Kildare GAA General Discussion Thread

smelly sock

klairondavis wrote: »

SFC 1/4 Finals:

Celbridge v Carbury/Confey
Moorefield v Johnstownbridge/Round Towers
St Laurence's v Naas/Raheens
Athy v Sarsfields/Maynooth

Celbirdge v cabury/confey - Celbridge
Moores v JTB/Towers - Moores to beat JTB by 2.

Larries v Naas/Raheens - hardest of all to call. Larries by 1 over Naas.

Athy v Sarsfields/maynooth
Sarfields by 4

klairondavis

It's Moorefield's to lose. Celbridge probably have the best 1 to 9 in the county but they have struggled for scores when it matters so Brophy will have to hit form. Athy's temperament is always questionable. They have enough talent in their ranks for sure but haven't managed to put it all together consistently. The league win suggests they might be turning that corner. Sarsfields were poor yesterday but any club in Ireland would miss Smith and McCormack. They will be a different animal with them back and the extra game will allow them to get more football into Hartley, Ryan and Kavanagh. Potential Athy v Sarsfields quarter final is easily the tie of the round and whoever comes through there will have momentum.

I can't see anyone else figuring. Larries are too reliant on Fogarty. Ditto Carbury with O'Flaherty. Confey have fallen back. Naas are still a work in progress. JTB have some of the best players in the county in their ranks but they don't have the depth that the bigger teams have.

klairondavis

Clane will face Leixlip in the SFC relegation playoff final.

Ardclough the first team into the SHC final defeating Naas. Celbridge v Confey throws in at 5:30.

klairondavis

Fairly comfortable win for Celbridge. Should be a good final.

klairondavis

Pittman Traffic & Safety IFC Quarter-Finals:

Monasterevin 2-14 Ballyteague 2-11
Two Mile House 1-11 Kilcock 0-10
St Kevin's 3-19 Kilcullen 1-5
Nurney 0-9 Clogherinkoe 0-8 (LATEST SCORE)


Pittman Traffic & Safety IFC Relegation Semi-Finals:

Straffan 3-15 Ballymore 2-14


Joe Mallon Motors Renault SFC Quarter-Finals:

Moorefield 1-17 Johnstownbridge 1-9
Athy 2-11 Sarsfields 0-7

klairondavis

Pittman Traffic & Safety IFC Semi-Finals:

Clogerhinkoe/Nurney v Two Mile House
Monasterevin v St Kevin’s


Pittman Traffic & Safety IFC Relegation Final:

Ballymore v Ellistown


Joe Mallon Motors Renault SFC Semi-Finals:

Athy v Carbury/Celbridge
Moorefield v Naas/St Laurence's


Joe Mallon Motors Renault SFC Relegation Final:

Clane v Leixlip

klairondavis

Nurney 0-13 Clogherinkoe 0-10

Hesh's Umpire

klairondavis wrote: »

Nurney 0-13 Clogherinkoe 0-10

Is that a big shock?

StupidLikeAFox

Kildare Now is good for reports of the matches if anybody is interested:

Athy v Sarsfields: https://www.kildarenow.com/sport/solid-athy-dump-2016-champions-sarsfields-10-point-quarter-final-drubbing/249416

Moorefield v JTB: https://www.kildarenow.com/sport/second-half-shut-sees-impressive-moorefield-last-4-johnstownbridge-crash/249410

Dots1982

Don’t have reports on any games in hawkfield yesterday though.

klairondavis

Hesh's Umpire wrote: »

Is that a big shock?

Yeah Cloghs were going well earlier on and were expected to win but Nurney have hit form. Monasterevin beating Ballyteague would have also been a bit of a shock. It looks like the larks were caught on the hop in the first half and gave themselves too much to do.

smelly sock

Anyone know dates for the senior football and intermediate finals?

Browning

Intermediate Final is the Sunday 14th and the Senior Final the following Sunday 21st. The Senior Hurling final is either 7th or the 13th depending on how Celbridge go in the football at the weekend v Carbury.

klairondavis

Joe Mallon Motors Renault SFC Quarter-Finals:

Naas 1-13 St Laurence's 2-7
Celbridge 1-15 Carbury 0-10


Pittman Traffic & Safety IFC Semi-Final:

Monasterevin 0-15 St Kevin's 2-9

klairondavis

Tom Cross Coaches JFC Final:

Milltown 1-14 Rheban 1-10


Pittman Traffic & Safety IFC Semi-Final:

Two Mile House 1-13 Nurney 1-7

klairondavis

Pittman Traffic and Safety IFC Semi-Final Replay:

Monasterevin 1-15 St Kevin's 0-16 (AET)


Pittman Traffic and Safety IFC Relegation Playoff:

Ellistown 1-14 Ballymore 2-10


Joe Mallon Motors Renault SFC Semi-Final:

Athy 0-17 Celbridge 1-13


Joe Mallon Motors Renault SFC Relegation Playoff:

Clane 0-13 Leixlip 0-12

harr

klairondavis wrote: »

Pittman Traffic and Safety IFC Semi-Final Replay:

Monasterevin 1-15 St Kevin's 0-16 (AET)


Pittman Traffic and Safety IFC Relegation Playoff:

Ellistown 1-14 Ballymore 2-10


Joe Mallon Motors Renault SFC Semi-Final:

Athy 0-17 Celbridge 1-13


Joe Mallon Motors Renault SFC Relegation Playoff:

Clane 0-13 Leixlip 0-12

Wow all very close games :eek:

klairondavis

Fine performances from Niall Kelly and Liam McGovern deservedly see Athy past a Paddy Brophy-less Celbridge team.

Leixlip will not feature in the SFC next year for the first time since before Jack O'Shea was playing for them.

smelly sock

klairondavis wrote: »

Fine performances from Niall Kelly and Liam McGovern deservedly see Athy past a Paddy Brophy-less Celbridge team.

Leixlip will not feature in the SFC next year for the first time since before Jack O'Shea was playing for them.

They might actually be required to win an IFC now.

klairondavis

Joe Mallon Motors Renault SFC Semi-Final:

Moorefield 0-17 Naas 0-9

beertons

Jaysus. Naas had it down to 3 points in the second half.

Hesh's Umpire

Presume TMH and Moorefield will be strong favourites?

paulie21

Hesh's Umpire wrote: »

Presume TMH and Moorefield will be strong favourites?

Moorefield will be favorites alright but Athy beat them in the league final and are more battle hardened throughout the championship so they’ll have a chance

Browning

Any thoughts on the Senior Hurling Final on Saturday Ardclough v Celbridge. Made a few €€ on Ardclough v Naas last year. Can they do back to back ?

klairondavis

Ardclough are a hardy team but Celbridge have more experience and are more battle hardened than the Naas side they beat last year. Celbridge are not the force they were when they had Gerry Keegan leading the forward line but the availability of Fergal Conway is a big plus to their attack. Bookies seem to have Ardclough as slight favourites but I would have it the other way around. There's huge rivalry between both clubs and most of the Ardclough players would have gone to secondary school in Celbridge. It should be a close contest.

paulie21

Wicklow for the footballers

London, Meath and Roscommon for the hurlers

klairondavis

Haven Hire SHC Final:

Celbridge 2-16 Ardclough 1-15


Pittman Traffic & Safety IFC Final:

Two Mile House 0-16 Monasterevin 1-8

klairondavis

Joe Mallon Motors Renault SFC Final:

Moorefield 2-12 Athy 2-9


Moorefield champions again. Athy shot themselves in the foot time and time again and Moorefield did what they do best, win big matches in Newbridge. Naas beat Clane to land the minor title.

Elsewhere Tom Cribbin and Karl O'Dwyer joining Cian O'Neill's management team with Enda Murphy and Roli Sweeney stepping away.

klairondavis

David Herrity announced as the new hurling manager.

klairondavis

Leinster SFC Rd 1:

Mullingar Shamrocks (Westmeath) 1-6 Moorefield (Kildare) 2-9


Leinster IFC Rd 1:

Two Mile House (Kildare) 2-7 Shandonagh (Westmeath) 1-9


Leinster JFC Rd 1:

Kilcoole (Wicklow) 0-11 Milltown (Kildare) 1-12



Good weekend for the Kildare clubs.

Alan Flynn (Galway) announced as coach to the Kildare senior footballers.