I was afraid this might happen "A&E wards across England were last night struggling to cope after Sky Sports inaugural GAA broadcast inspired swarms of young men to give hurling a try, resulting in devastating injuries to hundreds. Enamored with the strange sport following Twitters “Shock and Awe” reaction to Kilkennys 5-32 to 1-18 annihilation of Offaly in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, many young Englishmen sought out their nearest GAA club to attempt a replication of the high speed action they had just witnessed. A mix of poor hand-eye co-ordination, tactic free play and general Englishness is believed to have led to the majority of the injuries suffered, which range from broken fingers to total body paralysis. Describing scenes which were common up and down the country last night, ex-pat Sean Beag McGuinness spoke to WWN about how 12 young Englishmen had to be ambulanced away from his local GAA club, St. Finbars in Manchester. “Me and the team were having a lash around lash night around nine, just a bit of craic” said 25 year old McGuinness, a plumber who originally hails from Donegal. “A group of the locals were passing by and asked if they could have a go. They’d just seen the hurling on Sky Sports and thought it was great, so we gave them our sticks and let them at it. Within ten minutes, we had to call an ambulance. There was teeth everywhere, lads hobbling around crocked… the lad that was in goals had a head on him like a punnet of strawberries that’d been dropped out the window if a moving car”. “It’s not that they were overly rough or violent, they were just… English. You hand an Englishman a stick and a ball and tell him to run with it, and this kind of thing is bound to happen”. Speaking on behalf of the GAA at an emergency press conference called to stem the amount of GAA related injuries being suffered by the English, Hurling physio Eoin “Mac” O’Brien appealed to new fans to not attempt to recreate the scenes they witness at GAA matches. “GAA players are trained athletes” said O’Brien. “For your safety and the safety of those around you, we appeal to new fans to never try this at home. We appreciate that a lot of people are going to watch GAA for the first time on Sky Sports, and we know how thrilling it can be. You may find yourself wanting to go out an replicate the action at your nearest GAA pitch, but please always remember; you’re English. Stick to the cricket and the lawn bowls”.
Haha Eire,great post, As I don't have sky ain't seen this GAA stuff,might have to give it a google. BTW can't be arsed getting to the english Irish debate,were all Leeds fans on here(oh and our friends from bermondsey)
the old English Irish thing may well escalate over next two weeks as England flop in Rio este. After that Ill return to the excitement of the Leeds goings on
You can dig all you want fella,one of my favourite films is the van. And as for Irish mates,well start with Shako, Personally I have no beef,but I'm up for some banter
yep, love the van. Roddy Doyle a brilliant writer and Colm Meaney one of my favourite actors.BTW, any sign of Shaks
Ain't seen him on here,but I haven't been on much either,got some work thank feck. He'll be back soon no probs when the WC starts and the beer is back on
Got us there Tommy,how is Brightontoday ?.not seen many of you guys around what's happened to Show-off[spain]and Mighty[Italy]and TC[Reading]and LFB[Worcester]and Ringo[Bradford]and Brisbane[Australia]or Even Norwood ]Steve.Now what was that point you were trying to make ?
