Official All Ireland Minor and U20 Hurling & Football Thread (Part 1)

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The Cork Minor Hurling team to play Limerick in the Munster Minor Hurling Championship Semi-Final on Thursday night at 7.30pm at the Gaelic Grounds will line out as follows:

1 Patrick Collins - Ballinhassig (Captain)
2 Cian Walsh - St. Finbarr’s
3 Sean Bourke - Grenagh
4 Shane O’Brien - St. Catherine’s
5 Darren Browne - Cuchulainn’s
6 Alan O’Callaghan Blackrock
7 Ollie Dempsey - Youghal
8 Sean O’Donoghue - Inniscarra
9 Daniel Meaney - Blackrock
10 Luke Meade - Newcestown
11 Dayne Lee - Na Piarsaigh
12 Shane Kingston - Douglas
13 Darren Casey - Charleville
14 Sean Hayes - Mallow
15 Eoghan Keniry - Killeagh/ Ita’s

Subs
16 Darragh O’Connell - Na Piarsaigh
17 David Dooling - Glen Rovers
18 Seadnaidh Smyth - Midleton
19 John Good -Tracton
20 Tomas O’Connor - Inniscarra
21 Evan O’Connell - Glen Rovers
22 Mark Dolan - Douglas
23 Michael O’Halloran - Blackrock
24 John Looney – Aghada

Denis Ring and his selectors have opted to make three changes following the quarter-final victory over Kerry. Ollie Dempsey, Darren Casey and Shane Kingston come into the side in place of Eddie Gunning, Tomás O’Connor and Mark Dolan.

Extended Panel
Eddie Gunning (Na Piarsaigh)
Aaron Stafford (Aghada)
Diarmuid Buckley (Shandrum)
Billy Dunne (Fr. O’Neill’s)
John Mullins (Eire Og)
Joe O Sullivan (Ballygiblin)
Paul Leopold (Sarsfields)
Alec Luttrell (Mallow)
Martin Collins (St. Patrick’s)
Padraig Dennehy (Whitechurch)
Eugene O’Leary (Ballyhea)
Billy Hennessy (St. Finbarr’s)
Eoin O’Brien (Douglas)
Conor Cahalane (St. Finbarr’s)

Team Managment
Denis Ring (Fermoy) - Manager
Mark Landers (Killeagh) - Coach
John Dwyer (Ballincollig)
John Mortell (Ballyhea)
Liam Martin (Glen Rovers)

Backroom Team
Strength and Conditioning: Ritchie O’Leary
Doctor: Paddy Burke
Physio: John O’Meara
Assistant Physio: John O’Mahony
Logistics: Derek Connolly
Statisticians: Mikey Mortell, Fergal Condon
Video analysis: Len Browne, John Ring

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Waterford 6 points up at half time- 2-8 to 2-2.

1043

2.8 to 2.5 now but Clare are just after having a man sent off, Seamus Downey supposedly kept Clare in it in the forst half at full back

1044

All square 2.8 each

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7 points on the spin since half time for Clare, They lead by 1 despite being a man down.

Christ it would be fair sickening to lose two tight games this year, drive on to fuck!

1046

Waterford keeper gone off injured, got sore from pucking it out to the Clare lads in the second half*

*this is speculation on my part

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2.10 to 2.9 now, waterford score for the first time in the second half after 19 minutes

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All square now. Extra man will probably prove to be the difference

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2.11 each. 8 left

1050

Still 2.11 each. 2 left

1051

Waterford a point up.

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Waterford 2-13 Clare 2-11

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3 mins of injury time.

1054

Waterford win 2-13 to 2-12. Waterford keeper supposedly made an outstanding save in the final moments

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Did he come back on or was it the sub keeper?

1056

Came back on, think it was a blood sub

1057

Here Clare. Go fuck yourself. Up the Deise.

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TAN will be seething, he has been banging on about how great this Clare team is for ages.

1059

In fairness they were 1-6 to no score down after 15 mins and showed serious fight with 14 players away to the AI champs,deserved extra time.

1060

They lost. The cunts.