Limerick GAA 2022 - Dual Kings (Part 1)

[gaillimhmick]

@BruidheanChaorthainn

It goes even further as he wasn’t in the academy structure a such either. Didn’t play minor championship and only one year at 21s. That’s very unusual nowadays. He deserves immense credit. I doubt many players from a junior club have done what he’s done.

Walter Walsh

[BruidheanChaorthainn]

I never said it did. I merely pointed out it is very unusual for a lad from a junior club who didn’t play much underage stuff for his county to be so good.

[gaillimhmick]

It’s rare alright.

[EstebanSexface]

Harnedy is much the same as Hego in how they developed - outside of the divisions but Hego was in the setup as a minor. Harnedy wasnt

[Aristotle]

Hegarty has improved massively, as all Limerick players have in the past 4 seasons, but I still maintain he was good enough to start on that minor team in 2012.

He was a phenomenal ballwinner at underage and obviously able to run; he just wasn’t seen as a fashionable choice.

[EstebanSexface]

A lot of misty eyeism going on here. He was consistently one the the best on the 21’s teams at wing back because of his athleticism and he has the stuff.

Sean Finn and Gillane weren’t start for the 21’s in 2015 too.

[Big_Dan_Campbell]

Walsh was a standout underage hurler though, he was a monster on the 2008 and 2009 Kilkenny minor teams

[BruidheanChaorthainn]

I don’t really rate Harnedy. He also played senior club hurling.

[EstebanSexface]

Jeez, I think he’s a great bit of stuff. He might go quiet in games for spells but he generally contributes in almost all the games and Cork are very reliant on him to pull them into games

[BruidheanChaorthainn]

Well watching Hegarty last night I was convinced that in his current form he’s in the top 2 or 3 players in the country.

[Thomas_Brady]

If he has a great final he’ll get HOTY.

[TreatyStones]

@Breaking_my_balls

The year they won the County Junior they played him at 6. He won everything back there and was able to break forward with the ball for scores. It was like watching an overage player at times. He is an incredible athlete. His skill level for his size is unbelievable too. He has worked very hard on on his striking too.

Has he a better attitude than when on the football field for them?

[Big_Dan_Campbell]

I’d say it is between him, De Burca and Bennett for HOTY. Maybe Kyle Hayes or Cian Lynch could come into the reckoning if one of them is to dominate the final.

[EstebanSexface]

Diarmaid Byrnes has been phenomenal this year. Absolutely immense but isn’t seeming to get the recognition. He has been Limerick’s best performer after Hego

[glasagusban]

How many of the five frees he gave away were pointed?

[glasagusban]

Harnedy has been out and out one of the best forwards in the country for years now.

[CillDioma]

Hegarty was average enough in a few 21 games we played against him. I remember him and Kyle having a right battle in a city intermediate championship game a few years back.

[Big_Dan_Campbell]

Byrnes is as good a wing back as there is in the game at the minute, big leader too by the looks of it. Think he is underrated due to his odd wild shot or clearance but he dominates his patch consistently. A bit like John Gardiner in his pomp. Having both him and Hayes as the two wing backs makes that half backline a really dominant unit, Dan Morrissey is a good steady hurler but Hayes is a wrecking ball with and without the ball and brings a good but more.

[the_man_himself]

One of the best is how many? He wouldn’t be in the top 10

[BruidheanChaorthainn]

It’s pure hyperbole.