Anyway I look forward to a good minor championship, I would say both Louth and Kildare could be the teams to beat. Laois might just make final if either others slip. Interesting games ahead. Btw I speak of Leinster only.

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 07/05/2017 15:31:25    1984975

Onion Breath (Carlow) - Posts: 1412 - 07/05/2017 16:46:21    1984987

Kildare barely got over Carlow in last round so they're certainly not favourites this time round. Surely Laois must be in with a shout after beating the best team in Leinster??

St.Conleth (Kildare) - Posts: 1700 - 07/05/2017 16:54:19    1984990

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 07/05/2017 18:00:07    1984999

Leinster Quarter Final Draw

Wexford v Carlow, Louth v Offaly, Dublin v Longford and Laois v Kildare

panamasam (Australia) - Posts: 2779 - 07/05/2017 22:03:47    1985069

Look lads its only the one poster from Meath who continually gets carried away,

TheWestIsAwake (UK) - Posts: 529 - 08/05/2017 10:06:32    1985132

Kerry minors gave cork a 10 point batin in cork
david Clifford was unreal scoring 2.08
the guy looks like the biggest talent since Maurice fitz to come out of Kerry
that's unless the aussie rules grab him

rhudson (Galway) - Posts: 1478 - 11/05/2017 10:37:10    1985899

Groundball (Wexford) - Posts: 122 - 11/05/2017 13:42:41    1985958

So Donegal beaten today by Antrim. Game went to Extra Time with our lads winning by a point at the long whistle. Great result!

Offside_Rule (Antrim) - Posts: 4058 - 21/05/2017 16:44:39    1988840

Donegalman (None) - Posts: 3830 - 21/05/2017 20:13:22    1988979

Very good high quality game in Ballybofey at the weekend with Antrim deserving winners. They were the more composed side throughout and as DLMAN said showed great character to come through at the end. Donegal were in the position to win the game twice despite been 7 points down at one stage. Unfortunately they lacked the composure necessary to see out the game. It was a very young side with only 3 players from last years team available and I think this showed throughout with alot of nerves on display. Again Peader Mogan was immense and he is a guy who will follow Jason McGee, and Niall O'Donnell into being senior stars of the future. Liam Quinn was excellent for Antrim especially in the first half and special mention to Rurari Brolly who made some impression when he came on. My feelings before the game were that Donegal were not as strong as the previous 3 years and that the best 4 teams in the province at the grade were on the same side of the draw (Donegal, Antrim, Derry and Tyrone) and I think this proved correct. The semi final whoever Antrim play will be worth seeing before the senior game on the 18th. My Leinster dark horses in Offaly also fell by the wayside at the weekend.

panamasam (Australia) - Posts: 2779 - 24/05/2017 22:34:10    1990449

Fionn (Dublin) - Posts: 3725 - 05/07/2017 22:59:22    2011258

Final 8 now:

Dublin
Louth
Kerry
Clare
Galway
Sligo
Derry
Cavan

Ulster v Connacht Provincial Winners v Provincial Runners-up August 5th - 7th
Munster v Leinster Provincial Winners v Provincial Runners-up August 5th - 7th

opa01 (Cavan) - Posts: 500 - 06/07/2017 08:31:20    2011326

Great win for the Dublin minors and nice to be back in a Leinster final, its been a while for the young Dubs.

This championship seems really competitive this year.

TheUsername (Dublin) - Posts: 4445 - 06/07/2017 10:18:18    2011383

Good game last night and an impressive win for Dublin, number 11 looked a level above everybody on the pitch and they controlled the middle pretty well at times.

Was always going to be a big ask for us to do 3 in a row and reach 5 finals in a row. There wasn't a lot between these sides at under 17 last year and after struggling against Carlow and Laois I don't think too many of us would have expected as much from this years team as previous ones.

Fair to say most people will be cheering on Louth in the final as the underdog, they've had 3 good wins so far and will get 2 more days out at least so ya never what will happen I suppose, best of luck to both anyways.

if_in_doubt (Kildare) - Posts: 3685 - 06/07/2017 10:43:20    2011400

Great to see Louth get to a final and hopefully they put up a good showing in the final if not win it but the Dubs comeback win over Meath seems to have unlocked alot of their potential and they will be tough beat. I know my own fancies to do well in Leinster Offaly were undone by Louth and they were a good side though as always really hard to weigh up against other teams. As shown in Ulster Antrim who were really good in beating a young Donegal side in a high quality got beat out the gate against Derry which just shows the sometimes unpredictable nature of the grade. In saying that I expect the winners to come from Kerry and Galway semi final granted Galway win Connaught and both their quarter finals.

panamasam (Australia) - Posts: 2779 - 06/07/2017 13:24:04    2011495

Underage football known for the odd shock but how i see the last ever Minor AI championship playing out.

Quarter finals

Derry v Sligo
Galway v Cavan
Dublin v Clare
Kerry v Louth

Semi finals
Derry v Dublin
Galway v Kerry

Final
Dublin v Kerry

Winners
Kerry

ispeakwisdom (Roscommon) - Posts: 2487 - 06/07/2017 18:04:39    2011601

panamasam (Australia) - Posts: 2779 - 06/07/2017 20:56:30    2011677

Congrats to the young Duns who beat Clare by 2-11 to 0-10 points in Portloaise today.

Next up Derry in the semi final.

TheUsername (Dublin) - Posts: 4445 - 07/08/2017 15:52:54    2030339

Best of luck to the young Dubs today.

TheUsername (Dublin) - Posts: 4445 - 27/08/2017 09:20:05    2038467