@Fagan_ODowd whatever happened to Ray Barry who scored 1-3 off the bench against kilkenny in the 2013 qualifier which went to extra time.
Was never really heard of before or after
2001 was another championship which had a lot of tight/well contested games as well
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I’m fairly sure, one year, they did an hour long review of one of the hurling finals. Basically had snippets of the match in question interspersed with input from some of the participants of both sides.
Can’t remember what match it was, it’s from one of the finals maybe 10 or 15 years ago.
They did a couple of them around Christmas team. KK v Tipp trilogy was one I think.
They should do them all while people are alive to tell the tales.
You could do that for every year. Will be plenty of time.
Yeah, I remember watching them. They were decent enough, tough for the beaten side to do a post mortem and wade through the debris of a final defeat. Although that rawness made for good tv.
After Galway and Limerick, to give but two examples, ended long famines there was scope there for good documentaries, get a few former players involved who’d suffered through awful days/years/decades, a couple of the current players etc.
But no. Munster final 2004 it is, again.
There was a decent programme about the Tyrone footballers a few years back, fairly sure it was an outside company that made it. @Fulvio_From_Aughnacloy might know the show I’m on about.
2013 had some great contests thinking back.
Tipp v Limerick and Limerick winning Munster for the first time in nearly 20 years
Dublins draws with Wexford and Kilkenny before winning both replays and bridging a big gap to win Leinster.
Kilkenny v Tipp in Nowlan Park, Kilkenny v Waterford and Clare v Wexford double header on a beautiful Saturday evening in Thurles when both games went to extra time.
Cork beating Kilkenny in the quarter finals, Cork v Dublin in the semis and the Clare v Cork x2 in the final were all very good games.
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I’d love to see the 2013 drawn final again.
@dodgy_keeper I agree totally with your assessment of RTÉ here. Pick the dead obvious games such as the Munster final in 04 that was literally shown on TG4 about a week ago.
There have been some absolutely cracking games over the last few years that have gone under the radar.
Galway v KK in 2014 in Tullamore, that Waterford v KK humdinger in Thurles in 2013, the Waterford v Kk semis in 16, the Galway v Tipp trilogy, Cork v Tipp under the sun in Thurles in 2017, Clare v Wexford replay in 14, Limerick v Kilkenny last year - a fierce battle - I could go on and on, and this is just the last few years. Shocking stuff by RTÉ with a chance to really showcase some quality games that we should be reminded of - we hear enough about the 95 final, the 90 final, the 18 semis etc. etc.
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The gas thing is that it isn’t shocking by RTE .
I always disagree with that notion as it being a terrible defeat, Waterford were outstanding on the day and would have beaten any team on the day.
I have these on HD mp4. The KK match had a spectacular last 10 mins. It all kicked off when Conor Cooney goaled, and Daithí tried to fillet TJ from the puck out. Johnny Ryan bizarrely gave a free against TJ, and we got another goal from the free.
Powerful stuff
Manly stuff
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It broke my heart but I’d absolutely love to rewatch the war Limerick and Kilkenny fought in 2014 again
Ah yeah, that made great television let alone great sport.
Christ , the physical transformation of TJ from then to now. Obvious benefits of becoming practically a full time athlete.
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That really was a superb goal from Eoin Kelly in the 2004 Munster final.
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