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For a county that calls itself ‘the Home of Hurling’ the gifts haven’t been coming in abundance to Tipperary senior’s in recent years, but it’s something their captain Willie Ryan and his colleagues will be hoping to rectify and bring home a first All-Ireland title since 2001 this weekend.

The new experimental disciplinary rules that were in use in this year’s league narrowly failed to get the necessary two-thirds majority at congress last Saturday.

24-year-old Michael Fennelly has just been given captaincy of the Kilkenny senior hurling team - a great honour to be given to any young man, but especially when it comes with the strong possibility that he will be lifting the McCarthy Cup next September.

24-year-old Michael Fennelly has just been given captaincy of the Kilkenny senior hurling team - a great honour to be given to any young man, but especially when it comes with the strong possibility that he will be lifting the McCarthy Cup next September.

24-year-old Michael Fennelly has just been given captaincy of the Kilkenny senior hurling team - a great honour to be given to any young man, but especially when it comes with the strong possibility that he will be lifting the McCarthy Cup next September.

Galway and Antrim may have been allowed into the Leinster championship, but the Tribesmen need not expect a warm welcome from Kilkenny on Saturday evening.

The Kilkenny hurlers showed great composure and resolve when defeating Galway by four points in a thrilling Leinster semi-final at Tullamore on Saturday evening.

Kilkenny's winning margin against Wexford in the last two finals was an average of 17 points. A landslide victory I think is what you could call them. So with just two goals between the teams last Sunday it could be considered something of a close shave, but in truth despite the game effort from the Dubs the Cats were never going to lose this one.

The senior hurling quarter final between Graigue Ballycallan and Ballyhale Shamrocks this weekend was an outstanding exhibition of hurling.

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.