National Hurling League 2019 Discussion

I doubt we will see any of the lesser rank teams dine with the big boys any time soon. You’ll see moral victories of some sort but never a consistent level of challenging. Carlow are in for a rough ride in Leinster come summer time

If we could combine laois and Carlow they'd be very competitive in the leinster championship.

RMAOK wrote: »

With the weather warning for tonight and into tomorrow, is there a chance that some of these matches will be cancelled against?

If at all possible, they'll try to make sure everyone is already sitting in the stadium after giving up their whole day to be there before making any decisions on that front.

Kerry GAA is in a very healthy position.

Footballers very strong at Minor and coming good at senior again (may not win All Ireland this year but in next 3 years for sure). Have won all their games in Division 1 so far.

The hurlers are making great strides for a team that picks from 8 small hurling villages in North Kerry.
Division 2 final today v Westmeath and winners plays division 1 hurling in 2020.

Lack of hurling clubs will always hold Kerry back but when you see how other so called ‘football counties’ like Louth, Longford, Fermanagh etc (with absolutely no chance of ever winning much in football) treat the game of hurling with such disrespect, Kerry are a credit to themselves.

OldMrBrennan83 wrote: »

Nobody from Laois or Carlow should want to support that abomination though.

Absolutely true, but the hammering will continue.

Perifect wrote: »

Didn't Dublin use to get hammerings in hurling? Did they combine with other counties or what happened there? They don't seem to be getting hammerings anymore anyway.

No they invested in their underage structure and got very competitive in schools and underage hurling. Dublin won leinster minor titles in 05-07-11-12-16-18 and were beaten finalists in 04-10-14-15-17.

In that time frame of 15 years Laois and Carlow have only appeared once as beaten finalists in 06 Carlow were beaten by 26 points in the final and Laois beaten by 13 in 2013.

Obviously the underage setup there isn't working, and both have a lot of work to do if they want to dine at the top table. Offaly the same, their fans are deluding themselves if they expect them to be be able to compete with the galways and kilkennys despite neglect of underage hurling in the county.

Realt Dearg Sec wrote: »

If at all possible, they'll try to make sure everyone is already sitting in the stadium after giving up their whole day to be there before making any decisions on that front.

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OldMrBrennan83 wrote: »

Do the 2A and 2B winners go straight up or do they have a playoff for fear of a bigger team going down?

Straight up, so Westmeath replace Offaly, and Wicklow likewise with Mayo.

Straight promotion and relegation. Carlow came back from something like 8/9 points to beat Offaly so latter are relegated. Wind must have been huge factor in all the midlands games judging by the turnaround.

Good news for us Dubs is we win 1B.

Fkn bad news is we play Tipp next week in Thurles!

Noooooo. must be the worst ground and opposition for us anywhere, ever.

PTH2009 wrote: »

Wexford v Galway (Galway venue)
Calre v Waterford (Toss for venue)
Tipperary v Dublin (Tipperary venue)

Semi-final line up

Limerick v Tipp/Dublin
Wexford/Galway v Clare/ Waterford

Are the semi finals at neutral venues of is it the first team draw out for the pairings that gets home venue?

RMAOK wrote: »

Are the semi finals at neutral venues of is it the first team draw out for the pairings that gets home venue?

Semis are double header in Thurles afaik.

Purple Mountain wrote: »

Date yet?

Would it be a fortnight today?

Or else the day before on the Saturday under lights, I'd guess.

Seems a bit unfair that Waterford top Galway in the table and yet it's a toss for venue, Galway get home advantage vs Wexford which is a hell of a lot easier than possibly going to Clare and trying to win.