Walter Walsh
129 results

Limerick stretch Kilkenny all the way in frantic qualifier
- Hurling
- July 1, 2017, 21:01
Kilkenny 0-20 Limerick 0-17 Sooner or later we’ll know if there’s still water in the well, because for now Kilkenny are just about living off air, or(...)

Nicky English: Wexford beat Kilkenny – and the past
- Gaelic Games
- June 12, 2017, 06:30
There was some conjecture at the start of the season as to whether this would be the championship when the Kilkenny/Tipperary duopoly was broken and t(...)

Magnificent Wexford blow the summer wide open
- Hurling
- June 10, 2017, 21:05
Wexford 1-20 Kilkenny 3-11 They’re back. We can say it now about Wexford and not worry about looking silly. They had every fibre of their being teste(...)

Nicky English: Kilkenny will be ready for all of the challenges
- Hurling
- June 10, 2017, 06:00
I saw Wexford under Davy Fitz from the very start. I had a very long afternoon as coach of UCD in the Walsh Cup, which was their first day out, as the(...)

Jackie Tyrrell: Cody will react and Cats will show their claws
- Gaelic Games
- June 9, 2017, 06:30
Every game has its own context. You have to be careful when you’re looking at it not to talk yourself into the wrong one. For a lot of people, Wexford(...)

A milestone victory but Waterford make hard work of Kilkenny
- Hurling
- February 12, 2017, 18:19
Waterford 1-15 Kilkenny 0-17 A good start to the Allianz Hurling League for Waterford was marked by the county’s first win against the hosts in Nowla(...)

Kilkenny flex muscles in Walsh Cup victory over Antrim
- Hurling
- January 15, 2017, 22:11
Kilkenny 6-27 Antrim 0-19 Kilkenny conceded home advantage, but little else as a near full strength side eased past Antrim in the Walsh Cup. With(...)

Kilkenny finally vulnerable? Don’t say it out loud, but it could be true
- Gaelic Games
- September 7, 2016, 07:02
‘Celebrate it,” wrote Seán Moran in this space on the Wednesday after the 2010 All-Ireland hurling final. He was addressing the Tipperary team who had(...)

Nicky English: Tipp beat Kilkenny by playing like Kilkenny
- Hurling
- September 5, 2016, 07:00
In a nutshell, Tipperary out-Kilkennyed Kilkenny this time to emerge as very deserving and worthy winners of this All-Ireland final. Any doubts which (...)

Nicky English: Tipperary's greater goal-scoring threat may swing a tight affair
- Hurling
- September 3, 2016, 05:50
Here we are: the two best teams in the country ready to go head-to-head for the All-Ireland title. Kilkenny, even with the loss of so many decorated (...)