Where We Stand in the Kilkenny hurling leagues after latest round of matches

The St Canice’s Credit Union Hurling Leagues have rolled into round two this weekend with no shortage of standout results.

In Group A, Saturday saw two matches, with Graigue Ballycallan and Thomastown taking the spoils.

In Gowran, Graigue Ballycallan made it two wins from two with a 1-19 to 1-14 win over Clara.

The Sky Blues, who beat Bennettsbridge last weekend, maintained their 100% record but not without a stiff challenge from Clara, with the teams nip and tuck throughout the contest.

The teams traded scores in the opening minutes before Chris Bolger raised the first green flag 11 minutes in (1-4 to 0-4).

However, Clara failed to spark and conceded the next five points without reply. Aaron McEvoy was in stellar form from placed balls and scored four frees in that period (0-9 to 1-4 after 18 minutes).

A Patrick Foley goal just a minute later made the Clara task harder as their three-point lead became a four-point deficit at the break (1-10 to 1-6).

Graigue Ballycallan maintained their four/five-point cushion through the second period, with Aaron McEvoy converting frees from all angles.

Paul Cody, Rory Glynn and Conor O’Shea kept Clara in touching distance, but they failed to overturn the deficit by the call of time.

Meanwhile, in Páirc na Seamróg in Ballyhale, Thomastown eased to a 1-24 to 1-15 victory over Mullinavat.

Robbie Donnelly was the star man for the Grennan outfit, with a ten-point tally aiding his team to a merited nine-point win.

In what was a workmanlike win, Thomastown were in control in every acre of the field, with Donnelly’s threat at centre-forward complemented by the equally potent Jack Holden and Stephen Donnelly.

A shining light for Mullinavat was Pádraic Gahan (0-2). The wing-back was Mullinavat’s launching pad, while Oisín Knox, along with Michael and Ger Malone, also contributed on the scoreboard.

Despite their first-half dominance, Noel Doherty’s men only led by three points (0-13 to 0-10) at half-time.

The winners eventually delivered the killer punch through a penalty. Sharpshooter Robbie Donnelly converted four minutes into the second half to leave the scoreline reading 1-14 to 0-11.

Both sides finished the contest with 14 players. Mullinavat’s John Walsh, who came on as a second-half substitute, was dismissed as quickly as he came on for a late challenge on Brian Staunton. Staunton was also dismissed, with a second yellow card for retaliating.

Tom Aylward did put a gloss on the scoreline with a penalty goal late on, but there was no doubting who the winners would be.

In Group B, after Erin’s Own’s dramatic late win against Danesfort on Friday night (READ MORE HERE), attention turned to Páirc Lachtain and a mouth-watering clash between Dicksboro and Tullaroan.

Davy Mulcahy’s side overcame a sticky Danesfort test the previous week, while Dicksboro were keen to put any worries to bed after an underwhelming loss to O’Loughlin Gaels on matchday one.

But it was to be Tullaroan’s night as Dylan Simpson, fresh from scoring 4-8 the previous weekend, was again in fine form in front of the posts (0-7), while Niall Holland’s puck-outs and long-range scores from frees and play helped the winners to their 0-24 to 1-15 victory.

Liam Moore, who made his first start of the 2026 league, gave the city club a dream start when he netted in the fifth minute (1-0 to 0-2).

A brace from Niall Holland and scores from Martin Walsh and Mossy Keoghan raised white flags for Tullaroan, while Cillian Hackett and Harry Shine found the target for Dicksboro (0-5 to 1-2).

Tullaroan maintained their lead for the rest of the half, with Peter Walsh, Gearóid Dunne and Shane Simpson all converting (0-12 to 1-8).

Shane Stapleton’s placed balls kept Dicksboro in the contest, but they were always chasing. Eamonn Jackman did make a number of substitutions over the 60 minutes, but they failed to have the desired effect as Dicksboro await their first win of the league.

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