The Hurling Thread

[junior footballer]

What a joke, after all Burns Bullshit last year they are still on a Saturday

Hurling quarter-finals still have Saturday billing as more GAA+ controversy looms

The All-Ireland hurling quarter-finals have been listed as Saturday fixtures once again with the Tailteann Cup football semi-finals retaining their Sunday afternoon slots in June, according to the RTE schedule of championship games for 2025.

m.independent.ie

Burns is already focused on his next career move, the speeches, the move on Gallagher, the A5 campaign up north are all focused on his next role. Not convinced by Willie maker as the director of hurling or the hurling committee he selected to grow the game, lots of fellas who say ‘we need more resources’ on repeat

 

[Killyoursons]

Hard to back against Tipperary at the moment.. most seem to be convincing themselves that they have come out of the blocks too fast and wont last the distance for championship, but thats just conjecture and people trying to rationalise the massive turn around. And the opposite for Clare.. despite not having started yet no one will write them off because 'its only the league'

If I had a gun to the head Id have Limerick favourites, us next, followed by Clare and Tipp for the last spot - I'd go Clare, big ask without SOD though. I dont see Waterford being at the business end when it matters

The beauty of Munster hurling.. who knows!

Tipp's turnaround from last year's championship is massive, but it's not so massive if you benchmark their form to their last two leagues. In 2023 they won their five group matches, beating KK, Waterford and Dublin. Last year they won four of their five group matches, beating Galway and Dublin and losing to Limerick. You could definitely make the case that they are better this year than at the same stage the previous two years, but at the same time their form has not held up into the championship for two years, so there are legitimate doubts imo. The final could tell a lot though - winning that would give them a nice bounce.

Overall, I'd say they have a settled structure to the team, have made some smart positional switches (Morgan to midfield, Connolly to FB), and have some handy new players (Farrell, McCarthy). That said, I think come championship they will be relying on the same core of established players to lead them, and I have doubts about that group (Breen, Ronan Maher, Forde, Morris, Tynan, Kehoe, O'Connor). All good players no doubt, but it's hard to say which of them will have the season of his career to pull them to the next level, and to get out of Munster they'll need two or three of them to hit that kind of form.

 

[Gregory_Mike]

Dowling is gone full Junior B.. he looks heavy and stiff.

Keep him there for as long as possible so we don't have to see his boat race on TSG

 

[Vladimir The Bear]

What a joke, after all Burns Bullshit last year they are still on a Saturday

Hurling quarter-finals still have Saturday billing as more GAA+ controversy looms

The All-Ireland hurling quarter-finals have been listed as Saturday fixtures once again with the Tailteann Cup football semi-finals retaining their Sunday afternoon slots in June, according to the RTE schedule of championship games for 2025.

m.independent.ie

Corks first 3 games all confirmed as being on free to air.

4th game v Waterford could be free to air depending on how the championship shapes up.
For once I hope it's not, because I want it to be a dead rubber with Corks progression already assured..... I think I aged a decade during last years Munster championship.

 

[cork2030]

Burns is already focused on his next career move, the speeches, the move on Gallagher, the A5 campaign up north are all focused on his next role. Not convinced by Willie maker as the director of hurling or the hurling committee he selected to grow the game, lots of fellas who say ‘we need more resources’ on repeat

100%, Burns is using the gaa. Ya, they are only paying lip service to developing the game. Munster final at 6pm on a Saturday night is madness especially if it goes to extra time

 

[Pooman]

Corks first 3 games all confirmed as being on free to air.

4th game v Waterford could be free to air depending on how the championship shapes up.
For once I hope it's not, because I want it to be a dead rubber with Corks progression already assured..... I think I aged a decade during last years Munster championship.

It was some bang though!!

 

[Conor05]

It's incredible. Dog eat dog. Meanwhile fairly average Kilkenny team probably set for AI semi final, just phoning it in for Leinster c'ship.

Love them or hate them Kilkenny will always bring it to an AI semi though no matter how weak or strong Leinster is.

They were going for 3 in a row semi-finals wins v Clare last year & should have been out of sight v Clare at half-time in that AI semi last year, left a very easy 2-2 behind them. Clare finished strong from their bench.

It will be no different this summer either for whatever Munster team Kilkenny meet, you’d want to sitting on the bus down the road before you’d be sure you’d have the feckers bet.

It’s not in them KK Cats hurling DNA to feel inferior to any other counties.

 

[Yermon]

Saddened to hear Middleton’s Ger Fitz passed away.

May he Rest In Peace

 

[Corkfan82]

Love them or hate them Kilkenny will always bring it to an AI semi though no matter how weak or strong Leinster is.

They were going for 3 in a row semi-finals wins v Clare last year & should have been out of sight v Clare at half-time in that AI semi last year, left a very easy 2-2 behind them. Clare finished strong from their bench.

It will be no different this summer either for whatever Munster team Kilkenny meet, you’d want to sitting on the bus down the road before you’d be sure you’d have the feckers bet.

It’s not in them KK Cats hurling DNA to feel inferior to any other counties.

Hey C05, whats interesting is KK's dependence on key players and how vulnerable they are, when a fantastic player like Huw Lawlor is missing, for example. If any 2 of Lawlor, Cody and Mullins are missing, KK have to really outwork quality opposition to win.

Galway & Dublin should really be challenging KK's dominance in Leinster

 

[Lee Bushwacker]

Saddened to hear Middleton’s Ger Fitz passed away.

May he Rest In Peace

Rest In Peace.