LAST NIGHT LOTS of us GAA fans sat down to watch RTÉ documentary Skin In the Game.
Produced and presented by Jacqui Hurley, the programme followed Tipperary hurler Lar Corbett, Cork camogie’s Anna Geary, Dublin hurler Mikey Carton and the Rebels’ Eoin Cadogan. Here’s what we learned.
1. Lar Corbett’s mam still washes his gear
It’s all about the system for the Tipp forward and ‘it works well for the both of us’ says Corbett.
“Everything has to be in it’s place or else he’s shouting, ma where’s this or ma, where’s that.” Corbett insists he calls up to the home place for the ‘craic and the banter’ rather than the laundry however.
We’re not buying it, Larry.
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2. Anna Geary’s yoga skills have made her a YouTube hit
The Cork camogie star stress tested Twitter’s servers in south California last night with this clip:
Apart from the whole fighting fires and delivering babies stuff, this looks like the job for us. Dublin hurler Michael Carton was obviously told to slide down a pole for the camera but he got two buckets of water over him from colleagues. Classic.
4. They should cast Eoin Cadogan as the next James Bond
The name’s Cads…
5. Lar needs to get on Lastminute.com
Tipp, as we know, were dumped out of the championship before they get to Croke Park. The Thurles Sarsfields star is shot up in the pitch pucking around on his own. He admits he feels a bit lost in one of the quotes of the night.
“I was never away for a week’s holidays. You know the way people go to Salou or Alicante or go to Spain or France; I was never away for a week because I never got the opportunity. Since 18, it has always been club or county. So now that I’m at home, I’m looking at Elaine and Elaine is looking at me and I actually don’t really know what to do sometimes. Because I never had the opportunity before. I don’t know what to do.”
6. Everyone should have a friend like Donal Óg
Not only does Cads get to go out for a puck around with a hurley after the football season ends to Dublin, but he gets some top Cusack psychology on the hoof too.
Sample quote from the former Cork goalkeeper as they chat while he hockeys a sliotar at you: “If you were in love with someone and you loved them dearly, and they broke it up with you — threw you out — and you know after a period of time, you find out they’re after falling in love with someone else by getting married. And then you have everybody coming up to you going jeez isn’t it great they’re married. And you’re saying, yeah it’s great of them but I wish I was part of that relationship.”
I would pay for an hour of that after a long week.
This means everything to these players
If you didn’t realise what sport — and the GAA — means to those who keep the show on the road while listening to Anna Geary’s words as she talks about ‘emotional hijack’ and defeat to Kilkenny or how much a run to Croke Park means to her club Milford, you just had to look at her face.
Says Steve/Mike Niel. Who happens to be from Kilkenny, the land of the personality bypass. Kilkenny is noted as much for it’s people having personalitys as it is noted for producing Irish patriots.
Whilst Mayo boggers thought of the All Irelands they would never win, Corkmen ( helped by the other Munster men) gave us our freedom. Stick to sucking turf.
Shane I felt the need to red thumb there, she spoke passionately about the local club and summed up the GAA perfectly in terms of what it means to people… Ah who am I kidding Green Thumbs all round!!!!
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Lar corbett is some pain in the hole
Says pure cool person Daniel who everyone wants to be like, send us on your formula for perfection there sound man.
Agreed. I watched paint dry instead of him. It had way more personality and was a lot less boring!!
Lar Corbett…. Scabby heur! Won’t even bring the mot to Ali-can-te!!! Cried laughing listening to him say that….
Says Steve/Mike Niel. Who happens to be from Kilkenny, the land of the personality bypass. Kilkenny is noted as much for it’s people having personalitys as it is noted for producing Irish patriots.
Sounds like the comment of a cork man! When it comes to patriots ye shot him! End of!!
Why a pain in the hole?
Whilst Mayo boggers thought of the All Irelands they would never win, Corkmen ( helped by the other Munster men) gave us our freedom. Stick to sucking turf.
lar on his mammy doing his washin “it’s a system that works well for the both of us”
Well I salute him for that one in fairness Brian…
Anna Geary is a ride! Didn’t realise she was as hot
I agree. Helmets in camogie should be banned.
Men would be getting awful thoughts at matches :)
That’s not all is ban! Nudge nudge wink wink ya know what I mean!!
Lar is the the type of fella that will keep Travel agents in business…
Also, glad to see Lar kept the jobs local in the new restaurant…
Cadigans accent
It’s a damn sight better than droll Lars,
Shane I felt the need to red thumb there, she spoke passionately about the local club and summed up the GAA perfectly in terms of what it means to people… Ah who am I kidding Green Thumbs all round!!!!
Wheyhey!!!!!
Hot yoga indeed!
Whew Anna Geary is a fiiiiinnnnneeee………………… Camogie player!
Anyonebody else see the irony in a major GPA figure drinking a bottle of LUCOZADE SPORT…………sorry donal..
Thought it was really good but kind of hoped they would show more of the training sessions both club and county. They seemed to just skip over that
No kk hurlers on program last night. …. ah ha
thats cause they dont need to go on tele and shite talk how great they are.
jesus spelling….anyone
It’s called spelling suggestion we all don’t proof read everything we write ya spelling fascist!!