Replying To BarneyGrant: "Lunster beaten in the rugger and Boden bate again.
Oh, to see such days ....."
In the nicest possible way, im confused, Boden v Fianna hasn't been played yet, did I miss something? And your Schadenfreude towards Leinster just losing to Munster is puzzling! What's the storey there? There's great history between gaa and rugby down the years! I played both codes myself and both had a positive impact on my performance in both codes Also played soccer but was useless l, Cycled competitively and was actully my best disipline. Plenty of others have also done same. All sport is good! Can never understand why people slate any sport! Why do you? I really enjoy your knowledge of Dublin hurling but then you go and let yourself down with a post like above.
Replying To Onion_Sack: "In the nicest possible way, im confused, Boden v Fianna hasn't been played yet, did I miss something? And your Schadenfreude towards Leinster just losing to Munster is puzzling! What's the storey there? There's great history between gaa and rugby down the years! I played both codes myself and both had a positive impact on my performance in both codes Also played soccer but was useless l, Cycled competitively and was actully my best disipline. Plenty of others have also done same. All sport is good! Can never understand why people slate any sport! Why do you? I really enjoy your knowledge of Dublin hurling but then you go and let yourself down with a post like above."
Just home and dried & warmed up after a very wet and cold night in Dublin HQ.
I thought NF were in with a great chance when leading 7pts to 3pt in the first half but Boden levelled it up at HT 7pts a piece.
The power of Boden was clearly evident and with Collie putting on yet another all round excellent performance. the Glasnevin men had no answer in the 2nd half. But really the game was just over midway through that 2nd half, I felt. I thought the NF kickouts were not working at all and surprised Davy kept going long.
To be honest I was gutted for the ever young Jonny Cooper, but delighted for Collie.
For the statisticians, Boden had 7 scorers and NF had 5. With only one 2pointer throughout the whole game.
Daire Sweeney top scored with 8pts but 7 were frees and he missed a simple free also.
Congrats Boden. Very hard luck to my near neighbours.
Ok so now that the Dublin SFC is over - how many new players do the Dubs on here think will make the Dublin panel in 2026.
Not many at all unfortunately.
Personally I think Cuala are the best team in the county but their last 5minutes malfunction v Boden in the Semi final will haunt them for quite a while. But credit to Boden for their fight back and their very strong performance in the Final tonight. Well done and congrats. Hopefully they do well in Leinster.
As for newbies for the Dubs next year, unfortunately, I am struggling to find any who will make a big difference to our current squad.
But Collie Basquel needs to start in my opinion. He had a very good Dublin SFC for Ballyboden. Consistently their go to man. Delighted for him.