How hard would it have been to change jerseys?
Blackrock and Na Piarsaigh played out a thrilling game of hurling in their Cork senior club hurling Championship semi-final clash in Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Sunday, the only problem was that certain commentators and spectators alike were struggling to differentiate one team from the other.
Blackrock’s home strip is green and gold, Na Piarsaigh’s is black and amber but from the Páirc Uí Chaoimh stands and even on the field of play, players and spectators were struggling to tell the difference.
Eventually, the Blackrock boys eked out a one-point victory, and will now appear in their first Cork senior hurling final in 14 years, with Rebel Under-21 Michael O’Halloran’s eight point haul proving to be the difference between the sides.
Paudie Palmer was commentating on the game for C103 radio, and he took to Twitter to air his grievances about the whole debacle.
“Commentating on today’s game there were occasions when I didn’t know what team had possession let alone what player, not fair on anybody,” he said.
Commentating on today's game there were occasions when I didn't know what team had possession let alone what player, not fair on anybody. https://t.co/CA5d3WPEV9
— Paudie Palmer (@PaudieP) October 8, 2017
In fairness to Palmer, it would have been very hard to distinguish the teams with these two similar jerseys, and it really isn’t fair on anybody.
This colour clash is awful from today. In top level sport players have split second to look down the pitch to pick out their own player 🙈 pic.twitter.com/bIQBFHxWlY
— SuperValu Park (@PaircUiChaoimh1) October 8, 2017
To make it even worse, that wasn’t the only problem with the teams jerseys, as both sides had black numbers which were difficult to read off the dark shades of both sides’ jerseys.
A wee question, who is responsible for implementing the rule,that the numbers on jerseys should be easily read?? Not doing a great job!!
— Paudie Palmer (@PaudieP) October 8, 2017
It’s not the first time this has happened, and it won’t be the last. Many teams are reluctant to wear their second strips, other times it’s a lack of communication that is the problem but the county board should be able to enforce it so that teams have no other option but to agree to it.
Na Piarsaigh v Blackrock in Cork SHC in new Páirc Uí Chaoimh – there are two different teams here pic.twitter.com/L0VNF90XRq
— Museum of Jerseys (@museumofjerseys) October 8, 2017
When you have passes being misplaced, in a tight game, with a place in the county final at stake, that’s when you know you’ve done wrong.
Yeah, there was a misplaced pass at start of second half which was definitely due to jerseys
— Museum of Jerseys (@museumofjerseys) October 8, 2017
Not on.
