Waterford GAA thread - mod warning post #1 and #51

mountgomery burns · 19-10-2019 3:18pm

Congrats Ballysaggart, great to have the Bennett's playing Senior club hurling.

Christy Browne · 19-10-2019 3:59pm

But I thought Ballygunner were going to have 4 teams Senior next year? :pac:

Relhcstirt · 19-10-2019 4:12pm

Famine goes on for Ballygunner 1984 since last Intermediate title.

PTH2009 · 19-10-2019 4:35pm

Relhcstirt wrote: »

Famine goes on for Ballygunner 1984 since last Intermediate title.

Disgraceful they should give up the sport altogether at all levels. Never going to achieve anything lol. Only joking

Amazing achievement by the club 3 finals and 2 big wins and a narrow loss in the 3rd

Congrats to Ballysaggart and hope they go far in Munster. They got to a junior AI final before so who knows. The Bennetts are the backbone of the team

Congrats to St Mary's who won the West junior hurling title. They will face Ballydurn in the county final for promotion and a Munster Championship place

Road-Hog · 19-10-2019 6:07pm

PTH2009 wrote: »

Disgraceful they should give up the sport altogether at all levels. Never going to achieve anything lol. Only joking

Amazing achievement by the club 3 finals and 2 big wins and a narrow loss in the 3rd

Congrats to Ballysaggart and hope they go far in Munster. They got to a junior AI final before so who knows. The Bennetts are the backbone of the team

Congrats to St Mary's who won the West junior hurling title. They will face Ballydurn in the county final for promotion and a Munster Championship place

Were all 3/4 Bennett brothers playing....who do they face in Munster.....?

Stopitwillya · 19-10-2019 6:20pm

JesusRef wrote: »

The eastern intermediate hurling championship must be Cat!

The western senior hurling championship is even worse, with only one western team going onto become county champions in the past 26 years.

PTH2009 · 19-10-2019 6:29pm

Road-Hog wrote: »

Were all 3/4 Bennett brothers playing....who do they face in Munster.....?

The kerry senior champsions Causeway in a Waterford venue and possible semi with the Tipp champs

Weekend of the 3rd Nov

Dont Stop · 19-10-2019 9:20pm

Road-Hog wrote: »

Were all 3/4 Bennett brothers playing....who do they face in Munster.....?

3 started. 2 on the bench. 17pts between Shane and Stephen.

mountgomery burns · 19-10-2019 10:09pm

Stopitwillya wrote: »

The western senior hurling championship is even worse, with only one western team going onto become county champions in the past 26 years.

To be fair, Ballygunner and MT Sion have won 21 between them in that time out of 26. Lack of depth in general

Stacksofwacks · 20-10-2019 2:47am

Amazing for a club like Ballysaggart to play senior. They are one of the smallest clubs in the county, a parish of less than 300 people. Wheras Ballygunner have access to something like 10 thousand. Good luck to them(both) in the Munster club

Deiselurker · 20-10-2019 7:58am

Dont Stop wrote: »

3 started. 2 on the bench. 17pts between Shane and Stephen.

Kieran got 4 of those 17 points. Some achievement by the Bennett brothers and Ballysaggart. It's better for hurling in Waterford that they won and are now up to senior.

PTH2009 · 20-10-2019 5:06pm

https://twitter.com/WaterfordGAA/status/1185946960248872960?s=19

JeffKenna · 20-10-2019 6:33pm

Any word on the relegation game? Can't seem to find anything online.

PTH2009 · 20-10-2019 6:43pm

JeffKenna wrote: »

Any word on the relegation game? Can't seem to find anything online.

Fourmilewater won it 0-15-0-09
Bricky rangers won the football relegation final over Portlaw

cul beag · 20-10-2019 7:45pm

Great win for Rathgormack. They have had some lean years but it’s great to see their perseverance paying off today.
Congrats to Ballysaggart aswell, for a small population what they have achieved over the past few years has been phenomenal. Get ready to see Ballysaggart v Lismore and also Cappoquin v Ballyduff ( the return of the Murrays) in next year’s championships.

EYEBALLSOUT · 20-10-2019 9:11pm

Deiselurker wrote: »

Kieran got 4 of those 17 points. Some achievement by the Bennett brothers and Ballysaggart. It's better for hurling in Waterford that they won and are now up to senior.

Agree 100%
Was talking to a few Bg supporters and in fairness, eventhough disappointed to lose, they acknowledged the best team won and the best result in the long run for Waterford hurling

Cake Man · 20-10-2019 10:12pm

Who is the fourth (I'm assuming) youngest Bennet brother? I know there's Stephen, Shane and Kieran.

Mastermcgrath · 21-10-2019 3:18am

Cake Man wrote: »

Who is the fourth (I'm assuming) youngest Bennet brother? I know there's Stephen, Shane and Kieran.

Ryan is the youngest

Deisegodeo · 21-10-2019 9:10am

Mastermcgrath wrote: »

Ryan is the youngest

Kyle Bennett started on Saturday, is he a brother or a cousin? Stephen Bennett was brilliant, very hard for opposition to do anything to stop him, particularly at that level. Hopefully ballysaggart can go on a good run in the club championship now

Pogue eile · 21-10-2019 9:25am

PTH2009 wrote: »

The kerry senior champsions Causeway in a Waterford venue and possible semi with the Tipp champs

Weekend of the 3rd Nov

Tipp representatives will be Sean Tracey's as the other Intermediate finalists also have a senior team.

Tipp intermediate standard is weak owing to having 32 Senior Teams, reality is that our Intermediate championship is in affect Junior A.

Gary Gurney · 21-10-2019 10:34am

I'm very worried for the new senior hurling management team if some of the names I have heard regarding fresh faces on the panel are true.

Jjjjjjjjbarry · 21-10-2019 10:52am

Gary Gurney wrote: »

I'm very worried for the new senior hurling management team if some of the names I have heard regarding fresh faces on the panel are true.

Who have you heard?
Why the concern? Too young or you don’t think they’re good enough?

thesultan · 21-10-2019 10:58am

Deisegodeo wrote: »

Kyle Bennett started on Saturday, is he a brother or a cousin? Stephen Bennett was brilliant, very hard for opposition to do anything to stop him, particularly at that level. Hopefully ballysaggart can go on a good run in the club championship now

Kyle is second cousin

thesultan · 21-10-2019 10:59am

Gary Gurney wrote: »

I'm very worried for the new senior hurling management team if some of the names I have heard regarding fresh faces on the panel are true.

And they would be?

crossman47 · 21-10-2019 11:02am

I'm not from Waterford but did any of you see an article on Brick Walsh in yesterday's Indo. It was generally fine and a good tribute but to label him Waterford's greatest ever was insane. Anyone who read about John Keane would know better and what about men like Philly Grimes and Tom Cheasty?

Fred C Dobbs · 21-10-2019 12:00pm

crossman47 wrote: »

I'm not from Waterford but did any of you see an article on Brick Walsh in yesterday's Indo. It was generally fine and a good tribute but to label him Waterford's greatest ever was insane. Anyone who read about John Keane would know better and what about men like Philly Grimes and Tom Cheasty?

How can one define 'greatest' ... the journalist was using 'poetic licence'. In terms of longevity, Brick is unequalled.

Was any other Waterford player better than John Keane .... no is the answer.

Gardner · 21-10-2019 12:01pm

Keane Grimes or Cheasty be lucky to get a game Junior A in the modern game. seen the 1959 final recently and the standard was terrible. awful stuff to watch.

Fred C Dobbs · 21-10-2019 12:11pm

Extract from Wikipedia.

"In 1948 Waterford made the breakthrough once again by reaching the provincial decider. Cork, a team aiming for a sixth All-Ireland title in nine championships seasons, provided the opposition. After falling behind by five points early in the game, Waterford fought back to lead by a point at the interval. Goalkeeper Charlie Ware made some great saves while Johnny O'Connor stymied Cork's chief scorer Christy Ring to secure a 4–7 to 3–9 victory. It was Keane's second Munster medal. The subsequent All-Ireland final on 5 September 1948 pitted Waterford against Dublin. "The Decies" started well and took a commanding 2–5 to 0–2 lead at the interval, with Keane scoring one of the Waterford goals. Dublin rallied in the second half, however, Waterford quickly regained the upper-hand and powered to a 6–7 to 4–2 victory. Playing at centre-forward Keane gave a masterclass, scoring three goals and two points and made most of the other scores. The victory also gave him an All-Ireland medal".

upthedeise16 · 21-10-2019 12:23pm

Gardner wrote: »

Keane Grimes or Cheasty be lucky to get a game Junior A in the modern game. seen the 1959 final recently and the standard was terrible. awful stuff to watch.

Comparing players from different generations is next or near to impossible.
Watching matches from the 90’s or early 2000’s now even shows how the game has changed with little or no ground striking, the sliothar pucked up to the forwards blindly and the strength and conditioning of players today.
It’s chalk and cheese, especially to compare Keane from the 30/40’s to now.
There’s no denying that he was the best Waterford player from that generation, as were Grimes, Cheasty and Walsh for their generation and Ken McGrath and Mullane for the 2000’s. And most certainly Brick was a fantastic servant and he’s a Waterford hurling legend, even if his hurling ability wasn’t in the same league as others.

The Young Wan · 21-10-2019 1:28pm

Deisegodeo wrote: »

Kyle Bennett started on Saturday, is he a brother or a cousin? Stephen Bennett was brilliant, very hard for opposition to do anything to stop him, particularly at that level. Hopefully ballysaggart can go on a good run in the club championship now

Kyle is a cousin. There's another Bennett cousin on the panel too, as is usual with small county clubs

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