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TJ Reid leads Ballyhale Shamrocks to Leinster club quarterfinal victory

Kilkenny hurling legend TJ Reid scored 1-8 to propel Ballyhale Shamrocks to a Leinster senior club quarter-final win over The Harps in Portlaoise.

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TJ Reid led Ballyhale Shamrocks to a Leinster senior club quarter-final win over Laois champions The Harps in Portlaoise, irishexaminer.com reported. The victory came just over a week after Reid announced his retirement from inter-county hurling. [1][2]

According to irishexaminer.com, Reid scored 1-8 during the match and was directly involved in all three of Ballyhale Shamrocks' goals. He assisted goals scored by Darragh Corcoran and Brian Cody. [1]

The Harps mounted a comeback eight minutes into the second half following a goal from Mark Downey, irishexaminer.com reported. They scored additional points to reduce the deficit to three points before Ballyhale Shamrocks pulled away again. [1]

Thomas Joseph Reid plays as a centre-forward for Ballyhale Shamrocks. Founded in 1972 through an amalgamation of Ballyhale, Knocktopher, and Knockmoylan, Ballyhale Shamrocks is the most successful club in the history of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, having won nine titles. [3][4]

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In short

  • TJ Reid scored 1-8 for Ballyhale Shamrocks in their Leinster quarter-final victory against The Harps.
  • The match took place just over a week after TJ Reid retired from inter-county hurling.
  • Darragh Corcoran, Brian Cody, and TJ Reid scored goals for Ballyhale Shamrocks.
  • Mark Downey scored a second-half goal for Laois champions The Harps.

Sources

Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

  1. [1]TJ Reid leads the way for Ballyhale Shamrocksirishexaminer.com, 4h ago (the report this story comes from)
  2. [2]TJ Reid leads the way for Ballyhale ShamrocksBreakingNews.ie, 4h ago

Background

  1. [3]T. J. Reid on Wikipedia
  2. [4]Ballyhale Shamrocks GAA on Wikipedia

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 4 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

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