Champion Chatter- Season 03 Episode 16
0:00-6:47 – Intro;
6:47-35:22 – An anti-climactic feel to the start of the Munster Senior Hurling Championship after Limerick ransacked Cusack Park with a remarkable 12 point final quarter surge. Kevin McNamara and Ger O’Connell pick through the bones of that opening round blip and also peer ahead to a make-or-break clash away to Cork this Sunday;
35:22-59:11 – The weekend certainly started in spectacular fashion when Mark Fitzgerald’s senior footballers put hosts Waterford to the sword by 14 points to reach a second successive Munster Senior decider against Kerry. Football Analyst Kieran Madigan assessed the Banner’s latest feat along with reflecting on the fortunes or lack of of the U-20’s and Minors against Tipperary in the past week;
59:11-1.16:17 – Between them, Premier Division title rivals Avenue United and Newmarket Celtic chalked up 15 goals on Sunday as their race looks to be going right down to the wire. CDSL PRO Dean Russell joins Eoin and James to sift through the almost nightly soccer schedule in all four divisions along with reflecting on the Ennis Carpets Clare Cup Semi-Final draw;
1.16:17 – Seven Clare natives are bidding for AIL rugby glory for UL Bohs; there were Munster Under 16 Finals defeats in camogie and ladies football; an upcoming Munster Minor B Ladies Football decider against Tipperary this Sunday along with Clare’s Munster Senior Camogie Championship bow against Cork as part of the hurlers double header in Supervalu Páirc Uí Chaoimh this Sunday.
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