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Anyone here anything more about panel my brother was talking to a players father yesterday.. he said that Shane Reck Eoin Ryan Charlie mcguckian Liam Ryan Damien Reck (undecided yet) Conor Mac Cathal Dunbar and mikie Dwyer all not available this year

gannett83 (Wexford) - Posts: 327 - 05/12/2025 13:33:17    2647132

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Replying To gannett83:  "Anyone here anything more about panel my brother was talking to a players father yesterday.. he said that Shane Reck Eoin Ryan Charlie mcguckian Liam Ryan Damien Reck (undecided yet) Conor Mac Cathal Dunbar and mikie Dwyer all not available this year"
All those names were mentioned here a few weeks back in fairness.

We need all we can get.

On the other hand
Shane reck is injured an awful lot.
Mac and jippo haven't really been around the last two years.
Charlie, Dunbar and Mickie aren't nailed on starters

Eoin Ryan and Damien reck would be massive losses.

These are all lads you'd rather have involved but ultimately we have to move forward with whoever turns up in January.

Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 4061 - 05/12/2025 14:20:00    2647138

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Wasn't Keith talking about Paudie Foley a few weeks ago on the radio? Any word on what the deal is there? Base case expectation for me still is that he doesn't play

ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 731 - 05/12/2025 15:14:27    2647144

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Replying To Doylerwex:  "All those names were mentioned here a few weeks back in fairness.

We need all we can get.

On the other hand
Shane reck is injured an awful lot.
Mac and jippo haven't really been around the last two years.
Charlie, Dunbar and Mickie aren't nailed on starters

Eoin Ryan and Damien reck would be massive losses.

These are all lads you'd rather have involved but ultimately we have to move forward with whoever turns up in January."
Dwyer and mcguckian be no loss in my opinion.. others yes just hope we don't go into league as any other year with heap of injuries.. anyone hear of any new players have been added to panel.. how is Sean rowley this year..think I'm and Simon Roche can push for starting places..

gannett83 (Wexford) - Posts: 327 - 05/12/2025 17:38:02    2647160

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Replying To Pikeman96:  "It's a fair point about lads in U20 being muscled off the ball this year, but I'd still counter that it's not a change brought about by those lads only having one year of adult hurling under their belts.

Think about it. Minor ran at U17 between 2017 and 2022. That means that in 2020, '21, '22, '23 and '24, all our U20s would have had two years of adult hurling. But we didn't win Leinster in any of those years either, and nor is it the case that we weren't also a bit behind in the physical stakes in those years too.

It goes deeper than a quick fix of "let them have another year at the adult grades first, and then hopefully we'll be okay"."
Your post actually reinforces the point. We went back to u18 at minor for the 2023 season, not the 2022 season. We were much more competitive physically at intercounty u20 in 2022 and 2023. We reached Leinster finals in both those years, and only lost narrowly.
The 2024 team wouldve been the first where the up to the age lads only got 1 year at club adult, and any younger lads no adult club experience, in 2023. The u19s wouldve been u18 in 2023 and therefore not allowed to play adult.
Our performances at intercounty u20 in 2024 and 2025 were noticeably worse than in 2022 and 2023.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 17727 - 05/12/2025 20:02:26    2647172

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Replying To gannett83:  "Anyone here anything more about panel my brother was talking to a players father yesterday.. he said that Shane Reck Eoin Ryan Charlie mcguckian Liam Ryan Damien Reck (undecided yet) Conor Mac Cathal Dunbar and mikie Dwyer all not available this year"
Plenty rumours at this time of year. The people who actually know anything aren't going to tell anyone outside the camp.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 17727 - 05/12/2025 20:18:32    2647173

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Replying To Doylerwex:  "All those names were mentioned here a few weeks back in fairness.

We need all we can get.

On the other hand
Shane reck is injured an awful lot.
Mac and jippo haven't really been around the last two years.
Charlie, Dunbar and Mickie aren't nailed on starters

Eoin Ryan and Damien reck would be massive losses.

These are all lads you'd rather have involved but ultimately we have to move forward with whoever turns up in January."
These lads emigrating or just not committing for whatever reason?

Timbertony (Wexford) - Posts: 474 - 05/12/2025 21:12:06    2647176

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Wonderful article on George O'Connor in today's Irish Times. The man's a legend!

https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2025/12/06/all-ireland-winner-george-armstrong-on-finding-mental-wellness-after-years-of-pure-hell/

Selskarexile (Wexford) - Posts: 31 - 06/12/2025 09:53:14    2647188

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Replying To Viking66:  "Plenty rumours at this time of year. The people who actually know anything aren't going to tell anyone outside the camp."
Too true viking.
Damien, Shane and Jippo would be huge losses.
If they are gone for whatever reason we will just have to carry on without them. There are plenty of lads itching to get the call up if what's rumoured turns out to be true.
Let's hope that it it all turns out to be a bottle of smoke and we have most or all of those players mentioned to select from.
Our ambitions for 2026 must be to achieve promotion to the top grade and give the Leinster and all ireland championship a good rattle.
It won't be easy but I believe with hard work and a little bit of luck we may surprise the prophets of doom out there.

Magpie2 (Wexford) - Posts: 565 - 06/12/2025 12:30:01    2647195

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Replying To Timbertony:  "These lads emigrating or just not committing for whatever reason?"
Im waiting to see who is on the panel come January/February before wondering about that kind of thing.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 17727 - 06/12/2025 12:40:22    2647197

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Replying To Magpie2:  "Too true viking.
Damien, Shane and Jippo would be huge losses.
If they are gone for whatever reason we will just have to carry on without them. There are plenty of lads itching to get the call up if what's rumoured turns out to be true.
Let's hope that it it all turns out to be a bottle of smoke and we have most or all of those players mentioned to select from.
Our ambitions for 2026 must be to achieve promotion to the top grade and give the Leinster and all ireland championship a good rattle.
It won't be easy but I believe with hard work and a little bit of luck we may surprise the prophets of doom out there."
Matching the attitude of the martins would go a long way to winning Leinster

Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 4061 - 08/12/2025 20:30:43    2647554

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Replying To Doylerwex:  "Matching the attitude of the martins would go a long way to winning Leinster"
It may not come to pass that our senior county team will emulate what the
Martins have achieved.
Take Na Fianna and Ballygunner.both recent all ireland winners but Dublin and Waterford are a long way off winning even a provincial title.
Take Kilkenny, they haven't won an all ireland in 10 years. Yet Ballyhale have buckets of all ireland medals.
Maybe the Martins will help our county team with the introduction of some of their better players signing up for Wexford. Although from reports it seems that those that have been asked have declined. Hopefully that will now change and I sincerely hope it does.
Remember Jacko and Rory have played county for quite some time now and have been inconsistent.
I don't want to be a party pooper but club and county are very different and winning at club doesn't mean success at inter county.
Perhaps the Martins will buck that trend and if Barrett, O'Leary and the two Codds come on board we may reap the rewards.

Magpie2 (Wexford) - Posts: 565 - 08/12/2025 23:45:32    2647576

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Replying To Magpie2:  "It may not come to pass that our senior county team will emulate what the
Martins have achieved.
Take Na Fianna and Ballygunner.both recent all ireland winners but Dublin and Waterford are a long way off winning even a provincial title.
Take Kilkenny, they haven't won an all ireland in 10 years. Yet Ballyhale have buckets of all ireland medals.
Maybe the Martins will help our county team with the introduction of some of their better players signing up for Wexford. Although from reports it seems that those that have been asked have declined. Hopefully that will now change and I sincerely hope it does.
Remember Jacko and Rory have played county for quite some time now and have been inconsistent.
I don't want to be a party pooper but club and county are very different and winning at club doesn't mean success at inter county.
Perhaps the Martins will buck that trend and if Barrett, O'Leary and the two Codds come on board we may reap the rewards."
I absolutely agree with your point but I would say Dublin have made good progress. They've beaten Munster opposition in championship for the first time in living memory and been in two Leinster finals (granted they haven't performed).

The codds are involved to be fair but only starting out at that level.

It's frustrating to see what Jack is capable of. On his day he can be a match winner. We just haven't seen enough of that in purple and gold.

I wouldn't be critical of Rory. His inconsistencies are mainly down to bad luck with injury. I would say he has delivered for Wexford mostly.

In any case, my point was that if the players we have can get that stuck in and bring that level of effort we'd be there or there abouts at provincial level.

Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 4061 - 09/12/2025 10:15:14    2647588

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Replying To Magpie2:  "It may not come to pass that our senior county team will emulate what the
Martins have achieved.
Take Na Fianna and Ballygunner.both recent all ireland winners but Dublin and Waterford are a long way off winning even a provincial title.
Take Kilkenny, they haven't won an all ireland in 10 years. Yet Ballyhale have buckets of all ireland medals.
Maybe the Martins will help our county team with the introduction of some of their better players signing up for Wexford. Although from reports it seems that those that have been asked have declined. Hopefully that will now change and I sincerely hope it does.
Remember Jacko and Rory have played county for quite some time now and have been inconsistent.
I don't want to be a party pooper but club and county are very different and winning at club doesn't mean success at inter county.
Perhaps the Martins will buck that trend and if Barrett, O'Leary and the two Codds come on board we may reap the rewards."
I wouldnt be shocked if Dublin won Leinster this year to be honest but I agree about Waterford they are a mile off winning Munster. I too am hearing rumours of plenty of players declining the chance to hurl for Wexford this year which is dissapointing.

Afinestick96 (Wexford) - Posts: 771 - 09/12/2025 10:16:31    2647590

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Replying To Doylerwex:  "Matching the attitude of the martins would go a long way to winning Leinster"
A stand out moment in attitude for me for the Martins this year was Mikey Coleman v Naas.

The Naas defender received a short puck out and corner forward Mikey sprinted across the pitch and hooked him at the last minute and Rory scored from the turnover.

That was attitude, desire and a will to do anything for the team to win.

The conditioning and attitude of the Martins panel this year especially in Leinster was nothing short of phenomenal.

Past hurler (None) - Posts: 1013 - 09/12/2025 10:21:27    2647591

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Replying To Magpie2:  "It may not come to pass that our senior county team will emulate what the
Martins have achieved.
Take Na Fianna and Ballygunner.both recent all ireland winners but Dublin and Waterford are a long way off winning even a provincial title.
Take Kilkenny, they haven't won an all ireland in 10 years. Yet Ballyhale have buckets of all ireland medals.
Maybe the Martins will help our county team with the introduction of some of their better players signing up for Wexford. Although from reports it seems that those that have been asked have declined. Hopefully that will now change and I sincerely hope it does.
Remember Jacko and Rory have played county for quite some time now and have been inconsistent.
I don't want to be a party pooper but club and county are very different and winning at club doesn't mean success at inter county.
Perhaps the Martins will buck that trend and if Barrett, O'Leary and the two Codds come on board we may reap the rewards."
Ballyhale may have buckets of allirelands, but tellingly they've only won one of them since covid. There's every sign of age decline in TJ and Ballyhale in the last couple of seasons. That'll be the challenge at the semifinal for Martins, because imo Ballygunner are a fresher livelier outfit than Ballyhale, at this stage in those particular team life cycles.

Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4500 - 09/12/2025 11:04:50    2647603

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Replying To Magpie2:  "It may not come to pass that our senior county team will emulate what the
Martins have achieved.
Take Na Fianna and Ballygunner.both recent all ireland winners but Dublin and Waterford are a long way off winning even a provincial title.
Take Kilkenny, they haven't won an all ireland in 10 years. Yet Ballyhale have buckets of all ireland medals.
Maybe the Martins will help our county team with the introduction of some of their better players signing up for Wexford. Although from reports it seems that those that have been asked have declined. Hopefully that will now change and I sincerely hope it does.
Remember Jacko and Rory have played county for quite some time now and have been inconsistent.
I don't want to be a party pooper but club and county are very different and winning at club doesn't mean success at inter county.
Perhaps the Martins will buck that trend and if Barrett, O'Leary and the two Codds come on board we may reap the rewards."
The 2 Codds were all already in this year.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 17727 - 09/12/2025 11:48:38    2647609

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Replying To Afinestick96:  "I wouldnt be shocked if Dublin won Leinster this year to be honest but I agree about Waterford they are a mile off winning Munster. I too am hearing rumours of plenty of players declining the chance to hurl for Wexford this year which is dissapointing."
Plenty of those rumours about. But so what? They are just rumours. There are rumours every year.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 17727 - 09/12/2025 11:49:51    2647610

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