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Are come to Bught Park, where Scotland are taking on Ireland. | :00:21. | :00:27. | |
Today, it's all about this trophy, the Marine Harvest. After years of | :00:27. | :00:31. | |
Scottish dominance, the Irish have held the upper hand in recent | :00:31. | :00:41. | |
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encounters. It has been tied. This could be it! That is a penalty, | :00:45. | :00:53. | |
surely? Given the corner... Ireland have won. This is certainly | :00:53. | :01:03. | |
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let's that fly! It hangs in the balance. That was a fantastic | :01:24. | :01:34. | |
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strike. Oh! He has dropped it. The The first test of the Shinty | :01:42. | :01:46. | |
Hurling International series here in Inverness. Scotland want revenge | :01:46. | :01:51. | |
after three years of misery at the hands of the Irish. Hello and | :01:51. | :01:56. | |
welcome to Bught Park in Inverness for one of the most feisty | :01:56. | :01:59. | |
international sports you will ever see. Here to guide us through this | :01:59. | :02:04. | |
afternoon are two men who have graced the turf several times, | :02:04. | :02:10. | |
Fraser Ingles and Gary Innes. Gary, you have been involved in this | :02:10. | :02:14. | |
since 1999 and you have not missed one year, except for this year. | :02:14. | :02:19. | |
What has happened? It feels terrible to be this side of the | :02:19. | :02:24. | |
white lines but I have been under a session too much. Other commitments | :02:24. | :02:30. | |
have taken away a lot more. Unfortunately, I had to pull out | :02:30. | :02:34. | |
for months ago, which is very disappointing but it's good to be | :02:34. | :02:40. | |
here in some part. We have got the sticks in front of us, it is a | :02:40. | :02:45. | |
strange fixture, two different codes against each other. You have | :02:45. | :02:50. | |
the Irish hurling stick? Yes, billed for playing in the air. Very | :02:50. | :02:54. | |
flat on the side and the other, quite easy to stop the ball but | :02:54. | :02:59. | |
then that way. Not so good for hitting the ball off the ground. | :02:59. | :03:03. | |
Considerably shorter than the shinty stick. Shinty players will | :03:03. | :03:08. | |
have to watch for that nasty metal band. You don't have to cover that, | :03:08. | :03:15. | |
that can give you a nasty injury. Gary, you have got your traditional | :03:15. | :03:25. | |
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weapon of choice. Made of wood. It is a lot Thacker, and longer. So, | :03:27. | :03:31. | |
shinty is played off the ground and you have this loft to lift the ball | :03:31. | :03:37. | |
up. Great stuff. Slightly complicated but do not worry, we | :03:37. | :03:42. | |
will take you through the rules and you will not miss a thing. | :03:42. | :03:46. | |
Basically, it is like this. 14 players on each side and each have | :03:46. | :03:51. | |
lasts 40 minutes. Catching and kicking can only be done by the | :03:51. | :03:56. | |
goalkeepers. In terms appoints... One point for hitting the ball over | :03:56. | :04:00. | |
the bar from normal play. Two points for hitting it over the bar | :04:00. | :04:05. | |
from a free hit and five points for putting the ball into the back of | :04:05. | :04:10. | |
the net. That is a slight change to the rules. Last year it was just | :04:10. | :04:15. | |
three points. And what difference will that make? I don't think it | :04:15. | :04:19. | |
will make much of a difference to the result. The organisers are | :04:19. | :04:23. | |
trying to get more goals because the crowd wants to see spectacular | :04:23. | :04:27. | |
goals so hopefully today the teams of thing, let's concentrate on | :04:27. | :04:31. | |
getting goals, they are more enjoyable for everyone. Good | :04:31. | :04:36. | |
forward play and chances taken and points over the bar is good but | :04:36. | :04:42. | |
goals are what we're after. this is the first leg of two legs | :04:42. | :04:47. | |
and the second will be played next week over in Ireland. This is how | :04:47. | :04:52. | |
it works, two points for winning, one point for the draw. Bonus | :04:52. | :04:57. | |
points for scoring two or more goals in either game and in the | :04:58. | :05:01. | |
event of equality of match points and bonus points, the team at the | :05:01. | :05:09. | |
highest combined score from both games will be deemed the winner. | :05:09. | :05:13. | |
How are the Scotland team feeling? I spoke to the captain, Norman | :05:13. | :05:18. | |
Campbell. After a few years of recent Irish dominance, how do you | :05:18. | :05:24. | |
turn the tide? We have to be a bit more focused on what we're doing in | :05:24. | :05:29. | |
the last 20 minutes. We are losing the Games them. It isn't through | :05:29. | :05:34. | |
fitness, perhaps mental fatigue. We need to hold the ball up in areas | :05:34. | :05:38. | |
and waste some time in these areas where they can get the ball and | :05:38. | :05:42. | |
they are knocking the points of a consistently in the last 20 minutes. | :05:42. | :05:46. | |
We had been missing the game of the last few years with that. We start | :05:46. | :05:53. | |
strong. I think we have got the players in place today to do that. | :05:53. | :05:57. | |
It's like rule change, goals will give you five points. Does that | :05:57. | :06:03. | |
change things for Scotland? I think so. Shinty is a game that you want | :06:03. | :06:08. | |
to score goals in. That gives us a slight advantage. We have discussed | :06:08. | :06:14. | |
that and that is part of the tactics. If it does not go away and | :06:14. | :06:18. | |
the boys are not confident, we will drop the short play and go for the | :06:18. | :06:25. | |
five points. Best of luck. Cheers. The teams are about to make the way | :06:25. | :06:28. | |
onto the pitch with the Inverness pipe band leading the way very | :06:28. | :06:34. | |
shortly. Things about to get underway. It is a great atmosphere. | :06:34. | :06:42. | |
Every year. The teams are just coming out. In terms of Scotland, | :06:42. | :06:48. | |
who will be the key players? Kevin Bartlett is superb. He made his | :06:48. | :06:53. | |
debut last year and ended up in the points, the top scorer for Scotland. | :06:53. | :06:59. | |
They will want him to emerge again today. Scotland have experience and | :06:59. | :07:04. | |
they need this new talisman. Hopefully Kevin can perform that | :07:04. | :07:11. | |
role. A and the Irish, how much do we know about them? The really big | :07:11. | :07:15. | |
star is Tommy Walsh. Nine consecutive All Star titles, nobody | :07:15. | :07:20. | |
has ever done that before. Babel want him to lead by example but | :07:20. | :07:30. | |
they also have Shane Dooley. They also have men from a minor clubs | :07:30. | :07:33. | |
and they will want to come and make a name for themselves. Things are | :07:33. | :07:38. | |
about to get started. Let's get on with the action. Gary Innes has | :07:38. | :07:41. | |
left us to go to the commentary box and he joins up with Hugh Dan | :07:41. | :07:51. | |
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Always a great sense of occasion as the Irish arrive. And a great sense | :07:55. | :07:59. | |
of anticipation. Admiration for the skills they bring but for the Scots, | :07:59. | :08:05. | |
there is apprehension for what is to come. The President of the | :08:05. | :08:10. | |
Camanachd Association, Archie Robertson, Allan Sutherland from | :08:10. | :08:20. | |
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Marine Harvest, and Marty McEnvoy. And Jock Turner, the man from Kyles | :08:21. | :08:31. | |
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Athletic. Welcoming the teams. That pipe band warming up the | :08:32. | :08:38. | |
proceedings. It is damp underfoot and try overhead, thankfully. | :08:38. | :08:43. | |
Torrential rain in Inverness yesterday and overnight. It shall | :08:43. | :08:47. | |
make the conditions difficult. Gary Innes has galloped across the field. | :08:47. | :08:57. | |
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We shall have a word. We can just see what implication that will have. | :08:58. | :09:07. | |
The teams lining up. For the national anthems. It is always a | :09:07. | :09:17. | |
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great part of the occasion. As you watch the main field. Both teams | :09:19. | :09:29. | |
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lined up in the middle. Ready to take their tune. This is liable to | :09:33. | :09:43. | |
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be a fiercely contested match. The Scottish anthem will be sung by UN | :09:50. | :10:00. | |
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Dougal Robertson. He will give us Flower of Scotland. If you could | :10:00. | :10:10. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 72 seconds | :10:10. | :11:23. | |
all be up standing for the national now, Iwan Roberts in will take us | :11:23. | :11:33. | |
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O Flower of Scotland. When will we see your like again? That fought | :11:50. | :11:56. | |
and died for your wee bit hill and glen. And stood against him, Proud | :11:56. | :12:06. | |
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Edward's army. # And sent him homeward to think again. Those days | :12:16. | :12:20. | |
are past now And in the past they must remain But we can still rise | :12:20. | :12:30. | |
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And stood against him, proud Edward's army. And send them home | :12:43. | :12:53. | |
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word. To think again. Come on, team, today, three men strong at | :13:07. | :13:13. | |
the back, Norman Campbell, Donald Irvine from Kyles Athletic. The | :13:13. | :13:18. | |
busy midfield will be tested. Up front, Jon Stewart would be | :13:18. | :13:22. | |
expected to bulge of the net. With Kevin Bartlett. Where will the | :13:22. | :13:27. | |
goals come from? You talked about Jon Stewart, he is a massive threat. | :13:27. | :13:33. | |
And Kevin Bartlett. Heath McRae, we shall see goals aplenty. And the | :13:33. | :13:39. | |
Irish team, well, there are big names. Top class. Tommy Walsh at | :13:39. | :13:45. | |
the back. -- Shane Dooley and Patrick Horgan will provide the | :13:45. | :13:52. | |
defenders with the ultimate test. Shane Dooley has scored seven of | :13:52. | :14:00. | |
the last 10 goals from Ireland. He shall be a very big day part. | :14:00. | :14:04. | |
substitutes, just four of them on the bench for Ireland. In Scotland, | :14:04. | :14:10. | |
they include Niall MacPhee. Rolling substitutes. Coming I'm going for | :14:10. | :14:14. | |
all of the 80 minutes. Both managers will make full use of all | :14:14. | :14:21. | |
their players. They will have to. Tough conditions. And tough for the | :14:21. | :14:25. | |
referee. Billy Wotherspoon. He is taking charge of an international | :14:25. | :14:30. | |
for the first time. He will have one heck of an afternoon keeping up | :14:30. | :14:36. | |
with this lot. BT minutes of mayhem. Scotland are shooting towards | :14:36. | :14:42. | |
Inverness, towards the town, for those of you who know that. | :14:42. | :14:48. | |
Conditions underfoot? Very slippery. We have had a lot of rain in the | :14:48. | :14:54. | |
north and especially in Inverness. I think we shall see it showing up. | :14:54. | :15:00. | |
And some of the boys slipping. will keep you posted. On all of the | :15:00. | :15:04. | |
rules and the changes. And the difference from this year and last | :15:04. | :15:08. | |
year. The big difference being five points for any goal. The difference | :15:08. | :15:17. | |
the ball is thrown up words between both players in the centre. For the | :15:18. | :15:23. | |
hybrid, Compromise Rules, the ball is thrown in, more like the | :15:23. | :15:26. | |
beginning of a hockey match. Scotland in their traditional blue | :15:26. | :15:31. | |
colours. Getting from left to right. Ireland, in their traditional green, | :15:31. | :15:37. | |
lining up with two in the middle. Billy Wotherspoon is the man with | :15:37. | :15:47. | |
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Piccadilly Circus in the middle of the field. An Irishman coming out | :15:55. | :15:59. | |
at the last minute. Joseph Clarke is the missing one from the | :15:59. | :16:09. | |
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triumvirate in the middle. He came on. And from now, anything could | :16:11. | :16:21. | |
happen. It is Scotland to move the ball forward. The Irish taking some | :16:21. | :16:31. | |
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time to adjust. John Stuart, the late addition to the Scottish squad, | :16:31. | :16:37. | |
hugely experienced. Whether he will be able to use his pace on this | :16:37. | :16:47. | |
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sticky surface, we will have to shinty hurling is that the ball is | :16:54. | :17:04. | |
in the air for more of the time. That is a good long ball. This is a | :17:04. | :17:13. | |
test of the Scottish defenders. Facing an aerial bombardment. There | :17:13. | :17:23. | |
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was the clash of the ash. Unfortunately for Stephen MacDonald, | :17:25. | :17:31. | |
he has come across the player, and that is a clear for all. This gives | :17:31. | :17:38. | |
the Irish the chance for two points. If he hits it into the back of the | :17:38. | :17:43. | |
neck, then it is five points. But, this is a good opportunity for | :17:43. | :17:49. | |
Ireland to get on the scoresheet. If he rolls and jabs it, Stephen | :17:49. | :17:54. | |
McDonald is ready for the charge, that is a role on the jab, and that | :17:54. | :18:01. | |
is one point, a single point to violence. This is a difficult to | :18:01. | :18:05. | |
run Scotland, if they give early fouls in this area, they will kill | :18:05. | :18:13. | |
it. Some inexperience showing there. He will have been warning his | :18:13. | :18:18. | |
players not to give away fouls in crucial positions like that. But I | :18:18. | :18:24. | |
am sure that he will find his feet and rectify that. Or almost | :18:24. | :18:30. | |
immediately, a pat the other end, Scotland have a chance. -- up at | :18:30. | :18:40. | |
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good. The perfect response from Scotland. Stephen Bartlett from | :18:46. | :18:52. | |
Caberfeidh got 10 points last year. That is two points for Scotland, | :18:52. | :18:57. | |
straight over the bar. Outstanding response for Scotland. Because that | :18:57. | :19:02. | |
was hit from a dead-ball, he gets two points for pitting that over | :19:02. | :19:10. | |
the bar. But because the Irish rolled and jab, it was one point. | :19:10. | :19:16. | |
This is the difficulty for Scotland, and that is a goal. The goal, for | :19:16. | :19:21. | |
Patrick Horgan. The challenge for Scotland is when the Irish get the | :19:21. | :19:25. | |
ball up on the stick, when you are choosing them, it is almost | :19:25. | :19:31. | |
impossible. All were the top, that was a beautiful flick, and he just | :19:31. | :19:36. | |
gets it on the end of the stick, like a big frying-pan, and he just | :19:36. | :19:45. | |
pats that in. Look at how he put the ball up, and at pace, and | :19:45. | :19:50. | |
because the defender was behind him, he had no option. The first goal, | :19:50. | :20:00. | |
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passes the Scottish players by, because the Irish hit the ball so | :20:08. | :20:18. | |
long, and so hard. There is very little wind to worry about. Norman | :20:18. | :20:23. | |
Campbell has been pushed forward by the Scots, you would not expect to | :20:23. | :20:31. | |
see him in the back three. Billy Wotherspoon is going to have worked | :20:31. | :20:38. | |
with John Stewart. There will be no prisoners taken. I absolutely, | :20:38. | :20:44. | |
bought side by side, shoulder to shoulder. Billy Wotherspoon is | :20:44. | :20:54. | |
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having a work. -- word. Good refereeing in the early stages, | :20:56. | :21:01. | |
because it takes a while for the players to adjust to the pace and | :21:01. | :21:11. | |
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intensity of the match. Each half, five minutes longer for the Irish, | :21:13. | :21:23. | |
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and five minutes shorter for the scores. -- Scots. This is | :21:23. | :21:28. | |
unfortunately a dangerous area, even though it is far out. They | :21:28. | :21:34. | |
will hit that ball up to 90 yards. It will be interesting to see it | :21:34. | :21:39. | |
appears when to strike the ball from that position. It looks as if | :21:39. | :21:43. | |
he's eyeing up for a goal, so it'll be interesting to see if he goes | :21:43. | :21:48. | |
for the short. He gave it everything he had. And that was | :21:48. | :21:58. | |
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passes together. That was crucial o'clock and 2 o'clock. The club | :22:20. | :22:25. | |
must not come further down than 2 o'clock or further back than 10 | :22:25. | :22:33. | |
o'clock. The shinty players are pulling the stick back more and | :22:33. | :22:43. | |
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trying to intimidate the howling midfield, trying to soak up the | :22:53. | :23:03. | |
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pressure. -- moving in pairs. That is a good point, Patrick Horgan | :23:03. | :23:11. | |
again, from open play. He has done that week in, week out, for years, | :23:11. | :23:21. | |
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and nice, easy flick over the bar for a 0.4 Ireland. He just -- a | :23:21. | :23:31. | |
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point for Ireland. That was a great effort by John Stewart, and a great | :23:34. | :23:43. | |
save by Bernard Rochford in the Irish goal. You gotta stick on it. | :23:43. | :23:49. | |
There are no core Mars, of course. -- he got a stick on it. And there | :23:49. | :23:59. | |
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relentless. Moving it up the wings, but again, there is a spare | :24:18. | :24:25. | |
Irishman there. This is Norman Campbell all the way from that | :24:25. | :24:31. | |
field, he has given that everything. You see the goalkeeper, Bernard | :24:31. | :24:40. | |
Rochford, catching that quite comfortably. Norman has been pushed | :24:40. | :24:46. | |
up for his large hitting, to try to put it over the bar from 65 yards. | :24:46. | :24:50. | |
The Scots have half a chance, Bernard Rochford is on the ground, | :24:50. | :24:55. | |
and a good saved. Keith Mack Gray from Kinlochshiel, almost turning | :24:55. | :25:04. | |
it in. -- Keith McRae. He cannot do much more than that. That was a | :25:04. | :25:14. | |
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great save. As I was explaining before, there is no corner. Two | :25:16. | :25:23. | |
Irishman on the line covering their goalkeeper. I think he's going to | :25:23. | :25:28. | |
have a go at goal, here. Just over the bar, beautiful golf swing, but | :25:28. | :25:33. | |
he is just wide. That would have looked good on the Newtonmore golf | :25:33. | :25:43. | |
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course! It was just wide of the open spaces of the Bught Park. That | :26:08. | :26:14. | |
was clever, that change of direction from Bartlett, dropping | :26:14. | :26:21. | |
it in front of Stuart. Plenty of Scots here, and that is a chance, | :26:21. | :26:31. | |
but again, it is white. -- wide. Plenty of possession for Scotland, | :26:31. | :26:39. | |
which is encouraging. This is the difference just now, the Irish have | :26:39. | :26:43. | |
not missed any chances, and Scotland have missed a couple so | :26:43. | :26:49. | |
they start -- have to start topping up the scoreboard, before the Irish | :26:49. | :26:58. | |
start doing the same at the other end. There is John Stewart, but | :26:58. | :27:08. | |
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to play off the ground again. The ground howling is an increasingly | :27:12. | :27:22. | |
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used feature of the Irish team. -- ground hurling. The Scots, not | :27:23. | :27:29. | |
happy with that decision. I think that he actually kicked it if we | :27:29. | :27:37. | |
have a look. It was just his for it. In the Irish game, it is perfectly | :27:37. | :27:40. | |
acceptable to kick the ball and dragged along. This is another | :27:40. | :27:50. | |
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chance for the Irish. It is Patrick Horgan from Cork. He will either | :27:51. | :27:55. | |
dropping short, or dropping over the bar. He has rolled and jabbed | :27:55. | :28:05. | |
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it. And the flag is up. That is a single point. Patrick Horgan is | :28:07. | :28:16. | |
becoming a thorn in the site for Scotland. -- in the side. | :28:16. | :28:22. | |
cannot give the Irish position there, because that is a guarantee | :28:22. | :28:27. | |
point. Scotland need to get themselves sorted out. John Stewart | :28:27. | :28:33. | |
is experienced up front, at keeping the ball low, and this is where | :28:33. | :28:38. | |
Scotland have their biggest opportunity. We are directly in | :28:38. | :28:44. | |
line with that and we can see it dropping over the bar from the dead | :28:44. | :28:50. | |
ball. They have said that that was wide, and that thing I would like | :28:50. | :28:56. | |
to have a look at that again. Let us have a look at that again. That | :28:56. | :29:03. | |
looked to me, let us have a look again, and that is clearly between | :29:03. | :29:09. | |
the posts. We were in the perfect position format, so that is an | :29:09. | :29:16. | |
injustice for Scotland. Who do we speak to? We need to get this | :29:16. | :29:24. | |
sorted quickly! Big Norman is not the sort of guy that you would like | :29:24. | :29:34. | |
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to rob or two.S. -- of two points. Here is Kevin Bartlett from the | :29:37. | :29:47. | |
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cameras. Well, this could be an important talking point at the end | :29:58. | :30:08. | |
of the game. Definitely. Two. Going missing for Scotland. The rest of | :30:08. | :30:14. | |
the team have not seen that. They are just focused on the game. The | :30:14. | :30:20. | |
game goes on. Occasionally, the referee will allow that if it is | :30:20. | :30:25. | |
accidental. Kevin Bartlett terms that in. Acres of space. Bringing | :30:25. | :30:32. | |
the goalkeeper into play. They did not get that away. The Scots are | :30:32. | :30:36. | |
getting into the front part of the field with plenty of possession but | :30:36. | :30:40. | |
they need to be more correct on the goal, I would say. The Irish get | :30:40. | :30:50. | |
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that away. But... Shane Dooley. There are positions in hurling but | :30:55. | :30:59. | |
then you have the top class players, Shane Dooley, for example, he can | :30:59. | :31:06. | |
play anywhere. Everywhere. As I say, there are no key positions. They | :31:06. | :31:10. | |
have areas and they seemed to wander off and make themselves | :31:10. | :31:15. | |
available for their team-mates. Scots dropping the short ball, | :31:15. | :31:18. | |
obviously the tactic to drop the short ball in front of the keeper | :31:18. | :31:28. | |
:31:28. | :31:34. | ||
and make him play. Three Scots Irish. Just a little bit wild about | :31:34. | :31:41. | |
the swing. Brendan Murtagh. One of the more experienced players. He | :31:41. | :31:47. | |
knows what it is about. One handed. I'm not sure if there was anything | :31:47. | :31:53. | |
wrong with that. It was possibly from the hand at the back. This | :31:53. | :32:02. | |
gives Neil MacDonald an opportunity. Two. To Scotland. Eight points for | :32:02. | :32:08. | |
Ireland. The referee, Billy Wotherspoon, asking the Irish who | :32:08. | :32:13. | |
charged at the Scottish free kick. You have to be 20 yards away when | :32:13. | :32:22. | |
taking a free hit. It takes a brave man. Yes. Especially with shinty, | :32:22. | :32:29. | |
the ball will be coming up law. In hurling, they flick it upwards. | :32:29. | :32:33. | |
Much more chance of a hurley player managing to stop the ball. McDonald | :32:33. | :32:38. | |
will send this to the other end of the field. Again, dropping at short | :32:38. | :32:45. | |
into the danger area. It takes a brave man to go up for that ball. | :32:45. | :32:49. | |
Interested me, in the Irish game, when they're playing, they will put | :32:49. | :32:54. | |
their stake up to bring the ball down. In the last couple of years | :32:54. | :32:59. | |
and hurling, you can see, they all wear helmets and face cards. That | :32:59. | :33:07. | |
is compulsory, now. Yet there are two players out there... In action | :33:07. | :33:15. | |
again. And he has done it again. Patrick Horgan's pace, that is the | :33:15. | :33:23. | |
key thing. He has got the second goal for Ireland. Beautiful. It | :33:23. | :33:31. | |
dropped, there. But let Macintosh with no chance. -- it left | :33:31. | :33:38. | |
Macintosh. He had the presence of mind to change his mind and because | :33:38. | :33:45. | |
he was so fast, he just managed to readjust. That gives Ireland the | :33:45. | :33:48. | |
bonus in terms of the series because they have a second goal. | :33:48. | :33:56. | |
That takes him into a pretty comfortable lead. Norman Campbell. | :33:56. | :34:01. | |
He will need something of the inspiration. Because the Irish have | :34:01. | :34:07. | |
not even brought Tommy Walsh into the game, much. Why do they have to | :34:07. | :34:14. | |
win they have someone like Patrick Horgan rattling the scoreboard. No. | :34:14. | :34:22. | |
18, that is our man. Mr Walsh. Stephen McDonald has pumped it up. | :34:22. | :34:29. | |
Dealt with beautifully down the wing. Good passing. From the Irish. | :34:29. | :34:36. | |
And good defence from the Scots. Campbell moving back. His team-mate, | :34:36. | :34:43. | |
Steven MacDonald. And again, it is wide. You really have to be on | :34:43. | :34:47. | |
target, you cannot squander any chances. The Scots making an early | :34:47. | :34:52. | |
change. You cannot squander any chance but Scotland seemed to be | :34:52. | :34:56. | |
hitting the ball using John Stewart as the danger man. Rather than | :34:56. | :35:01. | |
using the wings and keeping the ball low. He has taken a knock on | :35:01. | :35:11. | |
:35:11. | :35:12. | ||
the hand. He has gone off. Donald Irvine coming off. Mark MacDonald | :35:12. | :35:22. | |
coming on. I think it is an injury. No. 8, Niall MacPhee. These are | :35:22. | :35:27. | |
tactical adjustments. Ireland also making a change for an injury. | :35:27. | :35:34. | |
Steven Clynch, I think it is. He is coming on. Norman Campbell, | :35:34. | :35:39. | |
meanwhile, is trying to get on with things. The referee blows. | :35:40. | :35:47. | |
Substitute. Barry McFall coming off. The Antrim man. I think that is an | :35:47. | :35:55. | |
injury. Steven Clynch is coming on. Donald Irvine looks like he has | :35:55. | :36:05. | |
:36:05. | :36:08. | ||
taken a knock. Steven Clynch has come on for the Irish. There is | :36:08. | :36:14. | |
absolute mayhem. Norman Campbell isn't having a good day. He just | :36:14. | :36:24. | |
:36:24. | :36:36. | ||
lost the 10 metres that he's the Irish. A leading to players up | :36:36. | :36:46. | |
:36:46. | :36:48. | ||
front. -- leaving two players. John Barr. He did not catch that as well | :36:48. | :36:54. | |
as he would have liked, giving Ireland and opportunity. Plenty for | :36:54. | :37:02. | |
Drew McNeil to ponder. He knows that he has got... There is no-one | :37:02. | :37:06. | |
real place that they are breaking down, they are strong, all 14, the | :37:06. | :37:10. | |
Irish. Very difficult for any manager to pick some key location | :37:10. | :37:20. | |
to break down. Anyone there's Ben has given a file. -- Billy | :37:20. | :37:30. | |
:37:30. | :37:34. | ||
Wotherspoon. Neil McManus, from Cushendall. You would be looking | :37:34. | :37:38. | |
for Kevin Bartlett to have a shot at goal? No, far too many people in | :37:38. | :37:47. | |
his way. Get this over and give Scotland two.. He duly delivers. | :37:47. | :37:55. | |
That was a good strike. Two points for Scotland. Kevin Bartlett. And | :37:55. | :38:01. | |
that was a good strike. Nice and clean and very steady. Straight | :38:01. | :38:11. | |
:38:11. | :38:14. | ||
down the line. Perfect. Scotland 4 points, Ireland, 13. That was | :38:14. | :38:18. | |
careless. You don't want to do that just as his score. He should know | :38:18. | :38:24. | |
better than that, he is a very experienced international. That | :38:24. | :38:32. | |
gives Ireland another opportunity. Guess who? That man, Patrick Horgan. | :38:32. | :38:40. | |
He can roll the ball onto his stake and wanted over. Coming as a lines | :38:40. | :38:50. | |
:38:50. | :38:52. | ||
man to give this one a mess? -- can we ask the lines man. That gives | :38:52. | :38:58. | |
him the chance to try again. Stephen McDonald is trying to put | :38:58. | :39:03. | |
Patrick Horgan off as much as you can and he actually did miss that. | :39:03. | :39:10. | |
But because he went early, the referee has pulled it back. He gets | :39:10. | :39:16. | |
another chance. Meanwhile, Stephen McDonald is going to charge from 20 | :39:17. | :39:25. | |
yards. Trying to put him off. And it worked! Well done, Steven | :39:25. | :39:32. | |
MacDonald! After all that. That just shows you, it is all about | :39:32. | :39:39. | |
using the rules, they are there to we used. That was pretty close as | :39:39. | :39:47. | |
well! Giving a chance to Scotland, this time. Becoming just a little | :39:47. | :39:55. | |
bit broken. We need the net bulging once again. Where is it going to | :39:55. | :40:01. | |
come from? The wonderful thing for Scotland is they have for brilliant | :40:01. | :40:09. | |
forwards. They don't seem to have had the opportunity get. -- it yet. | :40:09. | :40:19. | |
:40:19. | :40:23. | ||
Two points. That was a beautiful strike. That was like Rory McIlroy! | :40:23. | :40:29. | |
That was a beautiful strike. That is better. Another two points for | :40:29. | :40:35. | |
Scotland. The scoreboard is ticking over, which is a good thing. It | :40:35. | :40:43. | |
would take over faster if they could get five points. Finlay | :40:43. | :40:52. | |
MacRae, looking for Keith MacRae. Down again. Just a little bit too | :40:52. | :40:59. | |
clever, I fear. It has worked, across into the middle. That was a | :40:59. | :41:07. | |
good ball. And that quick whip gets it away. And it looks as if Walsh | :41:08. | :41:13. | |
has taken a bad one. Tommy Walsh has taken a knock on his legs. At | :41:13. | :41:20. | |
the other end, the play rages on. Patrick Horgan takes off. From open | :41:21. | :41:27. | |
play... Sending it over the bar for one point. From open play. | :41:27. | :41:32. | |
cannot give the Irish any chance. Here we have the All Star, Tommy | :41:32. | :41:36. | |
Walsh, limping. I am not exactly sure what has happened but perhaps | :41:36. | :41:43. | |
we can come back to that. This is a man who broke Gary Innes's knows, I | :41:43. | :41:53. | |
:41:53. | :41:54. | ||
detect some sympathy for his injury?! I am sure he did not mean | :41:54. | :42:01. | |
that. Tommy Walsh, from a standing start. Straight in the front door, | :42:01. | :42:11. | |
:42:11. | :42:14. | ||
Norman Campbell. Over the half-back line, that is always the key. Loads | :42:14. | :42:23. | |
of skill. Deft touch. And the Irish have conceded the front third. They | :42:23. | :42:33. | |
:42:33. | :42:44. | ||
Campbell, given the chance to get his first points. Well, Norman | :42:44. | :42:53. | |
Campbell has given Steven MacDonald short shrift. If this goes over the | :42:53. | :43:03. | |
:43:03. | :43:05. | ||
bar and they do not give it, I will be out of this box, giving words! | :43:05. | :43:13. | |
David Smart coming on for Scotland. Keith MacRae coming off. Norman | :43:13. | :43:18. | |
Campbell is having to wait. Which is a good thing. The Irish have | :43:18. | :43:26. | |
also changed. No. 7 is coming on. Shane Fennell. And Darragh | :43:26. | :43:32. | |
O'Connell has come off. Norman Campbell has launched one. No doubt. | :43:32. | :43:39. | |
He is wide. Again, has he fallen between two schools? Would she have | :43:39. | :43:43. | |
been better dropping that in front of the keeper? He has done this | :43:44. | :43:49. | |
many times before. He has to go for the goal. Scotland need to keep the | :43:49. | :43:55. | |
scoreboard going. Especially because of the distance. The Irish | :43:55. | :43:59. | |
can pick the ball out of the air so easily. Here we have another | :43:59. | :44:07. | |
opportunity. S Steven MacDonald puts this one over, well, I think... | :44:07. | :44:12. | |
With his range, it will not be an issue. He will fancy that. That is | :44:12. | :44:22. | |
:44:22. | :44:23. | ||
the halfway line. Just outside the tunnel. He did not catch that one. | :44:23. | :44:31. | |
That has dropped to Tommy Walsh. There is more than capable. Stephen | :44:31. | :44:37. | |
McDonald, shortly -- slightly unorthodox shot on that one! Look | :44:38. | :44:45. | |
at few Irishmen are up and thus have? -- out how few Irishmen are | :44:45. | :44:55. | |
:44:55. | :45:27. | ||
up in this half. The Gary Innes Another opportunity. This loose | :45:27. | :45:33. | |
swing by Norman Campbell has cost them dearly, I suspect. Both have | :45:33. | :45:40. | |
gone for the ball. It isn't Norman Campbell he is the issue. It is the | :45:40. | :45:50. | |
:45:50. | :46:10. | ||
other a Scotland player. Easy, easy Inverness, after an appalling week | :46:10. | :46:19. | |
of rain and desperate weather. You would not have put much money on it | :46:19. | :46:25. | |
being a pleasant afternoon, but it is gorgeous. Half-an-hour of the | :46:25. | :46:30. | |
match gone. Another chance for Stephen MacDonald who is having | :46:30. | :46:40. | |
:46:40. | :46:40. | ||
something of a personal duel at the moment. Again, this is becoming | :46:40. | :46:50. | |
:46:50. | :46:51. | ||
wasteful. That is exactly what is happening just now. That is | :46:51. | :46:54. | |
something Scotland need to start looking at. Scotland have made | :46:54. | :46:58. | |
another substitution as well, but it is becoming something of a waste, | :46:58. | :47:08. | |
:47:08. | :47:10. | ||
so they need to address that. is Neil McDonald going off. And | :47:11. | :47:20. | |
:47:21. | :47:35. | ||
substitution in midfield again. Drew McNeill looking for something | :47:35. | :47:41. | |
different to test the Irish. It is by no means a lost cause, nowhere | :47:41. | :47:48. | |
near it, but, again, you have to be disciplined and the tackle. Both | :47:48. | :47:54. | |
sets of players know how to handle themselves. It might look like they | :47:54. | :47:59. | |
are swinging at each other, but they know exactly what they are | :47:59. | :48:09. | |
:48:09. | :48:19. | ||
balls and the tills. -- in midfield. Again, Stephen MacDonald penalised. | :48:19. | :48:27. | |
He claims that he is going for the ball. The first one was John Barr. | :48:27. | :48:32. | |
The end, here we go, we see Stephen MacDonald coming in. There was | :48:32. | :48:36. | |
nothing wrong with that, in a shinty hurling, that is completely | :48:36. | :48:46. | |
:48:46. | :48:52. | ||
acceptable. We have a free for the Irish. It is the interpretation of | :48:52. | :48:56. | |
whether or you can reach the ball, you have to be within reach to make | :48:56. | :49:04. | |
a legitimate swing. That is the deal. We haven't I the substitution, | :49:04. | :49:14. | |
:49:14. | :49:16. | ||
number 19. -- we have an Irish substitution. Good to see a big | :49:16. | :49:26. | |
:49:26. | :49:38. | ||
crowd at the Bught Park here. to come on. Brendan Murtagh is one | :49:38. | :49:48. | |
:49:48. | :50:05. | ||
points before half-time - that would be very helpful. Mackintosh | :50:05. | :50:15. | |
:50:15. | :50:17. | ||
can only look, because that goes completely over the bar again. | :50:17. | :50:21. | |
Irish seem to just keep picking away at the points in these games, | :50:21. | :50:27. | |
over the years. Scotland need a goal to get themselves back into | :50:27. | :50:37. | |
:50:37. | :50:42. | ||
this game. It would certainly give Norman Campbell in midfield is | :50:42. | :50:46. | |
working, because the game is passing him by at the moment. | :50:46. | :50:51. | |
midfield often gets passed by because of the huge hits out of | :50:51. | :50:55. | |
defence, and Norman has picked up clear of the year again as a | :50:55. | :50:59. | |
defender, so Drew McNeil will possibly have to start looking at | :50:59. | :51:09. | |
:51:09. | :51:10. | ||
that. His hitting is not being used. That struck the Irishman Darragh | :51:10. | :51:13. | |
O'Connell Right Hon the Helmut. If he had not been wearing it, it | :51:13. | :51:23. | |
:51:23. | :51:36. | ||
would have laid him out flat. -- was absolutely effortless by Reidy. | :51:37. | :51:45. | |
So Scotland have to try and close down, even from the fall was. -- | :51:45. | :51:55. | |
:51:55. | :52:00. | ||
away from us for what thought, and that is a big injury for the Scots. | :52:00. | :52:10. | |
:52:10. | :52:13. | ||
Daniel Cameron is down. His helmet has taken a whack. It was just as | :52:13. | :52:23. | |
:52:23. | :52:30. | ||
he went down. It was not the original collision. He's feeling | :52:30. | :52:40. | |
:52:40. | :52:47. | ||
his groin, the way he fell. It's possible his studs caught. I think | :52:47. | :52:50. | |
maybe that the studs caught, and he has caught that up the inside of | :52:50. | :52:57. | |
his leg. He might be speaking in a higher voice for the rest of the | :52:57. | :53:07. | |
:53:07. | :53:16. | ||
Campbell. Interestingly, Norman did not look like he was trying to hit | :53:16. | :53:20. | |
it over the bar, but to put it wide for John Stewart, but there was | :53:20. | :53:28. | |
just a little bit too much pace. Remember, it is 40 minutes each way, | :53:28. | :53:35. | |
in this compromised Rules match. The Irish have dominated in terms | :53:35. | :53:44. | |
of the scoring. From open play, that is wide again, but that is the | :53:45. | :53:50. | |
best shinty move that Scotland are put together. It is the first tour | :53:50. | :53:56. | |
three balls that have been played on the ground. Unfortunately, he | :53:56. | :54:00. | |
has just put that wide, but, if Scotland can keep the ball and | :54:00. | :54:08. | |
moving down the wing they can be effective. Maybe this Office is | :54:08. | :54:18. | |
:54:18. | :54:56. | ||
trying out, and that will suit their hand up to keep the Sun out | :54:56. | :55:04. | |
of their eyes. So the sunlight is becoming an issue as well. There is | :55:05. | :55:09. | |
an opportunity from the touchline. Stephen Macdonald of Newtonmore is | :55:09. | :55:18. | |
coming over. He fancies a pop from the site. For Norman Campbell it is | :55:18. | :55:22. | |
not quite at the level it could be. He has disappeared over to the | :55:22. | :55:26. | |
left-hand side. He will take a nosebleed if he goes much further | :55:26. | :55:34. | |
forward! A smite thee a tactic if Stephen was to drop a short, but he | :55:34. | :55:38. | |
knows what he is going to do. the final minute of the first half, | :55:38. | :55:44. | |
he has kept it in play, cuts it across, and John Stuart just about | :55:44. | :55:53. | |
got there. For Scotland now, there was a chance. That is while they, | :55:53. | :56:03. | |
:56:03. | :56:11. | ||
they are looking for a goal before half-time. -- that is why they. One | :56:11. | :56:14. | |
minute of injury time, we understand. As long as the ball | :56:14. | :56:20. | |
remains in play, Scotland have a chance. The Irish, cleverly keeping | :56:20. | :56:23. | |
it for themselves. We now have shadows on the pitch, as the Sun | :56:23. | :56:33. | |
:56:33. | :56:34. | ||
comes out. Absolutely beautiful. And Billy Wotherspoon brings a | :56:34. | :56:38. | |
dramatic a staff to an end. That was a very tidy Irish performance | :56:38. | :56:48. | |
:56:48. | :56:49. | ||
which has seen them score two five pointers. And Patrick Horgan of | :56:49. | :56:55. | |
Cork has kept the scoring going. He has got everything, popping them | :56:55. | :57:05. | |
:57:05. | :57:12. | ||
over, with almost nonchalant ease. this first half, to say the least. | :57:12. | :57:19. | |
I am joined by the former Scotland international Fraser Inglis. | :57:19. | :57:24. | |
Ireland dominated. Two bookable goals. Ireland have been solid, not | :57:24. | :57:29. | |
giving anything away at the back. Scotland have competed well but | :57:29. | :57:34. | |
need some composure in front of goal to get the scores back again. | :57:34. | :57:39. | |
I am joined by the Irish joint- manager Michael Walsh. You must be | :57:39. | :57:44. | |
delighted with that first half. They have performed very well in | :57:44. | :57:50. | |
the first half. Scotland have missed quite a few chances. Patrick | :57:50. | :57:56. | |
Horgan having a tremendous game. is very sharp, he has come off with | :57:56. | :58:02. | |
an injury, but hopefully, he will be low-key. But that is down to the | :58:02. | :58:08. | |
hard work of the rest of the players out on the field. If we can | :58:08. | :58:13. | |
keep the same momentum and the same spirit going, we will be very happy. | :58:13. | :58:20. | |
Well done, so far, thank you for joining us. Patrick Horgan the | :58:20. | :58:25. | |
dominant player in that first half. You must have been impressed by him. | :58:25. | :58:30. | |
Very classy, the way that he took the goals. Look at the composure to | :58:30. | :58:34. | |
put the ball up in the air and then knocking over Stuart McIntosh. An | :58:34. | :58:42. | |
extremely well taken goal. With the five points, he went for the goal | :58:42. | :58:46. | |
and he got the goal, that was a great start for Ireland, then he | :58:46. | :58:51. | |
broke away, he went to volley it, he checked and readjusted himself | :58:51. | :58:56. | |
and put it into the net. It was just too far out for Stuart | :58:56. | :59:00. | |
McIntosh to get at it. scoreline looks ominous for | :59:00. | :59:05. | |
Scotland, but, the way that the goals are now, five points for the | :59:05. | :59:09. | |
goal, so Scotland are suddenly right back in it and it is game on. | :59:10. | :59:14. | |
And it could have been better for Scotland in that first half. There | :59:14. | :59:20. | |
was some controversy. Norman Campbell took one that was | :59:20. | :59:24. | |
definitely over the posts. It is difficult for the linesman to look | :59:24. | :59:28. | |
up at the right time and get it, but that was a legitimate for two | :59:28. | :59:34. | |
points for Scotland. Ireland had won that they did not get, so maybe | :59:34. | :59:40. | |
it evens itself out. I think Scotland are shooting from to find | :59:40. | :59:46. | |
out. They should play the ball in and might get a goal, at least put | :59:46. | :59:48. | |
the Irish defence under pressure but when you are hitting it from | :59:48. | :59:52. | |
that far out and putting it wide, you're not asking any questions of | :59:52. | :59:57. | |
the Irish defence. But these will be against Scotland now has they | :59:57. | :00:02. | |
will have to play the ball short, and get it to the forwards. We can | :00:02. | :00:08. | |
take a break from the International at the moment, and think about the | :00:08. | :00:13. | |
Camanachd Cup final from last month. Kyles Athletic took on Inveraray. | :00:13. | :00:18. | |
Some great Cup finals in that competition in recent years, but it | :00:19. | :00:28. | |
:00:29. | :00:42. | ||
was fair to say that this topped Inveraray! The Kenley! The danger | :00:42. | :00:52. | |
:00:52. | :00:52. | ||
area. Right in front of the goal. McDonald causing trouble. Roddy | :00:52. | :01:02. | |
:01:02. | :01:12. | ||
Macdonald has done it! At the Roddy McDonald is the way. All the | :01:12. | :01:22. | |
:01:22. | :01:23. | ||
way! Roddy McDonald from Kyles Athletic has turned the tables on | :01:23. | :01:33. | |
:01:33. | :01:41. | ||
Inveraray with that magnificent and has struck back! With that | :01:41. | :01:50. | |
sublime finish, again. Giving Kelly Macdonald no chance. Four goals in | :01:50. | :02:00. | |
20 minutes in the Camanachd Cup Final. Inveraray again! Oh! That is | :02:00. | :02:06. | |
the third goal for Inveraray. This time, Chris Crawford. Karin | :02:07. | :02:16. | |
McPherson, plenty of time. On the chase. Killed in an instant. He | :02:16. | :02:26. | |
finds David McPherson. Another goal for Inveraray! It is that man, | :02:26. | :02:36. | |
:02:36. | :02:37. | ||
McKinley. Kyles Athletic. Out comes MacPherson. The flag is up. The | :02:37. | :02:47. | |
:02:47. | :03:14. | ||
goal judge has got his flag up. He fearsome on his good side. Goal! | :03:14. | :03:24. | |
:03:24. | :03:32. | ||
Oh! Derek Ferguson! What a great strike! -- Gary McPherson! My | :03:32. | :03:39. | |
goodness! Macdonald! Anything he can do, Fraser MacDonald can more | :03:39. | :03:49. | |
:03:49. | :03:50. | ||
than match. 5 - 4! Here it comes again. Fraser MacDonald, he will be | :03:50. | :04:00. | |
:04:00. | :04:08. | ||
happy. Macdonald! Oh! Unbelievable! The 10th goal of an unbelievable | :04:08. | :04:18. | |
:04:18. | :04:33. | ||
Camanachd Cup Final. And a hat- Macdonald! And a goal for Kyles | :04:33. | :04:43. | |
:04:43. | :04:54. | ||
Athletic. His 4th goal. This is What a game that was. Hugh Dan | :04:54. | :04:58. | |
MacLennan had to sit in a darkened room for a week afterwards. An | :04:58. | :05:03. | |
incredible Cup Final? There have been very exciting finals over the | :05:03. | :05:07. | |
past couple of years and that had the most number of goals. The | :05:07. | :05:12. | |
defending was not the best but that made for a very exciting final. No | :05:12. | :05:18. | |
matter what the score is, Kyles Athletic can come back and when. | :05:18. | :05:22. | |
Body McDonald, it is goals that Scotland needed in this second half. | :05:22. | :05:27. | |
Why is he not involved? He could not attend any of the training | :05:27. | :05:31. | |
sessions and to refer to the management team, you have to go for | :05:31. | :05:36. | |
the boys that are committed to the training sessions and he could not | :05:36. | :05:42. | |
make it. These guys are amateur, they are playing for their pleasure | :05:42. | :05:47. | |
and they have also got full-time jobs. It is a big commitment. | :05:47. | :05:52. | |
have the commitment to their club and they are being asked to do more | :05:52. | :05:58. | |
for International. I mentioned Kevin Bartlett at the start and he | :05:58. | :06:02. | |
showed up quite well, particularly against Tommy Walsh. But it is | :06:02. | :06:06. | |
always teamwork. Today they have to use teamwork to break through this | :06:06. | :06:11. | |
Irish defence and if they can do that, another goal, there is a long | :06:11. | :06:16. | |
way to go. It's about to get started for the second half. Gary | :06:16. | :06:26. | |
:06:26. | :06:43. | ||
Hugh Dan McLelland. Ireland now what the sun on their backs, | :06:43. | :06:51. | |
playing from left to right. Mayhem ensues in the middle of the park. | :06:51. | :06:56. | |
It is now at all about Scotland digging deep and trying to find | :06:56. | :07:03. | |
some way to abolish the Irish net. Able get five points for a goal, an | :07:03. | :07:08. | |
increase on it harder from last year. Looking at the back of | :07:08. | :07:12. | |
Scotland, Norman Campbell has been drafted back into defence. Jon | :07:12. | :07:18. | |
Stewart up front. Kevin Bartlett, another key player. Jon Stewart is | :07:18. | :07:23. | |
amazing if you get the ball to his feet. He has not had the service so | :07:23. | :07:33. | |
:07:33. | :07:34. | ||
far today. Campbell. His more favoured role. This is where he has | :07:34. | :07:38. | |
produced his Man of the Match performances before. He seemed just | :07:38. | :07:45. | |
a little bit lost. There are a couple of changes in the Irish team. | :07:45. | :07:50. | |
This will be quite difficult for the Scotland defenders. The sun is | :07:50. | :07:54. | |
very strong in their eyes. The Irish are playing with the high | :07:54. | :08:01. | |
balls. We might see some mistakes being made by the Scotland defence. | :08:01. | :08:06. | |
Number 10, Tommy Walsh, has come back on, the legend that he is. | :08:06. | :08:12. | |
Just below us in the commentary position. Number 10, Neil McManus, | :08:12. | :08:22. | |
:08:22. | :08:24. | ||
from Cushendall. Norman Campbell deals with that. Ably assisted by | :08:24. | :08:32. | |
his team-mate, McDonald. The danger man, Patrick Horgan. This is more | :08:32. | :08:42. | |
:08:42. | :08:43. | ||
like what we expect Norman Campbell to deliver. Looking for Jon Stewart. | :08:43. | :08:48. | |
That little push on the back give Scotland the free kick. He should | :08:48. | :08:54. | |
know what it is about. You cannot put your hand on the back. Kevin | :08:54. | :08:59. | |
Bartlett should step up and put Scotland into position with the | :08:59. | :09:03. | |
first points in the second half. is hitting directly into the sun, | :09:03. | :09:10. | |
which does not help. Or the referee, watching where the ball will go. | :09:10. | :09:17. | |
And again, that is wide. From there, Gary... He will be very | :09:17. | :09:21. | |
disappointed with that. Scotland need to be putting points in from | :09:21. | :09:28. | |
that area. He knows that there is nothing worse than that. You can | :09:28. | :09:33. | |
expect it yourself, easy to put over the bar but it does not happen. | :09:33. | :09:38. | |
We will see him again on the scoresheet again. This is a huge | :09:38. | :09:43. | |
problem for Scott and, as soon as the Irish launch the ball, the | :09:43. | :09:47. | |
Scottish players put their hands to their eyes. They cannot see the | :09:47. | :09:56. | |
ball. Mackintosh has put on his cap. That is how much of a glorious | :09:56. | :10:03. | |
afternoon it is. We cannot excuse the two points that Norman Campbell | :10:03. | :10:13. | |
:10:13. | :10:15. | ||
lost. But that will be a talking point as the match goes on. That | :10:15. | :10:21. | |
would have taken them two. Closer. Steven MacDonald, made field. | :10:21. | :10:29. | |
Certainly capable. That has gone to the left of the post. And that has | :10:29. | :10:37. | |
gone wide again. Jon Stewart went up there. He amazingly lost his | :10:37. | :10:46. | |
front for teeth last weekend. It is great to see him there today. | :10:46. | :10:51. | |
cannot justly that hanging. How did he do that? Chilling too many | :10:51. | :11:01. | |
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sweets! It was a friendly first and Shane Dooley. I think he might have | :11:19. | :11:26. | |
used the other end of the stick. He put his hand halfway down. The if | :11:26. | :11:30. | |
he had got a little bit of a connection on that, just at the | :11:30. | :11:38. | |
last minute. Mackintosh was in no man's land. At the other end, there | :11:38. | :11:48. | |
:11:48. | :12:16. | ||
area. Scholl went mad raking at again it has gone white. And | :12:16. | :12:22. | |
quickly, McIntosh gets the ball out. Scotland trying to raise the pace | :12:22. | :12:32. | |
:12:32. | :12:43. | ||
away. That was a good chance into the middle. Oh! You would have put | :12:43. | :12:48. | |
your mortgage on Shane Dooley, the man who has obliterated Scotland in | :12:48. | :12:56. | |
recent years, on getting that. It just went wide, unfortunately. That | :12:56. | :13:04. | |
was a good chance. Very good chance. Thank goodness for the Scotland | :13:04. | :13:09. | |
team, he was on target this time. That is right over. And that has | :13:09. | :13:19. | |
:13:19. | :13:21. | ||
gone wide. That must have been all of 19 imagers. -- metres. There is | :13:21. | :13:31. | |
a huge crowd. It is a glorious afternoon at Bught Park. That was a | :13:31. | :13:38. | |
huge shot, keeping the pressure on the Scottish defence. He just came | :13:38. | :13:43. | |
round the back of his team-mate. Scotland keeping the ball in play | :13:43. | :13:48. | |
more this second half, stringing the passes together. Kevin Bartlett | :13:48. | :13:55. | |
away across to the far side. Tommy Walsh having a difference of | :13:55. | :14:05. | |
:14:05. | :14:14. | ||
opinion. That little kick from Tommy Walsh. Limping slightly. | :14:14. | :14:19. | |
Shaun Nicolson, we have not seen much of him. We should see him | :14:19. | :14:24. | |
going wide and been more involved in the game. I am not so sure how | :14:24. | :14:28. | |
long Tommy Walsh is going to survive because he is limping | :14:28. | :14:38. | |
:14:38. | :14:39. | ||
heavily. Two changes, 11 and 13 for Scotland. Louis Munro. And Keith | :14:39. | :14:49. | |
:14:49. | :14:49. | ||
MacRae. David Smart coming back off. Norman Campbell being sent back | :14:49. | :14:56. | |
from whence he came. Not having the best of afternoons. The game has | :14:56. | :15:01. | |
just passed him by. The Scotland captain, as well. He could be one | :15:01. | :15:08. | |
to get involved as much as he can. The son is a problem, as we can see. | :15:08. | :15:18. | |
:15:18. | :15:36. | ||
To the left. Looking for Kevin space. It returns to the midfield. | :15:36. | :15:41. | |
The Scots just about manage to keep it in play. Good chance here for | :15:41. | :15:48. | |
Scotland, and just wide. A different approach from the Scots, | :15:48. | :15:55. | |
much more of a passing game. That was a brilliant ball in from John | :15:55. | :16:02. | |
Nicholson, he turned, and that was just wide. Great effort from Keith | :16:02. | :16:06. | |
McRae. Another six inches and you would be looking at a different | :16:06. | :16:16. | |
:16:16. | :16:17. | ||
result. The Irish keeper was forced into diving, but now, at the other | :16:17. | :16:25. | |
end, the Irish have headed wide. That is increasingly difficult for | :16:25. | :16:33. | |
people to pick the ball out of the action, with the autumn sunshine. | :16:33. | :16:40. | |
Just as the Sun goes down, for those of you who know Inverness, at | :16:40. | :16:48. | |
the Ice Rink end of the field. Scotland making another change. No. | :16:48. | :16:58. | |
:16:58. | :17:21. | ||
14 coming on, that is the Callum McIntosh out of the game, but John | :17:21. | :17:31. | |
:17:31. | :17:32. | ||
Bach covers his team-mate. -- John Barr. Billy Wotherspoon has given a | :17:32. | :17:41. | |
foul to Scotland. The hand and a back, again. This is very close. | :17:41. | :17:48. | |
Today Norman Campbell back to the position we think he should be. | :17:48. | :17:55. | |
would expect and hope that Bartlett could get something out of this. | :17:55. | :17:58. | |
Looking for five points is ambitious, he will have to take the | :17:58. | :18:05. | |
two points, or roll it in, he will have his orders. That is more like | :18:05. | :18:15. | |
:18:15. | :18:18. | ||
Scotland back on the scoreboard. Beautiful strike. We have a perfect | :18:18. | :18:25. | |
view, from behind. The Sun has gone down behind the hills now, that | :18:25. | :18:35. | |
:18:35. | :18:53. | ||
for the Irish launches 1 at Macintosh. And you can see that | :18:53. | :19:02. | |
dripping pass. That is unusual for the Irish because they usually have | :19:02. | :19:09. | |
a metronomic rhythm from that sort of distance. You could see, he went | :19:09. | :19:19. | |
:19:19. | :19:35. | ||
further two points. -- for the two Walsh. Kevin's stick is in Tommy | :19:35. | :19:42. | |
Walsh's chest at this point. He is looking to the referee for some | :19:42. | :19:46. | |
support and the referee is having none of it. And a little bit of | :19:46. | :19:56. | |
:19:56. | :20:10. | ||
From Walsh. Toward Stephen MacDonald. And Tommy Walsh is | :20:10. | :20:19. | |
taking no nonsense. The referee saw it, he was looking straight at it. | :20:19. | :20:29. | |
:20:29. | :20:43. | ||
You can see exactly what happened going well for his first | :20:43. | :20:53. | |
:20:53. | :20:56. | ||
Norman Campbell keeping it in play, and Stephen MacDonald sense it up | :20:56. | :21:06. | |
:21:06. | :21:09. | ||
the left, looking for John Stewart, Again, Ireland have enough men back | :21:09. | :21:19. | |
:21:19. | :21:21. | ||
to get the ball away. Scots playing in twos. Picking up more of the | :21:21. | :21:31. | |
:21:31. | :21:48. | ||
Giving Scotland the chance to launch another attack. It is a two | :21:48. | :21:58. | |
:21:58. | :22:12. | ||
points, they have got to keep it in it very difficult for the Scottish | :22:12. | :22:22. | |
:22:22. | :22:23. | ||
defenders. The chase is on. Clever tactic by the Irish, one player | :22:23. | :22:33. | |
:22:33. | :22:37. | ||
flicking it up for the other to the face of the goal, Patrick Maia, | :22:37. | :22:47. | |
:22:47. | :22:53. | ||
Tipperary man. -- Maher. Poetry in motion, the Irish, when they are at | :22:53. | :22:59. | |
full flight. There is nothing like it, an Irishman at full tilt with | :22:59. | :23:09. | |
:23:09. | :23:32. | ||
men, John Stewart with a chance, he flicks it through, chance for | :23:32. | :23:38. | |
Scotland, it was a chance for Scotland, but the goalkeeper | :23:38. | :23:44. | |
Bernard Rochford did well. And Stuart Pettit white again. Two | :23:44. | :23:49. | |
chances in succession to John Stewart. Sean Nicholson could not | :23:49. | :23:56. | |
believe the time that he had. Another great bowl in. He has | :23:56. | :24:05. | |
missed that, cuts back across, and John Stewart bangs it just wide. | :24:05. | :24:08. | |
That is one of the only chances we have seen Scotland have in front of | :24:08. | :24:18. | |
:24:18. | :24:23. | ||
goal, this whole match. Barrie McCall has come on to her island. - | :24:24. | :24:33. | |
:24:34. | :24:44. | ||
- on for Ireland. Darragh O'Connell chance. -- foul. Scotland seeking a | :24:44. | :24:49. | |
quickly, moving the ball, passing it up the wing to next day, that | :24:49. | :24:59. | |
:24:59. | :25:00. | ||
turns and fires it, but he is wide again -- McPhee. How many more | :25:00. | :25:07. | |
chances are Scotland going to squander? That was, at best, | :25:07. | :25:11. | |
heading for one., so that is another wasted opportunity. It goes | :25:12. | :25:21. | |
:25:22. | :25:46. | ||
down as another chance. Ciaran worst places to give away a free it | :25:46. | :25:54. | |
to an Irishman. Very dangerous, 25- 30 yards out. The Irishman Cripps | :25:54. | :26:04. | |
:26:04. | :26:05. | ||
himself up, he kicks himself on the back of the leg. -- trips himself. | :26:05. | :26:09. | |
The Irish have not scored and the second half, but Patrick Horgan is | :26:09. | :26:13. | |
about to change that. He flicks that up, and it is just over the | :26:13. | :26:23. | |
:26:23. | :26:33. | ||
bar, single point to Patrick Gordon. -- Patrick Horgan. Horgan has | :26:33. | :26:43. | |
:26:43. | :26:48. | ||
Scotland, dear me, that was Sean Nicholson, John Stewart created it, | :26:48. | :26:58. | |
:26:58. | :27:07. | ||
and Shaun Mickelson missed it. -- Nicholson. That was down as a save. | :27:07. | :27:14. | |
He did well. That goes down as a good save rather than a miss. | :27:14. | :27:23. | |
Stephen McDonald a with a chance, the corner taken from 65 metres. | :27:23. | :27:30. | |
Eases it in and, again, it is wide from Scotland. Scotland have had | :27:30. | :27:37. | |
their chances. They certainly have. Each year, this happens. It is a | :27:37. | :27:41. | |
difficult thing under pressure to get it consistently over from that | :27:41. | :27:49. | |
distance when we are not used to that as part of the game. I have to | :27:49. | :27:54. | |
say, I thought I Niall MacPhee's swing was under way, and I do not | :27:54. | :28:01. | |
think that he could have pulled out of it. It is a swing the Irish | :28:01. | :28:07. | |
player is not used to. He would not be used to the stick coming at him | :28:07. | :28:12. | |
at that angle. I do not think in any shape off-form there was any | :28:12. | :28:17. | |
malice or intent, because the swing from Niall MacPhee was well under | :28:17. | :28:22. | |
way before the Irishman appeared. And unfortunately for Rhyl he | :28:22. | :28:32. | |
:28:32. | :28:38. | ||
caught cull Square on the ankle. -- unfortunately for him he caught him | :28:38. | :28:46. | |
on the ankle. They are not used to defending themselves. In shinty you | :28:47. | :28:51. | |
would have gone with a block between you and they swing. It is | :28:51. | :29:01. | |
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the thick this and soullessness of the Camanachd as well. As long as | :29:03. | :29:13. | |
:29:13. | :29:18. | ||
Billy Wotherspoon is giving it as a was giving that up to Ireland, but | :29:18. | :29:23. | |
he has yet to score one. Barry McFall is fine. Just a little bit | :29:23. | :29:33. | |
:29:33. | :29:36. | ||
sore around the ankles. Paddy Reidy coming back on. Norman Campbell | :29:36. | :29:42. | |
just having a look and see, they are carrying on at the moment. | :29:42. | :29:52. | |
:29:52. | :30:06. | ||
was a good save. From Keith MacRae. That was a good effort. Scotland | :30:06. | :30:12. | |
have it. Gets it across again. The keeper catches it. Sends it long | :30:12. | :30:18. | |
and hard. That was good. That is twice that he has saved the Irish | :30:18. | :30:28. | |
:30:28. | :30:29. | ||
in the last few minutes. Not over yet. Finlay MacRae. Here he goes. | :30:29. | :30:38. | |
Into the heart of the Irish defence. And they get it away. Niall MacPhee. | :30:38. | :30:48. | |
:30:48. | :30:48. | ||
With that long, high ball. That will count. And a point. This is | :30:48. | :30:54. | |
how the keeper kept them in it. He has had a good couple of minutes. | :30:54. | :31:04. | |
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Good pace. Pushes it wide. Maybe Niall MacPhee isn't the man you | :31:04. | :31:07. | |
would want at the end of that but he has done the business. | :31:07. | :31:12. | |
cannot say anything better than that. The Big Man takes it in his | :31:12. | :31:21. | |
stride and puts it straight over the bar. 9 - 17. Further | :31:21. | :31:31. | |
:31:31. | :31:34. | ||
substitutions below us. Paudie Reidy is now on, number 19. | :31:34. | :31:38. | |
Scotland have been outscoring Ireland in the second half, not by | :31:38. | :31:45. | |
much. They have added three points to their total. It is a bit of a | :31:45. | :31:52. | |
moral victory at this stage. 9 - 17, and a goal would bring them much | :31:52. | :31:55. | |
closer at five points. But the Irish have a chance, here. Patrick | :31:55. | :32:03. | |
Horgan. He has done just about everything for the Irish. Off it | :32:03. | :32:13. | |
:32:13. | :32:14. | ||
goes and that was a beautiful strike again. Another one. He picks | :32:14. | :32:22. | |
it up, looks at the spot. Kate said quite low. But beautifully struck. | :32:22. | :32:32. | |
:32:32. | :32:34. | ||
-- keeps it quite low. Nine - 18. The Irish raiding, comfortably. As | :32:34. | :32:41. | |
things stand, enough to pick up the Queen's harvest -- Marine Harvest | :32:41. | :32:50. | |
Cup. 15 minutes left. Or thereabouts. Still plenty of time. | :32:50. | :32:54. | |
But the last 20 minutes have always been a problem for the Scots. | :32:54. | :33:04. | |
:33:04. | :33:07. | ||
Mackintosh brings it down. Mrs that completely. -- misses that. The | :33:07. | :33:12. | |
Scots really have to chase the game but all the Irish after do is sit | :33:12. | :33:17. | |
on what they have got. They seemed quite comfortable doing that, even | :33:17. | :33:23. | |
with five or 10 minutes left of the first half. They left the top third | :33:23. | :33:27. | |
of the field. They know they have the bonus point and they have got | :33:27. | :33:34. | |
two goals. But a goal for Scotland could change that. That was well | :33:34. | :33:39. | |
kept out. That was a brave tackle from the Scots. And a shot from the | :33:39. | :33:45. | |
Scots. It is in the danger area. Panic stations. There is an Irish | :33:45. | :33:54. | |
man down. Jon Stewart, he has gone down. What on earth is he doing? He | :33:54. | :33:58. | |
has left a huge gap in defence. Steven MacDonald has given a fould | :33:58. | :34:08. | |
:34:08. | :34:08. | ||
a way, I suspect. For that wild swing. Jon Stewart is still down. | :34:09. | :34:18. | |
:34:19. | :34:20. | ||
Frustration for Steven MacDonald. Yes, he has come down in this game, | :34:20. | :34:24. | |
and I don't know whether Liner's. The Irish have been doing that on | :34:24. | :34:33. | |
afternoon. It has not been an issue. Patrick Horgan, they do not want an | :34:33. | :34:37. | |
Irish point. They have the defection. McIntosh had to be | :34:37. | :34:43. | |
careful. The defenders got their stick on to that. That worked. It | :34:43. | :34:50. | |
stopped them scoring. Gets it back in. The Irish stepping up again. | :34:51. | :34:55. | |
Perhaps sensing that the Scots from the back foot. Here he goes again | :34:55. | :35:02. | |
and he was wide this time. That was a good save. Two good goalkeepers. | :35:02. | :35:07. | |
At both ends we have seen good goalkeeping. We have seen that | :35:07. | :35:12. | |
deflection, straight into the hand. It does not take much to make the | :35:12. | :35:16. | |
ball fly just that little bit differently. We are using the Irish | :35:16. | :35:26. | |
:35:26. | :35:27. | ||
sliothar, as it is called. Used for compromise rules. That is what it | :35:27. | :35:33. | |
is all about. That has to be the Scotland ball, I would think. | :35:33. | :35:38. | |
think he is calling it quits, here. The Irish player goes down first. | :35:39. | :35:46. | |
Scotland is on top. So, instead of the throw-up, we have the thrown in. | :35:46. | :35:56. | |
:35:56. | :35:57. | ||
And we are off again. John Barr. That is a good ball and the crowd | :35:57. | :36:04. | |
is getting behind the Scots for the first time. Jon Stewart. The keeper | :36:04. | :36:12. | |
catches it. Look at how he picked his man out, here. That is part of | :36:12. | :36:16. | |
the game. When the goalkeeper catches at and just puts it out. | :36:16. | :36:22. | |
Not even the long legs of Niall MacPhee could catch him. Scotland | :36:22. | :36:27. | |
stepping it up. The challenges are better and quicker. And the Irish, | :36:27. | :36:30. | |
this is the fastest part of the game. Both sides giving it | :36:30. | :36:38. | |
everything. They know that it is all or never, now. Keith MacRae. | :36:38. | :36:45. | |
Stopped in his tracks. It falls back to Scotland to get it back in | :36:45. | :36:52. | |
from midfield. Jon Stewart is after it. Tommy Walsh, eases him off the | :36:52. | :36:57. | |
ball! That was a strong shoulder. He might be a bigger name but he | :36:57. | :37:06. | |
can graft like the rest of them. That was a good take from John Barr. | :37:06. | :37:15. | |
Just drifting out. Just that lack of concentration, there. No. 17. | :37:15. | :37:23. | |
Drew Howie. Making his first appearance. He was caught on the | :37:23. | :37:28. | |
hop, there. This is probably too far right to strike from the dead | :37:28. | :37:38. | |
:37:38. | :37:41. | ||
ball. Great skill to get it off the ground. John Barr, he has had a | :37:41. | :37:48. | |
good, stout five minutes. Look at that. He could put that up the High | :37:48. | :37:52. | |
Street. And it was white, which is good news for Scotland. Ireland | :37:52. | :37:59. | |
seemed to have missed an awful lot in the second half. I cannot recall | :37:59. | :38:05. | |
any match were the Irish have only scored one point in any have. It is | :38:05. | :38:09. | |
good defending. Scotland playing well midfield. That has changed | :38:09. | :38:16. | |
that. Here we go again. Good chance for Scotland, away to the left. | :38:16. | :38:24. | |
That overran. Jon Stewart. Tommy Walsh swung in the opposite way to | :38:24. | :38:27. | |
put the ball back to his own defender, which caught Jon Stewart | :38:27. | :38:36. | |
out. Norman Campbell does well. There is a lot to be said for | :38:36. | :38:40. | |
Norman Campbell coming back in the second half, it has certainly | :38:40. | :38:44. | |
tightened up the Scotland defence, Him and John Barr, the stalwarts at | :38:44. | :38:53. | |
the back. The man-of-the-match, three times. Scotland's Player of | :38:53. | :39:00. | |
the year. He was newly crowned last night. The captain of the Premier | :39:00. | :39:09. | |
League champions, Newtonmore. No. 5 for the Irish, coming back on. Any | :39:09. | :39:17. | |
Wotherspoon trying to get to groups. Shane Dooley. I would bet on him | :39:17. | :39:21. | |
picking something up in the latter stages because he knows that | :39:21. | :39:31. | |
:39:31. | :39:31. | ||
Scotland will be tiring. This will head for Shane Dooley. Look at that. | :39:31. | :39:40. | |
It has gone over the bar. From open play. One point to the Irish. | :39:40. | :39:50. | |
:39:50. | :39:52. | ||
McManus it was, this time. Scotland this time. Niall MacPhee. Nine - 19, | :39:52. | :40:02. | |
:40:02. | :40:05. | ||
the score. The Irish breaking again. And again, they have raised the | :40:05. | :40:12. | |
pace and they are adding to the score again. 20 points, Ireland. | :40:12. | :40:18. | |
They have added another one here. Who else but Patrick Horgan. Picks | :40:18. | :40:24. | |
it up and it was perfect. So easy. Absolutely effortless for the Irish. | :40:24. | :40:29. | |
When they are in this frame of mind. Just as we talked about scoring one | :40:29. | :40:34. | |
or two points in the hall have, and now it is two points in 30 seconds. | :40:34. | :40:39. | |
It shows just how quickly they can turn it around. The other | :40:39. | :40:42. | |
difference for the Scotland team was the impact the dynamic Fe has | :40:42. | :40:51. | |
had. He has been sold. He is such a big lad. Known as the rhino. He | :40:51. | :41:00. | |
gets stuck in. He has been pivotal in games like this. Less than six | :41:00. | :41:09. | |
minutes left. Jon Stewart On The Run, down he goes again. There has | :41:09. | :41:14. | |
been a drop in temperature because the sun has gone away. The picture | :41:14. | :41:18. | |
will become increasingly slippery. Great credit to the ground staff, | :41:18. | :41:25. | |
the condition that the pitch has been end. Wonderful skill from | :41:25. | :41:33. | |
Patrick Horgan. Will he go all the way? Oh, no! Absolutely | :41:33. | :41:39. | |
outstanding! Complete performance by Ireland and Patrick Horgan from | :41:39. | :41:47. | |
County Cork. Taking it to 25 - nine, Ireland. Like the way back, we can | :41:47. | :41:54. | |
see this touch. Look at this. All figures. He only has one thing in | :41:55. | :42:02. | |
mind and he actually loses it, but still... Look at the ankle. Oh! | :42:02. | :42:06. | |
That was a half volley. And the sheer pace of the ball, taking it | :42:06. | :42:11. | |
beyond Macintosh. He knew where it was. But the sheer pace of the ball | :42:11. | :42:21. | |
:42:21. | :42:26. | ||
past Tim... Stuart MacDonald is in goals, now. Limits, really. -- | :42:26. | :42:32. | |
blameless, really. Scotland get that free HET. Well, it has been a | :42:32. | :42:36. | |
bit of a tanking, really but it has all been about the finishing. | :42:36. | :42:40. | |
Plenty of possession and besides but the difference has been that | :42:40. | :42:45. | |
lethal bit in front of the goal. Ireland are making complete use of | :42:45. | :42:51. | |
any chances. There was a chat before this that the goals would | :42:51. | :42:56. | |
help Scotland but as we have seen, that has not been the case. There | :42:56. | :43:01. | |
might still be something in this for the Scots. Tommy Walsh with the | :43:01. | :43:11. | |
:43:11. | :43:14. | ||
clearance. The clash of the ash. That has been copyrighted at the | :43:14. | :43:24. | |
:43:24. | :43:36. | ||
getting the ball from the Irish. Niall MacPhee, here. And the Irish | :43:36. | :43:41. | |
are making another substitute. The team were taking their time. They | :43:41. | :43:46. | |
will run the clock down. There is only three minutes left. Bionic fee | :43:46. | :43:49. | |
is going to rush Tommy Walsh, her. This should be something | :43:49. | :43:55. | |
interesting! What the big smile on his face! Here comes the rhino! | :43:55. | :44:05. | |
Bang! Wotherspoon did not quite like that. He would not want to be | :44:05. | :44:10. | |
Tommy Walsh. He is nobody's fool, he knows exactly what he is doing. | :44:10. | :44:16. | |
The nine-times All Star been nine years. This is all about the clock. | :44:16. | :44:22. | |
He is just having a laugh. ABBA let you tell him that! Beautifully | :44:22. | :44:32. | |
:44:32. | :44:32. | ||
poised. Watch this. And he has put it wide. The end result that he has | :44:33. | :44:39. | |
run 30 or 40 seconds off the clock. Wonderful experience to be here at | :44:39. | :44:45. | |
Bught Park. For the second time. He was here two years ago. He is just | :44:45. | :44:50. | |
class. Knocking the ball into the corner, now. As the Irish look | :44:50. | :44:58. | |
towards the end of the game and two minutes to go. Comfortably ahead. | :44:58. | :45:08. | |
:45:08. | :45:27. | ||
Just one goal in the second half. always seems to be somebody in | :45:27. | :45:35. | |
every game. There are going to be two minutes added on. It could be | :45:35. | :45:42. | |
an opportunity for the Scots, or likewise, for the Irish. John | :45:42. | :45:48. | |
Stewart sense it down, and across it comes. Again, good tackle by who | :45:48. | :45:56. | |
else? Tommy Walsh. A jazz for Scotland, it is stopped, and a goal | :45:56. | :46:06. | |
:46:06. | :46:10. | ||
for Scotland! -- a chance. That has a goal to Bartlett for Scotland. | :46:10. | :46:15. | |
The high ball in, Norman takes a big swing at it, and a glance | :46:15. | :46:20. | |
perfectly. It could not have been better for them. He strikes it high | :46:20. | :46:27. | |
into the net. Leading the keeper with no chance. What Scotland can | :46:27. | :46:32. | |
only hope for now it is another call and tried to get the points | :46:32. | :46:42. | |
:46:42. | :46:43. | ||
back. And here is a chance from midfield. Scotland have the ball. | :46:43. | :46:48. | |
This will go in front of the gall to give them a chance to try and | :46:48. | :46:57. | |
sneak another goal and possibly a bonus, which could count. Macdonald | :46:57. | :47:03. | |
has scored for Scotland! Remarkably. On the end of the match. A second | :47:03. | :47:13. | |
:47:13. | :47:14. | ||
goal for Scotland. 19-25. These orders last year. The high ball | :47:14. | :47:19. | |
comes in. They are not used to this high bar, and as the goalkeeper | :47:19. | :47:27. | |
jumps up, that has gone in. And the referee has blown for full-time. | :47:27. | :47:36. | |
Shane Dooley at the far end. The game is over. The first tie is over. | :47:36. | :47:42. | |
Ireland have a taken the match, but an extraordinary closing sequence, | :47:42. | :47:49. | |
Ireland have taken the match by 25 points. Patrick Corbin, the star | :47:49. | :47:54. | |
man for the Irish. And another wonderful afternoon under the | :47:54. | :48:04. | |
:48:04. | :48:14. | ||
compromise rules, Ireland have sportsmanship and friendship. Not a | :48:14. | :48:19. | |
yellow card in sight. Hardly an injury inside. The game was, as | :48:19. | :48:25. | |
ever, piers the contested by both teams in a wonderful spirit. -- | :48:25. | :48:32. | |
fiercely contested. Wonderful finish from Scotland to got two | :48:32. | :48:42. | |
:48:42. | :48:53. | ||
late goals, to turn it into a much from Scotland, not quick enough to | :48:53. | :48:58. | |
win the game, but certainly it keeps them alive and in the tie. It | :48:58. | :49:03. | |
was a dramatic close to the game. It was really all about Patrick | :49:03. | :49:09. | |
Horgan of Ireland. He was the dominant player. Fantastic, the way | :49:09. | :49:13. | |
he took his goals and created his goals, he was the stand-out | :49:13. | :49:17. | |
performer. That last goal, any shinty player would have been proud | :49:17. | :49:27. | |
:49:27. | :49:28. | ||
of the way he turned his man had to get on a half volley. -- and took | :49:28. | :49:34. | |
it on the half volley. The have a chance to see that goal from | :49:34. | :49:40. | |
Patrick Gordon. It was great skill. That turn was absolutely fantastic. | :49:40. | :49:46. | |
The ball drops to the ground, he gets it back up, half of the, and | :49:46. | :49:49. | |
Stuart Mackintosh is a good goalkeeper but he could not stop | :49:49. | :49:57. | |
that one. At that stage, it looked as if the game was gone. But | :49:57. | :50:07. | |
:50:07. | :50:09. | ||
Scotland Doug in and came back into it. -- dug in. At that point it was | :50:09. | :50:13. | |
looking ominous for Scotland but right at the death of they rallied | :50:13. | :50:18. | |
and it was inspiring, and suddenly the goal for Kevin Bartlett. | :50:18. | :50:23. | |
said that he would be a danger before the game, because of the | :50:23. | :50:27. | |
quality of his striking. He can hit it with both hands. He took his | :50:27. | :50:32. | |
points with his left hand, dropped it on to his right hand, and he | :50:32. | :50:37. | |
still hit it beautifully, that is a quality strike, from a great player | :50:37. | :50:41. | |
who can hit the ball with both hands. Scotland started to put the | :50:41. | :50:45. | |
Irish defence under a bit more pressure. If you do that, the ball | :50:45. | :50:51. | |
might drop. So that was fantastic. Their egos, Tommy Walsh does his | :50:51. | :50:54. | |
best to stop him but the goalkeeper and has got no chance from that | :50:54. | :51:02. | |
distance. Where did this Scotland resurgence come from? They kept | :51:02. | :51:06. | |
battling away. The goalkeeper produced many good saves and | :51:06. | :51:11. | |
Scotland finally got the water in the last few minutes. We're going | :51:11. | :51:15. | |
to cut away to the presentation and you Dan MacLennan can talk us | :51:15. | :51:25. | |
:51:25. | :51:32. | ||
through it. -- Hugh Dan MacLennan. The Irish captain picks up the | :51:32. | :51:42. | |
:51:42. | :51:42. | ||
Marine Harvest Quaich from the managing director of Marine Harvest. | :51:42. | :51:48. | |
Deserved victory. The man-of-the- match is Patrick Horgan, with a | :51:48. | :51:58. | |
:51:58. | :51:59. | ||
complete display of harming skills, and then that wonderful rally -- | :51:59. | :52:06. | |
hurling skills. Scotland keep the series alive, getting a bonus point | :52:06. | :52:10. | |
for those two goals. It has been a great afternoon, and there is more | :52:10. | :52:18. | |
to come next week. The presentation, Ireland, winners on the day, but | :52:18. | :52:23. | |
Scotland very much alive in this series. The way it works, Ireland | :52:23. | :52:28. | |
get two points for winning, plus two goals, a bonus point, | :52:28. | :52:36. | |
Scotland's scoring two goals, that is a bonus point, so there is | :52:36. | :52:39. | |
three-when in points at the moment, but, Scotland will be sorry to lose | :52:39. | :52:44. | |
but they have given themselves a chance. To get two goals and the | :52:44. | :52:49. | |
last couple of minutes is incredible. But they did not get | :52:49. | :52:54. | |
that last goal, the Irish would have the extra goals and points and | :52:54. | :52:58. | |
they could not have won the game next week, but this gives them a | :52:59. | :53:03. | |
fighting chance. The goalkeeper just seems to have jumped. We saw | :53:03. | :53:07. | |
it last year, with the goal from McRae, but that was an incredible | :53:07. | :53:17. | |
ending. In the first half, Scotland were giving away silly little bowls, | :53:17. | :53:23. | |
and the Irish were picking them up, left, right and centre. Those | :53:23. | :53:28. | |
couple of goals lifted the crowd and sent everyone off, on a better | :53:28. | :53:38. | |
:53:38. | :53:38. | ||
than high. -- bit of a high. John Stewart missed that first chance, | :53:38. | :53:43. | |
and he just ran away from him. John Stewart playing that across again, | :53:43. | :53:48. | |
and again the goalkeeper did very well, he came out and blocked a | :53:48. | :53:53. | |
Shaun Nicholson. He did well to deflected wide. Scotland started to | :53:53. | :53:57. | |
put the Irish defence under a bit more pressure, and that was Keith | :53:57. | :54:02. | |
McRae with a good shot. He hits the ball and the Irish goalkeeper gets | :54:02. | :54:06. | |
his stick to it and manages to deflected wide. Scotland certainly | :54:06. | :54:10. | |
did better in the second half, as far as putting Ireland under | :54:10. | :54:15. | |
pressure, and it was not just in the last few minutes, they caught | :54:15. | :54:20. | |
the rock. And Scotland can now look forward to the second leg. There | :54:20. | :54:25. | |
was a stage when they were broking. The crowd were not getting behind | :54:25. | :54:30. | |
the boys, but here we have everyone walking away, getting excited, with | :54:30. | :54:35. | |
a bit of a buzz, looking forward to next week in Island. How difficult | :54:35. | :54:41. | |
would be? It will be difficult for Scotland, but they can go over to | :54:41. | :54:46. | |
Ireland the day before and get a full training session in, and they | :54:46. | :54:50. | |
know what they might have to do, they must win, and get some goals | :54:50. | :54:56. | |
to win the series. Can Scotland do it? Yes, but they must come up with | :54:56. | :55:01. | |
an answer to Patrick Horgan, if he shows that form again, if he is | :55:01. | :55:08. | |
playing next week, they have got to come up with an answer, because he | :55:08. | :55:13. | |
scored 23 points to the, All- Ireland's points. It has been a | :55:13. | :55:17. |