Kilkenny GAA Thread

Doesn't matter whether it's true or not, it's how they feel.

Clonduff did most of the hurling for the first 20 minutes or so. A fortuitous goal for JS brought them right back into it and they finished the half strongly. All level at half time.

Clonduff: 0-05

James Stephens: 1-02

Shamrocks will have to step up a lot to have a chance. Their full back line does not have a lot of pace, Joey Holden was standing off his man the last day as he was afraid of being rounded but was giving away handy points. Darren Mullen has struggled recently. I was disappointed in the performance of the half back line the last day, Darragh Corcoran and Richie Reid will have to improve a lot. They need a big performance from Colin Fennelly who was quiet the last day as was TJ. Adrian Mullen has been their stand out player but will need assistance from Cuddihy and Eoin Cody. Ronan Corcoran and Brian Cody are big losses. Hard to see Ballygunner being beaten

Spot on Kentucky about Colin he was excellent. According to Blackcard none of the shamrocks played well. They were 14 points ahead and switched off but they did regroup and dominated the last quarter and with what they missed due to weather conditions they could have won by 8 points.

Joey Holden immense.

Bodies dropping all over the place. 6 if not 7 missed goal chances and still win by 3. What a team.

Philip o Mahony should have getting a second yellow card for the first penalty. The ref gave o Sullivan a yellow for the second penalty well done mighty mighty Shamrocks.

Everything ok mwcat??? Do you need a hug??

I got the scoreline wrong thanks to a phenomenal game from o Keefe, but you can't bate hunger in a game like that.

All I know is there is about 50 in training currently with 4 of this year's U20's in there. I'm sure there's a few from the 20's who are over the age in there. Of the 4 I know 3 Timmy Clifford, Billy Drennan and Niall Rowe.

Brilliant win by the Shamrocks. Despite losing two players to injury in the first 15 minutes they soldiered on, hounding the life out of Ballygunner. As many have said, were it not for O'Keefe’s tremendous saves Ballygunner would have been annihilated. I don't think it would have mattered where the match was held, Ballyhale were on a mission. Ballygunner love the wide open spaces but Ballyhale closed them down yesterday. The likes of Naas and Kilmacud Crokes can take great heart from the Ballyhale destruction of the Munster Champions. Ballygunner were streets ahead of the rest in Munster. The same couldn't be said about the Leinster Championship.

Well done Ballyhale.

In the 2nd half they were when it came down to pressure they eat Na Piarsaigh alive, we won't know if they'd put up a better show as every game takes on a life of it's own.

Really enjoyed the match yesterday. I'm after going to the last few shamrocks matches but yesterday they upped it especially at the 3/4 stage when the game was in the melting pot. Tj who definitely wasn't himself stood up when they really needed him. He got a ridiculous free under the Hogan and his vision is just on another level,even his temperament over the 2nd penalty he's just an unbelievable player.

Shamrocks were struggling especially in the 1st half with the ball going in but they got two vital points before half time to draw it level. They moved corcoran to wing foward and mullen played out midfield and half back and really burst into the game. The shamrocks 6 back got completely on top in the 2nd half. Joey was excellent and man of the match but the half back line also took over.

Fair play to them ya have to hand it to them an unbelievable club who would be going for 4 in a row if not for the late goal earlier in the year.butler and shorthall also deserve credit they both done well. Its a pity with Darren mullen I don't think we'll see the best of him he has being cursed with injury the last 3 years.

I know they'll lose joey next year and probably Colin and tj over the next few years but killian corcoran and shorthall are getting exposure and Adrian mullen has taken his game to another level. The size of him yesterday he's in some shape. Eoin cody,ronan corcoran and these lads will drive this club over the next decade.

Seems like st Thomas's took the same approach to this match as you did. Dunloy could be a serious problem for ballyhale coming back after winning what some people were assuming was the real final. Be important to get the heads right, make sure they respect them going in.

With the county season starting soon, has anyone heard when will the winners of the gaa season tickets from the piltown co-op draw be getting their tickets. Or will these get issued to the clubs