The brilliant Joe McDonagh Cup-winning Carlow Senior Hurling team will hold an open training session at 7.00 pm this evening (June 6) in Fenagh TC.
Every supporter (and potential supporter) is encouraged to come along, with a fantastic night for young and old.
There will be opportunities for photographs and autographs, allowing you to capture a special moment in Carlow GAA history.
🇲🇱Carlow senior hurlers will hold an open training session at 7pm this evening in Fenagh TC.
🥎Come & get your photo taken with your favourite player & your jersey/hurl/sliotar autographed.
👍All are welcome to this great opportunity to meet & greet our Joe McDonagh Cup heroes. pic.twitter.com/tTrQr7hKds
— Carlow GAA (@Carlow_GAA) June 6, 2023
The McDonagh Cup final supplied one of the most memorable encounters in recent years, with many feeling that Carlow and Offaly provided the ultimate advertisement for the competition.
The men from the South East held a four-point lead heading toward the final whistle, with their opponents reduced to 14 men.
In a game that supplied everything, Offaly fought back to force extra time and looked like they had generated enough momentum to get over the line.
But Tom Mullally's men displayed enormous heart, winning by a scoreline of 2-29 to 1-31, courtesy of a late Chris Nolan point.
Full-time after extra-time: Carlow 2-29 Offaly 1-31
Chris Nolan's late point wins the Joe McDonagh Cup for Carlow. They are promoted to the Leinster SHC.
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Speaking on SportsBeat Xtra, Captain Paul Doyle highlighted what the experience meant to him.
"It was helter-skelter stuff - end to end, really," he said.
"The pace of the game was so quick. The ball was pucked out, and you thought the ball was down the far end of the field, and before you knew it, it was up with you in a second!
"I haven't played a game as quick in a long-long time."
For Paul, it was an opportunity to realise a life-long ambition of climbing the iconic steps of the Hogan stand. It is a moment that will live with him forever.
"That's the pinnacle, really. I would have said it during the week - it's the stuff of childhood dreams," he continued.
"You look at All-Ireland Final day, and you see different captains doing it throughout the years, and you think 'it would be great to do that'.
"Just to get the opportunity to lead out the lads and be able to do that, it's brilliant. It's something that's going to live long with me."
You can listen to the latest episode of SportsBeat Xtra here and hear the chat in full.
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