GAA Hurling 2019

anyway NHL Division 1 final Croke Park Sun 31st March Limerick vs Waterford. Limerick didnt play partcually well vs Dublin but still got over the line and deff have more in them. As a Waterford fan i dont knw how we won the semi final but ill take it. 

Looking forward too sunday not is it only a game in Croke Park this early but a game against the current AI champions. Limerick could easily run away with it too cause Waterford have been playing 3 weekends in a row with Limerick having a break 2 weeks ago. Few good battles await Barron vs Cian Lynch, Peter Casey vs Callam Lyons (if he plays FB again) etc

Limerick by 5pts but a Waterford win would be nice

Waterford last in the final in 2016 and were champions in 2015. They've only won the league 3 times. 

A win on Sunday will mean a lot to either county. 

At least he died a happy man 

Its the odd part of league finals, had we lost narrowly to Galway in the S/F, most would have felt we had a good league & had a good base to start the championship, lose comprehensively like we did yesterday (Limerick were probably at least another 6 points better than the scoreboard) and the doubts start coming back, particularly on the back of last year's horror show. 

It's still the league, and I'm neither writing us off, or anointing Limerick AI champions just yet, though they are unquestionably the best team around right now. Long way til June though, never mind past that. 

2017 Galway won AI from 1B

2018 Limerick from 1B

2019 Waterford??

Dublin? 

I actually feel kilkenny might not get out of Leinster this year. Dublin didn't last year but they've improved. Galway without canning could be dodgey but I feel they'll just about do enough.

For me it's between wexford and kilkenny. Based off the league I pick the cats but they've the ballyhale lads back now. Wexford v Kilkenny in the group stage is huge and could well decide who gets through. It would be unique if the top 3 in Leinster were Dublin, Galway and Wexford. Would love a Dublin v Wexford final. 

There's days he does so little (involvement wise) that the opposition would be just wasting the 2nd man by double marking him, one would be more than enough. There's other days 3 men wouldn't be enough to mark him. He's had an odd league though, came into it unfit, played in defence in most games due to injuries elsewhere, and his return to the forwards on Sunday didn't yield much. There's any amount of lads around here (usually the traditionalists) that will claim his best position is as a defender, obviously, they are all entirely mad. Even on a bad day, he's still a player capable of winning us a close game on his own, and very simply, you don't win a game by playing him at half back. 

It was one of the criticisms thrown at McGrath last year that they hadn't found an ideal position for him, but here we are, a year on, and that particular debate still hasn't been concluded. Mind you, there was a similar debate about Joe Canning for nearly his entire career until about 3 years ago, so it isn't new. Though even the most insane of Galway fans never thought about playing him in the backs, which just goes to show the particular type of loons that populate Waterford.