Thereâs no joking mate, Laois hurlers were passed out on tables last night, and rightly fucking so.
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Eddie keher and Michael Duignan is word on the street.
I think you know the answer to that. Simpletons are like that. Harking back to âthrow ballsâ two years ago and the like.
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One thing that I was delighted about on Sunday was the great John Keenan punishing an old Kilkenny trick. It was Shefflin that first started doing it regularly in the mid 2000s. The old trick of throwing the ball 4 or 5 yards in front of yourself when youâre being tackled and in danger of being penalised for overcarrying or holding onto the ball too long, and then running onto it and reclaiming possession. TJ Reid was rightly whistled for it in the second half and Chinner knocked over the free from halfway. Lovely stuff.
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cian lynch bounced the sliotar like a basketball on Sunday and got away with it. Straight bounce out of the hand.
Paud is a drastic referee
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Was there much made of the 65 at the end at the match it was debatable and significant
That throwing it isnât pulled up half enough. Good to see it
There was a lad from Ballinasloe my oulâ fella worked with who for the guts of 25 years moaned about Offalyâs Johnny Flaherty âthrowingâ the ball into the net in 1981
Seamus Callananâs goal against Limerick in the round robin should also have been disallowed for throwing it ahead of himself. It was that yard and a half too far ahead to be a genuine half volley. Limerick didnât mind though as they were in the process of throwing that game themselves (excuse the pun).
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You should have said âthey were in the throes of throwing itâ
A beauty of a player throwing it to themselves here at 18:47
One of the great skills of the game
He was being held iirc. A classic moment.
Conor McDonald did a great job of convincing the umpire to give it anyway. His marker and the keeper were the only others nearby and they were protesting it alright, but not that vehemently.
That same umpire also waved a wide in the first half when Walter Walsh got a hook on an attempted Simon Donohoe pass back to Fanning and it squirted over the end line. It was overruled and Reid pointed the 65, but he may have been Wexford friendly.
We are also at the point now where youâd be surprised if someone hand passed it legitimately at all. Once you donât throw it too far, and itâs an underhand motion, it seems to be fair game to throw it away to your hearts content. KK have been doing it for years of course, but everyone is at it now. Limerick are very bad for it.
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He had a well manicured beard which suggests he was determined to make an appearance on the big screen regardless of outcome
McDonald was penalised for a throw in the first half and OâKeeffe ran on and finished it after the whistle. Reid pointed that free from halfway. Before our goal when it was 21-21 Deegan plucked a ball out of the sky on the edge of the square, marauded forward to halfway and âpoppedâ the ball out of the back of his hand for Reid coming on the loop. He ran through and tapped it over to give them the lead. It was suspicious enoughâŚgreat skill under pressure or a throw?
Quarter Finals confirmed for Croke Park.
Double header? Harsh enough on Cork supporters potentially having to travel up to Dublin 3 times in 5 weeks
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Kilkenny vs Cork (or Westmeath lol) the curtain-raiser before Tipp vs Dublin (or Laois lol), which is odd scheduling imo.
Itâs stupid shit ---- what is wrong with playing them a day apart? or in separate venues KK v Cork in Thurles and Dublin v Tipp in Limerick or Portlaoise
An attractive double header