KEANE BARRY IS through to the second round of the PDC World Darts Championship at the Alexandra Palace in London.
The Meath man beat Belgiumโs Kim Huybrechts despite losing the first set 3-2. Barry won the second set 3-2 before going on to take the third set 3-1. He then closed out the win with another 3-1 set victory, finishing on double 20.
HUGE WIN FOR BARRY! ๐ฎ๐ช
โ PDC Darts (@OfficialPDC) December 15, 2024
Stunning stuff from Keane Barry as he gets the better of Kim Huybrechts in a high-quality contest!
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The 22-year-old now faces 10th seed Gerwyn Price of Wales in the second round at the North London venue.
Reigning champion Luke Humphries, meanwhile, beat Frenchman Thibault Tricole 3-0.
From my own perspective, I thought the referee frequently judged the scrums incorrectly. He seemed penalise Connacht, based on what he expected, versus what was occuring on the field. I thought Finlay Bealham used his bind very effectively to twist and tuck Boyle on at least two occasions. Those were clear penalties to Connacht. Denis Buckley meanwhile is exactly the type of low, compact loosehead, that Slimani finds unconfortable to scrummage against.
But the referee felt otherwiseโฆ
@Brian Meagher: As a former front rower you are absolutely correct in your assessmentโฆ
@Brian Meagher: wasnโt just the ref, touch judges also penalised Connacht and Buckley for going down
@adizlack93: It was a complete team effort. Referee, touch judges and of course TMO.
@Liam Joyce: as another former front rower and coach I totally agree. The officials are only making it up. P.s. Iโm a neutral supporter.
@Brian Meagher: that happens in plenty of games. Leinster were on the other side of that against Bristol a few weeks ago for example. That sort of thing isnโt in any way particular to Connacht.
Only in the 2nd half when the game was effectively out of Connachts reach did the officials apply fair play. Some of the stuff that went on in the 1st half when the game should have been in the melting pot was farcical to say the least.
We need to game to go back to only the captain talks to the ref. Thereโs is no question across the board in rugby the smaller side doesnโt get the breaks like the bigger sides do and conaught as much as any get little or no breaks but saying that you need to create your own luck and they had a very good chance to beat leinster and just didnโt. If the first head clash didnโt warrant a card than the bundee one didnโt either. And this business of rolling around like a soccer player needs to be put to bed too. If a player rolls around holding their head ( bringing attention and looking for a card ) then a HIA should be mandatory.
@chris mcdonnell:
Cian Prendergast asked the Ref on him reacting to the crowd and he was told to shut upโฆ
So Captain speaking was waste of time too..
The first one had no real proof of actual contactโฆ Notice neither player heads go backโฆ
@Jack Dermody: the crowd helped get the incident reviewed no question but he asked the ref basically was he incompetent. No ref or anyone anywhere is going to admit that they were weak enough to be influenced by the crowd.
@chris mcdonnell: Hansen was speaking to the media not the ref
@chris mcdonnell: if you are going to spout away like you know what you are on about please at least spell connacht right
Why does he say โnobody is trying to get a Leinster player in troubleโ? Because thatโs what they are and were doing. Modern rugby. Players and supporters crying out for penalties, cards and suspension.
@Kevin Ryan: the players have turned into a bunch of whingers on and off the field.
Mack wonโt be doing media again for a while!
@Kevin Ryan: Ara shtop. You deliberately taking it the wrong way with that talk. It is evidently clear their gripe is ref/tmo consistentsy.
I donโt what to say to you if you truly believe this all a ruse and a web of lies and is infact a big ploy to actually get Leinster players banned.
@Kevin Ryan: they are calling for fairness. The Leinster player was putting himself in trouble with his actions
The irfu seems determined to win silverware by hook or by crook I wonder is dupont available leinster might sign him for 3 months
@Tony McGrath: very witty, good man yourself
@Tony McGrath: we could get our S&C staff to create a heap of injuries and sign him as a medical joker.
@Tony McGrath: complete muppett
I accept Hansen was frustrated. But to back up suggestion that refs are out to get Connacht is classless
@Michael Thompson:
But it seems trueโฆ Connacht just donโt get the decisions and Saturday Night was more blatant than normal..
This is not Leinsterโs fault and it wasnโt directed at Leinsterโฆ What effectively happened on Saturday, the ref was reacting to a large home supporter crowd instead on being impartial. He was clearly intimidated by a crowd that gave a deluge of boos and jeers on a perceived call against them.
This not on Leinster, they are just supporting their team.
@Jack Dermody: if that was true, why did he jump through hoops to not card Ioane, for a very clear shoulder to the head. When the crowd were calling for it. Trying to totally ignore what the TMO was telling him?
Getting sick of Mack Hansen and his King of Banter routine. He should apologise for his disgraceful remarks about the officials. Has no place in rugby football.
@Aidan Farrell:
So how many more years should he say nothing about what is going on blatantly in front of himโฆ
You think he should know his place and let dangerous play go on unpunishedโฆ
@Aidan Farrell: so why are you here reading and commenting on an article about him? Take your own advice, sunshine, if you want to censor Hansen from expressing an opinion (checks notes) in an interviewโฆ
@Aidan Farrell: you must have a headache Ray disagreeing with yourself online
Whether right or wrong Hansens comments throws a light on the imbalances and will imbue greater equality from refs going forward. There is compelling evidence that Leinster get what is going becasue they have โname playersโ. Any centre in Ireland outside of the Leinster compliment wouid have seen yellow for Barretts tackle on Aki. Then they torture the data to incriminate Connacht players with lower profiles. So, there is a basis for the claim of injustice. Somebody has to say enough is f..ing enough before change elicits. This rugby etiquette thing cannot be a one way street โ fair is fair. I like order but challenge is merited if there is disharmony and shenanigans.
@JJB: Well said spot onโฆ..
Always happens to Connacht
Frank Murphy was the absolute worst
The ref from N ire is terrible as well.
@Derek Casserly: Frank Murphy was an absolute nightmare. But I think he was just a poor ref overall because no provincial supporterโs are happy with him. He ruins good Derby games
@anthony davoren: he was appalling in Connacht matches, went out of his way to prove no bias towards Connacht (as a fast tracked former player who knew many of the squad still playing), instead ended up screwing over Connacht frequently. We also used to get assigned way too frequently the Chagelang brothers, Whitehouse (Son Of, i.e., son of former International ref Nigel Whitehouse, the only reason he got a career out of refereeing). The other Welsh disaster, Leighton Hodges (the lad that cost Pat Lam a โฌ10k fine, after assisting in a robbery by Cardiff of a result back in 2015).
Nevermind the Irish refs who used to regularly hammer us also John Lacey, Peter Fitzgibbon, and god help us if the utterly useless Simon McDowell got the TMO gig for our games, but he was just genuinely useless.
Positive Reinforcement is great but so is negative reinforcement. Referees should be held accountable as well. Rugby is a complex sport and refereeโs cherrypicking incidents is bad overall for the sport regardless of your allegiances. I would say that making a reckless ruck clearance with your shoulder is categorically worst that a tackle as at least there is a momentum in the tackle. The dangerous ruck clear outs are always a player rushing in on a player who is stationary. Itโs exceptionally dangerous.
Referees should be held accountable. For me the Barrett clear-out was exceptionally dangerous and as a refereeing team each one of those officials should be suspended for 2 rounds of matches or at the very least be only allowed to be bunker or TMO referees for several rounds so they can focus on foul play and the rules of the game.
Yes the ref & officials were asleep during the game. Barrett should have been yeow carded. When an All Black you donโt get punished.
@James Glynn: apart from a world cup final?
If Mack wants to know why they lost on Saturday night, he needs to have a good look in the mirror and stop blaming the officials.
A virtually full strength Connacht team lost to a leinster team that was missing 18 internationals.
@Barry Lynch: Leinster had 12 Irish internationals plus 2 World Cup medals winners in their 23 !!!
Know your place Hansen, you weatern paupers should be damn glad you even exist, nevermind expect the same treatment as superstars! How dare you speak the truth!
Hansens frustrations IMO are borne out of what happened on the night and also it was the same TMO ref combo who missed the reckless tackle that finished his season last year, while after that match he seen his team mate banned for an equally reckless tackle to a player who was playing a few weeks later.
@Thomas Bohan: Yep, how Hodnett didnโt get a red for that assault on Hansen was disgraceful, and absolutely hypocritical given the offences Connacht players received cards for subsequentlyโฆ
All the booing has to stop Aswell both at the ref and away team leinster are always at it
Well i think it is time for the media back the players after all they are the people who put there bodies on the line during the game there bodies are battered and bruised when the game is over and why would they any other way after a hard battle fought for 80 minutes now the urc officials brought in the safety aspect to the game i think itโs time for the refs and officials to do a course on the safety of the game because they donโt care itโs not there bodies thatโs getting battered and bruised to give it there all for the people that travel to the games in support of provinces and entertaining those who watch on tv now media wake up and back the players both men and women rugby
Its fine theyโll make up for it on Friday in thomond.
Lord are we sick of dublin jackasses.supporters and
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