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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
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Oisin Doherty

Another day, another brawl: The GAA's attitude to discipline needs to change

Not for the first time this season - or even this month, a GAA game has been marred by a free-for-all brawl involving players, panel members and coaching staff. Limerick was the venue on this occasion, as a match between Ballybrown and Garyspillane descended into chaos.

In an image all too familiar to GAA fans, practically every member of both panels proceed to get involved in the confrontation. All this stemmed from one minor incident, proving that the mantra of 'one in all in' is still alive and well in the GAA.

Only a couple of months ago the nation was in shock as the All Ireland quarter final between Armagh and Galway morphed into a literal battleground, with cheap shots being thrown left, right and centre. Tiernan Kelly's eye gouge on Damien Comer was picked up TV cameras and within a day, he was rightfully handed a six month long suspension.

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