Scotland Ireland county Park Hurling Sport Gaa Scotland Ireland county Park

Deceased Casey named in Ring, Rackard and Meagher Team of the Year

rte.ie

The late Tyrone hurling star Damian Casey has been included at wing forward in the Ring, Rackard, and Meagher Team of the Year for 2022.The 29-year-old died in a swimming pool accident last June.Casey scored 0-14 when he claimed a second Nicky Rackard Cup with the Red Hands at Croke Park in May to add to his two Lory Meagher Cups and three National Leagues.The Dungannon native, who represented Ireland in a number of shinty internationals against Scotland, is named on the team selection for the fourth successive year.Casey is one of three Tyrone hurlers to be named with defenders Dermot Begley and Chris Kearns also honoured on a team made up of players from eight counties.Christy Ring Cup champions Kildare have five players represented in goalie Paddy McKenna, defenders Rian Boran and the experienced Paul Divilly, with Brian Byrne and James Burke named in attack.Former Mayo football All-Star Keith Higgins (pictured above), who captained the Green and Red to the Rackard Cup last year and reached the Ring final this season, is named in the Champion 15 for the second straight year.Darren Geoghegan, scorer of 0-9 in the final, is the representative of Lory Meagher champions Louth with beaten finalists Longford represented by midfielder Paddy Lynam.Derry's Mark Craig, Sligo’s Andy Kilcullen and Roscommon duo Daniel Glynn and Padraig Kelly complete the selection.Champions 15 Selection1 Paddy McKenna (Kildare/Christy Ring)2 Dermot Begley (Tyrone/Nicky Rackard) 3 Rian Boran (Kildare/Christy Ring) 4 Mark Craig (Derry/Christy Ring)5 Chris Kearns (Tyrone/Nicky Rackard) 6 Paul Divilly (Kildare/Christy Ring) 7 Padraig Kelly (Roscommon/Nicky Rackard)8 Paddy Lynam (Longford/Lory Meagher) 9 Keith Higgins (Mayo/Christy Ring)10 Brian Byrne

Related News
AFP Sport looks at the teams and their journeys into the final four:The Black Caps had a resounding start to the tournament with an 89-run thrashing of defending champions and hosts Australia, setting the tone for their campaign so far. A washout against Afghanistan did not stop their momentum. They thrashed Sri Lanka with Glenn Phillips smashing the second century of this World Cup with his 64-ball 104. New Zealand faltered in their chase of 180 against England but regrouped to outplay minnows Ireland as skipper Kane Williamson struck form with a quickfire 61.
NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge was voted player of the year and the American League outstanding player by fellow major leaguers in the annual Players Choice Awards from the Major League Baseball Players Association.
Johnny Sexton says Ireland must play on their own terms when the world champions South Africa come to the Aviva Stadium on Saturday.
VALENCIA, Spain : Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski scored a 93rd-minute winner as they beat Valencia 1-0 on Saturday to take provisional top spot level on points with Real Madrid in LaLiga.

Latest News

Change privacy settings
This page might use cookies if your analytics vendor requires them.