Feckin’ crows
The Kilkenny hurlers are known to face down any opponent in their path with a steely determination and if comments this week are anything to go from Brian Cody they are even willing to commit murder to win.
Well it could be a murder of a different kind that gives them some headaches over the coming weeks, with the revelation that Fr Jack Hackett’s favourite feathered friends are damaging the surface of Nowlan Park.
Kilkenny’s first home game of the Allianz National Hurling League campaign is against Dublin on February 22nd but there are concerns that crows could put the game in danger. Yes, you heard us, crows.
It seems that they are feeding on insects in the pitch at Nowlan Park and are doing all sorts of damage to the playing surface. The cunning birds are eating Leatherjackets, which are basically young daddy long legs, and they’re wrecking the playing surface.
Normally eating the larvae are good as they its protects the roots of the grass, but the birds are doing too much rooting around like a bad junior B hurler and so are a major problem for those in charge of keeping the pitch in top condition.
According to groundsman Timmy Grogan it’s not an unusual problem, but that this time around the crows are doing more damage than ever.
‘We have had this problem before but from our experience, and speaking to other groundsmen in the area, the problem is worse this time. The crows did more damage to the pitch than the two games on it in recent weeks. We’ll get to grips with the challenge, though.’
So instead of getting out the tactics board maybe Kilkenny need to install a massive black and amber cat in the middle of the pitch or something to keep the pesky birds away
Many teams have tried various ways to try and upset and beat Cody’s sides but we don’t think that even the Cats’ greatest rivals could contemplate feathered terror attacks. in the heart of Kilkenny city.
We have a feeling that everyone in Kilkenny feel a little bit like our favourite priest from Craggy Island
H/TÂ Kilkenny People
