Limericks all Ireland last year with a huge question mark now. Barely got over 2 pathetic cork and Galway teams as shown by their results this year. A very poor era for hurling.
Last year was last year bud…
Des Cahill doing a live broadcast on RTE 1
Well I never
Kilkenny have faced Munster opposition in 13 semi finals under Cody and won all 13. Only Galway can seem to beat Kilkenny in a semi final.
I think neutrals would love to see Kilkenny get back to a final this year
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Do you still think he’s finished?
Well done kk. Looking like a traditional final once again and KK invariably have tipps number.
yep with his usual use of the word “presently”
Won’t be happing this year pal
Tipp beat them by 9 points last time
Record hasn’t been good over last 3 years. Kilkenny have lost 8 Championship matches since the 2016 semi final replay win over Waterford. Prior to that, they lost 9 Championship matches in near 18 seasons from 1999 up to the 2016 All Ireland Final.
A reprieve for a while after today. Handy for an under pressure manager to come up against a shambles of a Cork side to get a badly needed win.
That’s what happens when the players aren’t as good as before. He’s doing a great job with what he has after a bad season in 2017
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There’s always plenty of hurlers in Kilkenny/
I’m sure Cody is worried about your stats Tonite. We don’t give a bollox about any match that ever took place only the next one
It just dawned me there if we win the all Ireland this year we will have won as many all Irelands in four years as cork have in the last thirty years.
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Limerick surely need to be setting higher benchmarks than that .
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Cork are never far away from their mind.
They’d have a few football ones too in fairness.
I think we may not be too far off the mid to late 90s when the big three went from 93 to 99 without winning the A/I over the next few years.
Hard to see Kilkenny winning it in the next two or three years. Tipp won’t be far off this year but you would feel that the window is closing fast as the Maher’s, Callinan, McGrath etc move closer to 35 than 30 and will leave big holes to fill. Cork look like they are coming again and will continue to improve but are still lacking a bit of dog in the forwards and another quality defender or two. If they can get over the line they might win a few but I think they will need a few more quality underage sides to top up the talent
Limerick and Galway look to be the two most likely to be in the mix consistently over the next few years. Galway seem to be doing a nice job retooling and don’t seem completely reliant in core from the mid part of the last decade and have a nice crop of hurlers in their early 20s establishing themselves. Replacing Daithi Burke may well prove a tougher ask than replacing Joe Canning though.
The rest will remain boom or bust from year to year.
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