Club Championships 2023/24

Out of boredom I said I'd have a run through the state of each of the 32 counties hurling championships. Of the 32, 16 are complete, 12 are the final stage, and 4 are at the semi-final stage.

It can be tricky to get dates right but it looks like there are 7 county finals on this weekend in Cork, Tipperary, Offaly, Kildare, Wicklow, Antrim, Armagh. Not sure if any are being televised, but there's plenty on.

That was a good Tipperary county final on TG4. Lots of excitement and pretty even all the way through. I think Thurles went 3 ahead at one stage in second half but Kiladangan score a well worked goal to draw level. The last 10 minutes was helter skelter.

Thurles looked like they would just get over the line at times and seemed to get their scores a little easier but Kiladangan fought until the end and a draw was the fair result.

Man of the match for me Joe Gallagher was excellent at centre back for Kiladangan. Paul Flynn had a great game, Hayes was good at full forward and Willie Connors had a few vital interceptions in second half and a super late point.

Look forward to the replay.

They have to have both codes on.

Yes there's been a fair few good finals in Tipp in recent years. Nice spread of different winners too. Only Borrisleigh won Munster though and no All Ireland club since 1987 which for a county of Tipp's stature is hard to understand.

Yeah, they're not tackles. Two chops to the throat. WWE stuff!

A bit bitter here castletownman maybe, ye threw that away by not pushing up against 14 men for 50 minutes and by getting a fairly stupid black card that evened up the numbers for 10 minutes and then when ye brought that player back onto the pitch tried a cheeky kickout which backfired badly and cost ye a goal. Ben Brosnan not been his usual accurate itself was also costly albeit that last free was from a very tight angle.

However I will agree with you that the 2nd tackle in the videos in particular was a red card or at least a black. 1st video is a bit tougher decision but I could see why a red would be given. Also that the turnover for Shels winning point was a free to Castletown as the player was been held back. Still Castletown have no-one to blame but themselves, they were far too negative against 14 men and let Shels back into the match. Poor attendance and atmosphere at the match also. Seemed to be nearly no-one from Shelmailers at it, at least Castletown were fairly well supported.

The ref couldn't keep up with play. If he's the ref must capable of doing the Senior County Final what the hell are the rest of them doing?

Very open first half. Good quality football. Kilmacud keep there noses in front. The two Basquels have their shooting boots with them. Michael Dara showing the mileage, though. Booked for a silly late tackle on Rory O Carroll and just before the ht whistle dispossesed out around midfield and looked like he was running in quicksand trying to catch Shane Walsh who set up what should have been a crucial goal but was saved for a 45.

Masterclass from Kilmacud in second half. Totally dominant. Ballyboden have fallen away badly. It willtake a very good team to dethrone Kilmacud winning back-to-back All Ireland's.

Sars getting absolutely humiliated here in the hurling. Way out of their depth.