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I know he'd train differently for Usyk and his mindset would be different, but thought Fury looked a bit aged yesterday.

Those fights with Wilder has to take a toll.

He'd also have a ridiculous size advantage over him.

A great compilation clip to start your day, 25 years ago today Lubo moravcik was signed, undoubtedly one of the best bits of business ever conducted by Celtic (I would say the best only for the Larsson signing). Loved watching him, one of the best I've watched in the flesh.

https://twitter.com/LilZe785/status/1717677486534795413?t=erYNuirFiqcdrq58R552gw&s=19

I loved Lubo! What a talent and unreal that he was never picked up by a big club sooner. He was approaching the twilight of his career when he joined Celtic!

Well done to Aghagallon's Ruairi McCann who made the Tailteann Cup team of the year!

Anybody doing hyrox in Dublin?

https://hyrox.com/

seen a bit bout Hyrox on instagram, is it like CrossFit?

It is a fitness race. There will be some crossover but every hyrox follows the same set up. 8x1Km run with a fitness station after each run. The fitness stations are the same regardless of where the race is or when

I love it and brilliant for most people into fitness with very little to worry about in terms of technique. CrossFit is a disaster for people using shit technique when it comes to the olympic lifting, with hyrox you don't really have any of that. It's a complete money racket all the same!!

[Rugby World Cup Semi-Final Appearances.]

Courtesy of Ewan McKenna....

Rugby World Cup Semi-Final Appearances.

New Zealand 9
Australia 6
England 6
France 6
South Africa 6
Argentina 3
Wales 3
Scotland 1

Impressive when you consider Ireland is zero. Scotland with a poor record in the World cup also.

Why are Scotland so shite at sport nowadays?

Embarrassing on the view from Jeffrey and hoey

I don't think Big Davy's view is embarrassing at all. Much be pretty hard to take though. The biggest tournament to ever come here and they're looking to build a stadium that'll suit the GAA once the tournament is long gone. We would do serious complaining if it was the other way as well.

Cringes me out. They seem to do a haka for the opening of an envelope these days too.

If Monaghan and Donegal got to a Ulster final in a few years time, would they drag them to Casement park for it?

Yeah dragged up to the black north 

If Casement gets built a brand new modern stadium with all that comes with that, of course every Ulster final and indeed any big county game in the province is going to be played there for the foreseeable.

Not sure if I'd use the word "dragged" but yes of course they'll be in Casement. Motorways in from North and South into Belfast will make it easy for everyone from Ulster and beyond. Anything beats the traffic turmoil of Clones.

Spoken like someone whose never had the experience of being backed up on the M1 trying to get to Casement?? In my experience it was as big a traffic nightmare as Clones, hated going to it for the big games.

I think the likes of trains etc will need to be used more. As I said before, people are used to 'throwin her up on the kerb' when going to games but like going to Croker people need to go by train and other routes into Belfast. As MR2 says, it'll take a while to find its feet. Going to the Ulster Final last year in Clones finished it off for me. A complete kip of a place. I'd prefer if they just hosted the games in Croker or somewhere than having to back to Clones.

I was in the Athletic Grounds on Saturday night for the Lurgan derby game and witnessed the worst refereeing performance I have ever seen. He was terrible for both teams but definitely favoured Clans over Clann Eireann. Maybe Antrim's refs aren't that bad afterall!

Why does it seem this sort of stuff is worse in the North? GAA seems a lot more intense and parochial in the North than is does down south.

Some hype about Dunloy this last week and hopefully a lot more this coming week.

Understandable seeing they are a div3 team and haven't been in a final for over 80 years?

Would be fair enough, no?

Jeze yous are a bit hard on them lol

In fairness I haven't seen much about it

Absolutely nothing wrong with it, just remarked there had been a lot of hype.

Can't see them being too worried about the hype considering most the panel were involved in an All Ireland Club final. They've nothing to lose either. All the pressure is on Cargin really. And all their players have been here before too so I can't see the occasion getting the better of any team.

How big an area is Dunloy? They're some club!

It said on the commentary that Meenagh has been there since 2016?
Would transfers not be common enough? Have Cargin never had any players transfer in? Most Belfast teams would. St Galls always used to get a few. Couple of well known Fermagh men on their AI winning team. Aghnagallon probably never get a better chance to beat the Toome boys. Was McCann harshly red carded? Didn't show it on the stream.

Think that's incorrect on Meenan cos heard yesterday he won a senior championship with Killycloghar a few years ago.

Nothing wrong with a lad transferring in but when a full clan transfers in becuase of an avoidable row with their home club then that's a whole different ball game. Maybe I'm wrong but I've never heard of the like of this anywhere before.

I honestly wouldn't have wanted them anywhere near our club. Different if a fella has moved into the area but that Lavey one sounded like a mess. Plus the fact they're taking the place of local lads. I heard Cargin turned them away?

Collie McDonald very harsh on us! Bottled a big call at the end when it was level. McCann man handled throughout the game and then gets red.

He was man handled through the game but Jim he elbowed the man straight in the face, you can't have any serious argument with that red.
Tough game for us Aghagallon such a tough team to play against, we collectively didn't perform and it went right to the wire, takes a good team to come through these battles consistently.

But why was Ruairi not getting frees when he was clearly being held by 2 or 3 men? I don't blame the Cargin players at all for that. If they're getting away with it then why not do it. If collie blows that up for a free once or twice in the first half then that would put that out of the game straight away. There was a few calls at the end that he gave to Cargin and a few fouls that we didn't get. Fine margins.
On Cargin, they were very poor today and you'd imagine they'll not play as bad again because if they do they'll not win their next games. But they won while playing badly and that's what good teams do so fair played to them. The game was flat and both teams were playing poor so the atmosphere was crap throughout.

Hannanstown is a disgrace of a venue for a big game like that. Serious work by their club to get ready for a game like thst but they just don't have the parking. It was very dangerous getting in and out of it nevermind the tail backs.

Collie McDonald very harsh on us! Bottled a big call at the end when it was level. McCann man handled throughout the game and then gets red.