Kilkenny GAA Thread

Didn't Ballyragget lose 3 finals before finally getting promoted?

Dicksboro struggled to get promotion in 70’s

Unlikely they'll have to be worrying for a while alright, such a sharp downward spiral over a short period of time.

Yeah I think that tragedy would have really hurt that group as he was a very quiet and likeable guy.

Junior will be interesting this year and you couldn't say there's any Clear favourite to win it out, but I'd expect Piltown, Emeralds, Windgap and Tullogher to all have a say in it and I'd expect either Village or Boro to come through the section B side of things.

Windgap will surely go up this year. 3/4 county minors over the last few years and half the John Locke's team transferred over the last few years. They are after dishing out a few hammerings already this year. Shamrocks, Thomastown and Windgap to win there respective grades.

Brian Dowling sticking with the camogie team for another year

Never a truer word said

No sign of these panels being named on the website. Surely it isn't too much to ask for them to publish them?

Best of luck to all involved.

Independent.ie: Darragh Joyce to leave St Kilda with possible return to Kilkenny hurlers on the cards.

https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/hurling/darragh-joyce-to-leave-st-kilda-with-possible-return-to-kilkenny-hurlers-on-the-cards-41939978.html

Would be some coup for Derek if he got Joyce back. Would take a good bit to get back to the level but his size and fitness would be huge.

He'd have to make it on the Rower Inistioge team first.

To be fair Setanta O'Halpin waant the most naturally gifted hurler that ever walked onto a pitch. He was more about his size and athleticism than hurling ability.

Regarding Joyce it's now or never for him. I remember him speaking in the past about wanting to come back and try and win an AI in the past. The thing is he could potentially get another AFL club so he might not be ready to come back just yet.

It seems like the perfect time though with a new regime taking over who will likely cast the net far and wide.

The new split season would suit him too in this case as you would have time to get sharpness back and your eye in under a tailored program.

Whether he would be called up based on.his form as a minor from 7 and 8 years ago is another thing. So if he was serious about coming back it would be a good idea to come back and hurl with club before the year is out.

But going back to that `14 minor team, was Joyce even one of it`s star performers? For me the real drivers of that team at the business end were Blanchfield, Walsh, Scanlon and Cleere. That Indo article is lazy journalism.

I'm not comparing them nor am I saying Joyce will make it. I doubt he will even come back to be honest. I'm just saying Setanta was average enough and a bit of a hype job.