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Yep, that is a big issue. Rounds of the football league scheduled for the night before an intercounty game is a big one. Hurlers dropped from football team if they dont attend. It happened to my son, in reverse , where hurling manager scheduled challenge matches to clash with football championship matches. This was within one club in a hurling dominant county. He was dropped from hurling team for playing the football. He and 2 others. The rest went to the hurling but the 3 felt they couldn't because they were on county football squads. They only got minutes from bench after that. We didnt get out of the group but won the football. Ironically the hurling manager is a former dual player and the football manager is a current hurler. Gaa politics.
Tadhg2020 (Limerick) - Posts: 66 - 09/03/2026 16:34:21 2660698 Link 0 |
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That's desperate. There's been lots of similar in Dublin over the years. In 2010 Rory O'Carroll who was fine hurler was basically told that if he played in an under 20 Leinster hurling final - which we won - he might forget about playing senior football for Dublin. We won Leinster and lost semi final to Galway. So Rory missed a Leinster final and was a big loss. Ironically the football manager was Gilroy who later managed the senior hurling team. It was one time i seriously considered stopping going to watch the footballers. You could write a book about it back to 1920s. BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 4060 - 09/03/2026 16:58:02 2660703 Link 0 |