All Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2023 ( Munster And Leinster Championships,Liam McCarthy Cup)

I think you need to put away your soccer rule book. There is no such protection for a goalie in GAA. Once the ball is there to be won you're entitled to go for it. The ball was even over the bar before contact was made.

I called out blatant cardable fouls. The quaid incident wasn't even a foul. I dont care which side committed them. I have no dog in the fight and couldn't care less who won it.

Fifth goal for Tipp... That should seal the win for them

Exciting stuff in ennis, both defences looked poor, clare goalkeeper had an nightmare debut and looked nervous. Tipp clinical in front of goal. Clare wasteful, missed lots of chances, Aidan McCarthy outstanding Tony Kelly never got going.

Thought the first one was for a high hit, marginally high, which he did complain to the ref about,

In that case mouthing off is not an auful reason to get a yellow so maybe justified

^ totally agree on the handpasses

and that for player safety the Flanagan incident should be a red card

he didn’t even get a yellow so maybe ref just missed it (and all the officials of course)

Good effort by Waterford in fairness. They could have won today. In fairness Davy had them well prepared. If you are going to catch Limerick on a given day you need to do it early in championship. They will be hard to beat the longer it goes on.

The doctor got a yellow, not sure for what. The fella who threw the punch seemed to be a Waterford official who sneaked from the dugout, struck Hegarty and sneaked back in. In fairness to the other Waterford officials and Davy, they all seemed to be making an effort to stop any escalation and get the game flowing again. It was just one sneak involved.

As somebody has stated elsewhere, imagine if an official struck Lee Chin. It would be front page news for a week.

Different media outlets have it as different things. Some say backroom, mentor or doctor so sorry if I was wrong on doctor but it's still a disgrace.

The waterford offical who got red should have a hefty ban imposed whoever he is. If it happened outside the stadium he could be arrested and charged.

Waterford should take the lead and kick him to touch for at least the rest of the season, no further involvement with county teams for 12 months at the very least. If they dont take that step then Croke park should ban him for 2 years.

The GAA goes on continually about respect, kids are always told to respect players, officals, coaches and refs, parents and spectators are told to respect everyone and this is a perfect example of where they should (but probably wont) impose a sanction that is fitting of the cheap, sneaky dig that he threw.

Fair play to the officials for identifying and punishing him, and he laughing and smiling after the red was shown. That kind of cretin should be nowhere near the games.