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It was a memorable day for South Kilkenny as Mooncoin, Rower-Inistigoe and Mullinavat all landed league honours. Firstly, a double header of league finals took place in well represented Ballyhale as the St Canice’s Credit Union Junior B and intermediate league finals were down for decision.

Devastation is the only word to describe Kilkenny’s exit from the All-Ireland senior camogie championship as Anne Downey’s troops saw their hopes of lifting the O’Duffy Cup for the first time since 1994 whither away in the space of 90 seconds.

What a day of Camogie to look forward to this Saturday! The four best teams in the land will be going to battle in Nowlan Park as the prestigious prize of the O’Duffy Cup awaits.

It was all one way traffic as expected as Kilkenny easily negotiated their semi-final passage with a landslide 32-point drubbing of the Dubs at a wet and miserable Nowlan Park last Saturday.

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Kilkenny 2-18

What an absorbing thriller! Kilkenny camogie girls have stirred up a habit of creating heart-stopping drama, and last Saturday in sun-drenched Pairc Ui Rinn, Anne Downey’s charges displayed the grittiest character of lion-hearts to snatch victory from a difficult situation.

O’Duffy Cup

Last year’s defeated All-Ireland senior camogie finalists Kilkenny begin their O’Duffy Cup campaign as they face Galway in the opening round of the Gala All-Ireland senior camogie championship in Nowlan Park tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon with a 1 o’clock throw-in. It is a repeat of last year’s enthralling semi-final clash where a goal in the 4th minute of injury-time by substitiute Marie O’Connor gave Kilkenny a deserved victory.

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