Refreshing Quirke bucks trend
Refreshing Quirke bucks trend
By Martin Breheny
Wednesday December 09 2009
We might have had to wait until the dying embers of the 2009 season for a really courageous reaction to a crucial refereeing decision that went against a team, but at least it came in the end. Credit then to Kerry and Kerins O'Rahillys' player Michael Quirke who didn't take the predictable line after referee Maurice Condon disallowed a late goal against Kilmurry-Ibrickane in the AIB Munster club football final on Sunday.
Relieved at the let-off, Kilmurry swept upfield and scored the winning point, thus creating a familiar climate for criticism from the disappointed losers.
It came too, although not in Quirke's case. Instead, he showed real leadership by escorting the referee off the field when it looked as if the Waterford man might be in for a nasty exit."We lost the game in the first half when we kicked nine wides. There will be no excuses about referees," said the Kerins O'Rahillys captain after the game.Michael, have you any idea how refreshing that sounded? Don't suppose it will set a trend for 2010?
Probably not. Still, we can live in hope.
- Martin Breheny
By Martin Breheny
Wednesday December 09 2009
We might have had to wait until the dying embers of the 2009 season for a really courageous reaction to a crucial refereeing decision that went against a team, but at least it came in the end. Credit then to Kerry and Kerins O'Rahillys' player Michael Quirke who didn't take the predictable line after referee Maurice Condon disallowed a late goal against Kilmurry-Ibrickane in the AIB Munster club football final on Sunday.
Relieved at the let-off, Kilmurry swept upfield and scored the winning point, thus creating a familiar climate for criticism from the disappointed losers.
It came too, although not in Quirke's case. Instead, he showed real leadership by escorting the referee off the field when it looked as if the Waterford man might be in for a nasty exit."We lost the game in the first half when we kicked nine wides. There will be no excuses about referees," said the Kerins O'Rahillys captain after the game.Michael, have you any idea how refreshing that sounded? Don't suppose it will set a trend for 2010?
Probably not. Still, we can live in hope.
- Martin Breheny
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