you Kilkenny lads love the sulkys. How do you even attempt to type and ride at the same time?
We were playing a hurling match in Manchester wan time, and some lad came flying through the middle of the pitch on a sulky and not a care in the world.
I have an image of @Locke riding his sulky through kilkenny town and posting on tfk at the same time 
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The Galway manager KH knew the score, yellow card.
Was there L regs on the vans?
Heâd be nattily dressed, and on an iPhone 12 though.
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Shane McGrath dug out the rules on Dalyâs podcast. Maybe some might argue that it was just a pure strike, it certainly was reckless but you can see how it could be considered under 5.5:
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Shane said he thought it was a yellow
I wouldnât know if they were learner sulky driver, novice sulky drivers or full license sulky drivers. You are the kilkenny sulky expert.
I donât think Gillane could have had too many complaints if he did get sent off, but I do think he did try to play the ball. On the replay, he only has eyes on the ball. However, I donât think he was too concerned about who he caught on the follow-through; he did kind of pull out at the last moment but it was reckless enough.
He barely missed the ball though. He wasnât far away from getting the ball, which would have knocked it back towards the oncoming Limerick half forward line and midfield. Therefore, an attempt to play the ball canât be argued against, wild as it may have been. Therefore, a yellow was correct call 
I think it is hard to argue that he is trying to play the ball if that is how he went about it, there is zero reason for him to pull in those circumstances let alone a foot above the ball. You can argue that it was poor execution from him and he didnât mean to pull that high but in that scenario where he was second to the ball and it was obvious that Maher was going to rise it he needed to try and flick the ball away - instead he pulled fairly loosely and had no control over it whatsoever. You simply donât commit to a pull like that when you are a step behind the man rising it.
If it was an awkward junior hurler you might give him the benefit of the doubt that it was an honest attempt at a tackle from a lad without the wherewithal but hard to make a case for it here. He was very fortunate to remain on the pitch
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He also uses a 31" hurley and was driving it the wrong way down the pitch, I donât see how anyone thinks he was trying to play the ball there
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Itâs not a fact at all. If as a parent you are telling your kids a sportsman is their role model, youâre failing the child. Kid doesnât learn how to carry themselves off the field by a sportsman. Or shouldnât do anyway.
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Sure thats where Diarmuid Byrnes was standing
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I think the reason to pull in those circumstances was to get the ball away from Maher?
I agree that once he realised he was late, he needed to at least make sure he kept his hurley down but he did pull out at the end. I think heâs a little bit lucky but I donât think it was a deliberate strike.
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Was it a deliberate stroke to try and take Maher out, probably not. But he committed to a man and ball tackle when he was second to the ball and you are leaving yourself open to be sent off once it is late and no where near the ball.
To me there is no huge difference to it than say pulling on a ball in the air where an opponent goes to catch it. If you are a second late and 6 inches away from the ball you would count yourself luck to remain on the field. There is a duty of care on the tackler and it is a reckless stroke when late and above the ball.
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But Maher is first to the ball and in the process of bending to rise it as Gillane starts to swing. Even if he times it right by pulling there it is most likely going to be a foul as he will end up playing Maherâs hurley first or giving him a wrap across the hand. You donât see fellas pulling in those situations as lads know it is pointless/poor tackling technique to pull in a scenario like that.
This pulling the wrong way stuff is like something out of the 1960s. For fuck sake 50% of the passes played nowadays are to teammates coming from behind the play, itâs a complete non point.
He was not a foot above the ball either 
If you look at it closely he wasnât that far away from getting the ball at all.
It was a little wild. It was a fraction late. Therefore, it was a yellow card.
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Itâs the Munster championship for fuck sake. Pull away ye cunts.
Pull hard ,pull often and donât turn into cork