{"id":533348,"date":"2026-07-04T22:41:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T22:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/533348\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T22:41:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T22:41:11","slug":"donal-og-v-joe-canning-heated-rte-debate-after-cork-lose-to-galway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/533348\/","title":{"rendered":"D\u00f3nal \u00d3g v Joe Canning: Heated RT\u00c9 Debate After Cork Lose To Galway"},"content":{"rendered":"

D\u00f3nal \u00d3g Cusack and Joe Canning nearly came to blows on RT\u00c9’s coverage of Cork v Galway, with Canning’s jab at the Rebels’ overconfidence going down like a lead balloon with Cusack.<\/p>\n

Canning’s native Galway laid waste to Cusack’s beloved Cork in Saturday’s All-Ireland semi-final, outscoring them by 12 in the second half to claim their spot in the final in three weeks.<\/p>\n

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It secures another year of disappointment for Cork<\/a>, who have defeats in the Munster and League finals to sit alongside another catastrophic Croke Park disaster.<\/p>\n

Many in the county had been sure that they would be heading to the decider<\/a>, likely to face arch-rivals Limerick.<\/p>\n

Whether that was a motivator for Galway or not is unclear, but Joe Canning believes it may have contributed to Cork’s implosion on Saturday – a suggestion which brought a disappointing jab from D\u00f3nal \u00d3g in response.<\/p>\n

Canning’s Cork jab riles up D\u00f3nal \u00d3g<\/p>\n

The end of RT\u00c9’s coverage of the All-Ireland semi-final made for awkward viewing, as D\u00f3nal \u00d3g Cusack<\/a> snapped in response to a playful dig from Joe Canning about Cork’s overconfidence coming into the last-four encounter.<\/p>\n

D\u00f3nal \u00d3g v Joe Canning. I feel awkward just watching this \ud83d\ude2c\ud83e\udd23pic.twitter.com\/BlLllTSW1x<\/a><\/p>\n

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Here’s the full transcript of the truly awkward discussion.<\/p>\n

Joe Canning: “The trains are booked out for the All-Ireland from Cork.”<\/p>\n

D\u00f3nal \u00d3g Cusack: “Ah, Joe, you’re better than that.”<\/p>\n

Canning:\u00a0“No, no! My point is…”<\/p>\n

Cusack:\u00a0“Joe, you’re bigger than that.”<\/p>\n

Canning:\u00a0“My point is that that seeps in to the mentality.”<\/p>\n

Cusack:\u00a0“Have you that, Joe?”<\/p>\n

Canning:\u00a0Do you not think that seeps in, the supporters, the whole thing?”<\/p>\n

Cusack:\u00a0“What’s your point?”<\/p>\n

Ursula Jacob: “The hype.”<\/p>\n

Canning:\u00a0“The hype is what I’m on about.”<\/p>\n

Cusack:\u00a0“About trains being booked. Ah, go on, keep doing it, keep sticking the knife in, stay sticking the knife in.”<\/p>\n

Canning:\u00a0“It’s not sticking the knife in”<\/p>\n

Cusack:\u00a0“Joe, you know that’s bull. About trains…how many All-Ireland medals did you win yourself? That would be like somebody saying what’s the reason behind that?”<\/p>\n

Initially, this seemed like a good-natured disagreement, but it became clear as the disagreement escalated that Canning had touched a nerve with his initial joke.<\/p>\n

Cusack escalating things to call out Canning having won just one All-Ireland was a classless remark towards one of the greatest hurlers of all time.<\/p>\n

It’s been a long time since we had genuine barb on the RT\u00c9 panel, but it was there in abundance after Cork’s defeat to Galway on Saturday.<\/p>\n