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Best.of luck tommorrow and the season as it all starts now all the league practice matches pre season tournaments mean nothing now all the shadow boxing is done and dusted.
Up the yellowbellies.

Formertownie (Wexford) - Posts: 575 - 17/04/2026 14:25:24    2666933

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Re the 2019 final my youngest was 6 at the time, my wife and older lads went in early and we went to see my father. It wasn't an easy decision but there was no chance of keeping him sitting in Croke Park for 3 matches. I was not alone in that but yes there was plenty of pint drinkers too.
Re the Offaly match in Carlow, Offaly had the 16th man and in a tight game that is vital. Wexford supporters always complain about going to Thurles, why can't matches be in Kilkenny, and so on. I think they proved that night that they won't really go anywhere to support their teams.
Anyway, good luck for the weekend and the championship ahead.

ExiledInWex (Dublin) - Posts: 1616 - 17/04/2026 14:27:02    2666934

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@OpenStandWall - that was one of the rumours going around at the time all right, that Offaly County Board had bought a load of tickets themselves and given them out for free. Another was that they put on a load of buses so that supporters, and particularly children, could travel to the match for free as well. Neither of them were true.

And yeah, I well remember that week too.

I remember the young lad was eight years old and he came out of Carlow crying that he was a jinx because he hardly ever saw a Wexford team win. I said "don't worry buddy, I'll bring you to the Park on Sunday, and we should win there all right". That was the match against Westmeath - and look how that turned out!

Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 3492 - 17/04/2026 14:42:19    2666938

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Replying To Afinestick96:  "Team named. Somehow think we may see a few changes before throw in"
Am surprised by a few things in that selection myself, and also think we'll probably see some changes to it. But still think that so long as there's no complacency, we should win it all right.

Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 3492 - 17/04/2026 14:44:00    2666939

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Replying To Viking66:  "In 2019 we won the Leinster minor Championship, beating Dublin, the then defending champions, in the semifinal. There werent too many came early to Croke Park to see all the minor final against Kilkenny. But the crowd coming in for the Senior final definitely helped our lads over the line in that game.

There wasnt a huge number of Wexford people at the subsequent AIMSF against Galway.

In 2024 we had beaten Kilkenny pretty well in the group stages and hammered Cork, knocking them out. There werent many Wexford people in Semple Stadium to see the lads lose to Clare. We had a marquee forward that year, Sean O'Brien was still u16 and was the top scorer in the AI Minor Hurling Championship that year, despite us only making it to that quarterfinal.

I dont agree that our bandwagon would be overflowing. Maybe if we reached an AI Minor final, but definitely not before.

Let's face facts, there are alot of people in Wexford who claim to be great hurling men and women, but most of them dont even bother going to support our county teams in their games, let alone get involved as coaches, referees or administrators at club or county level."
Sean is a great chap but people need to relax and stop putting pressure on him, yes he was the top scorer that year but wasnt in the top 10 scorers from open play. Real test is from now. But a great prospect but overhyping young lads isnt a good idea in my opinion

Bryson (Wexford) - Posts: 33 - 17/04/2026 15:41:59    2666954

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Replying To ElGranSenor:  "No Cian Byrne or Simon Donohoe in the squad

Fanning
Carley
Conor Foley
Shane Reck
Damien Reck
Richie Lawlor
O'Leary
Hearne
Wickham
Banville
Chin
James Byrne
Kevin Foley
Redmond
Roche

Would be surprised if we started that XV

Bench looks decent enough too; Jacko, Jippo, Rowley, David Codd, and Higgins all there"
Cillian Byrne on the bench too

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 19243 - 17/04/2026 16:58:50    2666961

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Replying To Doylerwex:  "I understand that Viking but it's the day before the championship and our backs are against the wall even within the county. Prepared is one thing but fear is another. I'm simply trying to be positive about our ambitions. I accept we can get caught. My point is if we bring our best performance we've nothing to fear."
Our backs arent against the wall. We will have done our due diligence on Kildare, as they have good players, and we will need to know as much as we can about them. We will be properly motivated, get our on the day preparation right, and win the game.
No outside noise will make any difference to that.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 19243 - 17/04/2026 17:04:01    2666962

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A local journalist declared on the Wex hurling podcast this week that he will be very disappointed if we don't beat Kildare by at least 20 points. I couldn't believe my ears. I believe we should win but this sort of nonsense doesn't do Wexford hurling any good. We're not Tipp or Limerick. I'll be happy with any sort of win tomorrow

Purpleandgold72 (Wexford) - Posts: 283 - 17/04/2026 18:16:57    2666968

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Replying To Bryson:  "Sean is a great chap but people need to relax and stop putting pressure on him, yes he was the top scorer that year but wasnt in the top 10 scorers from open play. Real test is from now. But a great prospect but overhyping young lads isnt a good idea in my opinion"
You are right. But he is a young fella with excellent potential if he keeps working hard.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 19243 - 17/04/2026 20:28:35    2666977

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Replying To Viking66:  "Our backs arent against the wall. We will have done our due diligence on Kildare, as they have good players, and we will need to know as much as we can about them. We will be properly motivated, get our on the day preparation right, and win the game.
No outside noise will make any difference to that."
I think outside noise does make a difference. The supporters started piling pressure on the team when everything started going wrong against Westmeath in the park. That could make all the difference. Worst case scenario tomorrow is it's too close for too long. The Kildare crowd get louder and we shrink. That can and does influence games.

Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 4449 - 17/04/2026 21:03:34    2666981

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Replying To Doylerwex:  "I think outside noise does make a difference. The supporters started piling pressure on the team when everything started going wrong against Westmeath in the park. That could make all the difference. Worst case scenario tomorrow is it's too close for too long. The Kildare crowd get louder and we shrink. That can and does influence games."
Thats not what I meant by outside noise.

Of course support can make a difference. And ours is largely pathetic outside of Croke Park.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 19243 - 17/04/2026 22:57:53    2666994

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A bit nervous about today, Kildare will throw everything at wexford,but I think it will be close up to 60 minutes until wexford pull away, kildare have only 15 decent hurlers but no bench, also most of the kildare supporters will be in Newbridge tomorrow for the football so dont think it will attract a big kildare support today

fathermurphy (Wexford) - Posts: 339 - 18/04/2026 08:14:41    2667001

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Replying To Purpleandgold72:  "A local journalist declared on the Wex hurling podcast this week that he will be very disappointed if we don't beat Kildare by at least 20 points. I couldn't believe my ears. I believe we should win but this sort of nonsense doesn't do Wexford hurling any good. We're not Tipp or Limerick. I'll be happy with any sort of win tomorrow"
I wouldn't take much notice of what he spouts tbh. He's an overly emotional supporter first and foremost and his passion for Wexford hurling is clear to see but it's a fantasy statement to think we'll be beating Kildare by that margin.

We just need to win the game, 1 point victory will do. Them onwards and upwards.

YellowShadeOfPurple (Wexford) - Posts: 66 - 18/04/2026 09:32:26    2667009

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Replying To Viking66:  "Our backs arent against the wall. We will have done our due diligence on Kildare, as they have good players, and we will need to know as much as we can about them. We will be properly motivated, get our on the day preparation right, and win the game.
No outside noise will make any difference to that."
If we need to motivate ourselves with shtick like our backs are against the wall stuff to play Kildare then we truly are in trouble. (Not sure how our backs are against the wall in a competition that hasn't even started yet)

I seen a comment about beating Kildare by 20 points and how we shouldn't think like that cos we aren't Tipp or Limerick. Its because we dont think like that that we aren't like Tipp or Limerick.

A comfortable win, liking away in the 2nd half is my prediction and absolutely we should be aiming to win by 20 points if we can. And thats no disrespect to Kildare because they are a good team but we are a far better team and need to show it. We aren't nearly ruthless enough, Westmeath a few years ago a prime example where we weren't and got caught and the same can happen again unless we develop that ruthless streak and when the chance arises push on and put up that score.

We need to change our mentality, not backs against the wall and fighting for our future the nights darkest just before the dawn stuff. Thats the mentality that holds us back because it relies on things being in a bad way before we react. I hate that mentality, I dont believe in a siege mentality, I believe in not being under siege in the first place.

We need to be more arrogant and I mean that arrogance in a good way nit constantly looking for our motivation to come from bejng up against it. We've been trying that schtick since 96

tearintom (Wexford) - Posts: 1643 - 18/04/2026 09:52:36    2667010

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Good luck to both wexford teams today, hopefully we can bring home two wins.

hunting (Wexford) - Posts: 1199 - 18/04/2026 10:55:36    2667015

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Very disappointed watching the minor match. Loads of frees. Started well but really lacked any power up front for scores. Seemed to find our scores harder to come by. Why weren't we given a free for the advantage at the end when the Wexford player hits the crossbar when fouled just before this??? Thought one too many passes. Laois away next week who ran Galway to four points.

alwaysasub (Wexford) - Posts: 592 - 18/04/2026 14:26:51    2667042

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