Under 21 hurling 2015

irelandrover

What's the score?

niallo27

dastardly00 wrote: »

Thoroughly enjoyable first half. Better than most senior championship matches we've seen so far this year.

No negative tactics. The ball is going into the Clare full back line and its two on two.

dastardly00

irelandrover wrote: »

What's the score?

Clare 0-12 Limerick 0-10

niallo27

If anyone likes a gamble. Limerick are just short of 3/1. Huge odds for such a close game.

nice_guy80

Limerick making mistakes

Dan Chipowski

This ref is appalling.

niallo27

Andrew la touché.

niallo27

How the Jesus is that a free. This ref is shocking.

nice_guy80

Ref has clearly forgot the 4 steps rule

nice_guy80

Booked wrong man there

niallo27

Was he not booked twice.

Dan Chipowski

Shane O'Brien giving away loads of stupid fouls.

dastardly00

Anybody think the Limerick #10 Ronan Lynch looks a bit like TJ Reid?

dirkmeister

Shane o Donnell is some man to throw himself on the ground while grabbing the backs hurl!

niallo27

Pour some water on it.

niallo27

dirkmeister wrote: »

Shane o Donnell is some man to throw himself on the ground while grabbing the backs hurl!

Come on he was fouled there no doubt about it.

dastardly00

Dunno what the crowd are booing about there.... It was a clear shoulder in the back.

AdamB

What's the score now?

marco_polo

AdamB wrote: »

What's the score now?

16-15 to Limerick 49 mins

dastardly00

Good save from the Clare keeper but Lynch should probably have buried that.
Clare are not able to handle Lynch at the moment, he's causing huge problems.

marco_polo

Great save could have been game over, 65 converted so 18 to 16 52 mins

dastardly00

Limerick have all the momentum now.

nice_guy80

Running the ball out of defence is dangerous

dastardly00

I hate when backs go on mad solo runs and end up losing the ball. Madness.

Kristopherus

nice_guy80 wrote: »

Running the ball out of defence is dangerous

I would call it crazy:(

Kerrydude1981

Great shoulder!!!

marco_polo

Goal or bust for us now Limerick well on top so can't see it coming though

dastardly00

He got a fair whack on the knee there.

dastardly00

Cian Lynch has assisted in loads of Limerick's points.

dastardly00

Why didn't he go for goal??

nice_guy80

Limerick goalie has slowed things down nicely after last two scores

nice_guy80

Hope someone put money on them at half time

marco_polo

All over 0-22 - 0-19 congratulations Limerick no question the better team won.

niallo27

Anyone else get Limerick at 3/1. Crazy price against a poor Clare side.

niallo27

marco_polo wrote: »

All over congratulations Limerick no question the better team won.

I wouldn't say clearly the better team. Clare made some shocking mistakes at the back. For times Clare completely outplayed them. Strange game really.

nice_guy80

Clare never got O'Donnell on the ball enough.

Kerrydude1981

Cian Lynch got on a lot of ball in the second half really came into it setting up scores,

Id say Ronan Lynch didn't miss any free,a free taking machine that lad is.

Well done Limerick,great win.

dastardly00

niallo27 wrote: »

I wouldn't say clearly the better team. Clare made some shocking mistakes at the back. For times Clare completely outplayed them. Strange game really.

You just said Clare were a poor side though

marco_polo

niallo27 wrote: »

I wouldn't say clearly the better team. Clare made some shocking mistakes at the back. For times Clare completely outplayed them. Strange game really.

For sure there was a purple patch where we outscored them 10-2 but either side of that Limerick were dominant IMO.

niallo27

dastardly00 wrote: »

You just said Clare were a poor side though

They are but they could have easily won the game tonight with a bit of decent team management.

DDC1990

Brilliant game. Hurling at its purest.

Freetaking from Lynch was unbelievable, and then Cian Lynch was a wizard around the middle. The short hurl passing was delightful.

dastardly00

niallo27 wrote: »

They are but they could have easily won the game tonight with a bit of decent team management.

Different tactics, positional changes, subs?

Very Bored

Decent game. End-to-end. The more accurate team rather than the best won as both gave it hell for leather.

niallo27

dastardly00 wrote: »

Different tactics, positional changes, subs?

There was no plan for lynch. Short puck outs and simple mistakes cost them several points. I felt they overran the ball and often ran into trouble or congested the full forward line.

castletownman

Them two games will stand to Limerick ahead of the unknown quantity Galway in the semi.Should be a belter of a game that.

Would rate Limerick ahead of Wexford at present, and of course we still have to get by Antrim, but still would predict a Limerick-Wexford final, which has the potential to be something awesome

Kristopherus

nice_guy80 wrote: »

Clare never got O'Donnell on the ball enough.

HTF could they when the insisted on soloing out of defence. For a while I thought Davy was on the line. Crazy tactics by Clare, but well done to Limerick.

citykat

Kristopherus wrote: »

HTF could they when the insisted on soloing out of defence. For a while I thought Davy was on the line. Crazy tactics by Clare, but well done to Limerick.

But I thought the manager was going to be one of the saviours of the Clare senior hurling team when(if?) Davy steps down?

Hidalgo

nice_guy80 wrote: »

Clare never got O'Donnell on the ball enough.

In the semi final O Donnell didn't feature either.
In that game Care got a huge amount of scores from well taken, very accutate puck outs.
Tonight they were misplaced and poor decision making. Add in the aerial dominate of Limericks half back line and Clare struggled badly

Limestone Cowboy

Kristopherus wrote: »

HTF could they when the insisted on soloing out of defence. For a while I thought Davy was on the line. Crazy tactics by Clare, but well done to Limerick.

I think we were just beaten by the better team to be honest. Limerick won the majority of the 50:50 balls and I don't think long balls in were the answer. Sloppy mistakes at the back and puckouts was the most disappointing part of the game for me.

Borders no.2

Good game. Limerick were deserving winners on the evening. Plenty in that team to give them hope after a disappointing summer. Clare went down fighting like true champions. Must say I really like the midweek u21 games during the summer. During a disappointing hurling championship to date they have been a breath of fresh air, particularly the games in Munster. Fair play to TG4 for covering them. Crowd was fantastic for u21 game. The u21 football could probably do with an impetus like this as well.