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There were plenty of tickets around last week ahead of the drawn game.

GAA cut ticket prices for All-Ireland hurling final replay again

We’re getting quite used to this two-legged hurling final arrangement at this stage.

THE GAA HAS has announced plans to cut ticket prices for the All-Ireland senior hurling final replay but the association is still in line for a €3m windfall after yesterday’s pulsating draw at Croke Park.

It’s the third year in a row in which the hurling decider has ended in a tie and like previous seasons, stand tickets will be reduced to €50 from €80 while a spot on the terrace will set fans back €25. Children will be entitled to €10 tickets, officials say.

82,179 spectators attended yesterday’s game and there will be another sellout crowd expected for the replay.

The Hawkeye system judged that John O’Dwyer’s late attempt from a free for Tipperary had drifted wide and the Premier county were denied a potentially dramatic winning score.

The classic encounter saw the teams tied at 3-22 to 1-28 to ensure there will be a replay for a third successive year. Kilkenny and Galway drew two years ago after Joe Canning’s late free while Domhnall O’Donovan was the Clare hero last year when his last-gasp point drew them level with Cork.

The replay has been fixed for Saturday, 27 September at 5pm in Croke Park with the All-Ireland ladies football final between Cork and Dublin set to be on Sunday, 28 September.

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    Oct 20th 2019, 7:26 AM

    Very easy to blame a few mistakes when in truth the individuals and the system were terrible. Ireland don’t have an offload/continuity game yet that’s what we tried from the first ball against the best team in the world. We didn’t help ourselves with poor kicking and cheap turnovers but to not mention the coaches and tactics in this analysis is very short-sighted

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    Oct 20th 2019, 8:11 AM

    @Mark Dooley: players largely to blame for basic errors. Coaching staff have to take blame for selection of non form & rusty players and for lack of variety to our game since our the win v all blacks. It was a chance for them to throw caution to the wind and start the with at the least Beirne, ruddock & larmour.

    Good analysis Murray

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    Oct 20th 2019, 8:41 AM

    @Mark Dooley: this excellent analysis clear shows that the team was well set up tactically as we were creating space but basic errors by players meant we failed to take advantage of those opportunities. In fact we turned the ball over and handed advantage to NZ. Once again an Irish team has not turned up for a World Cup. That for me is a mental issue that we need to face up to and overcome. Blaming coaches, injuries etc only avoiding the truth and the real issue. Interesting to hear Schmidt say they started focusing on this QTR final end last year, just before their form went to shit.

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    Oct 20th 2019, 10:56 AM

    @Mark Dooley: Excellent analysis by Murray. I disagree with you blaming the coaches & tactics. Uncharacteristic errors, missed kicks & missed tackles by players cost us dearly plus NZ were ruthlessly clinical imho.

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    Oct 20th 2019, 8:58 PM

    @David Supple: coaches responsible for selecting out of form players based on what they have done in the past. Kearney in particular was a pick to try and not lose a game rather than win one as he offers nothing in attack. All you gave to do is look at the abs selection policy for 15 and it is almost always a try scoring machine and the rawness of the two wings to see what proactive selection looks like.

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    Oct 20th 2019, 9:35 AM

    It will be interesting to see what a defensive coach in Farrell. thinks or does with Stockdale. His instinct is to go for the interception and he bites quite a bite. When it works it’s fantastic but when it doesn’t it’s at least 3 points.
    I’m not singling our Stockdale but more how our new coach sees it.

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    Oct 20th 2019, 2:10 PM

    Why in this article and others are teams lauded for being able to catch and pass the ball, these players are playing rugby 5 days a week why do we think catch pass is so special, is it because Ireland are so bad at it? Its been killing Munster for 10 years when will we wake up to the basic skills required????

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    Oct 20th 2019, 12:56 PM

    The muppets in the crowd should have shut up and respected the haka. Those clowns over there are just bandwagon jumpers.

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    Oct 20th 2019, 2:06 PM

    @munsterman: Totally disagree, it should be shown as much respect that it deserves and that is f£¥k all!

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    Oct 20th 2019, 3:41 PM

    @munsterman: stupid comment. Had nothing to do with anything

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