Royals quickest to shake off the cobwebs
This being the first weekend of the GAA year, it was an afternoon liberally sprinkled with errant passes and much huffing and puffing. That all three yellow cards handed out were received for inadvertent ‘clotheslines’ was proof of just how far bodies and minds were out of synch.
Seasoned vets were as prone to mistakes as ruddy-cheeked youngsters, of which there were many on view and for whom an O’Byrne Cup game in front of a sparse attendance was the highlight of their nascent careers.
