Exactly, Id say theres less than a quarter paying for it and theyll be cribbing when its gone.
It’s a great service, shame on any lad hacking it. Every cunt wants something for nothing
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Carlow senior hurling semi finals tomorrow night.
St Mullins v Bagenalstown
Ballinkillen v Mount Leinster Rangers
St Mullins beat Bagenalstown 4-21 to 0-8 last week in the final round of the round Robin stages. The best spin you could put on it from a Bagenalstown perspective was that last week was a dead rubber and they were down to 14 inside 10 minutes with Andrew Casey sent off. There’s only going to be one outcome here though.
Second one could be interesting. They drew in the group stages in a match where Ballinkillen were much the better team. Rangers were missing their two best men Chris Nolan and Fiachra Fitzpatrick that night though who were both in the US.
Fiachra Fitzpatrick was on the line for Bagenalatown match as he wasn’t home from the US long enough to be cleared to play. He ended up picking up a red card after getting caught up in a melee and is suspended for tomorrow night and the final if necessary. Very tough after cutting short a J1 summer to come home and hurl with the club. This is the reality of the split season on the ground in a lot of counties though.
Chris Nolan is home too and tomorrow is the first day he’s cleared to play.
A big boost for Ballinkillen is that Craig Wall was cleared at a Leinster Council hearing on Wednesday night to play in the semi final. He had received a two match ban for an incident that was picked up retrospectively on camera in Round 1 against Myshall. His Carlow CCC hearing only took place seemingly after Round 3 and it was felt that that he was then out for Round 4 and semi final when a 2 match ban was upheld. Apparently though he hadn’t been able to play in Round 3 for personal reasons. Ballinkillen successfully argued before the Leinster Council that the 2 match suspension was from last game played, which was Round 3 (even though that was before the Carlow CCC hearing) and Round 4 and the 2 match ban is now completed, so is clear to play in semi final.
I’d give Ballinkillen a great chance, but when all is said and done, I reckon Rangers will sneak it by maybe 2 to 3 points.
As ever in the Carlow SHC, nearly as much going on off the field as on it.
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Bagenalstown after letting a 7 point lead just before half time slip get a goal off a free with the last puck of the game to level it at 4-14 apiece.
Replay next week.
Chris Nolan ineligible to play for Rangers by 5 hours. Got the sums wrong in calculating return date from Boston.
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Came across a brilliant game between Dr Crokes and Dingle on Clubber. Great entertainment.
Its that time of the year again…
Official @peddlerscross Club Hurling POWER RANKINGS as of 30/07/2024
- Ballygunner
- Ballyhale Shamrocks
- St. Thomas’s
- Kilmacud Crokes
- Dunloy
- O’Loughlin Gaels
- Na Piarsaigh (Limerick)
- Na Fianna (Dublin)
- Kilcormac Killoughy
- Cushendall
- Ballyea
- Slaughtneil
- Naas
- Clonlara
- Clarinbridge
- Kiladangan
- St Finbarrs
- Dicksboro
- Turloughmore
- Doon
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Some amount of heavy hitters in this championship.
By my count 6 of the 16 there have won Munster senior club titles.
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A bye product of only 8 senior football teams.
Munster v Ulster All Ireland semi so handy path for Munster champs who probably will be Ballygunner.
There is nothing soft about the Ulster Champions.
Cushendall edged out by one point in last years semi final while Dunloy beat St Thomas’s out the gate in 2022.
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A stunning lack of respect there for Ulster club hurling
Not in a semi but Ulster champs will not beat Ballygunner.
Mount Sion would beat Naas with their caps ffs.
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Ballyea ranking is suspect
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I don’t think they would. They are a serious side and getting stronger.
I believe the @peddlerscross ™ Power Rankings are dependent on the likelihood of a club winning their county championship and entering Provincial Competition
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In the group of death and the supporting cast getting weaker and weaker each year. They are bookies favourites for Clare and are dogged but i think they will struggle to get out of the group with three very athletic sides
Yes that is the backbone to the process alright. The likelihood of each team winning the All Ireland Club.
There is a UEFA co-efficient index element to the seedings also. Ballyea and Na Piarsaigh score highly in this part even if i do think myself both will be caught in their respective County Championships this year myself.
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Brendans board in theory have some team with the Mitchels, Stacks and O’Rahillys lads all playing together for the first time since they split Tralee in three. Along with the rest of the clubs Ardfert, Churchill etc
Stacks lads didn’t try a leg for them last year though, supposedly convinced they were going to walk the intermediate and be back senior straight away. Be interesting to see if they change attitude this year. Stacks and Rahillys were both in the senior county final in 2021.