Official All Ireland Minor and U20 Hurling & Football Thread (Part 2)

Sport
1943

You hardly expected any bit of originality from him did you?

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1944

Unreal bottle from the Galway lads to keep going for so long with 14. Tough way to lose in the end being 2 up to concede the last 3. Canā€™t fault the effort though. Ran their legs to stumps but probably cost them in the end.

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1945

Well said @Iggy. A serious effort from our lads and thatā€™s all you ever ask of lads coming off a field. Particularly kids like they were today. Such a tough way to lose.

Thought Kelly in goal was brilliant for us. Liked the cut of Burke at FB too and Callinan really grew into it. Congratulations to Tipp. Thought they were marginally the better side. Minogue looks a real player.

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1946

Was chatting to a member of the back room team during the week. Was expecting a big test against Galway. Delighted they won it.

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1947

A bit of character about that Galway side, youā€™d be hopeful that weā€™ll pull some future players from there. Well done Tipp.

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1948

That fullback from your side was fantastic. Nice to have a lad with a bit of size and grit.

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1949

why not allow the goalkeeper take the free? hes entitled to have a crack at itā€¦

1950

Great game. Well done Tipp.

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1951

Cracking game just watched it back, made a few small errors out of tiredness Iā€™d say but from where they were at the start of the year a good showing.

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1952

Early goal for Clare after great work by Rodgers with Ralph firing in the rebound

1953

Murphy sets up Rodgers for a tap in goal now.

Those two lads will do some damage next year again at this level

1954

Six wides in a row for Kilkenny who look handy but not taking chances

1955

Make that 8 including a penalty. Huge point from Clare from inside their own half.

2-1 to 1 point

1956

TG4 folks

1957

10 wides on the spin. Ref a bit more lenient on Kilkenny in the tackle

Make that 11

1958

Christ above, 2 points in 20 minutes

1959

In fairness it is a fine contest both backs hurling really well - penalty aside nearly all the Kilkenny sides were under savage pressure.

They arenā€™t out of it but at this level heads can drop very easy

1960

Is Ralph Kenā€™s son?

1961

Yeah their hurling alright but jaysus the radar must have been left at home

Goal

1962

Yup - three of the management have sons starting

Goal Kilkenny