Kilkenny GAA Thread

Yea He pulled off sean hunt.

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St. Lachtains 4-13 v St. Martins 1-13

Before the game, I questioned were SL at the pace of intermediate and if their big players would stand up. At they did in abundance today. A beautifully taken early goal from O Leary to start the 2nd half would be a sign of the dominance to come for the rest of the game. Their defence didn’t give SM a sniff in the second half. Unfortunately for SM, this game followed a similar pattern to their group games. Resolute in defence and hard working, but looked like they were pucking a ball against a wall with how quick it was coming out of their attack. Cathal O Leary with another moment of magic for the fourth goal to set up Maher.

SL as a team were very impressive, especially in defence. If they can maintain this, they’ll be dangerous going forward. SM best served by Hayes, Cody and Shore in the second half

Tom hogan sorry

Tullogher midfielder Jamie Lyng had a great game and kept them in it at times but overall when they let loose they were much the better team.Deffinetly hurled better than the last time i saw them with more fight and determination.Marty Murphy always looked dangerous with john power at the other end looked dangerous in first half.

Draw made for senior:

• Thomastown v Ballyhale Shamrocks
• O Loughlin Gaels v Clara
• Glenmore v Dicksboro
• Mullinavat v Bennettsbridge

Draw made for intermediate:

• Tullogher Rosbercon v Dunnamaggin
• James Stephens v Blacks and Whites
• Danesfort v Mooncoin
• Young Irelands v St. Lachtains

Fair play to you lad. Got the 7 points prediction spot on. Didn't look like that with 15 to go.

Really enjoyable game. Carrickshock started like a house on fire with 1-1 in a few minutes. Only a good save by the tullogher keeper stopped it being 2-1

John power was excellent in the first half setting up 2 goals brilliantly and a couple of points. Adam Franks was buzzing around too and they had the tullogher defence in all sorts of bother. Gradually tullogher came into it with conor hennessy and Marty Murphy showing great leadership. Murphy had a mighty battle with niall tennyson at the edge of the square. Got 3 or 4 from play and set up a goal. Also his movement and workrate was massively up to previous.

Second half was tit for tat with shock keeping ahead before tullogher finished out strongly.

A feature of the game was the accuracy of Adam Franks and Andrew Murphy, probably the youngest players on their respective teams. Jake o dwyer, Seán Moore, Jamie Lyng and colman o sullivan other players who impressed.

Big win for b&w s didn’t see that coming watching it fenians seemed terrified of losing rather than going for the win

Freshford dealt with martins fairly easily I thought martins are solid and gamey up to midfield but just haven’t the scoring forwards to get enough on the board the relegation final could go either way vs fenians

Really saw the rower and mooncoin as a 50/50 game the rower will be very disappointed

The c shock tullougher game was tit for tat for long periods the final score probaly flattered tullougher a bit c shock seemed to re jig there team a bit and style and tullougher probaly played more as a team throughout there midfield of o Sullivan and lyng is probaly one of the best pairs at intermediate level

Tullougher will need Wally back asap to progress I think c shock managed m Murphy as well as you can he’s some handful

Shamrocks looked very dangerous yesterday it’s great to see eoin Cody playing with such freedom while there 1st 15 is very good I don’t think they have the panel to go much further as they don’t have much experience to come off the bench anymore

Clara lisdowney was a great battle clara doing just enough

Gbc were awful against the boro despite the final score I would fear for them in the relegation final I think lisdowney might pip them

I think Shamrocks could go through a few Barron years but they do have another generation of very good Shefflin & Reid’s (Henry & Paddy’s sons) coming through on very good un11, un10 & un9 teams I have seen at local tournaments (think Michael Fennelly has 3 boys on younger teams again) so the wheel never stops turning in that club.

Following Intermediate a bit more this year, but Shamrocks v Thomastown is a juicy fixture. Glenmore v Boro also a very good match up. Bit disappointed with our QF v Black and Whites. We are essentially going into a semi final with no test all year. The only team that put it up to us was St Martins in the first league match

To be fair, I don’t think there’s any team in intermediate that will give James Stephens a real test. 3 out of 4 of the next best teams were in their group and they walked the games. It would be a seismic shock if they don’t win the championship this year.

I would agree, worst possible draw for the Village. Should get through comfortably due to the difference in player resources between both clubs. Another 2 weeks of worsening weather and softening pitches could leave them undercooked and potentially vulnerable. In reality, it's the mental side of the game most key to the Village this year

It looks like 3 games in Nowlan Park for the Village to get back up senior which in theory should suit them. I still think their main challengers will be Tullogher and Moooin, I think if the weather keeps getting worse both will fancy giving them rattle in a semi final but I think if they get to a final they'll be hard to beat. Mooncoin haven't been as consistent as other years but the seem to be able to raise their game when they have too, you'd wonder why more of their players haven't ended up in county panels over the years. The action over the weekend was entertaining even if the weather did spoil some of the games. The Clara/Lisdowney was a cracker of a game and Lisdowney deserve a lot of credit for the fight they showed to stick in their and nearly bring the game to penalties. Clara had enough to get them through and I thought young Barcoeat half back was excellent towards the end of the game and in extra time, the 2 Glynn's and Hoyne were a handful. The game in Freshford was played in horrible conditions but the Boro will be delighted to have dug deep and get away with a comfortable enough win. GBC looked very one dimensional on Saturday and will need to bring way more fight for the relegation final. The Shamrocks/TTown QF looks the pick of the round and should be a cracker of a game. Shamrocks looked really good on Saturday but you'd have say Comer looked like a team who thought their work was done for the year by staying up. This will be the first real test for Thomastown's ability to win back to back titles, if they come through this they will fancy their chances and it'll be interesting to see what Henry and Herrity have up their sleeves for next week. On Thomastown, one thing that has really impressed me with them is Diarmuid Galway's distribution and presence in the goal, hopefully he'll get a good run with kilkenny next year.

Think Glenmore will have too much for the boro myself and even without wally i still think Tullogher will beat Dunammagin.Think the shamrocks cuteness might be enough to get them over the line against Thomastown especially with Adrian Mullen back.They should be good games id say and well worth going to.Also fair play to Kilmacow for playing the weekend and i hope they win it out now as a tribute to Luke.

Madness playing all intermediate and senior QFs in the park. The way the weather has been to have 8 matches in 8 days is ridiculous. Love having these matches in club grounds for atmosphere and close proximity to pitch side. Atmosphere in park can be poor. Co.Board just hungry for the money.

Totally agree with playing quarter finals at club grounds where you are right beside the action, can hear the hits going in and savour the athmosphere. Crowd gets lost in Nowlan Park