The Dow blocked down on the endline but C/K couldnāt score a goal.
Dempsey has been unreal.
A great day for the latte drinking, SUV driving parishes of Limerick
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Mark Dwyer with a freetaking exhibition
Heās surely worth a call up
15 points 4 or 5 from play
James Daly goal the crucial score with the goal, opened up the 6-point gap and C/K panicked after that. Theyāll regret a really poor opening 25 minutes when they had the wind. When they drew level and were on top in the second half, Na Piarsaigh just had the experience to push on and get an extra point or two. Alan Dempsey in particular was absolutely unreal at the back, man of the match for sure in my eyes.
C/K had the advantage for pace but didnāt really use it enough. Also didnāt have the bench, obviously Seamus Hickey was a massive, massive loss, heās been scoring 4 or 5 points a game not to mention his work rate. Na Piarsaigh brought on James Daly, Dylan Cronin, Dylan Lynch, Vince Harrington whereas apart from Eoin Barry who did very well, C/K werenāt really improving the team when they brought on subs. Mullane is workmanlike but he really should have got the ball in hand after blocking Dowling which would have given them a chance.
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The way itās going Iām afraid. Most clubs just cant compete with clubs with those numbers.
Itās a joke there isnāt another club around Caherdavin. Their numbers are so high. Pulling from Corbally too. As for Monaleen, they probably even have more numbers with Castletroy and Annacotty
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Good win for Monaleen, I thought Roscrea would have too much for them. Maybe the spell down in the lower tier, integrate a lot of new young players, mightnāt do them any harm and theyāll have a proper crack off the Senior B group next year.
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Na piarsaigh have a small enough membership
Surprising to hear. I wonder which clubs have the highest in the county
Surely be noted in the county convention report?
Clubs in big towns Iād say
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Super sized clubs should be divided or should other clubs amalgamate to compet???
If you look at the catchment size of some clubs like Monaleen , Mungret, Na Piarsaigh , Newcastlewest theres no way most clubs could compete with them
Monaleen physically stronger
Theyāve challenges that come with that too. Competing sports etc. Having a hurling school at secondary in the area is more important i think
All clubs have competing sports.
I think Napās intermediates training with their seniors is massive for them. The ball just stuck for them more than it did for Croagh today. Na Piarsaigh were physically bigger and more imposing, they won probably 60-65% of the 50/50s. In James OāBrien and Pat Gleeson they had two lads well capable of fielding high ball. Kevin Daly was very impressive while he was on the field, must have got 4 or 5 points.
I will say though, at 11-10, Nap were awarded a highly dubious point, to go 2 up. 3 minutes later they were awarded an even more dubious point. Those score seemed to knock the stuffing out of Croagh and they never recovered, the Daly goal arrived soon after to put lead out to 6 and that was goodnight Irene.
It will be difficult for our lads to get back on the saddle again for next year, two successive final defeats in 14 months is tough.
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Great win for Monaleen. They will give the AI a good rattle now.
4 out of 6 winners in Munster finals is surely the highest in a long time. For a while our intermediate and junior champions in hurling couldnāt get past the first round. The standard in club in the county has certainly risen
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Not for their best players though, knocking around some fun at rugby or the desmond league. Youāve ail and decent soccer sides vying for the best players in big towns and limerick