That was a straight knockout covid championship though played in winter, wouldn’t put huge stock in it. Minor can be very fickle
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It started the other night with Mike’s low blow, it’s been unchecked since.
Limerick will do well to have a hurling team in a few years
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You could rarely read much into minor, but at u17 it’s even less.
All Limerick need is two or three from it. It’s different when you need a whole new team. Results are less important when you have the bones already.
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There does seem to be a trend when teams almost get a team off an under age side or two.
The majority of the Limerick team played on 2 different 21s team.
POD, English, SOB, Hurley all with potential at senior level. That’s the main takeaway
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Was this the Cork group that Donal Óg was over at minor? They were highly thought of but Limerick beat them by about 8 points. Cork appear to be fulfilling that potential now.
Think if you have nothing, then you need a great crop to come through and win all around them to lift the whole thing.
Limerick team is built on two great underage teams where they got 6 or 7 off each.
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It was sort of similar with Clare too in 13 and Waterford a little as well.
Just something I noticed.
Are the 2017 u21 side the greatest underage team ever in hurling?
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Waterford got a lot of lads off one minor team but won f*** all with them
Tipp in 09 I think were a savage underage side.
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Ya but they’ve backboned a decent Waterford sides. Won a few leagues.
Cork U21 team of 1997/98 that filtered through to senior and Tipp U21’s 2010 (minor 2006/07) are good examples of that too.
You’d see it a lot more at club level where a golden generation filters through and then eventually fades away. Funnily enough the Junior B team usually becomes very strong for a few years then when those lads are in their late 30’s.
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They won the U21 at a canter with that group too in 2016. They’ve backboned their two All-Ireland final appearances and a few semi-final appearances since then.
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Ya it’s noticeable alright at club teams. Usually go from junior to senior or something in a few years.
We might get to go back to picking hypothetical teams with backs named as hypothetical ball-winning half forwards so it won’t be all bad.
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We’ll just have to convert a few more forwards into backs.
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It worked well with Declan Hannon and Kyle Hayes anyway.
Barry nash too
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