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Rules are there to be implemented by the ref and he has to use some discretion. To me it was an horrendous call. The Barrs lad picked it up after the whistle was blown (but it was not totally clear which side it was blown for). Even then he essentially released the ball immediately.
I know people will say rules are rules, but if you look at any game of hurling or football and blew for every infringement on the pitch by the letter of the law, then the whistle would never leave your lips. A referee has to use their judgement and some cop on, it was lacking for that call in my opinion.

[Saturday 15th November]

Saturday 15th November

Leinster Intermediate Football Quarter Final
Hunterstown Rovers GFC v Park Ratheniska at 1:30pm

Sunday 16th November

Leinster Senior Football Quarter Final
Naomh Mairtin v Portarlington at 1:30pm

[Saturday 8th November]

Saturday 8th November

Leinster Intermediate Hurling Quarter Final
Lusmagh v Ballyfin at 1:30pm


Sunday 9th November

Leinster Senior Hurling Quarter Final
Clough Ballacolla v Castletown Geoghegan at 1:30pm

1991 Leinster SFC Final loss to Meath – unlucky to be reduced to 14 men.

Not sure about the unlucky bit, he clearly lashes out at Flynn after he was given the verbals judging by the video below. Right in the refs eyeline as well. Pretty straight forward sending off. Not saying Laois would have definitely won but it was a huge turning point.

Did Flynn play for St Josephs back then?

[Saturday 19th October]

Saturday 19th October

Senior Football Final Replay
Portarlington v Courtwood at 6:30pm

[Saturday 18th October]

Saturday 18th October

Premier Intermediate Hurling Final
Ballyfin v Rathdowney Errill at 5:00pm


Sunday 19th October

U17 A Hurling Final
Castletown v The Harps at 1:45pm

Senior Hurling Final
Clough-Ballacolla v Camross at 4:00pm

[Friday 10th October]

Friday 10th October

Junior A Football Final
Ballyroan Abbey v Barrowhouse at 7:30pm

Saturday 11th October

Senior Football Relegation Final
Ballyfin v Crettyard at 5:00pm

Senior Football B Final
Emo v Stradbally at 6:45pm

Sunday 12th October

Senior Hurling B Final
The Harps v Abbeyleix St Lazarians at 11:30am

U-17 A Football Final
Portlaoise v Crettyard Spink at 1:45pm

Senior Football Final
Portarlington v Courtwood at 4:00pm

He was the same at RTE, thought he was funny and full of himself. State of him

[Friday 3rd October]

Friday 3rd October

Senior Hurling B Final
The Harps v Abbeyleix St Lazarians at 7:30pm

Saturday 4th October

Premier Intermediate Hurling Semi Final
Mountmellick v Rathdowney Errill at 3:00pm

Senior Hurling Relegation Final
Castletown v Portlaoise at 3:00pm

Intermediate Hurling Final
Clonad v St. Fintan's Mountrath at 5:00pm

Sunday 5th October

Senior Hurling Semi Finals
Clough-Ballacolla v Ballinakill at 2:00pm
Rathdowney-Errill v Camross at 3:45pm

Please let it be Roy Keane. Please.

Infact it should be. He knows the club, MUFC is in his DNA etc etc

WTF? Roy Keane? What is he going to do go in an kick off an rant every week? United are a basket case currently. To be honest I doubt he would be stupid enough to go there anyway, the rate the club is chewing up and spitting out managers and players it is clearly toxic.

I see they are looking at Graham Potter which tells you where they are, they don't want to payoff Amorim if they sack him and if they do they won't have to pay compensation to a club for a free agent like Potter.

The absolute state of the club.

How they have got VAR so badly wrong is absolutely bizarre. In a fast paced contact sport such as football you will always have fouls and offside decisions that are 50/50 calls (or even 60/40 ones). If you slow teh game down to address all of these you spoil the game itself. Calling refs over to watch a pitch side monitor is a farce and unfair to the ref imo.

It was meant to be brought in to capture the CLEAR AND OBVIOUS errors that the officials have missed. If it takes 5 relays slowed down to the nth degree then it aint clear and bloody obvious. You would still have some contentious calls but big errors (Henry's handball for France springs to mind) get captured.

VAR should be a VAR official watching the game, he sees a reply, if it is an obvious mistake he intervenes and does not ask the ref for his opinion or a discussion he makes the call. Everyone would be happy with that.

It was a fantastic final day, the US team threw the kitchen sink and Europe and almost got the job done. Rory was utterly spent after the first 2 days. Fitzpatricks half point was massive and been overlooked as Bryson was US star player for me. He came back like a train after a poor start but Fitzie held on. Lowry was also ruined but pulled that half out of the fire. Incredible drama.

In relation to the crowd stuff, it was a handful of idiots and they get all the attention, 90% of the supporters were fantastic but as it is online the trolls and the idiots get the notice.

Also in regards to the envelope rule, that was created in the 70's surely it's a big enough tournament for each team to bring and extra player in the event of injury from now on.

Fair play to Arles, could have been well beaten in the quarter final and semi final, but clawed both games back from the jaws of defeat but this was a bridge too far. The final hurrah for some of their great players.

Well done to Park, worthy champions.

[Friday 26th September]

Apologies, forgot to post last week.

Friday 26th September

Intermediate Football Final
Park Ratheniska v Arles-Kilcruise at 7:30pm

Saturday 27th September

Senior B Football Semi Finals
Emo v The Heath at 4:30pm
Rosenallis v Stradbally at 6:00pm

Sunday 28th September

Senior Football Semi Finals
Graiguecullen v Portarlington at 2:15pm
Courtwood v St Joseph's at 4:00pm

Nice one Joey, great idea for a thread.
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