Kilkenny GAA Thread

We will have to keep an eye on Tom Kenny he was very good last night and Eoin Wall has some burst of speed but should have been popping a few balls over the bar, running at the defence didn’t bear any fruit. Harry Shine had a good night on Mikey Butler.

No he was out on the wing and anyway the defence held tight and the ball fell nicely for Jack Nolan after being cleared twice.

Did they have streams of the games last year or did they abandon it after Covid?

Was it Clubber they were streaming it with back then?

Jaysus. Oh I'm sure we're all very intimidated in little old kilkenny by all those big boys in cork and limerick. Incidentally if cork have had fifteen year olds on weights and nutrition programs for 20 years the first crop should be turning 35 right now so I'm sure we'll see them on the county team any moment soon to replace the shower of twinkle toes they've been fielding for the past fifteen years.

As an alternative, the local radio stations, KCLR and CRKC, have great coverage of hurling. Live commentary, reports, interviews, previews, reviews, etc. I find them excellent.

Yes Kclr have upped their game and coverage big time in the last year.

Still a bit behind community radio boys for expertise though.

Totally agree.

At Bridge v Ballycallan. Thought it was an average match. Blanchfield followed Billy Ryan into midfield and was the standout player. Accuracy on both sides when playing with breeze was very poor. Bridge led by 1pt at ht playing against the breeze alot of short passing from them which Ballycallan overturned a few times to get scores. Bridge went 3/4pts ahead halfway through but hit some shocking wides. Graigue brought on a few subs and began to find their forwards who were fairly accurate in the 2nd half. Three minors from last year and Tommy Ronan at midfield probably won it for them with relentless work rate. Great win for them, probably began to believe the could get something when the Bridge started hitting so many wides. Again Blanchfield carried them in 2nd half which would be a worry fir them going forward, few players to come back though. They'll certainly need them

2-5 from play. It's an awful pity he hasnt kicked on at county level.glenmore have lads on the county senior and u20 panel so maybe not as much of a suprise but they'll be delighted

Comer will be delighted with the draw last night. Shamrocks always slow to start but Ronan Corcoran also gone traveling along with 2xjoeys and Brian Cody. Fennelly will probably be back alright and I wouldn't put it past a few of them returning later in the championship but I definitely wouldn't be surprised to see new county champions in kk.

Ballycallan will also be thrilled and I presume young mcevoy is tots son? Sean Ryan very good from placed balls. The bridge have alot of new faces. David blanchfield returned and Liam will be home next week for the hurling before returning to Oz.

Danesfort drove about 20 wides against Clara in a poor enough game. Paul Cody,shane staunton and murt o connell were good for Clara.liam Ryan had a very good 1st half. Good to see Matt Kenny returning from injury.

Dunnamaggin had a big win over skeough. I think denis walsh got 1-5.some good fowards but leaky from 7 back to 1. Gowran had a good win over conahy. James bergin returning from the states heavily strapped but Mikey Carey stole the headlines with an unbelievable performance. The good news is he will be staying around.

The shocks are down a few players and are struggling at the moment. The rower are a very decent team but the talk is Leahy won't be back and I think they'll need him if they are to win the championship. Eoghan lyng has to have an operation aswell, don't know how long he will be out for.

Cheddar has muckalee very organized and maybe not pretty on the eye but 2 wins from 2 they won't care and that was a very good win over mooncoin. Lisdowney brought on Aaron Fogarty and mick Kenny and both turned their game over a gallant Johnstown effort.

Freshford and tullogher played out a draw with James maher and wally both out. Liam hickey and Danny Glennon both very good.

Got it in plenty of games the weekend. Friday evening between OLG and Boro, OLG light up front, Boro looked good, Tom Kenny excellent, Mikey Butler was in trouble on a few of the Boro forwards.Both teams know bigger days ahead.

Went into Palmerstown Saturday for Martins v Mooncoin, Martins looked fit, Hunt a good addition, Mulhall hurled well for 40 mins. Martins better value than 1 point win. Mooncoin had no threat for a green flag.

Went to Thomastown for the match v Glenmore, 3 Murphys are Glenmore, very efficient and hard working team. Good game, we have work to do, missing a star player or 2 to be real contenders.

i then went into Palmerston for the junior match of the weekend between Freshford and Tullogher. Good, tough physical game, plenty of hits, Freshord probably deserved the win on work rate alone but Tullogher held out for the draw. Tullogher have a few nice hurlers but dont like it physical.

I think no streaming at this point is very poor, I know from friends living abroad its very much appreciated there. From a KK viewpoint representation in the Wexford final next Sunday with Aaron Duggan in goal for Oilgate/Glenbrien.

Yeah they seem to have momentum at the right time, Gorey have the bigger names across the board but think its pretty 50/50, would have ranked Oilgate 8th if i was ranking the 12 Senior teams in Wexford pre championship, they only won Intermediate in 2021( bit of yo yo club the last 10-15 years) so would be some feat to win Senior.

You said it yourself, good old fashioned game of hurling! The type we all loved but it's dying fast and I'm relieved to see our senior clubs adapting to the "new" hand pass. Along with many other elements, such as steps, faking injury, slowing the game down, charging and so on - all the little percentages add up to give teams a better chance of success. Let's see how the remaining matches in the club championship go in this regard and then how it it might influence the county approach come the Walsh Cup and League.

Like it or not, it's the way to go as that's how the championship was played out this year with refs happy to play along with it.

I got this fairly wrong 🤦 Clara saved me.

Big results for GBC and Comer

Oh dear, can't understand why you didn't go for GBC and Comer! You'll really have to take more interest!!!!