Nicky Rackard Cup Semi Final - Hurling
Emerald GAA Grounds, South Ruislip
Admission: £5
Programme: Donation
Having really enjoyed my first experience of hurling a fortnight ago, I made a return trip to the Emerald Grounds, Ruislip, for this semi-final game, with a day out at Croke Park in the final at stake.
London were again the heavy favourites to win this game, however in a very entertaining game, Fingal were in the ascendancy during the first half. Although London probably had most of the pressure, they made some woeful defensive mistakes, gifting Fingal a goal with when a London defender misjudged the bounce, scored another, and really should have at least one further goal, and so Fingal went into half time 2-05 v 0-09 ahead, and a shock looked very much on the cards, particularly with London's star forward, Martin Finn, clearly struggling badly with an ankle injury.
London were again the heavy favourites to win this game, however in a very entertaining game, Fingal were in the ascendancy during the first half. Although London probably had most of the pressure, they made some woeful defensive mistakes, gifting Fingal a goal with when a London defender misjudged the bounce, scored another, and really should have at least one further goal, and so Fingal went into half time 2-05 v 0-09 ahead, and a shock looked very much on the cards, particularly with London's star forward, Martin Finn, clearly struggling badly with an ankle injury.
However, in the second half, Fingal lost discipline for some reason, giving away needless fouls, and gradually London overhauled them and in the end eased to a relatively comfortable win, although no way near as comfortably as they had beaten Roscommon a fortnight ago.
This will probably turn out to be my last game of hurling until 2010, which is rather sad, as I would thoroughly recommend a game of hurling to anyone who fancies something a bit different .
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