Recently-retired Antrim star Neil McManus joins Shane, Ciaran Carey and Jason Byrne to reflect on his career.
Former Antrim star Neil McManus spoke on OurGame about his inter-county career, driving on through the dark times, and getting a fitting finale after injury against Kilkenny.
Ciaran Carey also pays tribute to the Cushendall man, which you can see in the video above.
GALWAY, TIPPERARY, CLARE, DUBLIN SEEK SEMI-FINAL SLOTS
Limerick and Kilkenny will discover on Saturday who their All-Ireland semi-finals
opponents will be when the quarterfinals are played in TUS Gaelic Grounds, Limerick.
It’s Clare v Dublin at 4.00pm and Galway v Tipperary at 6.15pm.
GALWAY v TIPPERARY
Galway arrive in the quarterfinals as Leinster runners-up (to Kilkenny) while Tipperary
finished third in Munster and clinched a place in the quarter-finals with a big win over
Offaly last Saturday.
Galway and Tipperary last met in the championship in 2020 when the Tribesmen won a quarter-final by two points.
PATHS TO THE QUARTER-FINALS
GALWAY
- Galway 0-24 Wexford 2-12
- Galway 1-25 Kilkenny 0-28
- Galway 6-33 Westmeath 0-17
- Galway 5-29 Antrim 1-22
- Galway 1-25 Dublin 2-22
- Kilkenny 4-21 Galway 2-26 (Leinster final)
Played 6, Won 3, Drew 2, Lost 1.
TOP SCORERS
- Evan Niland…………..0-60 (0-34 frees, 0-4‘65s’)
- Conor Whelan………..6-11
- Kevin Cooney…………..2-12
- Brian Concannon………2-11
- Conor Cooney……….0-10
- Declan McLoughlin…1-7
TIPPERARY
- Tipperary 5-22 Clare 3-23
- Cork 4-19 Tipperary 2-25
- Tipperary 0-25 Limerick 0-25
- Waterford 1-24 Tipperary 0-21
- Tipperary 7-38 Offaly 3-18 (Preliminary All-Ireland quarter-final)
Played 5, Won 2, Drew 2, Lost 1.
TOP SCORERS
- Jason Forde…………….4-21 (0-13 frees, 1-1 s/l, 1-0 pen, 0-3 ‘65s’)
- Jake Morris…………….2-19
- Mark Kehoe……………4-12
- Gearoid O’Connor…..1-18 (0-14 frees)
- Noel McGrath…………0-15 (0-4 frees, 0-3 ‘65s’, 0-01 s/l)
CLARE v DUBLIN
Clare were runners-up (to Limerick) in Munster while Dublin finished third in Leinster and earned a place in the quarterfinal with a win over Joe McDonagh Cup champions Carlow last Saturday.
Clare and Dublin last met in the championship in 2012 when the Banner won a qualifier.
PATHS TO THE QUARTER-FINALS
CLARE
- Tipperary 5-22 Clare 3-23
- Clare 1-24 Limerick 2-20
- Clare 2-22 Waterford 0-16
- Clare 2-22 Cork 3-18
- Limerick 1-23 Clare 1-22 (Munster final)
Played 5, Won 3, Lost 2
TOP SCORERS
- Tony Kelly……………….2-28 (0-10 frees, 1-0 pen, 0-1 ‘65’)
- Aidan McCarthy………1-27 (0-15 frees, 0-3 ‘65s’)
- Mark Rodgers…………..3-6 (0-1 s/l)
- Shane O’Donnell……….0-8
- Ian Galvin…………………1-5
DUBLIN
- Antrim 1-19 Dublin 1-19
- Dublin 2-23 Westmeath 1-14
- Dublin 1-22 Wexford 0-23
- Kilkenny 0-27 Dublin 0-21
- Dublin 2-22 Galway 1-25
- Dublin 2-25 Carlow 0-21 (Preliminary quarter-final)
Played 6, Won 3, Drew 2, Lost 1
TOP SCORERS
- Donal Burke………..2-59 (0-47 frees, 903 ‘65s’)
- Cian O’Sullivan……3-11 (0-1 free, 0-1 s/l)
- Danny Sutcliffe…….1-10
- Cian Boland………1-7
- Mark Grogan……..1-7