Hurling Power Rankings

Iā€™m trying to balance current form with what I perceive to be the potential in a team, and then sprinkling last yearā€™s championship form in as well. Itā€™s a real tightrope walk Iā€™m doing

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Youā€™re a natural.

This place has been crying out for a proper set of hurling rankings. Something Brehony would be proud of

After round three

  1. Limerick - They find away, even if they had -4 championship starters and a human blimp in goal
  2. Galway - Dark horses for the AI final.
  3. Cork - BACK! Can beat anyone on their day.
  4. Clare - AI champs and are still a class outfit. You donā€™t mind them slipping back results wise in the league.
  5. Tipp - On the rise. Donā€™t need an AI title until latest 2029 but maybe 2025?
  6. KK - It would be great to see us putting 70 mins together.

Time to call a stop and let a new man take over. Youā€™re like Cody in 20/21. Yesterdays Power Rankings man.

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Iā€™ll step down when Tipp win an All Ireland.

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Heā€™s had his day but itā€™s a young manā€™s game and @Batigol is the fresh voice this thread needs

Do we need a poll?

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Cody got a fairly poor Kilkenny team to an All Ireland final that year.

Iā€™m happy for peaceful coexistence

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Youā€™ve lost the plot with Galway at No 2, and they having a heap of little breacƬns, that will be ate alive come championship.

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Have I? A man that bleeds Maroon back at the helm. The King dethroned. Galway wouldnā€™t fear Clare and Limerick in a semi final / final challenge.

You still havent changed your username.

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Youā€™re right. I was going to argue that 2020 & 2021 donā€™t count but they are down on record so fairs fair.

@admins please change my username to HumanBlimpInTheGoals please, thanks.

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Thats a fantastic name. Youll always be locke to me :sleepy:

Youā€™ve shown that a long name can be pulled off. You are an inspiration, pal.

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You are doing a great job of letting Down fly under the radar there and itā€™s much appreciated. Despite being 3 from 3 in Div 2 and toppling Kildare in Ballycran last month you still have the flour bags ahead of us, and even leave the cut-off at 15 teams to keep the spotlight off us. I see one of our coaches has got a gig with St Thomasā€™s, hopefully that doesnā€™t derail things.

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Kilkenny were beaten in All-Ireland semi-finals in 2020 and 2021. By Waterford and Cork. No All-Ireland final.

Itā€™s only 2 years ago that the OTB lads had Carlow ranked 18th about 3 months before they won the Joe McDonagh. I flagged it at the time as being an appalling oversight.

Time goes by quickly. Was thinking about three all Irelands ago.

I threw Kildare in as a token gesture. I canā€™t be debating Micky mouse hurling