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Replying To StoreysTash:  "Have the advantage here of my father telling me the best games to watch from the weekend while not spoiling the games! But that luxury is almost over.
He recommended that match between Rathnure and Barntown and it was a banger of a match. Rathnure would have been sick had Glynn won it. A very good game of hurling.
I was watching two Tipp club matches from yesterday this evening and my biggest take away is the S&C and pace at which everything is done in Munster is a notch ahead of Wexford and Leinster in general. Both of these are gaps we have to bridge."
S&C is better at underage, I think, some of the younger players over the weekend looked like they had done at least some S&C work

ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 1426 - 29/06/2026 14:26:10    2682893

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Replying To Paull:  "I heard Richie Lawlor gone to the World Cup.."
I suppose he felt he would miss a few League games to take a break as he was hurling county since November and will be straight back into it after club finishes? He also hurled for his college right up to winning their final in February.

Let's face it thats what the games are at this stage of the year with groups of 6.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 20177 - 29/06/2026 14:37:12    2682908

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Replying To YellowShadeOfPurple:  "Tell me you're from Ferns, without telling me you're from Ferns!"
Not sure I pick that up from his post there, he said Ferns were lucky to only lose by one?

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 20177 - 29/06/2026 14:38:22    2682909

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Replying To Doylerwex:  "That is outrageous to be fair."
Was talking to a friend there, they want to give Premier minor a proper shot, they arent in Premier minor that often.
He said Sean O'Brien will likely be playing 1st team adult come the start of the real championship. They have other lads too who would be good enough for Intermediate A.
Which brings me on to another point. From reading some of the posts here it seems clubs are letting all their minors play adult if they want to, even at Junior B, which isnt what the change was brought in for at all. The main point to letting minors play adult was that it would help the development of exceptional minors, especially intercounty standard ones. It wasnt so that minors who werent good enough or strong enough to play adult could get the ##### hammered out of them in Junior B games.
When the motion was brought to the previous 2 Conventions to the one it eventually got passed at, it was put to the room that this was to facilitate the fielding of extra teams, second teams in smaller clubs in particular. The motion was soundly beaten both times. Maybe at the next Convention there should be a motion voted on that states that u18s can play adult but not for a clubs weakest team.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 20177 - 29/06/2026 15:49:44    2682939

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Replying To MyOhMi:  "Sorry am confused or maybe misunderstood - are you saying that Cushinstown themselves made the decision that he couldn't play?"
Yes.

countyman2022 (Wexford) - Posts: 1047 - 29/06/2026 16:15:51    2682950

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Replying To Viking66:  "Was talking to a friend there, they want to give Premier minor a proper shot, they arent in Premier minor that often.
He said Sean O'Brien will likely be playing 1st team adult come the start of the real championship. They have other lads too who would be good enough for Intermediate A.
Which brings me on to another point. From reading some of the posts here it seems clubs are letting all their minors play adult if they want to, even at Junior B, which isnt what the change was brought in for at all. The main point to letting minors play adult was that it would help the development of exceptional minors, especially intercounty standard ones. It wasnt so that minors who werent good enough or strong enough to play adult could get the ##### hammered out of them in Junior B games.
When the motion was brought to the previous 2 Conventions to the one it eventually got passed at, it was put to the room that this was to facilitate the fielding of extra teams, second teams in smaller clubs in particular. The motion was soundly beaten both times. Maybe at the next Convention there should be a motion voted on that states that u18s can play adult but not for a clubs weakest team."
I value your opinion but I have to disagree on this one completely . Most adult players in our era played Junior or junior b first and worked up the ranks . Most minors would be blown out of the water at senior or intermediate nowadays . Junior is a great way of blooding them .
I think its a great learning process for them not every chap will play for their first team ever . What i would say regards only playing exceptional players would make it worse than now with elitism and increase pressure and workload on them . Most would ve been intrcounty too at undrage .
Junior Junior a and b especially b is great as not too serious and get to enjoy playing where they just might be one of main players .

Formertownie (Wexford) - Posts: 625 - 29/06/2026 21:31:38    2683058

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Replying To Formertownie:  "I value your opinion but I have to disagree on this one completely . Most adult players in our era played Junior or junior b first and worked up the ranks . Most minors would be blown out of the water at senior or intermediate nowadays . Junior is a great way of blooding them .
I think its a great learning process for them not every chap will play for their first team ever . What i would say regards only playing exceptional players would make it worse than now with elitism and increase pressure and workload on them . Most would ve been intrcounty too at undrage .
Junior Junior a and b especially b is great as not too serious and get to enjoy playing where they just might be one of main players ."
Sure wont those lads have time enough to play if they start out junior b when they are u19? When they will at least be more physically able for it?

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 20177 - 29/06/2026 22:58:16    2683088

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Replying To Formertownie:  "I value your opinion but I have to disagree on this one completely . Most adult players in our era played Junior or junior b first and worked up the ranks . Most minors would be blown out of the water at senior or intermediate nowadays . Junior is a great way of blooding them .
I think its a great learning process for them not every chap will play for their first team ever . What i would say regards only playing exceptional players would make it worse than now with elitism and increase pressure and workload on them . Most would ve been intrcounty too at undrage .
Junior Junior a and b especially b is great as not too serious and get to enjoy playing where they just might be one of main players ."
Yes would 100% agree with you - in my experience it takes a very good county minor (back when it was U18 as opposed to U17) to make a club Senior team. There is no reason or issues why they shouldn't tog out with club second or third team. The day of Junior B sledging young lads is long gone and players are much better protected now also.

On the Sean O Brien thing - I do admire what Cushinstown are maybe trying to do and that is to protect him. He is a player for their minor team first and then after that an adult player. Let him progress naturally - the rules have been altered so he can do that. Joey Tobin is another one that we will potentially see play senior with Rathnure in 2027.

MyOhMi (Wexford) - Posts: 341 - 30/06/2026 08:49:47    2683113

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Replying To Formertownie:  "I value your opinion but I have to disagree on this one completely . Most adult players in our era played Junior or junior b first and worked up the ranks . Most minors would be blown out of the water at senior or intermediate nowadays . Junior is a great way of blooding them .
I think its a great learning process for them not every chap will play for their first team ever . What i would say regards only playing exceptional players would make it worse than now with elitism and increase pressure and workload on them . Most would ve been intrcounty too at undrage .
Junior Junior a and b especially b is great as not too serious and get to enjoy playing where they just might be one of main players ."
A lot of us hurled junior at 16 years of age before turning 17 in first year out of u-16, done no harm.

countyman2022 (Wexford) - Posts: 1047 - 30/06/2026 09:00:32    2683116

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Replying To Viking66:  "Sure wont those lads have time enough to play if they start out junior b when they are u19? When they will at least be more physically able for it?"
I think most lads are just bursting to play adult not all of them want to thats fine but if they do let them unless club policy says otherwise .
Some of my best memories are playing junior b we had great laugh and learned from former senior players who took us under their wing and protected us in an era where there was fair few slashers around . That has changed junior b is what it should be a more sociable and less competitive grade wgere young talented players can hone their skills . to introduce lads to adult . I Worked up through the ranks to play senior both codes .
The pressure playing first team makes it less enjoyable . Playing 2 nd or third team gives young lads a good start and it can could be the most enjoyable part of their career it may just be their level thats fine .
Let them play if capable and they want to .
I dont think cushionstown are the only cub thinking this way . And thats an individual club preference which they are entitled to do . And any player likewise we cannot and should not judge they obviously have their reasons .
Leave the decision to the player first and club second.

Formertownie (Wexford) - Posts: 625 - 30/06/2026 11:33:35    2683139

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Replying To MyOhMi:  "Yes would 100% agree with you - in my experience it takes a very good county minor (back when it was U18 as opposed to U17) to make a club Senior team. There is no reason or issues why they shouldn't tog out with club second or third team. The day of Junior B sledging young lads is long gone and players are much better protected now also.

On the Sean O Brien thing - I do admire what Cushinstown are maybe trying to do and that is to protect him. He is a player for their minor team first and then after that an adult player. Let him progress naturally - the rules have been altered so he can do that. Joey Tobin is another one that we will potentially see play senior with Rathnure in 2027."
Tbf, I think the changes to eligibility were brought in so that the very best 18yos would play whilst also respecting player welfare

Rathnure don't do football so player welfare concerns are less of an issue for Tobin, he might also find it hard enough to break into their first team as an 18yo, not saying he won't but you'd imagine that they won't be handing him a starting spot on a plate, they'll make him earn it

ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 1426 - 30/06/2026 11:45:46    2683144

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Regarding the eligibility rules, I know the current rules were brought in with the best 18yo hurlers in mind but as far as welfare goes, I don't think stopping weaker 18yos from hurling adult really does much for them

If they're weaker, they're less likely to be hurling for county teams and the like so welfare concerns aren't as much of an issue, probably a lot easier to keep lads interested in playing hurling if they're allowed play adult at 18

I'm not going to say Cushinstown are right or wrong to be doing what they're doing, it's their call at the end of the day, I'm actually a bit surprised they did it given they're Intermediate A and the hype around him

Given his talent, it's important that we as a county don't run him into the ground but we can't control how much Cushinstown play him, only they can do that

ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 1426 - 30/06/2026 11:50:26    2683145

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Interesting reading about the minor situation..has club minor there reverted back to under 18??it has here in limerick..this to me doesn't make any bit of since as inter county minor is under 17,surely it would make things easier for everyone if it all reverted back to 18 including inter county..this way then at least it all runs the same way..I was going to matches at minor level here and couldn't figure why certain fellas weren't playing until I realised it was 17 and not 18..
What is happening at club level in other counties?

CTGAA10 (Limerick) - Posts: 2704 - 30/06/2026 13:39:48    2683178

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Replying To CTGAA10:  "Interesting reading about the minor situation..has club minor there reverted back to under 18??it has here in limerick..this to me doesn't make any bit of since as inter county minor is under 17,surely it would make things easier for everyone if it all reverted back to 18 including inter county..this way then at least it all runs the same way..I was going to matches at minor level here and couldn't figure why certain fellas weren't playing until I realised it was 17 and not 18..
What is happening at club level in other counties?"
Club Minor is U18 in Wexford and has been that way for a few years now

Agree that intercounty Minor should be U18 as well

ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 1426 - 30/06/2026 16:51:22    2683237

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Replying To CTGAA10:  "Interesting reading about the minor situation..has club minor there reverted back to under 18??it has here in limerick..this to me doesn't make any bit of since as inter county minor is under 17,surely it would make things easier for everyone if it all reverted back to 18 including inter county..this way then at least it all runs the same way..I was going to matches at minor level here and couldn't figure why certain fellas weren't playing until I realised it was 17 and not 18..
What is happening at club level in other counties?"
Most counties are back to u18 at this stage lad

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 20177 - 30/06/2026 21:06:58    2683296

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Replying To ElGranSenor:  "Regarding the eligibility rules, I know the current rules were brought in with the best 18yo hurlers in mind but as far as welfare goes, I don't think stopping weaker 18yos from hurling adult really does much for them

If they're weaker, they're less likely to be hurling for county teams and the like so welfare concerns aren't as much of an issue, probably a lot easier to keep lads interested in playing hurling if they're allowed play adult at 18

I'm not going to say Cushinstown are right or wrong to be doing what they're doing, it's their call at the end of the day, I'm actually a bit surprised they did it given they're Intermediate A and the hype around him

Given his talent, it's important that we as a county don't run him into the ground but we can't control how much Cushinstown play him, only they can do that"
He will be playing adult come the Championship

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 20177 - 30/06/2026 21:09:21    2683297

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Thanks for info Viking.

CTGAA10 (Limerick) - Posts: 2704 - 01/07/2026 00:23:48    2683331

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What junior hurling match was the black card given in last weekend?

countyman2022 (Wexford) - Posts: 1047 - 02/07/2026 15:17:47    2683694

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V enjoyable first half between Gorey and Har's. But does anyone else find the Co Comm doing that game and alot of other senior games extremely hard to listen to?

countyman2022 (Wexford) - Posts: 1047 - 02/07/2026 20:53:37    2683777

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Replying To countyman2022:  "V enjoyable first half between Gorey and Har's. But does anyone else find the Co Comm doing that game and alot of other senior games extremely hard to listen to?"
Didn't see that game only clips but the two lads are the most knowledgeable men on it so I would disagree with that comment.

WexMurph (Wexford) - Posts: 355 - 02/07/2026 23:05:19    2683801

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