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Replying To 890202: "Oylegate v Rathnure - Going for a hesitant vote for rathnure but it should really be a very tight game
Shels v Buffers Alley - I think the Shels will win in a very close and hard fought game
Glynn v Cloughbawn - I think the win the last day for Glynn will give them confidence but cloughbawn will fight tooth and nail to try avoid relegation, so i'll go for a draw
Oulart v Ferns - Oulart to win handy
Harriers v gorey - If the harriers avoid the bottom of the group i think they will be the most limited senior team ever to do so. I reckon gorey will win but not by a lot.
Rapps v St Martins - After a terrible start the rapps have improved immensely in their trouncing of ferns and they put it up to oulart for long enough too, so i think that, coupled with the fact that st martins have nothing to play for, will result in a very close game, but i still think St martins will win but i wouldnt be at all surprised to see the rapps win.
Prediction - Oulart v Buffers alley, St Martins v shels, Gorey v Oylegate, Harriers v Rathnure ... relegation rapps v cloughbawn with cloughbawn to go down
Intermediate
St James v Askamore - St James to win comfortably, askamores season has flattened out after a decent performance against Craanford
Craanford v St Annes - Hard to know which st annes team will turn up based on their previous results but ill give St annes a hesitant vote
Bunclody v Ballygarret - should be the pick of the games, but i expect bunclody to win in a reasonably high scoring affair
Monageer v Cushinstown - Match makes no difference to either team, but monageer are far the better side, however they dont seem to be able to beat a team by a big score. monageer by 5/6
Shamrocks v Blackwater - Im going to go for blackwater, i think they have developed a bit of a spirit and shamrocks are missing a few key men
Adamstown v Ballymurn - I expect adamstown to turn this into a tight low scoring game and i reckon they can just about get the win.
Prediction - Bunclody v Blackwater, Ballymurn v St James, Adamstown v St Annes, Monageer v Craanford ... Relegation - askamore v cushinstown
Intermediate A quarter finals - Fethard, Duffry, Oulart and Tara Rocks to win...Liam Mellows to be relegated
Junior Quarter finals - Rosslare, Gusserane, Horeswood and Bannow to win ... Harriers to be relegated
Junior A semi finals - St Martins and Ballyhogue to win
Ross district junior b final - Adamstown to win" If you're predictions are right i think it's actually Martins v alley and oulart v shels
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Replying To wexico15: "If you're predictions are right i think it's actually Martins v alley and oulart v shels" Yes, my apologies
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Probably should give up predictions after backing gusserane against St martins last weekend but I'll fire on
Rathnure v oilgate- Nothing really at stake for either team result could depend if players are rested or not, hesitate vote to oilgate
Alley v shels- Close call again but I'll go for the shels purely as they've more to play for
Cloughbawn v glynn- Huge game I fancy glynn based on recent form I think Cloughbawn will fall to intermediate
Ferns v oulart- oulart comfortably
Rapps v martins-rapps improving game by game but think martins will be a step to far
Gorey v harriers- draw wouldn't surprise me at all but think chinner might drag the harriers over the line
Would leave QF as:
Martins v Alley
Oulart v Shels
Rathnure v harriers
Oilgate v Ferns
Getting ahead of myself here but in that case I would fancy martins,oulart,Rathnure and Oilgate. As I said think Rapps will beat cloughbawn in a relegation play off
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Fair play to Cloughbawn lads.. 2 senior hurling final in 2 years.... albeit a relegation final this year!!
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Replying To Wex86: "Fair play to Cloughbawn lads.. 2 senior hurling final in 2 years.... albeit a relegation final this year!!" you must be from rathnure with that attitude!
it is a very dramatic fall in 1 year,cloughban have very good hurlers on paper,what has happened?
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Replying To Wex86: "Fair play to Cloughbawn lads.. 2 senior hurling final in 2 years.... albeit a relegation final this year!!" It is a bit of a fall from grace but I wouldn't be slagging them off. They have been a senior club since 1973 which I think is the longest of any club with the exception of Rathnure and the Harriers (I'm open to correction on that).
I was in Bellefield. Bunclody v ballygarret was a strange game. Ballygarret started well and went 5 points up at one stage in the first half before Bunclody pulled it back to lead by one at half time, the second half was still very competitive for nearly 15 minutes until ballygarret just totally fell apart and Bunclody went up a gear to leave about 20 points between the sides. Interestingly if ballygarret had only lost by a couple of points they would have qualified for the quarter finals but now they are in the relegation final against Cushinstown.
Bunclody
St Anne's
Askamore
Craanford
St James
Ballygarret
That's how the group finished.
Rathnure and Oylegate - the first half was probably the worst half of hurling I've seen this year. Brendan o Leary got a goal before half time to claw back at 4 point lead for Oylegate and the second half was where Rathnure came to the fore. The big advantage Rathnure had in this game was that their bench was fae stronger than Oylegate. Both teams qualify, one will probably play Gorey and the other will probably play the harriers and I'd expect both teams to win their quarter finals
Rathnure
Oylegate
She's
Buffers Alley
Glynn
Cloughbawn
That's how the group finished.
Big win for duffry over taghmon in inter A, while oulart and fethrd both recorded wins
Rapps, Horeswood and Gusserane all won junior 1/4 finals too
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Caught the double-header in St.Patrick's Park on Saturday evening.
The senior game was strange in that despite the enormity of the win on offer, there was no real sense of the occasion, as Glynn simply looked sharper and more cohesive from the get-go. They were thirteen points clear at half-time, and didn't break too much sweat thereafter. It's a shame really that the win proved insignificant to them in the end as their half-back line of O'Regan-Leacy-C.Doyle were outstanding and potentially be the strongest in the county. Moore was on fire up front, while Kevin Crean and Rowan White buzzed around all evening and shared 0-7 from play between them I think. Disappointing end to the season for Glynn though considering the lengths they went to to bring in Jerry Wallace as coach. They just couldn't recover from their slow start to the season- it's so often a killer.
The intermediate curtain-raiser had its moments, but St.Anne's were that little bit street-wise in the end. Furlong is one of the most reliable free-takers at the level, and Dee is obviously going to have a big say over how far they progress. Craanford never make it easy for themselves, but their late rally proved crucial in the end as they qualified on score difference from a ridiculously tight group. They would want to reign in their "passion" though as they see red mist virtually every time they take to the field. Should be a fiery QF with Monageer now though.
Kept a keen eye on the senior fare today, and was surprised at the winning margin Rapps enjoyed against Martin's. Can't say the same for Ferns second half capitulation though, and judging by their sequence of results in the group stages, I wouldn't be a bit surprised if Cloughbawn muster a win in the relegation final. Gorey did what was needed of them, and certainly won't fear Rathnure in the QFs.
With regards to the QF's, I tip Martin's to have too much for the Alley, Oulart and Shels to play out a close game but the champs to edge it, Naomh Eanna to stun Rathnure. Rapparees and Oylegate has the potential to be a humdinger derby, but I like the look of Oylegate this year, and think they will win.
At intermediate, I predict that Craanford will pip Monageer, Crossabeg will beat Askamore, Anne's will beat Shamrocks and Bunclody and Adamstown will initially draw.
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Replying To beano: "Caught the double-header in St.Patrick's Park on Saturday evening.
The senior game was strange in that despite the enormity of the win on offer, there was no real sense of the occasion, as Glynn simply looked sharper and more cohesive from the get-go. They were thirteen points clear at half-time, and didn't break too much sweat thereafter. It's a shame really that the win proved insignificant to them in the end as their half-back line of O'Regan-Leacy-C.Doyle were outstanding and potentially be the strongest in the county. Moore was on fire up front, while Kevin Crean and Rowan White buzzed around all evening and shared 0-7 from play between them I think. Disappointing end to the season for Glynn though considering the lengths they went to to bring in Jerry Wallace as coach. They just couldn't recover from their slow start to the season- it's so often a killer.
The intermediate curtain-raiser had its moments, but St.Anne's were that little bit street-wise in the end. Furlong is one of the most reliable free-takers at the level, and Dee is obviously going to have a big say over how far they progress. Craanford never make it easy for themselves, but their late rally proved crucial in the end as they qualified on score difference from a ridiculously tight group. They would want to reign in their "passion" though as they see red mist virtually every time they take to the field. Should be a fiery QF with Monageer now though.
Kept a keen eye on the senior fare today, and was surprised at the winning margin Rapps enjoyed against Martin's. Can't say the same for Ferns second half capitulation though, and judging by their sequence of results in the group stages, I wouldn't be a bit surprised if Cloughbawn muster a win in the relegation final. Gorey did what was needed of them, and certainly won't fear Rathnure in the QFs.
With regards to the QF's, I tip Martin's to have too much for the Alley, Oulart and Shels to play out a close game but the champs to edge it, Naomh Eanna to stun Rathnure. Rapparees and Oylegate has the potential to be a humdinger derby, but I like the look of Oylegate this year, and think they will win.
At intermediate, I predict that Craanford will pip Monageer, Crossabeg will beat Askamore, Anne's will beat Shamrocks and Bunclody and Adamstown will initially draw." Pesky mathematics stumped me again. Rapps are actually playing Rathnure and Gorey Oylegate. In that case, I tip Rathnure and Oylegate (just) to advance
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Replying To beano: "Caught the double-header in St.Patrick's Park on Saturday evening.
The senior game was strange in that despite the enormity of the win on offer, there was no real sense of the occasion, as Glynn simply looked sharper and more cohesive from the get-go. They were thirteen points clear at half-time, and didn't break too much sweat thereafter. It's a shame really that the win proved insignificant to them in the end as their half-back line of O'Regan-Leacy-C.Doyle were outstanding and potentially be the strongest in the county. Moore was on fire up front, while Kevin Crean and Rowan White buzzed around all evening and shared 0-7 from play between them I think. Disappointing end to the season for Glynn though considering the lengths they went to to bring in Jerry Wallace as coach. They just couldn't recover from their slow start to the season- it's so often a killer.
The intermediate curtain-raiser had its moments, but St.Anne's were that little bit street-wise in the end. Furlong is one of the most reliable free-takers at the level, and Dee is obviously going to have a big say over how far they progress. Craanford never make it easy for themselves, but their late rally proved crucial in the end as they qualified on score difference from a ridiculously tight group. They would want to reign in their "passion" though as they see red mist virtually every time they take to the field. Should be a fiery QF with Monageer now though.
Kept a keen eye on the senior fare today, and was surprised at the winning margin Rapps enjoyed against Martin's. Can't say the same for Ferns second half capitulation though, and judging by their sequence of results in the group stages, I wouldn't be a bit surprised if Cloughbawn muster a win in the relegation final. Gorey did what was needed of them, and certainly won't fear Rathnure in the QFs.
With regards to the QF's, I tip Martin's to have too much for the Alley, Oulart and Shels to play out a close game but the champs to edge it, Naomh Eanna to stun Rathnure. Rapparees and Oylegate has the potential to be a humdinger derby, but I like the look of Oylegate this year, and think they will win.
At intermediate, I predict that Craanford will pip Monageer, Crossabeg will beat Askamore, Anne's will beat Shamrocks and Bunclody and Adamstown will initially draw." It's Rathnure v Rapps and Oylegate v Gorey
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Replying To WEX98: "It's Rathnure v Rapps and Oylegate v Gorey" Prediction for Intermediate hurling
Bunclody v Adamstown - Bunclody by far most impressive team in the champ this yr, if A.Nolan stays fit, they will go all the way, Adamstown impressive yesterday, took over when Crossabeg went down to 14 men, but Bunclody are my pick for the champ so I'm going with them.
St Anne's v Shamrocks - Anne's will have way too much for the Rocks unless it's a real wet day, which would suit the Rocks but still expect Anne's to prevail.
Crossabeg v Askamore - One of the harder ones to call, both teams capable of being good, or really really bad. Was at Bellefield double header yesterday, Crossabeg good in patches but totally faded out the last 20 minutes when going a man down. Still would expect them to have too much for Askamore, they still rely heavily on P. Nolan and S. Tomkins who were both poor when I saw them last against Ballygarret, as a result, the whole team suffered.
Monageer v Craanford - On paper you'd pick Monageer all day long, but something about them Craanford boys makes it hard to go against them. On there day they are a good team and I dont think they'll fear Monageer in the slightest, they'll be happy with this draw so I'm going with Craanford.
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Replying To WEX98: "It's Rathnure v Rapps and Oylegate v Gorey" I too went to Bellefield on Saturday evening as wanted to see what Oylegate were like ... I was sorely disappointed ... They looked okay in first half but when Rathnure upped the intensity in the 2nd half they had no answer. Damian Reck had a great first half but once his threat was nullified in the 2nd half they completely went out of the game .. That said they are very fit and have the bones of a good team over the next few seasons....In general though it was a poor game (not helped by some very poor refereeing decisions) but I'm sure Rathnure won't complain as it was a decent win for them
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Bunclody v Adamstown - Bunclody by far most impressive team in the champ this yr, if A.Nolan stays fit, they will go all the way, Adamstown impressive yesterday, took over when Crossabeg went down to 14 men, but Bunclody are my pick for the champ so I'm going with them.
St Anne's v Shamrocks - Anne's will have way too much for the Rocks unless it's a real wet day, which would suit the Rocks but still expect Anne's to prevail.
Crossabeg v Askamore - One of the harder ones to call, both teams capable of being good, or really really bad. Was at Bellefield double header yesterday, Crossabeg good in patches but totally faded out the last 20 minutes when going a man down. Still would expect them to have too much for Askamore, they still rely heavily on P. Nolan and S. Tomkins who were both poor when I saw them last against Ballygarret, as a result, the whole team suffered.
Monageer v Craanford - On paper you'd pick Monageer all day long, but something about them Craanford boys makes it hard to go against them. On there day they are a good team and I dont think they'll fear Monageer in the slightest, they'll be happy with this draw so I'm going with Craanford." I think one group of the championship may have been a lot stronger than the other on that merits I'm going for all four teams from that group to win.
Adamstown to beat Bunclody
Shamrocks to beat St Annes
Crossabeg to beat Askamore
Moonageer to beat Craanford
Relegation final Ballygarrett to beat a very poor Rathgurogue Cushinstown side, alarmingly a club who have all the facilities but are obviously neglecting the coaching they could possibly be in the third grade of hurling and in the fourth grade of football by the end of the season.
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Senior quarter-finals:
St Martins -v- Buffers Alley
Oulart The Ballagh -v- Shelmaliers
Rathnure -v- Rapparees
Oylegate Glenbrien -v- Naomh Eanna
The Martins will be a cert to beat the Alley, arguably the weakest team left in it at this stage. The other 3 games harder to call. Oulart probably still the team to beat despite the Martins already beating them. Really starting to hit form now and their movement and play is difficult to manage even though teams know how they're going to play. I'd expect them to beat the Shels by 5 or 6 as the Shels shouldn't be over-praised for their dispatch of the Alley this weekend. After beating Oylegate to top the group Rathnure probably now face a much trickier test v the Rapps than they would of against Gorey. Rapps not a bad team by any manner. If they played their 1st two games v Harriers & Gorey the way they did their last 3 v Ferns, Oulart & St Martins they would have ended the group with 4 out of 5 wins! This is probably the hardest of the games to call. Rathnure only team not to be beaten in the c'ship this year. Although we often do come across occasions where a 4th placed team ko's a 1st placed and this is the danger here. Going to go with a Rathnure win in a tight contest. I'd tip Naomh Eanna to beat Oylegate on the basis that 15-v-15 they are better but if it comes down to a shootout of the big guns Conor McDonald vs Podge Doran/Jamie Reck then whoever's defence does the best job will be the difference. 2 out of 4 of these predictions could easily be wrong however the favourites to make the final 4 are surely Oulart and the Martins.
Any idea of how the fixtures will go over the next weeks. Will it be hurling every 2nd week and football every 2nd week? If someone could kindly say when the quarters, semis and finals may be played I'd be most grateful.
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Replying To hurlorhurley: "I think one group of the championship may have been a lot stronger than the other on that merits I'm going for all four teams from that group to win.
Adamstown to beat Bunclody
Shamrocks to beat St Annes
Crossabeg to beat Askamore
Moonageer to beat Craanford
Relegation final Ballygarrett to beat a very poor Rathgurogue Cushinstown side, alarmingly a club who have all the facilities but are obviously neglecting the coaching they could possibly be in the third grade of hurling and in the fourth grade of football by the end of the season." Not sure if I agree that other group better, was relatively straight forward in terms of who was qualifying. In other group it was as competitive as they come, starting out the results were a bit mad. James beat Ballygarret who then went on to beat the Anne's, then James beat the Anne's, then Askamore get a good training from the Anne's but go and beat James.
If Ballygarret had avoided that much a hammering from Bunclody Saturday, they'd be preparing for a quarter final now, not a relegation final, point difference done them in. I can't believe they messed it up to be honest. Awful stuff from them.
But that's the beauty of the Inter champ, there all capable of beating each other on the day.
Still think it Bunclodys to lose.
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Replying To Wex86: "Senior quarter-finals:
St Martins -v- Buffers Alley
Oulart The Ballagh -v- Shelmaliers
Rathnure -v- Rapparees
Oylegate Glenbrien -v- Naomh Eanna
The Martins will be a cert to beat the Alley, arguably the weakest team left in it at this stage. The other 3 games harder to call. Oulart probably still the team to beat despite the Martins already beating them. Really starting to hit form now and their movement and play is difficult to manage even though teams know how they're going to play. I'd expect them to beat the Shels by 5 or 6 as the Shels shouldn't be over-praised for their dispatch of the Alley this weekend. After beating Oylegate to top the group Rathnure probably now face a much trickier test v the Rapps than they would of against Gorey. Rapps not a bad team by any manner. If they played their 1st two games v Harriers & Gorey the way they did their last 3 v Ferns, Oulart & St Martins they would have ended the group with 4 out of 5 wins! This is probably the hardest of the games to call. Rathnure only team not to be beaten in the c'ship this year. Although we often do come across occasions where a 4th placed team ko's a 1st placed and this is the danger here. Going to go with a Rathnure win in a tight contest. I'd tip Naomh Eanna to beat Oylegate on the basis that 15-v-15 they are better but if it comes down to a shootout of the big guns Conor McDonald vs Podge Doran/Jamie Reck then whoever's defence does the best job will be the difference. 2 out of 4 of these predictions could easily be wrong however the favourites to make the final 4 are surely Oulart and the Martins.
Any idea of how the fixtures will go over the next weeks. Will it be hurling every 2nd week and football every 2nd week? If someone could kindly say when the quarters, semis and finals may be played I'd be most grateful." Yes think your right, don't have exact dates but am fairly certain it's
football ( quarters )
hurling ( senior and inter quarters, inter A semi finals ) football ( semis )
hurling ( senior and inter semis, inter A final )
football ( finals )
hurling ( finals )
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Replying To dbyrney1: "Not sure if I agree that other group better, was relatively straight forward in terms of who was qualifying. In other group it was as competitive as they come, starting out the results were a bit mad. James beat Ballygarret who then went on to beat the Anne's, then James beat the Anne's, then Askamore get a good training from the Anne's but go and beat James.
If Ballygarret had avoided that much a hammering from Bunclody Saturday, they'd be preparing for a quarter final now, not a relegation final, point difference done them in. I can't believe they messed it up to be honest. Awful stuff from them.
But that's the beauty of the Inter champ, there all capable of beating each other on the day.
Still think it Bunclodys to lose." Bunclody to beat Adamstown
Annes to beat Shamrocks
Crossabeg to beat Askamore
Craanford to beat Monageer
I think above is how the quarter finals are going to go. I really think Craanford wil beat Monageer. Dont forget Monageer won most of there games by 1 or 2 points. Annes will definitely beat The Shamrocks and Bunclody will have too much for Adamstown. Really ridiculous from Ballygarrett, they seem to self implode every year. Like there were still in the game at half time and to collapse like that is unreal. I know people will right off Cushinstown but I believe they could provide a shock. In fairness they lost 3 of there players to Australia who only went for a month at the start of the summer and never returned.
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Annes to beat Shamrocks
Crossabeg to beat Askamore
Craanford to beat Monageer
I think above is how the quarter finals are going to go. I really think Craanford wil beat Monageer. Dont forget Monageer won most of there games by 1 or 2 points. Annes will definitely beat The Shamrocks and Bunclody will have too much for Adamstown. Really ridiculous from Ballygarrett, they seem to self implode every year. Like there were still in the game at half time and to collapse like that is unreal. I know people will right off Cushinstown but I believe they could provide a shock. In fairness they lost 3 of there players to Australia who only went for a month at the start of the summer and never returned." i know not a jot about this grade,but i am interested,why do you think monageer winning a game by a point or two is an issue?good teams win close games,no?
i think the only sure bet in the 2 grades is oulart will beat shels.i was talking to a lad in work here last night on his way home from wexford park,he said rapps were v impressive.quite the turn around considering not so long ago they were in a relegation dogfight.
St Martins -v- Buffers Alley - martins
Oulart The Ballagh -v- Shelmaliers oulart
Rathnure -v- Rapparees - rapps
Oylegate Glenbrien -v- Naomh Eanna - oylegate.
but the new champ format is great in both hurling and football,no passengers,close games,exactly what we all want.
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i think the only sure bet in the 2 grades is oulart will beat shels.i was talking to a lad in work here last night on his way home from wexford park,he said rapps were v impressive.quite the turn around considering not so long ago they were in a relegation dogfight.
St Martins -v- Buffers Alley - martins
Oulart The Ballagh -v- Shelmaliers oulart
Rathnure -v- Rapparees - rapps
Oylegate Glenbrien -v- Naomh Eanna - oylegate.
but the new champ format is great in both hurling and football,no passengers,close games,exactly what we all want." Rapparees/Starlights on a bit of a role now just shows the benefits of being a dual club where momentum flows from one sport to another.
As it stands I make Oulart favorites to win the hurling and St Martin's favorites to win the football.
Football Quarter Finals
St Martins to beat Glynn Barntown
Taghmon to beat Castletown
Starlights and St James (Draw) St James to win the replay
Shelmaliers to beat Gusserane
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Rapps to beat Rathnure
Shells to run Oulart close
Alley will rough up the Martin's
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Rapps really upset the apple cart at the weekend, if they had won by 2-3 pts it would only been a slight surprise given what was at stake for both teams but the way they dismantled the martins was very impressive. kevin foley is in flying form at midfield and fox and kelly are going well in the half back line. i dont think liam ryan is a natural forward playing at 11 but as we all know is as honest as the day is long and gives his all no matter where he's playing. the next few weeks will show us if this was a case of the martins taking there eye of the ball or if its a more serious dip in form for them. I would give them the benefit of the doubt and still see them and oulart as a level above the rest.Ferns and Cloughbawn should be fasanating in the relegation play off, both have shipped heavy defeats so you couldn't back either with a huge degree of confidence.
Havn't seen enough intermediate games this year to give much of an opinion on it but 1 thing thats interesting is how crossabeg's stock has fallen in recent times. this time last year they looked like outright favourites to win the grade after losing narrowly to gorey in the 2015 final and easily topping there group including a heavy victory over oilgate. sense then they've fallen back stumbling over the line against cushinstown in the QF last year before a very flat performance against oilgate in the semi final, they went ok in the group this year winning 3 out of 5. they could still win the grade this year but they are 1 of a bunch of teams who could compared to the outright favourites they were last year. maybe paudie foleys return from the US will help them push on.
bostonredsox (Wexford) - Posts: 4368 - 12/09/2017 01:46:24
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