D Monday, September 14, 2009 METROSPORT 21 GAA U21 CAMOGIE AND HURLING FINALS Rebel rising: Corks Emer OFarrell (left) evades Jacqui Frisbys tackle Moloney inspires Cork to title ODonovan seals victory for Clare CormaC oDonovan etched his name in hurling history with the winning point to earn Clares first ever Bord Gis all-Ireland U-21 title. The midfielder sealed a famous victory with a long- range point to separate the sides in the last minute of a pulsating game in front of 25,924 people. The strike secured Clares first ever all-Ireland win at the grade, having only won their first provincial title this season. The loss is a relative blow for Kilkenny, who followed the countys minor and intermediate teams in relinquishing their titles. The sides were level nine times in an absorbing game, with Colin ryan hitting nine points for Clare. The Banner County led 0-8 to 0-6 at half-time with ryan delivering all but one of their scores. It means a huge amount to Clare, and you could see that in the emotion from the players and fans after the whistle, said boss John minogue. By PAUL KEANE CORK .... ......0-15 KILKENNY......0-7 CLARE........0-15......KILKENNY.......0-14 John Joe Nevin with his uncle Micko, left, and father Murphy on his return to Dublin Airport after winning the bronze medal at the 2009 AIBA World Boxing Championships Finals in Milan, Italy. Bantamweight Nevin lost out in his quest to become the first Irishman to reach a World Senior Championships final after he narrowly lost 5-4 to Russias Eduard Abzalimov on Friday. Heros homecoming CYCLING: Hollands Kai Reus held off the bunch to win stage two of the Tour of Britain and claim the leaders yellow jersey yesterday. Rabobanks Reus prevailed after a lengthy breakaway with Alexander Kristoff (Joker Bianchi) leading the field home in second ahead of Team Sky-bound Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Columbia-HTC), who was third. Chris Sutton (Garmin- Slipstream), the winner of the opening stage in York, was ninth as Reus moved into first place in the classification standings. Todays stage will run from Peebles to Gretna Green. SNOOKER: World number one Ronnie OSullivan eased to a 22nd ranking title victory after a 10-5 win over Liang Wenbo in the final of the Shanghai Masters yesterday. OSullivan took a 3-1 lead into the interval of the first session before returning to move 6-3 ahead. When the players returned for the evening session, Liang briefly gave himself a glimmer of hope by matching OSullivan with two frames apiece to make it 8-5 before the Englishman closed out victory in just under four and a half hours. CRICKET: Brett Lee has rewritten the Lords record books to bowl Australia to NatWest Series success with three games to spare on Saturday. Australian fast bowler Lee became the first player to claim two five- wicket hauls in a one-day international at English crickets headquarters, to set up an easy seven-wicket win over the home side. The 32- year-old took five for 49, obliterating the lower order late in the innings as England were then dismissed for 220 in the 47th over. Its something that is a very, very special part of my cricketing life so far, said Lee. Shanghai win: OSullivan SPORTDigest PARALyMPICS: One of Britains top Paralympic sailors has welcomed the chance to compete against international sailing stars in her home waters. Helena Lucas is among 700 sailors from around the world who are taking part in this weeks Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy in Dorset host venue of the 2012 Olympic sailing events. Hopefully, because we have trained here a lot and we are used to the conditions, we might have a little bit of an edge, she said. Rugby: South Africa centre Jaque Fourie has been suspended for four weeks for a dangerous tackle on All Blacks centre Maa Nonu in the Springboks 32-29 Tri- Nations victory on Saturday. The Springboks won the Tri- Nations for the first time since 2004, while the All Blacks, who had a mathematical chance of winning the title before Saturdays match at Waikato Stadium, now play Australia to avoid the wooden spoon. Meanwhile, injured New Zealand winger Sitiveni Sivivatu has been ruled out of the final Tri-Nations match with Australia next week. McLaughlin lauds solid man SextonBy CIARAN BONASS GlasGow warriors defeated scarlets 19-11 in their magners league meeting yesterday. Dan Parks was the man of the moment for warriors as he kicked 14 points and created a try for rob Dewey. Daniel Evans went over for scarlets when he broke from over 40 metres to touch down. Leinsters Kevin McLaughlin praised fly-half Jonathan sextons reliability following his sides hard- fought 23-14 win over the Dragons on saturday night. the flanker spoke glowingly of his team-mate after the province recorded their first win of the Magners League, and he feels the Dubliner is coping well as he attempts to fill the void left by Felipe Contemponi. sexton was brilliant, he was solid last week and great again this week; having a place kicker that you can rely on is such a lift for the team. You know when you get a penalty its more than likely three points and for a forward pack thats always nice, said McLaughlin. Felipes were huge boots to fill and the other thing about sexton is he keeps us going forward. We were desperately disappointed losing last week, we only got a bonus point, so our focus all week was get- ting back on the winning track regard- less. We didnt win by as comprehen- sive a score as we would have set out to but a wins a win, he added. RUGBY MAGNERS LEAGUE Picture: Sportsfile raCheL MoLoneY shot Cork to their fourth Gala all-ireland Camogie title in five seasons with seven super points at Croke Park. the free-taker started the day in second place in the championships scoring charts, six points behind Galways aislinn Connolly. so her 0-7 haul came as a double boost as it secured Corks 24th title. Moloneys points were crucial but Corks key performers were full-back Catriona Foley and centre- forward Gemma oConnor who hit three points. Goalkeeper aoife Murray was inspired too with three second-half saves as Kilkenny chased a goal. the sides were level three times up to 0-3 apiece before Cork pulled away with back-to-back Moloney points to lead 0-6 to 0-3. Cork still led by three at half-time, 0-8 to 0-5, and hit the first three scores of the second-half to take a massive step towards clinching victory. Kilkenny only scored twice in the second-half, both from placed balls, as Cork wrapped up an easy win with scores from oConnor, Katriona Mackey and Moloney. index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html