Category: Hurling
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Are there rebellious rumblings by the Lee?
Team management has changed beyond recognition since the days of Sean (Boylan) with Meath or Billy Morgan in Cork and ‘Babs’ Keating’s reign over Tipperary. There are few if any capable of embarking on stints of the longevity of those like Kieran McGeeney or Mickey Harte or John Kiely. Even allowing for that, though, the…
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Greville departs Royal role
Meath are on the lookout for a new Senior Hurling manager following yesterday’s (Tuesday) announcement that Raharney native Johnny Greville has decided not to continue in the role. He came into the role having had a distinguished playing career
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Is it time to call in HMRC?
Relax. Reference is not being made to King Charlie’s money grabbers. Rather one wonders is it time to convene a hurling equivalent to Jim Gavin’s Football Review Committee (FRC). Perhaps called the Hurling Management Review Committee. Hence the play on words! Hurling needs a review. That is not, in any way, to detract from the…
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Multiple ‘small’ things combine to construct greatness
LIMERICK…1-29 GALWAY…1-18 When you work in and around the coalface of high level sport for as long as has been privileged to be the case in this seat, you learn to spot things that the ordinary spectator might not. Small things. Or at least that’s what they’re purported to be. Though nothing could be further…
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The ghosts of All Irelands past
There were obviously old wives’ tales about curses or something of the sort pertaining to the All Ireland victories of both Clare and Dublin and Dublin in 1995. Reason being that both winning captains – Anthony Daly and John O’Leary – made reference to the ghosts of the Biddys – Earley and Mulligan – being…
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Running out of ammunition for the blame game
You wonder at what point on Saturday last did the “Oh f**k, not again” feeling invade the headspace of the Cork senior hurlers. Because, particularly if you happened to be taking in the action on television, if you just switched of half way through the second half, you would be entitled to total exoneration for…
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There’s probably no perfect system
Chances are this corner wasn’t the only location in which there was an almost sorrowful pondering as to whether we will see TJ Reid in the black and amber again. When somebody has been on the ‘circuit’ as the Shamrocks superstar, those thoughts ruminate every season when the Cats’ campaign comes to an end. What’s…
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Every team has their own prototype
The above might look like the most blatant case of stating the obvious mankind or womankind has ever encountered, but that doesn’t reduce its credence. Think about it – Micko’s Kerry were the first to patent football by handpass. Then, Jim McGuinness morphed that into death by handpass but then, in fairness, the man from…
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Harvest in the hills all in vain
MEATH…2-18 DONEGAL…1-16 No matter what competition structure a governing body in any code put together, there will always be somebody left feeling hard done by if they end up on the wrong side of a tight margin call. Whether their umbrage is justified or not. Think of Thierry Henry’s disgraceful handball against Ireland that Stevie…
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Cummins called to the bench for judgement day
Na Fianna’s Conor Cummins replaces Philip O’Brien as substitute goalkeeper in the only change to the matchday panel from that which rescued a dramatic draw against Derry a week ago ahead of tomorrow’s crunch encounter against Donegal in the final round of regulation fixtures in the Christy Ring Cup at O’Donnell Park in Letterkenny. What…