Video shows brawl was 62 seconds of madness
The 62 seconds of madness which forced last Saturday’s All-Ireland MFC quarter-final between Cork and Laois to be abandoned will be formally investigated in Croke Park on Saturday.
Representatives from both the Laois and Cork County Boards will be in attendance at the meeting, due to start at 11.30am, and as well as both parties giving evidence, referee Michael Daly’s report will be read and video evidence of the brawl shown.
While RTÉ were only able to show a brief clip of the brawl, local station Chorus have captured the entire incident on tape, and the infamous brawl lasts for just 62 seconds.
The station will show the game in tonight’s regular sports show, broadcasting at 6.30 pm, 8pm and 10.30pm.
The fuse for the brawl appears to have been lit by a rather innocuous push by a Cork player on a Laois opponent on the sideline at the final whistle, igniting a ferocious, intense all-in brawl which lasted for almost 40 seconds.
The storm briefly subsides, before flaring up again in a sequence which has already appeared on RTÉ.
Chorus have confirmed that the Leinster Council have requested a tape of the game.
Croke Park have yet to contact the station, but it is inevitable that they will do so.
