Ballugunner have every chance of overhauling Erins Own and Mount Sion, 9 in a row.
Waterford championship is the most boring in Ireland.
Thanks for that
Canāt really argue with that. Itās depressing how far ahead they are. The numbers they have is scary. The traditional inner city clubs canāt compete. Not sure where the next generation of Mount Sion, Roanmore or Erins Own players are going to come from. De La Salle are insulated somewhat as theyāll be get a few from the college teams. The situation down west isnāt much better. The numbers just arenāt there for country clubs anymore. We (Abbeyside) are fortunate in that weāve benefited from the population growth on our side of the Colligan. Not a great sign though either when Dungarvan are playing in the lower reaches of underage. And the greatest egnima of all, Tramore. Iām at a loss as to how there has never been any significant inroads there. Sorry that went off into a meandering moan about our current state.
Ian Kenny a big loss for the Gunners this season.
They have to be a bit vulnerable after the season just past.
That was a poor result from roanmore yesterday. I hear they had a bit of a meltdown and had a couple sent off.
Where is Kenny this year?
Abroad
Ballygunner have a big demographic advantage both in terms of numbers and in terms of composition, in that the area is largely white Irish and solidly middle class and as rugby has no appreciable foot print in Waterford these people have no other sporting outlet. However to their great credit they have so far managed their advantage very well and avoided āthe splitā.
It shouldnāt be forgotten that Waterfords last great dominant club, Mount Sion, was also the product of demography. Anyone parking a car around Walsh Park, about 400 yards from the Mount Sion club will have noticed the heavy concentration of council and other housing built in the 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s before the focus shifted to building houses in Ballygunner.
As the population in Ballygunner ages the focus will shift to other areas and clubs just as happened to Mount Sion.
Itās a demographic advantage they will have for a while. Thereās over 800 pupils in the national school in Ballygunner and a Gaelscoil as well now with another 200. Twenty five years ago, there was seemingly just the one national school with about 200 pupils.
He is due back the end of the summer?
RIP Pat Sullivan. Godfather of Ballygunner HC and one of the greatest GAA men in the county.
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Was he related to billy and Shane ?
Father and grandfather of Philip and Pauric Mahony.
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How did he manage that?
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Rubberbandits did a skit before about a grandfather who was actually his own father.
Waterford team to face Clare on Sunday.
- Stephen OāKeeffe
- Shane McNulty
- Conor Prunty
- Noel Connors
- Philip Mahony
- Tadhg de Burca
- Kevin Moran
- Jamie Barron
- Conor Gleeson
- Austin Gleeson
- Mikey Kearney
- Pauric Mahony
- Shane Bennett
- Stephen Bennett
- Peter Hogan
Iād be worried about no 2 & 3
Is the subs list available?
Blaas to the slaughter id say
Billy Nolan, Shane Fives, Callum Lyons, Kieran Bennett, Jack Prendergast, Brick Walsh, Tommy Ryan, Brian OāHalloran, Colin Dunford, Patrick Curran, Maurice Shanahan
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