Kilkenny GAA Thread

One should make it the 2nd is more doubtful. 2 weeks is a quick turn around from semi to final.

Did these players finish the match or were they substituted?

Two weeks is not enough really…what’s the big hurry to get things done?…ridiculous.

Kilkenny has a stronger and higher quality bench than Limerick. Lyng and Co have managed substitutions expertly for timing and number during the campaign. There must be fringe players chomping at the bit for a start. Bar TJ I wouldn’t fear for any missing starters.

Hard to know where we stand..I do think we were better than both galway and clare but could easily have lost both after squandering comfortable leads..that being said we are improving as the year goes on

Limerick also seem to be peaking at the right time and may steamroll us completely which is a worry..

And yet part of me thinks this might just be our year..

Limerick won't panic but neither will we..if we can start well and not have any 10mins period where we go completely out of the game..

Pressure is all on Limerick..we essentially have a free shot..lose and its Limerick are exceptional/ lyngs 1st year..

Our puc outs are crucial..give limerick the ball and you don't get it back

I realise I'm probably incoherent but that's where my head is at all week.

Hopefully they can hurl out of their skins and get a result

It's the hope that kills you

One rumour I heard was blanch. Not sure why lads won't say, these are all only rumours, you're not going to injure any of them by saying it. Hopefully it's not true anyway, he had a tough outing the last day but has been fantastic all year, and I don't think we would be in a good place at all in the half back line if he were out.

Anyway it's the time of year for constant panic and rumours, unless you hear it personally from someone in the camp you can probably disregard it. Setting that aside, the short season means no team ever really gets a full starting 15, limerick certainly haven't, we have been very lucky on that front compared to other teams. Course we can afford injuries a lot less than limerick can too.

Tbiggertycome isn’t that kind of poster, one of the best on here to be fair.

Hopefully 🙏 🙏🙏

Who can fill in for Blanchfield?

He was having a great year and all, hopefully he'll make an appearance

John Keenan is expected to be named as All-Ireland senior hurling final referee.

The Wicklow man, who took charge of last year’s extra-time Munster SHC decider between Limerick and Clare, last took charge of the All-Ireland quarter-final between Galway and Tipperary in TUS Gaelic Grounds last month.

Aughrim clubman Keenan also officiated this year’s Waterford-Clare and Tipperary-Waterford Munster SHC round games in Thurles as well as the Antrim-Dublin Leinster opener in Belfast.

In the Allianz Hurling League, the former Wicklow hurler was the man in the middle for the Kilkenny-Cork semi-final in UPMC Nowlan Park.

In previous years, Keenan refereed the 2019 Wexford-Kilkenny Leinster final as well as Limerick’s Munster SHC opener against Cork last season. He also supervised the Limerick-Waterford All-Ireland semi-final in 2021 when he sent off Peter Casey.

However, the suspension was later overturned on the basis of video evidence and the Limerick forward lined out against Cork in the decider.

The July 23 game could be Keenan’s final senior inter-county game as he will hit the age limit of 50 in 2024. However, there are suggestions that the cap could be lifted due to a shortage of elite referees.

https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-41182516.html

Apparently he got a knee in the back during the match on Sunday which affected the lung.

He might recover from a collapsed lung in time, that's what I heard it was, but would be very tight with 2 weeks to recover

Hopefully he will be fit as he was excellent last year when he came on.

Yeah he seemed to be making huge progress but the McDonough is such a tough, unforgiving competition, the margins between the teams are very small so without doing all that much wrong you can find yourself relegated.

Could David Herrity fall in for management or a coaching roll here.