Cork GAA Discussion Thread

Great performance and expected after last week,clare a shadow of the flash in the pan from 2013,plenty positives from tonight except should have more goals

Hard luck to Roco coming up just short in yesterdays Harty final. A small small thing would have won this one for them but such are the margins between victory and defeat. The winning and losing of this game was the 10 or 12 minutes before half time. Roco had a good start and led 1 4 to 0 3 when Thurles got a firm grip on midfield which yielded 2 4 in the lead in to half time. So Roco faced a 4 point deficit, and the elements in the second half. But the great spirit within this group came to the fore and they dominated Thurles for the first 20 mins of the second half. They out scored them 5 points to 1 during this period and looked like a famous victory was on. Only for an incredible save from the Thurles keeper on Kingston I think Roco would have kicked on. In fairness to Thurles they showed their class to get the last 4 points when their need was greatest. Roco had heroes everywhere yesterday and the epic second half comeback showed what they are made of. Cashman gave a second half exhibition. Captain fantastic Griffin was a colossus throughout and Meaneys move to midfield at half time was instrumental in Roco coming so close to glory. Kingston proved yet again why he is such a special talent. And Cormack who was a constant thorn in the Thurles side throughout scored one of the goals of the year. The journey is far from over with Corn Ui Mhuri final next Sat and Croke Cup quarter final to come versus Leinster winners on 14th March. While the lads will be deflated for a day or two, I have absolutely no doubt they will regroup for next Sat and produce another performance of spirit, guts and togetherness. This group have that special bond that only school teams can sometimes generate and while yesterdays result might seem to stack the odds against them I wouldn't bet against them achieving something magical next weekend.
P.S. Great to see our county chairman lend moral support to Roco with his presence in Mallow yesterday. Pity the CCB can't back it up with the type of support that might have got Roco over the line. Roco have yet to receive a single hurley, sliotat or football from the powers that be. Imagine the expense Roco have incurred in their journey so far. And not one single scrap thrown from the top table. If Roco had to succeed yesterday it would not have been because of the CCB, it would have been despite them.

A couple of ROCO's best attackers had complete off days and they were totally reliant on Cormack and Kingston to get scores. Utterly dominated the 1st 25 minutes of the second half but couldn't translate it in to scores. Couldn't be faulted for heart and determination. A great achievement to get so close when ~90% of their players are from just two clubs and a no. of Blackrock/Douglas better underage players go to other colleges. Hopefully ROCO will be able to attract a bigger spread of players from other clubs and become a serious longterm hurling stronghold.

Great result v Clare but comes with a massive health warning as Clare were v ordinary. I wonder how much of the talk of improved workrate from the KK match is just a case of a physically stronger Cork side being able to "win the collisions" in rugby speak whilst KK are on another level when it comes to physical conditioning/strength/power.

KrustyUCC wrote: »

i see our minor footballers lost to Carlow in Leinster league by 4 pts

Well a minor cork team were beaten, i dont know how strong it was. Carlow are championing it like they won the all ireland. THeir twitter going with the hashtag #HardWorkBeatsTalent...

https://twitter.com/Carlow_GAA/status/569196087036276737/photo/1

I believe that in this competition the whole squad gets games ....

Hurleratheart wrote: »

sickened by that Harty defeat for Rochestown



The mccarthy injury was up ther with the lynch / Ard Scoil one in the lead up

Tactics !

The Lynch injury was very real but some people like a good conspiracy theory.

Cu Baire wrote: »

You are also demeaning your own team with that bitter comment. Clare were the best team in 2013 and outplayed Cork in both finals. In 2014 at least they didn't go out without a fight unlike some other counties.

Nonsense 2013 was a fluke year and since then clare have been appalling,hammered in munster,thrown out by a division 2 team and 2015 terrible so far-flash in the pan by any definition.dont recall any other all ireland winning team perform so badly afterwards

sasol wrote: »

What did the Cork folk think of Hoggies sly stroke on the Clare defender Saturday ? A butt of the Hurley to the back of the head while the Clare man was on the ground .

Landers hitting Davy a root of a shoulder.

If it was the other way around there would be uproar

Agree totally unacceptable from horgan should result in suspension,didnt see lanfers incident if true also unacceptable

sasol wrote: »

What did the Cork folk think of Hoggies sly stroke on the Clare defender Saturday ? A butt of the Hurley to the back of the head while the Clare man was on the ground .

Landers hitting Davy a root of a shoulder.

If it was the other way around there would be uproar

What the camera failed to pick up was the amount of similar "sly strokes" that defender was pulling on Horgan off the ball. It takes two to tango.

sasol wrote: »

Landers hitting Davy a root of a shoulder.

If it was the other way around there would be uproar

Totally fair and unbiased reporting here.

sasol wrote: »

Landers hitting Davy a root of a shoulder.

If it was the other way around there would be uproar

Everyone in Cork and Ireland would be laughing their hole off of the sight of Davy 'shouldering' Mark Landers.

Footballers likely to be missing players for the tough test against Donegal next sunday....

Where is ttm1 these days? I wouldn't have minded seeing his pre and post reports on the Harty finals.

Delighted for my old school CBS to win on Saturday last. Probably fair to say they weren't the classiest team to go through the school but there has been few gutsier than them. They scraped through the qf, semi and again were put to the pin of their collars at the weekend but came through the right side despite going behind with 5 minutes or so to go.

Couldn't attend myself but I heard rave reviews about Mallows grounds, supposed to be as good as any in the country. I'd also like to wish Rochestown the best of luck in the Football final, they were supposedly on top for long spells and only for an excellent save late in the match the cup could have been on Leeside Sunday morning.

CORKDOUBLE wrote: »

Ha Ha Ha !! i thinking off Brian O Driscoll , Ian MaGuire, ...

Last season, the U21's didn't play Senior once the U21 C/ship started. Cork play Limerick on 11th March in U21 so I'm not sure whether Maguire or BOD would have been available.

Read on PROC that Maguire has a serious back injury but read no reports - he didn't play in the semi or final of the Sigerson so he's definately injured - hope it's not serious - anyone hear anything.

Is BOD injured too ?

Paddy Kelly must surely be back in the mix but Dan Goulding is only just back training so probably won't be considered. Looks like Pat Flanagan has set clear guidelines for work required before anyone can play.

Galvin must be OK now too.

Donegal away is a big test but that's what we need.