CROKE PARK WILL no longer host this year’s Walsh Cup final after Wexford and Galway mutually agreed to double the fixture up with their Allianz Hurling League clash at Chadwicks Wexford Park instead.
The two sides had already been set to meet there on 4 February, and while the Walsh Cup showpiece was due to be the curtain raiser for the NFL Division 2 meeting of Dublin and Kildare at GAA headquarters, the two counties have come to an arrangement over the matter to avoid fixture congestion.
It means they will not line out at Croke Park this weekend, with just the one clash in a week’s time.
Elsewhere, Tipperary footballer Robbie Kiely has announced his inter-county retirement having won Munster medals with the county at senior level in 2020 and U21 level in 2010.
He was wing-back for that historic first senior football title in 85 years.
Tipperary have named Conor Sweeney as their team captain this season with Steven O’Brien the vice-captain. They play Down next Saturday 28 January in their opening Division 3 Allianz football league game.
Tipperary boss David Power praised Kiely’s contribution to the county’s football fortunes.
“Robbie was one of our greatest and most talented players. He was pleasure to work with, a player that hugely contributed to Tipperary football. His starring role at half back in the Munster final win of 2020 set him apart. After making his senior debut in 2011 he deservedly received an All Star nomination in 2016.
“His commitment was such that he frequently travelled the byroads of Ireland, mostly from West Cork to Thurles, making four-round trips to and from training, to wear the Tipperary football jersey.
“I was delighted that I had opportunity to manage him and wish him well in his retirement. He leaves Tipperary football with great memories.”
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Let the black card witch-hunt begin. Lead by the masters of cynical play Tyrone, big surprise!
Donegal not happy with it neither that’s their game plan out the window
Dublin won an All Ireland with it, Mayo did it to them the year before. Nobody is innocent here, Harte’s Tyrone got 3 All Irelands by playing in the rules of the game it’s up to the rest to put it up to them as all teams play with the same rules.
are you saying dublin won a championship with cynical play?
No, I’m saying Dublin played by the rules of the sport to win, Mayo did the same to get to two All Irelands and Tyrone did it to tie for Team of the Decade. You play to win or you don’t want it badly enough Paul.
I think the black card will effect Donegal and Tyrone more beacuse they play on the edge I dont agree with the blackcard anyway as if a incident is bad enough to send a player off its a redcard
Still think, given time, it will be positive. There’ll always be mistakes made, but you can see that body checking the third man runner has already been stamped out.
It was a poor decision from Goldrick, no getting away from it.
Coldrick made a mistake – get over it! The black card is a great idea for the first 65 minutes of a match – teams will still do what it takes to get a win so I can still see lads getting dragged down, etc. Being able to replace only the first 3 black cards helps in this regard.
You shouldn’t be able to replace a black carded player in the last 5 mins.
Yeah 2 people who argued against it before it was introduced saying the same thing after it has led to confusion.. can’t wait until further controversies effect your own teams and we then have you all backing the black card and not being critical of officials or rules at all as its only a tyrone and donegal thing obviously. ..
First Mickey heart, now Peter Canavan.
they see the writing on the wall daragh the two blackcards should have been redcards