{"id":723152,"date":"2026-06-08T13:54:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T13:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/723152\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T13:54:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T13:54:10","slug":"a-total-disgrace-katie-taylor-slammed-for-leinster-final-stunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/723152\/","title":{"rendered":"‘A total disgrace’ – Katie Taylor slammed for Leinster Final ‘stunt’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jacqui Hurley made a cheeky dig this weekend after Katie Taylor faced backlash for \u2018walking through the kids game\u2019 at Croke Park.<\/p>\n

The Bray boxer will defend her super-lightweight titles on September 5 in a blockbuster showdown against Frenchwoman Flora Pili.<\/p>\n

It will be Taylor\u2019s final contest, and will take place at Croke Park, a venue she has long dreamed of boxing in.<\/p>\n

\"JacquiPic: Brendan Moran\/Sportsfile<\/p>\n

Following confirmation of the fight night on Friday, Taylor and her team have embarked on a journey across Ireland. <\/p>\n

One of the first destinations the Bray boxer paid a visit to was Croke Park on Saturday as the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship Final took place. <\/p>\n

During the interval of the clash between Dublin and Galway, young local hurlers and juvenile club members took to the pitch for a half-time exhibition.<\/p>\n

\"\"Katie Taylor poses inside Croke Park following a media conference to announce her undisputed super-lightweight title bout against Flora Pili, which will take place at Croke Park in Dublin on 5 September. Pic: Ramsey Cardy\/Sportsfile<\/p>\n

Katie Taylor also walked out onto the pitch at half-time, doing a few rounds of shadow-boxing to the roaring attendees. <\/p>\n

While many were delighted to see the world champion take to the pitch, others were aggrieved by her interruption of the children\u2019s game.<\/p>\n

\u2018Did they really need to walk through the kids game?\u2019 one wondered online, with another branding it: \u2018A total disgrace.\u2019<\/p>\n

Another wrote that Katie \u2018shouldn\u2019t have been on the pitch\u2019 at the same time as the children. <\/p>\n

Among those who lined out for the GAA half-time exhibition was the son of RT\u00c9 Sports presenter Jacqui Hurley.<\/p>\n

Sharing a picture of her son, Luke, Jacqui lamented a \u2018special day\u2019 as he got to watch his \u2018heroes\u2019 and then take to the very same pitch as them.<\/p>\n

\u2018He\u2019ll forgive Katie Taylor in time for the pitch invasion!!!\u2019 Jacqui joked.<\/p>\n

Tickets for Taylor v Pili<\/a> go live this week with presale via Matchroom Fight Pass available on Wednesday from 9am.<\/p>\n

Presale via Lidl Plus goes live from 10am on Wednesday, while General sale opens at 9am on Friday.<\/p>\n

Prices start from \u20ac38.70, while family ticket packages are available from \u20ac125.50 in designated non-alcohol seating areas.<\/p>\n

Pitchside tickets range from \u20ac106.25 up to \u20ac1,505.50.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jacqui Hurley made a cheeky dig this weekend after Katie Taylor faced backlash for \u2018walking through the kids…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":723153,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-723152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=723152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/723153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=723152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=723152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=723152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}