BRENDAN MAHER’S BRILLIANT hurling season continued with another All-Ireland final appearance booked today and he hit a point to savour in the finale as his club Borris-Ileigh triumphed at the Gaelic Grounds.
Maher struck 0-10 in total in Borris-Ileigh’s 1-21 to 1-14 victory over St Thomas with the most memorable point arriving with the last white flag he raised.
Entrusted with free-taking duties during the game, the 2016 All-Ireland winning captain came forward in injury-time to shoot over the point that put the Tipperary champions in front 0-20 to 1-14.
He gestured to the sideline after that free that he needed a new hurley but remained up in attack from the resultant puck-out and when St Thomas lost possession, it was worked to the 2019 All-Star winner in the left corner where the broken hurley didn’t prevent him swinging over this glorious shot.
There are no words.... takes a free..... breaks the camán.... point goes over.... runs in to make a block on the goalie..... gets the sliotar back.... scores a point with a half a camán..... #GAABEO pic.twitter.com/r5k9MBCIex
— Maidhcí (@maidhci) January 5, 2020
Brendan Maher ! Caman briste aige agus bhí sé fós abalta é a chur thar an trasnan! @Borris_GAA @TipperaryGAA pic.twitter.com/XoA7u2WMH5
— Spórt TG4 (@SportTG4) January 5, 2020
After playing starring roles in Tipperary and Borris-Ileigh successes in 2019, Maher’s super form has continued and he’ll be central to their hopes of All-Ireland club glory when they take on Ballyhale Shamrocks in Croke Park in a fortnight.
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Brendan Maher v TJ Reid worth the admission fee alone!!!
@Conor Houlihan: they will get hammered by shamrocks though
@Dino Baggio: Shamrocks will be favourite’s but I wouldn’t write Borris off
What a point from a difficult angle with a broken hurl. Unbelievable
@kieran horgan: *Hurley
@THE BIRD: Hurley is a Surname,not a piece of a tree..
@Gerry Campbell: it is but it’s also a piece of ash that’s used in HURLING
Even when Tipp played badly last year, Brendan Maher was still one of the best half backs in the country. He is definitely one of the modern greats. He also comes across as a nice man too.
The point was good, but the desire to block down the goalie, the courage to take on the opportunity, and the unbelievable quality to finish it off, it was a privilege to watch it real-time and surreal to watch it back in highlights.
Hes up there with the truly greats of the modern era if not be best of them all.