Clare GAA discussion thread

danganabu wrote: »

Apparently not, from what I have heard two players have been identified from CCTV pictures and are or have been interviewed. Really hope it all BS but if found to be true it will cast a serious shadow over not only Clare hurling but the entire organisation.

What kind of rumours, without stating specifically what they are?

danganabu wrote: »

Apparently not, from what I have heard two players have been identified from CCTV pictures and are or have been interviewed. Really hope it all BS but if found to be true it will cast a serious shadow over not only Clare hurling but the entire organisation.

Happened in the club football championship . Last year where a set of players bet against themselves in a local bookies. No one was charged and was swept under the carpet

Clareman wrote:

It happens the whole time and it's ignored cause it's a small scale, this time however it's the bookies who are investigating, the rumours I'm hearing is that the father of 1 of the players put a substantial bet on in Limerick and the bookies took a bit of a hit

What club 'lost'

Clareman wrote:

Check the 2 semi finals and figure out which 1 had the


Sorry Clareman - being stupid here but did it happen in this years hurling or last year's football or both..

You'd think that would rip clubs apart

Running Balance wrote: »

Clareman wrote:

Check the 2 semi finals and figure out which 1 had the


Sorry Clareman - being stupid here but did it happen in this years hurling or last year's football or both..

You'd think that would rip clubs apart

this years hurling championship at semi final stage is the one being discussed , as he said the major elephant in the room would be the shock result of that round

something similar happened in the early stages of the football championship last year but not on the same scale as this new story emerging

the football thing last year was just a few disgruntled players not happy and low on confidence bet against themselves as they felt they had no hope of wining the game , they won no game that year and were relegated the club was in a bad place and the players gave up fairly early in the year , the guards were called in to investigate it but nothing came about it

in the hurling this year a father of one of the players bet against his sons team , the team they were playing were massive outsiders and won , which has the bookies smelling a rat

Sad to hear that we won't see Pat Donnellan in Clare colours again. His time probably has come, but he was a truely outstanding servant for Clare, an excellent hurler, a leader and a gent. I wont make it a long post, but I'd like to share a of Pat from 2013 in the gif below. Its a small one, but think it epitomized the guy's leadership, desire, just sheer die in your boots type player he was for our county.

We're a point down in the drawn 2013 AI final, and Pat's after playing 71 minutes in midfield, the most endurance-demanding position on the field. Cathal Naughton after just coming on and a guy with serious wheels, takes off with the ball with an acre of space in front of him. Pat, probably completely jaded, matches him stride for stride before getting a flick in. The play might not have came to anything if he let him go but still, it showed just how much of a true servant Pat was for our county and left nothing on the field.



Just to finish Bugs, Ryan and Donnellan owe Clare hurling nothing and represented our county with distinction through their careers.

tatoo wrote:

Bookmaker's will always look into anything that costs them money, from my experiences they are extremely cowardly about exposing themselves to any kind of loss,

I think the bookies know when to spot unusual trends which are an indicator that something isn't quite right. They're not going to chase after every pay out and I'd imagine the sums involved here were quite small, relatively speaking.

tatoo wrote:

You are inferring that a Clonlara players father went into a Limerick city betting shop to back Clooney, have you anything to back this up ?

You are the first person to mention the name of a club which "might" have been involved in something. Are you saying it definitely didn't happen?

Allianz Hurling League Division 1A

Round 1: Sat Jan 27th, Cork v Kilkenny; Sunday, Jan 28th, Clare v Tipperary, Waterford v Wexford

Round 2: Sat Feb 3rd, Tipperary v Waterford; Sunday, Feb 4th, Kilkenny v Clare, Wexford v Cork

Round 3: Sat Feb 17th, Tipperary v Wexford; Sunday, Feb 18th, Clare v Cork, Waterford v Kilkenny

Round 4: Sun Feb 25th, Kilkenny v Tipperary, Cork v Waterford, Wexford v Clare

Round 5: Sun Mar 4th, Kilkenny v Wexford, Tipperary v Cork, Waterford v Clare

Allianz Football League Division 2

Round 1: Saturday, January 27th: Cork v Tipperary; Sunday January 28th: Clare v Cavan, Louth v Down, Roscommon v Meath

Round 2: Saturday, February 3rd: Cavan v Louth, Tipperary v Roscommon; Sunday, February 4th: Down v Cork, Meath v Clare

Round 3: Saturday, February 10: Cavan v Meath; Sunday, February 11: Clare v Tipperary, Cork v Louth, Roscommon v Down

Round 4: Sunday, February 25th: Cork v Cavan, Down v Clare, Louth v Roscommon, Tipperary v Meath

Round 5: Saturday, March 3rd: Cavan v Down; Sunday, March 4th: Clare v Roscommon, Meath v Cork, Tipperary v Louth

Round 6: Saturday, March 17th: Cork v Clare; Sunday, March 18th: Down v Tipperary, Louth v Meath, Roscommon v Cavan

Round 7: Sunday, March 25th: Cavan v Tipperary, Clare v Louth, Meath v Down, Roscommon v Cork

I would be very slow to run with any rumours of this nature without having very solid backup, ie official confirmation of an investigation or press statement.

Claregaafan18 wrote: »

Kilmurry Ibrickane 2-10 Cratloe 2-9 AET

So the men from Quilty qualify for a 2nd successive Clare senior football championship final after an incredible one point win over the South-East Clare men. To be honest the quality of the game left an awful lot to be desired but you could not question the desire of both teams. For KIB I thought that Keith King, Dernot Coughlan, Michael Hogan and Marty McMahon led what seemed like the impossible with KIB 2 points down at half-time in extra-time to come back the way they did. Fair dues to them.

As for Cratloe I thought that Sean Collins and Cathal McInerney were best in what was a bitterly disappointing defeat for Cratloe. I thought their shooting and their inability to find that killer instinct in the final third of the pitch left an awful lot to be desired.

So the men of red of green will find out their opponents tomorrow as Miltown take on Clondegad. Jack Daly may well stay in Quilty for another year. As one excited KIB fan put it. "there's life in the old dog yet"

the young players for cratloe were really good also , the likes of bill connors, rian considine and killian ryan , to be fair both teams will feel they could improve i taught it was a bit of a snatch and grab job by quilty

keelan sexton was pretty much non existent and kicked some poor wides , peter o'dwyer is some man though he cant be far off 40 and has dragged kilmurry out of another fire

KIB will have to improve ten fold to beat any of the two teams playing tomorrow but everyone out side of ballynacally/ballyea wants to see a KIB v Miltown final in fairness;)

Does anyone know when Junior Final will be played? Naomh Eoin v Eire Og

Bruiser's catch at the death was fairly iconic :pac:

Decent game, was very tit for tat through the second half. CQ has pace around midfield, thought they were able to expose the Bridge for it on occasions. Deasy made an impact when coming on for the Bridge at half time to help. The CQ main guys really stood up and led their team well. They will have another god shot at it next time.

Next week replay?