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Kilkenny forward, Henry Shefflin has joined county compatriot DJ Carey and scooped his ninth GAA hurling All-Star this year following the Cat’s four-in-a-row achievement.

Kilkenny 2-23

They say two out of three ain’t bad. When it came to winning their respective provincial championship games last weekend that’s how it panned out for the three Westmeath clubs in action. Garrycastle and Tubberclair recorded hard-fought and impressive wins in the senior and intermediate grades respectively while Caulry went down fighting, away to the Wexford champions.

Kilkenny 2-23   Waterford 3-15

Kilkenny manager Richie Mulrooney felt that his side had come through one of their toughest games under his reign as the ‘kittens’ qualified for their second ESB All-Ireland MHC Final in succession, following this two-point win at Croke Park last Sunday.

Galway’s hopes of advancing to a second All Ireland hurling final this year rest on the u-21s who face Clare on Saturday.

Last Saturday evening Salthill/Knocknarra were expected to defeat a very limited St Brendan’s handily. Instead a shock of epic proportions was on the cards if the Ballygar men had a little more ability, poise, and self-belief.

Kilkenny’s bid for back-to-back Bord Gais Energy All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship titles moves one step closer this Saturday, when the Cats face Antrim at the semi-final stage in Pairc Tailteann, Navan at 4.30pm.

Bearna/na Forbacha minor hurlers have advanced to the preliminary quarter-finals after ovecoming Portumna in their final championship game last week.

t is six years since Mayo last lifted the Brendan Martin Cup, while Mayo were the team of the late 1990s and the turn of the century, since 2005 Cork have been the team of the latter half of the decade. Since claiming their first All Ireland title in 2005, the rebels have gone on to put an amazing four titles back to back, and now are going looking for the magical five in a row.