Club Championships 2023/24

YabaDabaDooley · 19-11-2023 5:15pm

Definately hasn't lived up to the pre match hype. Na Piarsaigh struggling now. Ballygunner well on top.

evolvingtipperary101 · 19-11-2023 5:17pm

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It's called winter hurling.

threeball · 19-11-2023 5:23pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121388671#Comment_121388671

Ah stop. The kildangan game was light years ahead played in similar conditions. No excuse for this rubbish so far. Two teams more interested in clipping one another than hurling.

YabaDabaDooley · 19-11-2023 5:32pm

Ballygunner will be heavy favourites to win their 5th Munster club and join Blackrock as the provinces most successful club. Very strong all over the field. Can't see Clonlara getting within 5 points of them.

Treble double · 19-11-2023 5:34pm

Should have played that game in Thomond Park, nothing but rucks and scrums, wouldn't see half as many in the egg chasing.

windy shepard henderson · 19-11-2023 5:35pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121388695#Comment_121388695

na piarsaigh managed only 1-2 from play in the entire game , as good as ballygunner are they were never tested in this game

Billy Ocean · 19-11-2023 5:54pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121388718#Comment_121388718

Think Ballygunner will win by a double digit margin myself.

YabaDabaDooley · 19-11-2023 6:02pm

I hope the two Leinster semi finals are on the box next weekend. Na Fianna v Naas and Kilcormac Killoughey v O Loughlin Gaels. Another Sunday feast of club hurling.

giveitholly · 19-11-2023 6:05pm

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Another? When was the last Sunday feast of club hurling because it wasn't today

Billy Ocean · 19-11-2023 8:50pm

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KK and O'loughlin's on TG4 1.30 Saturday, other 2 televised games between RTE and TG4 are 2 Ulster football semi finals. Naas Na Fianna will probably be on Clubber.

Billy Ocean · 19-11-2023 8:51pm

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Taught 1st game was enjoyable today 2nd was scrappy and this isn't a dig just being realistic at the moment was still more enjoyable than the vast majority of club football games televised recently.

giveitholly · 19-11-2023 9:19pm

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Yeah first game was ok,sendings off made the excitement in the game. The second game was brutal to watch and as someone above said it could of been played in Thomond. My point been twas far from a feast of hurling

breezy1985 · 19-11-2023 9:48pm

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Sometimes 2 top teams negate each other to the point it becomes a poor game.

Dowling shouldn't be a pundit on Limerick games but other than that people can shove their criticism up their holes. If he wasn't an RTE pundit the detractors here would be coming on their keyboards about how amazing his post injury transformation and new county medal win was.

YabaDabaDooley · 20-11-2023 6:11am

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Won't be able to watch on Saturday so i'll have to tape that game and don't have clubber so pity no more Sunday feast of hurling.

YabaDabaDooley · 20-11-2023 9:26am

Ballygunner 8/13 favs for All Ireland. St Thomas second fav at 11/2 then O Loughlins at 7/1. Na Fianna 14/1 i'll be having some of that although Naas will give them plenty next week. I wouldn't be sure of Ballygunner winning out. Plenty of work to do yet.

breezy1985 · 20-11-2023 9:32am

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Ballygunner are definitely hot favourites now. Only themselves and Thomas' really have any experience at this level.

Looking forward to seeing Naas. I hear that club are putting in serious work and getting the best out of their advantageous demographics same as Ballygunner and Na Piarsaigh.

YabaDabaDooley · 20-11-2023 9:40am

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Yes Naas are definately a club on the rise. Nice catchment area population wise. Winning plenty underage. Thought there could be a shock on v Ballyhale Shamrocks when on trailing by a point at ht in last years Leinster championship. If Na Fianna could get Donal Burke back fit i think they're as strong as anyone on their day. Disappointing this game not on TG4 next weekend.

Billy Ocean · 20-11-2023 10:24am

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In St Thomas run since 2018 I can only remember 1 strong performance outside of Galway, vs Ballyhale in January 2022 when TJ got the last minute free. So they've alot to prove in my book. Ballygunner are strong favourites for me at the moment, don't think Thomas's, Sluaghneil or Cushendall are good enough and probably not the Leinster teams either unless somebody comes from nowhere like Borrisoleigh in 2019. Can't see Clonlara beating them either.

billyhead · 20-11-2023 11:18am

Would love to see NaFianna win it outright. The boost it would give to Dublin hurling. I think Clonlara will put it up to Ballygunner and run them close. John Conlan is playing great stuff at the moment. Would have to fancy Ballygunner though to win the AI.

Treble double · 20-11-2023 3:29pm

Would that Ballygunner team and management do better in the inter county championship than the current Waterford team. I think they would definitely make the all Ireland quarter finals. They are so well coached and their style of play would work even better in the summertime. They might be under pressure in a few positions and physicality could catch them. They would give a good rattle to any of the top 8 teams and they would beat the rest handily.

PTH2009 · 20-11-2023 3:40pm

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The fact is a lot of the players are retiring from Intercounty early

Soky, Philip and Pauric Mahony would still get into the Waterford team today

Billy Ocean · 20-11-2023 3:40pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121390257#Comment_121390257

You can buy games on clubber individually isn't just yearly ,monthly packages etc. Probably talking €10-15 I'd say.

jimmythesulk · 20-11-2023 8:46pm

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Not so sure Waterford's problem is the players that they have. Plenty of talent in that county, better than cork, tipp and some others. They need to get the right management team in place and they certainly don't have that. Ballygunner do. Every time I hear their manager speak I am really impressed. He comes across as the opposite to Davy. Then they are so well coached. Each player seems to know what they are doing. Waterford players this year looked like they didn't have a clue what they were supposed to be doing. Not so sure it is ballygunner players Waterford need but the ballygunner management team.

Also alot of posters forgetting about O Loughlin Gaels. Strong contenders and probably the best defence left in the championship which is worth alot in winter hurling.

breezy1985 · 20-11-2023 9:33pm

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No.

They beat a Limerick team that has 1 dead cert intercounty player and Caseys who have been in and out. Other than that they have a lot of "almost" county players.

The great success of the Limerick academy is to pick the best players in the county and not the best players from the best teams.

funkey_monkey · 21-11-2023 8:29am

What way do the provinces line out for the semis? Who plays who?

PTH2009 · 21-11-2023 12:51pm

Sum going for the club

https://hoganstand.com/Article/Index/329948?fbclid=IwAR0_FhJyTnQpUYN-n5mwK147evklUFPcjNdnRw6A8qxI8EOqUdH2tGv5OGY

Uncle Pierre · 21-11-2023 3:26pm

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Pretty sure it'll be Leinster v Ulster.

Dunloy played St. Thomas's (so Ulster v Connacht) last year, and the year before, Ballygunner played Slaughtneil (so Ulster v Munster). The rotation then would surely be for Leinster to play Ulster this time.

PTH2009 · 21-11-2023 3:35pm

The semi finals this year in the Hurling are

St Thomas (Galway) vs Clonlara (Clare)/Ballygunner (Waterford)

Leinster Champions vs Cushendall (Antrim)/Slaughtneil (Derry)

Looking like it's the weekend before Christmas again. Thurles and Parnell Park maybe instead of a double header in Croke Park

breezy1985 · 21-11-2023 5:00pm

Naas game is moved to Portlaoise for the extra capacity.

Is Newbridge out of action at the minute ?

Billy Ocean · 22-11-2023 12:15am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121396938#Comment_121396938

Yeah its being completely redeveloped so out of action, long overdue, was originally down for Kildare's training ground, main pitch there has a capacity of 900 I think.

blowitupref · 02-12-2023 3:43pm

Leinster senior final Kilmacud Crokes 1-14 Naas 0-10. Score line harsh as it was a decent effort by Naas and had their chances to at least bring that game into extra time but by the end of it all Kilmacud Crokes win three Leinster titles in a row and move onto 7 titles overall tied at the top with Portlaoise, St Vincents. The addition of Shane Walsh as expected has made a big difference, scored 1-8 of their 1-14 points today.

funkey_monkey · 03-12-2023 4:07pm

Cushendall through in Ulster beating Slaughtneil 0-20 to 2-10.

Will find it tough going against O'Laughlin Gaels in the semi.

robbiezero · 03-12-2023 4:48pm

Bit of a non-event as expected in Munster hurling final. BG went through the gears half way through the first half and finished the game before half time. Going through the motions in second half.

Just on a different level to Clonlara.

Will fancy themselves to win AI but much tougher tests in SF and final.

PTH2009 · 03-12-2023 5:00pm

On paper you'd say Al Final of Ballygunner vs O Loughlin Gaels but never know in the semi finals

St Thomas have had terrible luck at the semi finals stage in the past and will be fresh going into the game, not having played in a few weeks. Ballygunner will be hungry to get back to Croke Park

YabaDabaDooley · 03-12-2023 5:42pm

Very dominant display from Ballygunner like most of us expected. Winning three Munster finals in a row by an average of 12 points shows their stranglehold on the championship down south. They look like a team on a mission. Winning one All Ireland is great but a dominant club like Ballygunner would see a solitary All Ireland as a bit of an underachievement i feel.

Realt Dearg Sec · 03-12-2023 5:43pm

Loughlins scraped by na fianna yesterday and their normally dominant back lines were put under a lot of pressure and started to make some bad mistakes, only for deegan settling the ship. I think they'll beat cushendall but they'll need to up it big time if they're going to put it up to ballygunner down the road. Can't see anyone beating them if they're on the form they were today.

As an aside, I didn't realise they have done ten in a row now in Waterford. That can't be good for the state of the game in the county regardless of the quality of the club.

PTH2009 · 03-12-2023 5:47pm

They could easily get the hurling championships done in the calendar year but would mean getting rid of the traditional 2 senior code finals

A Triple header AI Senior, Intermediate and Junior Hurling finals 2nd last weekend in December would be great

randd1 · 04-12-2023 11:04am

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Never understood why they didn't ever go with that in the last few years once it was moved from Paddy's day.

It makes sense, not least one weekend being a festival of hurling, the next being a festival of football, football fans are more likely to stick around for football matches and hurling fans for hurling matches than either walking out at half time of the other code once their game is done.

And it also make sense in the event a club has managed to do a double and are making an attempt at both codes.

ShamoBuc · 10-12-2023 4:24pm

Outstanding win for Castlehave v Dingle.

Went all the way to penalties.

Absolutely Horrid conditions with the wind throughout but it got way worse for the penalties.

They really are a tough team to beat.

funkey_monkey · 10-12-2023 4:30pm

Not great weather for the Ulster either.

robbiezero · 10-12-2023 4:35pm

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No. Its good stuff though or at least the 10 mins I have seen of the first half on TG4 was good football.

funkey_monkey · 10-12-2023 4:46pm

Seems even enough so far. Would like Glen to pull through, but Scotstown are doing well.

dxhound2005 · 10-12-2023 4:49pm

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The keeper got very bad cramp racing off the goal line to celebrate. He lay down in agony, but the others didn't realise and all piled in on top of him. It must have been very painful.

ShamoBuc · 10-12-2023 5:17pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121479519#Comment_121479519

It was Cahalane that went in goal and may have actually done his hamstring in. Not confirmed yet.

funkey_monkey · 10-12-2023 5:23pm

Good win for Glen. Hope they get back to the final for another go after last year's fiasco.

YabaDabaDooley · 10-12-2023 5:25pm

Only got to see last few penalties of Munster final. Horrendous conditions. Watched second half of Ulster final poor conditions but enjoyed it two good teams was hoping to see Scotstown win but Glen took there scores well coming down the stretch.