Kilkenny GAA Thread

Interesting that Timmy was picked, I know Derek and the U20 management think a lot of him. Himself, Billy and Gearoid would have missed most if not all the weekend away in Cork so suprising to see him picked but I'd like to see him get a few runs as he has plenty of potential and his runs can be very incisive. Interesting to see how Darragh Corcoran goes in midfield and how Padraig goes back out in the half back line.

It's Ronan Corcoran that plays midfield for Ballyhale though, not sure about Darragh as a midfielder at all.

Team announcements and positions mean absolutely nothing now . I see where Tipp named their squad and this could become more popular and its probably not far away that players will just have squad numbers for the year.Match Programmes are a bit farcical at times with all the changes made before throw in.

The u20s play the last game of the round robin this weekend which will determine either a quarter final or a semi final. It's great that they get a match before the seniors. We seen last week what they're capable off when they have everyone. They will have concerns about concededing 3-20.Hopefully they can get denis walsh back and bill Hughes and Ben whitty must also have niggles. As someone else said with the 2 lads not available for different reasons it will give 2 lads a chance. I know they were fierce dissapointed after the wexford match after the great start they stopped hurling and didn't restart till they made a few changes. Tomorrow's team will be stronger and they learnt a bit in defeat.

Liam Collins not available for galway u20 this wknd he's on the senior panel. I would expect most u20s to be available when the knockout starts.

The seniors are probably in a no win situation. If they win by 10 we'll be disappointed that we didn't win by 20. Without being one bit disrespectful this is preparation for the galway match the following week. KK will want to put this game to bed early.What will give Westmeath hope Is they put it up to kk till half time last year and drew with Wexford. They also beat Laois in the relegation final to stay up.Cillian doyle is a big loss to them.Alot of players from both squads were involved in that u21 shock defeat.

Ballyhale back boning the team tomorrow and 6 players on the county team is a great achievement. Players are so fluid now they will move around and jersey positions mean absolutely nothing.i think Corcoran played a bit midfield for UL but himself and mullen are well able to hurl. Everyone will want to impress with a big game coming the following week. Consistency is the big word for a few of the fowards. We need Ryan,Cody,Donnelly to make the step up and nail down a spot.i also like the look of Clifford. He is direct and has pace. Maybe he's not ready to make the step up this year but every minute he gets will give him experience.

The minors away to the leinster champions early Sunday afternoon in a knockout game.Offally have lost a lot of players from last years squad. Kk started well in the first 2 matches and even the 1st half against galway only 3 points down after playing against a nice breeze. The wheels completely came off the wagon in the 2nd half so hopefully lessons can be learnt from that defeat. How far away is Ed McDermott he would be a help to the attack? Galway look to have a serious minor team and its highly rated, I would be suprised if they didn't win the leinster title at least. Galway have an impressive backroom team.

Paddy Deegan out injured he had surgery today

Evan Cody who had done well in cork out injured

young Drennan out for a couple of weeks

wonder why Ronan Corcoran not able to get in

Derek lyng said its not as serious as initially feared. He will be back in 3 weeks.

As things stand none of Dublin/Wexford/ Galway would put the fear of God in you ..I know its early but I thought galway would be better..

Will.be very interesting to see what team actually starts tonight..here's hoping for a solid performance and a win whilst avoiding injuries

He's wearing number 14 👍

This game was over before it started being honest as westmeath seemed to think they had no hope whatsoever.....Backs weren't tested in anyway and generally had loads of time on the ball to pick out players further up the field, Midfield is still a massive concern on tonight's evidence, Paddy Mullen's shooting let him down big time with a few very poor wides for this level, Darragh Corcoran came away with 2 points but I'd be surprised to see him there the next day out.

Adrian Mullen was easily the standout player, 6 points from play and if he wanted could have had more.

John Donnelly and Eoin Cody are definitely over complicating things too much, multiple goal opportunities tonight but no composure shown at all, Cody in particular seems to be putting too much pressure on himself, Hopefully he can improve in this facet for next week.

TJ showed some lovely touches and got some lovely scores, was a bit rusty at the start which was understandable but he will come on big time with more game time under his belt.

For me I still prefer Billy Ryan in half forward line as I think he's better running at players from deep.

Clifford still learning at this level also, showed some really good flashes.

Mossy looked sharp when brought on but he needs more consistency as we've said before, I expect he could feature from start next week.

Lots to improve on for next week, everyone will know they have to up their game as this will be a world apart from the experience tonight.

Standard in Leinster is so poor. Time for an open draw.

Just on the u20s we nearly threw it away. We were in command for most of the 2nd half and had a lot of wides in thar half but I can't understand how dublins striking was so bad. I know it was a wet day but they're striking and wides were very poor, especially in the 1st half. If we had gone in 10 points down no one would have been surprised.

We did hurl a lot better 2nd half and joe fitzpatrick was impressive. The other thing that was evident was that we completely stood off dublin in the 1st half. It just looked like our shape was disjointed. Eoghan Lyng a fine hurler but pace a little lacking.

Still it gives the lads a boost coming to the knockouts.

it certainly was dreadful weather and getting the win was a priority

Probably not, but bar Limerick i think theres 5/6 teams who would fancy their chances against everyone else.

Half Time in the minor - KK 2-5, Offaly 0-8. An absolute cheat (no other word available to describe him) reffing it and keeping Offaly in the game. Bergin has had words with him and rightly so.

Lads what this with jimmy Meagher? Very little about it in media. 40k fraud. Did he get jail?

Yeh i did. Its pay walled. Terrible stuff all the same.