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Philip Lanigan
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Philip Lanigan
@lanno10
Sports journalist with the Irish Daily Mail/Irish Mail on Sunday. Author of Four Kings, co-author The Boylan Years. Views my own
Lucan ... Ratoath
Joined April 2011
- So this is where Richie Hogan took a hurl to the faceguard from Cathal Barrett, had his nose split and had to leave the field briefly for a blood injury. Two sides to every story?
00:00 - That's one off the bucket list. Long time coming but finally got to share a field with the young fella. It's not over til it's over...
- Between Joe Canning, Patrick Horgan and Tony Kelly, another day’s hurling that reminded of Christy Ring’s famous line… ‘Let no-one say the best hurlers belong to the past. They are with us now, and better yet to come…’
- Just how good Niall Quinn was as a hurler? Here's his point from the 1983 All-Ireland minor final. A doubled strike John Fenton would have been proud of...
00:00 - Seamus Callanan's scoring record remarkable, Ronan Maher immense all year but TJ Reid hit 5-83, was top scorer in this year's championship and form so good evoked comparisons to Henry Shefflin. Not just the Hurler of the Year but possibly the Hurler of the Decade.
- Semple Stadium’s capacity is listed as 45,690. The 200 fans allowed here for Waterford-Clare in the Munster c'ship equals less than half of 1 per cent. Another example of the woolly thinking and lack of logic applied to the return of supporters in a low-risk outdoor setting.
- Nice way to round things off. Got to line out with the youngest son today in a Junior B championship semi-final. When he's saying it's time to pack it in, that's probably the best of advice!
- Nice to have an All-Ireland winner in the house. Great win for Meath under-20 hurlers against Derry this evening in Newry
- There’s more to hurling than Division 1. Yet judging by Allianz League Sunday, the game doesn’t seem to exist to RTE outside the top counties in the top flight. Hurling deserves better from the national broadcaster. Column in @irishdailymail
- Not quite sure how the idea has caught hold that ticketless Mayo supporters will be looting and rioting on the streets around St Conleth’s Park. It’s Newbridge, not downtown LA
- The future of hurling isn’t in Sydney or Boston – what the game is crying out for is a national plan. Column #GAA
- Shane Lowry. The Dublin football team. Brian Cody's Kilkenny. The Ireland rugby team. Katie Taylor. Tiger Roll, Davy Russell and the greening of Cheltenham. This is the greatest era in Irish sport. Just enjoy it. Column in @irishdailymail
