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Replying To Onion Breath:  "Not to put a downer on an otherwise great weekend but underage hurling results were very disappointing this weekend. We're definitely slipping and it seems to be getting a bit worse now each year. I thought last year's minors were disappointing having looked better on paper but at least they beat Kildare. Two bad defeats at minor already this year however and now the U/20 losing to Meath is cause for major concern. I know we don't have the numbers and all that, so going on winning runs every year is not on but we're getting used to getting beaten by likes of Kerry and now Meath who are two teams we'll be competing to stay ahead of in senior in the coming years."
I've been highlighting this for some time now. And I keep getting shot down by people saying we only need one or two off every youth team. Well, I'm sorry hurling doesn't work like that.

On our current trajectory, it's very possible we will slip back into the Christy Ring Cup in maybe four or five years time. Which would be a disaster.

Carlow hurling people need to have a serious conversation about the way things are headed. Especially given the rise of football will probably make that code more attractive to players in the coming years.

As for numbers, Onion, we had even fewer underage clubs when we went on those great runs in the 2000s and 2010s.

There has been a fall off in schools and in a couple of the key clubs.

CARPS (Carlow) - Posts: 1065 - 29/03/2026 21:01:09    2663826

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