Episode 1215: Mediocre 8’s, Galway Grind, Kerry Flounder, Are Dublin Dull, Limerick Leverage Kilkenny, The Full Ulster, Ken Travels
The opening weekend of the All-Ireland Quarter-Final Group Stages, otherwise known as the Super 8s, was supposed to be, well… super. But that’s not quite how it panned out. Can we blame Murph?
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It was overshadowed entirely by a six-goal World Cup final, and by Limerick’s thrilling 2 point win over Kilkenny in the All-Ireland hurling quarter-final.
I hope this World Cup Final is even a tenth as exciting as that Limerick-Kilkenny match. Ferocious stuff. #gaa #gaago
— Dara Ó Briain (@daraobriain) July 15, 2018
Michael Duignan pays tribute to Limerick’s new-look team, and to Kilkenny, who lost nothing in defeat but are now reduced to being a significant staging post in other teams’ development.
What a spectacular hurling quarter-final! It finishes Limerick 0-27 Kilkenny 1-22. Limerick march on to meet Cork in the semi-final!
Check out the full-time highlights here! pic.twitter.com/D4Svgikqgb— The GAA (@officialgaa) July 15, 2018
Oisin McConville and Mike Quirke join us to talk about wins for Tyrone, Dublin, Monaghan and Galway, and why we should probably withhold judgement until at least week 2 of this grand experiment.
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1998
Champions League : Real Madrid
World Cup : France
All Ireland Club SFC : Corofin
All Ireland SFC : Galway2018
Champions League : Real Madrid
World Cup : France
All Ireland Club SFC : Corofin
All Ireland SFC : ???Any one else getting déjà vu ?
— Midwest Radio Sport (@MWRSport) July 16, 2018
Plus there’s Ken’s latest travel woes, Dublin’s two-finger salute, Oisin’s travel-guide to the full Ulster GAA experience, and why we need more Lothar Matthaus in our lives.
scene at sheremetyevo is like the worst mixed zone of all time. french players coming through so departure is blocked for everyone else. the players stop as much as they do in a normal mixed zone, but as you wait you are gradually missing your flight home pic.twitter.com/SAWe5ki3AA
— Ken Early (@kenearlys) July 16, 2018
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