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Rossa won MHC in 1991, 1995, 1996, 1998 & 1999

I haven't posted on this becasue my information is less than 2nd hand but it's no surprise the fall-out has started.
I've a nephew hurlied with young Shannon at school so here goes;

1 - The tackle which caused the injury was not being claimed as dirty, tough not dirty.
2 - The players was down injured, and the Ref (I won't name?) refused to allow the Rossa medic on to treat him despite attempts.
3 - The player was then subbed - and has since had surgery to repair a punctured bowel.
4 - Rossa then took their team off the field, without the permission of the referee.

I have no idea of the medical assistance available at the ground.
I'm seeing two main issues here - the referre dening an injured minor treatment & Rossa withdrawing their team. It will be interesting to see how it plays out - overall however it's not an incident which GAA officialdom are covered in glory.

If any of this is wrong don;t shoot the messenger it's what was relayed to me!

You aren't far off the mark here!

1 I'd agree - hard tackle, could happen 99/100 & result in winding, sore bruising max. It was however a foul.

2.  This is true, he actually made a point of instructing the linesman that Rossa's mentors were to be kept off the pitch. The young lad was left like a piece of meat, even when Rossa's first effort went wide the ref nstructed the Slaughtneil keeper to hit the poc out.

3. He was subbed after communicating to the line that he was getting worse, when he got close to dugout there seemed to be some clamber for phones, help etc I've no idea what people noticed as the dugout obscured my view but there was a panic and as I said help was sent for.

4. I've covered this in my other post.


Main issues was ref's attitude at the outset to the injury & worse still his attitude when it was obvious there was something serious happening.

Second issue the lack of medical assistance at the ground!

Now I'm not familiar with this forum, my attention was drawn to it today by a work mate. Don't usually post on these things but the truth needs to be out there before wagons are circled & half truths & rumors develop.

Absolutely Not no truth what so ever, the cub was subsituted left the field himself unknown to his mentors and god help him collapsed in the Car park, some of us in the crowd just caught him exiting the field while the game was being played. Wishing young Shannon a speedy recovery.

Nonsense !! This is how I observed things from directly behind the Rossa dugout.

The Rossa mentors were fully aware that their player had been injured from seconds after the throw in. When hit across the abdomen all their mentors and the entire bench cried out for a free. This call was ignored by the ref. The ref allowed the game to continue despite the fact that it was apparent to all that Seaghan was hurt.

It took Seaghan 4 mins to get up, at this stage he indicated that he'd try & 'run it off'. He was sent up to corner forward & his father(the team manager) followed him up the line to ensure he felt ok. On his way to corner he met one of slaughtneil's defenders who was emerging from defence, Seaghan hit him a shoulder & put him over the line. He was given a yellow card for this.

After this Slaughtneil enjoyed a series of frees& Rossa had a 65. At the 10 min stage he indicated that he was getting worse & would have to come off. A sub was sent on & he made his way to the dugout. Upon reaching the dugout his condition was so bad that the mentors sent for Rossa's senior hurling manager to transport him immediately to the hospital. The senior manager could be seen by all to rush around & help Seaghan up the line to behind the goal. When passing through the gate his condition deteriorated further and he collapsed.

This happened in full view of the Rossa full back line & goal keeper(play was taking place at the other end of the field).

The Rossa players who had noticed became very upset, news spread quickly throughout the field as calls for a doctor/medic, people crying rang out. The Rossa mentors called to the ref to stop the game as there was a serious situation developing. These calls were ignored, despite repeated efforts to direct the officials attention to the situation. I could see at least 3 of them calling the ref & linesman.

We could go further into the story but the ref's & other officials' attitude to the injured young lad was truly shocking. They showed no concern for the welfare of the minor & worse still behaved in a confrontational manner to people who were dealing with a very worrying situation.