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If Galway club hurling is supposed to be as rough as a Clare woman drinking brandy, then how come their county 15 is always as soft as a bale of cotton wool?
Yer man Johnny Maher would have been sorted out fairly sharpish if he started swinging like that down in Tipp.

There's plenty of hardy lads up in Galway, but the fact that neither the Thomas' players nor the Portumna players sought any recrimination over incidents in their high-profile games with Gort would point to Maher carrying a particularly robust reputation.

Decent final, Thurles could get caught out if they keep leaving things late, time may run out on them. Hard luck De La Salle, had that been the Galway final your man would have stayed on the pitch

With the other final off till next week I hope the weather doesn't get worse and spoil a great encounter.

Redser still part of the panel, scored a great point when he came on

DLS probably smarting from the penalty not given mid 2nd half where the ref gave a free out
Had they got the goal at that time they might have nicked it.

Yeah looking back at that I'd say he was pretty unlucky not to get a penalty, though the referee was consistant with players not releasing the ball and blowing up for over carrying, whether he was right or not.

As a forward in my latter years I'd be very disappointed Last Man if I didn't win a penalty of you for same incident

Undoubtedly a penalty, DLS's failure to convert their goal chances - they had about seven not including the penalty, cost them dearly. It would have been interesting to see how Thurles would have responded if they'd converted more than the one goal opportunity. 

How will O-TB fare against Ballyhale ?....They went within an ace of beating them a couple of years back, and you's have fancied them to beat Coolderry last year, but...

Thurles Sarsfields in the first round, but it's below in Kilmallock.

Thurles will take all the beating in Munster this year, and might well go all the way.
Is it in Kilmallock ?..... thought I read someplace that it was on in the GGs.
I'd still fancy Thurles against them - regardless of venue.

Tipped on down to the game on Sunday for a gander, Sars were in charge from the start imo, Killmallock pulled it back a couple of times but Sars always seemed on the verge of cutting loose, their scores seemed to come a lot handier than Kilmallocks did but what made the journey worthwhile was the performance of Paudie Maher at centre back for Sars, he was incredible, it was the finest display by a Tipp man in a club game since the golden days of Johnny Leahy in the late eighties/early nineties imho, next up for Sars are their namesakes from Cork in Tom Semples field in the semi.

The hurling has suffered big time as a result, their seniors had to survive a relegation decider in order to stay up for next year.

any f/t on Errigal v Mullahoran ?

Errigal are hammering them, 4-15 1-07

yikes !


Kilmurry won the Clare final 0.10 to 0.4 against St Josephs Doora/Barefield

any f/t on Errigal v Mullahoran ?

Anyone any ideas yet on what they'll show live next Sunday ?

I just checked munster.gaa, it is indeed on in Kilmallock, a big motivation for them to do well in their own field.

Thurles Sarsfields in the first round, but it's below in Kilmallock.

Is it in Kilmallock ?..... thought I read someplace that it was on in the GGs.
I'd still fancy Thurles against them - regardless of venue.

The Clare senior semis are on this weekend,
a hotly fancied Clonlara play Newmarket on the Saturday, and on the Sunday Cratloe who have been very busy over the last month are facing Inagh-Kilnamona who are bidding to reach their first ever final as a single entity.

Antrim senior hurling final this evening in Casement pk at 7pm. Loughgiel Shamrocks vs Dunloy Cuchullians.

How are Loughgiel going this year in comparison to last ?

[full recovery time]

That's very bad news about Skehill. I don't think he should play if he's not right and after googling shoulder dislocations I can't see how he would be right. I came across this on ehow.com. They say the typical full recovery time ranges from 4 to 12 weeks

"Treatment and Timeline
The initial phase of treatment is to push the head of the humerus back into the shoulder joint. This is most easily done immediately after the dislocation, as after 30 minutes or so the joint becomes swollen and stiff. If this happens, IV pain medication or muscle relaxants may be necessary to push the joint back into place. Afterward, the doctor will place the injured arm in a sling which will immobilize the joint. This sling should be worn for two or three weeks. After that, physical therapy will be prescribed to continue the healing process."

I hope he's fine and has a stormer again but playing lads who are carrying injuries is a tactic that usually backfires. I'm not sure who our sub keeper is, Ciaran Callanan? Maybe someone on here knows. It might be time to show a bit of faith in him anyway.

I know a lad who regularly dislocates a shoulder during games, puts it back in and plays on, the problem with Skehill is how it might affect his puckouts I'd imagine.

Is that the one that goes ;

TIPP, TIPP, TIPP
TIPP the back of me ball icks

Adare, being managed by fellow Clareman, and also previous Clare senior manager, Ger (Sparrow) O'Loughlin.

Kilmallock fairly dished out a good beating to NaP in the second half, but the concession of 4.13 might be a bit of a worry.

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