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For Sat 10th Oct

It’s straight into Leinster action this weekend for Ballyhale Shamrocks, who won the Kilkenny title for a fourth successive year when beating James Stephens last Sunday.

The 2009 St Canice’s Credit Union Senior Hurling Final will for the second year in a row be fought out by defending champions Ballyhale Shamrocks and James Stephens. Conditions last Sunday were ideal for good hurling but sadly neither game reached the heights you'd expect at this stage of the competition. The champions Ballyhale put in another Jekyll ‘n’ Hyde performance when they took care of the O'Loughlins challenge.

The senior club hurling semi-final between Ballyhale Shamrocks and O’Loughlin Gaels last weekend left the ‘Gaels men disappointed as the Shamrocks pushed forward into the final against James Stephens.

The hurling action in Kilkenny last weekend left many clubs with different emotions. For some it was the elation of having reached their goal for the year, for others it was a case of being so close and yet so far. For some it was the relief of having held on to their current status, and for two clubs it was the disappointment of dropping down a grade.

It’s a case of deja vu in this year’s county senior hurling final. Ballyhale Shamrocks and James Stephens will take to Nowlan Park on Sunday to contest the highly anticipated St Canice’s Credit Union Hurling final.

The scoring prowess of brothers TJ and Eoin Reid played a big part as Ballyhale Shamrocks claimed their fourth Kilkenny County Championship in-a-row.

AIB Leinster Club Senior Hurling Championship

The scoring prowess of brothers TJ and Eoin Reid played a big part as Ballyhale Shamrocks claimed their fourth Kilkenny County Championship in-a-row.

While most of us will relax by the fire this Christmas and enjoy the turkey and all the festive trimmings, 28 local men will not.