GAA Draw 2010 LIVE on RTE 2 8:25pm Tonight

manutd

Don't forget: The Draw for the All- Ireland Hurling and Football Championship 2010 LIVE tonight on RTE 2 @ 8.25pm.

dcr22B

Not so good for the Dubs in the hurling, winners of Carlow/Laois in the quarter final and then the Cats in the semi final, no Leinster final more than likely in 2010

Bondvillain

I was watching....

if anyone could upload a clip for the Leinster Hurling draw that seemed to show the chap on the right keeping his hand firmly on the cannister for Carlow during & after Marty Morrissey's explanatory preamble to ensure that they were drawn out for the preliminary round, I'd appreciate it.

I thought it was fierce funny.

Mossy Monk

Waterford v Clare in the Munster semi final hurling.

I am happy with that. Cork v Tipperary will be a good quarter final hopefully.

Daysha

Very happy with that draw tbh. Always nice to get a straight draw to the semi finals, and we should be favourites against Clare.

suitcasepink

Daysha wrote: »

Very happy with that draw tbh. Always nice to get a straight draw to the semi finals, and we should be favourites against Clare.

Lolk with all respect to Clare.. We couldn't have asked for a better draw. Clare then a munster final

Suppose you could say the same for this year but I fancy our cahnces with Clare

Mossy Monk

Clare v Waterford in the football quarter finals. Could have been a lot worse I suppose.

Daysha

Why is it when there's an open draw in Munster football that Cork and Kerry are ALWAYS on the same side on the draw?!

soccymonster

Decent football draw for limerick . Couldnt have asked for much better, i suppose. Hurling, meh, not so much .

Aidric

Great draw for Limerick in both codes.

suitcasepink

I gotta feeling 2010 could be a good, good year for the Deise
Or so I pray!!

Angus MacGyver

whats with all the Michael jackson music over the highlights,

anyone else think the leinster hurling draw was fixed so carlow would be in preliminary game

Mossy Monk

Angus MacGyver wrote: »

whats with all the Michael jackson music over the highlights,

There must be a sale or something.

dartbhoy

With Clare winning the All Ireland under 21 hurling title this year hurling is on a high in the Banner county and i reckon Clare will be contesting the Munster hurling final next year.

cruiserweight

Looks like Dublin will be out in the quarter finals of the Leinster football championship :P;)

Deise Tom

Anyone think that some of the draws could be a bit of a fix.

Cork and Tipp to get the Munster Hurling underway.

The two weakest teams in leinster drawn out first.

Kilkenny and Galway kept apart in the Leinster Hurling Championship.

Marty Morrissey asking if Derry and Armagh could be drawn against each other.

The Ulster Secretary and Chairman joke that Donegam and Down be drawn against each other just before they are.

Wicklow and Carlow drawn against each other, with the history between the two of them.

Angus MacGyver

Id prefer so see the FA cup method, where they give each team a number, put the numbers on balls and draw from a bag, would be a lot harder to fix then

KevIRL

An Clár (hurling) is far from a gimme for Waterford. They will bouyed up by u-21 success and with a young eager and hungry team. Not saying we are doomed or anything, and I'd rather be on the opposite side of the draw to Tipp, but personally I'd have preferred Limerick or Cork in that order.

spongeman

A great draw for Wicklow, both against Carlow and then Westmeath.

UP THE GARDEN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pride Fighter

Good draw for Dublin in the hurling. We will play a cold Kilkenny in the semi and then either Galway/Wexford or Offaly in the final.

It'll be great to win the provincial championship for the first time in yonks.

Deise Tom

Pride Fighter wrote: »

Good draw for Dublin in the hurling. We will play a cold Kilkenny in the semi and then either Galway/Wexford or Offaly in the final.

Easy draw so!!!

Jugs82

Good draw for Offaly

Antrim first, then Galway/Wexford....

Deise Tom

All-Ireland Hurling Championship Provincial Draws:

Munster SHC:

Quarter-Finals:

Tipperary v Cork

Semi-Finals:

Clare v Waterford

Limerick v Tipperary OR Cork

Leinster SHC:

Preliminary Round:

Carlow v Laois

Quarter-Finals:

A. Dublin v Carlow OR Laois

B. Wexford v Galway

C. Antrim v Offaly

Semi-Finals:

Winners Quarter-Final A v Kilkenny

Winners Quarter-Final B v Winners Quarter-Final C

All-Ireland Football Championship Provincial Draws:

Munster:
Clare V Waterford - Winners play Limerick
Kerry V Tipperary - Winners play Cork

Connacht
New York V Galway
London V Roscommon
Sligo V Mayo

semi finals
Sligo/Mayo V New York V Galway
London/Roscommon V Leitrim.

Ulster

Derry V Armagh.

Quarter Finals
Antrim V Tyrone
Donegal V Down
Cavan V Armagh
Derry/Armagh V Monaghan.

Semi Finals
Antrim/Tyrone V Donegal/Down
Cavan/Fermanagh V Derry/Armagh/Monaghan

Leinster
Louth V Longford
Wicklow V Carlow
Meath V Offaly

Quarter Finals
Louth/Longford V Kildare
Wicklow/Carlow V Westmeath
Meath/Offaly V Laois
Wexford V Dublin.

Semi Finals
Louth/Longford/Kildare V Wicklow/Carlow/Westmeath
Meath/Offaly/Laois V Wexford/Dublin

manutd

Good draw for Cavan, first game the same as this year, then playing the winners of Derry v Armagh/Monaghan. Well this yaer with Antrim was bad.

TheSpecialOne

limerick footballlers looking liek we should reach the final again...hurlers will try but wont be good enough

grenache

Daysha wrote: »

Why is it when there's an open draw in Munster football that Cork and Kerry are ALWAYS on the same side on the draw?!

Surely you mean 'infrequently' instead of 'always'. Since the open draw system was introduced in 1991, only 5 years have Cork and Kerry been on the same side of the draw. 91, 92, 98, 04, 09. I dont think that equates to 'always' The system was rather unfairly discontinued for a brief period (07 & 08) where Cork and Kerry were seeded again.

suitcasepink

Again with no disrespect to Clare but do people really think they're high contendors for next year?
I mean what are they going to do put the 15 players from the under 21 team onto the senior?? I mean we all know whats going to happen there and it will involve shatterd bones confidence. For them to do well they need a balance of youth and experienced players. The differnce between under 21 and senior is a huge difference and not one to be disregarded lightly.
I'm sure Clare will be a much better hurling county in the next couple years when they're under 21s get more experience and stronger and they have the younger players again. I just dont expect this to happen straight after the under 21 AI

/Rant

Orizio

Mossy Monk wrote: »

Waterford v Clare in the Munster semi final hurling.

I am happy with that. Cork v Tipperary will be a good quarter final hopefully.

Who will Tipp be playing in the Munster semi then Mossy?

jordainius

Pride Fighter wrote: »

Good draw for Dublin in the hurling. We will play a cold Kilkenny in the semi and then either Galway/Wexford or Offaly in the final.

It'll be great to win the provincial championship for the first time in yonks.

After you saying that I really hope that the winners of the Carlow v Laois match make you pay for the arrogance of completely taking them for granted!

Poor_old_gill

GAA Championship needs to go open draw- its getting so tiresome.

jordainius

Deise Tom wrote: »

All-Ireland Hurling Championship Provincial Draws:

Munster SHC:

Quarter-Finals:

Tipperary v Cork

Semi-Finals:

Clare v Waterford

Limerick v Tipperary OR Cork

From a Limerick perspective, I'm quite happy with this. The pressure will be completely off, nobody will give us a chance so there won't be a burden of expectation weighing us down!

Tipp will probably be a bit nervous because if their home/away agreement continues with Cork then they'll have a tough task at Pairc Uí Chaoimh. Cork will be happy with this in my opinion, a Cork team will always fancy their chances at home to Tipp. Tipp are still favourites however.

Clare v Waterford- both teams will be happy with this draw. Waterford will want to avenge the 2008 defeat and Clare could gather momentum after winning the under 21 title and they should stroll through division 2 without too much fuss. Hard one to call in my opinion.

I think this draw suits Cork very well though. Unless I'm mistaken they will have Tipp at Pairc Uí Chaoimh and then the semi final with Limerick will either be in Pairc Ui Chaoimh or Semple. I'm fairly sure its PUíC, in which case I'd expect them to have enough to beat Limerick

Cork v Clare final, with Cork to prevail much to my disgust!

jordainius

Poor_old_gill wrote: »

GAA Championship needs to go open draw- its getting so tiresome.

No way! It needs to get rid of that darn backdoor system! That will bring back the bite to the provincial championships, nothing like a do or die match against your local rivals!

The backdoor was brought in to give teams more games and help weaker counties. Not because the provincial championships were starting to go stale. The reason they are starting to go stale is because of the backdoor!

And a quick look at the roll of honour shows the backdoor is not bringing on weaker counties. ANd the extra games are causing chaos with the club scene and making the championships a bit bloated!

Go back to the old days I say!!

Pride Fighter

jordainius wrote: »

After you saying that I really hope that the winners of the Carlow v Laois match make you pay for the arrogance of completely taking them for granted!

It could happen. This Dublin team cannot annhilate the 'so called' poor teams. Laois should have beaten Limerick last year and a few years ago when the Dubs were in division 2 Carlow gave us a terrible fright, I think we only beat them by a point. I apologise for any arrogance, but I suppose my arrogance is a result of arrogance by everyone saying it is going to be a Kilkenny/Galway final without a ball being struck in anger. I was angry at the Dubs being dismissed and in that anger forgot the matter of a tough quarter final.

Stevecw

As a Carlow man i am very happy with those draws!!

In football its exactly what we wanted in 1st round. As the whole Thomas Walsh affair has created a real hatred between both counties. And the fact that Walsh has left Wicklow to return and play for his native Carlow in 2010 just adds to it.

Amazing that his 1st championship game for Carlow will be v his teammates from the last couple of years.

With him and Brendan Murphy (Unbelievably good in co semi and final, with his massive build after 2 years pro) back from Sydney Swans at midfield Carlow will be a different side. We could easily win that one, if for once we actually can get all or at least most of the best players in the county to play for the county team.

Never seems to happen, but hopefully Luke Dempsey can get most of them involved that day surely in Newbridge in May.

As for hurling, well its the draw we wanted. Laois at home...its the ideal way to arrive into Leinster championship. We wanted either Laois (who we finished ahead of in div 2 this year) or Antrim (who we beat in league) as realistically they are the only 2 sides in Leinster who we would be capable of beating.

A game aginst the Dubs in qf would be a nice test to see where exactly we are.
As Pride Fighter says above, it was only 3 years ago that a weaker than now Carlow side gave a (also weaker than now!) Dublin side their only close game in the old Div 2 where we lost to a last min point in Parnell Park.

Wouldn't expect to run Dubs to a point this time, but would hope to get within 6/7 pts. And build on that in qualifiers.

jordainius

Pride Fighter wrote: »

It could happen. This Dublin team cannot annhilate the 'so called' poor teams. Laois should have beaten Limerick last year and a few years ago when the Dubs were in division 2 Carlow gave us a terrible fright, I think we only beat them by a point. I apologise for any arrogance, but I suppose my arrogance is a result of arrogance by everyone saying it is going to be a Kilkenny/Galway final without a ball being struck in anger. I was angry at the Dubs being dismissed and in that anger forgot the matter of a tough quarter final.

To be honest I was only pulling your leg anyway! I know where you were coming from. Its nice to see that Dublin are now in a position where they can have that bit of arrogance about them anyway. They need a bit of that, Anthony Daly seems to have gotten them to move away from the small team mentality and its nice to see the Dubs making progress and believing they can challenge for silverware.

I think Laois will beat Carlow, and in my opinion Laois would pose a major threat to Dublin. I think it must have been only 4 years ago since Laois beat them in the championship and it was a proper trouncing. 4 goals or something. A lot of those players will still be involved and will have no fear of Dublin. Laois showed against Limerick what they could be capable of.

That said, I do expect Dublin to come through. There could be a touch of that "second season syndrome" about them though, people know what to expect, the element of surprise is gone and all that.

Kilkenny are slowly on the way down, every game they played this year, they looked beatable. They didn't dominate games like they did in 2008, and I don't think Dublin would or should have any fear of them.

In the next decade Dublin will at the very least start winning a few Leinsters. Right now though, I still think they are on a learning curve. They are still inexperienced as was demonstrated in their quarter final with Limerick. Limerick's experience was what swung that match their way in the end. And as we saw in the all ireland semi, this was a poor limerick team (:(still traumatised:()

I really hope Dublin get there though, a new team on the hurling scene is very welcome indeed. (Though Dublin are more of a sleeping giant now I think of it, I think they have won more Leinster titles than Wexford and Offaly!?)

Speaking of which, why on earth did Dublin just stop winning hurling trophies after the 50's?

grenache

jordainius wrote: »

From a Limerick perspective, I'm quite happy with this. The pressure will be completely off, nobody will give us a chance so there won't be a burden of expectation weighing us down!

Dont waste your money following that excuse for a hurling team Limerick have representing them. There's no hurlers in the county. The appointment of Justin Mac could be likened to rearranging the Titanic's deck chairs. In life there are only three certainties - paying tax, death, and epic annual failure for Limerick's ''hurlers''.

Daysha

This may be a bit off-topic, but whoever worked on updating rte.ie tonight needs to be shot.

1) If you go to www.rte.ie you will see in the headlines that "Tipp to face Cork in Munster SHC semi" It's a quarter final guys, not a semi.

2) If you click on that link, you read this in the first paragraph
"Munster champions Tipperary have been drawn to face Cork in a repeat of last year's provincial quarter-final, in which the Premier County claimed a memorable 1-19 to 0-19 victory over the Rebels at Páirc Uí Chaoimh".
That match last year was in Semple Stadium, not Pairc Ui Chaoimh.

3) Then I read their overview of the football draw when I came across this:
In Leinster, Dublin begin their quest for six-in-a-row with a semi-final clash against Wexford, while Meath could lay in wait in the last four should the Royals beat Offaly, in the first round, and Laois in the quarter-final.
Dublins match against Wexford is a quarter-final clash, not a semi-clash as suggested.

Seriously, I only spent 2 minutes glancing over the articles and I found 3 very obvious mistakes like those. What a joke.

homerjay2005

footballer qualifiers are shark intested again this year. alot of possible big name early knock outs.

tough one for kerry again.

Deise Tom

deise_girl wrote: »

Again with no disrespect to Clare but do people really think they're high contendors for next year?
I mean what are they going to do put the 15 players from the under 21 team onto the senior?? I mean we all know whats going to happen there and it will involve shatterd bones confidence. For them to do well they need a balance of youth and experienced players. The differnce between under 21 and senior is a huge difference and not one to be disregarded lightly.
I'm sure Clare will be a much better hurling county in the next couple years when they're under 21s get more experience and stronger and they have the younger players again. I just dont expect this to happen straight after the under 21 AI

/Rant

Spot on.

I think the biggest problem is that there is some sections of the media blew them up after winning the under 21's and alot of the non true g.a.a. fans now believe because of what some sections of the media have come out with, that Clare are All-Ireland contenders. As you say there is a big step up from underage to senior.

People also have to remember that Clare are playing division two hurling, while it is not a bad standard, it is some way off that of Division one, and wont have the standard of games some of the other top teams will have going into the championship.

Deise Tom

Poor_old_gill wrote: »

GAA Championship needs to go open draw- its getting so tiresome.

No way, Muster Hurling must never be taken away, and i doubt many of any of the Ulster counties would get rid of their football championship.

Deise Tom

jordainius wrote: »

No way! It needs to get rid of that darn backdoor system! That will bring back the bite to the provincial championships, nothing like a do or die match against your local rivals!

The backdoor was brought in to give teams more games and help weaker counties. Not because the provincial championships were starting to go stale. The reason they are starting to go stale is because of the backdoor!

And a quick look at the roll of honour shows the backdoor is not bringing on weaker counties. ANd the extra games are causing chaos with the club scene and making the championships a bit bloated!

Go back to the old days I say!!

The back door was brought in for money reasons, and also at a time when the championships were starting to have sponsors and they wanted their name up in as many fields as possible as many times as possible for the summer.

Deise Tom

Daysha wrote: »

This may be a bit off-topic, but whoever worked on updating rte.ie tonight needs to be shot.

1) If you go to www.rte.ie you will see in the headlines that "Tipp to face Cork in Munster SHC semi" It's a quarter final guys, not a semi.

2) If you click on that link, you read this in the first paragraph
"Munster champions Tipperary have been drawn to face Cork in a repeat of last year's provincial quarter-final, in which the Premier County claimed a memorable 1-19 to 0-19 victory over the Rebels at Páirc Uí Chaoimh".
That match last year was in Semple Stadium, not Pairc Ui Chaoimh.

3) Then I read their overview of the football draw when I came across this:
In Leinster, Dublin begin their quest for six-in-a-row with a semi-final clash against Wexford, while Meath could lay in wait in the last four should the Royals beat Offaly, in the first round, and Laois in the quarter-final.
Dublins match against Wexford is a quarter-final clash, not a semi-clash as suggested.

Seriously, I only spent 2 minutes glancing over the articles and I found 3 very obvious mistakes like those. What a joke.

An awful lot that you read in the media now adays is total shyte, written by people that have come out of some college and thinking they know it all. RTE, TV3, the NAtional Papers, some of the local radio stations etc should go down the road the local papers have and appoint genuine G.A.A. people to cover their G.A.A. imput as they are the ones with their fingers on the pulse. Just because you dont have attended a college or university does not mean you dont know what you are talking about.

jordainius

grenache wrote: »

Dont waste your money following that excuse for a hurling team Limerick have representing them. There's no hurlers in the county. The appointment of Justin Mac could be likened to rearranging the Titanic's deck chairs. In life there are only three certainties - paying tax, death, and epic annual failure for Limerick's ''hurlers''.

What a ridiculous post....

By your logic only Kilkenny, Cork and Tipperary fans should bother turning up. And only about 5 or 6 football counties should bother turning up.

This panel of players reached the 2007 All-Ireland final purely on merit. They deservedly beat Waterford in the semi final. Its disappointing that many people use the excuse that Waterford were tired. Not once did we hear Limerick using the tiredness excuse after losing to Waterford in the Munster final after Limerick had not so long ago played 3 games and 250 minutes of hurling in 14 days against Tipp.

And in that final, Limerick were caught napping in the first 10 minutes. But after that they acquitted themselves quite well. From the 10th minute, Limerick scored 1-15, and Kilkenny scored 0-17. In the second half of that match Ollie Moran scored a goal which brought Limerick within touching distance. O'Shaughnessy had two glorious goal chances after that, and had one of those gone in there would only have been 2 odd points in it at the time. In which case, anything could have happened. (For the record, I believe think Kilkenny would have probably still won)

It is ridiculous that people compare the 2007 and 2008 finals. Limerick were caught napping for 10 minutes and thereafter gave as good as they got. But Waterford were absolutely humiliated for 90% of their game. They were never in that game.

The players are there. Problem is there aren't many natural scoring forwards, but that has always been an issue for Limerick. But there is still plenty there to work with.

Unfortunately some of our fans have unrealistic expectations of Limerick hurling. The fella's who spend the games shouting abuse at players when things aren't going so well. These are usually the guys who cheer and shout loudest when things are going well but anyway...

I'll never forget in 2008, during the qualifier against Offaly, things weren't going well and at half time a very sizable portion of the crowd booed them off the pitch. That was a new low for Limerick. It was disgusting that our fans did that, that they were so arrogant that they just expected us to wipe the floor with Offaly. And that if they didn't get what they want they think they had the right to actually boo these amatuer players who had put in hundreds of hours of work. For the first time as a Limerick fan that day I felt completely ashamed. Not because of our teams performance, but because of our fans.

So I'll continue following that team thank you very much. I'll continue supporting them, because that is what teams need from their fans at the end of the day- support. Slagging them off on the internet is unwanted and unhelpful.

paddy978

As a Rossie I am delighted.Anyone else think we will make Connacht Final?

dcr22B

paddy978 wrote: »

As a Rossie I am delighted.Anyone else think we will make Connacht Final?

No, Leitrim all the way

Will be good to see someone different in the Connacht decider for a change (yes, I do remember Sligo in 2007).

rossie1977

paddy978 wrote: »

As a Rossie I am delighted.Anyone else think we will make Connacht Final?

roscommon have a pretty poor record against leitrim in the hyde last 15 years or so, strange considering roscommon have never lost a championship game in carrick

crocs2010

paddy978 wrote: »

As a Rossie I am delighted.Anyone else think we will make Connacht Final?

Paddy if ye can't make a Connacht Final next year, ye may take up stick fighting!!

marathont

Deise Tom wrote: »

Spot on.

I think the biggest problem is that there is some sections of the media blew them up after winning the under 21's and alot of the non true g.a.a. fans now believe because of what some sections of the media have come out with, that Clare are All-Ireland contenders. As you say there is a big step up from underage to senior.

People also have to remember that Clare are playing division two hurling, while it is not a bad standard, it is some way off that of Division one, and wont have the standard of games some of the other top teams will have going into the championship.

I dont think Clare are All Ireland contenders, but I think they will certainly give Waterford a game.

soccymonster

deise_girl wrote: »

Again with no disrespect to Clare but do people really think they're high contendors for next year?
I mean what are they going to do put the 15 players from the under 21 team onto the senior?? I mean we all know whats going to happen there and it will involve shatterd bones confidence. For them to do well they need a balance of youth and experienced players. The differnce between under 21 and senior is a huge difference and not one to be disregarded lightly.
I'm sure Clare will be a much better hurling county in the next couple years when they're under 21s get more experience and stronger and they have the younger players again. I just dont expect this to happen straight after the under 21 AI

/Rant

high contenders, not yet imo.
But they definetly have a chance of beating waterford.

premierstone

Ah two nice handy draws for Tipp, honestly in the hurling I dont know why they call it the quater final anymore, just cut to the chase and call it ''who gets to play Tipp'' At least we got the soft side of the draw in Football.

Orizio

premierstone wrote: »

Ah two nice handy draws for Tipp, honestly in the hurling I dont know why they call it the quater final anymore, just cut to the chase and call it ''who gets to play Tipp'' At least we got the soft side of the draw in Football.

So so true PS, so so true...