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Wexford Intercounty Hurling 2023

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Replying To Doylerwex:  "Fantastic post.

Limerick was 01, Rory Mccarthy goals was unreal. 2 penalties for fitzy.

Waterford was 03 with Larry Murphy coming off the bench to give an exhibition before we scrapped past Antrim and drew with Cork in the greatest game I've ever seen."
Cork game was unreal am I remembering right saying we led most of rhe gsme only to have to fet a late equaliser to get the replay least acid about replay the better I presume
I still think leinster final 96 was the one for me for so many reasons .
I believed or felt we would never win a leinster never mind an all ireland so many heartbreaking days washed away with tears of joy on that day never seen as namy grown men cry .
as we invaded the pitch at full time in our thousands .
Would a provincial title mean as much to us back then as an ireland would mean to Mayo now or in the future . I think even more so
I still feel that emotion as much now as I did then .

Formertownie (Wexford) - Posts: 370 - 28/04/2023 14:30:51    2474396

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Replying To Formertownie:  "Surely pepper missing most of last years u20 campaign plus token time with seniors . Has both knocked confidence and development lack of quality game time at both levels has hindered his development especially when he is a confidence player .
Hopefully club games will help him again this year to develop and get confidence swagger back"
Swagger?

countyman2022 (Wexford) - Posts: 823 - 28/04/2023 14:45:13    2474401

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Replying To FearBeag:  "Not necessarily, could all end up on same points with scoring difference counting. Would jump at that right now!"
Similar to 2019 then. Except the rule is now score difference does not count against the bottom two. So If we beat Westmeath by say 10, that won't matter come the end of the round robin. It matter how we do against Galway and Kilkenny. So loosing by six to Galway might work on our favor when it comes to scoring difference.

Finchfurlong996 (Wexford) - Posts: 255 - 28/04/2023 16:36:10    2474426

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I'm worried that the U20s might mess around and leave Westmeath in the match tomorrow. This is more of a general Wexford thing and we have seen it in the past e.g. the U20s versus Laois last year. It's hard to compare how the Wexford/Dublin/Galway/Kilkenny U20s stack up against the Westmeath/Offaly U20s but we know the following:

Westmeath beat Laois this year in Portlaoise at U20 on penalties

Offaly beat Westmeath in Tullamore at U20 this year by 2-22 to 1-17

Offaly beat Westmeath in Mullingar at Minor in 2020 by 2-18 to 1-08

Kilkenny beat Offaly at Minor in 2020 by 2-21 to 3-09

Kilkenny beat Wexford at Minor in 2020 by 0-23 to 1-14

Now Westmeath did beat Dublin in Minor in 2020 but that seems like a bit of a freak result given the Covid-affected short campaign. Putting all the above together and we should be able to win with a relative degree of ease. But it we are complacent like the Seniors were last year, we might leave them in a match we should be winning and might get caught out on the hop.

ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 574 - 28/04/2023 19:08:43    2474439

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Replying To Formertownie:  "Cork game was unreal am I remembering right saying we led most of rhe gsme only to have to fet a late equaliser to get the replay least acid about replay the better I presume
I still think leinster final 96 was the one for me for so many reasons .
I believed or felt we would never win a leinster never mind an all ireland so many heartbreaking days washed away with tears of joy on that day never seen as namy grown men cry .
as we invaded the pitch at full time in our thousands .
Would a provincial title mean as much to us back then as an ireland would mean to Mayo now or in the future . I think even more so
I still feel that emotion as much now as I did then ."
I can see it now. What a magical summer that was.

Seeing the same look on the kids faces in 19 felt pretty similar.

At least we grew up with close games, some of those kids had never even seen croke Park.

Days like those are the reason we keep coming back for more.

Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 3743 - 28/04/2023 21:10:26    2474447

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Replying To Afinestick:  "Team named Jacko in for McGuckin is the only change . I'm hoping for a really good performance tomorrow and hopefully we don't have to risk Lee or Damien . Conor Foley starts again but I suppose we don't really have a lot of options there . Flood is not even in the subs and carty mustn't be fully right yet"
Flood has bad leg injury seemingly

Yellowhelmet (Australia) - Posts: 152 - 28/04/2023 21:27:20    2474450

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Replying To Yellowhelmet:  "Flood has bad leg injury seemingly"
How bad is the injury ?

Afinestick (Wexford) - Posts: 999 - 29/04/2023 09:58:46    2474471

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Replying To ElGranSenor:  "I'm worried that the U20s might mess around and leave Westmeath in the match tomorrow. This is more of a general Wexford thing and we have seen it in the past e.g. the U20s versus Laois last year. It's hard to compare how the Wexford/Dublin/Galway/Kilkenny U20s stack up against the Westmeath/Offaly U20s but we know the following:

Westmeath beat Laois this year in Portlaoise at U20 on penalties

Offaly beat Westmeath in Tullamore at U20 this year by 2-22 to 1-17

Offaly beat Westmeath in Mullingar at Minor in 2020 by 2-18 to 1-08

Kilkenny beat Offaly at Minor in 2020 by 2-21 to 3-09

Kilkenny beat Wexford at Minor in 2020 by 0-23 to 1-14

Now Westmeath did beat Dublin in Minor in 2020 but that seems like a bit of a freak result given the Covid-affected short campaign. Putting all the above together and we should be able to win with a relative degree of ease. But it we are complacent like the Seniors were last year, we might leave them in a match we should be winning and might get caught out on the hop."
They have been going very well this year. Most of their best players will be u20 again next year. We are away. We have lost a player to the Senior team. Some lads are only back from injury. Others have been in bad form. We need to take this game seriously. We need to take all intercounty games seriously like all the other top teams including Limerick do. Over the years we have proved we don't time and again! Hopefully this group will be different!

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 16359 - 29/04/2023 10:12:56    2474473

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Replying To ElGranSenor:  "I'm worried that the U20s might mess around and leave Westmeath in the match tomorrow. This is more of a general Wexford thing and we have seen it in the past e.g. the U20s versus Laois last year. It's hard to compare how the Wexford/Dublin/Galway/Kilkenny U20s stack up against the Westmeath/Offaly U20s but we know the following:

Westmeath beat Laois this year in Portlaoise at U20 on penalties

Offaly beat Westmeath in Tullamore at U20 this year by 2-22 to 1-17

Offaly beat Westmeath in Mullingar at Minor in 2020 by 2-18 to 1-08

Kilkenny beat Offaly at Minor in 2020 by 2-21 to 3-09

Kilkenny beat Wexford at Minor in 2020 by 0-23 to 1-14

Now Westmeath did beat Dublin in Minor in 2020 but that seems like a bit of a freak result given the Covid-affected short campaign. Putting all the above together and we should be able to win with a relative degree of ease. But it we are complacent like the Seniors were last year, we might leave them in a match we should be winning and might get caught out on the hop."
Just an aside but the Cork u20 team we played and lost narrowly to in PUC, and were no worse than bar the wides, are in the Munster u20 final already.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 16359 - 29/04/2023 11:26:18    2474487

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Good game in Mullingar Westmeath a bit unlucky to be 3 points down.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 16359 - 29/04/2023 13:36:34    2474505

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Replying To Viking66:  "Good game in Mullingar Westmeath a bit unlucky to be 3 points down."
Thought it was a very mixed performance. Hurled well in patches but gave 2 poor goals away to let Westmeath back into the game. Second half poor. Westmeath hit a huge number of wides. Cian Byrne excellent throughout. Major improvement required to go any further

HurlingBuzz (Wexford) - Posts: 554 - 29/04/2023 14:25:19    2474510

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Onwards to a semi final for the u20s. That game should stand to them.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 16359 - 29/04/2023 14:30:57    2474514

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Replying To Viking66:  "Good game in Mullingar Westmeath a bit unlucky to be 3 points down."
Made hard work on it. Westmeath will be reflecting on all their wides

Yellowhelmet (Australia) - Posts: 152 - 29/04/2023 14:32:46    2474516

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Made hard work of it Westmeath missed a lot of chances in the second half but at least we're through. Galway gone offaly bet them and thoroughly deserved it. Good luck to the lads today a must win game

Wexfordgaa (Wexford) - Posts: 366 - 29/04/2023 14:36:35    2474517

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Thought we were a tad bit complacent in that performance. Westmeath were very good and had plenty of chances which they'll regret. Play like that in a semi final and we won't go any further. However, a wins a win!

Finchfurlong996 (Wexford) - Posts: 255 - 29/04/2023 14:49:47    2474523

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Replying To HurlingBuzz:  "Thought it was a very mixed performance. Hurled well in patches but gave 2 poor goals away to let Westmeath back into the game. Second half poor. Westmeath hit a huge number of wides. Cian Byrne excellent throughout. Major improvement required to go any further"
The lads really had to battle for that win . Thought Cian Byrne, Corey Byrne Dunbar and Jack Redmond were the difference for us . Hoping for a good performance from the seniors in the park later

Afinestick (Wexford) - Posts: 999 - 29/04/2023 14:56:31    2474525

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Replying To HurlingBuzz:  "Thought it was a very mixed performance. Hurled well in patches but gave 2 poor goals away to let Westmeath back into the game. Second half poor. Westmeath hit a huge number of wides. Cian Byrne excellent throughout. Major improvement required to go any further"
Been like that all year. Very patchy team. If they put in a full game they can be a good team but for some reason they keep going out of games. Would have beaten Galway only for a poor start to the second half. Need to put on a full 60

Finchfurlong996 (Wexford) - Posts: 255 - 29/04/2023 15:39:43    2474532

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Replying To Viking66:  "Onwards to a semi final for the u20s. That game should stand to them."
GalwY gone now as well great win by Offaly j.

Tiger1 (Wexford) - Posts: 396 - 29/04/2023 15:53:58    2474535

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Great to get back on track. We were electric early on and 1-16 from play in the first half is the sort of standard the top dogs are hitting so that's encouraging. All six forwards getting on the scoresheet is something to cherish for us as well-Jacko is transformed. It's amazing how transformative it is to play Rory closer to goal. The more I think of it, we probably conceded last week's game but let Rory get minutes under his belt by playing him deeper. Very encouraging that Chin got through unscathed too.

I hope Ryan's withdrawal was only precautionary and in fairness we could afford to do it given our lead at half-time, but he's so important to us. But I would be worried in a broader sense by how often Antrim found a gap through us and we always tend to ease off when well ahead- this is going to go down to score difference so may as well hammer home the advantage so to speak.

beano (Wexford) - Posts: 1497 - 29/04/2023 19:47:33    2474559

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Scrappy enough second half. Backs were shakey and were under pressure from the Antrim attack on several occasions. 1.30 was a good total but to concede 1.26 takes the gloss off it somewhat.
Still great to see Rory and Jack really on fire and Flood back to his best.
However we must sort out our six backs. Let's hope Jippo is okay for the Dubs game. Tough games ahead and I include Westmeath in that.
( Remember last year) Role on next Saturday.

Magpie2 (Wexford) - Posts: 520 - 29/04/2023 20:21:31    2474573

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