COMMENTS BY BRIAN CODY in the wake of Kilkenny’s All-Ireland hurling final reply win over Tipperary did not constitute “misconduct considered to have discredited” the GAA.
A meeting of the Central Disciplinary Committee judged that the comments by Cody – when he claimed Barry Kelly’s decision in the drawn game to award a late free that nearly yielded a winning score for Tipperary was “criminal” – did not warrant any further action by the organisation.
However, the 10-time All-Ireland winning manager has been warned as to his future conduct in media interviews.
The statement from An Lár Choiste Éisteachta reads:
“At a Hearing in Páirc an Chrócaigh last night, An Lár Choiste Éisteachta considered comments attributed to Briain Mac Óda in the national media did not constitute misconduct considered to have discredited the Association. However, Briain Mac Óda was warned as to his future conduct in media interviews.”
The CDC did hand down a 24-week suspension to an Armagh fan for his part in the brawl that marred the start of his county’s clash with Cavan in the Ulster SFC.
Correct decision. They made a mountain out of a molehill investigating it. They should have been investigating Kelly and his team of mute umpires.
Disgrace, like his team. Cheat to win and happy to do so.
Slapping helmets, playing the hurl not the ball constantly, choping charging … Etc etc etc etc etc.
Sour grapes much,best hurling team of my life time…..end of story…..I’d rather have 7/8/9/10 all Ireland medals in my back pocket that be remembered for winning sfa.And that’s coming from a neutral by the way
The begrudgery is strong in this one…
I’d say you’d be great craic noon girl!
Kilkenny abú!
A cheater’s medal is worth NOTHING!
At Meehan !
Everything you listed can be seen in every game played in every club/county
Lol see you know nothing about hurling .. Lol try watch a game and then comment as seeing by your comment you must hv never seen a game other than a junior match .. Lol . Stupid comment
So 56 people think it’s ok to cheat at sports! Nice!
No Flash, 56 people think you’re talking shite
Dave, a lot can be seen in any club match that you would never like to see on any pitch, some of the club refs are beyond hilarious. But your actually right, gavin reminds me of one of those club refs
In saying that you would want to get your head examined wanting to referee hurling or football in this country, referees are treated like dirt, and I honestly can’t understand why anyone would do it. You look at the absolute respect that is given to rugby referees, and then you see referees in GAA getting locked up in boots, been attacked after matches, managers attacking them, Sunday game so called analysts attacking them, berated from all sides by keyboard warriors, seriously why would anyone in their right mind do it? The fact of the matter is that we would have no games without referees, and high time we remembered this. Also worth remembering that the first game between Tipp and Kilkenny was the greatest game of hurling ever, and Barry Kelly played a major part in this. Yes his decision to award Tipp a free was somewhat dubious, but he saw it as he called it, and that is his entitlement as a top class referee.
Horrible comment ….
Good Girl Pa From the GAA were you dropped on your head as a child?
Cheaters are OK with you.
Tell that to the guys/girls who come second I’m sure they will agree with you . Cheat at sport and you will cheat at everything in life !
Cheaters my bo11ox. Its only the very few like yourself that give tipp supporters a name for being sore loosers. Most tipp people i know have let this one go by now as one that got away. Its going to a long winter flash, holding onto the hurt. But it makes the win all the sweeter for us.
Nice try Pa but I’m not Tipp
well wherever you’re from, shouting ‘cheat’ everytime kilkenny win is sad and should be confined to the school yard. We’re deserving champions again and whoever beats us next year will do it by hurling and not by moaning.
What’s this about using Irish names in GAA statements ?. Why don’t they issue their statements entirely in Irish ?.
Without doubt the greatest hurling manager of all time. His achievements in hurling will never be equaled. And any questions on how his teams play the game are rubbish – playing on the edge is part and parcel of any great team in any sport. BUT……………. he let himself down very badly with his comments. End of!
Because not enough of the population would understand it. It is a public statement after all.
Maurice its ridiculous, Cody is clearly a non gaélic name and to somehow gaélicise is pathetic
No not end of , the GAA have now let down all their referees by bottling this and now it’s open season on the men with the hardest jobs,cowardly disloyal decision again from HQ.
Cody is a real professional, a legend will we ever see his likes again
Cody has been instrumental in evolving the game closer to football.. pulling, dragging, hunting in packs. For me last year’s all Irelands had way more actual hurling as opposed to Cody’s grim vision of “manly” hurling. It was a breath of fresh air
Haha u obviously didn’t see the first All Ireland this year, 31 points each, ya it was a terrible game, u are bang on!
As for Cody’s comments, storm in a teacup, it was a shocking decision from Kelly in the final minute to decide a cracking game.
Can’t believe I defended Kelly all week prior to the game, thought he wouldn’t try and do em after what happened last year with Shefflin but I was wrong!
Also no one talks about all the help Cody does in his spare time promoting the game in the smaller counties for little or no money, that won’t make the headlines!
If Tipp had him as manager in the last 15 years, safe to say they would have won more than just 2 All Ireland’s!
A legend and he’s not finished yet.
I’ll give ya 1 guess why the first all Ireland was more open with so many scores.. yep that’s right, coz it was refereed by a fit, strong independent ref.. Mr Kelly
Have to agree An Beal Bocht. Gavin lets too much pulling and dragging go and is well behind the game. Ruined the 2011 final. Cody was entitled to his opinion and had nothing to answer for. Heat of the moment stuff and as someone said above appears all over the place to present medal to underage hurling and footballers and won’t take a cent for it. Does more good than harm. wish the championship was staring on Sunday again(maybe this time we would beat the cats)
How about there was more scores in the first game because the Kilkenny backs held their positions and let their men have the freedom of Croke Park. In the replay they went man for man and Tipp forwards hardly got a sniff! Crediting Kelly with all the scores, haha!
Kilkenny got lucky with Power holding the hurl for their 2nd goal but Larkin got rugby tackled, free given other way (2 point swing), Power got his helmet nearly pulled off, not even a yellow, gave Tipp 2 penalties they shouldn’t have got and the ridiculous last free.
Hopefully the rumours are true and he won’t ref a high profile game again, he won’t be missed.
He may be a legend and the greatest manager in the history of the GAA, but he is also a bully who thinks that he is above reproach.
You never said a truier word. Brian is a true Ledge. We will never see his like again Kilkenny Abu. From a Mooncoin fan.
James, decisions in all sports go both ways. Only conspiracy theory nuts think that certain referees favour certain teams. However some referees do apply the rules to varying degrees of accuracy and stringency. Kk under Cody have perfected a particular brand of on-the-edge cynicism that only the likes of Kelly has the pace and meticulousness to stamp it out in the first 5 – 10 mins. As Michael kavanagh admitted, they’re trained to see what they can get away with in the first few minutes. How about actually playing within the rules???
The facts are there, look at the decisions, what has this ‘on the edge’ sh!te that u mention got to do with continuous bad calls he makes? It’s not one or 2 games. If he is so quick to keep up with the game, why wasn’t the Tipp defender at least yellow carded for nearly ripping off Powers helmet? Why didn’t he see Tipps penalties were outside the square? How did he make out Hogan was charging?
Ah come on, do I need to go on? Laughable trying to defend him.
Why did he go over to Shefflin a few years back in the club game when he was lying in pain with a broken ankle, wouldn’t let the medical staff on, let the game continue, pulled him by the jersey and told him ‘Get up ta f#ck, ur always down’. This was well documented on local radio.
Dunno what Kelly’s problem is with Kilkenny but however hard he tries, he cant stop em winning All Ireland’s!
Whoa, sounds like conspiracy theory nuttiness to me. Can’t engage with that. Ya the ref has it in for ye for some reason! Did you not see the amount of cynical fouling left go by gavin in replay as highlighted on Sunday game for all the country to see. He couldn’t run to warm himself. He’s an embarrassment. The penalty he gave to tipp wasn’t a pen. So how could you expect him to keep up with the sly kk tactics. He was exposed majorly in the drawn all Ireland last year. You don’t get majorly biased referees. They’re trying to do their best. It’s just some are obviously better, faster and fitter than others.
Are u serious? How about Kelly with the exact same call, only his were outside the box and he gave both of em! So he was able to keep up with it, just made wrong calls unsurprisingly, is that it whereas Gavin was not able for the pace of it? Keep digging, ur nearly 6 foot under!
Refs get decisions wrong routinely in every sport every day of the week. Nothing we can do about that. At least let’s have guys who can run, don’t have beer bellies and don’t look like they’re about to have a heart attack with an eye for detail. It’s a big enough pitch to cover for just 1 man. If Cody wants to say something to that effect then great. ‘Nuff with the deluded paranoid bullying and attempted influencing of individuals.
He wasn’t charged because he spoke the truth. Tipp are a great team, as are KK , Limerick, Clare, etc – a lot of games could have gone either way this year, that’s the beauty of hurling and it would have been a disgrace for the ref to have decided this final or any other game based on inconsistent or non sense calls instead of one of the 30 odd awesome hurlers, that entertain us from February to September every year, deciding it with a piece of brilliance instead.
Very well said
I couldn’t disagree more, it would have been very interesting to see what Cody’s reaction would have been had Kelly say awarded the free to Kilkenny, and Kilkenny had scored from it. Would he have then bullied any interviewers who asked his opinion on the awarding of the free, like he did in 2009 with Marty Morrisey, when Kilkenny got awarded a soft penalty? Kilkenny have got away with plenty of calls over the years, so for Cody to get on his high horse after they had actually won (not lost) the All Ireland beggars belief, and I lost a lot of respect for him after that outburst. The GAA as per usual bottled it, had it been anybody else apart from Cody, they would have thrown the book at him. Cody is a bully in the mould of Alex Ferguson, there is no doubt that he is the greatest manager in the history of the GAA, but that should and does not give him the right to try and bully referees.. However since he is Brian Cody he can pretty much say what he wants, and the GAA as per usual will do nothing.
Oh my good god.Listen………………….ITS HIS OPINION!!understand?he is human,and bullying the referee??How is he bullying the referee,it was an off the cuff quick fire interview the day after the all ireland in a hotel lobby.Like how he is bullying the ref is beyond me.He is saying what he thinks and is right to.But the bit where yout saying its ciz he’s cody he gets away with it…………..I have never heard a bigger lie in me life,like i have nothing against Davy Fitz but look at the way he reacts!!Oh and he totally gets punished for his actions like every single other manager in the GAA.In fact,this must be the first time I have heard bout a GAA manager being brought to a hearing about what he said(as if Cody was saying something disgraceful and should be brought to justice)Like cmon man,think before you post something like that.Id be a big KK fan but even if Eamon Ryan,Lar or JBM said stuff like that everyine would just say yeah….no and move on
The difference is Jbm wouldn’t say it. Seamus Darby pushed his man and scored that faithful goal against kerry. Afterwards micko just said; the better team won
Oh take off the black and amber tinted glasses for gods sake Emma, Cody knew exactly what he was doing, this was not a comment blurted out in anger straight after a match, he had three weeks to think about this, and was basically marking Kelly’s card for next season. Kilkenny of the last 15 years are the greatest team(s) to ever play the game of hurling, and Cody is the greatest manager of all time, but yes there is no doubt that he gets away with things because of who he is. Alex Ferguson was also a master of it, referees rarely gave big decisions against his team, and the same could be said for Kilkenny. Barry Kelly made one big call against Kilkenny, and look what happened him, he gets castigated by Cody after they WIN the All Ireland.
One big call? Have u been watching any hurling over the last 3/4 years. He gave Galway a draw for a blatant dive in 2012, sent off Richie power and shefflin last year in 2 games for practically nothing along with this years joke decision.
That’s 4 pretty big calls he got all wrong not to mention the usual crap he gets up to in games. This has been brewing for a long time.
As the saying goes, a good referee is never noticed, can that be said about Kelly? I don’t think so.
Unfortunately the way kk play the game under Cody, the ref has to stamp his authority on the game
Haha are u trying to say then that Kelly is the only decent ref in the Gaa to be able to see the dirt from players like Richie Hogan, Tj Reid, Fennellys, Murphy, JJ, Padraig Walsh etc. Hint, they might be better players than the opposition!
Ur dead right, Hogan was real dirty in the first game, Tipp player lucky to be uninjured after his dirt late in the game, or Larkin for been rugby tackled and gives a free the other way. It needs a real strong ref for that. Haha cop yourself on whatever your name is!
You just don’t get it, it’s not wild swings or obvious dirty play, it’s what everyone is talking about that Cody has brought to the game; the cumulative effect of sly cynical play. It’s the Tommy Walsh special of the butt into the back of the helmet, the spare hand on the shoulder or arm or the elbow across the face before the ball comes in. It’s the niggly stuff that has blighted football and Cody has slowly brought it to hurling. One of his “great” legacies. Kilk have always had plenty of pure hurlers. The likes of cha Fitz and Charlie Carter. But they didn’t necessarily fit Codys “manly” vision.
Haha shows how much u know. Carter was well finished by that stage, just because Gowran won the county title he felt he was entitled to start which he wasn’t like Lester Ryan this year.
As for Cha, Cody gave him the choice in 2008, lift the pint or lift the cup for 3 ina row. Think everyone knows what Cha chose and good luck to him. With Mick Fennelly waiting in the wings, don’t think he was badly missed!
He couldn’t referee an under 14 match. There are a lot of good referees he isn’t one of them. Brian Cody is the best manager in the country and hasn’t he proved it year after year I wish Limerick had him.
Talking rot again beal…it’s a pity you don’t point to the really cynical challenges that have happened over the past number of years, career-ending sort of stuff, ask Michael Rice and TJ Reid but you never heard them complaining…I’m here playing a tiny violin for you, the more you post the clearer your agenda but what’s also clear is you know SFA about hurling
Of course he wasn’t charged. Last time I checked be right wasn’t against the rules.
It’s for the love of the game Ya know the love of the game and the hunger Ya know the hunger and the love of the game Brian the hunger and the love of the game. All them GAA lads do be starvin for the hunger and the love of the game Ya know ya know.
Lol
Ah sure he had the fire in the belly that day dya know. He was hungrier than the other lads dya know.
You sound like a Tipp man dya know
Why is it that Managers cannot critique referees without being charged with some offence. Surely he has a right to voice an opinion
Noongirl Fiveoclockshadow…. Will ya ever lie down!!!
This sends out the wrong message Cody thinks he is bigger than the game as do the Kilkenny County Board.
You obviously never heard any Tom,Dick or Harry after a match giving out about the ref,forget about managers saying stuff like that.You are just saying stuff like that about Cody because he is Brian Cody.Look at Davy Fitz…….does a dance on the sidelines and people just say “ah he wears his heart on his sleeve”.+7,8,9 All Irelands I doubt people would still be saying that.It was pure tripe off the cuff in a sit down interview the day after the all ireland he was saying like any other GAA person to grace this earth
What Davy gets slaughtered for his petty behaviour and rightly so.
He some man for giving the the linesmen a lapdance!!
Nobody says about Davy, ah he wears his heart on his sleeve. They say he’s juvenile, petty and to be honest a bit of an embarrassment when he behaves like that
Who’s Tom, dick and Harry? And why should managers behave any way similarly to them?
Codys achievements can be acknowledged but in my opinion he has dragged hurling in to a cynical state over reliant on physical strength. Kilrenny had so many talented player’s, it was hardly necessary to do it. He definitely gets away with far more than any other manager .
Cathal if you think that Kilkenny are more physical than Tipp , Galway , Limerick etc you haven’t been watching the same games as I have , all of the top inter county teams are physical , the best All Irelands of the last 10 years have been the KK vs Tipp ones
Mike IMO Tipp played the nicer brand of hurling , but that said you couldn’t question Kilkenny character and talent. As regards other counties playing physical game , more or less following Kilkennys example which happens all the time
His comments were ill-judged and reflected poorly on him in my view but hardly justified a ban.
Unless he’s alleging corrupt bias then what is the point of having a go at an amateur referee?
You never hear managers criticizing referees for making mistakes in their own team’s favour.
A lot of Kilkenny haters on here again !!! It’s getting boring now …. Brian Cody is a gent and a great hurling man who gives loads of his spare time promoting the sport in other counties !!! These bully comments are unjust
Jeez is the man supposed to be beyond any reproach altogether?! Okay he managed a lot of teams to alot of victories but it certainly don’t make him a saint, far from it in fact. Actually there seems to be a lot of apologists and yes men/women on this site
that is great stuff, noon girl. your knowledge of hurling is breathtaking. obviously you played yourself. fado fado in eireann, in a green and pleasant land when sporting behaviour of all kinds was in abundance. and there was a lovely cup of tea for the fairest boy at the end. served by comely maidens….
the naivety is hilarious.
Red thumb me all u want,truth hurts….
Brian Cody is the alex ferguson of hurling and alex is a Richard cranium
A discrace that you can slander someone and get away with it (whether it was a free or not). His day will come. As for a fan getting a 24 month ban, while 30 players kicked 7 colours of shite out of each other, with no sanctions being handed out! #typical
If he had such a big grievance with the decision,he could have talked to the referees committee,instead of which he publicly gave the referee both barrels.The GAA has a massive problem when it comes to respecting officials and stuff like this doesn’t help.
Horrible man, his team take after him
It’s open season next year, you can say what you like about referees and the GAA can’t charge any manager.
Barry kelly made an honest decision and Brian Cody describes it as a “criminal” decision.
The GAA ought to be ashamed of themselves tonight they bottled it and have refs job a lot harder if not impossible to ref Kilkenny games knowing Cody can say what he likes and get away with it.
Most of ye would not know a hurl from a golf club. Entitled to your opinions but ye know nothing about hurling. Or most definitely ye never played the game
Cody’s got a lot of class but it’s all low.
Is there drug testing during the winter of gaa players?