All Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2024 (Munster And Leinster Championships,Liam McCarthy Cup)

As far as I know points difference only applies to games against each other if Kilkenny, Galway and Dublin all finish on 6pts, in which case KK would be +2, Galway would be even and Dublin would be -2, so the Dubs would be out.

I'de feel bad for whoever goes down this year. Both teams looked like they had moments to build on.

Would really cap a great provincial season if we got a Dublin Vs Wexford Leinster final.

Cant see it being anything other than Clare versus whoever wins (or draws) the Limerick game in the final.

It did leave a bad taste, Waterford woz robbed.

Can't be robbed if it was a right decision, and it was. The placing of the 65's, to be honest I think it was 5/6 yards at most. He nailed with plenty to spare. Correct decision that was put over with ease.

On the 65 in general, I think the time has come to bin them in their current guise. They were a part of the time when the hurl was more like a hockey stick and scoring from a 65 was as rare as an eclipse.

These days for the most part it's little more than a punishment for good defending. A player gets in a block or a flick, the goalie pulls off a great save. Their reward? The opposition are given a free shot at the goal under no pressure from out the field. You'll have incidents like yesterday in the Clare/Waterford game, but a 65 usually comes about because of good defending. Even a player deliberately putting it out under pressure to avoid coughing up a goal, while unsightly, would still be smart defending.

Either go indirect, or force them to be taken off the ground like sideline (I'd be much in favour of that with the caveat that once the ball enters the penalty area from a direct ground strike the square ball rule won't apply).

A rule made for a time when hurling was more like hockey shouldn't be a part of the modern game.

You're looking at overall score difference there. In Leinster, if 3 teams finish on the same points total they only use score difference from the games between the 3 teams. So Kilkenny are on +2, Dublin are on -2, and Galway would end with 0 in this scenario. Dublin would go out.

Kilkenny are guaranteed to finish in the top 3.

I though the first port of call this year is the overall table first as part of getting rid of the head to head, then the mini-table if needs be after that, the thinking being teams should be judged on the whole thing rather than just the few games.

It's it's the full table first, we could still technically be knocked out.

I stand corrected. Thanks.

Catching up with the Sunday Game and Davy saying 'people saying these players were no good and cave in'. I've never heard anybody say the Waterford players were no good. Always trying to make himself out to be the saviour. Sure these same players only got to an All Ireland final few years ago and won the league couple years back. They are all good hurlers so less of the poor mouth trying to make out he's turned them into good players all of a sudden. They were top players long before he was brought back and they'll still be top players long after he's gone.

Exactly. He's some spoofer the lad.

Donal Og asking whether the spirit is gone out of Tipp hurling. Saying only for Peter Caseys injury that 15 point loss would have been 20 and Patrick Horgans disallowed goal was a sympathy call from the referee. Then asking where was the Tipp support being outnumbered possibly 10 to 1 at home in Thurles. Obviously Cork far bigger population but in games between the two in 90s i remember a packed Killinan End of Tipp support. It was hard to see much blue and gold in the stands on tv yesterday. You know it's bad with a few Cork posters saying how much hurling needs Tipperary and they'll be back almost feeling sorry for Tipp. Bit over the top imo.

Some of the Tipp posters have been calling this out for a good while. I dont know what the reason is or how to rectify it. Im sure the Tipp diehards were there that stick with them through thick and thin but maybe theres only a small base of them. Who knows.

My first trip down to Walsh Park I must admit was this year - to be fair not many championship opportunities prior as we always used to meet in Thurles.

The town end terrace is shocking - gravel with barely a slope, the worst viewing experience of any match I can remember. I won't be rushing back unless I get a stand ticket.

Well, generally speaking that's my experience too however I have cited an example when that wasn't the case (tickets were sent back by clubs) and they have the biggest population of hurling counties by a distance to be fair.

This is not meant to be "my county vs your county" though, it just got to me listening to Cusack having been down in Pairc Ui Chaoimh last year and it bothers me that he's at it again this year.

And in fairness to Tipp, yesterday was a sell out. If Limerick had beaten Cork, would anyone be talking about a poor Tipp crowd yesterday? I think it's more a case there was an enormous Cork crowd there.

Yesterday was a sell out and it was all Cork. Tipp didn't show up in the numbers expected for a home game and they were non existent in Limerick which I have never seen before from them.