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Congratulations to Carlow's wonderful women footballers. A serious achievement, built on hard work, discipline and no shortage of character.

They have done the county proud. And it was great to see a large crowd there to support them today.

CARPS (Carlow) - Posts: 1136 - 02/08/2026 13:57:44    2688450

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Replying To CarlowJuniorB:  "MLR are due their customary big game and after a drubbing last week, fenagh could get turned over here. But all depending on who's available for MLR as you said."
MLR are headed for relegation. You can see the dual clubs, and clubs from dual areas, really struggling in their secondary codes this year.

This was a predicable consequence of removing our wonderful split season.

Hopefully, it will be reinstated next year. But football should be allowed to go first, and it should rotate each year.

CARPS (Carlow) - Posts: 1136 - 02/08/2026 19:51:39    2688486

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Replying To CARPS:  "MLR are headed for relegation. You can see the dual clubs, and clubs from dual areas, really struggling in their secondary codes this year.

This was a predicable consequence of removing our wonderful split season.

Hopefully, it will be reinstated next year. But football should be allowed to go first, and it should rotate each year."
Agree 100 percent

Ceatharlach7000 (Carlow) - Posts: 45 - 03/08/2026 11:47:54    2688530

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Replying To CARPS:  "MLR are headed for relegation. You can see the dual clubs, and clubs from dual areas, really struggling in their secondary codes this year.

This was a predicable consequence of removing our wonderful split season.

Hopefully, it will be reinstated next year. But football should be allowed to go first, and it should rotate each year."
There has to be a line between split season and not split season. If football goes first, lads who hurl won't pick up a hurl until the football is finished. When you're saying that secondary sports are struggling, who's struggling? Just MLR really and they are never consistent year on year because they're not football driven like hurling.

Looking at the rest, bagenalstown are doing better in the hurling results wise and incredibly unlucky in football results so far. Carlow town are flying in inter and junior. Myshall are hurling primarily but looks to be football first at the moment. Naomh brid was always going to be a massive step up. Ballinkillen 2 wins so far in the hurling.

It's not a perfect system but a fully split season also doesn't fully work. What id like to see are the playing numbers between hurling and football this year to last year and see what the actually drop off is.

CarlowJuniorB (Clare) - Posts: 202 - 03/08/2026 13:20:46    2688545

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Just looking back on the match reports over the weekend. The man who'd transform our county football team hasn't scored in the last two games.

Collio (Carlow) - Posts: 132 - 04/08/2026 13:25:51    2688635

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Replying To Collio:  "Just looking back on the match reports over the weekend. The man who'd transform our county football team hasn't scored in the last two games."
No it wasn't just one player missing. It was the captain, starting centre forward and starting midfielder missing but ok.

CarlowJuniorB (Clare) - Posts: 202 - 04/08/2026 16:03:59    2688656

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Replying To CarlowJuniorB:  "There has to be a line between split season and not split season. If football goes first, lads who hurl won't pick up a hurl until the football is finished. When you're saying that secondary sports are struggling, who's struggling? Just MLR really and they are never consistent year on year because they're not football driven like hurling.

Looking at the rest, bagenalstown are doing better in the hurling results wise and incredibly unlucky in football results so far. Carlow town are flying in inter and junior. Myshall are hurling primarily but looks to be football first at the moment. Naomh brid was always going to be a massive step up. Ballinkillen 2 wins so far in the hurling.

It's not a perfect system but a fully split season also doesn't fully work. What id like to see are the playing numbers between hurling and football this year to last year and see what the actually drop off is."
I was going to say Kildavin are struggling in hurling this year compare to last but then their football performances are as bad.

Bagenalstown seem to be to be the only dual club that's adopted well to keeping both codes going at a good level. Bigger numbers than most though. But probably no better than semi finalists in both competitions and with out without the split season that's probably as far as they could go in either anyway.

Onion Breath (Carlow) - Posts: 1888 - 04/08/2026 19:24:25    2688682

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