Eimear Ryan: Club players have warmed up to the sight of ourselves on screen

Like Narcissus catching a glimpse of himself in a puddle, you grow enamoured of watching yourself from the same perspective as you’ve been watching your heroes on The Sunday Game for years
Eimear Ryan: Club players have warmed up to the sight of ourselves on screen

Courcey Rovers celebrate their Cork Senior Camogie title win at the final whistle. Picture: Jim Coughlan.

There has been an odd sort of glamour to this strange, foreshortened GAA season. Out from the shadow of the inter-county championships, club games are firing the popular imagination. 

The water break now facilitates talk of the ‘quarters’ in a game, giving post-match analysis a distinctly American flavour. And because of live-streaming, many club players are now, perhaps for the first time, able to watch themselves play.

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