The Hurling Thread

[Crankycorner]

The Dublin cork lad made a good point though in the rte gaa podcast that when he started with rte they showed 58 championship games and now it was In the 30s due to the fact that the early season is putting gaa against rugby and loi for tv coverage etc.

Also hurling especially Munster is a cash cow and not only will they get a full puc people will pay for Lim v cork or a Clare v lim or a tipp v cork etc. not many will pay for Dublin Louth or Roscommon Leitrim

Fair but there is no LOI on tv on Saturdays or Sundays so not sure how he can say that. Would love to know how many rugby matches RTÉ show in April and May also on Saturdays and Sundays. He’s going to defend his employer but this is RTÉ conniving with the GAA to get more money from big matches in hurling especially.

 

[bluesball]

Dont expect to hear O Moran on game on next monday after what he said also about Owens. There all jumping on our band wagon now. It will be interesting to see if Owens gets another game soon.

 

[imigrant]

100 % agree.
Yesterday Owens v slow to ask his umpires.
Umpiring aint easy in hurling either...did it once in an inter firms match...lucky to get out alive.Made a mistake.

Finbarrs in Cabra Under 16 match finished me and the Grumpire job..... Never will say a bad word again about the lads in the Carabhat and White coats.

 

[Crankycorner]

Finbarrs in Cabra Under 16 match finished me and the Grumpire job..... Never will say a bad word again about the lads in the Carabhat and White coats.

Have often been asked to umpire Junior league matches. I run a mile. Thankless job and a very difficult one.

 

[Cook My Sock]

I used to umpire back in the day with a ref from my home town, the 5 of us travelled all over.

He was selected to ref the Kerry Senior hurling final between neighbouring clubs, Jesus there was some timber used and he made a few questionable calls and flashed a few red cards, it finished in a 1 point win.

We went into the local pub afterwards with both teams for some grub and the ref poked his head in the door and jokingly asked if we could come in.

"Ye can come in alright but there's no fucking guarantee ye'll get out" was the response.

The longest hour of my life, I genuinely thought we were going to get clocked.

"G'wan ye Limerick bastards" was the response when we said our goodbyes

 

[bluesball]

Was umpire for Popeye in an inter firm game and he sent me off for not agreeing with his decision. The ball was wide and it was my team that kicked it wide.

 

[Pooman]

Was umpire for Popeye in an inter firm game and he sent me off for not agreeing with his decision. The ball was wide and it was my team that kicked it wide.

In fairness to Popeye he was usually equally bad for both teams.

 

[jams]

Carlow?!

 

[Crankycorner]

Carlow drew with Kilkenny. Day for the underdogs?!

 

[hurley68]

Carlow?!

Brilliant win for them.Congrats