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Football: Why are pundits writing Cork off already? P52
Zebo can shine on US tour
IRELAND are set to benefit from Simon Zebo and Peter O’Mahony’s omissions from the Lions panel announced yesterday. The Cork pair will get a chance to shine for Ireland when the national side tour America in the summer. O’Mahony, in particular, can feel aggrieved after he was the stars of the back-row for Ireland in a pretty dismal Six Nations run for Declan Kidney’s side. Zebo broke a bone in his foot against England in the Six Nations and was in a race against time to get back to full fitness and
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By SEAN McCARTHY prove his worth to Gatland. The Irish tour could also mean an opportunity for James Coughlan after Jamie Heaslip was named in the Lions squad also. Considering Ireland’s poor run in the Six Nations, nine representatives on the squad is very good with Paul O’Connell. Conor Murray, Rob Kearney, Tommy Bowe, Brian O’Driscoll, Jonny Sexton, Cian Healy, Seán O’Brien and Jamie Heaslip named in the squad. ● More rugby on page 50.
Soccer: Bray win may turn season around for City say Turner: P49
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would been the organisers closes down that €5,000 has Siobhán Collins the charity sponsors and all who donatedthank you. Bishopstown’s during say a massive Media’s John McHale Picture: Jim Coughlan. like to simply shot for the Cork Cork Murphy goalward Picture: Jim Coughlan match. tries to block Eamonn James Murphy match in Bishopstown. Bishopstown’s during their recent charity Media Selection
Charity match: Cork Media and Bishopstown GAA do battle for a good cause: P51
Blarney players celebrate following their victory over Springfield Ramblers in the U12 Evening Echo Cup final at Turner’s Cross. See match report on page 38. Picture: Howard Crowdy
Cadogan aims for quarter True Sports visit CORK are hopeful that Eoin Cadogan will be fit for their Munster SFC quarter-final with Limerick on May 25 ZULWHV '(1,6 +85/(<. Cadogan has been out of action since suffering an ankle injury back in March, but selector Ronan McCarthy is optimistic that he will be
available come the championship. “There’s still a question-mark about Eoin,” McCarthy said, “it’s a bit like Pa Kelly’s situation, it takes a while but things are progressing well. “If his recovery programme goes to plan, he should be okay,
hopefully we should have enough weeks between now and then.” Cadogan is definitely out of Douglas’s county SFC opener against Ballincollig on Monday night, a game where Kelly will feature in as he makes his way back to full fitness. ● More P52-53.
USA distance star, Ben True, who ran the fastest 5000m in the world this year when winning at the famed Payton Jordan Invitational held at Stanford, California, in a career best of 13:14:44 last weekend is set to compete at the 62nd Cork City Sports on
July 2 at the CIT. The American finished sixth in the recent World Cross Country Championships in Poland. No stranger to Ireland, True last year was a runaway winner of the 3,000m at the Morton Games held in Dublin.
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