THERE COMES A time in every sport, where you can’t just sit back and applaud, when you can’t simply wag your chin and go ‘my, wasn’t that simply fantastic’.
No. The reason we all love sport is because it shows us incredible or unbelievable events that make us go all Keanu Reeves.
In 2013, those moments of magical mayhem were:
When Stephanie Roche did this
Triple woah!
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When Rory Best coulodn’t give a hoot about his arm…
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… and Ireland (almost) beat the All Blacks
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When we realised Kilkenny wouldn’t be playing in Croke Park
Oh my word, Marty
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When Luis Suarez did this
When Luis Suarez did this
When Mayo fired four past Donegal
When Roy Hibbert owned ‘Melo
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When Bolt met lightning
The biggest wave ever surfed got surfed
Our swimcaps off to you, Carlos Bure.
When the 49ers let this happen in the Super Bowl
The Super Bowl!
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When Clare’s ‘bachelors’ just refused to lose the All-Ireland final
And everyone thought Perpignan had beaten Munster
When RVP did a volley
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When Dan Martin won a Tour de France stage
When little Nate Robinson smacked down LeBron James
5’9″ v the 6’8″ best player of his generation… how ya like me now!
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When Leicester were on the brink of the playoff final
Because nobody likes penalty shoot-outs.
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When Zlatan met Cristiano in Stockholm
The best players in the world went to work.
What moments took your breath away over the past 12 months?
