As mentioned, they tried it in Offaly football and it was a mess. One group was a bit stronger. I think one team qualified who didnât win a game. One team won two and didnât. Or something similar
This is peak GAA administration.
Clubs decision. The CB were against it
Its the same again this year,only difference is we have reduced the senior down to 8 teams.
EditâŚi see the governor has answered
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Is there any way to get a full list of club results from the weekend?
I remember the Daily Star on a Monday before school used to be great for that it had a full list of county club results from around the country on the one page.
Now Iâm just trying to piece results together through various Twitter accounts.
Might be a gap there for you to exploit. Some counties have excellent websites, others are shambolic. Weâre quite lucky in Laois, I didnt realise how bad others were still.
A gap of pure heartache & no reward doesnât sound too appealing right now.
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If every county had a results service of decent quality, it would be handy enough pull together youâd feel, but thereâs the issue, some counties arent worth a shite.
Sure look every county has its weak spots i guess. Some websites, others might be silverware.
This is true. Some counties are quite happy to concentrate on the county teams.
Do the Indo still have a section with club results for each county on Monday?
Kilanerin and the Shelmaliers played out the highest quality senior football game in Wexford over the weekend. There was a marked difference between that game (3-18 to 2-13) and Crossabeg-Ballymurnâs 2-11 to 0-7 victory over a lacklustre HWH Bunclody which took place at the same time on Friday night. Dublin readers will be delighted to hear that former Templeogue Synge Street man Eoghan Oâ Gara is still going strong and kicked 2-3 for Shels but the night belonged to Kilanerin and their plethora of Hughesâ (Just the 6 in the starting team). Conor âScholseyâ Kinsella gave an exhibition of point taking too in his 1-6 haul from play for the victors. On this evidence Kilanerin look favourites for a first senior title since 2008.
Glynn-Barntown are now under the guidance of Joe Murphy of Carlow and Naas management fame and they began their campaign brightly with a 12 point victory against Sarsfields. Sars will have a tough task avoiding yet another relegation final as the group is pretty stacked with Kilanerin and recent winners Shels, Castletown and Starlights all in Group A. Castletown started the defence of their title with a 0-20 to 1-11 over Starlights. Again, Dubs will be interested to see Jonathan Bealin kicking 0-4 given his links to the capital.
Naomh Ăanna would be better known for their hurling exploits but the Gorey men had quite a bit of underage success in the late 10âs/early 20âs and accounted for 2015 champions St Jamesâ by 0-15 to 0-9. Gusserane produced the most emphatic result of the weekend as they hammered Fethard 4-17 to 1-7. Last yearâs beaten finalists wonât be too far away again.
In the intermediate the old adage about goals winning games rang true as Adamstown pipped St Martinâs 3-9 to 0-16. The Martinâs reeled of a heap of U21/U20 Premier titles but are more so hurling focused and the loss of Ciaran Lyng allied with Rory Oâ Connor concentrating on only hurling has seen them drop and indeed fail to get out of intermediate at the first attempt last year. Barry Oâ Connor is a big loss this season. I canât imagine David Redmond had St Anneâs doing a huge amount of football either so far this year but they completely blitzed newly promoted Craanford in the second-half to win out 4-21 to 1-10.
St Fintanâs are without DĂłnal Shanley and the injured Shane Pettit but showed no ill-effects in their 3-12 to 2-8 success against Taghmon-Camross while Horeswood stormed back from 3-11 to 1-4 in arrears to beat Ballyhogue by 6 points. St Maryâs Maudlintown ousted Clongeen by the minimum (1-15 to 2-11).
Former 7 in a row champions from the late 80âs/early 90âs Duffey Rovers are now in the 3rd tier but have a very good minor crop from 2023 coming on stream and look to be favourites for Intermediate A. Although St Maryâs Rosslare laid down a fair statement of intent with a 7-21 to 0-4 annihilation of Geraldine Oâ Hanrahans.
To my mind the Wicklow senior football championship is probably the most open in the country and any of the 12 teams could beat each other on any given day. Tinahealy bridged a 41 year gap to their previous senior title last season but were brought back down to earth by AGB last weekend. The Arklow based men have never won a senior title but have had a huge amount of underage success. Although relegation in the league wouldnât have suggested theyâd win this game (2-11 to 1-11). Rathnew once had a stranglehold on this competition but havenât won it since 2017. They actually currently have no inter-county player but had a facile win against 2021 and 2023 champions Blessington.
Baltinglass are proverbial challengers too, although their campaign had a stuttering start as they drew with newly promoted Carnew 2-12 to 1-15. Ben Brosnan has had the desired effect there as theyâve gone from nearly men in the intermediate. An TĂłchar are probably the bookies favourites to win the championship this year but just about held off a Bray team more famed for their hurling exploits 0-15 to 1-11. The Roundwood men are looking to bridge a gap back to 1995 and their young team have had some chastening knockout defeats in recent years when highly tipped. None more so than last year against Dunlavin who franked their semi-final appearance with an emphatic win against Kiltegan (who themselves lost a semi-final by a point last year). St Patâs also flexed their muscle with a commanding win against Eire Ăg Greystones. They were nearly relegated last year but won the senior title as recently as 2022.
The Carlow GAA social media perhaps advisably refrained from posting any highlights of last weekends senior hurling action after MLR filleted Naomh Eoin Myshall by 6-18 to 0-18 in response to St Mullinâs 7-17 to 0-18 demolition of Ballinkillen. It would be outlandish to predict anything other than a Rangers v St Mullinâs final. St Mullins play Bagenalstown next. A game which went to a replay in last seasons semi-final but is unlikely to be as close this time around. Myshall will qualify for the semi-final if they get a result against Ballinkillen in the other game.
In the intermediate Burren Rangers secured a vital two points with a 2-17 to 0-12 win against MLRâs 2nd team while Kildavin-Clonegal secured a crucial 0-17 to 2-9 victory against Myshallâs second string. All that means that itâs all first teams in the semi-final slots as it stands as Naomh BrĂd and Carlow Town are currently 3/3. That would be a boost for the future of Carlow hurling if these 4 clubs pushed on towards senior.
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Maudlintown won their game with an injury time 2 pointer, Shelmaliers are down a load of players this weekend going by the coal bunker preview.
are the bye weeks really that much of a problem to merit the introduction of such a format to deal with the bye week? I d sooner stay with the bye week
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Link?
Sorry was an Intermediate game, Clubber only streamed the 6 senior games last weekend.
Link to a preview I meant sorry l
Iâd agree the Laois thing is mad. What happened with the bye week was teams who topped the group went straight to a semi final. Some of those teams wound up having a bye in their last group game, meaning a 6 week break between their last group game and their semi final. They were then undercooked for their semi and playing a team that had played a final group game and a quarter final in the intervening period.
Split season innit