Today's GAA news as Limerick hurler Kyle Hayes to appear in court over dangerous driving charge
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Limerick hurler Kyle Hayes to appear in court on dangerous driving charge
Limerick hurler Kyle Hayes is set to appear in court after being charged with dangerous driving following an incident in Mallow last weekend.
The five-time All-Ireland winner Is alleged to have been clocked speeding at 150 km/h in a 100 km/h zone in Cork on Sunday, he is due in court at a date to be confirmed.
The dangerous driving incident occurred just a week after Limerick's drive-for-five was ended at the hands of Cork in the semi-finals, with Hayes appearing as part of the losing side.
This Is Hayes' second court appearance in the span of four months after the 26-year-old walked free after receiving a suspended sentence for committing “dangerous” violent disorder inside and outside a nightclub, during which he attacked a young carpenter, Cillian McCarthy, who sustained serious facial injuries..
After a two-week trial last November, the hurler was found not guilty by a jury of a charge of assault causing harm to Mr McCarthy.
Cork star Patrick Horgan on getting barred from the pitch to learn about quality training
Cork hurler Patrick Horgan admits that he was barred from training on the Páirc Uí Chaoimh pitch when he first started playing to avoid overtraining.
He stated: “I was on the pitch at five, we were training at seven. Then we'd have a two-hour session, we're going to be on the field for four hours and I’d be worn out."
“I was barred from the pitch and everything for a while. Remember the old Páirc, the two big red gates? They were just closed, not a hope. Barred out of the Glen field as well," he said.
Horgan continued: “So then the game started to change and then different things, and we started thinking differently about the matches. The training routine then changed. So it's not all about the time you put in, it's the quality time.”
Whether he plays for an 18th season or not, the result on Sunday won’t be a factor.
The hurler has said that Sunday's final will not factor Into his decision-making on whether he'll play an 18th season.
Horgan said: “It actually wouldn't have an impact, no. Because if I were to say it would have an impact, I would have just lied in the last question."
“Obviously, if I see myself falling off like a performance or speed-wise, and you can see that easily. And if I feel like I don't have the hunger to train and put in the amount of effort that the players we have put in, then I wouldn't," he said.
Clare boss Brian Lohan says that losing an All-Ireland is "a bad place to be"
The four-time All-Star and current Clare boss Brian Lohan said that there is no worse feeling than losing an All-Ireland.
"It's a bad place to be," he said. Lohan knows the feeling from when Kilkenny overturned his Clare team in 2002.
He said: "There is great excitement in it, but it's a game where you have to enjoy the excitement that is there, try to embrace it, while at the same time keep in the back of your head that this is a really competitive game."
Lohan continued: "It's a game that everyone wants to be there, but nobody wants to be in a losing team in an All-Ireland final. It's worse than losing a semi-final, it's worse than losing a quarter-final. It's a bad place to be.
"While you're conscious of enjoying it, you do want to stay concentrated, you want to be tuned in to get the best out of yourself, to show your best abilities on that big day," said the Banner boss.
Lohan, however, is expecting a massive Clare presence for the first All-Ireland final meeting since the Banner's replay success in 2013.
He stated: "What I find is we have a great brand," he said. "It's brilliant to be involved in Clare hurling, it always has been brilliant to be involved in Clare hurling. I think our supporters, there is a real affinity with the team, with the individuals on the team. They see the work they're doing, how committed they are.
Brian Lohan feared that Shane O'Donnell wouldn't return to play after concussion
Brian Lohan confirms that he thought Shane O'Donnell would never play Inter-county hurling again after dealing with serious concussion issues in 2021.
O'Donnell suffered a severe concussion in training with Clare in June of 2021, sidelining him for that year's championship.
The forward made a return to his club Éire Óg after ten weeks but suffered another head injury, leaving him out for longer. The 2013 All-Ireland final replay hat-trick hero would eventually return to the Clare panel in March 2022.
Lohan wasn't sure if O'Donnell would come back. "Absolutely, it was a real serious incident," said the Clare boss.
He said: "There was a lot of...he got the expertise he needed. The quality player that he is, we'd love to have him back, but at the same time we were conscious it was such a serious incident."
Lohan continued: "It was absolutely 100% his decision and his call as to when he came back. That has influenced how he has trained over the last two years, it is great for him that he has been able to get back and get back to the level he is at."
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