Christy Ring Cup 2015

Terrific win for Roscommon what a goal at the death, Armagh must be devastated, what a finish.

arock (Dublin) - Posts: 4975 - 06/06/2015 15:02:05    1733167

Arock - amazing finale

Rossies showed great heart to keep going. Sad for Armagh but they were hanging on a bit with 10 mins to play and an extra man.

The captain/no.6 had no choice but to go for it and so he did. Tremendous way to win an all Ireland.

Roy of the Rovers material

Suas Sios (None) - Posts: 1558 - 06/06/2015 16:30:02    1733196

Good day for Connacht hurling, no matter what happens in the Christy Ring relegation/promotion play-off game, there'll be a Connacht team competing in the Christy Ring next year. That game next week will be very interesting, its a de facto Connacht final. The Rackard champions should really get more than one week to prepare though.

Marlon_JD (Tipperary) - Posts: 1823 - 06/06/2015 16:31:16    1733197

Well done to the Rossies & tough luck on Armagh.

keeper7 (Longford) - Posts: 4106 - 06/06/2015 16:35:57    1733199

We're there! Kerry deservedly have won the Christy Ring Cup. We've made the promised land of the McCarthy Cup. After the last two years of hurt, it's great to finally arrive in the big time. G'wan the Kingdom!! :D

legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 10076 - 06/06/2015 20:05:24    1733321

Great to be there, Kerry were a different class to a game but limited Derry side. They play some lovely, intelligent hurling. Can't wait to see us with the big boys next spring and summer. Hopefully we will show we deserve to be at that level.

Special mention to the wonderful Shane Nolan, who really lead the charge yesterday. A great day for Kilflynn and Crotta!!!

TheHermit (Kerry) - Posts: 6354 - 07/06/2015 14:45:27    1733508

link (GAA PDF document)

"The current structures within the Christy Ring Cup
require the competition to be run off over a period of five
weeks culminating in a final. With four victories required
to win the competition, this allows very little time for
counties to properly prepare for each game. In the case
where one game ends in a draw or a game cannot take
place as planned for whatever reason, the one week gap
between the semi-finals and finals is then removed. In
2014, Kildare were asked to play six weekends in a row
and from there, asked a week later to play Westmeath
to "earn" their right to play in the Liam MacCarthy
Cup. Such a rushed structure does not assist with the
development of hurling in these counties which are
aspiring to play at a higher level.
While understanding that the rushed nature of
these fixtures is due to the request of the counties
involved to get the fixtures completed to allow for
club championship action, as a committee we do not
feel it is unreasonable to allow this competition even
a couple of additional weeks to take place. That would
give players more time to prepare for the knockout
stages, particularly in addition to playing longer in to the
summer in the better weather."

As Kerry leave the Ring Cup behind for at least a year and hopefully longer, I have to point out the above. 5 weeks is too short a timescale to run off the lower tier championship. I think the 2020 group are making the right call on extending it by at least 2 weeks. A week gap should be brought in after the 1st round and also after the quarter-finals. I know the 20th of June usually sees Croke Park taken up with a concert of some sort. The Leinster semi-finals are usually the last weekend of June. The Saturday of that weekend would be a fair enough time for the lower tier finals.

legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 10076 - 09/06/2015 21:23:57    1734888

Fair play to Kerry, deserved winners.
Disappointed for my own county, we looked a little jittery and nervous with some uncharacteristic mistakes.
That could be down to pure nerves at playing in Croke Park or simply that Kerry put them under so much pressure. I believe it was probably a combination of both.
They say you have to lose one to win one so hopefully next year will be our year, but it will be another tough task to even reach the final.

bosch (Derry) - Posts: 873 - 10/06/2015 10:17:29    1735007