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Post by Mickmack on Nov 19, 2017 17:13:40 GMT
Those who can recall the 1996 hurling final will recall George and John oConnors part in wexfords victory. Their sons backbone Saint Martins now ...6 of them but Rory didn't play today and he was a loss against Cuala. One of them was outstanding too for St Peters college v The Sem last year.
The game lacked the skill level of the first game and they were pretty evenly matched apart from the Con artist himself. Between the 15th and 18th mins of the first half he got three balls and two led to goals and he forced a save from the keeper from the third. Midway through the second half Con showed for 4 balls in quick succession and he flashed over three points and set up a goal. Game over.
He is getting far too much space to fetch and turn his man....their main attacking ploy is to isolate Con in space and play good ball into him. Some team is bound to counteract that...it will be interesting to watch it.
Cuala will surely win Leinster now.
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Post by shaggy04 on Nov 19, 2017 21:39:18 GMT
Crokes are well within their rights to ask for the game to be moved- I'd expect the same of my club and I'd expect most of us to be the same. Good luck to them Can someone confirm, is the semi final postponed or are legion through to the final
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Post by Mickmack on Nov 20, 2017 8:05:23 GMT
ANTHONY DALY: So much to admire about the Na Piarsaigh success story 0 Monday, November 20, 2017 The memories came flooding back to me in Thurles yesterday from all angles. It was almost 20 years to the day since we, Clarecastle, won our only Munster title in 1997. We had beaten Ballygunner in the semi-final. There was a Limerick team in the final again yesterday, just like there had been when we met Patrickswell.
I have some great memories of the match but the clearest images in my mind are of coming back to the village that evening. The place was electric. It was a beautiful feeling but, at the time, I was nearly getting complacent with homecomings after the two All-Irelands, and two Munster titles (by that stage). I was thinking: ‘This is great, this could stay going forever.’
Of course it didn’t. The Clare championship was like a bearpit at the time, and we didn’t win a county title again until 2003, but our great team broke up at the end of the decade, when many of our greatest warriors left the stage.
You really have to capitalise when you have the chance and that has to be the most impressive aspect of this Na Piarsaigh crusade. For a club to win their first county title in 2011, and to have bagged four Munster club titles in the meantime, underlines how incredible this journey has been for them. It has been even more impressive considering the massive level of transition this team has undergone this decade. Of the 15 players which started the 2011 Munster club final replay against Crusheen, only six started yesterday.
To be honest, it is no great surprise to me. I’ve seen first-hand the massive underage talent and potential in the club during my three years with the Limerick underage academy. They have contributed massively to the county’s underage success, along with the huge culture created in Ard Scoil Rís, but Na Piarsaigh have benefitted from their involvement in those squads too. These are magical days for the club but you don’t just suddenly find magic to sprinkle across the fields, you must till the ground first and that is what Na Piarsaigh have consistently done. Six successive U21 Limerick titles offers further confirmation of a club that refuses to stand still, of whose ambition knows no bounds.
Their achievements deserve even more credit considering that the area was traditionally always more associated with soccer and Shannon Rugby. Those games are still very strong around the Caherdavin/Coonagh area but Na Piarsaigh are clearly winning the battle for hearts and minds.
This team really proved their worth yesterday. At times in the first half, you would have said that Na Piarsaigh were not fully up for the battle, that they were being out-worked and out-tackled, that their touch was off. They still had the composure and class to go in just one point down at the break, and even when Ballygunner exploded in the five minutes after half-time, Na Piarsaigh turned the game on its head with 1-2 inside one minute. When Ballygunner reduced the deficit to one with just two minutes to play, the Limerick side drove on and won by eight. Incredible.
The culture is phenomenal because Na Piarsaigh had leaders everywhere, even though some of those big-guns were anonymous for most of the game, but they stood up when the need was greatest, which is the greatest sign of leadership. Kevin Downes and David Breen hardly touched a ball in the first half but they engineered and finished their first goal in the 36th minute and continued to make big plays throughout the second half, with Breen ending with two goals.
Alan Dempsey and Peter Casey were also ineffective and quiet in the first half but Casey showcased his class with a brilliant point just before the break while Dempsey thundered into the match in the second half. Na Piarsaigh have class players but considering they were without Shane Dowling while they lost another inter-county senior, David Dempsey, to injury midway through the second half, the manner in how they ruthlessly finished out this game smacks of a team that has absolute belief and conviction in everything they do.
Shane O’Neill and his management team also deserve huge credit. Their team had struggled but they clearly looked at their stats and analysis at half-time and addressed those areas of concern. Yet as good as the management are, and the changes they made, the players realised too what needed to be done, and went out and got it done.
Ballygunner had created huge space in their attack in the first half, while they had crowded their defence, but Na Piarsaigh completely altered that balance of play after the break. Na Piarsaigh weren’t playing a sweeper but they drew Ballygunner up the field.
Will O’Donoghue’s performance was huge in that tactical swing but the Limerick side just have talent oozing out of every sector. Ronan Lynch’s play was very scrappy early on, where his timing and touch was off, but he came up with a sensational point from a sideline cut before the break and added a similar score in the second half.
Ballygunner were brave and game but it was another disappointing provincial final defeat. It is frustrating that such a good team can’t crack Munster but they have just had the misfortune to be around at the same time as a great team, which also defined so many of their defeats in the past. They needed everything going right yesterday but they were always going to be behind the eight-ball when Pauric Mahony was struggling on frees, nailing just one from seven.
I was passing Young’s of Latteragh on the way home when I finally picked up Clare FM and Syl O’Connor’s match commentary of the Munster Intermediate final. It was a very successful year for Kilmaley to win the Clare IHC title but the way they lost to Kanturk yesterday after extra-time was heart-breaking. The late drama and excitement sounded like epic stuff but Kanturk, as has been their form in both hurling and football, ground out another tight win, and must now be heavily fancied to win the All-Ireland.
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Post by Mickmack on Nov 20, 2017 8:07:32 GMT
Football All-Star O’Callaghan shows off Cuala hurling skills 1 Monday, November 20, 2017Paul Keane - Parnell Park It’s probably a good thing that new Dublin hurling boss Pat Gilroy was in Boston and missed county champions Cuala’s latest outing.
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Dublin Cuala (Dublin) 3-17
St Martin’s (Wexford) 0-15
Con O’Callaghan, the best young hurler in Dublin, who refuses to play for the county team due to his football commitments, offered another tantalising glimpse of his remarkable talent.
He had a hand in all three goals, scoring one of them, and reeled off three points from play in the second-half which helped seal their place in the December 3 AIB Leinster club final.
The Leinster club Hurler of the Year showed such an appetite for goals that he was involved in five attempts — two of which resulted in goals for the All-Ireland champions — before he even considered going for a point, in the 25th minute.
That sort of tunnel vision would, ironically, have come in useful over in Boston where Dublin participated in the Super 11s hurling tournament, a version of hurling where only goals count.
“Con O’Callaghan is a special player,” acknowledged St Martin’s manager Tomás Codd. “He even looks fast against fast players so when someone is operating like that then they are special. I thought our lads fought bravely against him for the first-half but good players are patient, they wait for their chance.”
O’Callaghan’s surge into the danger area brought about Jake Malone’s 19th minute goal for Cuala and seconds later the full-forward darted through and netted with an improvised finish. Suddenly, Cuala led 2-4 to 0-5 and carried that five-point lead into the interval.
They would stretch that lead to eight before O’Callaghan burst into life with three points in the space of 90 seconds approaching the 50th minute. The newly crowned football All Star then escaped marker Willie Devereux and bore down on goal before releasing the ball to Colm Cronin who tapped in for Cuala’s third goal.
It was only minutes later that St Martin’s lost Michael Codd and Jack O’Connor to red cards in separate incidents. Joe Coleman scored 11 points for St Martin’s and gave an exhibition of free-taking having replaced rising county star Rory O’Connor who could be out until March with knee trouble.
Scorers for Cuala:
Con O’Callaghan (1-3); D. Treacy (0-6, 4 frees, 1 65); J. Malone and C. Cronin (1-1 each); N. Kenny (0-3); Colum Sheanon, N. Carty and B. Fitzgerald (0-1 each).
Scorers for St Martin’s:
J. Coleman (0-11, 7 frees, 1 s/l); Joe O’Connor, Jack O’Connor, D. Codd and D. Waters (0-1 each).
CUALA:
S. Brennan; O. Gough, Cian O’Callaghan, S. Timlin; J. Sheanon, S. Moran, P. Schutte; D. O’Connell, S. Treacy; Colum Sheanon, C. Cronin, J. Malone; N. Kenny, Con O’Callaghan, D. Treacy.
Subs:
N. Carty for Con O’Callaghan (51); C. Waldron for Cronin (51); R. Tierney for Cian O’Callaghan (54); S. Stapleton for Colum Sheanon (57); B. Fitzgerald for Kenny (57).
ST MARTIN’S:
L. White; W. Devereux, C. Firman, P. Kelly; D. Waters, A. Maddock, B. O’Connor; H. O’Connor, M. Maloney; J. Firman, J. O’Connor, J. Coleman; M. Coleman, J. O’Connor, C. Lyng.
Subs:
D. Codd for Coleman (h/t); M. Codd for J Firman (40); B. Maddock for B. O’Connor (50).
Referee:
D. Hughes (Carlow).
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Post by Mickmack on Nov 20, 2017 8:08:43 GMT
O’Sullivan connection crucial again as Dromid win epic 0 Monday, November 20, 2017Mortimer Murphy Dromid For the second time this decade Kerry’s Dromid Pearses will contest a Munster Club final - but only after an extra-time epic against Limerick junior champions Galtee Gaels on Saturday afternoon.
AIB Munster Club JFC semi-final
Dromid Pearses (Kerry) 2-17
Galtee Gaels (Limerick) 3- 10 (AET)
The Limerick outfit produced a tremendous first-half that saw them score three goals. They led by nine points after 23 minutes, with Tommie Childs dominating at midfield. Maurice O’Sullivan and Wayne Walsh scored their first two goals in the space of four minutes to fire them 2-2 to 0-1 clear after 12 minutes at the South Kerry venue.
Kerry U21, Graham O’Sullivan, then finished off a great move for Dromid’s first goal a minute later but the hosts looked in major trouble nearing half-time when Alan Condon netted Galtee’s third for a 3-5 to 1-2 lead after 23 minutes. Chris Farley got a second goal for the hosts three minutes later to leave it 3-7 to 2-5 at the interval.
However the hosts would dominate the second-half with Galtee’s only second-half score being a point for Condon in the 42nd minute after Dromid goalkeeper Brian O’Leary made a crucial save from wing-forward Seán Casey minutes earlier.
The visitors were clinging onto their lead and Dromid were reduced to 14 men with five minutes left when influential forward Niall O’Shea was red-carded, although Galtee lost full-back Richard Fitzgerald to two yellow cards soon afterwards. advertisement
Padraig J O’Sullivan scored the equalising point for Dromid with two minutes remaining (3-8 to 2-11) but the Kerry side failed to convert a number of chances for a winner in the closing stages.
Graham O’Sullivan was the star of the show for the winners in extra-time (Shane O’Connor also impressing for the victors), scoring four of their five first extra period points to give them a 2-16 to 3-10 lead.
Chris Farley fisted over the only score of the second period at the death but it was enough to settle a pulsating encounter.
Scorers for Dromid Pearses:
Graham O’Sullivan (1-5), C Farley (1-3, 1f), N Ó Sé (0-4), T Curran (0-2, 2f), Gearóid O’Sullivan, D O’Donoghue and P O’Sullivan (0-1 each)
Scorers for Galtee Gaels:
A Condon (1-2), M O’Sullivan and W Walsh (1-0 each), B Childs (3f) and S Casey (0-3 each) and S McGrath (0-2).
DROMID PEARSES:
B O’Leary; C Ó Sé, Dominic O’Sullivan, S O’Connor; P Sheehan, Graham O’Sullivan, P O’Sullivan; K O’Leary, A S O’Sullivan; Gearóid O’Sullivan, C Farley, K Sheehan; D O’Donoghue, T Curran, N O’Shea.
Subs:
K Farley for K Sheehan (30 +1), Denis S O’Sullivan for P Sheehan (45), J O’Shea for N O’Shea (E/T), E O’Leary for Gearóid O’Sullivan (63) and M Sheehan for K O’Leary (BC, 75).
GALTEE GAELS:
M Jones; E Gallahue, R Fitzgerald, I Whelan; A Coughlan, S McGrath, E Maloney; T Childs, A Condon; S Casey, B Childs, D Gallahue; P McGrath, M O’Sullivan, W Walsh.
Subs:
B McGrath for Walsh (47), E Kelly for D Gallahue (49), S McNamara for O’Sullivan (59), P Moriarty for Fitzgerald (E/T) and P Cleary for Whelan (66).
Referee:
P O’Driscoll (Cork)
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Post by Mickmack on Nov 20, 2017 8:10:21 GMT
AIB Munster Club IHC final
Kanturk (Cork) 1-23
Kilmaley (Clare) 0-25
It might be November, but it was end to end. There were so many trials and tribulations. Kanturk corner-back Paul Walsh soloed up field to fire the equaliser at the end of normal time. Then, Cian Moloney had a chance from a free in the dying moments of extra-time to send the game to the replay but his shot tailed wide.
There was drama even before the game started. Lorcán McLoughlin injured his shoulder in the warm-up and didn’t start. He received medical attention and came into the fray after six minutes. He went on to score four points with the free-taking duties taken over by chief-scorer Liam O’Keeffe. Ultimately, it was O’Keeffe’s goal in the third quarter that proved decisive.
An exhausted Aidan Walsh said it was team spirit that drove them on.
“When the final whistle came I said how can I go for another 20 minutes? We thought we had it, and then they would come back again. But the spirit we have drives each other on.
“It is hard to put this into words, it has been an unbelievable year and we are not done yet. The way we won it, it is just relief. All year we have gone in as underdogs. That suits us. Every day we prove to people we are the real deal.”
Six weeks ago, Kanturk were crowned Cork Premier IHC champions, three weeks later they won the Cork IFC title, and now provincial honours. Their remarkable journey continues.
They edged the first half. They were sharper and stronger and used the open space. The teams were tied 0-4 apiece at the end of the opening quarter, but four unanswered points put the Duhallow side in the ascendancy. There were beauties from Ian Walsh and Alan Sheehy, but they let a wonderful chance of a goal slip when the O’Keeffe brothers. Alan and Liam, combined but the finish went outside the post.
At half-time, Kanturk led 0-10 to 0-7 — Cian Moloney registered three of the Kilmaley total. The Cork champions continued to dominate and when the only goal of the game arrived in the 42nd minute after Ian Walsh set up Liam O’Keeffe, they were 1-13 to 0-10 to the good.
Kilmaley — relegated from senior last year — were six points down, but the goal seemed to wake them up. They hit nine points to Kanturk’s two. Daire Keane (3) and Michael O’Malley (3) finding the range. With a minute of normal time remaining, they had turned the deficit into a lead, 0-19 to 1-15. Paul Walsh salvaged the draw (1-17 to 0-20).
Kanturk held firm. John McLoughlin and Darren Browne worked tirelessly in defence, and out the field Aidan Walsh was at his best. They outscored Kilmaley four points to two in the first period of extra-time – points from Ian Walsh and Ryan Walsh the highlight, 1-21 to 0-22.
When Daire Keane notched his fifth point, it was a one-point game again. Liam O’Keeffe and Lorcán McLoughlin put three between them. But, Kilmaley didn’t lie down, a pair of Moloney frees cut the gap to one. They battled all the way but Moloney’s injury-time free just didn’t oblige.
Scorers for Kanturk:
L O’Keeffe (1-7, 0-4 frees, 0-1 65), L McLoughlin (0-4), I Walsh (0-3), R Walsh (0-2), P Walsh, D Browne, M Healy, A Walsh, A O’Keeffe, A Sheehy and J Fitzpatrick (0-1 each).
Scorers for Kilmaley:
C Moloney (0-7, 0-5 frees), D Keane and M O’Malley (0-1 free, 0-1 65m) (0-5 each), M O’Neill, E Bracken and K Kennedy (0-2 each), S O’Loughlin and B Cahill (0-1 each).
KANTURK:
A Nash; P Walsh, J McLoughlin, A Sheehy; J Browne, D Browne, L O’Neill (Capt); J Fitzpatrick, R Walsh; I Walsh, M Healy, A Walsh; D Kenneally, A O’Keeffe, L O’Keeffe.
Subs:
L McLoughlin for J Fitzpatrick (6), J Fitzpatrick for D Kenneally (half-time), M O’Riordan for M Healy (52), D Kenneally for A O’Keeffe (65), M Healy for I Walsh (77).
KILMALEY:
B O’Loughlin; A McGuane, C McGuane (Capt), E Enright; C Neylon, C Cleary, S Kennedy; B Cahill, M O’Malley; K Kennedy, E Bracken, C Moloney; S O’Loughlin, D Keane, M O’Neill.
Subs:
P McNamara for S O’Loughlin (44), A Markham for C Moloney (50), C McMahon for B Cahill (60), J Clohessy for E Bracken (60), C Moloney for A Markham (63), S O’Loughlin for S Kennedy (65), E Bracken for C Neylon (78).
Referee:
Thomas Walsh (Waterford)
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Post by Mickmack on Nov 20, 2017 8:11:14 GMT
Ballyduff were not far away from an Intermediate Munster hurling title it seems.
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Post by hugh20 on Nov 20, 2017 10:01:34 GMT
O’Sullivan connection crucial again as Dromid win epic 0 Monday, November 20, 2017Mortimer Murphy Dromid For the second time this decade Kerry’s Dromid Pearses will contest a Munster Club final - but only after an extra-time epic against Limerick junior champions Galtee Gaels on Saturday afternoon. AIB Munster Club JFC semi-final Dromid Pearses (Kerry) 2-17 Galtee Gaels (Limerick) 3- 10 (AET) The Limerick outfit produced a tremendous first-half that saw them score three goals. They led by nine points after 23 minutes, with Tommie Childs dominating at midfield. Maurice O’Sullivan and Wayne Walsh scored their first two goals in the space of four minutes to fire them 2-2 to 0-1 clear after 12 minutes at the South Kerry venue. Kerry U21, Graham O’Sullivan, then finished off a great move for Dromid’s first goal a minute later but the hosts looked in major trouble nearing half-time when Alan Condon netted Galtee’s third for a 3-5 to 1-2 lead after 23 minutes. Chris Farley got a second goal for the hosts three minutes later to leave it 3-7 to 2-5 at the interval. However the hosts would dominate the second-half with Galtee’s only second-half score being a point for Condon in the 42nd minute after Dromid goalkeeper Brian O’Leary made a crucial save from wing-forward Seán Casey minutes earlier. The visitors were clinging onto their lead and Dromid were reduced to 14 men with five minutes left when influential forward Niall O’Shea was red-carded, although Galtee lost full-back Richard Fitzgerald to two yellow cards soon afterwards. advertisement Padraig J O’Sullivan scored the equalising point for Dromid with two minutes remaining (3-8 to 2-11) but the Kerry side failed to convert a number of chances for a winner in the closing stages. Graham O’Sullivan was the star of the show for the winners in extra-time (Shane O’Connor also impressing for the victors), scoring four of their five first extra period points to give them a 2-16 to 3-10 lead. Chris Farley fisted over the only score of the second period at the death but it was enough to settle a pulsating encounter. Scorers for Dromid Pearses: Graham O’Sullivan (1-5), C Farley (1-3, 1f), N Ó Sé (0-4), T Curran (0-2, 2f), Gearóid O’Sullivan, D O’Donoghue and P O’Sullivan (0-1 each) Scorers for Galtee Gaels: A Condon (1-2), M O’Sullivan and W Walsh (1-0 each), B Childs (3f) and S Casey (0-3 each) and S McGrath (0-2). DROMID PEARSES: B O’Leary; C Ó Sé, Dominic O’Sullivan, S O’Connor; P Sheehan, Graham O’Sullivan, P O’Sullivan; K O’Leary, A S O’Sullivan; Gearóid O’Sullivan, C Farley, K Sheehan; D O’Donoghue, T Curran, N O’Shea. Subs: K Farley for K Sheehan (30 +1), Denis S O’Sullivan for P Sheehan (45), J O’Shea for N O’Shea (E/T), E O’Leary for Gearóid O’Sullivan (63) and M Sheehan for K O’Leary (BC, 75). GALTEE GAELS: M Jones; E Gallahue, R Fitzgerald, I Whelan; A Coughlan, S McGrath, E Maloney; T Childs, A Condon; S Casey, B Childs, D Gallahue; P McGrath, M O’Sullivan, W Walsh. Subs: B McGrath for Walsh (47), E Kelly for D Gallahue (49), S McNamara for O’Sullivan (59), P Moriarty for Fitzgerald (E/T) and P Cleary for Whelan (66). Referee: P O’Driscoll (Cork) When you take into account the poor state of Limerick club football at present, this tight affair is surprising to say the least. Clearly, Dromid are not in the same league as the previous few winners of our junior championship but I still expected them to dispatch of the Limerick champions with relative ease. Saying that, I remember Brosna a few years ago were regarded in the same boat and they soldiered to a great All Ireland Junior Championship. Best of luck to Dromid, they have a few very nice players.
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Post by clubman on Nov 20, 2017 21:44:57 GMT
When you take into account the poor state of Limerick club football at present, this tight affair is surprising to say the least. Clearly, Dromid are not in the same league as the previous few winners of our junior championship but I still expected them to dispatch of the Limerick champions with relative ease. Saying that, I remember Brosna a few years ago were regarded in the same boat and they soldiered to a great All Ireland Junior Championship. Best of luck to Dromid, they have a few very nice players. Galtee Gaels looked very impressive for a spell yesterday, far ahead of some of the clubs I have seen come out of Limerick, Clare or Tipp in the last few years of watching both junior and intermediate. A friend of mine living in Limerick reckons that if they can keep the panel together they will give the intermediate a right good rattle next year, seem to be one of the only clubs in that area that are not sidetracked with hurling too which helps I suppose.
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Post by kerrygold on Nov 20, 2017 22:09:22 GMT
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Post by Mickmack on Nov 21, 2017 22:45:13 GMT
AA BEO TG4
Sunday - @corofingaa v @mitchelsgaa live
followed by full deferred coverage of @nemorangersgaa v @drcrokesgaa #GAA #GAABEO
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Post by Mickmack on Nov 21, 2017 22:45:43 GMT
Tomas is out for Sunday due to a groin injury
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Post by Mickmack on Nov 22, 2017 8:13:28 GMT
How Wasps Rugby Club released David Breen to Na Piarsaigh for the Munster final Tuesday, November 21, 2017Brendan O’Brien
David Breen knew that his role in the snowballing success story that is Na Piarsaigh’s senior hurling team was in the lap of the gods when he moved to England to start work as a first-team physiotherapist with Wasps Rugby Club.
For two years he had managed to juggle his day job with Leinster Rugby and his own playing ambitions with the Limerick outfit, but relocating to Coventry was a much more complicated ask and it remained to be seen what his new employers would make of it all.
They understood implicitly.
Ali James is the head of physio at the Premiership outfit and, with four people working under him, there was the flexibility and willingness to allow Breen fly over and back and maintain his link with a Na Piarsaigh side that on Sunday claimed a fourth Munster Club title in seven seasons.
“It says a huge amount about them,” said Breen. “They appreciate when guys are playing themselves and players appreciate that you understand high-level sport yourself. So they have been happy enough to facilitate it within reason… I probably won’t get much of a Christmas now.”
By rights, he should have been in Coventry over the weekend.
Wasps had a league game at home to Newcastle on the Saturday, but James gave the Irishman the nod to leave to make the 20-minute trip to Birmingham Airport on the Friday. The club did just fine without him in pulling away to a comfortable 40-10 win at the Ricoh Arena.
So Breen returned to base yesterday a happy man.
His two second-half goals were pivotal in engineering daylight between the Limerick side and Ballygunner in the Thurles decider. His brother, Adrian, bagged 1-5 and the man-of-the-match award as they booked an All-Ireland semi-final with Slaughtneil in the new year.
“It was out of my control after moving over to England, to be honest. It was up to the management whether they wanted me to still be involved and whether they felt it was fair to the rest of the panel. So then they asked me the question back then.
“I was happy enough to try and keep doing it. It was the biggest challenge by far. It’s one thing living in Dublin and driving down to train from Dublin but as soon as you’re in a different country it’s a different kettle of fish.
“Very happy, very sweet.”
Even better is the fact Wasps’ next game isn’t until next Sunday, away to London Irish at the Madejski Stadium. That meant no training yesterday, which in turn meant no need to run for the 7pm flight back and, instead, a night soaking up the celebrations back in Caherdavin.
The fates have been kind that way so far. He may have missed out on the Newcastle game this time around but he has been ever-present for Na Piarsaigh, when fit, as they cut a familiar swathe through the county and the province.
“Yeah, I’ve got my priorities straight all right,” he laughed. “If I miss one game that could be the end of it for me so I can’t afford to miss out.”
It’s easy to understand why he would want to wring every last drop out of it.
Breen was one of only half-a-dozen from Sunday’s starting side that featured in the first of their four Munster title wins six years ago, but he remembers days before that when the thoughts of going 11 games unbeaten through Munster — and counting — would have been pure fantasy.
“100%. I made reference earlier to 2009 and our first-ever county final when we scored three points in the whole game. That was a real tough one to take. We had a mixture of old and young that day and we were playing an Adare team that was at the peak of their powers.
“We were nobodies, really. If we had gotten to a county quarter-final that year that would have been a bonus for us so to come back eight years later and see where we are at now, you don’t want to miss those days. You want to try and still be involved. It’s sweet.”
Wasps appreciate when guys are playing themselves and players appreciate you understand high-level sport
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Post by Jigz84 on Nov 22, 2017 14:52:25 GMT
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Post by delorean on Nov 22, 2017 14:59:05 GMT
If your a professional gambler your reading this plus 6 Crokes. The professionals in Paddy Powers have the spread at two points (more or less). I'd be inclined to agree with you though, Kerrygold.
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Post by kerrygold on Nov 22, 2017 15:00:21 GMT
Ooocchh, big call by the East Kerry Board.
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Post by kerrygold on Nov 22, 2017 15:14:58 GMT
If your a professional gambler your reading this plus 6 Crokes. The professionals in Paddy Powers have the spread at two points (more or less). I'd be inclined to agree with you though, Kerrygold. Cant just see that one being two points. Real shame we don't get to see Tomas one more time. Would nearly have travelled if he was playing. Paddy Power leaning towards Moorefield in Aughrim. In Aughrim of all places! Not sure if Moorefield have a spreading score potential across the team and seem to be reliant on Eanna O'Connor. That one could be the real graveyard bet of the day..................Wouldn't fancy it either way.
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Post by delorean on Nov 22, 2017 15:20:14 GMT
Hopefully you'll have the opportunity to see him in Croker one last time. :-)
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Post by kerrygold on Nov 22, 2017 15:23:15 GMT
Good volley, fair play.
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Post by clarinman on Nov 22, 2017 15:23:30 GMT
Ooocchh, big call by the East Kerry Board. East Kerry Board are being consistent here. Firies were thrown out for not fulfilling a quarter-final fixture. Same rule has to apply to Dr Crokes.
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Post by kerrygold on Nov 22, 2017 15:28:20 GMT
Was there no local solution to this?
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Post by eastkerry28 on Nov 22, 2017 17:21:58 GMT
listry got beat by kilcummin!!
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Post by clarinman on Nov 22, 2017 17:27:47 GMT
listry got beat by kilcummin!! Apologies. I meant Firies. Legion are now in the final without playing a game.
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Post by kerrygold on Nov 23, 2017 9:45:18 GMT
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Post by hugh20 on Nov 23, 2017 10:39:57 GMT
Ooocchh, big call by the East Kerry Board. East Kerry Board are being consistent here. Firies were thrown out for not fulfilling a quarter-final fixture. Same rule has to apply to Dr Crokes. I agree the East Kerry board had to be consistent after Firies did not fulfil their fixture and were eliminated. I do think that the East Kerry board should have exercised all options available. South Kerry board accommodated Dromid Pearses in their divisional championship and if the district boards fail to fully back their clubs within then it is inevitable that the district championship will suffer if teams are successful at junior, intermediate and senior within the county.
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Post by Premier on Nov 23, 2017 12:44:54 GMT
East Kerry Board are being consistent here. Firies were thrown out for not fulfilling a quarter-final fixture. Same rule has to apply to Dr Crokes. I agree the East Kerry board had to be consistent after Firies did not fulfil their fixture and were eliminated. I do think that the East Kerry board should have exercised all options available. South Kerry board accommodated Dromid Pearses in their divisional championship and if the district boards fail to fully back their clubs within then it is inevitable that the district championship will suffer if teams are successful at junior, intermediate and senior within the county. Are East Kerry not taking a hard line to make the district championship stronger going forward? They are showing that it deserves to be respected and it isn’t just a by-thought at the end of the year. The South Kerry board accommodating Dromid Pearses pushes football back 2 weeks into a time when no football should be played. How can players be asked to play until the end of December and start training for the county league again at the end of January
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Post by hugh20 on Nov 23, 2017 13:28:53 GMT
Their hard line has considerably weakened the status of the competition. Going forward I'm not too sure if teams will view the O' Donoghue Cup (East Kerry Championship) as a prestigious cup to win. I know that many of the older brigade in Dr Crokes cherish their O' Donoghue Cup medal(s). Rathmore are going for 4 in a row and I'm sure this would tarnish their victory a little if they are to go on and win it, likewise with Legion. Normally, the O' Donoghue Cup is run off smoothly enough. If there was a few draws after extra time then there would be no option but a few weeks of a delay so I don't see why the board could not have accommodated like I said it's not like it happens every year.
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Post by givehimaball on Nov 23, 2017 15:25:15 GMT
There's also the fact that it will probably affect the East Kerry Boards finances a bit. A Crokes v Legion semi-final would have most likely attracted a fairly decent crowd (especially if the weather was anyway decent. In terms of the final, I'd imagine a fair chunk of neutral folk would likely have headed along to see Croke and Rathmore tangle again, given their recent meetings in this competition have been fairly tasty - I just can't see Legion v Rathmore attracting quite the same number (although there might be the odd few Crokes folk there cheering Rathmore on
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Post by Mickmack on Nov 23, 2017 21:03:14 GMT
Legion should have offered go play the game on the first weekend in December in my opinion. Never too late to do the right thing.
The final could be played on the 10th surely.
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Post by kerrygold on Nov 23, 2017 22:26:21 GMT
I'd say the horse has bolted here now. Pity.
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