Kilkenny - The biggest cheats in history?

me_one

Firstly I'll announce that I'm not from Tipperary. I'm expressing my neutral opinion of what I consider to be the biggest set back that inter-county hurling has ever encountered.

Kilkenny have been hailed as the greatest team that have ever occupied a field but am I alone in thinking that they are cheats? When a Clare hurler, Gerry Quinn injured King Henry Kilkenny wanted nothing short of blood. Yet their cheating and dirty strokes have been overlooked over and over again.

Benny Dunne has been sent off today for a dirty stroke on whom I consider to be one of the biggest cheats the game has ever seen. However, a clever cheat is he who doesn't get caught but a cheat none the less.

Benny had the right idea with his dirty stoke but opposition will need to be much more clever when it comes to his cheating cheats. They will need to take a leaf from Tommy's book and improve at not getting caught cheating.

It's sad to see that a team like Tipp have out-hurled Kilkenny but have lost an All-Ireland because though they are skillful, ultimately they are too clean to match the modern standards set by Kilkenny.

I wish to see these standards improve for the sake of the game that I have loved for all of my life but as Kilkenny get away with their with their cheating we will see other sports such as rugby benefiting where the best team truly wins.

cruiserweight

I am closing this thread for now, as it will cause a lot of problems today. Any other day and it might be okay