five – yes, five – by their...
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Rathgormack run riot at Bushy Park
Rathgormack run riot at Bushy Park
Senior Football Championship Group A Rathgormack 7-15 Ardmore 1-11 Tony Ryan Reports Rathgormack continued their impressive start to this year’s County SFC with an overwhelming win over Ardmore in this Round 2 game played at a sun-drenched Bushy Park last Saturday afternoon. With the temperature in the high teens,...
Kilrossanty secure points against 14-man Portlaw
Kilrossanty secure points against 14-man Portlaw
Senior Football Championship Group B @@@kicker Kilrossanty 0-16 Portlaw 2-4 Brian Flannery Beaten finalists last season Kilrossanty got their 2019 senior football title challenge off to a winning start with a six-point victory over Portlaw.Played at the excellent St Molleran’s ground in front of only a handful of...
Rathgormack too strong for weakened Clashmore
Rathgormack too strong for weakened Clashmore
Senior Football Championship Group A Rathgormack 2-8 Clashmore-Kinsalebeg 0-4 Mac Dara Mac Donncha At half-time in last Saturday’s second match at Fraher Field, it looked as if Clashmore, despite being short a number of influential players, might cause something of a surprise, as they merely trailed Rathgormack by...
Champions begin defence in comfort
Champions begin defence in comfort
Senior Football Championship Group A The Nire 4-18 Ardmore 1-3 Mac Dara Mac Donncha Although Ardmore’s Ciaran Keating netted inside 20 seconds at Fraher Field on Saturday last, his side could only add a meagre three points thereafter as the reigning champions The Nire enjoyed an all-too-easy opening match in the...
CONWAY CUP RACE GETS UNDERWAY
CONWAY CUP RACE GETS UNDERWAY
Thomas Keane previews the first round ofthe County Senior Football Championship Group A: Nire v Ardmore (Fraher Field, Saturday, 6.30pm) This the first game of a double header to be played at Fraher Field on Saturday evening could well prove to be an interesting battle.The Nire are the reigning champions and will be...
Déisewomen maintain momentum
Déisewomen maintain momentum
National Ladies Football League Division 2 Waterford 4-13 Laois 4-8 Waterford survived a late comeback from Laois at Fraher Field on Sunday last to all but secure their place in the League Semi-Finals for the second year in a row. With just 34 seconds gone, Maria Delahunty had the ball in the Laois net after she...
MURRAY GLINTS IN LONDON
MURRAY GLINTS IN LONDON
National Football League Division Four London 0-7 Waterford 2-9 Damian Dolan at Ruislip Waterford will seek a fourth successive League win when they travel to Carrick-on-Shannon this Saturday (throw-in: 4pm) in the wake of last Saturday’s excellent eight-point win in Ruislip. While London will attempt to avoid...
London calling for Déisemen
London calling for Déisemen
National Football League, Division 4 London v Waterford (Rusilip, Saturday, 12.30pm) Waterford’s interest may well have come to an end even with two rounds of games still to be played, but that will not mean Benji Whelan’s side will travel across the Irish Sea this weekend for a clash with bottom of the table London...
Deise go back to back!
Deise go back to back!
National Football League Division 4 Waterford 1-9 Antrim 1-8 Tony Ryan at the WIT Arena Despite playing in defence, the Nire’s James McGrath is prone to scoring the odd point for club and county. Well, he may never kick a more timely and important score than the one he contributed in the fourth and final minute of...
Waterford take spoils in Wexford
Waterford take spoils in Wexford
National Football League Division Four Waterford 5-4 Wexford 0-12 Mac Dara Mac Donncha Reports When did Waterford footballers last score five goals in one match? When did they last score more goals than points in a clash? That’s a query for the historians but that’s what Benji Whelan’s charges achieved in Innovate...
Déise downed by Derrymen
Déise downed by Derrymen
National Football League Division Four Waterford 1-8 Derry 2-12 Waterford’s fading hopes of promotion from Division Four were extinguished by favourites Derry at a blustery Fraher Field in front of a gate of just 233, of which 135 were paying patrons. A Derry side featuring just five starting members of the...
