Watch: Hurling tekkers in Cork GAA club match as fans divided on piece of wizardry
The little piece of magic in the Cork Championship happened in the blink of an eye as Patrick Horgan's Glen Rovers moved a step closer to Premier Senior Hurling after last year's relegation
Hurling fans are familiar with brilliant pieces of improvisation in tight spots.
Ingenious skills we haven’t seen before - or at least not very often.
Castlelyons’ Leon Doocey pulled off a piece of his own hurling tekkers in last Sunday’s Cork Senior ‘A’ Semi-Final against Glen Rovers.
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Patrick Horgan was making his first start for ‘the Glen’ since Cork’s All-Ireland final defeat by Clare, which he played through with a hamstring problem sustained in the build up to the game.
The 36-year-old hit 2-9 in a 3-16 to 1-16 victory as Glen Rovers set about regaining their Premier Senior status after last year’s shock relegation.
But it was a little gem from Doocey that had fans on social media talking as he tapped the sliotar with the butt end of his hurl, after it appeared to slip out of his hand. Hurling fans were divided on the piece of improvisation.
One said: “Some skill,” while others said, “What’s brilliant about pointless showboating?” and another added, “What was the point of it? Not sure did he just flip it for the sake of it.”
Others felt the wet conditions contributed to the incident with one poster saying: “The hurley slipped out of his hand in wet conditions and he improvised unbelievably.”
And another adding: “Looks like the hurl slipped out of his hand. Then he had to catch it.”
Another poster said: “It slipped. The weather was horrendous. Incredible close control in a panic situation.”
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