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The Irish Sun
09-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
‘Jacqui Hurley is excited' jokes Des Cahill as RTE pair put out call to arms to Cork & Tipperary fans
DES Cahill joked "Jacqui is excited" while calling for Cork and Tipperary fans to fill out the Up for the Match audience. They leaned into Hurley being a Corkwoman while promoting this year's edition which will take place on Saturday July 19 - the night before 2 Cahill had some fun at his co-host's expense as he teaser her over her natural bias Credit: RTE 2 Alan Connolly's hat-trick propelled them to a dominant semi-final win over Dublin Channelling old school Hollywood icon James Dean, she quipped that the Rebels certainly have a cause as they aim to end a two-decade wait to lift Liam MacCarthy. The adjoining promotional caption read: "Applications for the #UpForTheMatch Hurling Special are now OPEN. "Are you a Cork or Tipperary superfan heading to Croke Park on July 20 for the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final? Are you mad about your county, and mad for a bit of craic? "Well then we want YOU in our audience, kitted out in your county colours. Apply now Read More On GAA Tuesday saw the GAA announce that Yesterday also witnessed Premier boss Liam Cahill Noel McGrath's wide in Most read in GAA Hurling Believing they were three points down, the Cats chased a goal in vain before the Premier advanced to the All-Ireland final against And boss Cahill lauded the Cats for leaving it at that ahead of their July 20 showdown against the Rebels. Watch RTE pundits' contrasting reaction to full-time whistle of Tipperary's epic win over Kilkenny He said: 'We know Kilkenny from the start of time are a huge hurling county and I said that afterwards. "Like ourselves, if Kilkenny don't win it on the field, they ain't going to bring it to the boardroom, that's for sure. 'For me, we were going on the scoreboard. Through Declan Laffan and the lads down the earpiece, there might have been a little query alright but for us we were playing what was in front of us. 'What can we say sure, it's human error, that's the bottom line. A mistake was made but it had no effect on us, on what we wanted to achieve at the end of the day, which was just to get the result. 'Everybody in the GAA, we do our best to try and do things voluntary and keep things as right as we can and unfortunately it was just human error. What can be done, only move on. 'It was out of our control, really. It is unfortunate. From the outset, these boys here were just concentrating on getting over the line. 'Look, you can go into all the ins and out of it, there were several other passages of play, decisions that work out throughout the 74-plus minutes. 'The reality is that's what big matches like that are made of and you just roll with the punches and you take the hits.'
The Irish Sun
30-06-2025
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
RTE's Des Cahill splits opinion with complaint about GAA schedule as climax of inter-county season nears
DES Cahill took issue with Saturday's All-Ireland minor hurling final clashing with the two senior football quarter-finals. Whilst Donegal and Advertisement 3 Waterford defeated Clare by 1-18 to 0-10 3 Cahill felt it should've been given a more prominent slot in the calendar 3 Many people feel minor deciders should revert to being the curtain-raiser to the senior equivalent Credit: @sportsdes While congratulating the Déise's young crop, the former Sunday Game host vented at those behind the GAA's inter-county schedule. He tweeted: "Huge Congrats to Waterford on winning the All-Ireland Minor Hurling title. Great display. Hard luck Clare. "But WHO DECIDED to put this on at the same time as the two big football games in Croke Park??" The response to his post was interestingly mixed. Some were equally vexed as Carmel agreed: "Crazy Des. Feels very disrespectful to the minors. Advertisement Read More On GAA "It was always such a great sense of occasion having the minor final before the seniors and for them to play their final on the biggest hurling day and stage. "Even better when teams from the same counties in both finals." Similarly, Simon called for a return to the way it once was. He posted: "The minor final should be curtain raiser to senior final like it was." Lastly, Sean raged: "Absolutely scandalous. A novel pairing in an All-Ireland minor final and clashing with knock-out football matches. So much for promoting the games." Advertisement Most read in GAA Hurling However, there were others who felt it was a perfectly reasonable time to place the contest between Waterford and Clare. One reply with 33 likes argued: "How many people in Clare and Waterford were interested in the football quarter-finals? 'Lots of fight' - RTE GAA pundits react to Sean O'Shea's 'very interesting' interview after Kerry dethrone Armagh "Whoever wanted to be in Thurles was in Thurles, more to life than Dublin football Des. "I doubt there was too many folk from Donegal, Monaghan and Tyrone were interested in the minor hurling final." Advertisement Secondly, Uria claimed: "Why are the people constantly complaining always the neutrals who wouldn't go to that game anyway. The people that it mattered to went to it." Neil also added: "What neutral is going to go to that Des?" James 'Joxer' O'Connor hailed Cormac Spain after his heavenly 11-point haul inspired Waterford to glory. Spain even played through the pain barrier for the Déise during his out-of-this-world display — as he was forced to nurse a hamstring injury. Advertisement Boss O'Connor revealed: 'He got problems from a hamstring early on. It was just about bearable for him to play so he kept going. You don't want to come off in an All-Ireland final. 'I wouldn't take him off unless I really felt he had to come off. He played through the pain. That's what you do in All-Irelands. He won't feel that in the morning! 'He has an All-Ireland medal in his back pocket. That's the dream.' SPAIN JOY Spain finished the Championship with a staggering 8-75 in eight outings — which was an average of 12 points per game as he ripped the soul out of many opposition teams. Advertisement Corner-back Darragh Keane was another driving force behind the Déise's ascension into heaven. But O'Connor hailed a squad effort during a heroic display in Thurles. He added: 'I thought all of the backs were outstanding. 'I'll be honest with you. Some of the heroics in the last ten or 15 minutes were just unbelievable altogether. 'There put their bodies on the line and they were throwing themselves in front of hurleys and sliotars. It was unbelievable to watch. Advertisement 'They'd make you proud and there's no point in saying otherwise. There's no prouder man in Thurles than me.'
