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How's it going lads, Quick question for you guys bound to stir the pot here... What was the Toughest Club Team you've ever played against.. Now this could be down to either sheer skill or just a pure dirty team... Shoot me a couple of teams Cankylunt (Dublin) - Posts: 30 - 22/07/2017 00:37:38 2020759 Link
Didn't come across as many tough teams as I did dirty teams, big difference. Love the name by the way. realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8585 - 22/07/2017 01:38:05 2020765 Link
An away trip to Kiltane still makes me shudder. Lucky to come away with our lives. yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11227 - 22/07/2017 07:30:45 2020771 Link
Corofin, you go to play football they smash you, you try to "mix it" they are experts at the "dark arts", you think you have them beat and they just send on a sub who happens to have played,Hogan Cup football for Jarlaths, minor and U21 for Galway. GDL (Galway) - Posts: 719 - 22/07/2017 09:21:42 2020785 Link
Crossmaglen patk (Monaghan) - Posts: 936 - 22/07/2017 10:19:21 2020800 Link
Played against plenty of dirty teams in my own county. Couldn't single out one. But it is a well known fact around Ulster that the old Windmill club in Tyrone is the dirtiest team to have ever played the game. Stories are legendary HandballRef (Donegal) - Posts: 520 - 22/07/2017 10:20:00 2020801 Link
Replying To realdub: "Didn't come across as many tough teams as I did dirty teams, big difference. Love the name by the way." Cheers mate .. Gowan name and shame who were the dirtiest teams you played against Cankylunt (Dublin) - Posts: 30 - 22/07/2017 10:54:23 2020819 Link
As a player in 1980's Tyrone Carrickmore stood out for me as the hard but fair team. Byanthon (Tyrone) - Posts: 1780 - 23/07/2017 08:41:26 2021442 Link
Hardest team I've played against would be Lucan Sarsfields skillfull but we'll able to capitalise on the opposing team If the make mistakes . The wouldn't hesitate to leave a bit on you given the opportunity. Stars of erin again would be skilful but feck me they are more interested in a brawl then a match Cankylunt (Dublin) - Posts: 30 - 23/07/2017 11:28:23 2021571 Link
Replying To Cankylunt: "Hardest team I've played against would be Lucan Sarsfields skillfull but we'll able to capitalise on the opposing team If the make mistakes . The wouldn't hesitate to leave a bit on you given the opportunity. Stars of erin again would be skilful but feck me they are more interested in a brawl then a match" Lucan? That's a mad assessment. Lucan's biggest problem for years and years is not being able to handle themselves when the other team brings a bit of physicality. They've lost a number of semi finals to teams that they are more skilful than but they couldn't hurl when it came to it. All through the 00s until now in anyways I'd have viewed them as very skilful but a bit of a soft touch. MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13705 - 23/07/2017 11:57:42 2021601 Link
Of the better known club teams nationwide, Crossmaglen are the first to spring to mind. Physically and mentally they were seriously tough! cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 5010 - 23/07/2017 13:13:32 2021662 Link
Replying To cavanman47: "Of the better known club teams nationwide, Crossmaglen are the first to spring to mind. Physically and mentally they were seriously tough!" Indeed, they totally bullied and intimidated St.Galls off the pitch a few years back in the Ulster Club competition. Ulsterman (Antrim) - Posts: 9697 - 23/07/2017 14:56:42 2021743 Link
Lucan sarsfields dirty/tough. What? Their camogie team? Toomevara. 15 points up and they still get lads sent off. Rohanhorsemaste (Tipperary) - Posts: 26 - 23/07/2017 15:14:10 2021761 Link
Barrrs out in the bogies was always tough, hipster (Dublin) - Posts: 2509 - 23/07/2017 16:44:37 2021837 Link
Replying To MesAmis: "Lucan? That's a mad assessment. Lucan's biggest problem for years and years is not being able to handle themselves when the other team brings a bit of physicality. They've lost a number of semi finals to teams that they are more skilful than but they couldn't hurl when it came to it. All through the 00s until now in anyways I'd have viewed them as very skilful but a bit of a soft touch." Poor auld snuffs ears are burning:D realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8585 - 24/07/2017 16:07:03 2022676 Link
In Limerick hurling anyway Toughest=Na Piarsaigh upthetreatyboys (Limerick) - Posts: 104 - 24/07/2017 16:42:38 2022704 Link
Toomevara in North Tipp Hurling Championship back in the 1990's always seemed to have a great team and on the big day (even an all Ireland club final in 1993 or so I think) they would end up with a player getting the line and all would unfold..a fierce strong and competitive team in North Tipp back then... Fairplayalways (Offaly) - Posts: 1034 - 24/07/2017 16:59:08 2022711 Link
Has to be the barrs in the boogies you can't get more apatly named ground for them how they ever got named after a saint fionnbarr is astonishing, Even worse their underage home games are played in pope John Paul park hahahaha hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 24/07/2017 17:19:05 2022724 Link
Never had an easy game against The Barrs or Craobh Chiarain. Lads fairly loose with the timber bad.monkey (USA) - Posts: 4624 - 24/07/2017 17:42:19 2022736 Link
Clonmore harps in my own county or clonaslee in Laois are well able to mind themselves!! Plenty of marks left after them 2 tonorio (Offaly) - Posts: 608 - 24/07/2017 18:05:34 2022750 Link