Is Murrihy only 17?
The u-20’s putting a good bit of work in over the last while I hear.
Would you have a possible team? No real expectation on them this year and a tough draw also.
He was on the Limerick U16 hurling panel last year.
For some reason I thought he was older. He’ll probably be there or thereabouts as a starter you’d think so.
Good to see Paul Beary back involved in the managerial set-up of an Inter-county hurling team. Jerome Boylan, Dan Minehan and Eoin O’Mahony are all injured at the moment. It will be interesting to see where they play Josh Considine. He was full back on the Ard Scoil Ris team that won the Harty cup last year but he’s played in the half-forward line for the Patrickswell U21’s and Mary I Freshers team this year. Also he played in the half-forward line for the Patrickswell seniors in the group stages of the CSHC last year but played in the full back line in the knockout stages against South Liberties and Doon. The starting 15 could be something along the lines of this:
- Daithi Heffernan
- Ronan Connolly
- Conor Nicholas
- Ciaran Barry
- Mikey O’Brien
- Kevin Bonar
- Emmett Mcevoy
- Paudie Maher
- Michael O’Grady
- Josh Considine
- Brian O’Grady
- David Woulfe
- Jason Gillane
- Dylan O’Shea
- Paul O’Brien
Conor Flahive, Ryan Tobin, Calvin Carroll, Rory Duff, Conor Hellewell, Bob Purcell, Danny O’Leary, Cormac Ryan, Eoin Sheehan, Jack Ryan and Liam Griffin are players that should all be part of the panel as well.
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I’d have Considine full-back every day of the week. Conor Nicholas is not really a full-back, much better out the field.
He’s out injured atm too.
Surely O’Brien will be centre-back too?
Upon reflection, I’ll make a few alterations. Considine to full-back, Nicholas to midfield instead of Paudie Maher, Mikey O’Brien to Centre-back with Kevin Bonar moving to wing-back and Eoin Sheehan to start in the half forward line.
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Cian Casey is a claughaun man isnt he.
Yes.
Another blow for them.
Oooooofffttt
Nasty stuff
Indeed. How dare he say what he thought.
I agree. Best left in the past
Sounds like one of the Director of Hurling’s initiatives 
Na Piarsaigh beat Mungret in the other U-21 quarter-final.
Patrickswell, Doon, NaP & Ahane in the semis.
EDIT:
Wednesday 20th March
Patrickswell v Na Piarsaigh in Gaelic Grounds 7.30pm
Doon v Ahane in Kilbreedy 7.30pm
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Doon 14pts to 7 up at ht in the U21 semi.
NaP up 2-9 to 8 against the Well.
Josh Considine off injured, huge blow for the Well, head and shoulders the best player on the pitch till he went off.
But NaP seem better set up, getting more out of their forwards.
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Another Doon-NAP final
If there’s a teamsheet of the two teams fire up a picture
Not a teamsheet to be seen.
Na Piarsaigh 4-14 Patrickswell 1-12.
Very disappointed by Patrickswell to be honest; the loss of Considine was huge but even still, the game was going against them.
Boylan was centre-forward and tbh he was quiet enough, but he still scored 1-1 and stuff like his tackling and his awareness of space were very good. Again, Considine had beaten him in a couple of 50-50s, would have been interesting if he had stayed on.
But if the Well were focused on him, the other wing-forwards for Na Piarsaigh did a lot of damage. I never thought Emmet McEvoy particularly stood out for the Limerick minors, he always looked tidy, but he showed a touch of class tonight. Two very well-taken goals and just looked like a very nice hurler. Adam McNamara on the other wing has lots & lots of pace, and runs at his man every time and won a good few frees.
The two fellas in the corners aren’t outstanding hurlers; Reuben McCarthy is very quick but his basic skills let him down a good bit. Did score one outrageous point from way out on the touchline. The other corner-forward, Jamie something, scored the 4th goal by practically running into the net. The Patrickswell full-back line wasn’t great on the night though.
Will Henn was named full-forward; started out the field a bit but moved in; he does have a real touch of class about him. I think I can see how he was never turned to by the Seniors, despite scoring all round him at Intermediate. He’s still a bit raw, he takes on silly shots and maybe runs into traffic a bit… but at the same time, his first touch is excellent and he is well able to take a score. Very dangerous.
Na Piarsaigh backs quite strong too, were much better set up on the puckouts, got around the man and just helped each other out. Think Gearoid Synott was centre-back, Pauric Heaney full-back, Lucas O’Sullivan wing-back, Conor Richardson at corner-back. Then Donal O’Connaill & Sean Long midfield, I think… a lot of big, strong fellas and they used that to their advantage.
A word for the goalkeeper too, Sean McKeogh I think it was; excellent puckouts, very safe, made a couple of big saves too. But the puckouts were a lot better than his opponents and it made a big difference on the night.
I was disappointed with a few of the big Patrickswell players. John Flynn was probably the best of them in attack and Brian Fitz did a decent job at centre-back. I didn’t notice Darragh Ahern at all (he may very well not have been playing), but the Patrickswell full-forward line was pretty much cleaned out.
They played Jason Gillane as an extra man out around the middle and he kind of just hung around rucks while they were losing that battle. Calvin Carroll seems to be the epitomy of a summer hurler, that’s two matches in a row now where the game has just passed him by. He is talented but wants to pick up a loose ball.
Cillian O’Reilly had a couple of stupid shots at wing-forward and was struggling but did better when he went back. The Patrickswell backs did have a tendency to just foul every time they were run at though.
Considine went off after about 20 minutes; he looks to be the real deal lads. I’ve seen him a few times now and he does seem to exude class. I hope for the sake of the Limerick U-20s that his injury isn’t too bad; I’d have him at full-back every day of the week. Think he’s a future Limerick senior.
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