Davy fitz was in with the seniors training
To be fair, they were the two starting wing-backs against Cork last year (both started all 4 games and Vince wasnāt even on the panel). Scully is the captain and would be the big name of this group outside of SOB and Davy was on the senior panel this year.
There was some thinking that Vince might be at 3 if Langan was at 7. Or if Scully was at 6, Vince could have slotted in at wing-back. So itās really Matthew Fitz that has taken his slot more than anyone. Although I thought itād be Sean Casey at 6.
Probably will be rotation as the campaign goes on though; thereās only 2 natural backs on the bench as far as I can see so Vince & Casey would seem to be covering a fair few positions between them.
I presume this will still go ahead in Sixmilebridge. Looking forward to it. Just maybe a daft question but would Joe Fitz be better around midfield, plays all his hurling there for Monaleen and Kiely tried him there once or twice this year.
Pitch inspection in a few minutes
Potentially would but I donāt think theyāre overloaded with full-back line players, same as last year.
Like Darragh Langan is almost certainly a better wing-back than full-back. I donāt think Iād call Mikey Fitzgibbon a natural corner-back either.
Match is going ahead.
Wouldnt be too familiar with many atvthis age group unfortunately
Excellent
I think itās a promising-looking team.
Obviously the 2021 & 2022 minors didnāt do great but the 2021 minors only had one game and although they were well-beaten by Cork; they still got closer than anybody else. Point being, very hard to judge them, other than they werenāt as good as an exceptional Cork side.
2022 minors had a disappointing season for sure.
But the 2023 minors were a good crop, they beat the eventual All-Ireland champions Clare and were full value for the victory. They lost to them in the semi-final but just a complete no-show in the first half; that can sometimes happen at minor. Iād still say they wouldnāt be too far off the very best times at that age.
And obviously players develop at different rates: Oisin OāFarrell wasnāt even coming on as a minor 3 years ago and will probably be the freetaker tonight. Pierce Connery is obviously new to goals. The likes of Fintan Fitz, Darragh Langan, Wayne Kearns are on the back of big club seasons. Iād be hopeful that they can put something decent together.
Does this mean advantage to the Limerick hammer throwers?
Weāre a sweltering heat team
Is this on tg4?
It could be a case of conditions allowing the more skillful team excel. Weāll have to see what best fits the narrative after the fact.
Tg4 YouTube
This will be 50/50 tonight. Clare slight favourites with home advantage.
Ah lads what sort of camera are they using ffs
Camera angle is appalling. A bit like the Limerick midfield so far.
How has the Clare full back not been booked yet?
Come on askeaton
The bull is the star.