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Tag: Munster

  • All aboard with Jimmy on the Railway?

    All aboard with Jimmy on the Railway?

    ‘Facebook Memories’ are a curious concept. But a worthwhile one. Even if they could be the actual patent for a double edged sword. If what the algorithm throws up happens to be founded on positive vibes, it can give the often beleaguered spirits a lift like nothing else. If, however, the recollections are or of…

  • SIDELINE CUTS – 19

    SIDELINE CUTS – 19

    HARRY’S HEROICS ALL IN VAIN Now is not the time for a major analysis or critique. For personal reasons which should be fairly obvious. Meath’s defeat in Ennis last night is still far too raw. Emotionally and in other ways. Suffice to say that the end result was bitterly disappointing. Have got off to a…

  • Ulster progressing, Munster stuck in gear at best

    Ulster progressing, Munster stuck in gear at best

    Ulster… 36 Munster… 17 Graham Rowntree must be wondering is he insane. One of the most decorated players in rugby, you’d imagine he could have plumped for any coaching job he wanted in the game. But spare an even bigger thought for Denis Leamy… The former back row forward only during the week moved back…

  • Sideline Cuts – 15

    Sideline Cuts – 15

    Does anybody else remember 7/11 Supermarkets? Whoever was behind the business was certainly well tuned in from a marketing perspective. Not only do the numbers rhyme, in a sporting context at least, they are and for a long time have been seminal digits. Most notably at Manchester United, where the almost inevitable – and merited…

  • Red is the rose in yonder sporting garden above

    “My father he gave me the love of it all, when he guided my arms to strike that first ball. A hurley, a football it’s the same thing to me. It’s playing the game that matters, you see”. Those couple of lines are from the GAA incarnation of The Beautiful Game. They surely could be…

  • How far can you push your own boundaries?

    Elation and dejection are interwoven into the fabric of all sport.  Joy and despair. Good and bad. After nearly a quarter of a century attending events, they’ve all been encountered. Perhaps the troughs more easily recalled than the peaks. Meath losing Leinster and All Ireland finals, when Dunboyne lose a final in anything or don’t…