Kilkenny GAA Thread Part 3 **MOD NOTE POST 1***

Bahanaman

Truth be told1974 wrote:

1 - Noel Shekan (1982) 2 - Ted Carroll (1969) 3 - JJ Delaney (2003) 4 - Seamus Cleere (1963) 5 - Tommy Walsh (2009) 6 - Pat Henderson (1974) 7 - Ger Henderson (1979) 8 - Liam 'Chunky' O' Brien (1975) 9 - Mick Fennelly (2011) 10 - Eoin Larkin (2008) 11 - Henry Shefflin (2002, 2006, 2012) 12 - TJ Reid (2015) 13 - Richie Hogan (2014) 14 - DJ Carey (1992, 2000) 15 - Eddie Keher (1972)

Jesus wept! Look at that forward line!

Realt Dearg Sec

Bahanaman wrote: »

Jesus wept! Look at that forward line!

Not doing too bad when Larkin is the "weak link"

Truth be told1974

Realt Dearg Sec wrote: »

Not doing too bad when Larkin is the "weak link"

He is one hurler that always did 'more' than he seemed to be doing, he is probably the 'best' club hurler in Kilkenny 2004 - 2017, influenced so many games and destroyed Shamrocks in 2011 Final replay. He had / has this uncanny knack of controlling a sliotar in a blink of an eye and have moved sideways at the same time so defenders can't counteract it or at best fouled him.

Remember the All-Ireland (2014 drawn match) where the defender swung him horizontally by grabbing him, Larkin was moving so powerfully and Barry kelly thought it wasn't a foul?

Truth be told1974

BEST HURLERS FOR CLUBS 2000 - 2018

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Village - Eoin Larkin /
Mullinavat - Willie O' Dwyer
Carrickshock - John Dalton
O' Loughlin's - Mark Bergin / Kearns brothers
Shamrocks - TJ Reid / Bob Aylward
St. Martin's - Paul Maher
Clara - Lester Ryan

brookville

Truth be told1974 wrote: »

BEST HURLERS FOR CLUBS 2000 - 2018

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Village - Eoin Larkin /
Mullinavat - Willie O' Dwyer
Carrickshock - John Dalton
O' Loughlin's - Mark Bergin / Kearns brothers
Shamrocks - TJ Reid / Bob Aylward
St. Martin's - Paul Maher
Clara - Lester Ryan

probably meant john maher from muckalee great servant its a pity he came at a time when we had an unbelievable squad.
larkin has being very consistent over the years and always one of my favourite hurlers.He was a huge loss to the county set up.

castlecat

St Patrick's. Brian Brook PHELAN
Freshford. Noel Magree
Comer, Davy Buggy

minty81

Truth be told1974 wrote: »

BEST HURLERS FOR CLUBS 2000 - 2018

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Village - Eoin Larkin /
Mullinavat - Willie O' Dwyer
Carrickshock - John Dalton
O' Loughlin's - Mark Bergin / Kearns brothers
Shamrocks - TJ Reid / Bob Aylward
St. Martin's - Paul Maher
Clara - Lester Ryan

I'd throw in Alan Geoghegan OLG and JJ has had some phenomenal performances for Johnstown over the years

blackcard

Truth be told1974 wrote: »

BEST HURLERS FOR CLUBS 2000 - 2018

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Village - Eoin Larkin /
Mullinavat - Willie O' Dwyer
Carrickshock - John Dalton
O' Loughlin's - Mark Bergin / Kearns brothers
Shamrocks - TJ Reid / Bob Aylward
St. Martin's - Paul Maher
Clara - Lester Ryan

Gorta wasn't too bad for OLG. Tommy for Tullaroan. James Ryall for GBC. Pat Hartley for Tullogher. Brian Lannon for Bennettsbridge. Noel Hickey for Dunnamaggan.

brookville

dessie walsh from thomastown still going strong.brian lannon and enda cleere from the bridge.Dick carroll from gowran and dermot maher from barrow rangers gave good service to their clubs

laneykin

I'd also throw in Liam Ryan for Clara. Unbelievable in matches the last few years.

Topcat32

brookville wrote: »

dessie walsh from thomastown still going strong.brian lannon and enda cleere from the bridge.Dick carroll from gowran and dermot maher from barrow rangers gave good service to their clubs

Dessie Walsh if a little taller or a bit quicker would have been a serious inter county hurler, I know that could be said about a fair few players down the years but seriously skillfull and a great hurling brain, talented soccer player too.

phkk

laneykin wrote: »

I'd also throw in Liam Ryan for Clara. Unbelievable in matches the last few years.

+1 Always thought he was a class hurler. I firmly believe if he plays well, Clara are well on their way to victory

JJs Left Hand

Colin McGrath in goals for Martins. Countless countless unbelievable saves meaning we only lost games by 5 points instead of 15

WhatsGoingOn2

Tom Brophy for Comer. Still in goals for his 27th year. Must be close to a record.

suirway

Predictions at this stage
Senior - Shamrocks
Inter - Graigue Ballycallan
Junior - Dunamaggin

JJs Left Hand

Shocking miss by Fogarty at the end. Comer backs were superb but thought Village were shocking and hard to see them that poor again especially if the game is taken out of Ballyragget. Their management team spend enough time on the field talking to the ref anyway

WhatsGoingOn2

JJs Left Hand wrote: »

Shocking miss by Fogarty at the end. Comer backs were superb but thought Village were shocking and hard to see them that poor again especially if the game is taken out of Ballyragget. Their management team spend enough time on the field talking to the ref anyway

Why wasn't there Extra Time?

brookville

just heard updates didnt sound a great match but murphy done very well in browne.Comer will be dissapointed missed a good goal chance and obviously fogarty missed the free at the end.Very suprising no extra time.

blackcard

WhatsGoingOn2 wrote: »

JJs Left Hand wrote: »

Shocking miss by Fogarty at the end. Comer backs were superb but thought Village were shocking and hard to see them that poor again especially if the game is taken out of Ballyragget. Their management team spend enough time on the field talking to the ref anyway

Why wasn't there Extra Time?

It was the same as the other quarter finals. If any of them ended up as a draw, it would have gone to a replay.

blackcard

JJs Left Hand wrote: »

Shocking miss by Fogarty at the end. Comer backs were superb but thought Village were shocking and hard to see them that poor again especially if the game is taken out of Ballyragget. Their management team spend enough time on the field talking to the ref anyway

Conor Delaney in particular was excellent but all the backs snuffed out the Village forwards. Michael Murphy had a strong showing again. Missing the last minute free from 45 metres in front of the goal and a couple of goal chances might mean Comer have lost their chance

northern lad

phkk wrote: »

+1 Always thought he was a class hurler. I firmly believe if he plays well, Clara are well on their way to victory

Outstanding in 1st half of County Final 2015.... 0-4 from play. Lester, Conor Phelan could also lay claim to best club hurler from 2000 - 2018.

blackcard

A scrappy game between near neighbours Freshford and Lisdowney looked to be headed the way of Freshford as they led by 2 points going into injury time until Conor O'Carroll scored a goal for Lisdowney and sparked jubilation. Freshford responded with a James Maher goal to get the Freshford fans dancing. In truth, this was not a good quality game with Lisdowney hitting around 16 wides. Freshford would have to improve substantially to progress any further.

Noddy33

Gmore V GBC:
Poor game that did threaten to boil over at times but GBC just had far too much all over the field over a tired looking Glenmore team who were out playing for the forth week running. Glenmore played with the gale wind first half and didnt make use of it. Gmore were missing their first choice keeper and it did cost them. Stand in keeper Paddy Murphy made two good early saves but Davy Aylward puck outs and composure were missed. Sean Ryan scored a good goal,  Conor Flynn and Tommy Ronan impressed while Billy Ryan was fantastic. He scored some great points from all angles of the field and caused havoc when running at Gmore defence. I think next year could be a real breakthrough year for him. Alan Murphy was decent and Eoin scored two good points but Gmore just had no flow in their game. Ger worked hard but couldnt get any opportunity to get the ball in his hand and caused a threat.
GBC are going along nicely and have the defenders to stop favourites Tullaroan. Eddie pulled the strings nicely from Centre Forward today and chipped away with three points. They would be my pick to win it out if had to choose now!

blackcard

Tullaroan were very impressive in beating Thomastown by 1-24 to 2-11. John Walton, Padraig Walsh, Martin Keoghan and Shane Walsh did most of the damage on the scoreboard. They look a well balanced team and I could see them doing well at Senior if they get there. They should comfortably beat Freshford who they have drawn in the semi-final. Jonjo Ferrell got Thomastown' s 2 goals.

phkk

Intermediate semi-finals
Lachtain's v Tullaroan
Tullogher v G/Ballycallan

Dunnamaggin first team into junior county final after beating Dicksboro

Joe Daly

phkk wrote: »

Intermediate semi-finals
Lachtain's v Tullaroan
Tullogher v G/Ballycallan

Dunnamaggin first team into junior county final after beating Dicksboro

When are the intermediate semi finals on.

brookville

Joe Daly wrote: »

phkk wrote: »

Intermediate semi-finals
Lachtain's v Tullaroan
Tullogher v G/Ballycallan

Dunnamaggin first team into junior county final after beating Dicksboro

When are the intermediate semi finals on.

4 matches on next saturday,2 relegations and senior replay and intermediate semi and the freshford one on sunday before the bridge match

WhatsGoingOn2

Fixtures confirmed this evening by the County Board are - Saturday, SHC quarter-final replay, James Stephens v Erin's Own in Ballyragget 2pm; SHC relegation final, Danesfort v Carrickshock in Callan 2pm; IHC relegation final, Young Irelands (Gowran) v Mooncoin in Ballyhale 2pm; IHC semi-final, Graigue Ballycallan v Tullogher Rosbercon in Nowlan Park 4.15pm.
Sunday - IHC semi-final, St Lachtain's (Freshford) v Tullaroan in Nowlan Park 2pm; SHC semi-final, Bennettsbridge v Clara in Nowlan Park 4pm

chg1980

WhatsGoingOn2 wrote: »

Fixtures confirmed this evening by the County Board are - Saturday, SHC quarter-final replay, James Stephens v Erin's Own in Ballyragget 2pm; SHC relegation final, Danesfort v Carrickshock in Callan 2pm; IHC relegation final, Young Irelands (Gowran) v Mooncoin in Ballyhale 2pm; IHC semi-final, Graigue Ballycallan v Tullogher Rosbercon in Nowlan Park 4.15pm.
Sunday - IHC semi-final, St Lachtain's (Freshford) v Tullaroan in Nowlan Park 2pm; SHC semi-final, Bennettsbridge v Clara in Nowlan Park 4pm

Another great weekend of hurling strange not to have an intermediate semi final double header. Or even play the senior replay as a curtain raiser on Saturday to the intermediate game. Seems to be no taught put into scheduling of games.

Heard this evening from our board rep that paul cahill has been appointed to ref the senior final.seen him last week in the shamrocks v boro game seemed decent enough.

dubcat51

I was at the dublin intermediate semis on saturday.first game between st marks and scoil ui chonnail was a draw.scoil should win replay threw it away.cuala won other semi and will beat marks or scoil easy in my opinion.would fancy kk winners to beat cuala.15 was there best player and deadly from.frees.