Limerick GAA 2022 - Dual Kings (Part 1)

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8493

That would be some side. For a freshers team

8494

Yeah, and that Patrick Crotty fella looked lively when he came on for Clare in the Munster League final.

And Max Hackett is tidy.

8495

Are you at it?

8496

Nope, think itā€™s over?

8497

UL won 2-20 to 4-11

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8498

That Wolves Fresher team must be better than their Fitzgibbon Cup team.

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8499

Twudnt be far off at all

8500

Well the UL Fitz team just gave the Bonnar Maher led TUD a hammering. 5-25 to 1-14

8501

The standard in the Fitzgibbon is shocking this year.

8502

Yep. I wonder if the young lads coming through have gotten too much regimental type hurling by that stage. In development squads from U14. Coaches flogging them trying to make a name for themselves rather than developing kids. It must be head wrecking. Youā€™d want to have fuck all interest in nothing only hurling.

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8503

UL played LIT a few weeks ago and there was barely one Inter County championship appearance between the 30 players on show.

Go back 5 or 10 years and UL would have lads on the bench whoā€™d be starting for the counties regularly.

Itā€™s awful stuff.

8504

GMIT 5 up on CIT at ht. Barely a player of note togging on either side.

8505

UL had a team around 10 years ago during the recession which must have had close to 150 championship appearances. Lads like Shane Dooley, Paul Kelly, Andrew Quinn, Pa Cronin, Bugler, Paddy Stapleton etc who were all mid to late 20s.

A fairly unheralded LIT team nearly ambushed them in the final

8506

I was at it down in Waterford.

Even 5 or 6 years ago it was the same with UL and other colleges

Shur Shane Oā€™Donnell was deemed not good enough for a UCC forward line a few months after scoring 3-03 in an All Ireland senior final.

8507

We need SEGREGATED threads.

8508

The Mary I team that won it in 2018 had Richie English, Alan Flynn, Ronan Maher, Colm Galvin, Cian Lynch, Aaron Gillane, Darragh Oā€™Donovan and Luke Meade. Even if we take out Flynn and Meade thatā€™s 4 lads that went onto start in an AI Final win that year, and two other lads with All Stars and All Ireland medals

NUIG are probably favourites at the moment with Cian Lynch, a lad from Nenagh and 13 Galway lads, none of whom are definite starters for Galway.

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8509

UL won it another year with Tony Kelly, Jason Forde, John McGrath and a load of them Limerick lads.

UCD had a team around 2013 with Noel McGrath, Cillian Buckley, John Tennyson, Walter Walsh and a few Wexford/Dublin Seniors and they werenā€™t even close to winning it.

Now there isnā€™t a hurler of note in UCD.

8510

Conditioning.

Even say 10 years ago you had more of a chance of making it based on raw talent alone. You would be absolutely blown out of it at intercounty these days without a certain level of fitness and strength. Some of that is only going to come with age.

Colleges wise maybe thereā€™s a Covid element to it as well.

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8511

But shur the young lads today have been gymming since under 15 so should be well conditioned to step up by 20 or 21.

Thereā€™s more Inter County stars playing Sigerson which should be even more physical.

8512

Excellent post