Limerick v Kilkenny - All Ireland Final 2022 - The Hego final

[Gman]

@Locke

There isn’t a day goes by that you don’t give out or have a dig at DJ Carey

fuck him and his 15 steps, the cunt.

[BruidheanChaorthainn]

@TreatyStones

Looking back on it it’s more galling every time you look it. Galway and Clare to an extent had given a template on how to disrupt the Limerick puck out and get joy on your own. It shows a level of arrogance or ignorance for Kilkenny to not look to implement something similar

This.

[gilgamboa]

@BruidheanChaorthainn

Even on Sunday there was a fella a few rows in front of me roaring “drive it up the field” every time a Limerick defender got the ball

Was probably his first game of the season

[gilgamboa]

@Big_Dan_Campbell

said it here before. I’d love to see a trial of puckouts being hit in the style of a free rather than from the hand. It would increase the level of difficulty for short puckouts and reduce the accuracy of the longer ones leading to more contested catches and the need for half backs/forwards to compete under dropping balls

Very good suggestion

[Locke]

The daily streak continues

@Gman

@Locke

There isn’t a day goes by that you don’t give out or have a dig at DJ Carey

fuck him and his 15 steps, the cunt.

[Gman]

see you tomorrow…

[glasagusban]

That’s a clever rule suggestion, really good.

[cowpat]

GAA urged to condemn singing of IRA anthem after hurling victory

[ChairmanDan]

You’d think after 4 years they’d have learned how to carry themselves as All Ireland winners and matured somewhat. They were at that juvenile and offensive carry on all the way back in 2018 singing about that anti-Semite terrorist in the dressing room.

[Thomas_Brady]

We’ll be the same for the next 3. No surrender to the Brits !

[myboyblue]

I hope Limerick release it as their official county song.

[Heyyoubehindthebushes]

The same folk who are wumming about this are the same who want us to change our flag and national anthem for people who want nothing to do with us. The national anthem will always be the soldiers song

[myboyblue]

He is the wum FFS.

[dodgy_keeper]

A martyr for old Ireland,
Sean South from Garryowen.

[glasagusban]

Not if we have a united Ireland we won’t, I don’t think.

[TheUlteriorMotive]

I understand there’s a video of them singing this but it’s been hushed up

So cold in Ireland - The Cranberries

[Heyyoubehindthebushes]

Nope not until then but they will be the requests like this level over wumming

[Smark]

It’s taken me the guts of a week to post on this thread. I suppose I needed to gather my thoughts and also I’ve been busy, I don’t think I’ve posted anything in a week bar looking in when I could.

On the Limerick team first it’s beyond our wildest dreams what they’ve achieved. In 2018 all we wanted was one, they’ve now given us four and they might not be finished yet. As far as I’m concerned, and I’d say most hurling people would agree, if they never did anything ever again that’s fine with me, they have written their place in the history books as a team that will be spoken about for the next 100 years. Anything from here is bonus bonus territory. They’ll win one more I think at least (and not necessarily straight away, they’re the type of team you could see winning one before most of them retire when they aren’t supposed to).

On Kilkenny I must say they were the most gracious and sporting fans I’ve seen in a long time, bar Cork fans who I have always found very honest and fair. A pair of Kilkenny fans behind us and a pair beside us congratulated my small group at full time separately and both said they had no complaints. The best way I could describe the general feeling in the stadium is that these proper hurling supporters were able to identify a great team. If they were gut punched by lesser equals they’d have a problem with that but this was nothing like it. It was different to the last final we met them in back in 07 when I felt they looked upon us as dirt, as a joke shop imposter on the big day there to make up the numbers and lucky to be there. One of the most satisfying aspects of last Sunday was Kilkenny were in no doubt anymore that this is a serious hurling county and we have their respect and attention now. We have a very special group of players and management who in a few years have utterly changed the way others see us and the expectations of young kids coming after them.

[dodgy_keeper]

@cluaindiuic

The three in a row thing really adds something to this match and the way that it has all worked out you just couldn’t get a better matchup.

Limerick have been hugely impressive for 5 years and are starting to get into the conversation of best team ever.
Kilkenny would be charitably described as struggling with consistency for those 5 years and seem to have found something in recent weeks.

In isolation those two paths are mildly interesting. But when you layer in the history of these current teams with each other and the overall topic of hurling legacy and how that applies to both counties it makes it an enormously important contest in a few ways.

Back in 2018 Limerick made the breakthrough and it was through a series of fine line contests. The 2019 loss to Kilkenny is an interesting “What If?” question. Would they be going for 5 in a row on Sunday had they won there? Probably not given the traditional psychology of repeat champions. But this Limerick team have a score to settle with this Kilkenny team and that of course adds to the contest. But let’s get back to the topic of repeat champions and more specifically 3 in a row chasers.
The record of 3 in a row chasers is not good:

• Kilkenny 2016 failed in final to Tipperary
• Kilkenny 2013 failed in Quarter Final to Cork
• Kilkenny 2008 succeeded and won 2009 too.
• Cork 2006 failed final to Kilkenny
• Kilkenny 2004 failed final to Cork
• Kilkenny 1994 failed Leinster semi to Offaly
• Galway 1989 failed semi final to Tipperary
• Kilkenny 1984 failed Leinster semi to Wexford

That’s a 1 in 8 success rate in my lifetime which shows what a remarkably tough bar Limerick have faced this season. You need so much to go your way with regard to form and injuries because everyone is going all out to topple you. And the evidence is there of how that has manifested itself. Clare twice, Tipperary, Waterford and Galway played to a much higher level against Limerick than against anyone else this year. If you take the performance of Limerick and Kilkenny in their last 2 games in pure isolation to create a form line given that they both played the same two opponents you would come the conclusion that Kilkenny should be warm favourites. Kilkenny won the two games by 17 points, Limerick 6. But absolutely nobody would consider making Kilkenny favourite.

This is a massive game for this Limerick team in the context of this team’s legacy. Win three in a row and you’re elevating yourself into the top echelon of all time teams. Lose it and you’re no longer in the conversation. Look at the list of the teams that failed 3 in row, e.g. Cork 2004-2006. They are not in the conversation. Talk best of all time and you have to have the Kilkenny team 06-09 right in the forefront of your mind. So Kilkenny being the opposition here is really fitting. Fitting for Kilkenny to be the team defending the legacy of the 06-09 team. Fitting for Limerick to have the chance to right the 2019 loss that could have had them further down the road of repeat winners.

It’s a cracker of a final pairing. Before you even start talking about individual players or coaching.

This is an outstanding post and makes the 3-in-a-row all the more remarkable.

Here’s to another cracking year of intercounty and club in 2023.