Eimear Ryan: I was willing Ashling Thompson's last puck to go over
JUMPING FOR JOY: Kilkenny captain Aoife Prendergast, left, celebrates with the O'Duffy Cup and teammates after their side's victory over Cork. Pic: Seb Daly/Sportsfile
Like most neutrals, I was willing Ashling Thompson’s last puck of the game to go over. I mistakenly believed that extra time would be invoked in the event of a draw, and I wasn’t ready for this pulsating, intensely physical game of camogie to be over.
But more than that – in narrative terms, it made sense. It was so difficult to separate these teams that it seemed cruel for one to have to lose. I’ve never been one of the ‘a draw was the fairest result’ brigade, but here I came close.
