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Published 11:25 24 May 2021 BST
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The best was yet to come. It's always a head-scratcher to see teams warm-up for 40 minutes only to stand on ceremony for anthems, huddles and minutes' silences before games and Fitzmaurice says that this 'pet peeve' of a delay plays its part too, in stiffening up the body.
"The other thing then. I'm not sure it was a factor in the Michael Murphy thing but it's always been a pet peeve of mine. There's an awful long time prior to the game, from the end of the warm-up to when the ball is thrown in. From minutes silence to a national anthem, by the time the teams get out...In Ballybofey on Saturday, it wasn't exactly warm, it was raining, it was real hamstring weather if you have any bit of an issue going on."Real hamstring weather. There's no doubt about it. "I think it's something we could be looking at, that teams can do something else after the national anthems to get the muscles firing again." On the subject of tight hammers, Colm O'Rourke is surprised that inter-county players are out on their ears but the moral of the story is clear: no man can avoid the curse of the hammy. "County teams have only been back a few weeks, but I'm surprised because county players have been following regimes for the last three or four months like ahtletes in other sports do," said O'Rourke.
Down manager reveals how RTÉ blunder helped them to shock win over Donegal
A day of shocks! In a day of surprise results, Down served up the biggest shock with their Ulster SFC defeat of Donegal on Sunday. The Mournemen won out 3-21 to 1-21 in Letterkenny, revealing themselves as a real dark horse for All-Ireland glory. After the game, manager Conor Laverty spoke about belief, and showed […]
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Mayo boss comments don’t bode well for team after loss to Roscommon
A day of upsets! Mayo’s woes came early this year, after a 1-18 to 2-25 dismantling from Roscommon at MacHale Park this afternoon. Despite a good performance from Kobe McDonald (0-06), Andy Moran’s men were second best for most of the game. After the match, the manager spoke of the hunger of the Rossies. He […]
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