Kilkenny GAA Thread

Timmy Clifford came on wearing number 15.

Timmy Clifford wore 15 instead of Brassil and came on with 15-20mins or so to go. He played midfield and got a point i think.

Buckley hasnt hurl well in 4/5 years and in his 30s now. He wont be on the team

every team needs a few water carriers

Does anybody know FOR DEFINITE what the underage grades are this year?

Many thanks in advance

Age grades will be same as last year with potential change back to the norm in 2024

In a perfect world it should be this year but seems that GAA top brass love the current set up and are trying to find a way of keeping it in someway shape or form so buying themselves some time

Yeah they’re staying at the current age groups and will be staying unless it changes at congress. They’re bring forward a motion to congress to change it back to U-14/U-16/U-18

The torture he endured versus Limerick in 2018 quarter final should never have happened.

Having been torn asunder by Cathal Mannion for 6 points from play the previous week, Cody stubbornly stuck with him again at corner back just 7 days later. And both days, (predictably) Cody left Paddy Deegan on for the full 70 mins. Cody had a ruthless reputation but rarely subbed off backs, even if they were getting done. Limerick's great journey of the last 5 years may never have arrived!

Speaking of which, 13 of the current Limerick team featured in an AI qualifier loss to us in Nowlan Park in 2017, a really poor game. If you told me that team would win 4 of the following 5 All Irelands, I'd have laughed my head off. While Limerick have some outstanding born hurlers, their success has largely been built off the field. Brilliant set up, brilliant coaching.

Don't think so. Pado Flynn is new coaching officer

This the role Muldowney held?

Sound.

Disastrous for many 17 year olds. There of course will be many that will transition easily but for many they won't and unfortunately will be forgotten in a few years when they can't cope with the demands of adult hurling and stray away from the game. Not good enough really.

did anyone get the Kilkenny league hurling fixtures for 2023 by any chance?

I bumped into Kieran in town one day before Christmas. I don't know him all that well. My young lad is on the squads so I've only met him a few times. We were chatting for a few minutes. I asked him how he was getting on in the job and he told me he wasn't going forward for next year. I asked him why and he threw his eyes up to heaven and said "How long have you?" He said he really liked the role. 2021 was a disaster with Covid but he felt they were making some decent progress with the U14s and the new U13 Academy. He had what sounded like some really good plans in place for this year especially for helping the club coach and for football but he felt he was always treated like an outsider by the head lads. He was disappointed that the new committee took away the election of the Coaching Officer from the clubs and it is now an appointment. Reading between the line I think this was done to make sure that the head boys always had "their man" in place and could control and direct him. When you look at the make up of that committee (Pat Tynan friends and colleagues plus Brian Cody/Ned Quinn disciples), it's no surprise. They were obviously feeling threatened by an "outsider" and wanted to get control back. I could sense the disappointment in his voice. He actually got a bit emotional that he couldn't continue in the role. It's a pity as he seemed like a decent fellow who was working hard.

Hopefully, the new structure will work. We badly need it.