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Loughrea-3 and Ballygunner-5 double is a generous 3/1. For those who wouldn't understand......that means Loughrea have to win by 4pts or more and Ballygunner to win by 6pts or more! katser (Galway) - Posts: 2768 - 19/12/2025 15:37:12 2648864 Link
Replying To WanPintWin: "A brilliant hurler for club and county. He achieved a huge amount. His list of honours alone doesn't tell the full picture, but it's not bad at all. At county level: Senior All-Ireland U21 All-Ireland 3 National Leagues At Club: 2 All-Irelands 8 County Titles At College: Fitzgibbon Cup Individual: 4 All-Stars Man of the Match in the All-Ireland Final" Fantastic stalwart for Galway and definitely in the top bracket for most successful Galway hurlers of all time. I reckon on head to head Joe Canning has won more overall for both Club and County. katser (Galway) - Posts: 2768 - 19/12/2025 15:44:19 2648866 Link
Replying To katser: "Loughrea-3 and Ballygunner-5 double is a generous 3/1. For those who wouldn't understand......that means Loughrea have to win by 4pts or more and Ballygunner to win by 6pts or more!" Not sure thats particularly generous Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 17846 - 19/12/2025 20:06:57 2648879 Link
Replying To katser: "It won't bother me in the slightest if Loughrea win lose or draw, but if they can't beat a hurling team from Derry....they may aswell stay at home!" Slaughtneil are a serious outfit. Loughrea better be ready for one hell of a battle or they will be sent packing. Past hurler (None) - Posts: 1019 - 19/12/2025 21:10:52 2648885 Link
Replying To katser: "Fantastic stalwart for Galway and definitely in the top bracket for most successful Galway hurlers of all time. I reckon on head to head Joe Canning has won more overall for both Club and County." Hard to interpret what 'overall' means in your context there, but Burke had more county senior championship wins. On the 'head to head' aspect, Canning was the central figure on an all Ireland winning minor side at 15 years old in 2004. Burke would have needed to make that side as a 14 year old to match that 'head to head', which left him at a disadvantage, one would imagine. Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4503 - 20/12/2025 10:13:18 2648967 Link
Loughrea will need to be on it from the start tomorrow. They need to have their touch, their intensity and their accuracy 100% to beat slaughtneil. Slaughtneil are physical, fit and fast, but I believe Loughrea have better hurlers and are a better team this year compared to last year. Loughrea by 4 BigBàsMan (Galway) - Posts: 243 - 20/12/2025 10:59:58 2648968 Link
Replying To Pope_Benedict: "Hard to interpret what 'overall' means in your context there, but Burke had more county senior championship wins. On the 'head to head' aspect, Canning was the central figure on an all Ireland winning minor side at 15 years old in 2004. Burke would have needed to make that side as a 14 year old to match that 'head to head', which left him at a disadvantage, one would imagine." Honours....the definition of one being successful is what one has achieved. Therefore JC with more All Ireland Club medals but less County medals than DB, would that make the aforementioned JC a more successful individual. But then one could argue is Noel Lane more successful with 3 All Ireland Senior medals but zero at Club level! IMO I would have JC as the most successful Galway hurler of all time. katser (Galway) - Posts: 2768 - 20/12/2025 13:28:47 2648982 Link
Replying To katser: "Honours....the definition of one being successful is what one has achieved. Therefore JC with more All Ireland Club medals but less County medals than DB, would that make the aforementioned JC a more successful individual. But then one could argue is Noel Lane more successful with 3 All Ireland Senior medals but zero at Club level! IMO I would have JC as the most successful Galway hurler of all time." Hayes and Sylvie have those 3 plus club medals, and Sylvie might have a few trophy scalps as well. Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4503 - 20/12/2025 14:08:42 2648984 Link
Replying To CTGAA10: "I really think Katser is trying to rise people.." You're probably right but I wish I had his confidence. I just want Loughrea to win in any fashion. lol. SouthGalway (Galway) - Posts: 143 - 20/12/2025 16:38:18 2649000 Link
Thank you David Burke for your service to Galway Hurling. Best of luck in your future. SouthGalway (Galway) - Posts: 143 - 20/12/2025 16:41:33 2649002 Link