What the result of this weekends games could mean

Are you heading to Walsh Park this Sunday, or maybe you are heading to Semple Stadium or Nolan Park. If you are make sure that when you are packing whatever you are bringing, to include a calculator. I am not suggesting that James Owens in Semple Stadium, Brian Gavin in Nolan Park or Anthony Stapleton in Walsh Park will loose track of the scores, but after the game as the final scores become known, it could well be needed.

The fact that this years National Hurling league is played out with just six teams fighting it out in the top division has drawn some criticism, but one thing it has done is to make things very interesting, and you cant get it much more interesting than we have it this year.

Heading into the final round of games, not only can all six teams still reach the semi finals of this years competition, all six could still find themselves dropping out of the top division for next years league.

As things stand, Waterford tops the group with five points. They are followed by Clare, Tipperary, Kilkenny and Cork on four points; the four are only separated on score difference while Galway props up the table with three points.

With top playing bottom and the sides in between all playing each other, there is every chance that come 4-30pm on Sunday afternoon or shortly after it that all six teams could well find themselves tied on five points each in the table, meaning score difference will have to be used to decide who finishes where in the table.

If this was to happen, as things stand, Clare Cork and Kilkenny would contest the semi finals having the best score difference of the six, but if Galway were to beat Waterford by thirteen points, they could overtake Kilkenny in the table for one of the semi final spots.

Should Waterford avoid defeat, regardless of how the other games go, Michael Ryan’s men would reach the semi finals. If Waterford were to beat Galway, they top the group and would play the Division 1B winners in the semi final.

If there is a winner in the games at Semple Stadium and Nolan Park they will reach the semi finals, and will play each other if Waterford beat Galway, but if one of the games in Thurles or Kilkenny were to end in a draw that’s when things could get interesting.

Should there be a winner at Thurles and the game in Kilkenny ends in a draw and Waterford were to win in Walsh Park, then Waterford, the winner in Thurles and Cork would reach the semi finals. If there is a winner in Nolan Park and the game in Thurles was to end in a draw and Waterford were to win, Waterford, the winners in Nolan Park and Clare would advance to the semi finals.

However if the above were to happen but Waterford were to loose, then Galway could reach the semi finals if put enough scores past Waterford at Walsh Park.

When it comes to relegation, let’s not tax our brains too much right now about it. If Galway fails to win in Walsh Park they will be in a relegation battle for the second year running. Waterford could well be drawn into a relegation play off if they loose to Galway and the other two games end in a draw, however if there is a winner to both of the other games, regardless of what happens at Walsh Park, Waterford cannot be relegated.

If two teams finish level on points after this weekend, the placing will be decided on the outcome of the head to head between the sides, but if more that two finish level on points, placing will be decided on score difference.

Results to Date:

Round One:        Cork                       0-26       Tipperary             1-11       Referee: Barry Kelly.

                                Clare                      1-17       Waterford           2-15       Referee: John Sexton

                                Galway                 3-11       Kilkenny               0-17       Referee: Diarmuid Kirwan

Round Two:        Tipperary             2-17       Kilkenny               1-19       Referee: Michael Wadding         

                                Waterford           0-15       Cork                       1-12       Referee: Alan Kelly

                                Clare                      0-18       Galway                 1-13       Referee: Colm Lyons

Round Three:    Cork                       1-16       Clare                      1-22       Referee: Johnny Ryan

                                Kilkenny               2-15       Waterford           0-16       Referee: James McGrath

                                Galway                 1-20       Tipperary             4-22       Referee: Brian Gavin

Round Four:       Clare                      1-15       Kilkenny               3-10       Referee: Anthony Stapleton

                                Galway                 2-12       Cork                       2-12       Referee: James Owens

                                Waterford           1-14       Tipperary             0-16       Referee: Cathal McAlister

 

League Table:    Team                     P             W           D             L              SD           PTS

                                Waterford           4              2              1              1              -3            5

                                Clare                      4              2              0              2              +6           4

                                Cork                       4              1              2              1              +6           4

                                Kilkenny               4              2              0              2              +2           4

                                Tipperary             4              2              0              2              -1            4

                                Galway                 4              1              1              2              -10          3

 

 

St Augustines & Scoil Mhuire to meet in All-Ireland Football Final

When it comes to the G.A.A. in Waterford in recent weeks you could well be forgiven for thinking that we are only engaged in hurling activities at this moment in time.

This Saturday however promises to be a big one for Football within the county as Saint Augustine’s College from Abbeyside take on Scoil Mhuire from Strokestown in Co Roscommon at Newbridge in Co Kildare with the game having a 2pm throw in.

Saint Augustine’s College have a rich history when it comes to football and are by and large our most successful college side when it comes to football.

They won their first major piece of silverware in the mid 1950’s when the Frewan Cup (u16) was won, and in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s successive Munster ‘A’ finals were reached and as the last century came to an end and the present one began the college won successive Munster ‘B’ Finals with a number of the players involved in these successes going on to win Munster under 21 Football medals with Waterford in 2003. In 2004 Saint Augustine’s once more won the Munster ‘B’ title, but to date All-Ireland glory has eluted the college.

The Strokestown college side will prove stiff opposition for Saint Augustine’s in the final. The ‘Friary’ lads have faced a number of tough sides to date, but the side from the ‘Rossies’ could well prove to be the most difficult.

In the Connacht Final played recently they had a 1-13 to 0-8 win over Gortnor Abbey from Crossmolina which had sections of the media in the Western Provence questioning if they should have played in a higher grade of competition.

They have what will be a very strong team with some players of some considerable quality filling key positions.

Against Saint Joseph’s Donoughmore in the All-Ireland semi final recently at Brewster Park they once more showed their strength winning on a 2-12 to 1-3 scoreline.

Tom Corcoran and Sean Mullooly have been very dominant for them in the middle of the field up to now. David Neary is outstanding in recent games playing at Centre Back while Tadhg O’Rourke has shown playing at full forward that he knows where the posts are and what to do with the ball while the same could well be said of David Carlton at centre forward.

The Connacht Champions could also prove to have strength in dept. In the Connacht final Diarmuid McGann hit three points for his side but did not play in the All-Ireland Semi Final. For that game Martin Conway took his place and he scored four points before he was replaced.

Saint Augustine’s like Scoil Mhuire have plenty of ability within their side. A number of their players have inter county experience at underage level while a number have played Senior Football for their club in what is a very competitive County Senior Football Championship which is something that should stand to them.

In the Munster Championship they have racked up some impressive wins. Colaisti an Piarsaigh and Rathmore were beaten to reach the final in which they beat Saint Michael’s from Listowel. This win is one that will have instilled much confidence into the team as any team that beats a Kerry Team at any level in football know they have something going for them.

In the All-Ireland Quarter Final another very good win was recorded over Kilmihill from Clare before they beat a fancied Ardee side in the All-Ireland semi final last time out at Dr Cullen Park in Carlow.

Saint Augustine’s are unlikely to show many changes to the team which they have used for much of the campaign till now.

This should mean that Kevin Dwane should continue between the posts, while Tom Tobin, Brian Looby and Jack Mullaney should form the full back line. Cathal Cusack and Ciaran O’Neill could battle it out for the right half back position while Tom Devine and Ross Browne could well wear numbers six and seven.

In the middle of the field the Ardmore duo of David Gartland and Seamus Keating should continue while the half forward line could well read Joe Allen, Tadhg Bourke and their goal scoring hero from the last day Bryan French from Old Parish. The full forward line barring a major surprise should see Michael Troy, Conor Prunty and Michael Maher continue.

To win in Newbridge will be a big ask and it won’t be easy. The Roscommon side are strong and questions have been asked as to why they are playing at this level.

Football in Waterford needs a boost. What a boost it would get if Saint Augustine’s were to return home as Champions.

Dungarvan Colleges advance to All-Ireland Final

Dungarvan Colleges (Dungarvan CBS and St Augustine’s College) are through to a first ever Dr Croke Cup (All-Ireland Senior ‘A’ Hurling Colleges) final after they recorded a comprehensive win over Saint Kieran’s from Kilkenny in a re-arranged semi final at the WIT Sports Campus at Carriganore.

The West Waterford combination won this game with ten points to spare and in truth were worth every sent of their victory.

At half time they held a 4-3 to 0-6 lead. Darragh Lyons proved to be the West Waterford’s side’s hero on the day hitting three goals in the opening half with fellow Dungarvan Club man Patrick Curran netted in the opening half, with another Dungarvan Club man Ryan Donnelly hitting the fifth goal early in the second half.

The first goal of the game came on two minutes when Lyons finishing to the net, but Graham English between the posts for Saint Kieran’s unlucky not to have kept the Dungarvan mans effort out.

Dungarvan College’s second goal of the game came in twenty minutes when Lyons again finished to the net and two minutes later, Darragh Lyons went from goal scorer to goal provider, setting up Patrick Curran and on twenty four minutes Darragh Lyons completed his hat-trick using his footballing skills to finish past Graham English.

Saint Kieran’s had done well to regroup after their Leinster Final defeat against Kilkenny CBS to regroup and beat Our Lady’s from Templemore, who Dungarvan Colleges beat in the Munster Final, at the quarter final stages recently, but having conceded three goals in less than five minutes in this game, to regroup and come out and make a game of things in the second half was always going to be a big task.

Any chance that the Kilkenny side however had of advancing to an all Kilkenny All-Ireland Final quickly evaporated in the opening moments of the second half as Patrick Curran set up Ryan Donnelly for a fifth goal.

On the day the Kilkenny side depended on Chris Bolger to do most of their scoring. The Clara club man hit 1-6 for his side, the six points all came from placed balls, the goal coming very late in the day and proved to be nothing more than a consolation score.

Dungarvan Colleges opponents in the All-Ireland Final which will take place in Thurles on Saturday Week (Easter Saturday) are Kilkenny CBS.

Like all Kilkenny sides, they will prove to be stiff opposition, and will have had watched today’s semi final at Carriganore. No doubt they will be in contact with the Nore-side Rivals to get their thoughts on the Dungarvan side and try and counter act on where strengths and weaknesses lie in the Dungarvan Colleges side’s team.

It will be interesting to see what the bookies think the final will go. Despite this impressive win, and Dungarvan College’s win in the Munster Final (Dr Harty Cup Final) against Our Lady’s from Templemore, the Kilkenny side, with the tradition of Hurling there is in Kilkenny, Kilkenny CBS have to go into the game as favourites, and that is how most would want it to be, especially as Waterford sides often play best when written off.

DUNGARVAN COLLEGES: Laurence Power (Abbeyside); Michael Cronin (Ardmore), Brian Looby (Abbeyside), Keelan Looby (St Oliver’s); Tadhg Burke (Clashmore), Kevin Daly (Dungarvan), Tom Devine (Modeligo); Cormac Curran (Brickeys), Colin Dunford (Colligan Emmets); Christy Breathnach (An Rinn), Michael Harney (Bunmahon), Seamus Keating (Ardmore); Darragh Lyons (Dungarvan), Ryan Donnelly (Dungarvan), Patrick Curran (Dungarvan). Subs: David Gartland (Ardmore) for Harney, Jack Mullaney (Stradbally) for K Looby, Sean Daly (Abbeyside) for Donnelly, Eamon Crotty (Abbeyside) for Keating.

Scorers: Darragh Lyons 3-1 (0-1f), Patrick Curran 1-2 (0-1f, 0-1 65), Ryan Donnelly 1-1, Christy Breathnach 0-2, Tom Devine & Seamus Keating 0-1 each.

ST KIERAN’S: Graham English; Sean Morrissey, James Tyrrell, Ciaran Breen; Shane Parsonsn, Eoin Gough, Eoin Walsh; Chris Bolger, Stephen Farrell; Liam Blanchfield, James Maher, Patrick Hickey; Michael Kenny; Vincent Teehan, James Deasy. Subs: Patrick Mullen for Deasy, Josh Haines for Hickey, Ricci Drennan for Blanchfield, Luke Tennyson for Parsons.

Scorers: Chris Bolger 1-6 (0-6f), Stephen Farrell, Liam Blanchfield, Vincent Teehan & Patrick Mullen (0-1f), 0-1 each.

 

Referee: Fergal Horgan (Tipperary).

Dungarvan Colleges and St Kierans do battle in All-Ireland semi final

Dungarvan Colleges and St Kieran’s College from Kilkenny will be hoping to get their All-Ireland Colleges semi final fixed for the WIT Sports Campus at Carriganore played on Tuesday afternoon where the prize on offer is a clash with Kilkenny CBS in the All-Ireland Final.

Originally fixed for last Saturday at the same venue, the game had to be called off in the hours leading up to the game owing to the heavy rain that fell over much of the South-East of Ireland from late on Wednesday evening.

It’s hard to know if the three day delay playing the game will be a help or not to both sides. Colin Dunford has not played since he picked up a shoulder injury while helping the Dungarvan Colleges to a second Dr Harty Cup Final in two years, retiring early in the game against Our Lady’s from Templemore.  He has however returned to training with his club side – Colligan in the last week or two which has to be a plus to his side’s chances, but it remains to be seen if he will line out in this game.

The Kilkenny side also have had their injury worries as Paddy Mullen who scored 1-1 in their All-Ireland Quarter Final win over Our Lady’s Templemore recently retired early with a rib injury and it remains to be seen if he is fit to start the game. They have also seen Simon Rafter pick up a finger Injury recently while Michael O’Neill broke his Collar bone in his sides Leinster Final loss to Kilkenny CBS and it remains to be seen if these two will play any part in this game.

Both sides will go into this game in a confident mood. Saint Kieran’s in their most recent game had a 4-11 to 2-8 win over Our Lady’s Templemore, where they inflicted much of the damage in the opening half, at the end of which they held a 3-7 to 0-3 advantage.

Dungarvan College’s most recent game was against the same opposition in the Dr Harty Cup Final at Tipperary Town, where they proved to be equally as effective in front of goal, winning 2-21 to 1-11. On the day the sides were locked at eight points a piece at the break, but the Dungarvan/Abbeyside combination put in a terrific second half to win the game comfortably in the end.

The Kilkenny students have a number of players that will have to be watched carefully in this game. Chris Bolger playing in the middle of the field and Vincent Teehan at full forward both finished as joint top scorer’s last time out, finishing with 1-2 to their credit. Patrick Mullen who came in for Bolger against Our Lady’s from Templemore also impressed, the Ballyhale Shamrocks man finishing the game with 1-1, while James Maher at Centre Forward and Michael Kenny who began at right corner forward finished with 0-3 and 1-0 respectfully.

Patrick Curran is Dungarvan College’s top scorer for his side this year. However, they are by no means a one man team. Ryan Donnelly and Christy Breathnach also finished the game with Our Lady’s from Templemore with impressive tallies behind their name. Others that could well play a vital roll in this game for the combined side are Aaron Donnelly, Darragh Lyons, Michael Harney and Cormac Curran while the importance of their half back line of Tadhg Bourke, Kevin Daly and Captain Tom Devine cannot be under estimated.

No Kilkenny side will enter any game any other way but feeling confident. St Kieran’s will be no different. Dungarvan Colleges however will also make the trip to the outskirts of Waterford City in a confident mood. Both Dungarvan CBS and St Augustine’s College, the two sides that make up the Dungarvan Colleges formation, since winning the Dr Harty Cup have qualified for All-Ireland Finals. St. Augustine’s get to play their final this Saturday when they take on Strokestown at Newbridge.  There will be some that heading into Tuesday afternoon’s game that the minds of the players will not be on other up coming fixtures. The management team of Dungarvan Colleges could have a big job on their hand to get everything out of the heads of the players under their charge for over an hour apart from the task in hand. If they succeed, Dungarvan Colleges have a great chance of advancing to an All-Ireland Final against Kilkenny CBS, a side that beat the Dungarvan side in last years All-Ireland quarter final, but it wont be easy.

Five inter county teams are in action this weekend.

The busy weekends for the G.A.A. in Waterford just keep on coming as this coming weekend we see more than our fair share of inter county teams take to the field in both hurling and football in league and championship action.

For those looking forward to an inter county double header involving both the senior hurling and football teams in the league at Walsh Park they were left disappointed as from early in the week it became very apparent that such a game would not be taking place due to the amount of rain that fell over the past number of days.

The footballers will not play their game at the WIT Campus in Carriganore where Offaly provide the opposition.

Both of these sides have seen their luck turn in the last few weeks, after struggling somewhat to beat London in Ruislip in the first round of games, Offaly lost to both Limerick and Clare in their next two games but returned to winning games in recent weeks with wins over Leitrim and Carlow and if they were to put a third win in a row together this weekend, they would be in prime position to take one of the two promotion places available in the group.

The visitors make one change to their team for this weekends game. Ken Casey makes his first start of the year against Waterford and is selected at full forward. The Saint Bridget’s Club man had a spell on the sideline owing to an injury but came in as a sub against Carlow last weekend.

He made a telling impact coming on in that game setting up Sean Pender for Offaly’s first goal of the game just short of the hour mark and also kicked a point.

Eoin Rigney misses out for Offaly this weekend, but the management team have made a number of switches to their starting line up.

Richie Dalton moves from centre field to centre forward while Brian Connor moves from full forward to the number eleven shirt. Michael Brazil who was named at Centre Field against Carlow moves to the wing back position, Ruairi Allen moves from left corner forward to left half forward while Willie Mulhall moves in the opposite direction.

Waterford too make changes for this weekend.

Brian Wall who came on for Shane Aherne with a quarter for an hour to go in Carrick-on-Shannon, starts this weekend, and is named at centre back replacing Shane Briggs. John Hurney also comes back into the defensive sextet in place of Tadhg Ó hUallacháin. The Abbeyside/Ballinacourty club man last weekend started on the bench but came in for Darren Guiry ten minutes into the second half.  There is one change in the forwards where Paul Whyte misses out and is replaced by Patrick Hurney who is named to start at centre forward.

Waterford began this years league in fine form with wins over Clare and Tipperary but subsequent defeats to Limerick, London and Leitrim have made it very difficult for Waterford to win one of the two available promotion places in Division four, but Niall Carew’s charges are not mathematically out of the league as wins in their remaining games and for results to go their way in other games could mean that promotion is still achievable.

Meanwhile, in the National Hurling league, Tipperary have made six changes to their team to play Waterford in Walsh Park.

The Munster champions began their league campaign with a crushing defeat to Cork in Pairc Uí Rinn but have since followed it up with moral boosting wins over Kilkenny and Galway and will travel to Walsh Park in a confident mood and will know that if they were to win they could well secure their place in the semi finals ahead of their meeting in the last round of games against Clare.

The Premier men welcome Brendan Cummins, Donagh Maher, Thomas Stapleton, Brian O’Meara, Noel McGrath and Adrian Ryan into the team to play at Walsh Park with Darren Gleeson, Paddy Stapleton, Conor O’Mahony, Brendan Maher, John O’Brien and John O’Dwyer all making way.

The home side also make changes for this game. Surprisingly, Ian O’Regan starts in goals in place of Stephen O’Keeffe. The Ballygunner Club man may have made mistakes last time out against Kilkenny and while he may have received some very harsh criticism from nameless people on the different social network sites, he had been doing well up to this point.

The management team have given the defensive sextet another vote of confidence meaning that Shane Fives, Liam Lawlor, Stephen Daniels, Jamie Nagle, Michael Walsh and Kevin Moran are set to continue which has to be a good thing with the championship coming closer each passing week that we have a settled unit in these positions.

In the middle of the field, Shane O’Sullivan and Paudie Prendergast are set to continue after impressing against Kilkenny, while in attack there are two changes, as Maurice Shanahan and Jamie Barron make their first starts in this years league with Pauric Mahony and Brian O’Sullivan the players to drop out.

Waterford has a number of women’s teams in action as well this weekend. After a couple of weeks break, the Intermediate Ladies make the trip north for the second successive game as they make the long trip to Kilawley to play Fermanagh. Waterford have not had the best of luck in the league to date but last time out did manage a draw against  Cavan and will look to build on that result this weekend.

Within the hour, Waterford’s under 14 Ladies Football team take on Tipperary in Fethard. They started the year with a defeat to Limerick at Stradbally but last week they had a 3-7 to 2-5 win over Clare at Fraher Field and will be hoping to put back to back wins together this weekend.

On Sunday, Waterford’s Minor Camogie team take on Dublin in Fraher Field. Waterford were to play Kerry in the Munster ‘B’ Final at Buttervant last weekend but were awarded a Walk over by the ladies from the Kingdom. Dublin however, do head into this game with some championship action under their belts this year as they played Offaly in the championship at the end of February but they suffered a narrow 4-5 to 2-10 defeat. A win for Waterford therefore is important in this game if the side are to advance to the next phase of the competition.

The bad weather however has taken its toll on this weekends action, as the All-Ireland Colleges semi final between Dungarvan Colleges and St Kieran’s College from Kilkenny fixed for Carriganore today has fallen by the way side and has been re-fixed for this coming Tuesday at 2pm with the game again fixed for Carriganore.

Fixtures for Sunday:
 

All-Ireland ‘B’ Camogie Fixture                       Waterford V Dublin in Fraher Field at 2pm

Ladies National Football League Fixture        Fermanagh V Waterford in Kilawley at 2pm

National Football League Fixture -                 Waterford V Offaly in Carriganore at 12-45pm

National Hurling League Fixture -                   Waterford V Tipperary in Walsh Park at 2-30pm

 

 

 

 

 

Back to back titles keep Waterford in the frame

Waterford made it two wins from three games in this year’s second division of the Irish Daily Star National Camogie League when they beat Wexford at Fraher Field on Saturday afternoon, with four points to spare.

The home side in this game fully deserved their victory and were always on top, apart from a few minutes early in the second half when the Model County Ladies hit some crucial scores which looked as if they were going to make a game of things.

While the Fraher Field playing surface had dried out considerably from the recent game between Waterford and Cork at the venue, the surface was not ideal to good hurling been played, and at times when the ball was played along the ground at times just as a player would attempt to pick the ball it would bobble at the last moment making things somewhat difficult for players on both sides.

Waterford raced into an early lead when Jennie Simpson pointed on two minutes. Three minutes later Waterford were unlucky not to have further stretched their lead when a Karen Kelly free dipped at the last second and Deirdre Colfer in the Wexford goal did well to keep it from creeping in under her cross bar, but when the ball fell to Nicola Morrissey she say her effort go narrowly wide.

Jennie Simpson extended Waterford’s lead on nine minutes when she got her second score of the game.

On the quarter of an hour mark Cait Doyle had a good chance to put Wexford in front when she won the ball in front of the goal but her tamely hit shot was easily saved by Deirdre Brennan in the Waterford goal.

Points from Shona Curran and Karen Kelly quickly followed to give Waterford a four point advantage on seventeen minutes, a lead that was extended to six when Deirdre Fahy and then the impressive Lorraine Bray hit points in quick succession.

Wexford up to this point had barely tested the Waterford defence but on 20 minutes they had a good chance when Mary Sinnott had a chance but Deirdre Brennan once again dealt with her effort comfortably.

The Model County side hit their first score of the game on twenty five minutes when Aoife Shiel pointed and seconds later Lorraine Bray shot just wide.

Cait Doyle and Karen Kelly exchanged scores inside a minute of each other and one minute from the break Deirdre Colfer once again did well to smother a ground stroke effort from Lorraine Bray who was causing plenty of trouble in the Wexford full back line.

Waterford however did manage to add to their tally on the scoreboard before the break when Deirdre Fahy pointed after some excellent work by Lorraine Bray.

Trailing 0-8 to 0-2 at the break, Wexford came out for the second half a much different side and looked as if they were going to make a game of things.

Margaret Byrne pointed three minutes after the restart and second later the same player made no mistake whipping on a low ball in from the wing and planted it in the Déise net.

Points from Karen Kelly from a free and then Nicola Morrissey from open play gave Waterford a 0-10 to 1-3 lead at the end of the third quarter, but from here on in Waterford were on top throughout.

Deirdre Fahey was unlucky not to have rattled the Wexford net eleven minutes from time, Deirdre Colfer for the third time did well to deny the Déise attackers the chance of having a green flag waved, but Karen Kelly was on hand and she made no mistake in putting the ball between the uprights to give Waterford a 0-12 to 1-3 lead.

Margaret Byrne put over a free for Wexford nine minutes from time but it was quickly cancelled out by an effort from Jennie Simpson.

It was the visitors that hit the last two scores of the game, both from Aoife Shiel very late in the game, but there was never any real chance that they would get the scores that would get them something from this game.

Waterford: Deirdre Brennan; Emma Hannon, Fiona Morrissey, Vicky Falconer; Jenny McCarthy, Charlotte Raher, Mairead Murphy; Shona Curran, Jennie Simpson; Deirdre Fahey, Nicola Morrissey, Laura Buckley; Lorraine Bray, Karen Kelly, Zoe O’Donoghue. Subs; Clare Murphy for Lorraine Bray, Sarah Coughlan for Zoe O’Donoghue, Valerie O’Brien for Deirdre Fahey, Nicola Fitzgerald for Emma Hannon.

Scorers: Karen Kelly 0-4 (2 frees), Jennie Simpson 0-3, Deirdre Fahy, Nicola Morrissey 0-2 each, Shona Curran, Lorraine Bray 0-1 each.

Wexford: Deirdre Colfer; Amy Dillon, Niamh O’Connor, Emma Lacey; Róisín Murphy, Margurette Doyle, Emma O’Connor; Rachel Colfer, Bridget Curran; Mary Sinnott, Aoife Shiel, Mairead Sheehan; Cait Doyle, Bridin Doyle, Margaret Byrne. Sub: Nancy Dunphy for Mairead Sheehan.

Scorers: Margaret Byrne 1-2, Aoife Shiel 0-3, Cait Doyle 0-1.

Referee: Donal Leahy.

Waterford: Deirdre Brennan; Emma Hannon, Fiona Morrissey, Vicky Falconer; Jenny McCarthy, Charlotte Raher, Mairead Murphy; Shona Curran, Jennie Simpson; Deirdre Fahey, Nicola Morrissey, Laura Buckley; Lorraine Bray, Karen Kelly, Zoe O’Donoghue. Subs; Clare Murphy for Lorraine Bray, Sarah Coughlan for Zoe O’Donoghue, Valerie O’Brien for Deirdre Fahey, Nicola Fitzgerald for Emma Hannon.

Scorers: Karen Kelly 0-4 (2 frees), Jennie Simpson 0-3, Deirdre Fahy, Nicola Morrissey 0-2 each, Shona Curran, Lorraine Bray 0-1 each.

Wexford: Deirdre Colfer; Amy Dillon, Niamh O’Connor, Emma Lacey; Róisín Murphy, Margurette Doyle, Emma O’Connor; Rachel Colfer, Bridget Curran; Mary Sinnott, Aoife Shiel, Mairead Sheehan; Cait Doyle, Bridin Doyle, Margaret Byrne. Sub: Nancy Dunphy for Mairead Sheehan.

Scorers: Margaret Byrne 1-2, Aoife Shiel 0-3, Cait Doyle 0-1.

Referee: Donal Leahy.

Irish Daily Star – Division 2 Group 2 League Table

Limerick          3          3          0          0          +39      6

Galway            3          2          0          1          +21      4

Waterford       3          2          0          1          +3        4

Meath             3          2          0          1          -4         4

Antrim             3          0          0          3          -21       0

Wexford          3          0          0          3          -38       0

Next Fixtures: Sunday March 31

Meath V Galway

Limerick V Waterford

Antrim V Wexford (Saturday March 30)

Venues and times to be confirmed.

Meanwhile, Waterford are Munster Under 16 ‘B’ Camogie champions for 2013 after they beat Cork comprehensively (3-10 to 0-4) at the Gold Coast Grounds. It was also announced today that Waterfords Munster Minor 'B' Camogie Final fixed for Buttervant on Monday is off, after the Kerry County Board conceeded the fixture.