Remember him squaring up to Bellew once, fucking priceless to see. He’s a firey fella, didnt lick it off the road either.
[quote=“myboyblue”]So you’ve never seen him play.
Glad we cleared that up then.[/quote]
thought you were going to attack from a different angle with the irony of galwayman telling another county how their minor success never comes to fruition at senior…
If Stephen Doyle gets an All Star in 2010 I might just go back and start playing myself.
It was a rather surprising inclusion alright. More as a result of not wanting to throw in a load of Kilkenny players* than anything else.
- even if Locke tries to see us the auld “cupboard is bare” sob story. Btw Locke, is Mick Dempsey still involved there this year?
No sense beating the fella with that auld stick, I’m sure it stings every year as it is.
Zach Tuohy is another young lad we’d have hopes for in Laois also.
[quote=“myboyblue”]No sense beating the fella with that auld stick, I’m sure it stings every year as it is.
Zach Tuohy is another young lad we’d have hopes for in Laois also.[/quote]
Luckily enough I’m from the football part of the county but I take your point.
Is Tuohy not gone to Australia??
Nope, Meredith went to Oz to kick with the Roo’s, he’ll be back soon enough. Tuohy had the option but didnt go.
If we could get Begley back it’d make a huge difference to Laois.
Wexford Hurling
Andrew Shore
Eoin Moore
John Leacy
Liam Og McGovern
Wexford Football
Shane Roche
Ben Traynor
Spot Murphy/Doyle - not sure of his surname
Kilkenny Hurling
That young fella who came off the bench to win the schools final and then did the same to Wexford a couple of weeks later.
Is suggesting him about the same as saying Henry Shefflin has the ability to be one of the best hurlers of this generation?
There was a young Wexford fella playing with Knockbeg colleges in the SFC A last year, mighta been SHore, could be wrong, not the same one is it MAc?
I think its like saying that Ronaldo fella might be a bit good.
He’s been on fire for UCC, Sneem and South Kerry since. He is one of the best percentage kickers i have ever seen. His work rae etc wouldn’t be 100%, but if he gets it your pretty sure of a score.
[quote=“Locke”]The hurlers, by Enda McEvoy
1 Adrian Power (Waterford)
Club Ballyduff Upper
Age in 2010 22
The most extraordinary game of 2008, the Fitzgibbon Cup final, required something well out of the ordinary to win it. Power provided it with two blinding saves, the first of which saw him dive full length to get the tip of his hurley held in his right hand to a shot going in at his left-hand upright and touch it out for a '65. Remains Clinton Hennessy’s understudy with the county. But for how much longer?
2 paul cleary (Offaly)
Club Birr
Age in 2010 24
Not quite the year it might have been for him in view of Offaly’s resurgence. Ended up suffering as a result of the county’s dearth of big forwards; Cleary was pressed into service on the '40 in the Leinster semi-final, lasted 26 minutes and lost his place thereafter. Solid at centre-back with Birr but really needs to return to defence with the county.
3 John Lee (Galway)
Club Liam Mellowes
Age in 2010 24
Thirteen months ago we were hailing him as “the undisputed success of Ger Loughnane’s first year” and “a rock on which a serious McCarthy Cup challenge can be made”. Two steps forward, three steps back. But it’s only fair to point out that a dose of glandular fever hampered him in the All Ireland qualifier against Cork. It will be very interesting to see where John McIntyre thinks he’s best placed.
4 shane o’neill (cork)
Club Bishopstown
Age in 2010 24
A season of continued progress topped off by an All Star nomination. Praised by none other than Ger Loughnane for his brilliant performance against Galway in Thurles, and if he had a trying time of it in the first half of the All Ireland semi-final, that was far more due to the quality of ball being fed into space for Aidan Fogarty from further out the field than to any failings of O’Neill.
5 kevin moran (Waterford)
Club De La Salle
Age in 2010 23
A campaign of unparalleled highs with a couple of lows thrown in for the purposes of contrast. Captained Waterford IT to Fitzgibbon Cup success and was outstanding for his club at the fag end of the year as they captured their first county title and followed up with provincial silverware, with Moran man of the match in the final against Adare. Quietly effective at left-half back for Waterford in the All Ireland semi-final and no worse than most of the others in the final.
6 samus hickey (limerick)
Club Murroe-Boher
Age in 2010 23
As with John Lee, we did contemplate dropping the 2007 Young Hurler of the Year. But similarly as with Lee, that would have been an overreaction to a situation where both were victims of their respective counties’ failures last summer rather than causes of it. Hickey is too talented not to bounce back.
7 brendan maher (Tipperary)
Club Borrisoleigh
Age in 2010 21
So versatile as to be capable of acquitting himself on every outfield line from full-back to half-forward. Straight out of minor, he performed with distinction with the under-21s and is unsurprisingly among the additions to Liam Sheehy’s panel.
8 cathal naughton (Cork)
Club Newtownshandrum
Age in 2010 23
Caused Tipperary some trouble as a floating midfielder during the first half of the Munster semi-final and caused Galway lots of trouble when taking the fight to them down the left flank during the second half of the All Ireland qualifier. The big question, of course, is whether he and Shane O’Neill will actually sample a single minute of intercounty action in 2009.
9 michael fennelly (Kilkenny)
Club Ballyhale Shamrocks
Age in 2010 25
Easy to forget in light of Derek Lyng’s storming finish to the championship that Fennelly was the man in possession of the number nine jersey at its outset. Then injuries intervened, though he did pick up a Leinster club medal in November. Has the consolation of being the new Kilkenny captain; will be attempting to become the third successive Ballyhale man to lift the McCarthy Cup.
10 noel mcgrath (Tipperary)
Club Loughmore-Castleiney
Age in 2010 20
It’s easy to shine on a winning team, which is what McGrath did in 2007 with the Tipp minors. It’s not so easy to shine on a losing team, which is what McGrath did in 2008 with the Tipp minors, accounting for 0-9 (0-4 from play) in their 3-17 to 1-14 All Ireland semi-final defeat by Kilkenny. Give it another 12 months before the senior team come knocking.
11 Samus callinan (Tipperary)
Club Drom-Inch
Age in 2010 22
In with a bullet. First caught the eye when coming on and scoring two points in the league semi-final at Nowlan Park in April. Didn’t stop improving, landing 1-3 in the Munster final, 1-2 in the All Ireland semi-final and 1-5 in the provincial under-21 decider that fractious evening in Ennis. Biggest area for improvement lies in winning his own ball at the first time of asking.
12 tj reid (Kilkenny)
Club Ballyhale Shamrocks
Age in 2010 23
Had there been an All Star for Best Sub in 2008 he’d have walked it. Also did his bit seven days after the All Ireland final, this time in rather more handy circumstances, when helping the Kilkenny under-21s complete the grand slam.
13 Richie Hogan (Kilkenny)
Club Danesfort
Age in 2010 22
Still hasn’t made the great leap forward. In his defence, is still only 20. Negligible impression when given his head against Offaly in the provincial semi-final; his manager not being the readily forgiving sort, that was the end of that for Hogan with Kilkenny in 2008. But showed exactly what he’s capable of with 2-4 from play in the All Ireland under-21 semi-final versus Galway.
14 joe canning (Galway)
Club Portumna
Age in 2010 22
What’s left to say about him after a debut season in which he lived up to every expectation and exceeded many of them? Nothing we can think of.
15 stephen doyle (Wexford)
Club Oulart the Ballagh
Age in 2010 27
Came to prominence with two cracking goals in the All Ireland quarter-final against Waterford at Semple Stadium, demonstrating both calmness when he bided his time before shooting on each occasion and power off his right side to complement his stronger left hand. Perhaps would be best deployed as a roving wing-forward.
emcevoy@tribune.ie[/quote]
ill be absolutely amazed if Richie Hogan turns into a star or even a regular on the Kilkenny senior team.
Danny Purcell I think that lads name is. Came off the bench to score the winning goal in the All Ireland Final v Galway too.
[quote=“myboyblue”]Donie is playing CHF for Laois in the Byrne Cup/Shield at present. IMO he’s too small to make it, but Dempsey has huge time for him and was his manager all the way up through the development squads so knows him very well.
He tore Galway asunder one year in Salthill not long ago, made a show of the Galway backline as an 18 live on TG4.
By the way, Kingston, Brennan and Beano are all first cousins.[/quote]
Thats some breeding in fairness.
Puke,
Is Pat Kelly in UL? Think I seen him a few times and was very impressed alright. What club is he? Im surprised you didnt include Darach Honan in your list either.
Paddy Hogan wont be on the Kilkenny panel this year according to a few reasonably knowledgable cats I know. Gone back a bit, was surprised to hear it as i always rated him highly.
Yea he’s a fine finisher, I’ll give him that, but not sure if he creates enough of his own scores, could be his downfall at the top level.
Tisn’t bad alright, something going right there. Also, while Kingston has the same potential as the others, he has size and power, something the other two fell down a little one. Although to be fair to Beano, he was unmarkable in his pomp, injuries fucked him over, even before the Ricey horror break.
Hurling Joe Brennan,Cathal Kenny,Richie Doyle,David Herity(Kilkenny)
Steven Daniels,Noel Connors,Brian Kennedy,Steven Power(Waterford)
Pat Maher(Tipperary),Eanna Martin(Wexford),Ciaran Kilkenny(Dublin)
Eoin DOherty(Derry),Aongus Clarke(Westmeath
Dual Denis Murphy(Carlow)
How is Paddy gone back so much since winning All-Ireland Medals in September?
In Waterford hurling it’s going to be a big year for the following to really cement their place, and all have potential to be great hulers.
Adrian Power (may have to wait another year though)
Kevin Moran
Richie Foley
Jamie Nagle
For the future we have some great talents coming up and keep an eye out for.
Noel Connors
Stephen Daniels
Philip Mahony
Gavin O’Brien
Elsewhere David Langton from Kilkenny, John O’Neill from Tipperary and Robert O’Driscoll down in cork have big futures in the game. Darach Honan from Clare also looks like he could be good.