HENRY SHEFFLIN SAYS Donal Óg Cusack’s famous ‘Stepford Wives’ label for the Kilkenny hurlers did an injustice to the black and amber.
The now-retired Cats legend launched his book this weekend and appeared on the Late Late Show last night where he insisted he didn’t buy the description of Brian Cody’s team as robots.
“When he first said it I wasn’t quite sure to be honest,” Shefflin told Ryan Tubridy. “I was at a media event actually and I asked the lads to turn off the recorders and they kind of gave me a sense of it and I was like, right fair enough, that’s his opinion.
“But it was actually when I was sitting down at home with Deirdre in the sitting room one evening and I turned on the show and the ladies were going around like robots and it clicked with me what he was making reference too.
“And I text one of my colleagues Tommy Walsh, who was a fiery divil himself, and said ‘I see we’re on the telly’. And he text back very quickly: ‘I see so, and there’ll be an answer for that later on in the year.’
“What [Cusack] meant was… we were rivals on the field definitely. We were competing to be the best at that moment in the early 2000s. They were an excellent team and we were an excellent team as well. But I suppose our paths just crossed and went different ways then.
“They obviously had their own issues with the county board and within the GAA structure down there. We had no such issues. And they obviously went on strike and they felt we didn’t support them and that caused a tension between both sides.”
He continued: “Would there be a respect there absolutely? But there definitely was a tension. I wouldn’t say it was unpleasant but it wasn’t friendly. Because I must say with the GAA community, we play, the spectators are sitting together, when the match is over we respect each other, and go off and have drinks.
“We’d have healthy rivalry with Tipperary but that wasn’t there with Cork at that time. Because they felt we didn’t support them.
“The Stepford Wives thing I just don’t buy at all. It did an injustice to the Kilkenny hurling team and the supporters at that time. Donal is a very opinionated person and I’m working with him now in The Sunday Game. And he’s very good, he’s an excellent analyst because he has his opinions obviously and strong ones.”
With doping and match fixing the Olympic spirit is finished
Just looks like an alternative version of the truth !!!!
The fights were not FIXED , but an air of collusion. So in other words they were fixed. They gotta make you laugh. Bunch of jokers.
not all judges will be re-instated but no signs of collusion?
No evidence apart from what everyone saw with their own eyes
I really hope ppl didn’t believe the truth would’ve came out.
That was some investigation, the dogs on the street know that the referees and judges were obviously in collusion . Money as usual is the root of all evil.
Well sure that’s alright then…..
How to apologise without apologising.
Can’t wait to see Conlon’s debut.
I know a lad named hickey that can get tickets for it.
Tell that to Katie and Michael who were robbed
Katie wasn’t robbed, that was a 50/50 fight to call but it was hardly robbery. Conlan on the other hand….
Good on ya Michael!!! Punish the athlete for speaking the truth but as usual the cream skims away
What a shower of idiots
When you’ve got the AIBA investigating itself, it’s hardly going to make any other conclusion.
My ass, fixed, rigged, call it what u want, cheating
This is the alternative news report on Rio.do they think people are stupid.
Smoke screen!!!
Total cop out. It either was or wasn’t. More likely the former.
And that’s an alternative face
Fact
Remember the President of Brazil was put into power thanks to the CIA, it makes you think?
What a load of crap. Pure corruption
Complete joke
It’s called an air of collusion so no one is brought to task over it.
Olympics is no longer he’ll in high esteem.
Held in high esteem ( pretext f up )