The School, College & University Competitions Thread (another thread gone west)

The chap fifth from the right appears to be holding some sort of medieval dagger. His mate also appears to be brandishing a blade. I knew the home support gets fanatical at these matches but surely this is a step too far?

Or perhaps they are irate Clare fans waiting to literally stab Davy in the back?

[QUOTE=“Sidney, post: 1097230, member: 183”]The chap fifth from the right appears to be holding some sort of medieval dagger. His mate also appears to be brandishing a blade. I knew the home support gets fanatical at these matches but surely this is a step too far?

Or perhaps they are irate Clare fans waiting to literally stab Davy in the back?[/QUOTE]
That’s well known sports journalist Jackie Cahill mate.

Works for thugby fm I think…Some indie music hipster intern seething that he has to cover hurling.

If you look closely, you’ll see those patrons* are standing on a little ramp to get a better view.

*great GAA word beloved of old PA announcers.

You’re stretching it quite a bit to call him “well-known”.

So it’s LIT v UL and CIT v WIT is that it? What are the latter two teams like, who are their marquee names? UL have a few out injured, Tony Kelly for one?

Kelly and David McInerney are struggling with hamstring injuries but I suspect they will play. CIT’s big names would be Bubbles Dwyer, Mark Ellis & Aidan Walsh, WIT have a glut of Waterford lads like Austin Gleeson, Pauric Mahoney, Jake Dillon and a few more

Is it only Munster colleges that take this thing seriously?

Could be good fare on Friday so with the double header, i suppose they’d never show the semi-finals live on TG4. Who have been favorites to win it out and where do we likely stand now in terms of likely winners? LIT on paper don’t have the marquee names as some of the others.

only “college” take it seriously

Very serious business, mate.
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This line, good grief

CIT also have may players who took part in last year’s campaign, while the return of Aidan Walsh to the college this year (having left for DCU in 2013 and then returned after being deemed ineligible to play for them) will give them a huge boost.

why is it been played in a field behind Thomond Park?

LIT is a field behind Thomond Park

Might amble out to this today.

Be careful not to get your picture in the paper again.

It’s gas how people picture someone they’ve never met based on what they read here. @ChocolateMice had a decent stab at it the other day, in fairness but I have to say that he was well off the mark with the chap whom he claimed was me. I don’t have grey hair (balding brown in reality) or wear spectacles and would be a little younger and heavier than the chap in the picture.

If @ChocolateMice fails to find me today based in that he might as well give up.

0-7 each at halftime in the WIT-CIT game

CIT 11 WIT 8 after ten minutes. Cork have a strong breeze behind them now

Ozzie Gleeson goal for WIT. Draw game again