IT’S DOMINATED THE Sunday night viewing since May but tonight there is no Sunday Game on our TV screens to round off the sporting weekend.
Love it or hate it, it’s a constant of the Irish sporting summer.
So what better time to reflect on some of the moments to remember from the 2013 season?
Here’s 15 moments to remember, including a couple from The Saturday Game thrown in for good measure.
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MAY
15. Colm O’Rourke’s description of his fellow panellist
14. Joe Brolly on Armagh’s Paul Grimley – ‘Their manager is clueless’
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13. Joe admonishing Pat and Colm for their Connacht quarter-final prediction
12. Eamonn O’Hara gives his views on Kevin Walsh after Sligo’s loss to London
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JUNE
11. Ger Loughnane’s description of the Dublin hurlers in Wexford Park
10. Lee Chin hangs out in RTE after a weekend playing for both Wexford teams
9. Donal Óg Cusack’s proposal for an Ulster team in the hurling championship
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8. Pat Spillane’s on ‘spoofers’ and ‘bluffers’ in Gaelic football
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7. London footballers celebrate by singing a Chumbawamba song
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JULY
6. The great promo before the Munster senior hurling final
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5. Jim McGuinness claims his Donegal players are being targeted
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4. Joe Brolly on Sean Cavanagh and THAT tackle
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AUGUST
3. Davy’s pre-match interview before Clare’s battle with Limerick
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SEPTEMBER
2. The Sunday Game’s Football Team of the Year
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1. The Sunday Game’s Top 10 moments of the hurling season
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All screengrabs from RTE
What was your favourite moment from The Sunday Game this year? Let us know in the comments section below
Mcdaids performance should be lauded the same way as Clifford’s and Walsh’s. Actually think mcdaid should get player of the year.
@Barry Newell: Mcdaid was unbelievable yesterday, MOTM for me.
@Barry Newell: Yes indeed, I’ve watched McDaid since the CShip started, He was excellent in every match . Scored Four points yesterday from Midfield- he is a powerhouse . Just a pity they have a habit of giving Man of the Match to the winning side. There was a case for JOINT Man of the Match there yesterday , — Walsh gave an exhibition .
I think everyone was expecting Kerry to annihilate Galway yesterday BUT Galway were brilliant. They might have been second best but that only happened when things began to unravel near the end. They have the tools and talent and have obviously bonded well that it is now only a matter of working on the finer points of the game before they start collecting several Sam’s over the coming years. As a Dub, I cannot help but admire the resilience of that Kerry team and even though they beat Galway and Dublin, in the game of the year, given their ‘resources’, I expected them to be more convincing against both Congratulations to both Kerry and Galway on a brilliant game and the real winners in the future will be the fans. I hope the Ulster teams will learn from these displays, get rid of ‘ possession football’ and incorporate the hidden skills they obviously have.
@Barrycelona: an Ulster team won Sam just 11 months ago or did that slip your mind
@Barrycelona: it might have Been because I was hungover but I thought the game was crap. Virtually no atmosphere for long periods and possession seemed to be what we were watching for the most part. Soft fouls as well are terrible to watch. I hate to back up hurling snobs but it’s such a better game to watch now.
Walsh was clear MOTM match IMO – even better than brilliant Clifford
Mayo next year me thinks?
Barrycelona Kerry had 14 men in their own half for much of the game it appears that they have adopted the Ulster way. One very bad Refereeing decision yesterday at a vital time in the game.
@Kevin Byrne: 2 very bad decisions in quick succession. Both teams scored from the frees so evened out.
A dour affair, we were all spoiled by the silky skills of the Dublin six-in-a-row team. Maybe next year.
@Jim O’Sullivan: are ya catching much lately Jim. Great time for fishing.
Rule is 4 steps – 7 or 8 by Walsh for one great point that should have been disallowed