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[nuke terrorist]

EDIT: Yeah, there was feck all between all the Munster teams and yeah there isn't an outstanding team this year__

Basically as a Tipp fan I was over confident going into yesterday. We really look down our noses at Leinster this year.
Yeah, I didn't realise the phantom point situation until rettucs said. It hugely affected the way Kilkenny played at the end.
Tipp fans expected very little in January. Just bring in some youngsters and hopefully, hopefully get out of Munster in Championship.
Other than two bad days v Cork inc. League Final and it's been an very unexpected surprise.
Getting out of Munster wasn't easy but the draw opened up for Tipp.
Whatever happens now we can't complain.

 

[ann post]

its not even a peak though. This has been the strangest year's hurling I can remember because there are 2 teams in the final with a single, notable victory between them.

Limerick are out of gas - but just for exploration chats, i wonder is the hurling scene actually a but muddy post Cody era? like for a decade, your job was simply to beat kilkenny - limerick came up with a formula for this, but got a bit jaded out of it. Now what is the national target - no cody masterminding to beat, no machine like limerick to try and topple

 

[pete]

For reasons, I was exposed to this game on TV yesterday. Pretty funny how all these lads get so pissed off with each other and start throwing shoulders and tugging jerseys instead of, oh i dunno, HITTING EACH OTHER WITH STICKS. And then they all hug it out at the end. Awwww.

 

[rettucs]

EDIT: Yeah, there was feck all between all the Munster teams and yeah there isn't an outstanding team this year__


Tipp fans expected very little in January. Just bring in some youngsters and hopefully, hopefully get out of Munster in Championship.

even at that it was clear early doors that Clare weren't going to do anything this year. After that you just had to finish ahead of Waterford. So, as competitive as the munster championship can be, and as close as the final was, there were a lot more cut-throat years than this year's one. I'm thinking of the year where Cork finished fourth, despite some great performances out of them.

The best for Tipp is when there's no expectation because people down there can lose the run of themselves. Its barely more than a year where they wouldn't go support their team against Cork in their own home stadium. Fast-forward a year and they're already planning the homecoming.

 

[rettucs]

Limerick are out of gas - but just for exploration chats, i wonder is the hurling scene actually a but muddy post Cody era? like for a decade, your job was simply to beat kilkenny - limerick came up with a formula for this, but got a bit jaded out of it. Now what is the national target - no cody masterminding to beat, no machine like limerick to try and topple

yeah all fair. The best answer I can offer here is to think back to the mid-90s were all the so-call 'top' teams were off the pace and it left things to the likes of Clare, Limerick, Offaly, Waterford, Wexford to battle for top honours. They called it the 'golden years', but what it really was, was no one dominant team. Teams were out to win the all-Ireland rather than to be gunning for any particular team (arguably Clare were the top team of that era but their win record might beg to differ).

We might be in for another 'golden era' in the sense that teams are out to win titles, rather than to specifically target another team or other.

 

[Cormcolash]

I think the important thing is that Dublin got hammered

 

[nuke terrorist]

I think the most important thing is Dublin beat Limerick

 

[ann post]

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[nuke terrorist]

Kilkenny v Tipp - the last word

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[nuke terrorist]

Even if you hate rugby watch this 65 second clip. Insane thing to do in the last minute of a game. Australian v Lions 1989

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[nuke terrorist]

Even if you hate rugby watch this 65 second clip. Insane thing to do in the last minute of a game. Australian v Lions 1989

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Can someone please delete this funny rugby clip - it's on wrong thread

 

[Cormcolash]

Even if you hate rugby watch this 65 second clip. Insane thing to do in the last minute of a game. Australian v Lions 1989

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I think if that happened with the video ref now it would have been seen as touched down by the Australian lad first, a split second before the Lions lad gets his hand on it, that's sure what it looks like to me anyway

 

[seanc]

The enland Sweden penalty shootout is something I've never seen before. England congratulating themselves for nothing at all.

Also, that stadium is just wrong.

 

[nuke terrorist]

I think if that happened with the video ref now it would have been seen as touched down by the Australian lad first, a split second before the Lions lad gets his hand on it, that's sure what it looks like to me anyway

And Campese of all people - He was probably best player in the world at the time.

Was falling asleep watching England v Sweden and didn't watch extra time.
Haven't watched much of tournament. England women are on the slide. Spain are by far the best team.
Probably best Ireland didn't qualify.

 

[Cormcolash]

Spain are the only team where the whole team looks and plays like actual footballers.
All the other teams have 1, 2, maybe 3 footballers on the team, then the rest are all just shit. It reminds me of when I was in Japan and went to the Tokyo derby, the standard there was poor but each team had one player that was clearly a good footballer.

 

[seanc]

Hey, it's basically a different sport. My Spursy mate kept saying that (Spurs lean hard on inclusivity). And then he'd mingle his comments on the lovely attributes of the Swedish goalkeeper and the ref with some refreshingly clear minded (some would say woke) ideas.

It was good imo. There's nothing wrong with noticing that a good looking person is good looking. And there's a large chunk of women's football which is LGBTQ+. Actually, it's basically an LGBTQ+ ting. They're all very nice. We think it's all great. It's entertaining. It's not PL, but it's not supposed to be.
Because, as someone else said, having some kind of outlet or representation will help to stop confused kids killing themselves.

 

[nuke terrorist]

German keeper Ann-Katrin Berger save v France last night.
Probably best save I've ever seen. Goal line tech showed the ball was on the line when she scooped it away. Berger injured her shoulder saving the day.

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France v Germany highlights:

Euro 2025: France 1-1* Germany | Highlights

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Terrific match.
Didn't see first half. After 11 minutes Heinrich got a red card for insane hair pulling - which Berger almost saved.
Germany had a penalty saved in the 2nd half. France hit the bar in the 122 minute but it was 1-1 a.e.t.
Berger saved 2 penalties and scored the 5th of Germany's 7 penalties in a 6-5 shootout win.
Most of the pens were superb apart from the dire first Franch effort were she took the wonkiest run up and was easily read by Berger.
After Berger saved the final pen the celebrations were interrupted by a check for 5 seconds to see if Berger came off her line - she hadn't.

I only watched the England v Sweden shootout last night. It must have been hilarious to watch live. 5 out 14.

 

[Cormcolash]

Keeper won that for Germany for sure. England v Sweden shootout was atrocious, utter pish.
That save from Berger, there's been a few like it for sure, but it's absolutely top notch. It might be that Germany are the only women's side that actually have a proper keeper.

 

[ann post]

There's also the slight possibility that cork peaked a little early too, where tipp haven't put in a soul emptying performance yet at this point.
I'm kinda backing tipp.
Watch me be so wrong soon.

If that red card had been awarded when it should have been i think kk might have scraped it.

Wrong about being wrong instead

 

[nuke terrorist]

I think the score in the 2nd half was -
Tipperary 3-14 Cork 0-2???
I still can't figure out what happened.
Tipp had midas touch in 2nd half and
everything went wrong for Cork.
Will never see anything like it again.
Tipp defending was ace compared to last day. Darragh McCarthy had game of his life so far. The McGraths from Loughmore are Tipp legends.

Delighted - but I'm a bit "did that really happen?" shocked. Last year was so dire