Tag: Leinster Hurling Championship
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One step forward, at least four back
The inner sanctum of the GAA at any given time and its surviving elders are about as receptive to change as one would be to a fart in a space suit. To that end, it’s actually quite astounding that initiatives like the Back Door, the introduction of red and yellow cards and the belated adoption…
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Cool hand Richie wins the day as Cats spring back to life
Kilkenny……2-20 Galway……0-24 Sometimes it is as simple as it looks. The old gunslinger sidles into town, draws his pistol and quietens the annoying upstart. Again. For The Waco Kid and Sheriff Bart, see T,J, Reid and Richie Hogan. Galway will have to consult Hedley Lamarr regarding the best treatments for familiar yet unquenchable debilitating attacks.…
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Sometimes cliches are unavoidable
A couple of months ago, I was contacted regarding a developing story relating to club football in Kildare. Facts were reported as they were presented, but, when one of the parties to whom the matter related got in touch voicing their unhappiness with some of the material contained therein, the ‘offending’ information was willingly and…
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A whole new strange, confusing world
At some point in every year, these pages generally get hit with a flurry of G. A. A. related material within a very short space of time. Either at the end of the National Leagues, towards the conclusion of the All Ireland Championship or as the local club competitions. Now read on… In keeping with…