I thought Owen Wall should have been brought on as a sub against Clare last year but I didn't think he was great at the latter end of the year with OLG. I thought he could have been brought on againsy Offaly. With matches being played nearly every week now, there is little opportunities for subs to make an impression. I do think if he gets ball in hand he creates havoc in defences. I would be bringing him on before Billy Drennan, Gearoid Dunne or Luke Connellan. Before Fionan Mackessy also if you are chasing a game. At the moment, my first forward sub would be Luke Hogan.
Dublin un20s are missing their two best hurlers D.Purcell and C.Newton for the final, I could not see Kilkenny beating Dublin if these two lads were fit.
The senior match will be a good battle but ultimately I think Kilkenny will get over the line. Huw Lawlor won’t give the space to Hego that the Wexford full back line afforded him.
Is there a reason Owen Wall gets so little game time for Kikenny?
His pace alone would surely be a huge asset to the team.
Only short Eoin Cody, Shane Murphy, and Harry Shine. Tommy Walsh is unlucky, not sure Deegan is a senior inter county corner back. Cody a big loss. Won't be easy I reckon but we need to win.
Senior team for Sunday
Does anyone know if any of the u19s that had a good year with there own group been added to the 20s training panel ?
Why on earth is the minor match on the day before Senior . Where is the sense in that. You could bulk up the crowd and atmosphere with both counties in both games and just have it on the same day . For god sake just a small bit of common sense would go along way. Very disappointing
Well done to the u20. We fell at this hurdle the last 2 years and you could see the layoff had a affect and that match should bring them on. It was all about winning and the same the next day and try sprint over the line. On the match itself it was a scrappy affair both defences on top in the first half but when it opened up there was ever going to be one winner. The few subs kk brought on also made a difference. I thought laois played alot of ball up to Ivan bolgers corner and he gave away 4 frees and got a yellow card. I'd leave brennan on the frees the next day.marty definitely could be a bolter later in the year for the seniors. He is a very good striker for a big man.it didn't go aswell for macdermot against laois but he definitely is a prospect. Young Purcell from Dublin will be missing next week he picked up a serious hamstring injury but Dublin looked good against a really fancied galway side. We will have it all to do but hopefully we can get the win.
Eoin cody is a few weeks into a 5 or 6 week hamstring recovery. Adrian Mullen looked rusty the last day and it will take a few games for him to get up to speed. It's a pity Harry shine picked up a knock because he started well the other day. Stephen donnelly has being very good and gets his few points. There hasn't being much between these 2 teams in the round robin stage. Remember we were fierce lucky when pat gilroy was over Dublin and last year above in parnell Park our few subs got us over the line. 2 years ago at home there wasn't much between the teams. I'd expect this one to be close enough aswell. Dublin do have a difficulty in beating kk infact it hasn't being done since 2013.
Well done to Brian dowling who's doing a great job in kildare. 2 wins from 3 and should of bet kerry the first day.
Yeh he got 3 matches and they managed to get it back to 2 I heard, only available for the Final if they get there
Honestly didn't hear ,if he did that's fairly harsh on the young lad.
Sorry never bet did Timmy Kelly not get a two match ban?
We over did the short passing for long periods last night. When the ball was delivered in Marty was unmarkable. Will take a far more consistent display particularly from the forwards to get past Dublin next week. Timmy Kelly will surely start so one will have to drop out. I certainly wouldn't be for dropping any of 2 to 10 who all did fine. The team has progressed well from minor but it has to be said the Laois team were very poor and its a sad reflection of Wexford that they beat them comfortably down there. Dublin on the other hand from the highlights I've seen looked very good as they did when we played them in the park last month.
the other team coming off a 5 week break were bet last night so that’s something to ponder.
I'd say Murphy's future as a senior hurler will be on half forward line. You only have to look at Gearoid Hegarty to see that there is a place for the likes of Murphy if he can prove he can carry the ball at reasonable pace and use it well. Looks a very good striker and accurate, and has a great hand. Hes so big he has a chance to already be effective at that level if he's called up, if he can stay injury free. Ed McDermott is not far off there either I reckon. You'd need to have more pace to be very successful inside at senior level in my opinion, ala Brian Hayes, and I'm not sure he has that.
Good win last night, that's the way to win a semi. Not overly impressive but showed their class at times. I think we'll have too much for Dublin but they are very decent, and if they get Purcell back they'll be very, very dangerous. I think last night as well we might have stumbled across our strongest team.
Yeah in fairness to him he is the best forward we have seemed to produce in years. We could well see him in a senior jersey this year, he was outstanding v Offaly last year in the Under 20 championship, and the championship is the best place to judge. I thought Mcdermott might make the step up but Murphy is well ahead of him going off last night.
He absolutely will. He was on the senior panel at the start of the year until the hamstring went against him. Has all the hurling in the world with a great paw. The only slight drawback is his mobility, being a big man, but makes up for that in spades with strength and a serious strike off left or right.
I just don’t like the attitude that’s beginning to creep in towards Leinster hurling some of comments from pundits even from Leinster have being bad and disparaging
Even the likes Of rte themselves the last few years have seemed to show more Munster hurling than Leinster
Hurling is the game that should get the promotion and coverage no matter what province
The bias towards Munster hurling is wrong imo
Munster hurling is not the only competition in town
Leinster hurling isn’t as bad as people are making out the same way games in Munster aren’t absolute out of this world everyday
Both competitions are very different for a lot of reasons populations geography history tradition etc
I agree re not making this a munster v leinster thing we're all hurling people it's just at the moment munster is very competitive which in turn brings the crowds and then the crowds follow its the crowds and atmosphere for me that makes it special.
Village mentioned the clare v tipp game last weekend I agree I thought it was magnificent viewing I understand the kilkenny argument of him going to his own counties match but in fairness it was a great spectacle. I enjoyed the Galway v wexford match I think it was less of a spectacle though cos of the small crowd.
The media will always hype up what's good, when kilkenny were in their pomp the only team that would beat them was their b team the same recently with Limerick it certainly wasn't the case with Limerick anyway I'll guarantee you that now cork are the new thing.
Should be 2 great matches in munster again this weekend plus I'm looking forward to seeing kilkenny v dublin but why in the name of God is there a feast one weekend and then little or none another weekend. Stage them for maximum exposure and entertainment
as is often said semi finals are for winning abd job done last night
It took Kk a while to get goin but i thought that the backs did well throughout with bergin & lyng offering real pace comin out with the ball too
midfield was lahoff and mcphillips, they are a decent duo, mcphillips is a great athlete and very pacy, lahoff is very classy and has great vision, he must have laid on 5 or 6 points
Frees prob need to be nailed from minute one against the dubs.. brennan was very good throughout.. I wasn’t sure how marty and McDermott would work but McDermott played a lot at 12 and they interchanged, both were very good
Leinster v Munster hurling is all media run shite. I was at a lot more brilliant Leinster finals over the years than Munster finals.munster finals ,sunny days,big crowds,confined country town all added up to an atmosphere which the media loved
I wouldn't turn this into a Munster v Leinster debate , better the game of hurling v the Gaa hierarchy. Football over the last number of years was dying on its feet and people switching off in droves. Revenues down, desperate measures required,over to Jim Gavin and FRC and in fairness a miracle solution. Revenue stream restored all is right in the Gaa world again. Why can't the hurling season be run as per football? National league starting in January like the Walsh cup and its Munster equivalent of the past, provincial championship knockout format and then All Ireland open draw series? Level playing field for all. Having watched Antrim and Offaly seniors and Laois under 20s in the flesh I despair about the state of hurling outside the Munster championship.
I see the U20 AI Final is scheduled for either May 31st or June 1st which means Tipp have a 2 week run in whereas the Leinster winners are out 2 weeks running
There’s clearly a gulf between the teams themselves in Munster one team is going for the there 7th tittle in a row Clare no Munster for years Waterford similar Waterford’s record in Munster is shocking
A good competition to me has different winners every few years Tipp fans wouldn’t even go support there team in thurles last year and were outnumbered by cork fans
Waterford fans similar
Plenty of dead rubber games in Munster last year There are some good games in Munster but this narrative that it’s the best thing since sliced bread is way off imo
Bashing Leinster hurling all the time doesn’t make Munster hurling even better or put it on a high pedestal
U20 Leinster final fixed for next wednesday in Portlaoise at 7.35pm
I fully agree as regards the scheduling of games is terrible but I love watching hurling and if kk are playing and I can go I will doesn’t matter who the opposition is or how one sided I might think the game could be
I would never miss a kk game to watch another game in a different province that’s madness to me
Pundits are definetly going out of there way to put down Leinster and big up Munster for sure
If you even look at club all Irelands over the years at all the grades Munster teams aren’t exactly pulling up trees or as far ahead of Leinster teams in that scenario
Limerick are going for 7 in a row while some of the matches might be good the same team is winning similar to Leinster
Waterford haven’t won Munster in 15 years Clare 1998 I think it can’t be that good a competition if the other teams aren’t at least winning it ever 2-3 years aswell
Loais were quite nieve in that they left it two on two inside and there was oceans of space. Kilkenny had a strong wind in the second half. Thats why they went long.
In fairness to them they committed to a game plan and stuck to it. There was not one stupid ball launched into nowhere but I agree they tried to thread the needle a bit too much at times. But that’s how you learn and perfect
Will Marty Murphy be a bolter for the seniors? With a few injuries he could be an option. He has all the tools, with experience will come an increase in work rate and bit more activity off the ball. He is a fair detail .
I wouldn't mind if people were saying Munster is a level ahead of the Leinster championship at the moment because thats undeniable, but its like some pundits are trying to put down Leinster or over egg Munster, on second Captains pre championship preview Jamie Wall said if Waterford were in Leinster they'd be favourites to win it and described watching Leinster championship as eating your vegetables, on that logic we shouldn't be watching club championship as that's a level below intercounty.
As a neutral I'd prefer Carlow or newbridge, would be a better atmosphere.
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