Club Championships

patmac

Well I have been to 15 Roscommon Senior County hurling and football Finals with my club Padraig Pearses since 2002, we drew 3 and lost 12, but yesterday we won the Senior Hurling Final for the first time in 30 years. Unreal.
There is hope for Mayo yet!

danganabu

patmac wrote: »

Well I have been to 15 Roscommon Senior County hurling and football Finals with my club Padraig Pearses since 2002, we drew 3 and lost 12, but yesterday we won the Senior Hurling Final for the first time in 30 years. Unreal.
There is hope for Mayo yet!

Wow that must have been some sense of relief, any player involved in all 15??

patmac

danganabu wrote: »

Wow that must have been some sense of relief, any player involved in all 15??

No, 9 u-21s who have no fear, the past is another country and all that, apologies took the day off and quite drunk and have been involved on the sidelines in a small capacity down through the years and wander why i bother, and the last two days have been epic. The GAA is a great organisation.
Edit: we rarely have dual players something we are trying to address, the fact that most of the young lads won County minor 2 tears ago might help. Some of the older players had lost 7 hurling finals in the past.

danganabu

patmac wrote: »

No, 9 u-21s who have no fear, the past is another country and all that, apologies took the day off and quite drunk and have been involved on the sidelines in a small capacity down through the years and wander why i bother, and the last two days have been epic. The GAA is a great organisation.

You see its stories like this and the countless others that happen up and down the country that need to be heard and put in the faces of these people who are coming up with new proposals for inter county competitions, the club is the GAA and I have genuine fears that we are heading the same way that Rugby did regarding the club game, I hope to fcuk I'm wrong but that's the way it appears to be going to me.

Kerrydude1981

Portumna back in the Galway Championship

http://www.the42.ie/galway-senior-hurling-turloughmore-portumna-3639320-Oct2017/

jr86

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

Portumna back in the Galway Championship

http://www.the42.ie/galway-senior-hurling-turloughmore-portumna-3639320-Oct2017/

Hopefully that's the end of it

The Preliminaries this weekend won't be up to much (letting four teams through from Senior B is farcical) but it's set up to be the most open Championship in years

No team looking consistent. Portumna may just do it

danganabu wrote: »

the club is the GAA

Here here

Hand on heart I'm honestly looking forward to the intermediate club matches in Galway this Saturday more than the All Ireland final

Hammer Archer

Summerhill ended Navan O'Mahony's hopes in the Meath SFC, winning 2-12 to 1-10.
I'd expect Navan O'Mahony's to go through a period of transition for a while now. They haven't had a lot of youth coming through and seasoned campaigners like the two Brays, Niall McKeigue, Cormac McGuinness and Gary O'Brien are getting on a bit.
As for Summerhill, they play Gaeil Colmcille on Sunday in the semi final. You can never tell how matches involving Kells will go, but they have yet to make it past the semi final stage since coming back from Intermediate.
In the other semi final, it should be a second Keegan Cup final appearance in a row for Simonstown as they play Wolfe Tones on Saturday.

PTH2009

Waterford senior hurling semi finals this Sunday 15th Oct

De Ia Salle vs Passage- Walsh Park 2pm
Ballygunner vs Lismore- Fraher Field 6.30pm

Final is on Sunday 22nd Oct

castletownman

Rumours of Oulart's potential demise in Wexford senior hurling were greatly exaggerated. Now, under-dogs Rapparees showed tremendous heart to over-turn a six-point deficit at the break to move to within one during the second half, but Oulart's experience at this stage of the championship was the telling factor in the end. Dessie Mythen was a hub of scores at centre-forward, Garrett Sinnott caused a pile of trouble at full-forward, while the largely unheralded Kevin Sheridan caught the eye in defence in front of the onlooking Davy Fitz, which included scoring the injury-time goal that sealed the 2-18 to 0-18 win for the defending champions.

They will play St.Martin's in the final in two weeks' time. It's pretty much the final combination that everyone would have expected at the start of the year, and in all honesty would have hoped for too. St.Martin's greater array of attacking threats ultimately proved decisive against Naomh Eanna on Sunday, who criminally starved Conor McDonald of enough decent ball. Gorey's backs generally hurled well, although one of the goals they conceded should have been cleared a couple of times in the build-up. Rory O'Connor enhanced his growing reputation with the two goals, and in fairness he has shown maturity beyond his years in this campaign. Phenomenal talent. His older brother Jack wasn't as influential as perhaps a senior county hurler should be, but county footballer Jake Firman really stepped up to the mark with 0-4 from play. Best for Naomh Eanna were recent minors Jack Cullen and Eoin Molloy. They can't be too disheartened by their loss though as it was their first semi-final in 33 years, and they are producing an array of young players that will only serve to feed the senior production line.

The stand-out game in the county this weekend is the intermediate football final between pre-championship favourites Kilanerin and HWH Bunclody. Both sides have a proud history in senior football, with Bunclody having won two titles in the 1980's, and Kilanerin seven between 1974 and 2008. But fortunes have changed in recent times, and it's in fact Kilanerin's third year in succession in the second tier having struggled to get out of an notoriously competitive grade. But their controversial amalgamation with Tara Rocks has strengthened their first fifteen overall, and they have more or less been untroubled en route to the final, save for a draw with Ballyhogue in round two. In contrast, Bunclody started the group campaign with two consecutive losses, but have been faultless ever since, including grinding out back-to-back derby wins against Duffry Rovers and Ferns in the quarter-finals and semi-finals respectively. So there is a sense that they are more battled-heartened heading into the final, and may be more united too. I would not be a bit surprised if they eked out a narrow win.

The senior football semi-final replay between Shelmaliers and St.Martin's follows the intermediate final on Sunday. Every week I am thinking surely fatigue will seep into St.Martin's this weekend, but yet they are still here competing on all fronts. In fact, they remain on course for an unbelievable season which has seen them already claim the premier under-21 hurling title (and they are favourites for the football equivalent), the junior football title, and the junior A hurling title, while their ladies' contingent claimed a first ever senior camogie title at the weekend to add to the intermediate football title they also won. So they are potentially three wins away from an unprecedented year in adult championship in Wexford. It remains to be seen what effect, if any, the extra week off Shelmaliers have enjoyed since the drawn game. I think it may come down to fitness levels by the end, whereby Shelmaliers should advance to a novel county final pairing opposite Starlights.

Kerrydude1981

Have to say thats an impressive song The Moy have about their village

OldMrBrennan83

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elefant

Ladies and gents, does anyone know if the Galway football final is being shown anywhere tomorrow? I think it could be a good game, two very good sides.

OldMrBrennan83

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elefant

Patww79 wrote: »

Not that I can see. Two Dublin SFC games on Eir today, and Limerick SHC final followed by deferred Cork SFC final on TG4 tomorrow.

Might get something on Facebook or Twitter though, I was able to get commentary of the Wicklow SHC final on Twitter a couple of weeks ago.

Cheers. Was only able to find any the Limerick and Cork myself too, was hoping I'd missed something!

Hammer Archer

Simonstown v Wolfe Tones in the Meath SFC semi final today at 3 on eir Sport 2.

Bonniedog

Full house expected in Parnell tonight for Ballymun v Crokes and Vinnies v Judes.

Vinnnie should win handily but first one could be interesting.

By my reckoning, there will be 8 of Dublin finishing line up among the 4 teams. Not to be missed!

Bonniedog

Ballymun being backed. Hope they win as we all want to see another repeat of the Philly/Connolly saga :-)

MfMan

In Galway, big shock, defending champs St. Thomas' knocked out by unfancied Killimordaly; late Conor Cooney goal can't prevent a 1-point defeat. Portumna beat Castlegar handy enough in the day's other game.

Mountbellew/Moylough @ 5/2 v Corofin a decent bet in tomorrow's football final.

Bonniedog

Kickhams hammered Kilmacud. Vinnies got out of jail with two Judes players getting the line could have been 4 or 5. Ref let them away with some desperate stuff.

Interesting encounters on way to dressing rooms at half time. Didn't see much as was on terrace side. Presumably TV picked it up.

jr86

MfMan wrote: »

In Galway, big shock, defending champs St. Thomas' knocked out by unfancied Killimordaly; late Conor Cooney goal can't prevent a 1-point defeat. Portumna beat Castlegar handy enough in the day's other game.

Mountbellew/Moylough @ 5/2 v Corofin a decent bet in tomorrow's football final.

Thomas's have been woefully inconsistent this year though and k'daly have some serious young players. I wasn't overly shocked myself if I'm honest. Thomas's just cannot afford any injuries so it's quite hit and miss with them.

Portumna might be the team to beat but I suppose we'll know more next weekend after the quarters. Again, they have been incredibly inconsistent all championship but have two big wins now behind them

feargale

20 minutes into the Limerick hurling final, a near riot, almost every player involved. One yellow card. Sympathy to the ref on his first final, but there should have been at least four reds.

jr86

Corofin walk the galway final

5 in a row, and will take stopping in all Ireland series

Hammer Archer

Summerhill will play Simonstown in the Meath SFC Final. Summerhill beat Gaeil Colmcille 1-15 to 0-9. Gaeil Colmcille have now lost 3 semi finals in a row.

dastardly00

In Kilkenny, The Village will play the 'Boro in a city derby final on October 29th.

There will be a cracking atmosphere at the match

washman3

feargale wrote: »

20 minutes into the Limerick hurling final, a near riot, almost every player involved. One yellow card. Sympathy to the ref on his first final, but there should have been at least four reds.

Which 4 players would you have sent off.?
Remember he doesn't have the birds eye view you have on TV.

MfMan

feargale wrote: »

20 minutes into the Limerick hurling final, a near riot, almost every player involved. One yellow card. Sympathy to the ref on his first final, but there should have been at least four reds.

Hmmm..... it's nice to know it's not just 'Galway' where the clubs knock lumps outta each other.

feargale

washman3 wrote: »

Which 4 players would you have sent off.?
Remember he doesn't have the birds eye view you have on TV.

Those were my thoughts too. I take your point entirely. Remember I said sympathy to the ref.

However I would like to see it again as I think a lineman was close to alot of the action.

TheRiverman

The Donegal County final between Kilcar and Naomh Conaill must rank as one of the worst football matches of all time.One point each in the second half,due to the horrendous defensive system adopted by both sides.The GAA hierarchy in Croke Park must be blind or don't have the balls to do anything about the destruction of Gaelic Football.Ulster in particular is a disgrace.

Bonniedog

TheRiverman wrote: »

The Donegal County final between Kilcar and Naomh Conaill must rank as one of the worst football matches of all time.One point each in the second half,due to the horrendous defensive system adopted by both sides.The GAA hierarchy in Croke Park must be blind or don't have the balls to do anything about the destruction of Gaelic Football.Ulster in particular is a disgrace.

Dublin championship has had similar. What these teams neglect is that they do not have the Murphys and McFaddens and McBreartys and Mulligans and O'Neills to turn defence into attack. Judes against Vincents was similar example of almost totally negative team. Only got turned over when they had two players, deservedly, put off.

Utopia Parkway

Galway senior hurling championship down to the quarter-finals.

Craughwell Vs Portumna
Liam Mellows Vs Clarinbridge
Gort Vs Killimordaly
Sarsfields Vs Cappataggle

Interesting that only 3 players are left in the championship from the Galway team and subs that got on the pitch in the All-Ireland final.

Kerrydude1981

Ballyduff are Kerry Senior Hurling Champions for 2017,they defeated Lixnaw yesterday in the replay,fully deserved the win,goals at vital times got them over the line,former Kerry hurler Aidan Boyle was MOTM scoring 3-1 and had a hand in a number of other scores,setting up his brother Mikey for a goal in the second half.

The Boyle brothers scored 4-7 of Ballyduff's final score of 4-13

Final score was Ballyduff 4-13 Lixnaw 1-19

Ballyduff now play the winners of Kanturk of Cork or St Marys of Tipp in the Munster Intermediate Club Semi Final.

Deisegodeo

dastardly00 wrote: »

In Kilkenny, The Village will play the 'Boro in a city derby final on October 29th.

There will be a cracking atmosphere at the match

All City final in Waterford too, Ballygunner v De La Salle next Sunday 22nd October. Ballygunner were lucky to edge past Lismore while DLS beat Passage by a point, with both the Gunners and DLS getting their winning scores in injury time.

Jayop

TheRiverman wrote: »

The Donegal County final between Kilcar and Naomh Conaill must rank as one of the worst football matches of all time.One point each in the second half,due to the horrendous defensive system adopted by both sides.The GAA hierarchy in Croke Park must be blind or don't have the balls to do anything about the destruction of Gaelic Football.Ulster in particular is a disgrace.

Not just Ulster football at all at club level. Almost every club game I go to has at least one or both teams employing a ultra defensive system. You still get good games sometimes and sometimes you get stinkers like what you seen in Donegal.

djPSB

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

Galway senior hurling championship down to the quarter-finals.

Craughwell Vs Portumna
Liam Mellows Vs Clarinbridge
Gort Vs Killimordaly
Sarsfields Vs Cappataggle

Interesting that only 3 players are left in the championship from the Galway team and subs that got on the pitch in the All-Ireland final.

Anyone see the Clarenbridge v Tommie Larkins game at the weekend?

Kerrydude1981

https://twitter.com/DonalUiNeill/status/919891054966558721

Great idea by Killeavy,On the back of their jerseys, within the number of each jersey the name of all club members are imprinted.

castletownman

Kilanerin won the Wexford Intermediate football title after a gruelling extra-time win over HWH Bunclody. I felt it was always going to be a tight game, and it certainly lived up to the billing. It was level at HT, before Matty Forde turned on the style with a quick 1-2 after the break. Bunclody showed incredible heart to keep plugging away, but were helped by two rather fortunate goals to force extra-time in the end. Ultimately though, Kilanerin's greater experience told in the end as they accounted for the last three points of the game to win by two points and return to senior after a three-year absence.

St.Martin's defeated Shelmaliers comfortably in the senior football semi final replay afterwards. These two would be district rivals and wouldn't necessarily like each other, but that doesn't excuse the bog standard fare they produced. Shelmaliers in particularly seemed to be too preoccupied at trying to "rattle" the Martin's instead of doing damage in their own right. They scored one goal and were denied another from an instinctive save from two similar moves in the first quarter, and were well in the game until indiscipline and unforced errors spoiled their chances.

They were responsible for one of the silliest yellow cards you are likely to see at half-time, when a player who was booked just before the break for some reason thought it wise to get involved in a brief flare-up between two other players and was rightly shown a second yellow. Some sloppy mistakes directly resulted in at least three Martin's points in the first half, and Martin's goal early on was entirely avoidable as well. Shels' proceeded to miss three scoreable frees in the second half (including a gimme right in front of the goal), and only managed to score a further 1-1, as Martin's pulled away 1-14 to 2-4 winners.

It's crazy, Martin's haven't had a free weekend flitting between both codes since August, and yet looked the fitter team on Sunday. They have the senior hurling final vs kingpins Oulart on Sunday, with my preview of the game to follow at the end of the week.

Stationmaster

Clare senior hurling final was a draw. Clooney led for most of the game but Sixmilebridge took the lead in injury time. Fergal Lynch won a free right at the death and Peter Duggan scored it to send it to a replay (next Sunday as far as I know). Very good game and more of the same I'd say for the replay - won't be much in it.

The two football semi finals went against most people's predictions with Kilmurray beating Cratloe by a point after extra time and Clondegad beating Miltown well for a finish to set up the county final which will be next Sunday week.

seligehgit

Mayo county football final on Sunday.

Castlebar Mitchels v Ballintubber.

seligehgit

Live coverage on GAA Beo,TG4 tomorrow.

Waterford Hurling Final (Live) @ 2.30

Ballygunner v De La Salle

Kerry Football Final (Deferred) @ 4.30

South Kerry v Dr. Crokes, Killarney

Hammer Archer

In the Leinster club IFC between O'Connell's of Louth and Kilbride of Carlow, there were ten red cards supposedly. Kilbride ended with 9 men, O'Connell's finished with 11.

seligehgit

Hammer Archer wrote: »

In the Leinster club IFC between O'Connell's of Louth and Kilbride of Carlow, there were ten red cards supposedly. Kilbride ended with 9 men, O'Connell's finished with 11.

Surely that has to be some kind of record!!

Hammer Archer

seligehgit wrote: »

Surely that has to be some kind of record!!

Looking on Twitter, both sides were baffled by the referee's decisions.

My name is URL

Is there a maximum number of red cards that a team can receive before a match is forfeited?

I was listening to that game on the radio and it was comedic at times. The ref also sent a Kilbride selector and water-boy off the sideline!

Commentator put it best when he said the ref has simply lost the plot. Wasn't even a dirty game

feargale

Hammer Archer wrote: »

In the Leinster club IFC between O'Connell's of Louth and Kilbride of Carlow, there were ten red cards supposedly. Kilbride ended with 9 men, O'Connell's finished with 11.

I'm just wondering, suppose the game went to extra time and nobody was left on the field except the ref. Would spectators be entitled to a proportionate refund?

P.S. He was dead right to expel the maor uisce. That's the only way to sort out unruly players, dehydrate them into submission.

cgc5483

feargale wrote: »

I'm just wondering, suppose the game went to extra time and nobody was left on the field except the ref. Would spectators be entitled to a proportionate refund?

Extra time is considered a new game so sent off players can be replaced by subs.

feargale

cgc5483 wrote: »

Extra time is considered a new game so sent off players can be replaced by subs.

Yes, I forgot about that. But would there be enough subs?

Hammer Archer

Supposedly Kilbride only had 19 players on the panel.

Seriously, barring a few mass brawls I think the referee obviously completely lost the plot if he sends 10 separate players off.

The Premier Man

My name is URL wrote:

Is there a maximum number of red cards that a team can receive before a match is forfeited?

No I don't think it's like fifa where you must forfeit when you only have 6 left 😀I think you stay going until one player is just taking the kickouts to nobody

Bonniedog

Hammer Archer wrote: »

Supposedly Kilbride only had 19 players on the panel.

Seriously, barring a few mass brawls I think the referee obviously completely lost the plot if he sends 10 separate players off.

Most refs have a bit of cop on. Which is why black card is not seriously implemented at club level where teams can barely field 15. Sendings off should be reserved for actual physical violence or intent.

Hammer Archer

Leinster in general was a bit of a war zone today. This was at the Crossabeg/Ballymurn v Man O War Leinster JFC game in Enniscorthy today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUNjI6XoobE

My personal favourite part was the Man O War waterboy in the hi-vis jacket flinging a water bottle only to instantly regret it.