Kilkenny GAA Thread

I consulted with the parish priests and older locals when making the map. It's the closest thing there is to an official map. There is no parish rule in town so in reality it doesn't actually matter for the city clubs. Is there any are in particular that your interested in or that you think is incorrect?

50 notes for the semi looks steep - can rem how much it was last year

I do hope we don’t swallow the punditry and get fixated on raining balls down on the Clare full back line. As well as being predictable, it means they can play to their strengths on the turnovers and work it through to their runners. We’ve been ‘out-tactiked’ by counter runners in the last 2 semis. That happening in a third would be unforgivable. Generally we kept Galway guessing last day out, let’s hope we can build on that and find varying points of attack. I’ve no issue with a few long ones, just not all long ones and when we do, let’s think about what happens if it breaks down.

tickets are available for season ticket holders, section 305, seat numbers aren't automatically allocated so need to get in quick if you want good seats

I didn't see much yesterday to suggest Clare are any better, all the teams after Limerick seem to be around the same (poor) level. Mix it up a bit like the Leinster final and we have a great chance. Injuries killed Wexford yesterday, were very unlucky

Referee seemed to be pressured by the crowd to play on as well when there were some wexford players down getting treatment, must have thought they were trying to waste time

minor final is down for the Saturday at the moment, no time confirmed yet though. Hopefully it'll be on before it

Who will Kilkenny have on Tony Kelly? Lawlor and Duggan will be a massive battle on the edge of the square. Kilkenny might get some joy on the Clare full back line like Wexford and Limerick have.

Paddy Deegan I'd imagine will be detailed to follow Kelly. Pity to waste a great hurler like Lawlor on Duggan but I guess we can't put anyone else in at full back at this stage.

We need our fitness levels to be much improved from the last few years if we're stay with Clare for 70+ minutes. It was only when Wexford flagged yesterday that Clare got their game going.

Re season ticket- Did you go to the link on the email as opposed to logging in? It's almost like a hidden page!

I see TJ was in Mount Juliet anyway :D. Good point above about Lawlor, he does a lot of hurling and with Duggan on him he wont have it easy. Mullen wont get as much space as last day out. Clare have a lot of weapons to curtail. But I think Kilkenny can dog them out of it.

One thing I will say about Clare set up is that it seems very enjoyable and play with great expression. Clare allowed 6/7 players play league yesterday, Shanager, Mccarthy, Mounsey, Rory Hayes, all played. Duggan and O'Donnell were allowed travel and take a year and come back to the panel. No way would Cody let any of the 40 lads in there play club 2 weeks before a semi final or bring lads back in who have took a year out. Great management from Lohan

I have redeemed, install firefox web browser and use the link they sent you there

i went to the "redeem championship tickets" menu and selected "all ireland hurling c'ship". From there it should show you an option to buy kilkenny tickets. That page is blank on chrome for me, only worked on firefox (pc or mac) or safari (mac)

As a matter of interest how many of those were in Ennis?

Since 2013 (including that year) they've played 10 times in the League. Five times in Ennis, four times in Kilkenny, and once in Thurles.

I think you are getting unnecessarily rattled about Wexford. The Recks' injuries is really camouflage on the outcome. In the seven minutes before the first of them went off the score was Clare 1-6 Wexford 0-0. Wexford's last score from play was in the 58th minute. Their problems were already fully transparent by the time the Recks went off. The only question was could they maybe somehow make it to the line still ahead of an opponent quickly getting up a head of steam and using a strong bench. But when they conceded the goal the writing was on the wall. Clare deserved to win. Not sure how much credit you expect Wexford to get in a game where their opponents scored as many points in the second half alone as Wexford got in the full match. I think everyone has time for that Wexford team but fair is fair too.

Kilkenny can sort Clare out, maybe.