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Replying To Bon: "I think ye'd struggle to beat the top teams in leinster never mind the rest of the country." Cork and Limerick are the two top teams and in top form we are a good bit off. We are well capable of competing with the rest of the pack if we perform on the day. Thanks for your concern Kildare man Afinestick96 (Wexford) - Posts: 478 - 24/03/2025 10:09:02 2598215 Link
Replying To Afinestick96: "Dissapointing no highlights of our game in Limerick anywhere . League Sunday had highlights from all 4 football divisions last night" Yeah agree. Rte never mentioned our game. No highlights no discusion??? I know it was a dead rubber but surely it was worthy of a few minutes. Magpie2 (Wexford) - Posts: 407 - 24/03/2025 10:22:08 2598224 Link
Replying To Afinestick96: "Dissapointing no highlights of our game in Limerick anywhere . League Sunday had highlights from all 4 football divisions last night" Unfortunately as much as we love hurling it's still dwarfed by the amount interested in football countrywide . Could also have to do with very little on the line in hurling games . Tactical performances by teams not wanting to reach league final etc . Was there much neutral interest in those games . Championship will be different thsts for sure . Maybe an 8 div 1a would be better to keep it potentially more interesting until the last round . 2 full games Saturday I suppose to give us some hurling to watch . Formertownie (Wexford) - Posts: 345 - 24/03/2025 11:12:02 2598249 Link
Replying To Bon: "I think ye'd struggle to beat the top teams in leinster never mind the rest of the country." I can understand why somebody might think that. We're masters of inconsistency. Much like last year I will be more confident facing Kilkenny and Galway than Offaly, Antrim or Dublin. If you look at our record in the round robin era you'll see the top teams are not where our issues lie Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 3460 - 24/03/2025 11:45:54 2598263 Link
Replying To Bon: "I think ye'd struggle to beat the top teams in leinster never mind the rest of the country." Not sure that. We could beat Galway or Kilkenny comfortably, have done both in the last 3 years, and lose to Offaly or Antrim, who we lost to last year. That's the sad modern truth about us. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 15230 - 24/03/2025 12:12:38 2598271 Link
Replying To Formertownie: "Unfortunately as much as we love hurling it's still dwarfed by the amount interested in football countrywide . Could also have to do with very little on the line in hurling games . Tactical performances by teams not wanting to reach league final etc . Was there much neutral interest in those games . Championship will be different thsts for sure . Maybe an 8 div 1a would be better to keep it potentially more interesting until the last round . 2 full games Saturday I suppose to give us some hurling to watch ." Disagree. The 8 team div1 weakens div2 (1b) too much. And its an extra League game noone really wants. Think the current setup is the best there's been in many many years. Especially 2 up 2 down. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 15230 - 24/03/2025 12:14:51 2598272 Link
Replying To Afinestick96: "Cork and Limerick are the two top teams and in top form we are a good bit off. We are well capable of competing with the rest of the pack if we perform on the day. Thanks for your concern Kildare man" Time will tell my little wexford friend Bon (Kildare) - Posts: 2223 - 24/03/2025 13:17:00 2598296 Link
Dead rubber or not, it always boils my urine to hear the "Limerick must have been bad" rhetoric. It has happened since Adam was a boy with Dublin, Even in 2013, beating Kilkenny after a replay was "Kilkenny must be bad". Dead rubber or not, Limerick still fielded a team with plenty of All-Ireland medals. I don't believe Wexford are in Limerick's league but it is green shoots for Rossiter blooding a new Wexford team. Now is when you want these lads putting their hand up. Its a shame for them that the match Galway were there to win because they could have stayed up if they had took care of business that day. But at least they finished the league on a high and the younger players will have learned lots playing 3/4 of Limerick starting team. I never buy the idea that any team deliberately throws a game or does not want to win it. You have 10 max competitive games a year, you go out to win them all. Limerick will be a different beast in a few weeks but still this is a morale boost. Wexford will be ready for Antrim now and this result will have done no harm. I feared you might go down and ship an awful pasting and delighted you didn't. I listened to The Hurling Pod on the way home from work today and there was not one mention of Wexford on it. Not even 1 line! It was all about how Limerick must have been bad. I think once its not on TV they resort to result analysis. ExiledInWex (Dublin) - Posts: 1291 - 24/03/2025 22:43:02 2598440 Link
Replying To Past hurler: "Wexford bet Galway last year in championship and have beaten Kilkenny regularly in championship over the last few years so not sure where you are getting the 'struggle to beat' part from." On any given day anyone can beat anyone we have all seen this before. Cw drew with kk last year. The above poster is probably saying wexford havent being good enough to even get to a leinster final since 2019 which is not good enough simple as. Talks here about beating this and that but it has to start with consistency. Galway are in a big transition. Dublin are dublin they will lack firepower up front when it comes to it. Kilkenny are average and have 5 in a row leinsters in their back pocket ànd this certainly isnt a vintage kk team. Its all well and good saying jippo and conor mac to come back but they've missed some amount of hurling and when they come back and the ground is bone dry theres no place to hide. Jippo has being cursed the last few years and hasnt got back to his best. I expected so much more out of conor mac. At u21 he was the new superstar coming but he just never kicked on and showed the leadership like chin has showed. How many lads do people think will make a contribution that were found this league? Its important players were pushing hard What are the thoughts on the u20. As i said i was told from a kk man who isnt a spoofer and he said kk have nothing coming. Marty murphy they reckon could make it but think he missed a good bit with hamstring trouble. He learned all his hurling in wexford along with the other senior player eoghan lyng. Im only telling people what i was told, they have nothing coming through and are struggling to develop players. Their senior team is the same the last few yearsl. Anyway enough of that. Is the u20 match on tv? Clubber or gaago Slowandshortsighted (UK) - Posts: 47 - 25/03/2025 00:57:05 2598457 Link
Well done to Wexford hurlers on beating Limerick, and especially curtailing them to 1-12 which isn't even a high score in football anymore. Things are beginning to look sunny on the south-east after all. However to diverge, I think Limerick footballers will exact a modicum of revenge in the forthcoming Division 4 final, where I also predict that both teams will each score more than 1-12. Enjoy the trip to Croker. Ye don't get to go there too often. foreveryoung (USA) - Posts: 2164 - 25/03/2025 01:57:50 2598459 Link
Replying To ExiledInWex: "Dead rubber or not, it always boils my urine to hear the "Limerick must have been bad" rhetoric. It has happened since Adam was a boy with Dublin, Even in 2013, beating Kilkenny after a replay was "Kilkenny must be bad". Dead rubber or not, Limerick still fielded a team with plenty of All-Ireland medals. I don't believe Wexford are in Limerick's league but it is green shoots for Rossiter blooding a new Wexford team. Now is when you want these lads putting their hand up. Its a shame for them that the match Galway were there to win because they could have stayed up if they had took care of business that day. But at least they finished the league on a high and the younger players will have learned lots playing 3/4 of Limerick starting team. I never buy the idea that any team deliberately throws a game or does not want to win it. You have 10 max competitive games a year, you go out to win them all. Limerick will be a different beast in a few weeks but still this is a morale boost. Wexford will be ready for Antrim now and this result will have done no harm. I feared you might go down and ship an awful pasting and delighted you didn't. I listened to The Hurling Pod on the way home from work today and there was not one mention of Wexford on it. Not even 1 line! It was all about how Limerick must have been bad. I think once its not on TV they resort to result analysis." Hardly any journalists or podcast people seem to watch games any more tbh Exiled. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 15230 - 25/03/2025 08:18:22 2598470 Link
Replying To Slowandshortsighted: "On any given day anyone can beat anyone we have all seen this before. Cw drew with kk last year. The above poster is probably saying wexford havent being good enough to even get to a leinster final since 2019 which is not good enough simple as. Talks here about beating this and that but it has to start with consistency. Galway are in a big transition. Dublin are dublin they will lack firepower up front when it comes to it. Kilkenny are average and have 5 in a row leinsters in their back pocket ànd this certainly isnt a vintage kk team. Its all well and good saying jippo and conor mac to come back but they've missed some amount of hurling and when they come back and the ground is bone dry theres no place to hide. Jippo has being cursed the last few years and hasnt got back to his best. I expected so much more out of conor mac. At u21 he was the new superstar coming but he just never kicked on and showed the leadership like chin has showed. How many lads do people think will make a contribution that were found this league? Its important players were pushing hard What are the thoughts on the u20. As i said i was told from a kk man who isnt a spoofer and he said kk have nothing coming. Marty murphy they reckon could make it but think he missed a good bit with hamstring trouble. He learned all his hurling in wexford along with the other senior player eoghan lyng. Im only telling people what i was told, they have nothing coming through and are struggling to develop players. Their senior team is the same the last few yearsl. Anyway enough of that. Is the u20 match on tv? Clubber or gaago" Killian Doyle was described as the best u10 he ever saw playing by a friend in Tipp who is involved on and off with Tipp underage teams the last good few years. That's a rare compliment from a Tipp lad about a Kilkenny lad. He's still only 21. Cian Kenny is only 23, I think he's becoming an excellent Senior player. Harry Shine played 3 years at minor and is still only 21/22. Dunne is still young also. Marty Murphy is very good, Tullogher-Rosbercon have done well developing him also, it's not all down to GCC and Declan Wall. Looking further down lads like Mcdermott, Varaker, Dollard, Barcoe, Lauhoff, Manogue and Jake Mullen all stood out in the Leinster Schools games I watched. Maybe they aren't producing the number of good forwards prospects ok. U20 game should be on clubber. Hope the lads can get the win, they've been doing better this year in challenge games than last year. Hope Rowley is fit to start. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 15230 - 25/03/2025 08:29:53 2598476 Link
Replying To Viking66: "Killian Doyle was described as the best u10 he ever saw playing by a friend in Tipp who is involved on and off with Tipp underage teams the last good few years. That's a rare compliment from a Tipp lad about a Kilkenny lad. He's still only 21. Cian Kenny is only 23, I think he's becoming an excellent Senior player. Harry Shine played 3 years at minor and is still only 21/22. Dunne is still young also. Marty Murphy is very good, Tullogher-Rosbercon have done well developing him also, it's not all down to GCC and Declan Wall. Looking further down lads like Mcdermott, Varaker, Dollard, Barcoe, Lauhoff, Manogue and Jake Mullen all stood out in the Leinster Schools games I watched. Maybe they aren't producing the number of good forwards prospects ok. U20 game should be on clubber. Hope the lads can get the win, they've been doing better this year in challenge games than last year. Hope Rowley is fit to start." What is our under 20 team looking like ? I think Simon Roche , Sean Rowley and Cillian Byrne are the only lads with senior experience have we many more lads with big potential on the team? Afinestick96 (Wexford) - Posts: 478 - 25/03/2025 10:16:06 2598496 Link
I was away for a long weekend and only remembered the last round of the league this evening. This result went over my head so well done on a much improved performance and victory. Sets us up nicely for a crack at Leinster. The u20's are a good side from what I hear, after last year the only way is up and hopefully players have a point to prove. StoreysTash (Wexford) - Posts: 1806 - 25/03/2025 12:31:58 2598514 Link
Replying To Afinestick96: "What is our under 20 team looking like ? I think Simon Roche , Sean Rowley and Cillian Byrne are the only lads with senior experience have we many more lads with big potential on the team?" Dylan Purcell. Paidi Doyle. Ciaran Doyle. Maybe Michael Furlong. Paddy Quigley. Maybe Charlie Rourke, he'd have another year u20 after this one, Ben Asple likewise. Quigley would have 2. Eoin Hughes likewise would have 2. Lads who would also have 2 years after this one would include Sean Hyland, Colin Carley and Jack Dunne, all hurled 2 year minor as starters in 2023 and 2024. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 15230 - 25/03/2025 12:46:00 2598522 Link
Replying To Viking66: "Killian Doyle was described as the best u10 he ever saw playing by a friend in Tipp who is involved on and off with Tipp underage teams the last good few years. That's a rare compliment from a Tipp lad about a Kilkenny lad. He's still only 21. Cian Kenny is only 23, I think he's becoming an excellent Senior player. Harry Shine played 3 years at minor and is still only 21/22. Dunne is still young also. Marty Murphy is very good, Tullogher-Rosbercon have done well developing him also, it's not all down to GCC and Declan Wall. Looking further down lads like Mcdermott, Varaker, Dollard, Barcoe, Lauhoff, Manogue and Jake Mullen all stood out in the Leinster Schools games I watched. Maybe they aren't producing the number of good forwards prospects ok. U20 game should be on clubber. Hope the lads can get the win, they've been doing better this year in challenge games than last year. Hope Rowley is fit to start." Marty murphy out injured again i hear big trouble with hamstrings a bit like limericks Cathal o neill tough for young lads to be suffering so early. Tiger1 (Wexford) - Posts: 310 - 25/03/2025 15:23:55 2598564 Link
Replying To Viking66: "Killian Doyle was described as the best u10 he ever saw playing by a friend in Tipp who is involved on and off with Tipp underage teams the last good few years. That's a rare compliment from a Tipp lad about a Kilkenny lad. He's still only 21. Cian Kenny is only 23, I think he's becoming an excellent Senior player. Harry Shine played 3 years at minor and is still only 21/22. Dunne is still young also. Marty Murphy is very good, Tullogher-Rosbercon have done well developing him also, it's not all down to GCC and Declan Wall. Looking further down lads like Mcdermott, Varaker, Dollard, Barcoe, Lauhoff, Manogue and Jake Mullen all stood out in the Leinster Schools games I watched. Maybe they aren't producing the number of good forwards prospects ok. U20 game should be on clubber. Hope the lads can get the win, they've been doing better this year in challenge games than last year. Hope Rowley is fit to start." I don't think what's coming through over there is as strong as what it has been in the past though, they'll always produce good hurlers because they've the best hurling culture in the country but I don't think they're producing them in the same numbers as before ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 406 - 25/03/2025 17:24:46 2598582 Link
Replying To Bon: "I think ye'd struggle to beat the top teams in leinster never mind the rest of the country." I think we will match KK and Galway on any given day, we were missing 3 of our top players against limerick, with an injury free team and a bit of luck we have potential to beat anyone in leinster fathermurphy (Wexford) - Posts: 322 - 25/03/2025 21:46:02 2598605 Link
Replying To Bon: "Time will tell my little wexford friend" We will meet ye in 2026! fathermurphy (Wexford) - Posts: 322 - 25/03/2025 21:55:25 2598606 Link
Seen in the Wexford People Sean Rowley is out of Saturdays game . There is no other injury concerns thankfully. Hopefully the lads can get off to a winning start. Regarding the seniors Keith Rossiter said if it was a championship match Liam Ryan could possibly have featured against Limerick. Thats great news hopefully he can have a clear run at training now with no set backs. Id expect Liam will see game time in the second half v Antrim and start v Dublin all going well. Id expect the team v Antrim to be very similar to the Limerick game with maybe Cian Byrne in for Jack Redmond. Afinestick96 (Wexford) - Posts: 478 - 26/03/2025 09:23:37 2598631 Link