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Irish Examiner
25-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Christy O'Connor: Clarity badly needed to address the black card issue in hurling
When Anthony Daly, Jackie Tyrrell and Joe Canning were discussing Mark Coleman's tackle on Stephen Bennett at half-time in yesterday's Cork-Waterford game in the RTÉ studio, there was no real debate on the topic. Seán O'Donoghue was also engaging Bennett in the tackle but Coleman hauled him down. Bottom line. Penalty. Black card. Except it wasn't. Johnny Murphy didn't deem it to be but he isn't the only referee to have come to that conclusion around black cards in hurling. 'The black card seems to have vanished out of the game,' said Tyrrell. 'When was the last black card given out?' 'The Clare 20s (recent Munster U20 final against Tipp when Jamie Moylan was sin-binned for 10 minutes),' quipped Daly. This is exclusive subscriber content. Already a subscriber? Sign in Subscribe to access all of the Irish Examiner. Annual €120€60 Best value Monthly €10€4 / month Unlimited access. Subscriber content. Daily ePaper. Additional benefits.
Irish Examiner
19-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Munster SHC attendance could surpass last year's record total
A combined crowd of 60,000 at this weekend's final round games in the Munster senior hurling championship in Cork and Limerick will see it surpass last year's record total for the round stages. A total of 270,750 took in the 10 round fixtures last year before another 45,148 attended the Limerick-Clare Munster final. There is a possibility that overall 315,898 figure, up over 5,000 from 2023, may not be surpassed this year. TUS Gaelic Grounds, which will host the Munster final should the pairing be Limerick and Cork as part of their home-away deal, was at capacity for their counties's fourth round game on Sunday when 42,477 were in attendance. Thus far, a total of 211,103 have taken in the eight Munster SHC matches with another large crowd anticipated for the Cork-Waterford knock-out clash in SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Sunday at 4pm. Although Clare are out of the championship, a good Limerick crowd is expected to attend their meeting in TUS Gaelic Grounds, which throws in at the same time. Munster officials remain extremely happy that numbers have held up from last year when they recorded €6.794 million in gate receipts for the competition, especially as ticket prices were increased for the second year running. Admission prices to the final on Saturday, June 7 are also set to jump from their 2024 points when a stand ticket for an adult cost €45 and it was €35 for the terraces. There was a €5 concession to both for students and old age pensioners. Only a 26-point defeat to Clare on Sunday will deny Limerick a berth in a seventh straight Munster final. With that in mind, it is already believed John Kiely will use the game to rotate part of his team. Cork must defeat The Déise to make a first provincial senior final in seven years. A draw will send them into an All-Ireland preliminary quarter-final against the Joe McDonagh Cup runners-up on June 14 and Tipperary will qualify for a first Munster senior decider in four seasons. Lose to Waterford and Peter Queally's side will go through the backdoor and it will be Tipperary who provide the opposition to Limerick in a final in FBD Semple Stadium as part of the counties's home-away agreement. Meanwhile, Limerick's Johnny Murphy has been appointed to referee the Cork-Waterford game on Sunday. Thomas Walsh of Waterford is the man in the middle for the Limerick-Clare game. In Leinster, Colm Lyons (Cork) takes charge of the de facto semi-final between Dublin and Galway in Parnell Park. Michael Kennedy (Tipperary) officiates the Offaly-Antrim relegation play-off in Glenisk O'Connor Park and Seán Stack (Dublin) the dead rubber involving Wexford and Kilkenny in Chadwicks Wexford Park. A draw in Donnycarney will be enough for Galway to advance to a Leinster final clash with Kilkenny on score difference. Kilkenny have qualified for an eighth straight decider where they will be aiming to claim the Bob O'Keeffe Cup for a sixth consecutive time in Croke Park on Sunday, June 8. Antrim must beat Offaly to avoid the drop at the expense of their opponents to the Joe McDonagh Cup in 2025.
The 42
13-05-2025
- Sport
- The 42
Special Congress 'not a guarantee' skorts issue will be resolved
OFFALY CAMOGIE PLAYER Mairéad Teehan is hopeful the skorts issue will be resolved at Special Congress, but adds 'it's not a guarantee' that rules around playing gear will change. Motions addressing the ongoing skorts controversy will be considered at the Camogie Association Special Congress in Croke Park on 22 May. The decision follows recent events where teams protested against the issue by wearing shorts instead of the mandated skorts for matches. The Dublin and Kilkenny teams were forced to change into skorts after appearing on the pitch in shorts for their Leinster senior semi-final on 3 May. The Munster senior final was subsequently cancelled by the provincial council after it emerged that the Cork and Waterford teams were planning to join the protest and wear shorts for the game at The Ragg. Teehan says the decision to have a Special Congress is 'great' but has some concerns that the players' desire for choice could still be under threat. 'That's not a guarantee that the rule will be changed. It's the same delegates that are going to this Congress to vote. Advertisement 'We can make noise about it now but we still don't have any real power in terms of changing that. 'I'd be hopeful that it will go our way. When you don't our voice there to be heard, you're relying on county boards to survey their clubs and ask, 'What do ye want?' You just hope the delegates will listen to what's going on around the country and listen to the players. At the end of the day, we're the backbone of the association.' The Offaly minor camogie team also participated in the skorts protest last weekend when they wore shorts for their Leinster minor 'A' shield final alongside their opponents Dublin. Those players were also ordered off the field to change into skorts before the game got underway. Teehan praised those young players who 'stepped up' as part of the wider effort to affect change. Teehan's Offaly teammates also hoped to wear shorts in the other Leinster senior semi-final against Wexford, but both teams ultimately wore skorts to ensure the game would be played. 'We were happy to wear shorts and were told Wexford were happy to wear the skorts so we just felt we were in a hard place whether the game would be given against us if we turned up in shorts. 'We just felt we were after training so hard for it, that we wouldn't that day. If we won that day, we would have been very happy to wear them in the Leinster final. Nothing against Wexford, that's their choice as well. We just felt nothing had happened elsewhere, so we didn't know what way it was going to go.' Teehan says she is 'disappointed' at how the Camogie Association has handled the skorts debacle and feels Munster Camogie could have found a different solution to allow the Cork-Waterford game go ahead. 'It would have been a great way to say that they're listening to players and want this competition to go ahead and have a derogation for two weeks. Or even let the match go ahead and fine the teams for wearing the shorts.' Teehan adds that it is 'absolutely crazy' that players are being forced to wear skorts and cannot fathom why it remains an issue in 2025. And while she appreciates the ongoing public attention being given to the matter, she also laments the distraction it causes for matchday preparation. 'It does take away from your preparation. I know as someone who's going to be texting into the player's group to tell them that this is what's going on, you don't like doing that, to be pulling and dragging girls the night before a game. 'It is affecting girls' thoughts around preparation, particularly this week and last week. 'Championship is starting on 24 May and we should be talking about the great matches and hopefully the great championship that we will have but it is overshadowed by this. It's overshadowing preparation for girls and players.' Earlier this season, Offaly achieved league promotion by defeating Derry in the Division 2A final, meaning they will be operating in Division 1B next year. Teehan, along with her cousin Grace combined for 4-8 in that 4-13 to 0-10 victory last month. 'Grace is fantastic,' Teehan begins. 'She was flying it in the league, scoring all round her. She's fantastic and it's a very competitive forward line this year which is great. Related Reads In camogie, the war rages on between those fighting for the past and those fighting for the future Waterford and Cork camogie players label decision to cancel Munster final 'massive step backwards' Wexford camogie team still planning to wear shorts for Leinster final 'We targeted that league to get some silverware and momentum. We're in the intermediate championship and we're going to be playing the likes of Antrim and Down. We want to be playing against those teams for us to develop.' Mairéad Teehan was speaking after receiving the PwC GPA Player of the Month for April in camogie
Irish Examiner
24-04-2025
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Cork remain unchange for Munster MHC clash with Waterford
Cork have named an unchanged team for their penultimate outing in the Munster MHC round-robin at home to Waterford on Friday evening (Páirc Uí Rinn, 7pm). Manager Fergal McCormack has kept faith with the 15 that started the Round 3 win away to Clare a fortnight ago. With opponents Waterford also boasting two wins from two outings, whoever claims the two points on offer at Páirc Uí Rinn will be pretty much assured of Munster final involvement. Certainly, if Clare and Limerick were to draw in the other of Friday's Round 4 fixtures (TUS Gaelic Grounds, 7pm), then the winner of Cork-Waterford will be confirmed Munster finalists with a round to spare. The two Munster minor finalists are guaranteed All-Ireland semi-final and quarter-final berths respectively, with the third and fourth-placed counties moving onto the All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals. CORK (Munster MHC v Waterford): TC Walsh (Aghada); D Heavin (Russell Rovers), D Fitzgerald (Bride Rovers), C Lawton (Midleton); MT Brosnan (Glen Rovers), B Carroll (Dromina), C Garde (Lisgoold); TA Walsh (Carrigtwohill), J Counihan (Watergrasshill); R Donovan (Fermoy), C Deane (Killeagh), R Dineen (Erin's Own); G O'Sullivan (Na Piarsaigh), C Coffey (Na Piarsaigh), E O'Shea (Ballinhassig). WATERFORD (Munster MHC v Cork): J Comerford (Ballygunner); C Lynch (Geraldines), D Murphy (St Mary's East), D Keane (De La Salle); B Penkert (Mount Sion), H Quann (Lismore), C Power (De La Salle); G O'Shea (St Molleran's), P Quann (Dungarvan); E Burke (Roanmore), J Power (Ballygunner), T Kennedy (Mount Sion); C Spain (Ballygunner), S Power (De La Salle), J Shanahan (Erin's Own). CLARE (Munster MHC v Limerick): L Talty (St Joseph's Doora-Barefield); D Murrihy (Inagh-Kilnamona), N Doyle (Éire Óg Ennis), Z Phelan (Sixmilebridge); E Crimmins (Newmarket-on-Fergus), D Kennedy (Ballyea), J O'Halloran (Sixmilebridge); G Ball (St Joseph's Doora-Barefield), E Cleary (Ballyea); G Marshall (Parteen-Meelick), J Barry (Inagh-Kilnamona), J Gibbons (Whitegate); I O'Brien (Cratloe), P Rodgers (Scariff), L Murphy (O'Callaghan's Mills). LIMERICK (Munster MHC v Clare): M Murphy (Na Piarsaigh); E Hennessy (Patrickswell), E Ryan (South Liberties), J Dwane (Kilmallock); S Carroll (Kildimo/Pallaskenry), M Hanly (Ballybricken/Bohermore), D Sheehan (Na Piarsaigh); G Thompson (St Kieran's), D O'Keeffe (Na Piarsaigh); S Óg Cahill Hayes (Croom), R Hanly (Ballybricken/Bohermore), P Murphy (Castletown/Ballyagran); S Waters (Na Piarsaigh), C Dennehy (Glenroe), R Horgan (Murroe/Boher).
