Hurling matters St. Canice’s Credit Union Senior Hurling League-Championship 2023

Round 2 fixtures

Group A

Bennettsbridge, Erins Own, Glenmore, Graigue Ballycallan, James Stephens, Shamrocks Ballyhale.

Group A - Round 2 Fixtures

Graigue Ballycallan vs Bennettsbridge

Tomorrow, 16:00, Pairc Sheamuis Stiophan

Referee: Peter Burke

Erins Own vs Shamrocks Ballyhale

Tomorrow, 19:00, Tom Ryall Park

Referee: Sean Cleere

Glenmore vs James Stephens

Sunday, 12:30, omastown

Referee: David Hughes

Group B

Tullaroan, Dicksboro, O’Loughlin Gaels, Clara, Danesfort, Mullinavat.

Group B – Round 2 Fixtures

O`Loughlin Gaels vs Dicksboro

Tonight, 19:00, Pairc Sheamuis Stiophan , Referee: Michael O Sullivan

Mullinavat vs Tullaroan

Tonight, 19:00, John Locke Park , Referee: Owen Beehan

Clara vs Danesfort

Sunday, 14:30, Bennettsbridge , Referee: Raymond Byrne in the contest. e ever-dangerous Ger Aylward then struck over another lovely e ort, again from way out near the sideline. Billy Reid, who was proving a handful for the Shamrocks, was then fouled, and again Alan Murphy did the needful and the gap was back to four points.

Back in his out eld position, Eoin Murphy then went on a driving run before being halted illegally by a combination of defenders. Brother Alan converted the free, and he would repeat the process moments later after Conor Walsh was adjudged to have touched the ball on the ground. ere was time for one more point before the interval, a cracking e ort from the eldest Reid, Eoin to leave the half-time score, Shamrocks Ballyhale 2-5, Glenmore 1-10.

Eoin Reid got the rst score after the short whistle to bring it back to a 1-point game, but the Pairc na Ratha based club showed no fear and marched on. e accurate Alan Murphy sent over another placed ball after Evan She in saw yellow for what looked to be a little bit of dissent in the direction of the referee.

Another of Shamrocks Ballyhale’s young contingent, Kevin Fennelly then got on the scoresheet with a lovely e ort before one of the second half’s key performers, Cathal Beirne, who nished the game with 0-3, hit the rst of his tally. TJ red over another placed ball, but Glenmore’s response was to hit two in a row, the rst from the impressive Beirne and a quality e ort from play by Alan Murphy. TJ then took a lovely catch before striking over a quality score, but in truth his team were struggling to play with the wind advantage.

Glenmore then hit 3 unanswered points via Alan Murphy (f), Dean

Croke and one from Eoin Aylward and again the home side’s answer to the visitor’s growing lead was two further placed balls from TJ Reid, the 2nd from his one ‘65. e second half’s stand-out performer, Beirne then got his third and nal point, a lovely strike from way out the pitch. Like they also do, Shamrocks battled and tagged on three further points, two more from TJ and a nice score from young sub Mark Gorman. Referee Flynn awarded the home side a free deep into stoppage time, but Eoin Cody’s oated e ort into the danger zone resulted in Glenmore’s top scorer, Alan Murphy emerging with the sliotar. ere was to be no more time for Shamrocks to strike. Full-time at Páirc na Seamróg, Shamrocks Ballyhale 2-14, Glenmore 1-20.

Glenmore: Alan Murphy (1-8, 1 pen

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and 7 frees), Cathal Beirne (0-3), Eoin Murphy (0-1 free), Ger Aylward and Dean Croke (0-2 each), Billy Reid, Ian Byrne and Shane Murphy (0-1 each)

Shamrocks: TJ Reid (1-10, 1 pen and 8 frees), Eoin Cody (1-0), Eoin Reid (0-2), Kevin Fennelly and Mark Gorman (0-1 each)

Shamrocks: Mark Aylward, Brian Butler, Darragh Mason, Killian Corcoran, Evan She in, Adrian Mullen, Conor Phelan, Paddy Mullen, Conor Walsh, Liam Barron, TJ Reid, Kevin Fennelly, Eoin Kenneally, Eoin Reid, Eoin Cody.

Glenmore: Michael Kirwan, Ciaran Vereker, Eoin Aylward, Sean Duggan, Shane Murphy, Eoin Murphy, Billy Reid, Richie Hennessy, Shane Doherty, Cathal Beirne, Alan Murphy, Dean Croke, Ethan Phelan, Ger Aylward, Ian Byrne.

Ref: Maurice Flynn

Great win on the opening day for Glenmore. They deserved to make the short journey home with the 2 points, having given a great display of guts and guile at Páirc na Seamróg. The Murphy’s were all impressive, Alan from the placed ball, Shane driving them forward from wing-back and Eoin looking every inch a quality ‘6’. Cathal Beirne, Billy Reid and Dean Croke also caught the eye for the visitors on a day when the wind played its part. Simply, Glemore hurled better into the elements that Shamrocks did.

Bob Aylward won’t get carried away, it’s a good start, but he knows that Shamrocks are prone to a slow start and were missing some nine players from last year’s County final panel. Pat Hoban will hope to get some of those bodies back in the club over the next few weeks, but the likes of Joey Holden, Brian Cody and Joe Cuddihy are unlikely to be seen in the famous jersey this season.

Of the likely rivals to Shamrocks crown, O’Loughlin’s, Dicksboro and James Stephens all recorded first round wins last weekend. Paddy Deegan and Huw Lawlor were back on club duty and looking impressive while Mark Bergin was imperious from the place ball. Young David Fogarty hit 0-3 and outstanding while flanking the experienced Deegan. Padraig Walsh was the best for the Sash in the defeat, and they will hope to get John Walton back in the team sharpish.

Brian Cody’s Village were 7-point winners over Billy Ryan’s Graigue Ballycallan, while Dicksboro hit 5-18 in their win over Clara at Pairc Sheamuis Stiophan. Meanwhile there were also opening round wins for Bennettsbridge and Mullinavat over Erins Own and Danesfort respectively. Now for round two.