The Hurling Thread

[omar]

If i had the choice of a trip to the all stars function or a trip to cheltenham id pick cheltenham every time,

Chalk it down. The all stars looks as boring as an average inter county player Interview.

 

[jimmym]

Id say for many players the all stars function is a pain in the hole, good for first time winners but multiple winners id say could take it or leave it,
Only in the half penny place in comparison to the reardens all star function.

 

[jimmym]

clonlara almost blew it v 13 men for last 20 mins,

 

[North Cork Star]

Munster Club Senior Hurling championship semi final results:

Clonlara 0-23 Kiladangan 1-19.
Ballygunner 0-16 Na Piarsaigh 1-9.

Kiladangan went down to 13 men (2 deserved red cards) yet upped their game, finding themselves from 3 points down to 2 points up going into the closing stages. But Clonlara woke up and scored the last 3 points of the game to just about get over the line. John Conlon is some warrior. 35 years of age and still in great nick. Scored 4 points. I think he has been awarded Man of the Match in each of Clonlara's three televised games this year. Some going.

Ballygunner proved to have too much hurling for Na Piarsaigh in the 2nd half. They totally outhurled them. Speaking of warriors, Pauric Mahony was reeling in the years tonight and was outstanding. Stephen O' Keeffe with a couple of fantastic saves too. Both lads are massive losses to Waterford. I was very disappointed with Na Piarsaigh's hurling. Their first touch and shooting was well under par. Their Limerick seniors didn't turn up either. Ballygunner are some outfit though and I can't see anyone stopping them from winning an All Ireland.

 

[Kit Nichols]

Munster Club Senior Hurling championship semi final results:

Clonlara 0-23 Kiladangan 1-19.
Ballygunner 0-16 Na Piarsaigh 1-9.

Kiladangan went down to 13 men (2 deserved red cards) yet upped their game, finding themselves from 3 points down to 2 points up going into the closing stages. But Clonlara woke up and scored the last 3 points of the game to just about get over the line. John Conlon is some warrior. 35 years of age and still in great nick. Scored 4 points. I think he has been awarded Man of the Match in each of Clonlara's three televised games this year. Some going.

Ballygunner proved to have too much hurling for Na Piarsaigh in the 2nd half. They totally outhurled them. Speaking of warriors, Pauric Mahony was reeling in the years tonight and was outstanding. Stephen O' Keeffe with a couple of fantastic saves too. Both lads are massive losses to Waterford. I was very disappointed with Na Piarsaigh's hurling. Their first touch and shooting was well under par. Their Limerick seniors didn't turn up either. Ballygunner are some outfit though and I can't see anyone stopping them from winning an All Ireland.

Bang on analysis of the two games, too many passengers on that Kiladangan team. They could have had two more reds as well, Quigley with a cowardly shoulder to a Clonlara players chin and Seymour with a hurl to the head of a Clonlara lad coming out after catching the ball.

Na Piarsagh are all brawn, no skill on display at all, once Ballygunner moved the ball away from contact in the second half there was only one winner.

 

[Northcorkman]

Dowling made some good saves. Only player na piarsigh had Today that looked county level was will o donoghue. Easy why kiely doesn’t call up Dempsey and breen as na piarsigh fans feel they should be in the squad. Peter Casey was aslo poor today. But I have no doubt in croke park next July he will be unplayable

 

[morello]

Dowling made some good saves. Only player na piarsigh had Today that looked county level was will o donoghue. Easy why kiely doesn’t call up Dempsey and breen as na piarsigh fans feel they should be in the squad. Peter Casey was aslo poor today. But I have no doubt in croke park next July he will be unplayable

Add Boylan to the list of under-performers, he was just running around hitting fellas and moaning to the ref for the afternoon. Dowling screaming at an umpire for the most obvious 65 you'll ever see... happy to see them beaten I have to say.

Re Casey - he's clever and accurate but thrives in space and is often the beneficiary of teams man-marking the 2 other lads. he was man-marked yesterday and didn't have the gears to get space. He got half his scores in the AI final because Lyng left Tommy Walsh on hobbling around the place for 10 minutes.

Ballygunner's use of the ball is unreal. Bar Limerick, I don't think i've seen a county team with a possession game as slick.

 

[Instabroke]

Ballygunner seem to waste very very little, a real team. The ball goes to whoever is in the best position to score.

 

[Northcorkman]

Looks like that Kyle Hayes incident has gone to court

 

[TheEarlofPearl]

Looks like that Kyle Hayes incident has gone to court

Pleaded not guilty as well, very clever move.