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A real star
neverright (Roscommon) - Posts: 1648 - 04/07/2016 15:47:55 1876158 Link 0 |
Did she ever play with the men's team in her Parish surely she would have been good enough to make an impact? BigJohn.6_8 (Galway) - Posts: 704 - 04/07/2016 15:55:48 1876168 Link 0 |
In the 2 games I've watched in the last 12 months she was exceptionally greedy, she might have kicked some great points but kicked just as many wides or dropped it into the keepers hands when there was a better option. TheWestIsAwake (UK) - Posts: 529 - 04/07/2016 16:13:20 1876187 Link 1 |
Carnacon is her club team and the mens team in the parish is Ballintubber. She would link well with Cillian, Diarmuid and Alan Dillon alright ;)
yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11219 - 04/07/2016 17:11:55 1876268 Link 0 |
Cora Staunton did play some men's football growing up as there was no ladies' side at the time. Gleebo (Mayo) - Posts: 2208 - 05/07/2016 16:34:55 1876885 Link 0 |
Think it's called banter
liner (Mayo) - Posts: 756 - 05/07/2016 17:00:40 1876903 Link 0 |
Cora scored 5-15 !!! in carnacons county final win over Moy Davitts last night in machale park. Final score 11-20 to 0-7. yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11219 - 01/10/2016 07:31:29 1920999 Link 1 |
She is some player no doubt,but seriously,5-15 against a team thecend up with 0-7 I mean that tells a story in itself. Sounds like they were playing Kilkenny.
Dubh_linn (Dublin) - Posts: 2312 - 01/10/2016 09:31:43 1921009 Link 0 |
11-20 to 0-7. in the county final?...Not wanting to take away from the achievement or anything like that but if the 2nd best team in Mayo can lose by 46 points it really doesn't say much for the standard within the county.You would wonder how much football and training the opposition do.
PoolSturgeon (Galway) - Posts: 1898 - 01/10/2016 09:50:05 1921016 Link 0 |
wow 5;15. some player. she is up there with the best in the mens game in my opinion. saw her on loachra gaeil on tg4 recently and she made her senior inter county debut at 14. think she is 34 now. as someone said she is worth the admission fee.
jj19 (Galway) - Posts: 448 - 01/10/2016 09:58:18 1921022 Link 0 |
CLG_09 (Antrim) - Posts: 42 - 01/10/2016 12:05:50 1921056 Link 0 |
a great player, BUT (please dont hate me arock :)) i think she benefits hugely from the fact that the womens game is played far more honestly and in a far more honourable manner than the mens (well thats my experience of watching it anyway). joncarter (Galway) - Posts: 2692 - 01/10/2016 16:35:04 1921097 Link 0 |
You could say the same about crossmaglen men in Armagh. Her club have won a number of all irelands and mayo are one of strongest women football counties
ros1 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1211 - 01/10/2016 17:55:19 1921116 Link 0 |
I couldn't disagree with anything you say there, she even said as much herself on TV recently. As you say she'd been battered if she was a man.
arock (Dublin) - Posts: 4892 - 01/10/2016 19:47:30 1921167 Link 0 |
Then why aren't other ladies footballers scoring the same as they are playing under the same rules. It's a bit like asking why does every forward not show the same class as colm Cooper as the are playing under the rules and defending as him.
ros1 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1211 - 02/10/2016 00:52:47 1921313 Link 0 |
The teams would be evenly matched if not for Cora
nextyear (Mayo) - Posts: 60 - 02/10/2016 19:22:05 1921578 Link 0 |
Best of luck to Cora in her professional stint down under. He owes Mayo and Ladies football nothing. yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11219 - 18/10/2017 10:14:02 2055944 Link 0 |
Good to luck to Cora in her stint down under. Given her success in other codes, I wouldn't bet against her making it, even in her mid-thirties. From the Indo report, it seems that she's not completely closing the door on togging out for Mayo again next year, as the AFLW season is very short, running from January til the end of March. http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/ladies-football/mayos-cora-staunton-signs-professional-contract-with-greater-western-sydney-giants-in-the-aflw-36238787.html Gleebo (Mayo) - Posts: 2208 - 18/10/2017 10:26:23 2055953 Link 0 |
*She - damm typo
yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11219 - 18/10/2017 10:48:40 2055961 Link 0 |
Best of luck to her, I hope it works out. She's more than earned it. Tacaí Liatroma (Leitrim) - Posts: 1008 - 18/10/2017 11:38:53 2055975 Link 0 |