New York hurlers are cuckoos come home to roost

The US outfit parachuting into the Lory Meagher Cup has been criticised.

MANHATTAN PROJECT: New York manager Ritchie Hartnett. Pic: Tyler Miller/Sportsfile

Like a cuckoo in a reed warbler’s nest, New York’s hurlers are pushing out the native eggs in the Lory Meagher Cup.

First to fall was Monaghan who they budged in last Saturday’s semi-final having received a bye to that stage of the competition, much to the chagrin of Monaghan manager Arthur Hughes.