Kilkenny GAA Thread

I see Suir engineering has become the main sponsor of Waterford GAA. I know they sponsored at least one new sign in Nowlan park, which is very welcome but did our county board drop the ball again like they did with the electronic scoreboard.

School hurling is a lottery at this stage.

Wouldn't think Waterford hit the jackpot with Suir engineering more it was a last resort.As regards the electronic score board what was missed.

From what I heard, UMPC offered Kilkenny GAA the large TV screen scoreboard which is now in Semple Stadium. KK GAA countyboard in their wisdom refused it and Tipp gained. Tipp GAA apparently have companies lining up all the way over the railway bridge 😉 trying to get a slot on it. It would have cost money to put the steelwork in place but it's a hugely valuable piece of kit which our wonderful county board in their wisdom didn't act on it, to secure it for Nowlan Park🤦‍♂️. No doubt the county board were worried about offending our current scoreboard sponsor or some such🤷

Kierans going well so far but it looks like they'll be hurling into the wind in the second half.

Fair play Kierans, they looked comfortable the whole way through that. Loughrea scored the last 4 points to beat Nenagh by a point in the other semi final.

Not 100% sure of team but I think it was

Manogue

Bergin

Brennan

Kelly

Hickey

Neary

McPhillips

Roche

Lauhoff

Deely

Connellan (not sure on this one)

McEvoy

McDermott (Hughes replaced him in the first half. His knee was well strapped up from the start)

Glynn

Hunt

My exact thoughts on watching it too. Their work rate was immense too and backed up each other throughout. Neither Harty Cup finalists managed to get any further with Nenagh losing out after St Raphaels scored the last four points to win by one. And the ref played 6+ minutes added time. Nenagh will be disgusted.

St Raphaels Loughrea has been in 4 or 5 off the top of my head I'd say. Have memories of Kierans beating beat in 2002 maybe?

Please quote where I said schools hurling is a waste of time.

It's a far lower level than intercounty hurling. I said consistently over the last decade players from kierans are made out to be potential superstars by posters like yourself on here. Straight after every kierans match you are straight on. The last match it was about Neary and how he should be on the Kilkenny senior team next year. It is easy look good on a stacked team. Yet these same players don't really shine at underage level for Kilkenny. Most of today's team was on the last two Kilkenny minor teams who weren't great, one of them knocked by laois in the leinster championship and last year's team was way behind both Galway and Clare.

So no need for posters to get carried away by schools hurling. The real test for young players is intercounty level and our success at this level has been limited for a long time. But you can't see that I'm afraid and will continue to overhype young players from your school.

Great credit to St Kierans for that display today against a much fancied ASR team. The other Harty Cup team also lost out in the dying minutes. I'd imagine Nenagh will be disgusted with so much added time.

In the last number of years most county minor teams have played second fiddle to Galway. In fact Kilkenny managed to reach minor finals/semis only to lose out to Galway - other counties faired no better during those years. Its's encouraging to see the St Kierans players, many former Kilkenny minors, develop and turn the tables on the ASR team loaded with Clare all Ireland winning players.

Referring back to Galway's minor successes - they haven't managed to win at Under 20 level. Perhaps there's a lot to be said for going easy on young players and allow them to develop.

Delighted for those Kierans players and the way they played today. Massive work rate.

With championship only a few weeks away and potentially only two matches left we would want to see a settled team taking shape.Id expect the tempo to pick up for the last two games. Most of the munster teams might be happy enough to avoid getting to a league final. Limerick wobbled in munster last year after the league final.

Going into the league and after last years final defeat management had homework to do and so far i wouldnt be overly pleased. Yes we are on top of the table after 3 rounds but some positions obviously needs strengthening or at least lads tried but that hasnt happened yet.

We need a corner back tried and Mikey butler clearly hasnt being himself so all the more reason to try rowe or fogarty or someone corner back.Against offally it was carnage. We havent found a number 6. Midfield is still being chopped and changed and no consistency. Adrian mullen has being outstanding and without him we wouldnt be top of the table.We have no new fowards putting their hand up, yet anyway.Lyng going for buckley and fogarty against wexford and wally against offally backs up this theory.its a concern that we arent bringing through fowards particularly. Mullen looks like he might take over from tj as our leader but who will take mullens place thats the worry.

We have always struggled in Ennis.we will probably see lawlor and deegan back this weekend. Id expect a much better performance.id like to see Corcoran getting a run at midfield.shane murphy has done well. A few fowards need a big performance.They havent being helped with some of the ball going in but they have being poor.

The match is live on tg4

He’s great going forward imo but very slow and ponderous once turned or chasing back wherever he’s played

There’s plenty of improvement needed in his striking speed and change of direction type movement

Hes a very rough diamond that needs plenty of polishing

I doubt anybody is writing off Mikey Butler but he's clearly struggling for a while now at both club and county level. He supposedly had a leg injury which may be restricting him still. Fingers crossed for him.

Thanks Greenspurs

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We're playing catch up but we'll have to bear with it and see what Phil Hogan achieves. I'd be surprised and disappointed if he takes any nonsense from the County Board. He's achieved a lot so far, so I'm prepared to give him time.

By the way, pitches all over the country are unplayable, not just in Kilkenny.