The games will never be the same again.
So much pent-up audacity, hordes of newly acquired flicks, skills and tricks; nobody can wait for the games to recommence and when they do, there's sure as heaven going to be a full blown revolution of bold, breath taking trick-plays.
Maybe the little break will be no harm.
We're only a fortnight or so out of collective training and in the lock-down, Irish sports stars have found their calling. Rather than rest on their laurels, they're expressing themselves in back gardens, lighting up the local field, showing off the skills they've honed and trained for years.
It's freestyle sort of stuff and there's lots to be learned from it. Even better, many are using their profiles and their skills to promote good causes, none better than the
Do It For Dan trust, the brave Laois boy who's fighting for a chance at a normal life.
https://twitter.com/DoItForDan201/status/1241437141231718407
With the skills flowing thick and fast, we decided to poll the games, the moves, the brazenness of it all with an Innovation, Audacity and Difficulty table, with it all ranked out of 30.
Let us know how we're wrong, and send us in any skills that deserve a shout.
15 Eoin Cadogan,Cork (15)
Now you're hurling.
https://twitter.com/cads3/status/1241727737431236612
Innovation: 10/10
Audacity: 3/10
Difficulty: 2/10
14 Sligo Rovers women (16)
Tekkers.
https://twitter.com/nealmckenna2/status/1241841884944891905
Innovation: 5/10
Audacity: 6/10
Difficulty: 5/10
13 Orlagh Farmer, Cork (17)
Co-ordination and stamina.
https://twitter.com/CKKilkenny93/status/1241035790815199237
Innovation: 6/10
Audacity: 5/10
Difficulty: 6/10
12 Oisin Flynn, Sligo (18)
https://twitter.com/GAA__JOE/status/1242007415140335617
Innovation: 6/10
Audacity: 5/10
Difficulty: 7/10
11 Tom Parsons, Mayo (19)
https://twitter.com/CharlestownGAA/status/1241786838198767618
Innovation: 8/10
Audacity: 4/10
Difficulty: 7/10
10 TJ Reid, Kilkenny (20)
Be careful with those toilet rolls.
https://twitter.com/GAA__JOE/status/1240906947605430272
Innovation: 9/10
Audacity: 5/10
Difficulty: 6/10
9 Brian Hurley, Cork (21)
Sent that boat for a battered cod.
https://twitter.com/BrianHurley15/status/1241713856059228161
Innovation: 9/10
Audacity: 6/10
Difficulty: 6/10
8 Keirra Cairns, Donegal (22)
Gaelic football meets crazy golf.
https://twitter.com/DonegalLGFA/status/1241457901685878784
Innovation: 9/10
Audacity: 7/10
Difficulty: 6/10
8 Kenneth Healy, Sligo (23)
https://twitter.com/castleconnorgaa/status/1241712067696037888
Innovation: 5/10
Audacity: 9/10
Difficulty: 9/10
7 Aine McAllister, Derry (24)
A prodigiously talented dual star in Derry, the Ballinascreen youngster has been talked about for a while, and she'll be heard tell of in the future.
Fantastic stuff.
https://twitter.com/womenshurling/status/1241707795919052800
Innovation: 9/10
Audacity: 7/10
Difficulty: 8/10
6 Patrick Horgan, Cork (25)
Hoggieeee.
https://twitter.com/GAA__JOE/status/1241683047969443840
Innovation: 8/10
Audacity: 9/10
Difficulty: 8/10
5 Cillian, St Kevin's Boys (26)
Audacious with a capital A.
https://twitter.com/stkevinsboysfc/status/1241759401951858689
Innovation: 7/10
Audacity: 10/10
Difficulty: 9/10
4 Cian Lynch, Limerick (27)
Not just a hurler, you'd know he spent a while in Ireland's top soccer academy, St Kevin's Boys.
Poetry in an oh-so beautiful motion.
Innovation: 7/10
Audacity: 10/10
Difficulty: 10/10
3 Mickey Quinn, Longford (28)
Quinn, the former AFL star and current Longford footballer is a box of tricks, all outrageous and confusing in their own right.
The PE teacher could teach us all a thing or two.
https://twitter.com/mickeyq06/status/1240665782738210817
Innovation: 10/10
Audacity: 9/10
Difficulty: 9/10
2 Cian Cassidy, Longford (29)
Disgraceful.
https://twitter.com/GAA__JOE/status/1242021481044942848
Innovation: 10/10
Audacity: 10/10
Difficulty: 9/10
1 Ciaran Lyng, Wexford (30)
Good night and God bless.
https://twitter.com/GAA__JOE/status/1241642894139838464
Innovation: 10/10
Audacity: 10/10
Difficulty: 10/10