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Not to be fair Naomh Brid today. Hope MLR do the job tomorrow.

CarlowJuniorB (Clare) - Posts: 45 - 08/11/2025 23:05:15    2643586

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Dissapounting result today. The sending off looked like the end of mlr chances but they battled hard to stay in game. Some poor defending and lack of physicality were the difference. Worrying times for carlow hurling. As the old guard move on who will replace them?

Bimb (Carlow) - Posts: 549 - 09/11/2025 16:35:48    2643668

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Is there any sign of the football u21s starting yet ? There is a Kilbride/Hanrahans combined team in it this year I hear. Mostly Kilbride I assume.

DolmenDave (Carlow) - Posts: 36 - 09/11/2025 19:01:13    2643713

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Disappointing result for MLR today but in fairness they can have no complaints as Naas were slightly better and worth a three point win. Sending off didn't help especially losing Chris of all people but even then I felt the game was slipping away from them.

The sharpness of touch just wasn't there today and the greater physicality of Naas told in the conditions when there were loads of hurling scrums and Naas seemed to win 75% of them. Saying that I do t think a firm sod would have evened it up either maybe the physicality would have mattered less but Naas have sharper skills just now.

End of the road at the highest level for some of the MLR old guard I'd say unfortunately I can't see them being serious contenders for a Leinster again for the foreseeable future anyway. They have some promising younger guys and some played today but they'll need to strengthen up as some looked lost today in those conditions anyway.

Onion Breath (Carlow) - Posts: 1691 - 09/11/2025 19:28:42    2643731

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Mlr a bit unlucky today.
Physical just a bit off a strong Nass side.
But there not to far off any of the top team's really, and should be able to compete for a while to come.

What's more worrying is what I heard in the stand today.

" As of yet the county minor hurlers have no management team in place "

Very disappointing to hear, especially when there should be a decent team there with a nice few having played some part in last year's reasonably successful campaign.

Skippy2 (Carlow) - Posts: 74 - 09/11/2025 19:30:08    2643732

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Replying To DolmenDave:  "Is there any sign of the football u21s starting yet ? There is a Kilbride/Hanrahans combined team in it this year I hear. Mostly Kilbride I assume."
That's a very strange combination if true. I can't see some of the townees being interested enough to bother playing with Kilbride so yeah a mostly Kilbride team I'd say.

Onion Breath (Carlow) - Posts: 1691 - 09/11/2025 19:30:44    2643733

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Replying To CARPS:  "Okay, let's see how Old Leighlin and MLR do the in the club championships and we will come back to this topic in a couple of weeks."
Both lost first round. Point proven

FearCeatharlach (Carlow) - Posts: 45 - 09/11/2025 22:02:05    2643768

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Replying To FearCeatharlach:  "Both lost first round. Point proven"
MLR were in the game til the end.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 17433 - 10/11/2025 06:35:59    2643781

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Replying To DolmenDave:  "Is there any sign of the football u21s starting yet ? There is a Kilbride/Hanrahans combined team in it this year I hear. Mostly Kilbride I assume."
Starting on weekend of 28 November. Hurling semi finals on this weekend and final the weekend after.

ACarlowGael (Carlow) - Posts: 16 - 10/11/2025 06:41:10    2643782

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Replying To Viking66:  "MLR were in the game til the end."
They also haven't won a game in Leinster since 2017.

Collio (Carlow) - Posts: 50 - 10/11/2025 09:53:48    2643806

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Replying To Collio:  "They also haven't won a game in Leinster since 2017."
2018 they lost by 6 to a good Coolderry team.
2019 St Mullins beat Cuala from Dublin and Rathdowney from Laois.
2021 MLR lost by 6 to Ballyhale, who narrowly lost the AI final.
2022 St Mullins beat our county champions
2023 MLR lost to OLG, who lost the AI final by just 1 point.
2024 St Mullins lost to KK from Offaly.

That's all pretty good when you consider the long lay off your county champions have.

Since Hanrahans won their last title in 2000 you have reached twice as many Hurling Leinster finals as Football ones.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 17433 - 10/11/2025 10:40:53    2643815

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Replying To Viking66:  "2018 they lost by 6 to a good Coolderry team.
2019 St Mullins beat Cuala from Dublin and Rathdowney from Laois.
2021 MLR lost by 6 to Ballyhale, who narrowly lost the AI final.
2022 St Mullins beat our county champions
2023 MLR lost to OLG, who lost the AI final by just 1 point.
2024 St Mullins lost to KK from Offaly.

That's all pretty good when you consider the long lay off your county champions have.

Since Hanrahans won their last title in 2000 you have reached twice as many Hurling Leinster finals as Football ones."
2 v 1 'twice as many', stop trying to make things look better than they are. Simple fact is club hurling is not as strong as you people try to make it out to be.

Collio (Carlow) - Posts: 50 - 10/11/2025 11:28:28    2643826

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U21 hurling championship semi finals this weekend. Mlr should beat st Mullins easy enough. But the other game Naomh Eoin vs Carlow Town will be a cracker

Ceatharlach7000 (Carlow) - Posts: 14 - 10/11/2025 11:29:48    2643827

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Replying To Collio:  "2 v 1 'twice as many', stop trying to make things look better than they are. Simple fact is club hurling is not as strong as you people try to make it out to be."
Club provinvial hurling is generally closer to intercounty standard than club provincial Football. Most of the teams that make provincial club hurling championships have a higher percentage of intercounty players than most of the clubs who make intercounty football championships.
Check it out for yourself.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 17433 - 10/11/2025 12:31:07    2643834

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Replying To Viking66:  "Club provinvial hurling is generally closer to intercounty standard than club provincial Football. Most of the teams that make provincial club hurling championships have a higher percentage of intercounty players than most of the clubs who make intercounty football championships.
Check it out for yourself."
That's plainly because there's less hurling clubs/hurlers compared to football.

Can we stop with the whining from both sides please?

CarlowJuniorB (Clare) - Posts: 45 - 10/11/2025 15:37:27    2643878

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Replying To Ceatharlach7000:  "U21 hurling championship semi finals this weekend. Mlr should beat st Mullins easy enough. But the other game Naomh Eoin vs Carlow Town will be a cracker"
Should be interesting weekend alright. MLR favourites to win out having won all their games to date. St Mullins have some quality players but not wnough for an upset. Carlow Town had a narrow win away to naomh eoin so really hard to call that one. Whichever teams wins that will fancy putting it up to MLR in the final.

Unusedsub (Carlow) - Posts: 134 - 10/11/2025 15:37:34    2643879

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Replying To FearCeatharlach:  "Both lost first round. Point proven"
I honestly can't believe you could post that. The last couple of weeks have been nothing short of embarrassing for Carlow football.

The senior champions were never in the game against a Portarlington side missing half their best players. The intermediate winners went out and got beaten by twenty-nine points. That's not bad luck.

Meanwhile, the hurling teams are punching miles above that level. The IHC winners beat a good Westmeath outfit and only went down to a very strong Commercials side and all after not playing a competitive game since August. And in senior, Mount Leinster went toe-to-toe with a Naas team who could win Leinster outright, and probably would have beaten them if Chris Nolan hadn't been sent off. Again: no matches since August.

Carlow hurling is clearly operating at a far higher level than Carlow football. Anyone pretending otherwise is deluding themselves.

CARPS (Carlow) - Posts: 961 - 10/11/2025 18:12:32    2643893

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Replying To Viking66:  "2018 they lost by 6 to a good Coolderry team.
2019 St Mullins beat Cuala from Dublin and Rathdowney from Laois.
2021 MLR lost by 6 to Ballyhale, who narrowly lost the AI final.
2022 St Mullins beat our county champions
2023 MLR lost to OLG, who lost the AI final by just 1 point.
2024 St Mullins lost to KK from Offaly.

That's all pretty good when you consider the long lay off your county champions have.

Since Hanrahans won their last title in 2000 you have reached twice as many Hurling Leinster finals as Football ones."
Viking, sadly there are some people in Carlow who seem to loathe hurling. It's impossible to understand the logic. But it's always been like this.

Those of us from the south of the county have long been fully aware of it.

CARPS (Carlow) - Posts: 961 - 10/11/2025 18:14:15    2643894

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