They shook hands after the game, as they should. I think Setanta has shown he won't be pushed around. He needs to not worry too much about the hoppo bumpo now, push when pushed, play tight, concentrate on the ball. Interesting that Carey had him second best player of the round and Frawley had him second worst on the ground on MMM. What a fine coach Frawley must have been.

We need Setanta to be a skilfull tough player, but not look for trouble, tho we do need an enforcer. Maybe it will be Sam JAcobs in a few years time. He's graduated from a hard school, country footy playing as a boy against men. He might be the man.

You should def watch some hurling matches in Summer months Hollywood. Setanta as a forward in Ireland was used to his marker hitting him in the back, poking etc with a hurley so elbowing/shouldering is very tame. A bump off Mongo is nothing to him compared to what he's used to

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXR6vu302lA
Watch first 30 secs of this.... failry mild but thats a pretty typical sizing up at home (typically camera misses most of whats going on)

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Setanta Ó hAilpín 64 AFL Games 45 Goals

Up the Rebels All-Ireland Hurling Champions 2004/2005

I love the comments on that video after some dill compares it to lacrosse

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Richard Pratt - A Carlton legend.

Mad irish green giant.... see at....
http://www.flickr.com/photos/johntall/462236483/

Oh - a spanking new EX-75 and a Panosonic to go along with your bunged up car then!?!

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I'll drink to that, although the hurling I saw, only a couple had helmets. I saw one bloke get hit across the bridge of the nose with the hurley and he was poleaxed. They put a turban on his head and he played on. Now THAT is a tough game and the women play it too!!!

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Let slip the Blues of war (with apologies to William Shakespeare) (and Sir Francis Bacon, just in case)

Well done Kevin Bohane, this is the first time I ever watch a bit of hurling and I must say I enjoyed watching it, its noting what I expected.

The sad thing about watching that video is that i noticed about 10 free kicks in the first minute if the AFL were running Hurling.

God our game is getting soft!

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"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit"
- Aristotle