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As it happened: Tipperary vs Clare, All-Ireland SHC quarter-final

Tipperary ran out winners at Páirc Uí Chaoimh and reach another All-Ireland semi, while Clare will be left to rue a plethora of wides and poor puck-outs on Leeside.

Good afternoon and welcome to The42‘s live coverage of today’s All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship quarter-final between Tipperary and Clare.
For those of you from either county or elsewhere who dared not embark upon the treacherous journey south to Páirc Uí Chaoimh, we’ll have minute-by-minute updates from today’s action as two Munster giants clash for a place in the All-Ireland semi-finals.
Throw-in on Leeside is at 3pm.

Our GAA Editor Fintan O’Toole is already enjoying a day out in the Páirc, where in the All-Ireland Minor quarter-final, a second Galway goal from Enda Fahy has steered them 2-17 to 0-11 clear of Clare. The young Tribesmen are headed for a semi-final with Kilkenny.

Denis O’Flynn and a couple thousand more are in early. Team news coming up shortly.

The Minor quarter-final finished Galway 2-19 Clare 1-12. Galway advance to face the Cats in the last four.

Ah, here…

It’s almost time. Here are your teams this evening…

Tipperary

1. Daragh Mooney (Eire Óg Annacarty-Donohill)

2. Donagh Maher (Burgess)
3. Tomás Hamill (Moyne-Templetuohy)
4. James Barry (Upperchurch-Drombane)

5. Seamus Kennedy (St Mary’s)
6. Ronan Maher (Thurles Sarsfields)
7. Padraic Maher (Thurles Sarsfields – captain)

8. Brendan Maher (Borris-Ileigh)
9. Michael Breen (Ballina)

10. Noel McGrath (Loughmore-Castleiney)
11. Patrick Maher (Lorrha-Dorrha)
12. Dan McCormack (Borris-Ileigh)

13. John O’Dwyer (Killenaule)
14. Seamus Callanan (Drom-Inch)
15. John McGrath (Loughmore-Castleiney)

Clare

1. Andrew Fahy (Whitegate)

2. Seadna Morey (Sixmilebridge)
3. Patrick O’Connor (Tubber – captain)
4. Cian Dillon (Crusheen)

5. David Fitzgerald (Inagh-Kilnamona)
6. Conor Cleary (St Joseph’s Miltown)
7. Jamie Shanahan (Sixmilebridge)

8. Colm Galvin (Clonlara)
9. Tony Kelly (Ballyea)

10. Cathal Malone (Sixmilebridge)
11. Podge Collins (Cratloe)
12. John Conlon (Clonlara)

13. Shane O’Donnell (Éire Óg)
14. Aaron Cunningham (Wolfe Tones)
15. Conor McGrath (Cratloe)

Dónal O’Grady says he’s been out on the pitch to bounce the sliotar a few times. The going is…”a bit dead,” says the former All-Ireland-winning manager.

A first rendition of Amhrán na bhFiann at the new ground is finished, and we are underway!

1 min – Tipp 0-1 Clare 0-1: Séamus Callanan hits the post with the first opportunity of the evening. Back come Clare and Tony Kelly sends one over. Noel McGrath levels for Tipp. Could be a long day for my fingers.

2 mins – Tipp 0-2 Clare 0-1: John McGrath gives Tipp the lead. Both McGraths have registered early doors.

2 mins:‘Bubbles’ O’Dwyer drives a free left and wide.

3 mins – Clare 0-2 Tipp 0-2: Shane O’Donnell levels for The Banner.

6 mins – Tipp 0-3 Clare 0-2 Séamus Callanan gives Tipp the lead with a fine score, making amends for his early miss.

8 mins – Tipp 0-4 Clare 0-2: Noel McGrath adds his second from wide on the right.

9 mins – Tipp 0-5 Clare 0-2: Bubbles scores for Tipp. Four of their forwards are already off the mark!

11 mins – Tipp 0-6 Clare 0-2: Séamus Callanan converts a free from wide-left. Tipp looking seriously good; Clare yet to get a proper foothold.

12 mins – Tipp 0-7 Clare 0-2: Target practice for Callanan – a gimme free from close range.

13 mins – Tipp 0-8 Clare 0-2: Bonner Maher drives at Clare defence before offloading to John McGrath. McGrath controls the sliotar wide of the goal and volleys over. Might have been a goal chance, but lovely skill and decent finish from a tight angle.

15 mins – Tipp 0-8 Clare 0-3: Tony Kelly responds with a free – badly needed.

16 mins – Tipp 0-8 Clare 0-3: Poor wide from Conor McGrath draws a guttural groan from the Banner faithful. Under little pressure, scooped it wide left.

17 mins – Tipp 0-9 Clare 0-3: Wonderful score from Séamus Callanan, bissecting the posts from over his left shoulder and exacerbating Conor McGrath’s miss just moments prior.

18 mins – GOAL CLARE! Tipp 0-9 Clare 1-3: Aaron Cunningham nearly rips the net with a low finish.

19 mins – GOAL CLARE AGAIN! Clare 2-3 Tipp 0-9: Wonderful catch by Shane O’Donnell, who feeds that man Cunningham again, and he slots it low past Darragh Mooney. Incredible! And within the space of a minute, the teams are level!

25 mins – Tipp 0-10 Clare 2-03: Michael Breen capitalises on uncertainty in Clare defence and takes an easy score to regain the lead for Tipp.

Clare have had 9 (NINE) wides, Tipp just the one.

26 mins – Tipp 0-11 Clare 2-3: Hawkeye, or its Corkonian equivalent, rules ‘TÁ’ in favour of Tipp. They’re two ahead.

28 mins – Tipp 0-12 Clare 2-3: Callanan with his fourth point – three from frees.

29 mins – Tipp 0-12 Clare 2-4: LIT’s Jamie Shanahan responds for Clare, closing the margin to two points.

31 mins – Tipp 0-12 Clare 2-5: Lovely score by Conor McGrath, who atones for his previous wide with a wonderful burst down the left and a finish from downtown.

33 mins – Tipp 0-13 Clare 2-5: Callanan again for Tipp after Noel McGrath anticipates a short puckout and diverts it into his path.

34 mins – Tipp 0-15 Clare 2-5: Two quickfire scores by Tipp who move four points clear through Séamus Kennedy and Bubble O’Dwyer, with two minutes added on at the end of a frantic first half.

36 mins – Tipp 0-16 Clare 2-5: Tipp score another with seconds remaining in first half as ANOTHER Clare puck-out goes astray; in the last three minutes of the first half, they’ve conceded three points directly from poor puck-outs.

HALF TIME: Tipp 0-16 Clare 2-5

SECOND HALF: 28,567 the official attendance at Páirc Uí Chaoimh as we begin the second half. Noel McGrath and Cian Dillon immediately booked for a bit of handbags.

36 mins – Still Tipp 0-16 Clare 25: Really poor wide from a placed ball by Tony Kelly – Clare’s 12th.

37 mins – Tipp 0-16 Clare 2-6: Shane O’Donnell responds for Clare with a neat finish from 40-odd yards, to the right of the sticks. O’Donnell’s second point of the game.

39 mins – Tipp 0-17 Clare 2-6: Maher with a sumptuous crossfield ball and Bubbles has his third for Tipp. Lovely score.

41 mins – Tipp 0-18 Clare 2-6: Callanan roasts one over the bar after a wonderful run by McCormack and an outrageous driven pass by Bubbles. Would have been one of the great goals – all came from a farcical spell of shinty near the Tipp goal. Incredible break and move.

43 mins – Tipp 0-18 Clare 2-7: Tony Kelly gets his third to keep Clare in touch, another from a free.

45 mins – Tipp 0-18 Clare 2-8: Cathal Malone finds Conor McGrath who’s eventually fouled by Donagh Maher on the left-hand-side of Tipp territory. Kelly does the rest.

46 mins – Tipp 0-19 Clare 2-8: John McGrath, cool as you like, over the shoulder, and Tipp lead by five again.

47 mins – Tipp 0-19 Clare 2-9: Another Kelly free as Shane O’Donnell falls victim to a high challenge from Maher at the back. Clare keeping in touch but puck-out remains an issue.

49 mins – Tipp 0-20 Clare 2-9: Michael Breen finds Noel McGrath on the right wing, who swings it nonchalantly over the bar for Tipp. Simplicity in a score.

50 mins – Tipp 0-20 Clare 2-9: Kelly drags a free wide for Clare – his second of the second half and Clare’s twelfth overall.

52 mins – Tipp 0-22 Clare 2-9: Patrick Maher grabs his fifth from wide right. Seconds later, Noel McGrath scores from a similar area. Tipp seven clear now, but Clare have a free from close-range.

53 mins – Tipp 0-22 Clare 2-10: David Reidy claws it back to six points as he takes over the free-taking duties.

54 mins – Tipp 0-23 Clare 2-10: Bonner Maher puts Tipp seven in front once more.

56 mins – Tipp 0-23 Clare 2-10: You could accuse Clare of shooting themselves in the foot with all these wides, but if they tried to shoot themselves in the foot they’d probably miss wide left today.

57 mins – Tipp 0-23 Clare 2-11: The infamous live-blogger’s curse. Tony Kelly registers once more and Tipp’s lead is back to six.

58 mins – Tipp 0-23 Clare 2-12: Substitute Peter Duggan, who replaced John Conlon in the first half, cuts the lead to five.

59 mins – Tipp 0-23 Clare 2-13: Tipp’s lead now down to four and their management are starting to get a bit jumpy on the sidelines. Point this time by Colm Galvin.

62 mins – Tipp 0-23 Clare 2-14: Poor wide by Padraic Maher and Peter Duggan is fouled from the resulting puck-out. Free-in for Clare, eminently scorable. David Reidy slots it, and the Clare fans raise their voices.

62 mins – Tipp 0-23 Clare 2-15: Game on, Ger.

63 mins – Tipp 0-23 Clare 2-16: Aaron Cunningham hits the side-netting after a scramble near the Tipp goalmouth. We’ve got ‘one of those’ finishes on our hands here. Peter Duggan with a monster catch, and OVER THE BAR FROM CONOR MCGRATH. One point between them – Clare have scored the last six!

66 mins – Tipp 0-23 Clare 2-16: Tony Kelly replaced by Jason McCarthy.

67 mins – Tipp 0-24 Clare 2-16: Bubbles pulls Tipp out of their rut as he taps over a free. Extends their lead to two points.

This one is up for grabs with less than two minutes remaining!

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70 mins – Tipp 0-26 Clare 2-16: Brendan Maher drops over a free from all of 350 yards, without the benefit of the replay. Huge, huge score. Seconds later, John McGrath gets his sixth! Tipp are pulling away again.

71 mins – Tipp 0-27 Clare 2-16: Tipp score again, and you can stick a fork in this one. Four minutes of added time, Tipp lead by five.

73 mins – Tipp 0-28 Clare 2-16: Jason Forde puts the cherry on top for Tipp after Clare go close to a goal at the other end.

74 mins – Tipperary 0-28 Clare 3-16: A consolation goal for Clare at the death after a goalmouth scramble for the ages.

FULL TIME: Tipp 0-28 Clare 3-16

TIPPERARY ARE THROUGH TO THE ALL-IRELAND SEMI-FINAL

And so Tipp are back in Croker, while Clare will be left ruing those wides and puck-out mishaps. It got tasty towards the end, but Tipp run out deserved winners at the new Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

That’s all from us for now, but there will be lots more reaction and analysis on site later this evening.

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    Mute IrishGravyTrain
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    Jul 12th 2015, 3:43 PM

    Terrible Game. Waste of time for everyone.

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    Mute Doogle Knows
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    Jul 12th 2015, 5:06 PM

    A change to the rules would eliminate blanket poop football.

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    Jul 12th 2015, 3:43 PM

    Leinster is a waste of time for the dubs , they only get a proper game when it comes to the all Ireland quarters / semi finals …

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    Mute Colin Webber
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    Jul 12th 2015, 4:11 PM

    Agreed but Dublin were very casual today. Leinster does Dublin no good. They develop bad habits when the games are not competitive. Bad decision making, bad wides and some very sloppy passes. Furthermore, it seems nobody is allowed tackle McCauley hard anymore. Anytime MDMA gets a hard tackle he reacts like a petulant child. His lack of discipline could cost Dublin in a more competitive match further down the line. McCauley is a fine player but he needs to check his ego ASAP.

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    Mute Mark Nolan
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    Jul 12th 2015, 6:47 PM

    Apart from his discipline he was the worst Dublin player in the first half, surprised he came back out at HT

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    Mute Dermot Treacy
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    Jul 12th 2015, 6:48 PM

    It’s a waste of time for every team involved not just dublin.

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    Mute Joe Bourke
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    Jul 12th 2015, 4:08 PM

    Something really wrong when a team is winning their provincial Championship by an aggregate score of +59 points in 3 games.
    10 Leinster titles in 11 years. It’s stroll in the (Croke) Park every single year.
    Current system not doing anyone any good.
    Inter-county game dying a death outside the capital. More and more players dropping out of county panels to take the summer off. Increasingly not worth it with the near professional commitment and training levels.
    GAA won’t change with all the money they make off Dublin’s back. They’ll regret it when it’s too late.

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    Mute Seán Leahy
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    Jul 13th 2015, 9:19 AM

    The Leinster final is always going to be in Croke Park, and in fairness would it really make any difference if Dublin were playing away? I’d love to travel to away matches like in hurling but the Leinster Council aren’t going to move us anytime soon.

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    Mute Darren Gleeson
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    Jul 13th 2015, 10:15 AM

    Emigration has a lot to do with some of the more rural counties’ lack of competitiveness, I feel. Kildare for example have lost three or four of their brightest young prospects to the likes of AFL or the States. It probably affects Dublin to a lesser extent and it’s not something the GAA can easily address.

    As for Championship structures, Jim McGuinness came up with a brilliant new approach, integrating the All-Ireland series, provincial championships and the league, thereby making all three competitions relevant. Hard to see it even being debated in Congress though.

    The situation regarding adult club football and hurling is a far bigger danger to the Association than the Dubs’ success, soccer and rugby combined, IMO. Who wants to hang around for three months in summer without being able to book holidays or having any matches? Having a reliable fixture calendar for club players (who make up 95% of the GAA’s membership) should be a major priority.

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    Mute Paul Dunne
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    Jul 12th 2015, 3:49 PM

    2_13and 16wides it’s true Dublin cannot play against a blanket.

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    Mute 09celts
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    Jul 12th 2015, 3:57 PM

    Poor match, Dublin will be caught wanting when they play a proper team .
    What a waste of GAA development money 2/3.of all the development money
    going to Dublin and they have to be within 25 yards of goal to score . Dublin’s
    strength is their home venue .

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    Jul 12th 2015, 4:02 PM

    Westmeath had 14 men in their own 45 for 65 minutes with no effort to attack and Dublin still win by 12! Your right if they played at Parnell park they would have been better

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    Mute Paul Dunne
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    Jul 12th 2015, 4:07 PM

    yes it was a very poor match it’s hard to have a game when one team tried and the other tries to keep the score down but that is the result of the cancer that has set in unfortunatelythanks mickle harte you did the game a great service.

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    Jul 12th 2015, 4:56 PM

    idiot

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    Mute Paul Dunne
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    Jul 12th 2015, 5:19 PM

    I presume your not referring to me if I am how am I an idiot please explain

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    Jul 12th 2015, 8:25 PM

    If you think a 13 point win against a blanket defence is a negative you are an idiot

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    Jul 12th 2015, 4:09 PM

    The biggest shock is that 48000 paid to watch a training session masquerading as a match. There were 4 qualifiers yesterday a 2 point margin a 23 point margin a 9 point margin and a 19 point margin. That paints a picture of what state the game is in. But true GAA people won’t pull their heads out of their arses long enough to see there’s a problem.

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    Jul 12th 2015, 7:40 PM

    Sorry @John but thats an insult to the many supporters around the country that follow their team through thick and thin. Does one not simply bother turning up because their team is not as good as their opponent……..or the other way around. Your talking through your arse

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    Jul 13th 2015, 4:30 PM

    As I said head right up your arse. I’ve no problem supporting a team through thick n thin but when it’s the same teams every single year in the thin category it wears you down. There’s only so many times you can watch a team getting slaughtered. People like you think us counties who’s teams are canon fodder year after year should be so grateful for the experience. Well f**k that.

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    Jul 12th 2015, 4:02 PM

    put the Dubs into Ulster !

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    Jul 12th 2015, 4:12 PM

    anto ulster is the same curcus different clowns

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    Mute Anto Golden
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    Jul 12th 2015, 4:32 PM

    My point been is that Ulster is only province where you can say there is 3/4 teams that will win it. Connacht is nearly always Mayo for the last few years, Munster is either Cork or Kerry and in Leinster there is no one within an asses roar of Dublin I think they would be better off ditching the current provincial format and have a Champions league style league format that starts in March and runs to September, that ways every team is guarenteed 5/6 championship matches, home and away. The top 2 in every group ho through yo quaternary finals. Also this would mean the Dubs would have to travel for championship games and spread the weslth5

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    Jul 12th 2015, 4:43 PM

    Donegal fifth final In a row very monaghan fourth out of five staggering competition up there alright.

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    Jul 12th 2015, 5:36 PM

    Was Armagh and Tyrone, now Donegal and Monaghan. No walkovers. New challengers next year.
    If you want to make comparisons look to Munster – Cork v Kerry forever.

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    Jul 12th 2015, 6:50 PM

    Instead of putting counties who are too good for one province into another, should just scrap the provincial championship!

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    Jul 12th 2015, 10:12 PM

    not making comparison Peter but the whole competitive ulster championship is a nonsense as you say yourself replace two teams with two other.

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    Mute Darren Gleeson
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    Jul 13th 2015, 10:29 AM

    But that’s because most Munster counties are hotbeds of hurling- in which they have an extremely competitive provincial championship. You could make the same argument about Ulster- in which there’s a hurling championship dominated by one team, but the football championship is much harder to dominate.

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    Jul 12th 2015, 3:54 PM

    What a game. What a weekend for Dublin! Come on you boys in blue!!!

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    Jul 12th 2015, 3:57 PM

    what a game me arse

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    Mute Paul Dunne
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    Jul 12th 2015, 6:01 PM

    your right Lenny only one team trying not to play. instead of two no brawls (ulster intensity) and no one half killed behind a kids band

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    Jul 12th 2015, 6:18 PM

    The Dubs win the Leinster title and you still manage to bring Ulster teams into it Paul. Obsessed.

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    Jul 12th 2015, 6:51 PM

    It was a desperate game Sean

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    Jul 12th 2015, 10:04 PM

    not obsessed Joe I said long ago ulster killed Gaelic football with the ploy of bad teams playing spoiling football. it’s time for the gaa to take action against this disease thank god the big teams are still playing the right way.

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    Jul 12th 2015, 6:53 PM

    Dublin are the most likeable Dublin team in a while. Great football and no preening or posturing. Such a same to hear a portion of the crowd booing Westmeath wides etc.
    These players deserve as much respect as the Dublin players.

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    Jul 12th 2015, 4:58 PM

    Disappointed with Westmeath today… Such a same they decided to play the blanket defence. Shame on Donegal for ruining the game…

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    Jul 12th 2015, 5:00 PM

    “Shame”

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    Jul 12th 2015, 6:24 PM

    Yeah you are right, Westmeath should have played more openly, left 6 men up front and got beat by 25 points. Spirit of the game and all that….

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    Jul 12th 2015, 6:44 PM

    Shame on Donegal????

    Do your research, this was around before Jim McGuinness figured out how to use it right. Also, remember, the only puke football game was the semi in 2011 against Dublin. After that attack was mixed with defence. Look at the 2014 semi against Dublin. And the games in between. Donegal perfected both parts of the game. Teams like westmeath and derry etc play blanket defence with no ability to attack. That’s the difference and that’s why you should have a proper look at things rather than incorrectly taking a cheap shot at Donegal. It’s getting old at this stage. And, while I’m at it, where does it say in the rules a particular style of play is required? Nowhere, that’s where. Stupid arguements everywhere about this. If westmeath employed some of the proposed rule changes people on here claim will fix GAA forever, they’d have been hockeyed by about 30 points by Dublin today.

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    Jul 12th 2015, 6:48 PM

    I would of enjoyed that more anyway….

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    Jul 12th 2015, 6:53 PM

    You’d have preferred to watch a non-competitive 30 point mauling ?

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    Jul 12th 2015, 9:44 PM

    Tyrone ruined it Donegal took it to a new level sadly.

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    Jul 12th 2015, 10:32 PM

    See Paul, that’s the common misconception. They may well have but Donegal games don’t rememble what we saw this afternoon. Donegal perfected the almost perfect defensive system and supplemented it by devastating counter attacking. If people remembered all of that there’d be less of the short-sighted comments about Donegal ruining football. Donegal should be appreciated for how they actually play the game. They inspired teams like Derry etc who can’t do it right and now get the blame for their shortcomings. That annoys me.

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    Jul 12th 2015, 10:36 PM

    * …with devastating…..

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    Jul 12th 2015, 10:41 PM

    I wouldn’t bother with Paul Tom. He’s staunchly anti ulster football so regardless of how effective Donegals counter attacking football is you’ll hear no praise from him. He doesn’t understand what competitive means as he’s proved time and time again. You don’t have to like the style of football but anyone who thinks it’s not competitive and that nearly every game isn’t up for grabs hasn’t a clue about sport in general.

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    Jul 13th 2015, 9:54 AM

    so everyone outside ulster who looks on that style of football with discust are all suffering a misconception tom.

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    Jul 13th 2015, 10:26 AM

    But Donegal have a healthy sprinkling of players who would get into any team in the country- thinking of Mark McHugh and Colm McFadden (on 2012 form), Neil Gallagher, Frank McGlynn, Michael Murphy, Paddy McBrearty, the McGees. They have a deadly full-forward line, so it makes sense to play that way, leaving lots of space for their inside forwards and support runners.

    The likes of Derry, Cavan, Westmeath just don’t have the same players to execute a counter-attacking system like Donegal did. They won’t win an All-Ireland, but they generally become much more competitive under such a system, as goals are very hard to come by against massed defences. So they will continue to play defensively until there are either rule changes or someone figures out how to defeat it (as Eamon Fitzmaurice did last September).

    I see that there’s a challenge game coming up under the Brolly rules (having a minimum/maximum number of players in certain parts of the field at all times) which will be interesting to observe.

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    Jul 12th 2015, 4:12 PM

    The #GAA might eventually realise that allowing teams to empty the opposition half to defend might not be good for the game. A simple rule like a ‘A team must maintain at least 4 (or maybe even 6) players in the opposition half at all times. It could be policed by linesmen or a ref in the sky with radio communication to referee!

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    Mute Lad
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    Jul 12th 2015, 4:48 PM

    As much as how bad that looked, it would have looked a hell of a lot worse if those rules were introduced. The problem is with Leinster not the game itself.

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    Jul 12th 2015, 7:29 PM

    Im just delighted to see the Dubs lift the trophy again. There are obvious problems in the provincial set up but you cant blame Dublin.

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    Mute Doogle Knows
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    Jul 12th 2015, 4:54 PM

    Dublin have thousands more playing at every level. The smaller counties are nearly done with GAA. Only teams who concentrate on either football or hurling are serious contenders for All Irelands- your Donegals KK’s etc.

    As for Westmeath’s tactics and Donegals puke- the solution:
    1. The 6 forwards cannot enter their own half. 2 Midfielders can roam as the see fit.
    2. No. hand passes limited to 1 per move.

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    Mute Wayne O'Fathaigh
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    Jul 12th 2015, 5:10 PM

    According to the last GAA annual report there are 3 counties with higher participation rates than Dublin

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    Mute Doogle Knows
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    Jul 12th 2015, 5:10 PM

    @Wayne really? Wouldn’t have thought that. They have great facilities etc on top of numbers.

    A change to the rules is painfully needed.

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    Jul 12th 2015, 5:50 PM

    Kildare, and cork have more participants can’t remember the other. Remember a large part of Dublin’s population is from other counties.

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    Mute Pauliebhoy
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    Jul 12th 2015, 5:51 PM

    Hep Dublin are winning we need to change the rules

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    Jul 12th 2015, 5:52 PM

    dougal turkeys don’t vote for Christmas Dublin and Kerry are thegaa in football the rest are a sideshow.

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    Mute Doogle Knows
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    Jul 12th 2015, 5:56 PM

    Steady lads- i’m not having a go at Dublin, i prefer watching them and Kerry than any other teams.

    It’s football that loses as the old saying goes. Dublin and other proper footballing teams would clean up with Doogle Rules !

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    Mute Alex Carroll
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    Jul 12th 2015, 4:56 PM

    was not worth the entrance money.

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    Mute David O'Brien
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    Jul 12th 2015, 6:56 PM

    A farce as is the whole GAA football game, same old merry go round every year. Skill? None. Only kids could be exited by such a pathetic sight as today. As for adults dressed in football shirts. Jesus!

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    Jul 12th 2015, 7:24 PM

    Imagine that! Adults in football shirts at a football game.. Whatever next! Obviously none of your fellow Fulham Supporters (yes people, you read that right, he sports Fulham!) wear football shirts?!

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    Jul 12th 2015, 7:27 PM

    Touché!

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    Jul 12th 2015, 7:40 PM

    David put firmly back in his box

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    Mute Pauliebhoy
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    Jul 12th 2015, 8:33 PM

    Corporate box?

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    Jul 13th 2015, 3:40 AM

    If Meath were der they would of won it

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    Jul 13th 2015, 11:17 AM

    But they weren’t, as Westmeath made history in finally beating them. ;) Still a proud Westmeath fan!

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