All Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2024 (Munster And Leinster Championships,Liam McCarthy Cup)

I'd have to disagree there. All the Cork fans around me on Hill 16/ 60 were fantastic . They were alot more gracious in defeat than we tend to be in Clare. The 3 big calls went against them . The tug on Robbie O flynn in the end was blatant. Don't get me wrong now...Clare edged it in general play but the ref definately let us off some big calls. We can't give out about Limerick refs ever again.

Did Clare get a point from a free in the second half?

No.

I recall last year Donal Og after the Munster final saying a team shouldn't let a refs decision be the reason they 'could' have won a game. I assume that's why he made no story that the ref lost Cork the game. Look to other areas and improve those is what the team would be better focused on.

Swings and roundabouts and reality is better team won. Marginally.. but still the better team on the day. The talk of robbery is nonsense.

They did and that was for a player who just slipped without being touched.

The one thing worse than being beaten in the AI Final (by the better team) is having people put the boot in afterwards about being ungracious in defeat. Bloody hell.

OK we didn't get the ref's calls our way but also we shouldn't have needed them to go our way. Clare half-back line dominated, and some excellent individual pieces of play put Clare ahead.

I feel, looking back on it, that there were several moments where Cork didn't play well enough as a "team" either: where options of a good pass to a person with a better opportunity were missed. Several goal chances were missed. But on the flip side, there's no way I could have done what those players did, so no blame whatsoever: it just wasn't our day.

Same around me in the Davin. Cork fans going out of their way to congratulate the Clare fans around them. Young lads too. I was thinking fair play to them. Cork guy right beside me left in tears right after the final whistle. I felt sorry for him. He was really into it. I couldn't get any peace with the lady on the other side of me constantly on her phone - on about making dinners, and the dog, and what they were going to be doing that night. And then in and out to the bar and toilet. She was well sloshed by the end of it. She was obviously just there for the day out.

I was thinking the exact same thing. It went on for a while alright. But on the flip side, it was actually a really good speech, and had a bit of passion to it and personality - unlike when the GAA presidents have previously taken the mike.

I think everyone was calling for a replay except Clare, but is probably a cry from all hurling fans for 1 more game. It is just not natural and actually quite sad that the hurling championship is finished for another year in the height of the summer. A replay in 2 weeks time would have been great for all hurling fans but with the split season the game is locked away for another 6 months.

I hate this view that people have that it doesn't matter that a referee decides a game. As in you should have found a way to win anyways. It does matter! In a match between two very even teams, big decisions not going your way can be exactly why you lose. Cork had about 5 big calls go against them, Clare had 1 from my recollection.

I get refs want the game to be free flowing but pushes in the back, jersey tugs, swipes with the hurley etc should always be called if they're blatant.

No because the GAA unfortunately don’t use an official data provider so anything they have is in house. It’s garbage.

There’s a million ‘gaa stats’ type pages on Twitter now though (just can’t think of the names)

Did Clare make one substitution too many yesterday. Rule is five in normal time and another three in extra time.

Ryan Taylor, Ian Galvin, Aron Shanagher, Darragh Lohan and Robin Mounsey came on in normal time.

Aidan McCarthy, Cian Galvin, Shane Meehan and Seadna Morey came on in extra time.

Was any of these a blood sub or head injury assessment?

aidan mccarthy started the extra time. extra time is considered a new game so you can change the team from the start.

Clare probably would the AI in 1998 as well. But they had to give a replay because the referee Jimmy Cooney blew the final whistle too early in the AISF v Offaly, then lost it the next day.

I thought that age would go against Clare but Lohan had his tactics right. The experience in victory and defeat. Close losses. Ability to come back when down and not panic all stood for Clare and then empty the bench when fresh legs were needed. Great half back line teamwork and the performance of O Donnell. Kelly, Peter Duggan, John Conlan were amazing. I'm Cork and all the genuine Cork hurling people acknowledged the great Clare hurling yesterday. Never mind the usual whingers. Hopefully this experience in defeat will stand to them