THE CAMOGIE ASSOCIATION have turned down Wexford’s offer to put the All-Ireland quarter-final back by a week, it has been revealed.
Clare and Dublin will now have the chance to meet in a playoff after the governing body performed a u-turn on the decision to determine the winners by tossing a coin.
However, the playoff is scheduled to take place on Saturday at Semple Stadium, giving the winners just 48 hours to recover and prepare for a quarter-final tie with Wexford on Bank Holiday Monday.
Speaking to Off the Ball on Newstalk this evening, Camogie Association CEO Joan O’Flynn admitted the Model County had said they would be happy to reschedule the fixture and play it on Saturday 8 August but the offer was turned down.
The offer from Wexford was a conditional one on the basis that the semi-finals would also be moved to 22 August.
However, O’Flynn said the decision was made to avoid disassembling the fixture programme any further while insisting all parties have now agreed to play the matches as scheduled this weekend.
But the President of the Women’s Gaelic Players Association has expressed her disappointment at the quick turnaround the players will be forced to endure.
“When I saw it this morning my heart skipped to be honest. I was a bit disappointed to be honest when I saw the very quick turnaround. I immediately got in touch with our rep from both counties,” Aoife Lane said.
“They were so upset and disappointed last night and today, that their immediate reaction was that ‘we’re getting a chance to win on the field of play’ and that was their ultimate outcome.
“The turnaround is very quick. It’s not an ideal welfare issue and in fairness, Wexford, as far as I have known, were willing to play next Saturday. There was a little bit of disappointment on our behalf. It’s a result, it’s a positive outcome but it’s not the ideal outcome.”
Clare and Dublin had been due to draw lots today to see who would take on Wexford after finishing level on points in Group 2, having also drawn 1-8 to 1-8 earlier this year.
Can’t criticise Mayo’s sporting qualities. If they were more streetwise they would have an All Ireland by now. Cork bit too nice at times as well.
Mayo streetwise, It is Mayo and not Germany!
Mayo for salad
They’re brilliant throughout the making of the salad but mess it up at the end.
Sounds like he’s making excuses already!
Trying to influence the referee more like and smacks of desperation
Not the first time this has been, rather unfairly, levelled at Mayo. Similar accusations were made before last years final though of course everybody conveniently forgets that Dublin spent the last ten minutes of that game hauling down Mayo men to scrape over the line. Mayo need to stand up to this rhetoric and take some control of the rhetoric, referees are only human after all.
Mayo did the exact same thing in the 2012 semi final against Dublin too, hauling down players and time wasting, just to clarify that Mayo are no saints either. But lets try to stick to Cork v Mayo this Sunday without trying to bring Dublin into it.
Semi-Final match-ups: Dublin vs Donegal, Mayo vs Kerry
All-Ireland Final: Mayo vs Dublin……..Mayo to end the Curse and beat Dublin by three points :)……..you heard it hear first
Since the new format was introduced, 11 times out of 13 the team that won the All-Ireland was either Kerry or the team that knocked them out.
Making excuses already! Hope mayo hammer them now.
Mind games! Mind games! You’re fooling no – one.
This is the funniest thing I’ve ever read. Where’s my violin?!
Cuthbert is right them Mayo shores are gettho hardened, look at Edna for example, a right gurrier
Why has Andrew osullivan left the panel? Played slot in the league and impressed to be honest. If we get with in an asses roar of mayo I’ll be happy enough. Don’t think cutbert is the man to take us forward tho.
Hahaha this has to be a joke, what happened to battle hardened cork teams. Mayo to make final again but expect same result as always
Final it’s there’s Sunday
We could sneak an unfancied win if we could sort out our Midfield
Midfield will be damage control for Cork, Mayo have the strongest midfield in the championship when it comes to fielding our own kickouts. Cork don’t have a Cluxton to nullify that.
Mayo 4 Sam 2014. This is our year. Mark my words.. !!!
Mayo have not peaked yet for a reason and never took the League serious, .. Learned from mistakes last year of showing they’re hand too early . Mark my words Mayo will bulldoze Dublin in this years final !!!!
http://youtu.be/2G_hmuU2PEc. Up the dubs you have no chance
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