Down Club Hurling & Football

[Kingpins]

All refs have a tough job on their hands and are no different to players in  terms of making a mistake here & there, but lately its been made even more difficult when a team focuses on nasty unsporting actions which are very hard to identify at that moment but naturally can provoke reactions from the opposition which in turn are more obvious and hence are inclined to be acted upon by the officials! It is these despicable and disgusting cowardly unsporting actions which whoever referees the final would need to be aware of and act upon with the appropriate measures to finally bring an end to it!! There is no place for it in our game and any club to associate themselves with that behaviour just epitomises the class or lack of it which they have!! So we can only hope next sunday evening we are able to talk about the great things in our game, not the ref and certainly not the *dark arts* !! Is it Up To Manager to eradicate these actions or maybe is that the instigator..

[supersub]

Dark arts hasn't won them 6 titles in a row to be fair. Two sides to every story. Keep your discipline and don't react, it doesn't matter how much they do.

[elk]

Dark arts hasn't won them 6 titles in a row to be fair. Two sides to every story. Keep your discipline and don't react, it doesn't matter how much they do.

Surely this is when the ref and his officials should be doing their jobs right and not let individuals get away with underhand acts.

[Nanderson]

Bad scenes in Kilcoo today with RGU and Ballyholland at it again. These scenes are becoming alarmingly common in gaelic atm all over the counrty

[Smurfy123]

Wild videos going around of today's match between RGU and Ballyholland
When will this stuff stop. Thuggery at its highest. Both teams should be ashamed

[Leftmidfield]

Wild videos going around of today’s match between RGU and Ballyholland
When will this stuff stop. Thuggery at its highest. Both teams should be ashamed

Not only the teams but the clubs and their "suppporters"

[whitegoodman]

Throw the book at the pair of them with the highest possible fines and relegate the both of them..

[Sheedy]

Shocking scenes. More people jumping in there to get involved than at the mcgregor fight. Relegate both and large fines and bans, only way to deal with it.

[Smurfy123]

And a young child can be heard asking his father daddy what are they doing
Sickening scenes. Big fines coming for both clubs.

[supersub]

Dark arts hasn't won them 6 titles in a row to be fair. Two sides to every story. Keep your discipline and don't react, it doesn't matter how much they do.

Surely this is when the ref and his officials should be doing their jobs right and not let individuals get away with underhand acts.

As I said, keep your discipline, don't react. 15v15 gives you a much better chance.

[Leftmidfield]

Had the game finished when the fighting started ?

[omagh_gael]

At one stage a player completely takes out what looks like a middle aged woman. Horrendous scenes. Worst I've seen yet.

[Mourne Red]

Just seen the videos on twitter.. Shocking stuff but notice how the woman talking wasn't shocked at anything? Just talked away as normal, disgusting that these scenes aren't shocking people now, think that rules need to be put forward too Congress to try and stop this.. Fines/Deducting points and expulsion from championship.. Only way clubs will learn I feel

[Downtothewire]

Watched the video rough stuff. Hope Referee has enough room on the report!

[Square Ball]

What fines or other punishments are available to the county board? Are they able to impose points deductions or just fines and player bans