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Hardly outsiders. Its going to be 40 odd 15-17 year olds playing in the game. Hard to say who will rise to it, and who will shrink from it.
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 19457 - 05/05/2026 13:04:25 2671096 Link 1 |
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I'm expecting Wexford to give us plenty of it here. On day 1 the gap on the final scoreboard was far bigger than the gap between the teams on the grass. Wexford have since drawn with Kilkenny (4 down with 2 mins left and goaled twice) and walloped both Kildare and Laois, and while neither of the latter two are up to much at this level, hammering them can only be good for confidence. You'd imagine Wexford will be better prepared for Niland the next day also and we can't rely on their shooting being so rotten either. Perhaps my expectations are too high but I've been somewhat underwhelmed by what I have seen from the U20's this year so far, Niland was essentially the difference on day 1, Kildare was meh and we were fortunate enough to beat a very understrength KK side (TBF we didn't have Niland and Rabbitte came on after HT and he did make an impact) But a repeat of the first 25 minutes of the KK game wouldn't be a good look and it would mean we wouldn't be in much danger of winning anything. Let's hope we improve on the grass and on the line. We need to. Stool Pigeon (Galway) - Posts: 1013 - 05/05/2026 18:02:19 2671189 Link 1 |
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They probably will give us plenty of it but I'd be very disappointed if we aren't winning this one with a bit to spare. Rabbitte was definitely carrying an injury in that first game and the big difference is having Cullen Killeen now available at midfield. He really drove things on against Kilkenny when some of the others weren't hurling well and he is a class player - man of the match in the county final and the all ireland club semi final this year. I wouldn't mind seeing Rabbitte and Niland both play on the inside line for a portion of the game, just to stop a sweeper focusing solely on Niland.
galway19 (Galway) - Posts: 1095 - 06/05/2026 09:36:42 2671235 Link 1 |
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Good to see Niland and Rabbitte left out of the game tomorrow to be rested for Wednesday evening. Gives a chance to Conor Cooney and Colm Molloy who have looked good off the bench in first two games. Josh Ryan straight back into the team at corner back after his injury. Should be a comfortable win and hopefully pick up no injuries. galway19 (Galway) - Posts: 1095 - 08/05/2026 09:32:32 2671549 Link 0 |
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I think the city/west hurlers are often not given the same treatment. They are often overlooked which is fair enough in some regard as the tradition is not predominantly hurling here which I understand and the majority of success is east/south. An example of a player who is hard done by is Ed o Reilly from mellows. A brilliant hurler, he's getting a look in with the 20s this year but he's worth a place in that senior team 100%. Id love to see a bit of fairness brought into it at some stage. But will we ever hit that stage I don't know….., Galwayman67420 (Galway) - Posts: 41 - 08/05/2026 12:43:36 2671607 Link 0 |