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I see CPN are in the Junior Hurling Championship this week aswell, big Fortnight for the Parish. Fair play. Just curious, any dual players on the squad?

Was at the game in Newry Last Night, Ballyholland came out of the blocks well. When the game was in the mix Rice made an absolutely bewildering call and pulled Seamy Loughran back when he was through on goal, i still don't know what the call was for, D.Ward fired a ball at a lads face about a yard from rice, dont know if there was any repercussions. Linesman 5 yards away from an off the ball strike and ignored it.
I'm not saying the referring was the cause of the defeat but the Loughran chance was a huge turning point. Soon after the first penalty went in and the black card, when Kilcoo had the spare man they just started to dominate and proceeded to do so for the remainder of the game. Late into the second half when Kilcoo had a black card it was hard to tell looking on, they had that much space in their own half and where that far ahead they where happy to play about with the ball. Strange that ballyholland didn't push up at that point

Donal O'Hare come on for Burren?
I just assumed that with his coaching role, and the fact i hadn't heard of him all year he'd finished up. Major injury issues
But great to hear he was back on the field last night

I have no issue with aggressive football. Aggressive hard hitting football is very exciting and great to watch. But people are going out on pitches week in week out and think that because its on a football pitch that its fine to assault opposition players and if it happened on a Saturday night somewhere they would be thrown into the back of a police car. Is it going to take someone getting seriously brain for this to change? I personally would prefer preventative measures rather than a reaction to something that has been boiling for years

Swept under the carpet with Minimum bans and sanctions after appeals. The top teams can do what they want

Glenn Minors playing Aghaderg in a league final tonight, it seems the CB thought the best place for this game would be on a nice local pitch in Dromara

From what I thought, i always would have thought Mooney as much more of a county man than a club man, from the impression I got anyway he seemed to care much more about Down GAA than rostrevor, so im rathered suprised that he would have walked from the county over not being able to play for Downpatrick. This may be the case indeed, but im still a tad suprised

I think in soccer if a game is abandoned after 77 minutes or some random number anyway that the result stands, is there no similar rules in the GAA?

What way does playing in America work these days?
I believe a few of the down lads have left the panel to play in America because if they play club or county championship over here they can't play it over there.
But can they play this years club championship over here when they get back?

Anyword on John McKernan from Burren being called up to the panel?

Is it true a few teams are pulling out of the u19 league which starts this weekend? A Town man told me this morning that Ballyholland harps are not fielding this weekend?

I believe Castlewellan have pulled out of the competiton, to be replaced by Dromintee. Is this another East Down Gaa force?

Must be going for the biggest prize of them all Down GAA Premier Reserve Football Championship