Brave Wee County stand tall for victory

ONE can imagine the pundits dismissing this game as a carnival showpiece, such was the freedom afforded to the forwards on both sides, but you’d have to be a real crank not to have been entertained by this stupefying game.

Everything about it was astonishing. Louth’s half-time tally of 14 points. Their final tally. Kildare’s inability to defend with even a semblance of authority. The class they showed in short bursts when looking like finally imposing themselves. The fact that Louth were able to repel their more vaunted opponents three times to claim victory.

This was the type of open game we don’t get to see that often and if the analysts are critical of some of the dour encounters that are more common in the contemporary game, they can’t have it every way.