Limerick GAA Discussion Part 2

Thanks.

It's gonna be tough to find a venue when you factor in that other counties are not going to want us going around ripping up their pitches just to save our own.

All the football games are down for Mick Neville which is a pity (for me at least)

League fixtures not great this year. The only exciting away day is spoiled by the fact that the whole of Dublin is booked out for the rugby. Tipp is Saturday night which I'm not fond of so Galway at home on Paddy's Day is the only one I'm really looking forward to.

I did notice that there are now 3 or 5 game packages for the league. Sadly can't book it yet because of the Antrim game.

FYI lads, this game now starts at 1pm tomorrow

Are they from Clare or are they from North Limerick like the Casey's 🤣

No body but nobody ever uses the geographical term 'North Limerick'...except you 'breezy1985'. Caseys are from Meelick ,play for a Northside Club. Those 10 starters were all from official Clare clubs as opposed to Na Piarsaigh which is a Tipperary and Clare run club.

East Clare clubs have had a good representation on the ASR panels for a good 15 years now - I remember seeing a feature/article before the 2013 Limerick Clare All Ireland semi final based on the players on both panels who had played together for ASR.

ASR isn’t quite the “nursery” it is often portrayed as - the reasons for their success are quite straightforward;

1-Na Piarsaigh got their house in order and since the mid 00’s have been providing a healthy supply of quality underage players right on ASR’s doorstep.

2-Widening of the catchment/enrolment net. For an inner city school which could easily cater only for Limerick city children they have been somewhat “flexible” in their enrolment. Every school must have a published enrolment policy. Theirs is something like male students, local feeder primary schools, son of past pupil, random selection. Their ‘random’ selection has an awful knack of randomly selecting talented hurlers and rugby players from all over county Limerick and east Clare. Only for Flannan’s being a Harty power they would be reaching further into county Clare. Even a school such as Caimins - who would be no slouches in terms of their hurling - can struggle to dissuade Sixmilebridge and Cratloe hurlers from picking ASR.

I’m also aware that ASR have gone to great lengths to accommodate transport for pupils who live far away from the school bus catchment areas.

3- recruitment of a handful of teachers with good hurling pedigree and experience.

The Clare boys on ASR is nothing new and not surprising at present given Clare’s AI winning minors are all in 5th/6th year.

The little marginal gains make all the difference in the Harty and Croke Cup competitions and as such it’s probably fair to say that none of the ASR success would have happened without recruiting the Clare players over the years and the likes of Declan Hannon within our own county who lived nowhere near the school and had no claim to a place in the school only for the ‘random’ selection policy.

Let Cork play them. We have Tipp next weekend anyway.

Not just saying this as a hindsight merchant but didn't understand when it was rescheduled Wednesday morning due to the frozen pitch that it was fixed for today rather than yesterday, it was clear then the forecast for today was very poor, also was the 4g pitch in UL ever an option over the last 2 weeks or would it only cater for a tiny crowd?

I see the Antrim match is down for Thurles.

Ye, just going off what is on ticketmaster although tickets not actually available to buy yet so TBC. Nothing I can see on the Cork match.....they might throw their hat at it at this stage.

Munster GAA have confirmed that following discussions with Limerick, Cork and Waterford the Munster Hurling League won’t be completed as it is no longer possible to schedule the remaining games.

You would have to feel for players who would have got the chance to wear the county jersey and won't see league action.

We have a game against Tipp this weekend too which could see some get a run out.

The league fixtures fall nicely for Limerick. The coveted top 3 could be almost wrapped up by the time we face out 2 biggest tests.

Any word on where the Limerick v Antrim game is going to be played. Tickets still not available for season ticket holders. Not great fro any Antrim fans who wanted to make a weekend of it on Limerick

Tickets not available yet but looks like it's Thurles according to Da leader.

https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/gaa/1403009/limerick-s-opening-hurling-league-game-with-antrim-moved-from-home-venue.html

I think the football was always fixed for Rathkeale. As I said earlier bad form on Antrim fans who might have hotels booked