The Tipperary GAA Discussion Thread

windy shepard henderson · 11-05-2025 09:28PM

just to clarify on eoghan connally i wasn't calling him a dirty player , but he fouled his man when he had to , to stop a goalscoring chance and don it in such away that he couldnt be booked for it

in todays game that is the biggest art of defending , we have conor cleary and conor leen in the all ireland final last year it might not be pretty but sometimes its required

i remember a game between clare and tipp back in 2018 in cork , clare had just taken the lead in a tight game with only minutes to go and were dominating , and big seamie callinan went down at the other side of the field , the ball hadnt been down there for 5 minutes but seamie pulled up for just about long enough for the tipperary sideline to make adjustments , tipp got the next 4 scores and won the game

CrabRevolution · 12-05-2025 10:05PM

Wouldn't be holding my breath for any movement on the Páirc Tailteann redevelopment. Latest news from the county board meeting is that they're waiting on the immigrant investor money to actually be paid to them.

It was already a very dodgy source of funding to be relying on, so I'm not surprised it has hit trouble.

thamus doku · 12-05-2025 11:54PM

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Tony Kelly penalty was a cracker. Great goal.
If Clare can get the injured lads back they can beat limerick. They are all Ireland champions for a reason - they have some great hurlers.

Ompala · 14-05-2025 07:34PM

O Farrell out for the U20s tonight, shame

History Queen · 14-05-2025 09:28PM

Great result and great resilience shown by the 20s tonight. Brilliant to see.

newhouse87 · 14-05-2025 09:57PM

Good win, this is a v good bunch, some of our feck acting around the middle caught us a few times. Should be leaving it in long to o Donoghue and McCormack. Ref gave us the rub of the green too tbf.

Ompala · 15-05-2025 11:42PM

Great win for the U20s the other night, albeit some mad decisions from the ref. Very much a case that anytime we got the ball into the full forward line they all had the beating of the Clare full back line. Really should have been out of site at half time. 2nd half Clare had gotten on top around the middle, definitely not helped by us overplaying the ball a lot but they were tackling savagely anytime we got it. O Farrell coming in calmed things down, and made hay while Clare were down a man. Not convinced by Cummins and management yet, very slow to try change things.

On the 3 big decisions in the 2nd half (trying to not be too biased)

Clare Penalty. Assume it was for a tug of the arm by our No.23, ref seemed to be talking to him afterwards. Soft one.

Tipp Penalty. A lot seem to be giving out that it was a perfectly timed flick by No.4 but it was No.5 who was booked. Looking at the replays its still not totally obvious, but I think No.5s hurley make contact with the back of Conor Martins helmet as he goes through and he gave it for that? Black card seemed extremely harsh given there was another defender beside him. Again, soft one for me, but maybe with all the talk this year on high challenges the ref had that in his head so gave it.

Tipp 3rd Goal. Amazed this wasn't spotted in real time by the umpire! Tipp forward grabs the hurley of the Clare defender to get at the ball and kick to the next. Should be a free out, though if he didn't move the hurley the Clare defender is lying on his stomach after failing to flick it away the 1st time I only see him using the hurley to "lie on the ball" and stop it being played if that makes sense, if so would that not be a penalty? Big if tbf, based on what actually happened goal shouldn't have stood.

Having said all that, I do think Tipp were the better team overall and deserved it, hopefully go one better against either Dublin or Kilkenny.

windy shepard henderson · 18-05-2025 01:45AM

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to be fair the whole thing has been turned upside down since last july , we were having functions last january and February when tipp and limerick were out doing heavy training and playing challenge games , there are a few fair weather supporters that are angry because they coughed out on season tickets this year and might not need them

the problem is when a county like us win an all ireland it will be celebrated for months after, that and a realisation that the underage lads will need more than one league campaign to be ready for inter county championship

windy shepard henderson · 18-05-2025 01:54AM

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of course tipperary were the better team , they had lads like darragh mccarthy a proven intercounty player at 19 years of age , paddy mccormack one of the best players in the club championship last year in the county at 20 years of age , not to mention the likes of sam o'farrell another inter county senior , david costigan or oisin o'donohue that is a quality team

my last quote is if you knew anything about tipperary hurling you would know this is a special group of players instead of going on a stupid rant about referee decisions , this group is going to win a senior all ireland in the next 5 years

History Queen · 18-05-2025 08:54PM

What a day, super atmosphere in Thurles and solme fantastic hurling played. Yes some areas in need of improvement but in that heat.... I don't know how the players on both teams stayed going. Looking forward to the Sunday game and hearing the analysis of the game, particularly what were, to my eyes, two credible penalty claims.

Am I right in saying us getting in to the Munster final is dependant on the Cork/Waterford game next week, but regardless we are through.

Jizique · 18-05-2025 08:58PM

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If Cork win by more than a point, they are in final - would be happier coming third if I were you, less hype and easier draw going forward

18-05-2025 09:26PM

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If cork loose which is possible, then both last years all Ireland finalists are gone. Tipperary backs are still pretty poor at defending but our younger players are improving quickly. Great to be looking forward. Hard to believe that this is Tipps first win in championship in Semple Stadium in 6 years

High bike · 18-05-2025 09:27PM

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As a neutral 100% agree about the 2 penalties and black cards but thats Sean Stack for u prob the worst ref out there and he'll more than likely get the All Ireland final this year

Denny61 · 19-05-2025 01:10PM

Yes totally agree. Better for tipperary to come third..nxt match will be against the joe mcdonagh looser in that final and if we come through that..Will be meeting looser of leinster final ..either Galway or Dublin..cant see kilkenny loose the final who ever they take on ..but then again Dublin gave them a right rattle yesterday...and Afterr that in to a semi final

realdanbreen · 29-05-2025 09:06AM

So as things stand a quarter final against Galway looks the most likely scenario?

Ompala · 31-05-2025 04:24PM

Great win - 1st half was tough viewing but our full forward line was lethal today, and defence was solid

Mantis Toboggan · 31-05-2025 04:34PM

Jaysus I could get used to winning all Ireland's down in Nowlan park.

robbiezero · 31-05-2025 04:35PM

Super win. Agree first half was tough viewing, but against the wind and the sweeper I thought we did the right thing.

Surprised at KK dropping off so much with the wind. Our FF line is lethal and good ball winners and they left us work it out so easily and deliver ball to them.

Tactics were all wrong in last years AI, but spot on today. While the forwards get a lot of credit, our defence and work rate were brilliant and it was a surprisingly straightforward win. Game was effectively over at HT.

robbiezero · 31-05-2025 04:38PM

Also that team will be absolutely mined for senior hurlers I reckon.

newhouse87 · 31-05-2025 04:45PM

We were the much better team really, surprised Kilkenny never raised a gallop. support good again for tipp today on away territory. Few exciting prospects to be parachuted into seniors soon. Tactics since limerick game have been much better tbf to cummins.

GoldFour4 · 31-05-2025 04:45PM

Great win and we’re likely to see a good few of those lads at senior level over the next few years. Future is looking promising.

Krazy gang · 31-05-2025 07:49PM

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Congrats from a kilkenny man. We didn't help ourselves but ultimately ye had far better hurlers and played a direct style which suited yere ball winning forwards. Funny thing is when we actually went long to big Marty Murphy at full forward he caused problems.

robbiezero · 31-05-2025 07:58PM

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Cheers. He was a real handful alright. Dangerous every time a ball went into him.

realdanbreen · 08-06-2025 09:51AM

While the munster final was obviously exciting it was far from the classic that a lot of the so called experts are calling it. Also a lot of johnny come latelys complaining about it being decided on penalties. While I don’t agree with it all these rules were introduced way back and that was the time to complain not Facebook!

Mantis Toboggan · 08-06-2025 12:08PM

I thought it was an excellent game played at a frantic pace, lots of incidents, drama with Limerick being denied the 7 in a row, extra time and penalties, if that's not a classic I don't know what is.

realdanbreen · 08-06-2025 08:57PM

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Being denied 7 in a row, frantic pace, lots of incidents etc certainly does not make a game a classic. Certainly not when a game has loads of errors, bad wides and more than it's share of pulling and dragging. It's unlikely we saw this years all Ireland winners last evening.