MAYO ARE FOCUSED on winning a first All-Ireland football title since 1951, but in the meantime, they’ve ticked off another massive achievement — completing the header bin challenge.
Aidan O’Shea uploaded this dressing room video on Saturday night, which may well be the first recorded instance of a senior inter-county GAA team attempting the feat.
Special mention goes to Neil Douglas as the man in the middle pulling all the strings; Mickey Conroy for the commentary; Chris Barrett for having the presence of mind to sneak in and get that final touch; and Rob Hennelly for the gratuitous bin-kicking.
(Also, imagine the stick Hennelly would have been in for if he’d messed the whole thing up. Doesn’t really bear thinking about.)
Consider the gauntlet thrown down.
The man talks a lot of sense. People started playing GAA to play the sport not to train for 11 months and play only a handful of games. GAA needs to full address the fixture issue and to bring in a closed season.
There is a closed season Johnny, except it’s for inter-county teams.
The GAA needs to tighten up the inter-county championship season. How does it take almost 5 months to play a hurling championship in which there are realistically (and I use the term loosely) 8 potential winners? Start it in May and have it finished in August at the absolute latest (I think it could easily be played out in 3 months but let’s not get too drastic here).
League: Feb – Apr.
Champ: May – Aug.
Club: Aug – Nov when All-Ireland club champs take place.
3rd level: played through the winter as usual
Yes. Clubs should play during the championship.Must be frustrating for non county players to sit on their hands when the weather is good and conducive for good games.
No need for the long breaks between matches, finish the club championships before Christmas
Every year people talk about what a shame it is to have the provincial club championships on in November/ December in terrible playing conditions, pitches, weather etc. Barring a radical change in the county season however, there is no alternative time to play them. Thus, moving the all- ireland series to December would result in the best club teams in the country having to play in the worst possible conditions, reducing the quality of the games and the standards of the competition.
could be finished sooner. championship in cork county can be held up for weeks an weeks if a team you are due to play has an intercounty player, even if they are a panel member an not likely to even play. season is far too long, you need time for family, work, partner, kids etc.