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On Friday night at the Tyrone SFC, reigning champions Trillick beat Killyclogher after a penalty shootout to reserve their spot in the semi-finals.
An absorbing game was served at Healy Park and with the sides still stagnant after regulation time and the extra 20 minutes, Trillick held his ground when it came to kicking from the point, winning 4-3 to advance.
All inter-club and inter-county championship games will be decided this year, and penalties will be the ultimate method of separating the sides.
During coverage of the May SFC quarterfinals on Saturday on GAA Live, both Cora Staunton and Stephen Rochford had somewhat different views on whether the drama of a penalty shootout should decide things.
.@ ducky15 feel that a penalty shoot-out is not the way to decide championship games #rtegaa pic.twitter.com/pJ6gJRmh0K
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“My thoughts are probably no,” Staunton said.
The AFLW and former May star feel that a gold score is a better way to settle things, particularly when it comes to the biggest day of the year.
“Have your two overtime periods, but then a gold score instead of a penalty shoot-out. It all comes down to luck. In the inter-county season, when you get to the final in Ireland, you’d rather see a gold score fixed. things “.
Rochford could very well be watching from the bench if Donegal faces those life and death kicks later in the fall.
Stephen Rochford on why the gold score could lead to ‘a negative situation’ when trying to decide matches #rtegaa pic.twitter.com/G4CQ2A5Fdx
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“Everybody knows it comes in, so if it has to be like this, then it has to be,” were the Mayo native’s initial thoughts.
However, he added: “I think the gold score will lead to a different kind of drama and may turn into a negative situation. With a penalty shoot-out, the scoring opportunities are there. The gold score could become 15 behind. of the ball “. And I don’t know if that would generate too much emotion. “
Presenter Joe Stack raised the panel that the big games, perhaps not the final in Ireland, should be resolved that day.
“The narrative of condensing a season that suits both the club and the county would require having fewer games and there would be an element of emotion in that,” said Rochford.
That said, it’s not an emotion players can be thankful for.
He continued: “It probably doesn’t feel so good that it becomes the norm for an amateur player to deal with it in a stadium of up to 60,000 people.
“That kind of pressure is not something a player is used to, unlike professional footballers.”
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