With both Ballyhale Shamrocks of Kilkenny and Portumna of Galway now out, who would be considered favourites or at the head of the markets for the All Ireland hurling club title ?

onlyhurling (Galway) - Posts: 800 - 16/10/2010 18:37:51    797865

watch Coolderry if they come out of offaly on sunday good forwards and 6 or 7 lads that have hurl with offaly
over the last few year's.

Birrgreat (Offaly) - Posts: 111 - 16/10/2010 19:00:51    797885

Not sure, think Loughrea or the Bridge won't do it, but have been surprised before.
Think its superb news for Joe Canning, and hope he can have his surgery now, or at the least a long rest!

abhainn (Galway) - Posts: 1000 - 16/10/2010 19:07:18    797888

After Thurles sarsfields getting over tomme today they have good shout, they still have to get over clonoulty but they have to be up their with players like paudie maher, mikey cahill, corbett, pa bourke. Also I think carrickshock would be up their they have few class players!!

PaRyan (Tipperary) - Posts: 68 - 17/10/2010 21:23:43    798312

As a toome man I was sickened to hear the result-esp. a last min winner-in beirut for the last 4 months-will be back for a week long hol-in time for the tipp senior hurling final-would have been great to see toome there-but unfortunately the sars got the luck on the day-will be shouting for them in the final. To be honest I see it as a one horse race-if they can win it-who knows-they would defo be in with a shout for munster perhaps, and you never know then-LAR-what a legend!!!

statman.dave (Tipperary) - Posts: 22 - 18/10/2010 08:53:12    798351

Oulart The Ballagh lads could be a potential dark horse.. brought Ballyhale to extra time last year and even most Kilkenny people were in agreemeant that they left it behind them. They seem very focused this year and have the nucleas of sime excellent county players, Rossiter, Stamp, Roche, David Redmond, the two Jacobs, Dessie Mythem, Stephen Doyle to name but a few. Steamrolled everyone in the county championship although that doesn't say a whole lot here now. But with a cute old fox like Liam Dunne at the helm.. watch this space..

Paddywex (Wexford) - Posts: 12 - 18/10/2010 16:23:56    798778

Thurles Sarsfields!

thurlesblues (Tipperary) - Posts: 4475 - 18/10/2010 16:48:59    798806

lar Corbett, Padraig Maher. Pa Bourke, Michael Cahill Denis Maher
Thurles Sarsfields Id say!

thurlesblues (Tipperary) - Posts: 4475 - 18/10/2010 16:50:53    798808

Tipp club hurling record is abysmil. Shameful, even.
Galway club Final on Sunday is the default All-Ireland Final

mossbags (Galway) - Posts: 1089 - 18/10/2010 16:56:22    798814

Thurles Sarsfields are surely the team to beat now

OffalyBigBall (Offaly) - Posts: 635 - 18/10/2010 17:02:58    798820

mossbags
County: Galway
Posts: 1062

798814 Tipp club hurling record is abysmil. Shameful, even.
Galway club Final on Sunday is the default All-Ireland Final
doesnt seem to be too much wrong with our inter county record mossbags ha ha!!
By the way Roscrea won the first club championship back in 1971 then we have had Kilruane then Borrisoleigh then Toomevara with a few Munster titles
how many clubs outside od Portumna in Galway have won it I wonder?

thurlesblues (Tipperary) - Posts: 4475 - 18/10/2010 17:05:29    798827

we have to win our 31st county final first then wel have a right cut at Munster

thurlesblues (Tipperary) - Posts: 4475 - 18/10/2010 17:22:18    798849

Well if thurlesblues says sarsfields will win it then win it they will!

Breffni40 (Cavan) - Posts: 12291 - 18/10/2010 17:26:22    798855

5 Galway clubs have won the AI title Castlegar, Kiltormer, Sarsfields, Athenry and Port and Galway clubs have won 9 AI finals since 1992. How many have Tipp won in that time thurlesblue?

tommy k (Galway) - Posts: 3470 - 18/10/2010 17:28:02    798858

tommy k
County: Galway
Posts: 692

798858 5 Galway clubs have won the AI title Castlegar, Kiltormer, Sarsfields, Athenry and Port and Galway clubs have won 9 AI finals since 1992. How many have Tipp won in that time thurlesblue?

well done tommy k but with all due respect we prefer to concentrate on the Liam McCarthy cup!! Wed prefer to have 26 of them rather than yer 3.

thurlesblues (Tipperary) - Posts: 4475 - 18/10/2010 17:34:38    798862

Thurles Sarsfields would beat many intercounty teams!

thurlesblues (Tipperary) - Posts: 4475 - 18/10/2010 17:58:09    798893

bless ya thurles.

Tipp are a great county, as are Gaillimh - and there can be no denying ye have the better record at intercounty, but your club record pales compared to ours.

abhainn (Galway) - Posts: 1000 - 18/10/2010 18:10:34    798905

thurlesblues:

So you've copped that thurles are still in the hurling championship then.... I thought you said you'd be hanging up your keyboard till next year.

Hag_and_Cheese (Tipperary) - Posts: 6103 - 18/10/2010 18:13:18    798910

Have to say sarsfields hoping for a few good games along the way

dubs4eva (Dublin) - Posts: 484 - 18/10/2010 19:37:05    798992

Mossbags, I presume you are trying to be funny here. Neither Loughrea or Clarinbridge could be considered amoung the favourites although stranger things have happened. On a side note, the county final will be a great occasion, good for galway hurling that Portumna are beaten and great to see the huge crowds back at the semi finals.
Thurlesblues, your lack of hurling knowledge is staggering. While unfortunately Galway remain amoung the weaker counties in senior county honours, the club record is second to none both in terms of overall victories and also in terms of spread of clubs claiming those victories.

onlyhurling (Galway) - Posts: 800 - 19/10/2010 12:13:14    799354