GAA Hurling 2017

deise316 wrote: Would welcome it, if only because it would somewhat concentrate local minds as to the state of Walsh Park. I'm really struggling to see how it could be passed fit by the High Vis & Clipboard men to hold a championship game of any significance in its current state.  That said, it would be very unlikely we would be ceding home advantage to anyone, but would then be in a fairly bizarre situation of struggling to get tickets for a championship game in WP, which would no doubt have it's capacity reduced to some extent on health & safety grounds. Think the official capacity is 17000, and it wouldn't be passed for much more than 12k.

We could play our home games in thurles or the new place in cork ??

A few counties that might be involved in the super 8 football may be in the same situation as us, as there stadiums may not be big enough for serious championship games eg Kildare,Meath etc

Laois and Westmeath have come through the Leinster Round Robin with Kerry's 2017 season completed and Meath going back down to the Christy Ring Cup for 2018. 

Healy52003 wrote: Laois and Westmeath have come through the Leinster Round Robin with Kerry's 2017 season completed and Meath going back down to the Christy Ring Cup for 2018.  Westmeath will play Offaly in Mullingar on the 27th May, Laois will play Wexford followed by Dublin vs Galway in the leinster QFs on the 28th May in Port Laoise Leinster Semi final draw Kilkenny vs Wexford/Laois- Sat 10th June Wexford Park Galway/Dublin vs Offaly/Westmeath- Sun 18th June Tullamore The Munster championship gets underway on Sunday 21st May with All Ireland/Munster champions Tipperary taking on Cork in the QF in Thurles with the winner taking on Waterford in the semi final on the 18th June. Cork will fancy this one and will be all out to get to a munster final in there very own brand new Pairc Ui Chaomh on July 9th, Tipp who after a shocking league final loss will want to make amends sunday. Limerick vs Clare in the Semi final takes place on Sunday 4th June in Thurles I think Tipp will win but Cork will give them a much harder game than previous years. My very own county Waterford will of course play the winners but theres a few very worrying things happening in the camp atm. We played Limerick in a challenge game last night and we lead by 7 points with about 15 mins to go and ended up losing by 2 points, only scoring 1 point for the rest of the match. We seem to never be able too finish out a game (which has cost us dearly in the past eg Kilkenny last year, Galway in this years League QF and Clare in last years league final) and we persisting in playing defensive tactics with only 1 full forward. It could well be an early summer for us if we cant fix our problems, a few players are not playing as well as last year and guys like Noel Connors, Brick, Moran, Shane Fives are ageing.  This could be the most compeditive All Ireland Championship in years and the Qualifers will not be a nice place too be expecting a Clare vs Tipp Munster final and Galway vs Wexford Leinster final with Galway collecting the big one in September  Christy Ring Semi finals (sat 20th May) Antrim vs Down Carlow vs Wiclow Nicky Rackard semi finals (sat 20th may) Tyrone vs Armagh Monaghan vs Derry Lory Meagher Cup The last round takes place next Sat with Leitrim vs Sligo, Warwickshire vs Lancashire and Fermanagh vs Cavan. Warwickshire are guaranteed a place in the final on the 10th June and will be joined by either Sligo, Leitrim or Lancashire. A win for Sligo over Leitrim will be enough for them but a Leitrim win and/or Lancashire win this weekend it will all come down to points difference between the 3 teams for a place in the final

Galway V Dublin is on it Tullamore!

Edited by Trigboy 10 - 16 May 2017 at 2:08pm

Wouldn't have had the room in Portlaoise. Once Wexford start winning a few games they get serious support. I am sure a fair crowd will travel up from Wexford for this game.

Bar a couple of injuries Laois are heading into this game as well as can be expected. It is a very young team though with the majority under the age of 23. They are never going to set the world alight but there a team that are getting to the stage where they might start causing upsets, so to speak. The general mood is that Wexford is the favourable draw and traditionally Laois teams performed well against them(haven't beaten them that often mind). The round robin served Laois very well this time round and they have a bit of momentum and confidence going into the game.

Goals conceded are our achilles heal and we conceded 7 in the round robin to teams that would be ranked below Wexford. You'd be hopeful we'd give Wexford a bit of a fright as they haven't had a competitive game for a while and Laois can be a tough nut in O'Moore Park. Also looking forward to seeing how Davy copes in the stand. I doubt he will be staying too quiet!

Healy52003 wrote: Wexford could win Leinster this year or did they just get lucky in the league ??? they have quality players and a very good manager in Davy who brings a winning mentality everywhere he goes, All Ireland/League with Clare, All Ireland Final/Munster title with Waterford and a load of fitzgibbons with LIT.  very exciting championship ahead

Said it at the time that Davy's role in Clare's AI win was totally underrated and many people itk were on about how he was holding them back... that said I think Wexford have peaked already in the league and won't get passed KK. KK v Galway in Leinster final with the winner eventually playing Tipp in September.

Cork will always be Cork. 

That was raw hurling from Cork. Some decent younglads there led well by Horgan. Kingston got some great scores. Unreal determination from Cork!

Nobody saw it coming

Nobody dared to say
That Tipperary would go out
And lose to Cork today

History doesn't repeat itself 
But it echoes through the years
Tipp men drunk on arrogance
And too many winter beers

They only had to turn up
Or so they seemed to think
Cork hiding in the long grass
With a knowing nod and wink

Donkies don't win derbies
But thoroughbreds run strong
Like Babs in 1990
Tipp judged the animal wrong

Remember all those years ago
A no hope Cork fifteen
Who ambushed Tipp at Semple
As ruthless as Dan Breen

They didn't know Mark Foley
And John Fitzgibbon too
But they soon would get to know them
'T'would no longer be “Mark Who?”

Tipp never learn their lesson
Cork they thought, were sh*te
But they sprung up like the mushrooms
Appearing overnight

Now they know Mark Ellis
And Mark Coleman next his side
A new Fitzgibbon, Darragh
Knocked Tipp on their backside

Lee-Haan's pace and shooting
Was always on the mark
While Darren Gleeson kept the goal
As if fumbling in the dark

The Rebels sent the Tipp men home
With a big mug filled with tea
Because Cork are Cork and Tipp are Tipp
And forever will it be

Edited by sid waddell - 21 May 2017 at 10:39pm

Healy52003 wrote: The back door is going to be tough too with Tipp and the likes of Dublin/Galway/Wexford/Kilkenny/limerick/Clare/Waterford and Cork being there

You've just named every serious hurling county (apologies Offaly)