Schools rugby

Tempers flare as Clongowes prevail


LEINSTER SCHOOLS JUNIOR CUP QUARTER-FINALS: Clongowes 32 Pres Bray 18: THE SIGHT of an ambulance entering the field of play is never a nice one, but it occurred just 10 minutes after the final whistle at Lakelands after Clongowes had kept their hopes of a Senior and Junior Cup double alive with a strong display. Tempers flared late on, with the result already decided, and two brawls erupted. After the game, Pres Bray number eight Cormac O’Donoghue was taken to hospital for treatment.
The events marred what had been an exciting encounter.

I believe that this young lad was the victim of an eye gouging incident. I have no doubt if it happened at a GAA game it would have had more 'prominent' media coverage.

Poor young lad. Hopefully he'll have a speedy recovery.

Have some people lost all respect for each other? To resort to violence is an incredible loss of human dignity. To resort to violence over a match, with the result being an ambulance and an injured person is something beyond crazy.

I hope he makes a speedy recovery, and I hope the people who started the attack get dealt with speedily too.

**** that done the gouging should get his own two gouged to see how he likes it - disgraceful act of cowardice - hope the lad is ok.

I think this game was on Sentanta the other day (was Johnny Sextons younger brother playing in this game???) - they pitch they played on was pure clay not a blade of grass to be seen, i didnt watch all of it as i turned over to TG4 to watch Tipp lose a match that according to Sami they should have won

bocerty wrote:**** that done the gouging should get his own two gouged to see how he likes it - disgraceful act of cowardice - hope the lad is ok.

I think this game was on Sentanta the other day (was Johnny Sextons younger brother playing in this game???) - they pitch they played on was pure clay not a blade of grass to be seen, i didnt watch all of it as i turned over to TG4 to watch Tipp lose a match that according to Sami they should have won

EXPECTED to win, expected

Jayo Cluxton wrote:Tempers flare as Clongowes prevail


LEINSTER SCHOOLS JUNIOR CUP QUARTER-FINALS: Clongowes 32 Pres Bray 18: THE SIGHT of an ambulance entering the field of play is never a nice one, but it occurred just 10 minutes after the final whistle at Lakelands after Clongowes had kept their hopes of a Senior and Junior Cup double alive with a strong display. Tempers flared late on, with the result already decided, and two brawls erupted. After the game, Pres Bray number eight Cormac O’Donoghue was taken to hospital for treatment.
The events marred what had been an exciting encounter.

I believe that this young lad was the victim of an eye gouging incident. I have no doubt if it happened at a GAA game it would have had more 'prominent' media coverage.

How dare you speak ill of the most pretentious sports competition of them all!

I totally agree, the media always likes to make little of ugly incidents involving Irish rugby "Ah sure he's usually a grand lad" "his hand slipped" "he was concussed " etc...

Tis' strange.

Sebastian wrote:

Jayo Cluxton wrote:Tempers flare as Clongowes prevail


LEINSTER SCHOOLS JUNIOR CUP QUARTER-FINALS: Clongowes 32 Pres Bray 18: THE SIGHT of an ambulance entering the field of play is never a nice one, but it occurred just 10 minutes after the final whistle at Lakelands after Clongowes had kept their hopes of a Senior and Junior Cup double alive with a strong display. Tempers flared late on, with the result already decided, and two brawls erupted. After the game, Pres Bray number eight Cormac O’Donoghue was taken to hospital for treatment.
The events marred what had been an exciting encounter.

I believe that this young lad was the victim of an eye gouging incident. I have no doubt if it happened at a GAA game it would have had more 'prominent' media coverage.

How dare you speak ill of the most pretentious sports competition of them all!

I totally agree, the media always likes to make little of ugly incidents involving Irish rugby "Ah sure he's usually a grand lad" "his hand slipped" "he was concussed " etc...

Tis' strange.

Yes a very little about the match in Bruff where a Shannon father entered the field to assault a Bruff player who ended up in hospital.Just a small article in the Indo. No mention of the IRFU being in crisis

I love this old siege mentality, you see a lot of it up here. why some GAA people still have it I have no idea.

A JUNIOR schools cup match? Now if we were complaining about it getting coverage, as compared to say a JUNIOR colleges GAA game, I could understand.

But at least the incident was mentioned. The GAA game would not have been reported, at all.

I don't think I have the siege mentality, at least I hope not!. I played the game for 6 years and apparently I'm still a member of the Leinster branch of the IRFU, so I'm just a much of a rugby follower as hurling.

I just don't like the way some of the Irish rugby fraternity try to excuse inexcusable behaviour as accidental etc.. when it clearly wasn't.

And considering the Leinster schools rugby competitions have extensive, coverage in the media with multiple paged sections in the broadsheets (also a few junior live TV games) I find it kind of surprising there wasn't more about this incident, considering its rarity (well that's my perception) in such a young age group.

I just reckon incidents like that should be highlighted (hence condemnation) by the media rather than being brushed aside, to show its out of order.

(After reading this back, I feel I'm turning into a ranter. I'll post it anyway! )

Newstalk this morning talking about violence in the GAA. Once again it is being portrayed as a GAA-only problem.

RMDrive wrote:Newstalk this morning talking about violence in the GAA. Once again it is being portrayed as a GAA-only problem.

Violence in the GAA is a GAA problem.

I think.

I recently read an article in a regional paper where they gave a half page spread for some blow in bank managers son who was playing for Blackrock or Clongowes or whoever and not a mention of the couple of dozen born and bred local gassurs playing McRory cup

RMDrive wrote:Newstalk this morning talking about violence in the GAA. Once again it is being portrayed as a GAA-only problem.

My young played both codes- Now he only plays rugby..When he plays rugby hes never involved in any incidents that the referee could see..but plenty in the scrum..

When he plays Gaa hes being involved in plenty incidents and he plays on the edge all the time..

From watching both codes- i know he knows he will get away with a lot more in Gaa than he would in Rugby and thats where the indiscipline starts.

The biggest problem in the Gaa- Is the fools that go to the matchs and just mouth off all the time from the sideline, thats the parents or the mouth piece from the clubs involved eradicate the mouth piece eradicate the problem..