well i suppose this will open up a can of worms with my galway friends but its not meant to. Adrian Touhy was highlighted on the sunday game for the helmet related incident with bonnar yesterday. im really not sure if many people saw it at the time? there was no mention of it by the commentators...but i did see it and i rewound it again and again and i posted it on other social media.

to me this was a clear incident of touhy intentionally ripping off bonnars helmet, you can clearly see his hand reach under bonnars helmet and rip it off. am i biased because im from waterford? no. am i interested because im from waterford? yes.

firstly let me say i do not believe the GAA realise the consequences of their actions by banning players for this particular offence - yes of course a ban should be in place if there is a dangerous breach of safety. but compare tadgh and adrians incidents...

tadgh - no clear footage of it, harry keohoe highlighted it to the linesman who in turn highlighted it to the ref and straight red card. i disagree with dan shanahan when hes praising harry keohoe for attending CCC hearings to speak up for tadgh. id have praised harry keohoe if he hadnt acted the way he did when the incident happened resulting in the red card being issued. eitherway harry, tadgh and all "the experts" now say it looked like it wasnt deliberate and tadgh was trying to get away from harry...eitherway tadgh is still banned.

my own opinion yesterday was adrian was reaching back and purposely pulling off bonnars helmet but to prevent him from winning the ball back only. bonnar did a big song and dance about it and no action was taken. im told but not sure, same linesman who had tadgh sent off was linesman yesterday.

im not stirring the pot here. im not winding up my galway friends, ive always said if my own county didnt win an all ireland id love to see galway do it.......but, if we are meant to live in a society of fairness and equality,and play by "the rules", adrian must be banned for the organisation to be consistent. the GAA cannot not ban him given whats gone on this week with tadgh and will send out completely wrong message if it doesnt.

i appreciate how hard these boys have trained all year and sacrificed. and no im not saying to myself this will be great for waterford, i no full well we have a huge task to even get to september next sunday and thats all im concentrating on, id much rather beat cork and galway with their strongest teams playing, you aim to beat the best dont you?....eitherway i think the GAA, when the championship is over, review this rule and include another subsection regarding common sense.

juniorjudge (Waterford) - Posts: 383 - 07/08/2017 10:17:38    2030110

How can someone intentionally rip off a helmet during frantic play when they are looking in the opposite direction and haven't a clue who or what is behind them. It was ridiculous by the Sunday game to even highlight it.

890202 (Wexford) - Posts: 1278 - 07/08/2017 11:27:30    2030139

Pinkie (Wexford) - Posts: 4100 - 07/08/2017 11:50:43    2030156

do ye personally think he will be banned?

juniorjudge (Waterford) - Posts: 383 - 07/08/2017 11:54:20    2030159

juniorjudge (Waterford) - Posts: 383 - 07/08/2017 11:57:17    2030164

Nothing to see hear,move on

Tipptipp (Tipperary) - Posts: 62 - 07/08/2017 12:31:16    2030183

Maroonatic (Galway) - Posts: 1060 - 07/08/2017 12:43:49    2030188

Greengrass (Louth) - Posts: 6031 - 07/08/2017 13:17:07    2030204

The rule is a joke. I think the only reason The Sunday Game highlighted it was because they received messages from Waterford fans about it. So the Sunday Game doesn't know what to show.

The night of the De Burca one, Tyrell and O'Grady threw De Burca under the bus. Tyrell came out last night saying there was nothing in Tuohy's one. If he thought that about Tuohy, how could he be so sure about De Burca? I think pundits like him with big egos are dangerous. Just because he has 9 all-Ireland medals doesn't mean he is a good pundit.

Our old friend Keenan was the linesman again yesterday.

So one of the reasons why nothing came of this was because Bonnar didn't go moaning to Keenan like Kehoe did.

The De Burca red and suspension is a farce but Tuohy shouldn't be punished too because of it.

Killarney.87 (Tipperary) - Posts: 2513 - 07/08/2017 13:47:59    2030221

The DeBurca one if different. He was looking at Kehoe, put his hand up and obviously pulled Kehoes face guard and it was seen by the linesman and judged to have been deliberate. Perhaps it was provoked by Kehoe blocking his run but provocation is irrelevant really

890202 (Wexford) - Posts: 1278 - 07/08/2017 13:52:24    2030223

juniorjudge (Waterford) - Posts: 383 - 07/08/2017 13:53:49    2030224

and can we not take the linesmans word for what he saw?if it happened in a club match we would.the cameras cant cover every part of the pitch.and the rule of the law is being applied.
case over.

perfect10 (Wexford) - Posts: 3929 - 07/08/2017 13:55:32    2030226

juniorjudge (Waterford) - Posts: 383 - 07/08/2017 14:02:24    2030229

Killarney how is the rule a joke?
To deliberately interfere with an opponents helmet is a red card offence and rightly so. Its dangerous. Obviously it can happen by accident during the rough and tumble of hectic play, helmets can get caught up in jerseys, other helmets, arms, legs etc but when someone deliberately grabs the faceguard of another they have full control over that players head and can cause serious injury

890202 (Wexford) - Posts: 1278 - 07/08/2017 14:13:24    2030230

juniorjudge (Waterford) - Posts: 383 - 07/08/2017 14:25:51    2030239

890202 (Wexford) - Posts: 1278 - 07/08/2017 14:58:28    2030272

PoolSturgeon (Galway) - Posts: 1902 - 07/08/2017 15:06:11    2030279

juniorjudge (Waterford) - Posts: 383 - 07/08/2017 15:10:14    2030285

juniorjudge (Waterford) - Posts: 383 - 07/08/2017 15:13:29    2030286

I presume this thread is just a wind up at this stage

890202 (Wexford) - Posts: 1278 - 07/08/2017 15:14:39    2030288