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Replying To Viking66:  "Barney, console yourself with the thought that Galway are very good at beating themselves ;-)"
We've gotten pretty good at beating wexford the last 20 years as well ;)

Overdahill (Galway) - Posts: 139 - 04/06/2026 15:33:10    2677916

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Replying To Overdahill:  "We've gotten pretty good at beating wexford the last 20 years as well ;)"
Last 5 years you have won 3, drawn 1 and lost one.
In the Round Robin overall its you have won 4, drawn 2 lost 1.
So you have been better than us in recent years. But in the last 5 years, probably the most relevant stat, Dublin have won 4 and drawn once against us.
So they have the better record than you do.
And if you want to go head to head, its won 2, drawn 1 and lost 2. So exactly even.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 19939 - 04/06/2026 16:27:31    2677936

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Replying To Viking66:  "Barney, console yourself with the thought that Galway are very good at beating themselves ;-)"
Accentuate the positive! Galway were the last team from the Leinster championship to win an All Ireland and came within a whisker of a draw with Limerick the following year. :)

Crashingwaves (Galway) - Posts: 346 - 04/06/2026 16:29:27    2677937

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I know, they're not always right a lot of the time and some outlets have their bias, however listening to the GAA on the build-up to Saturday evening it's almost as if they've written us off.

Yes Dublin are in good form and always have the players to trouble us and of course have already beaten us this season along with the fact of their Kilkenny game this season and the game last year against Limerick being massive results.

However they seem to think that over the past 2 or 3 weeks that Galway could only have stayed the same or gotten worse.

I don't see it myself and probably shouldn't pay too much attention, but are we ever going to be taken serious as a contender?

ColmFlaherty (Galway) - Posts: 86 - 04/06/2026 20:55:23    2677984

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Replying To Crashingwaves:  "Accentuate the positive! Galway were the last team from the Leinster championship to win an All Ireland and came within a whisker of a draw with Limerick the following year. :)"
Shouldve won in 2018. Be nice to see yourselves or one of the 2 Leinster counties win it now, but its a huge ask.....

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 19939 - 04/06/2026 22:48:12    2678010

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Replying To ColmFlaherty:  "I know, they're not always right a lot of the time and some outlets have their bias, however listening to the GAA on the build-up to Saturday evening it's almost as if they've written us off.

Yes Dublin are in good form and always have the players to trouble us and of course have already beaten us this season along with the fact of their Kilkenny game this season and the game last year against Limerick being massive results.

However they seem to think that over the past 2 or 3 weeks that Galway could only have stayed the same or gotten worse.

I don't see it myself and probably shouldn't pay too much attention, but are we ever going to be taken serious as a contender?"
That's probably good listening for the Galway hurling fanbase, who tend to bring an overconfident air into most clashes with Dublin, since we entered Leinster in 2009. They've beaten us more than we've beaten them 2009-2026, so we've nothing to be overconfident about really. We also were emphatically beaten in the only Leinster Final to date between the sides, in 2013.

Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4784 - 05/06/2026 08:46:17    2678036

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Replying To Viking66:  "Last 5 years you have won 3, drawn 1 and lost one.
In the Round Robin overall its you have won 4, drawn 2 lost 1.
So you have been better than us in recent years. But in the last 5 years, probably the most relevant stat, Dublin have won 4 and drawn once against us.
So they have the better record than you do.
And if you want to go head to head, its won 2, drawn 1 and lost 2. So exactly even."
I said last 20 years for a reason, I had a feeling one of our resident wexfordians would come back with somethign like this. :D By my calculations the last 20 years its won 10, drawn 2, lost 1. That counts as pretty good at beating Wexford. I never mentioned dublin

Overdahill (Galway) - Posts: 139 - 05/06/2026 09:29:16    2678041

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Replying To Viking66:  "Last 5 years you have won 3, drawn 1 and lost one.
In the Round Robin overall its you have won 4, drawn 2 lost 1.
So you have been better than us in recent years. But in the last 5 years, probably the most relevant stat, Dublin have won 4 and drawn once against us.
So they have the better record than you do.
And if you want to go head to head, its won 2, drawn 1 and lost 2. So exactly even."
Dublin are very good at beating Wexford

Overdahill (Galway) - Posts: 139 - 05/06/2026 09:30:10    2678042

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Replying To ColmFlaherty:  "I know, they're not always right a lot of the time and some outlets have their bias, however listening to the GAA on the build-up to Saturday evening it's almost as if they've written us off.

Yes Dublin are in good form and always have the players to trouble us and of course have already beaten us this season along with the fact of their Kilkenny game this season and the game last year against Limerick being massive results.

However they seem to think that over the past 2 or 3 weeks that Galway could only have stayed the same or gotten worse.

I don't see it myself and probably shouldn't pay too much attention, but are we ever going to be taken serious as a contender?"
I think we were taken serious as a contender when we deserved to be. We haven't done anything yet with this team to be called an All ireladn contender.

Most of what I've heard this week has been fair to be honest. Dublin are more consistent and have more of a track record given this is such a young galway team.

I do, however, expect the narrative to be different next week ;)

Overdahill (Galway) - Posts: 139 - 05/06/2026 09:35:30    2678043

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Replying To Pope_Benedict:  "That's probably good listening for the Galway hurling fanbase, who tend to bring an overconfident air into most clashes with Dublin, since we entered Leinster in 2009. They've beaten us more than we've beaten them 2009-2026, so we've nothing to be overconfident about really. We also were emphatically beaten in the only Leinster Final to date between the sides, in 2013."
Exactly. We'll be considered contenders when we do something to warrant it. A start would be winning the Leinster title on Saturday. Need a massive improvement to do so.

WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2865 - 05/06/2026 10:49:28    2678058

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Replying To Overdahill:  "Dublin are very good at beating Wexford"
Better than Galway at it. Not too bad at beating you either? Its exactly even in your last 5 games.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 19939 - 05/06/2026 11:18:27    2678072

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Replying To Overdahill:  "I said last 20 years for a reason, I had a feeling one of our resident wexfordians would come back with somethign like this. :D By my calculations the last 20 years its won 10, drawn 2, lost 1. That counts as pretty good at beating Wexford. I never mentioned dublin"
I know you cherry picked the year! Its not as if I dont do that myself sometimes ;-)
Seriously though you beating us 15 or 10 years ago has absolutely no bearing on whether you will win the Leinster Final or not. Joe Canning and Damien Hayes won't be playing in it.
The stats I gave you cover most of the current Dublin and Galway players.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 19939 - 05/06/2026 11:21:32    2678074

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Replying To Overdahill:  "I said last 20 years for a reason, I had a feeling one of our resident wexfordians would come back with somethign like this. :D By my calculations the last 20 years its won 10, drawn 2, lost 1. That counts as pretty good at beating Wexford. I never mentioned dublin"
Thats including League? :-D
Championship all time we have played 18 times.
You have 8 wins to our 7 with 3 draws.
But thats including Meelicks win over Castlebridge in the 1st ever GAA organised intercounty hurling game. When clubs represented their counties.
If you are only talking about championship games between county teams we are exactly even over all time.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 19939 - 05/06/2026 11:32:36    2678081

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Replying To Overdahill:  "I said last 20 years for a reason, I had a feeling one of our resident wexfordians would come back with somethign like this. :D By my calculations the last 20 years its won 10, drawn 2, lost 1. That counts as pretty good at beating Wexford. I never mentioned dublin"
Actually if you are including League we have beaten you more than once in the last 20 years. We have beaten you twice in the last 5 years.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 19939 - 05/06/2026 11:37:00    2678083

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