Pleasing to see the correct Sigerson/Fitzgibbon etiquette being adhered to - an afternoon game and a teams circulated on A4 sheets of paper.
I hope thereās a bank at the venue, and I donāt mean a branch of AIB.
Thats the teamsheets handed to the referee. Neither legal but no one really argues that one.
No proper bank in Mary I, a pavilion instead. Usually a massive wind and a crowd of hostile 18-22 year old primary teachers.
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I have it as Mary I up by 3. Theyāll probably feel they should be further ahead.
Meehan started very well but faded a little. UCC doing a lot of carrying the ball, maybe getting the benefit of the doubt for steps.
I presume you mean a tent masquerading as a stand?
SOB has 0-5 now
Goal Declan McLaughlin
Joe Caesar is a great name.
Mary I convincing in the end, UCC were disappointing considering the names they have.
Having said that, they did miss a fair few frees.
Bleak times for College
The buzz is fizzling out of corkās renaissance.
Holycross fella.
There was also a Joe Caeser who played Tipp minor and 21 around 2000-04. Very good club hurler for Kilkenaule. @Mullach_Ide might fill in if they are related.
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Did OOF get any run?
Came on for the last 10 minutes or so. Worked hard, donāt think he got any possessions though.
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24 hours horribilus for Cork GAA. Theyāre not getting Super Valu out of college this year.
Ronan Power from Ballygunner was good for Mary I. Nice, rangy hurler; I assume heās on the Waterford panel.
Iād say Shano only got 6 or 7 possessions in the entire game and scored 0-5 from play and won a free (he actually scored a point from that one too but the ref called it back).
Meehan started really well, faded out of it but came into it again. Declan McLaughlin didnāt get on as much ball as some of the others but still hit 1-2; his goal was superb, roasted his marker and a neat finish under pressure.
Colin OāBrien was prominent but his actual hurling is still a little slow. A big, strong unit though and won plenty of ball. The two midfielders for Mary I, Hennessy & Quinn got through a lot of work.
Mary I backs in general were pretty strong; Diarmuid Ryan is probably better driving forward but Caesar, Hogan and Fanning were all solid. Jason did well in goals too.
UCC are a strange team. Pretty much all their team are Cork intercounty panellists, and they were able to bring on the likes of Iarlaith Daly, Shane Barrett & Darragh Flynn aswell. In flashes, they looked very good and got scores very easily. But their work rate was noticeably poorer than Mary I; I would say that the tackle count was firmly in Mary Iās favour.
A lot of their players did some very good things but then would be anonymous for chunks of the game, a real mixed bag across the 60 minutes. Brian Hayes was a target for them, a big, strong man and I think he did hit 0-4. But then, at other times, he looks really limited. Cotter looked sharp at times but just didnāt get enough ball. I like Daniel Hogan but he made some poor decisions on the ball, took on some crazy shots; Ben Cunningham was similar. Heād put the head down and run and run and heād open Mary I up but took on some shots that just werenāt on.
Presumably theyāll still beat Maynooth and get through the group anyway. Youād imagine the likes of Daly, Flynn & Barrett have to be starting going forward. Full-back line were under pressure when any sort of decent ball went in too but because the work rate was poor out the field, Iād give them the benefit of the doubt.
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Has been a hammering the last few years between these two teams, hard to see it not being comfortable for UL again.
Interesting to see Darragh Casey at 3 for LIT; I would always have said his best attribute is his ability to carry the ball; you donāt get to do much of that at 3.
Presume Ger Browne is injured the fact that heās not playing, weird that Eoghan Connolly isnāt starting though. Hopefully Mikey Neddy gets a good run from the bench.
For UL, again I think TJ Brennan is injured. I would say that itās odd that POD isnāt starting. But still a very strong team all over the pitch. And thatās with no CON aswell.
Jerome Quinn & Patsy Coffey 
Patsy was gas there, knows all the UL lads inside out and spends ten minutes waxing on lyrical about them. It comes to the LIT team and he actually admits to not knowing any of them, gas man.