Kilkenny GAA Thread

A Hugh congratulations to the footballers,I heard all three teams will be honored next Monday hopefully in the best of circumstances. Is it true all the trains are sold out.

Lads

I would not make that big an issue of Kilkennys win the the U20 Final. After all Kilkenny beat basically that Limerick by all of 12 points in the corresponding game at Under 17 Level.

What's up with Donnelly?

What is the Hogan Butler thing?

Going to see a specialist this week about his breathing. This has being going on a few years. He hasn't kicked on the way we all expected but this certainly hasn't helped.

Still heard nothing about the trains being sold out and if so would there be another train put on.

This is the one this limerick team want. Should be going for 5 in a row but kk derailed them in 19. This is the one to even that score and is the one I feel limerick will be very up for similar to kk getting their 4th over tipp. Tipp was the trophy head they wanted then same as limerick want/need kk now.

It should be a close and physical contest but kk just done have enough punch up front. Cody is the only real threat from play. Mullen will be swallowed up out the field.

Also re u20's... All of kks opponents were without their best players... Great win but should be put into that context.

With all the players that Lk should have been sent off over the last few years, Lk should be going for 1 in a row. KK deservedly won in 2019 and were unlucky in 2018.

They may want it, but they still have to win it. And any talk of 5 in a row is nonsense, they would have only for the opposition!!

Kilkenny forwards showed plenty of punch the last day, surely against a dysfunctioning Clare, but there was hunger, savage workrate and accuracy. We've been improving incrementally since the Wexford game, and we'll need further improvement to have a chance, but we have the forwards to do damage. I'd have no fear for Mullen, he's having a great season so far and unless he's man marked I don't see him being curtailed.

Re U20, if this same standard is gonna be held against every future U20 winning team, sure what's the point of the competition? The rules are the same for every team so it's a level playing field. You can only play what's in front of you. We're the U20 All Ireland champions, and trying to undermine that is petty.

I'm sure Limerick wont leave Mullen run free like Clare and Galway have. I was surprised Henry left Darren Morrissey on TJ, much to strong for him in the air and ground and obviously Clare didn't learn anything from the Leinster final and left Flanagan on him. Opposition need to put someone on TJ that TJ cant muscle off the ball especially in the air. If Limerick curtail TJ and Mullen which is a challenge they really need big performances from the other forwards, if not they will struggle to get enough points on the board. Galway were excellent against Limerick and put in there best performance of the year by a mile. But ultimately had to rely on spectacular points from distance to keep the scoreboard ticking. Kilkenny do not have that luxury from distance imo

Be great for Footballers and u20's to be at homecoming, great results for them doing the County proud.

Limerick got the rub of the green 2018 if Kilkenny had to get the penalty in that match who knows what would have happening, the ref stood down from inter county referring due to that match. limerick keep going back to the line ball 2019 should it have been there ball in the first place no the rest is history.

With COVID still lurking are the county team going to allow fans in for the last training session?

Why are people discussing the legitimacy of the U20 win a month later? All teams were aware of the rules at the start. At the end of the day Kilkenny are u20 champions and that's all that matters.