David was dropped last year after some poor performances in the Munster Club matches. But in fairness he fought his way back into the team for the All Ireland final.
St. Patrick’s have just given a last minute walk over in the City Junior Hurling Final. Looks like football has won out there. They should be thrown out of the Junior Hurling now.
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No sign of Hammy ???
Good point!
No, no sign of him lying in the field today. Nor do St. Patricks seem so passionate about city junior hurling this year.
Arguably they should be thrown out for that carry on…they could have waited until tonight to go for a few pints after their football win.
Makes a joke of the championship.
In the Premier Intermediate:
Blackrock 0-13 Effin 0-13
Garryspillane 2-19 Granagh/Ballingarry 0-10
Feohanagh/Castlemahon 0-11 Monaleen 1-17
Cappamore 2-24 Croom 1-09
Very disappointing year for Croom, one win over F/C, held the Bouncers close but got some big beatings too. Granagh/Ballingarry also relegated.
Very good year for Cappamore, into the semi-finals now. Garryspillane will be favourites to beat them, and probably to win the whole thing but Cappamore are a very well-organised side.
I had thought that the intermediate quarter-finals were due to be on this weekend, but don’t appear to have been.
Who would Cappamore have? Would be some achievement for them to get up to Senior hurling.
They were a traditional senior club. Reached co final in 1984 and 1988. Would be good to see them back .
The legendary Donal Flynn still playing in the 80s?
Donie played for Killeedy is their 1980 county win .
Joe Lonergan was on the Limerick minors last year, a real livewire in the forwards, does damage at that level.
Gleeson at centre-back, John Ryan and Bill Creamer too. They have another forward called O’Donoghue who is always good for a few scores too.
What I found though is that while a lot of teams at intermediate level & even Premier have a few really really good players but would also be carrying a few whose hurling wouldn’t be very sharp, probably good hard workers, etc. Whereas Cappamore didn’t seem to rely on any one player but they all seemed to be pretty decent on the ball and set up very well. Not sure who their manager is but seems to have his tactics right.
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Informative rating.
It’s one thing going well in intermediate after promotion from the Junior ranks…but the step up again if they were to get back to senior is huge.
Good luck to them though…
Agreed
The teams coming down out of senior are in free fall over the last few years. Ballingarry, Hospital, Croom etc. The realisation of not being good enough for senior and not fancying the slog of the premier intermediate isn’t helping matters. I think the county board badly need to go back to the one up and one down system. Cappamore have no business in senior they’ll get utterly dismantled and have maybe 2 or 3 senior club hurlers in their ranks.
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I presume the quarter finals will be a double header in the Gaelic grounds this Sunday? Doon v the Well will be a good old ding dong battle.
Most of those were in serious decline in any case, and there’s not much between the lower teams in senior and Premier Intermediate/top teams in intermediate anyway. The teams who have a bit more about them, good team ethic, some good young players are still doing okay… even Garryspillane who are still dependent on Donie Ryan look like they’ll go back up this year.
One up, one down would be bad; having two promotion places is what makes Premier Intermediate a decent competition and as said, there’s not much between the bottom teams in senior and the best Premier teams- Bruree are an exception in that they seemed to completely fall apart this year- lost their manager & a few players.
The top teams in the county will murder the teams like South Liberties, Bruff, Knockainey (Murroe/Boher & Bruree too obviously) on a good day. 2 years ago Ballybrown lost by the bones of 10 points to NaP, Kilmallock & Effin… this year they got through to a quarter-final, the experience of being up in senior has done them good.
The Premier Intermediate Final should be cut throat, winner takes all. 2 up is daft in GAA. Does it happen elsewhere?
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Anthony Cunningham apparently giving serious consideration to taking the Limerick Senior Football job. My reaction was “What the fuck…??”… hardly true but good source.
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The well will walk it
Exactly.