Club Championships 2025

[Wildweasel74]

The ref was wrong, not once but twice in 15secs. How any ref would give a free with O'connor on top of your man is mind-boggling. Anybody thinking that not a free need hang up the whistle.

[Captain Obvious]

The Barrs had the game won but didn't finish them off.

That two pointer to win it had have been in the second minute there would be much talk about it

The Barrs was eventually finished off with an referee error and unlike other errors during the game they had no time to react as the ref blew for full time directly after the kick out.

[Milltown Row2]

The Barrs had the game won but didn't finish them off.

That two pointer to win it had have been in the second minute there would be much talk about it

The Barrs was eventually finished off with an referee error and unlike other errors during the game they had no time to react as the ref blew for full time directly after the kick out.

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The Barrs had the game won but didn't finish them off.

That two pointer to win it had have been in the second minute there would be much talk about it

The Barrs was eventually finished off with an referee error and unlike other errors during the game they had no time to react as the ref blew for full time directly after the kick out.

They'd no time to react as time was up, should the ref add time?

Their most favourite son Jimmy said they lost it with nothing to do with the ref..

Move on, it was a foul, he called those all game, and whether they looked like fouls he gave them, so didn't expect anything else, but the Dingle lad made it,so the ref bought it unfortunately

[DaleCooper]

If you wanted to accurate with distance youd need linesman to cooperate, by time they were satisfied it was accurate any advantage accrued would be nullified.

[Armagh18]

If you wanted to accurate with distance youd need linesman to cooperate, by time they were satisfied it was accurate any advantage accrued would be nullified.

Would get a good laugh at a linesman sprinting up the line with a trundle wheel!

[Captain Obvious]

I was trying to help you out on your apple and oranges comparison.

And how long are you on this forum now and still don't know how to use the quote function properly? That's a black card for you Milltown Row2

[Main Street]

The Barrs player with the ball chucked the ball over the Dingle player's shoulder who came to get it, it caused at most a split second delay, if any. Regardless, doesn't the rule only refer to the player who did the foul and was in possession of the ball, who must hand it back to the nearest opposition player, it doesn't refer to other players who just happen to have the ball in hand.
The hand it back rule and punishment is the shíttiest rule in the book, it alone should have torpedoed Gavin's presidential campaign.

[Rossfan]

An excellent rule like the solo and go.
Eradicates all the gobshitery around delaying frees, starting mauls and melees etc.

[Armagh18]

An excellent rule like the solo and go.
Eradicates all the gobshitery around delaying frees, starting mauls and melees etc.

Excellent when implemented properly. Needs abit of common sense applied. That wasn't the case at the weekend

[GTP]

The Barrs player with the ball chucked the ball over the Dingle player's shoulder who came to get it, it caused at most a split second delay, if any. Regardless, doesn't the rule only refer to the player who did the foul and was in possession of the ball, who must hand it back to the nearest opposition player, it doesn't refer to other players who just happen to have the ball in hand.

It is my understanding of the rule that it is only the player in possession who has to hand it back but can't say I have ever seen this confirmed. In this instance the 50m penalty could be for delaying the kick or solo and go - by picking up the ball and then not handing it back (equivalent to kicking it away after a free awarded).
As with a lot of refereeing decisions it can be justified. The only person who knows why it was brought forward is the ref and I doubt he will be telling us any time soon.
In this case the ultimate punishment of losing a provincial final did not fit the offence but that isn't on the ref if he had a genuine belief a rule had been breached. And whilst a lot of commentary suggests it was the wrong decision it may also be the case the Barrs player was deliberately stopping the solo and go or delaying the kick to allow the defence to get back in shape, and got caught, again we may never know.