National Forum

Wexford Intercounty Hurling 2023

(Oldest Posts First) - Go To The Latest Post


I see wexford park have opens up the clonard terrace for Kilkenny game. It will be interesting to see how many of that 12000 will go to mountrath and birr over the next few weeks

Wexfordgaa (Wexford) - Posts: 370 - 05/01/2023 20:08:49    2451294

Link

Replying To Wexfordgaa:  "I see wexford park have opens up the clonard terrace for Kilkenny game. It will be interesting to see how many of that 12000 will go to mountrath and birr over the next few weeks"
Probably very few. Walsh Cup games generally don't capture the Wexford publics imagination. Games against Kilkenny at any level do though and this time there's a bit of novelty and razzmatazz thrown in.
If the draw had been different and we were playing Laois instead of Kilkenny there wouldn't be 12000 tickets sold.
Personally it's looking unlikely that I will make Mountrath although things could change between now and Sunday. Birr is looking more likely.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 16513 - 06/01/2023 10:37:47    2451312

Link

https://wexfordweekly.com/2023/01/06/wexford-senior-hurling-team-is-named-to-face-laois-on-sunday/

Darragh Egan has named his team for our 1st intercounty hurling game of the year.
Only Ryan and Damien Reck of the starters have more than 5 previous championship starts for Wexford and 11 of the starters have none. And only Chin and Fanning on the bench have more than 5 championship starts and only Shane Reck has started a championship game apart from those 2 on the bench.
Fair play to him for giving the younger lads, 95% of that team are u25, a start and hopefully some will seize their opportunity. All those lads have done well in last year's club championship and/or on previous Wexford minor and u20/1 teams.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 16513 - 07/01/2023 07:05:04    2451391

Link

Replying To Viking66:  "https://wexfordweekly.com/2023/01/06/wexford-senior-hurling-team-is-named-to-face-laois-on-sunday/

Darragh Egan has named his team for our 1st intercounty hurling game of the year.
Only Ryan and Damien Reck of the starters have more than 5 previous championship starts for Wexford and 11 of the starters have none. And only Chin and Fanning on the bench have more than 5 championship starts and only Shane Reck has started a championship game apart from those 2 on the bench.
Fair play to him for giving the younger lads, 95% of that team are u25, a start and hopefully some will seize their opportunity. All those lads have done well in last year's club championship and/or on previous Wexford minor and u20/1 teams."
Delighted with that team, exactly what the Walsh Cup is for.

TerribleFootwork (Wexford) - Posts: 1760 - 07/01/2023 10:58:35    2451404

Link

Replying To Wexfordgaa:  "I see wexford park have opens up the clonard terrace for Kilkenny game. It will be interesting to see how many of that 12000 will go to mountrath and birr over the next few weeks"
Every county has these fans. "I was at the Walsh Cup match in Mountrath so I am a better supporter than you".
Wexford and Kilkenny is a plum fixture at any time of the year and as long as I am in Wexford, always seems to attract a good crowd.
I bought tickets because the young lads want to go and there is a novelty factor with fireworks and the first game under lights. The tickets are also cheap and there is not much else on.
Why wouldn't people go?

ExiledInWex (Dublin) - Posts: 1425 - 07/01/2023 11:16:51    2451408

Link

Replying To TerribleFootwork:  "Delighted with that team, exactly what the Walsh Cup is for."
Delighted too. And better again I'll be able to go now!

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 16513 - 07/01/2023 13:14:51    2451416

Link

Replying To ExiledInWex:  "Every county has these fans. "I was at the Walsh Cup match in Mountrath so I am a better supporter than you".
Wexford and Kilkenny is a plum fixture at any time of the year and as long as I am in Wexford, always seems to attract a good crowd.
I bought tickets because the young lads want to go and there is a novelty factor with fireworks and the first game under lights. The tickets are also cheap and there is not much else on.
Why wouldn't people go?"
Exactly multitude of reasons why people can't go games, i try to get to as many games as I can, missed a championship game last year due to a family communion and game earlier in the year with Covid everyone has circumstances why they can't go to particular games.

TerribleFootwork (Wexford) - Posts: 1760 - 07/01/2023 13:26:59    2451419

Link

Replying To ExiledInWex:  "Every county has these fans. "I was at the Walsh Cup match in Mountrath so I am a better supporter than you".
Wexford and Kilkenny is a plum fixture at any time of the year and as long as I am in Wexford, always seems to attract a good crowd.
I bought tickets because the young lads want to go and there is a novelty factor with fireworks and the first game under lights. The tickets are also cheap and there is not much else on.
Why wouldn't people go?"
I'm not sure anyone would think they were better than anyone, as a supporter or anything else, because they went to a ground that most Wexford fans have never been to to support the county's hurlers in January. It would be a bit sad if they did. But at the same time I'm sure the lads selected, mostly lads making their intercounty debuts or trying to build on appearances in last year's Walsh Cup, would feel more supported by lads who are actually there than lads watching on clubber. Or worse again lads who will give it loads on forums or in their local pub who never watched the game at all and relied on Brendan or Alan for their opinions.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 16513 - 07/01/2023 13:42:17    2451422

Link

Replying To TerribleFootwork:  "Exactly multitude of reasons why people can't go games, i try to get to as many games as I can, missed a championship game last year due to a family communion and game earlier in the year with Covid everyone has circumstances why they can't go to particular games."
Add in to this people's own personal circumstances, my own father loves going to games but at his age a cold Sunday in January in Laois isn't the most appealing prospect.

TerribleFootwork (Wexford) - Posts: 1760 - 07/01/2023 13:51:33    2451426

Link

Replying To TerribleFootwork:  "Add in to this people's own personal circumstances, my own father loves going to games but at his age a cold Sunday in January in Laois isn't the most appealing prospect."
I'm in a motorcycle club so find it harder to bring the lads to summer games. It's not really biking weather at this time of year though!!!!

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 16513 - 07/01/2023 15:48:37    2451440

Link

Anyone at the wexford game? Following on Twitter. Never felt like we were going to win

alwaysasub (Wexford) - Posts: 493 - 08/01/2023 15:57:20    2451519

Link

How many more Gorey and Harriers lads that aren't up to it is Willie Cleary going to bring into the set up?

countyman2022 (Wexford) - Posts: 838 - 08/01/2023 16:21:03    2451526

Link

Kerry hurlers bet Tipperary in the Munster hurling league last January and Tipp went on to have a septic year.

I know it's only the Walsh Cup but I hope this is not a sign of things to come.

Remember it was Laois first match aswel.

Need to be winning these games.

Past hurler (None) - Posts: 970 - 08/01/2023 16:40:57    2451528

Link

Replying To countyman2022:  "How many more Gorey and Harriers lads that aren't up to it is Willie Cleary going to bring into the set up?"
I enjoy these forums but rarely post but county man you are a nuisance. Posting negatively on the football last night and hurling tonight and you probably weren't in Mullingar or Mountrath.

gaapundit13 (Dublin) - Posts: 14 - 08/01/2023 17:04:56    2451531

Link

That was poor. I know it's only Walsh cup, first game etc..but I would be worried about the future a little bit. I know we give out about using the same lads all the time but there is a big drop off in standards between them and the others. Early days yet but Walsh cup ad league is a hell of a lot closer to championship than it used to be, don't have as much bedding in time. We didn't look like winning at all today. I know we keel saying to give these lads a chance but very few have actually grasped their chance the Last few years. I think our strength in depth is going to come against us again (tbf that isn't a new problem, been an issue since the late 90s really) We had some poor results any time we've played anything other than a full strength team the last 2/3 years.
One positive was Ross Banville looked decent and it would be great to have a comfortable and reliable free taker for championship.
Anyways onwards and upwards. Try to pull some positives out of it i guess. Not all doom and gloom and who knows what the year might bring....hopefully some good.

Throughthemidfieldhewasstormin (Wexford) - Posts: 332 - 08/01/2023 17:20:22    2451535

Link

Ryan Devitt and Damien Reck were all excellent today.

Lads were given starts to prove themselves today but while they did the odd thing well nobody stood up in the forwards - with the possible exception of Banville and maybe Tucker. The backs were pretty decent but nobody was outstanding- and if you don't stand out vs Laois you will be lost against Kilkenny.

I think Lalor may trouble Fanning this year as he didn't put a foot wrong inspite of looking into a blinding sun in the 2nd half.

I don't think any of the forwards except Banville should start the next day as I would prefer others were given a chance. We should have won had Shiel converted his chance at the death - but he fluffed an easy chance after brilliant work from Chin.

Next day out I would start with;

Lalor
S Reck Hanlon Aj Redmond
Carthy Donohue Scallan
Dunbar Devitt
Cian Byrne R Banville Tucker Kinsella
J Shiel J Redmond Chin

Yellow (Wexford) - Posts: 589 - 08/01/2023 17:36:11    2451541

Link

Really awful stuff in mountrath. A lot of wides and balls dropped short. Lawlor ok decent on puck outs and one good save that was going over the bar. Devitt done well and came out with a good bit of ball. Reck was very good especially in the second half. Carthy I taught was decent in patches. Lawlor worked hard and banville scored every free but taught he dropped two or three balls short and had three poor wides. First touch was poor for long periods.

I'd be very worried about Liam Ryan's form don't think he has hurled well for us in a while … really since papa won county final.

Look it's first game since last June so going be rusty

Wexfordgaa (Wexford) - Posts: 370 - 08/01/2023 17:47:55    2451543

Link

Replying To Past hurler:  "Kerry hurlers bet Tipperary in the Munster hurling league last January and Tipp went on to have a septic year.

I know it's only the Walsh Cup but I hope this is not a sign of things to come.

Remember it was Laois first match aswel.

Need to be winning these games."
I mean, hardly any of the starters outside of Liam Ryan, Damien Reck, and Conor Devitt had any experience, I don't think there's any real point in gleaning much from the game. We need to try and integrate these young players ASAP; better that than fielding a strong team in the Walsh Cup and not developing young players.

ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 598 - 08/01/2023 18:27:48    2451555

Link

In all honesty, why are people dwelling on a Walsh Cup game? Out of the starting XV, only really Liam Ryan, Conor Devitt, and Damien Reck could be described as experienced. Not that Laois had a full-strength side out either but I'd say they were much closer to full-strength than we were. Plus it's January 8th; if you're hurling well this early in the year, you're doing something wrong.

We also had a good crop of U20s last year and also had a good few lads who have been around the panel for a while but have never really been given much game time (David Clarke, Eoin Murphy, James Lawlor, Rory Higgins, Conor Hearne etc). If you don't give these lads gametime in the Walsh Cup, when are you ever going to find out how good they actually are?

And then you have to consider that the following weren't starting: Mark Fanning, Shane Reck, Matthew O'Hanlon, Kevin Foley, Connal Flood, Dee O'Keeffe, Jack O'Connor, Oisín Foley, Rory O'Connor, Conor McDonald, and Lee Chin (Plus Corey Byrne-Dunbar, Cian Byrne, and AJ Redmond amongst others). No need to over-react, no need to over-analyse. Limerick have shown in their last few League campaigns that even the League isn't a good barometer for the Championship (And we've somewhat shown this to be true as well except in the other direction); why get worked up about the Walsh Cup on January 8th?

ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 598 - 08/01/2023 18:36:15    2451557

Link

Replying To gaapundit13:  "I enjoy these forums but rarely post but county man you are a nuisance. Posting negatively on the football last night and hurling tonight and you probably weren't in Mullingar or Mountrath."
Couldn't agree more, not sure if I've ever seen them offer an actual opinion just a childish jibe here or there.

TerribleFootwork (Wexford) - Posts: 1760 - 08/01/2023 18:38:10    2451558

Link