Today we’re feeling… irked.
So the GAA’s new hand-passing regulations were on full view yesterday. We got the feeling things might get ropey when it was revealed that refs went into the dressing rooms just before throw in at the Kerry v Tip and Derry v Armagh games to give the players a quick crash course in acceptable hand passing technique. Might have been an idea to make sure they were all up-to-speed on the rules of the game sooner than ten minutes before they were due to take to the field.
Kerry v Tip suffered with a few stoppages for unfathamoble hand-pass infringements while action in the Derry v Armagh game was pulled up so many times the match was a virtual write-off. The players, managers and match commentators were irked by the rule-fiddling, and so is JOE. I swear to God, if this messing fecks up the Championship there will be murder!
Ciaran Whelan has had his say on the contraversy in his exclusive JOE.ie column. Click here to read his thoughts.
