The Tipperary GAA Discussion Thread

What kind of set up or runner trap/protection do Tipp need to set up on opposition puck outs - rather than their own puck out - personally, I think Barry Hogan should be selected due to the speed of his puck out. Brian takes his time - giving teams too much time to reset.
I'd say we'll see a set up like this for opposition puck outs come championship - (obviously it will be very different on our own puck outs):
Barry Hogan
C BARRETT Pauric Maher Barry Heff
Niall O’Meara Willy Connors
Ronan Maher Seamus Kennedy Brendan Maher
Dan McC

Flynn
Callanan Noel McG
Bubbles Jason Forde

Rasputin11 wrote: »

Niall O Meara out of the opener after having his appendix removed, he never has any luck with injuries and now illness.

Jesus, will an appendix keep him out that long?
He is terribly unlucky.

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Yeah Sheedy said he's most likely out of the semi final, bubbles also.

Christ.

The GAA Hour we're taking the piss out of Sheedy for talking about a training block and using it as an excuse.

Pogue eile wrote: »

Can't agree lads, this has nothing to do with the actual case at hand, this is soley about the parish rule now and that is why this appeal is taking place and why I suggested its not actually Knockavilla who are behind the appeal.

If this case is allowed to go through then the precedent is catastrophic for all smaller clubs, the parish rule is the bedrock of the GAA and if it goes then it is a slippery slope for the GAA and another step towards professionalism.

So you think that players will queue up to leave their clubs after this saga? Wouldn't it be the opposite?

Westside column sums it up:
"Neither was the Kickhams club well pleased and they’ve now taken the case a step further with a counter appeal to the Munster Council.
The saga continues and, meanwhile, the players remain in limbo.
This case gets more complicated and confusing as it moves from one committee to another. The transfers were initially refused in Tipperary because they were seen to be in breach of the county bye laws relating to the parish rule.
Remember, the transfer requests didn’t use residence as their basis of appeal but rather the extreme circumstances of an irretrievable breakdown of relationships between the players and their club.
The DRA found against that ruling by Tipperary, suggesting that there ought to be an avenue for transfer when relationships have irretrievably broken down and that the bye laws relating to the parish rule should be revisited, and presumably reinterpreted by the county.
In effect it was a ruling that the county bye laws in their present guise should not be a bar to such transfers.
Last week’s Kerry committee effectively endorsed that DRA decision by stating that “the Tipperary bye laws 2021 do not, per se, set out any criteria regarding transfers within the county.”
To many observers that reads like an extraordinary statement. We had always understood that the rule essentially confined players to their home parish or the one they were resident in, but now it appears to do nothing of the sort.
What exactly needs to be changed in the bye law isn’t clear but already there’s mention of the County Board revisiting the rule book to tighten the regulations for future years.
The worry of some, no doubt exaggerated, is that this decision, particularly relating to irretrievable breakdown, could create a free-for-all.
What constitutes irretrievable breakdown is, I suppose, a subjective judgment and it seemed at face value to lower the bar for future transfers.
However, the notion that this judgment could lead to wholesale movement of players is surely way off the mark.
The GAA culture is still very much anchored in parish and community and that’s not going to change, even if some individual cases may use this judgment as a precedent.
In all of this, it seems, the Kickhams club felt that their side wasn’t given due acknowledgment.
The breakdown wasn’t irretrievable in their eyes, the door still open for the players to return to the colours, however improbable that might seem to outside observers.
They’ve taken their annoyance now to Munster Council. I’m not sure it’s the wisest move. There’s a time to let go and move on. There’s been enough water under the bridge on this issue thus far, so perhaps it’s appropriate to call time on any further aggravation.
The club had a rousing win over Cappawhite last Saturday in the belated 2020 West intermediate final, no doubt fired by recent events.
It might be wise to keep the spotlight on the playing pitch."