Kerry GAA Discussion Thread Mod Warning Post #4167

ya on one hand its great to send Cork down.....


on the other, Cavan and Tyrone are replacing them, so thats 1 extra trip up north probably though hopefully we have 4 at home next year as opposed to the 4 away this year.

we should be -

home to Dublin, Mayo, Monaghan and Cavan

away to Tyrone, Donegal and Roscommon.


knowing the Gaa though, we will probably end up playing away from home 4 times again and have 3 of them up north.

Where in Kerry is the club Fossa?

homerjay2005 wrote:

home to Dublin, Mayo, Monaghan and Cavan

homerjay2005 wrote:

away to Tyrone, Donegal and Roscommon.

Swap Cavan and Tyrone I think.

We played Tyrone in Omagh last year so it should be reversed.

God only knows when the last game vs Cavan was in the league.

keane2097 wrote: »

'97 in the Polo Grounds I suspect.

Downing Stadium, Randal's Island to be exact.
Polo Grounds are long gone.

DDC1990 wrote: »

Does that count for home or away? We'll probably end up playing there again 20 years on

Don't think it really matters, league home & away is redrawn every two years so wherever we played them that time will long since be irrelevant I think.

keane2097 wrote: »

'97 in the Polo Grounds I suspect.

Nice to have a game against Cavan on the 70th anniversary of the '47 final in the Polo Grounds

Sometimes the greatest motivation in sport can be when the odds appear to be stacked against a team and the only option is to stick out your chest and defy them.


This just about sums up the continued upward curve of the Kerry hurlers who went for broke against Laois in this Division 1B relegation play-off at the Austin Stack Park, and secured their Division 1B status for 2017 with a classy display of hurling that stunned the midlanders.

Laois did not help their cause when they lost their way and discipline midway through the second-half and ended up with 12 players on the pitch. They trailed by just six points when they lost wing forward Willie Dunphy to a second yellow in the 46th minute and then six minutes later sub Ross Ring was shown a straight red. Then with the contest decided, Laois were reduced to 12, when Willie Hyland got a straight red for an altercation with Patrick Kelly in the 69th minute.

Kerry boss Ciaran Carey was delighted with the win: “The most pleasing aspect, of course, is we have secured Division 1B hurling. It was nice to have control of our own destiny meaning by getting a result today. That is what we were looking for and in fairness, 2-27 is great clipping, 0-17 in the first-half, so it was a day to savour.”


Carey was glad Kerry’s two league wins did not become irrelevant against a Laois side that finished the league pointless: “What it did with the way the results went in 1A and 1B this year, was highlight the inequity of the league system in 1A and 1B. We were in an unfortunate position after winning two games, to be still in a play-off. In any league there should only be a play off between the bottom two if they are on the same points.

“Having said that, this was our biggest game of the year as far as I am concerned because it was crucial to maintain our status in 1B and they hurled with that in mind.”

The first-half of this relegation face-off was feast of attacking hurling with 26 scores and a couple of goal chances from both sides. Kerry were on top after a nervous opening with John Griffin controlling midfield and with the O’Leary brothers, Michael and Brendan, winning crucial ball in the half forward line, Laois were on the back foot. Kerry’s conversion rate in the opening half was just over 70% and Laois were dependent on Kerry errors and turnovers for scores. However, the O’Moore county received a boost in the 10th minute when a Kerry slip around midfield resulted in PJ Scully feeding Stephen Maher who blasted the ball to the Kerry net.

Kerry responded with new found intensity as they went on a 0-7 to 0-2 run, with points from Michael O’Leary, John Griffin, Brendan O’Leary (2) Shane Nolan (2) and John Egan, seeing Kerry move 0-12 to 1-5 clear, Willie Dunphy and Scully replaying for Laois.

Cha Dwyer then whipped the ball over the bar when it could have been worse, as Griffin, O’Leary and Nolan hurled like men inspired and Kerry fired over five more points to lead 0- 17 to 1-8 at half time. Shane Nolan claimed 0-7 in that opening half. Laois hit the ground running in the second-half with early points from Enda Rowland (free) and Willie Hyland, but Kerry struck for a crucial goal in the 40th minute, when Darren Dineen broke up a Laois attack and played the ball long, to Jack Goulding who set up John Egan for a super goal.

Once Laois lost two players, Kerry assumed complete control, with a succession of points before John Egan pounced for a goal in the 63rd minute, permitting Kerry to cruise to victory. For Laois, the gut check of a final relegation-promotion play off with Westmeath looms.

http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/ciaran-carey-delight-as-kerry-get-just-reward-390985.html

Also congrats to Shane Nolan and David Clifford on been voted GAA players of the week

http://www.gaa.ie/hurling/news/kerry-shane-nolan-comes-out-top-hurling-player-the-week-vote/

http://www.gaa.ie/football/news/kerry-schoolboy-triumphs-football-player-the-week-vote/

You sure are Dobman ,they now play off with Westmeath and speaking at the launch of GAA centre of excellence in Abbotstown yesterday GAA president sees no inequity in our leagues !!

Lol. Amateur organisation indeed.

homerjay2005 wrote:

this David Clifford has alot to live up to now possibly the most famous 16 year old in GAA since Beano!

He has the personality already to be a big star. Took the MOTM interview in his stride, despite having his shorts pulled down by a team mate.

Did he play u16 1/2 for the SEM this year as well?

under 21 final tonight. should be an absolute belter.

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

Fright to god that tg4 show u21 provincial hurling games and don't bother showing any u21 football games

Greatest field game in the world sure :rolleyes:

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

Fright to god that tg4 show u21 provincial hurling games and don't bother showing any u21 football games

very fair point , in fact the whole u21 football championship is just slapped together at the start of the year and finished as soon as possible , the 21s hurling final has a set weekend and venue each year for the final regardless of who is in it , wheres no venue or date has been officially set as yet for the football

DDC1990 wrote: »

2-4 to 0-7

Physicality killing us, but only 3 points in it.

Missing Andrew Barry in the centre, through injury.

cork have a very big side to be fair , expect kerry to se it out though

Great updates DDC. Thank you