Anthony Daly: If we have to have penalties there might be a better way
Blackrock players Kevin O'Keeffe and Cathal Cormack putting pressure on Seamus Harnedy, Imokilly in their Co-Op Superstores Premier SHC match at SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork. Pic: Dan Linehan
As I was walking out of Cusack Park yesterday evening after the Inagh-Kilnamona versus Sixmilebridge Clare semi-final, I got talking to my great friend and former Clare team-mate, Jim McInerney, about the compelling drama that had just unfolded. It was an enthralling afternoon’s entertainment but Jim wanted more of it – just not yesterday evening, but next week.
Jim, like many people in the GAA, just doesn’t like penalties. I’d agree with him but only to a point. Cusack Park doesn’t have floodlights. If it had, maybe a replay on Wednesday night would be a fairer proposition. On the other hand, Jason and Aidan McCarthy are due to play a senior football football semi-final with Kilmurry-Ibrickane against Cratloe next Saturday, with a handful more of their team-mates involved with Ennistymon in the other semi-final against Éire Óg on Sunday.
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