ANTRIM TEEN CAMOGIE player Róisín McCormick is recovering well after she was left unconscious following a collision in an All-Ireland intermediate championship game against Westmeath on Saturday.
McCormick had just gathered the ball in the second half of the fixture in Kinnegad when she was challenged by two Westmeath players. She was treated on the pitch after the incident with the ambulance arriving around 40 minutes later to transfer her to hospital.
Antrim were trailing at the time, and the game was abandoned due to the lengthy stoppage. It will be rescheduled at a later date.
A scan confirmed that she suffered some tissue damage and bruising to her neck and is now recovering at home after she was discharged around midnight on Sunday.
Speaking to The42, Antrim camogie chairman Vincent Boyle explained that the incident was a “coming together” of players.
“There were two girls coming to tackle her and there was just a collision. The referee booked one of the Westmeath players.
It was just a coming together, she came at her [Róisín] to stop her from going any further. The collision knocked her out. She was unconscious on the field.
“I could see her eyelids were closed and flickering a wee bit. They were talking to her and she was flickering her eyelids to acknowledge that she heard what they said, but she wasn’t talking.
“The physio was treating her along with people from the Kinnegad GAA club. They didn’t move her helmet or touch her after the way she had fallen in case there was any damage.
“She had pins and needles in her arm from resting on it for so long and they were gone when she was put on her back to go on the stretcher. The circulation was back again.”
Boyle added that the game was abandoned before the ambulance arrived at the grounds and noted that Cork referee Cathal McAllister continued to keep in touch after the game to check on McCormick’s progress.
A similar incident unfolded recently, when Tipperary’s Nicole Walsh was airlifted to hospital after a heavy collision in a championship game.
Boyle also explained that McCormick — who is still a minor — became more responsive and was able to talk when the ambulance staff spoke to her.
Remarking on the length of the wait for the ambulance, Boyle insisted that Antrim camogie were satisfied with how the situation was handled.
You couldn’t fault the ambulance people, they were very good. It’s not their fault that it takes a while to come. It’s just the way the world is.
“I know it takes ambulances a while [to arrive]. She was well looked after on the pitch while they were waiting for the ambulance to come. They had a tinfoil sheet around Róisín to keep her warm.
“Everybody was talking to her to keep her conscious.”
A neck brace was put on McCormick before she was brought to hospital and an an X-Ray subsequently confirmed there were no broken bones.
Boyle says there are no details yet as to when the game will be rearranged, but is happy to report that McCormick is on the mend.
I was talking to her mother at a camogie board meeting last night. She’s in good form. She’s a bit sore and stiff and will be for a week or two but Róisín’s a strong girl.
“She’s a good camogie player and her mother and father will look after her well until she’s 100% better.”
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Ain’t gonna happen anytime soon, unless they decide to match him up with Frankie in a number one contenders match and the winner fights him at UFC 200.
But that would really piss Edgar off, which would be hilarious actually.
I’m staying otta this one…
Aldo isn’t gracious in defeat, on the night or now and he’s still making excuses and threats to the UFC and McGregor. Let him stew.
A guy who’s undefeated for 10 years and champion as long as he is deserves a rematch. He got caught with one shot and knocked out, it happens in fights. The disrespect he is shown from Irish fans is embarrassing to be honest. If McGregor gets tagged in his first defence at 145 ye would all be screaming for an immediate rematch.
I agree Alan 100%. I’m delighted for Conor but Jose was a great champion and does deserve his rematch.
As much as there’s a McGregor bandwagon, theres also a big anti-Mcgregor bandwagon, who will latch onto half truths about his opponents… Aldo was a champion for 10 years becuase he fought in a weight class with very few other fighters for the first 5 and for the last 5 he barely ever fought… when was the last time he knocked anyone out? He was massively fussy about who he would fight, always picking fighters who were well below his ability and dodging the hard match ups. If truth be told, Conor was the first striking test he ever really faced in the UFC… He doesn’t deserve an immediate rematch because he has a history of pulling out of fights that didnt suit him.
So Ken Flo, Korean Zombie, Edgar were not hard match ups? Hominick took him to the brink as well. A great champ, and the only champ at 145. If Cain, Anderson etc get an immediate rematch, so should he
In fairness,who does he think he is,sayin he’s not goin to fight anyone else.he only fights once a yr anyway.think he’s still concussed after McGregor got a hold of him
UFC spent 18 months promoting Aldo vs McGregor. It would be very hard for them to promote it again for another 6 months after how the last fight finished. Especially as Aldo had no interest in promoting the 1st fight and left Mcgregor to do all the media work. As White said,aldo deserves a rematch after being such a dominant champion but the timing for that rematch wouldnt be right now. Let Mcgregor fight RDA and then he can fight Aldo/Edgar at UFC200 in july,but either way 1 of them aint gonna be happy.
It’s not surprising to be honest. Dana White is all about the $, he couldn’t give a toss about who deserves a rematch or who is next in line, whatever fight makes the most cash for the ufc ( ie. him and his business partners) is the fight that will be made. Hope mcgregor demands he gets his fair share, he pulls in way more ppv numbers then a lot of boxers but gets paid alot less then some of them.
He’s gotten his arse handed to him in record time already, is that not enough
One mistake in 10 years? Is that not a reason to give him another shot? Even after the first fight when they were waiting on the official announcement Conor himself was man enough to say they could do it again.
I think Dana is right though. Woukd be hard to promote that. It’s the fight game yes but equally ufc want to make money. The interest for that just isn’t there after last time. Maybe a year down the road might be better for all involved..