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Injury scare for Tipp hurlers a fortnight out from Cork clash as 'Bonner' Maher damages hamstring

The All-Star centre forward picked up the injury on club duty yesterday.

PATRICK โ€˜Bonnerโ€™ Maher has emerged as an injury doubt for Tipperary ahead of their Munster SHC quarter-final against Cork on Sunday week, 21 May.

Maher, who recently rejoined the panel following a six-month peackeeping stint with the Army in Syria, pulled up with a hamstring injury in the 36th minute of his club Lorrha-Dorrhaโ€™s North divisional championship defeat against Templederry Kenyons yesterday.

All-Star Maher had netted Lorrhaโ€™s goal at the end of the first half but, according to onlookers, he was injured while contesting a challenge on the stand side of MacDonagh Park, Nenagh.

Maher, 27, immediately signalled for attention and was withdrawn, with initial reports suggesting a hamstring strain.

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Further tests will determine the severity of the injury, and Tipperary manager Michael Ryan could be in a position to deliver an update when he speaks with the media at todayโ€™s Munster GAA championship launch in Killarney.

Corner back Donagh Maher, meanwhile, did not feature for Burgess in their North championship victory over Portroe in Nenagh.

Maher missed the concluding stages of the Allianz League campaign with a hamstring injury and would ideally have liked game time with his club in an attempt to force his way into Ryanโ€™s plans for Corkโ€™s visit to Semple Stadium in less than a fortnight.

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    Mute Eoin Fitzgerald
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    Jun 9th 2021, 12:24 AM

    Not sure if I would call the booing of the knee disgraceful. As Kevin Doyle said in the studio, they are adults and they are old and mature enough to make a decision for themselves. And itโ€™s not that they were racist in any way, they had their own way of supporting anti racism by pointing at the respect badge on their shirt.

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    Jun 9th 2021, 12:53 AM

    @Eoin Fitzgerald: it took you that long to write that bucket of *****.

    There are many ways to respect it, but their booing and disrespect shows them up for what they are. Nazi salutes going on in the background and clearly seen on the tv too

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    Jun 9th 2021, 1:39 AM

    @Eoin Fitzgerald: it wasnโ€™t the Hungarian players booing, it was the fans. They didnโ€™t even point at a badge, many made Nazi salutes. If UEFA have any balls theyโ€™d remove Hungary as a host nation.

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    Mute Eoin Fitzgerald
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    Jun 9th 2021, 10:04 AM

    @TheHospitalPass: what I found interesting was that we didnโ€™t take the v Andorra but last night we did. Wonder what the thinking behind that was.

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    Mute Eoin Fitzgerald
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    Jun 9th 2021, 10:07 AM

    **didnโ€™t take the knee

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    Mute Teddy Bear
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    Jun 9th 2021, 10:28 AM

    @Eoin Fitzgerald: we did take the knee against Andorra. Not getting much right today are weโ€ฆ.

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    Jun 9th 2021, 10:35 AM

    @Teddy Bear: go to the RTEsoccer page on twitter and watch Adam Idahโ€™s interview. You will hear that both Tony Oโ€™D and and Adam said that they didnโ€™t take the knee v Andorra and they did take it last night.

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    Jun 9th 2021, 11:18 AM

    @Eoin Fitzgerald: those that boo at anyone taking the knee are the reason why they take to their knee.

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    Mute Ricky Wright
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    Jun 9th 2021, 11:37 AM

    George Floyd was murdered just over 1 year ago. Before that, athletes taking the knee was rare. Now it is very much part of the pre game drama. But not everywhere. Far from it. It has been adopted in North America and parts of Europe and some places elsewhere. There is a full round of AFC World Cup qualifiers on this week and Iโ€™d be surprised if there is any knee taking despite the narrative that this has swept across the globe. My point is, 12 months ago this was almost unheard of. Now we have adpoted it and weโ€™re calling out others for not following what we do. Should the Hungarians or anyone else boo? No. But it is ridiculous to go around passing judgment on others for behaving in a way we wouldnโ€™t for something that didnโ€™t happen 12 months ago.

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    Jun 9th 2021, 12:07 PM

    @2thFairy: they are absolutely right to boo, and that doesnโ€™t mean Iโ€™m endorsing any neo-Nazi saluting that was going on in the stands. Promoting a dubious political message in entertainment or sport is always off-putting but taking the knee is controversial in its own right. It was started by Colin Kaepernick in the NFL as a protest against the American national anthem and spread to groups of whites across the US abasing themselves before blacks, in some kind of faux atonement. Be a decent person, treat all people according to their character, but ffs donโ€™t degrade yourself in the process.

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    Jun 9th 2021, 1:35 PM

    @Squarepeg01: you are why they take the knee. Every comment you make supports racism. I applaud any peaceful protest that supports equality and highlights what is wrong in this world. It doesnโ€™t matter if itโ€™s in a park, your own front room or a football pitch. The message is about kindness. Helping people who are treated less favourably than themselves.

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    Jun 9th 2021, 3:56 PM

    @2thFairy: ha! Well your comment is hardly about kindness. Youโ€™ve effectively called me an enabler of racism simply by finding the kind of political theatre that warms your cockles distasteful. If you want to help people who are treated less favourably than yourself, go out and help them. Stop applauding and go out and do something. But donโ€™t turn sport into a canvass for your politics and stop pretending you are more virtuous than people you donโ€™t share your particular view of things.

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    Jun 9th 2021, 5:12 PM

    @Squarepeg01: it appears Iโ€™ve rattled your cage. I do my bit, albeit a very tiny bit in the greater scheme of things, so donโ€™t be too judgmental of my virtue. I detest racism in all forms and will always speak out against it. Society is very angry at the moment and hatred is on the increase so why anyone would want to start a crusade to actually try and prevent a very short, peaceful visual is beyond comprehension.

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    Jun 9th 2021, 5:30 PM

    @Squarepeg01: applauding bad, booing good? That you think Kaepernick was protesting the national anthem tells us all enough about where youโ€™re coming from without even looking at the โ€œabasingโ€ comment.

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    Jun 9th 2021, 7:11 PM

    @EM: the background is the radical leftโ€™s attempt to downplay the ideals of the Declaration of Independence, and instead portray 1619 as the true founding of America when slaves were first brought to the New World and oppressed from then until today. This, in an attempt to spin the history of the West in general and the US in particular as uniquely evil civilisations, when the fact is, in spite of their flaws, they still offer more freedom and opportunity than any civilisations in history. I can only guess what you think Mr Karpernickโ€™s protest was really about.

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    Jun 9th 2021, 7:20 PM

    @2thFairy: ..and by the same token please donโ€™t be so judgemental of mine. I find holier than thou antics like the one you tried on with me to be pretty low tactics that lead straight to the cancel culture that is sucking the life out of so much public debate at the moment. If you have a point to make, make it and move on. And yes, society is angry for many reasons and a lot of them are illegitimate. Black people are not being oppressed, either in Europe or the US where this whole knee-taking movement started.

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    Jun 10th 2021, 6:21 AM

    @Squarepeg01: the issue is that an opposing argument these days is not considered on merit only viewed as affirming or detracting. For a point to be of value in this climate it must bolster an emotional/fashionable/profitable idealogue. If the readers ego is not bolstered the all. Substance is ignored and the usual terms of ist or phobe etc are used as trump cards.

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    Jun 9th 2021, 8:57 AM

    A few overpaid footballers isnt going to stop racism.

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    Jun 9th 2021, 9:17 AM

    @Munster1: actually what happened in South Africa in the 1980s indicates otherwise

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    Jun 9th 2021, 11:45 AM

    @Munster1: who said it would? Hardly means they should just ignore though, does it?

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    Jun 10th 2021, 6:28 AM

    @Brendan Cooney: you should really read a little about who and what actually brought an end to the SA problem. That statement you made is beyond ignorant and pretty disrespectful.

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    Jun 9th 2021, 11:30 AM

    Well done to the Hungarian supporters for calling out this kneeling nonsense by overpaid, over rated virtue signalling prima donnas

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    Mute Graham Manning
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    Jun 9th 2021, 11:46 AM

    @Slafella: nah, they were just being predictably racist.

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    Jun 9th 2021, 11:51 AM

    @Graham Manning: nah, when everybody you disagree with is a racist, it just cheapens the term.

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    Jun 9th 2021, 1:09 AM

    I thought there were positive signs in that performance. Iโ€™d of preferred Kenny to start Manning ahead of McClean. James is on his last legs for me and we need to see some nee blood out on the left. Cullen and Knight could be in that midfield for years to come. Molumby needs to progress quicker and heโ€™s be in there as well. We are crying out for an outstanding creative player. Someone with just pure creative talent, not sure heโ€™s out there tho. Troy was a little lost and Idah is out of his depth. Is Keanoโ€™s kid old enough to play yet :-)

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    Jun 9th 2021, 3:55 AM

    @Ultimate FM: โ€˜Crying outโ€™? Well cry no more, you obviously need me to send you a betamax copy of me bossing the top half of the astro for my 5-aside team. I donโ€™t even celebrate my hatricks anymore, Iโ€™m all about the assists for me, I celebrate those with the old Sharpy Shuffle or Ravinelli! Regularly record 5 or 6 a game. Granted covid might see me return with a loss of 5 or 6 yards of pace, though I never really relied on my pace. It was more my wand of a right foot and ability to hold and shield the ball with my big hole so if anything lockdown will have aided that, I just hope I can get the socks up over my fat knees! Shoot on your address and Iโ€™ll post you a copy!

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    Jun 9th 2021, 7:57 AM

    @This time its personable!: Cry no moreโ€ฆ. Sounds like weโ€™ve found our savior ?!

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    Jun 9th 2021, 9:28 AM

    @Ultimate FM: agreed on Idah for sure.. Havent seen anything from him in a Senior green Jersey so far that would ear mark him as future #9.

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    Jun 9th 2021, 2:30 PM

    @Ultimate FM: glad you talked about the match lol

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    Jun 9th 2021, 9:18 AM

    Players donโ€™t get it, the very people they wanna stop racially abusing are loving this, they see ads about racism or players taking the knee and its like fuel to the fire. To these people the world is too PC, they think the odd racial remarks online or a sexist comment about say womenโ€™s sport or players is just โ€œbanterโ€, so they continue to push back and rally others. You wanna stop this, hit them where it hurts, their precious teams either at club or international level. Bring in threats of stadium closures for big games, points deductions or expulsion from big tournaments, and the tune will change fast, cos other fans will have to step in them and stop these people.

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    Jun 9th 2021, 10:05 AM

    @Michael Healy: how much football money comes from sweatshop based companiesโ€™ merchandise or sponsorship deals? Can a Nike backed player honestly complain about any kind of injustice without appearing hypocritical in the extreme while contributing to the very oppression they are busy complaining about. Forget taking the knee. Drop the sponsor and see what this might do.

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    Jun 9th 2021, 10:33 AM

    @alan: I agree the hypocrisy is strong in football, the whine about the European super league and its money, yet the TV companies have helped divide football football even more financially, they do social media blackouts yet wonโ€™t spend even a fraction of the money on stopping online abuse as they do on stopping illegal streams to protect their billion euro investmentโ€ฆPeople canโ€™t understand football is a business and entertainment industry before sport, so morals and the rest have gone out the window years ago

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    Jun 9th 2021, 11:49 AM

    @Michael Healy: agree totally. Taking the knee brings these contradictions into sharp focus. Iโ€™d much rather people argued about this contradictions rather than about whether it is right or wrong to take the knee which, in the context you are talking about, is little more than a distraction from the real underlying problems.

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    Jun 10th 2021, 8:18 AM

    @alan: โœ”

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    Jun 9th 2021, 2:28 PM

    Im not racist but this kneeling stuff is cringe annoying making things worse

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    Jun 9th 2021, 11:47 AM

    Bazunu gets the nod over Kelleher. Seriously. I wouldnโ€™t have thought so. Kelleher looks to me to be the real deal. He has to Irelandโ€™s no.1 for the next few years. He is outstanding.

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    Jun 9th 2021, 11:15 AM

    Until Ireland get some soccer players ( a team full of immigrants will do) that have learned how to hold onto the ball against even moderate opposition like Hungary and score the odd goal (a boring draw is not a victory) I find watching Eastenders more entertaining than watching Ireland try to play soccer.

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    Jun 9th 2021, 11:30 AM

    @Richard Mccarthy: I think football in general has alot more boring matches than entertaining ones these days

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    Jun 9th 2021, 9:26 AM

    A country that repeatedly elected Urban is racist as hell??? What a shock.

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    Jun 9th 2021, 11:31 AM

    Thought Knight had a great 2nd half

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    Jun 9th 2021, 11:07 PM

    Bit of a one sided take on the booing. Maybe the Hungarian fans just have less tolerance for B S.

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