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Replying To countyman2022: "I think it is because they are better than us." They certainly have the edge on head to head. People who've attended those games know that margins are exceptionally tight.
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Replying To Afinestick96: "I 100% agree we need someone experienced at full back if Jippo is 100% fit it will be him and if not it will be Simon Donohoe. Id be shocked if it was anyone else" I don't think jippo will start either of the first two games but we'll see.
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Replying To Doylerwex: "I don't think jippo will start either of the first two games but we'll see." We definitely need him back for Dublin game to deal with Hetherton. Hopefully we are in a good position by then
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Replying To Afinestick96: "We definitely need him back for Dublin game to deal with Hetherton. Hopefully we are in a good position by then" I would imagine that's exactly the target for him.
Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 4449 - 15/04/2026 18:46:29
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Would imagine Kildare will line out something like this….
McKenna
O'Meara
Rian Boran
O'Reilly
Dolan
Cian Boran
Guerin
Leacy
Conan Boran
McCabe
Keegan
Sheridan
Qualter
Curtin
Dowling
They're a big, strong, athletic side and their S&C work is very good, the pitch is quite small and they like to play a running/handpassing game, they like to drop a lot of players deep (Need players close together for a handpassing game) and then run off the shoulder, midfielders like to drag opposition players out wide so they can run straight through the vacated space in the middle, they'll go long and high if they can't work it short and look to win the breaking ball near goal, they also scored a good bit in the league off turnovers in the opposition half because of the intensity of their tackling
They had a good record when shooting from deep at home in the league, Dolan in particular was very effective from deep, we can't let him shoot from deep
Would imagine Shane Reck will take Sheridan, Keegan will drift and we can't have our 6 follow him, we've had a weak enough spine the last few years and they will target us, our 6 needs to help out our 3, upshot of this is that one of our midfielders should be tracking Keegan when he drops deep and our 11 (Probably Simon Roche) needs to drop onto the free midfielder and then one of our full-forward line (Kevin Foley maybe?) needs to drop onto Cian Boran who will be free then
Small pitch so if we sit off them, it might be easy enough for them to hit their full-forward-line (Like Dublin last year in Parnell Park), best way of beating a running/handpassing game is by congesting the middle, think we'd be best off pushing up off their puck-out and stopping their running game at source
Upshot of pushing up is that your 6 isn't really dropping back to protect the 3, think it's fine to push up off puck-outs but there may be times in open play where we're maybe better off dropping off and flooding the middle, important though that the spare man on the ball is one of their corner-backs and not Cian Boran
They will think we are weak and gettable based on our results against Antrim and Westmeath so they will have had a target on our heads from a long way out, need to match their intensity because if we don't, they have the intensity, the S&C, the size, and the belief to turn us over
ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 1057 - 16/04/2026 08:48:14
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Replying To ElGranSenor: "Would imagine Kildare will line out something like this….
McKenna
O'Meara
Rian Boran
O'Reilly
Dolan
Cian Boran
Guerin
Leacy
Conan Boran
McCabe
Keegan
Sheridan
Qualter
Curtin
Dowling
They're a big, strong, athletic side and their S&C work is very good, the pitch is quite small and they like to play a running/handpassing game, they like to drop a lot of players deep (Need players close together for a handpassing game) and then run off the shoulder, midfielders like to drag opposition players out wide so they can run straight through the vacated space in the middle, they'll go long and high if they can't work it short and look to win the breaking ball near goal, they also scored a good bit in the league off turnovers in the opposition half because of the intensity of their tackling
They had a good record when shooting from deep at home in the league, Dolan in particular was very effective from deep, we can't let him shoot from deep
Would imagine Shane Reck will take Sheridan, Keegan will drift and we can't have our 6 follow him, we've had a weak enough spine the last few years and they will target us, our 6 needs to help out our 3, upshot of this is that one of our midfielders should be tracking Keegan when he drops deep and our 11 (Probably Simon Roche) needs to drop onto the free midfielder and then one of our full-forward line (Kevin Foley maybe?) needs to drop onto Cian Boran who will be free then
Small pitch so if we sit off them, it might be easy enough for them to hit their full-forward-line (Like Dublin last year in Parnell Park), best way of beating a running/handpassing game is by congesting the middle, think we'd be best off pushing up off their puck-out and stopping their running game at source
Upshot of pushing up is that your 6 isn't really dropping back to protect the 3, think it's fine to push up off puck-outs but there may be times in open play where we're maybe better off dropping off and flooding the middle, important though that the spare man on the ball is one of their corner-backs and not Cian Boran
They will think we are weak and gettable based on our results against Antrim and Westmeath so they will have had a target on our heads from a long way out, need to match their intensity because if we don't, they have the intensity, the S&C, the size, and the belief to turn us over" With all due respect if we dont beat Kildare well we are going no where fast no point in building up the opposition they have improved fair enough but not that much.
Tiger1 (Wexford) - Posts: 440 - 16/04/2026 10:21:15
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Replying To Tiger1: "With all due respect if we dont beat Kildare well we are going no where fast no point in building up the opposition they have improved fair enough but not that much." I think we need to hit the ground running from the off. I would expect our hurling to be better than Kildare we need to not get dragged into a dog fight . They are a big physically strong team and will be looking for us to get dragged into a physical battle we need to let our hurling do the talking. the first half is absolutely key we really need to have them at arms length on the score board. If we dont their crowd will really get behind them and Kildare players will grow in confidence . Its vital we take our chances on Saturday and build up a lead if we can
Afinestick96 (Wexford) - Posts: 972 - 16/04/2026 10:41:30
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Replying To Tiger1: "With all due respect if we dont beat Kildare well we are going no where fast no point in building up the opposition they have improved fair enough but not that much." Got to agree - No disrespect to Kildare but if Wexford hurling has any prospects for the future we will quickly see out this game. Bit of huffing and puffing for the first half but once they settle into the routine we should win it. It's not going to be a 20 point win or anything but still should be able to win 6/7 points and give lads game time. Bigger tests lie ahead.
MyOhMi (Wexford) - Posts: 294 - 16/04/2026 10:43:09
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It's mad to think . Cameras every year we dont actually know what we are going to get out of our team .
Our unpredictability is so predictable.
I think we ll win handy enough and yet I m still fearful .
If theres one thing we ve learned is all the less traditional hurling counties have a real cut at us or teams just up from Joe mac .
We ve looked vulnerable when playing these teams too many times .
Lets hope the lads heads are in a good place and we hit the ground running no complacency we cant afford it .
We dont seem to cruise through games in lower gears its all on or we struggle .
Rory is a huge loss but maybe it ll kick other forwards into gear . No stand out marquee forward best scoring option is Simon. Let's hope the rest stand up .
Think Chin has to be more of a creator nowadays .
Out wirkrate will need to be off te charts if we are yo progress in leinster . And our shooting percentages to Scores meed to ve a lot higher than recent years .
I ve no solutions to some of our problems only bring a never say doe attitude like we used to gave back in the day . If we are not good enough after giving everything so be it we ll still be proud to be from Wexford .
Thats for season as a whole not just v kildare .
Formertownie (Wexford) - Posts: 575 - 16/04/2026 11:17:45
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Replying To Formertownie: "It's mad to think . Cameras every year we dont actually know what we are going to get out of our team .
Our unpredictability is so predictable.
I think we ll win handy enough and yet I m still fearful .
If theres one thing we ve learned is all the less traditional hurling counties have a real cut at us or teams just up from Joe mac .
We ve looked vulnerable when playing these teams too many times .
Lets hope the lads heads are in a good place and we hit the ground running no complacency we cant afford it .
We dont seem to cruise through games in lower gears its all on or we struggle .
Rory is a huge loss but maybe it ll kick other forwards into gear . No stand out marquee forward best scoring option is Simon. Let's hope the rest stand up .
Think Chin has to be more of a creator nowadays .
Out wirkrate will need to be off te charts if we are yo progress in leinster . And our shooting percentages to Scores meed to ve a lot higher than recent years .
I ve no solutions to some of our problems only bring a never say doe attitude like we used to gave back in the day . If we are not good enough after giving everything so be it we ll still be proud to be from Wexford .
Thats for season as a whole not just v kildare ." Workrate should be a given and off the charts every day.
ExiledInWex (Dublin) - Posts: 1616 - 16/04/2026 11:24:55
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It looks like Jippo, Shane Reck and Jacko are now fully fit according to an article in the people paper this week.
My guess is that Rossi will play all three. Maybe not for the full game but they will surely play some part in the game.
As myself and others have said in earlier posts, this game may be totally different from our league meeting of a few weeks ago. They will relish playing on their home ground. They will have targeted us and will believe they can beat us.
I belive we will win this game but only if our attitude is bang on. We simply can't afford to drift in and out. Full concentration and most vital is we play with intensity throughout.
I think we have more skillful players than Kildare and if we play to our potential we will bag the two points.
Verdict -- Wexford to win by 7 points.
Magpie2 (Wexford) - Posts: 661 - 16/04/2026 11:27:15
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Replying To Tiger1: "With all due respect if we dont beat Kildare well we are going no where fast no point in building up the opposition they have improved fair enough but not that much." Yeah but we still have to do our due diligence, can't just ignore how they like to play and where their strengths and weaknesses are just because we're expected to win
ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 1057 - 16/04/2026 11:30:42
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Replying To ExiledInWex: "Workrate should be a given and off the charts every day." Agreed but against so called lesser teams we dont always hit the mark
Formertownie (Wexford) - Posts: 575 - 16/04/2026 11:54:23
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Replying To Formertownie: "It's mad to think . Cameras every year we dont actually know what we are going to get out of our team .
Our unpredictability is so predictable.
I think we ll win handy enough and yet I m still fearful .
If theres one thing we ve learned is all the less traditional hurling counties have a real cut at us or teams just up from Joe mac .
We ve looked vulnerable when playing these teams too many times .
Lets hope the lads heads are in a good place and we hit the ground running no complacency we cant afford it .
We dont seem to cruise through games in lower gears its all on or we struggle .
Rory is a huge loss but maybe it ll kick other forwards into gear . No stand out marquee forward best scoring option is Simon. Let's hope the rest stand up .
Think Chin has to be more of a creator nowadays .
Out wirkrate will need to be off te charts if we are yo progress in leinster . And our shooting percentages to Scores meed to ve a lot higher than recent years .
I ve no solutions to some of our problems only bring a never say doe attitude like we used to gave back in the day . If we are not good enough after giving everything so be it we ll still be proud to be from Wexford .
Thats for season as a whole not just v kildare ." Interestingly I read an interview with Jacko who said that both Rory and Barry will probably be back in the summer to hurl for the Martins and may stay on to play with Wexford next year. Would be a huge boost if so and I would be excited to see how Barry would do . I hope Rory is having a great time he has played a lot of hurling since his debut back in 2017 and a year out of inter county could be a good thing for him both mentally and physcially.
It would be great to have them this year but I believe in the likes of Chin, Roche, Redmond and Jacko we have forwards that can give a lot of teams problems too
Afinestick96 (Wexford) - Posts: 972 - 16/04/2026 11:57:26
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Replying To ElGranSenor: "Yeah but we still have to do our due diligence, can't just ignore how they like to play and where their strengths and weaknesses are just because we're expected to win" Fully agree we need to be on our game and ruthless like we were in Carlow in 2024
Afinestick96 (Wexford) - Posts: 972 - 16/04/2026 12:01:24
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Replying To ElGranSenor: "Would imagine Kildare will line out something like this….
McKenna
O'Meara
Rian Boran
O'Reilly
Dolan
Cian Boran
Guerin
Leacy
Conan Boran
McCabe
Keegan
Sheridan
Qualter
Curtin
Dowling
They're a big, strong, athletic side and their S&C work is very good, the pitch is quite small and they like to play a running/handpassing game, they like to drop a lot of players deep (Need players close together for a handpassing game) and then run off the shoulder, midfielders like to drag opposition players out wide so they can run straight through the vacated space in the middle, they'll go long and high if they can't work it short and look to win the breaking ball near goal, they also scored a good bit in the league off turnovers in the opposition half because of the intensity of their tackling
They had a good record when shooting from deep at home in the league, Dolan in particular was very effective from deep, we can't let him shoot from deep
Would imagine Shane Reck will take Sheridan, Keegan will drift and we can't have our 6 follow him, we've had a weak enough spine the last few years and they will target us, our 6 needs to help out our 3, upshot of this is that one of our midfielders should be tracking Keegan when he drops deep and our 11 (Probably Simon Roche) needs to drop onto the free midfielder and then one of our full-forward line (Kevin Foley maybe?) needs to drop onto Cian Boran who will be free then
Small pitch so if we sit off them, it might be easy enough for them to hit their full-forward-line (Like Dublin last year in Parnell Park), best way of beating a running/handpassing game is by congesting the middle, think we'd be best off pushing up off their puck-out and stopping their running game at source
Upshot of pushing up is that your 6 isn't really dropping back to protect the 3, think it's fine to push up off puck-outs but there may be times in open play where we're maybe better off dropping off and flooding the middle, important though that the spare man on the ball is one of their corner-backs and not Cian Boran
They will think we are weak and gettable based on our results against Antrim and Westmeath so they will have had a target on our heads from a long way out, need to match their intensity because if we don't, they have the intensity, the S&C, the size, and the belief to turn us over" Sheridan isnt the sort of player Shane Reck plays best on. Conor Foley would be a better man for him maybe, and put Shane Reck on Dowling or Qualter.
Someone has to mind Leacy, hes their best player. And Cian Boran will need to be marked closely and tracked up and down the pitch.
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 19243 - 16/04/2026 13:28:33
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Replying To Afinestick96: "I think we need to hit the ground running from the off. I would expect our hurling to be better than Kildare we need to not get dragged into a dog fight . They are a big physically strong team and will be looking for us to get dragged into a physical battle we need to let our hurling do the talking. the first half is absolutely key we really need to have them at arms length on the score board. If we dont their crowd will really get behind them and Kildare players will grow in confidence . Its vital we take our chances on Saturday and build up a lead if we can" As regards crowd I imagine there will be nearly as many from Wexford there as from Kildare.
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 19243 - 16/04/2026 13:29:24
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Replying To ExiledInWex: "Workrate should be a given and off the charts every day." Definitely. Should be a given at u12, never mind Senior intercounty.
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 19243 - 16/04/2026 13:30:36
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Replying To Afinestick96: "Interestingly I read an interview with Jacko who said that both Rory and Barry will probably be back in the summer to hurl for the Martins and may stay on to play with Wexford next year. Would be a huge boost if so and I would be excited to see how Barry would do . I hope Rory is having a great time he has played a lot of hurling since his debut back in 2017 and a year out of inter county could be a good thing for him both mentally and physcially.
It would be great to have them this year but I believe in the likes of Chin, Roche, Redmond and Jacko we have forwards that can give a lot of teams problems too" It would be good to have them. Barry would need lots of hurling behind him though was excellent in local championship. But the further they went outsise wexford his stickwork was nt quite up to intercounty standard as of yet his other attributes well up to it .
Going forward I d say for counties without much success or profile more and more will take time out . Hard to keep up the level of commitment required fir county and after thst back to club for little or no reward .k
If the Martuns had nt of won wexford would Rory have come back i wonder . As he would ve went away sooner unless he held on you after jacks wedding .
Once a player becomes established at inter county and finished their studies . They will either take a year out or go after they exit club championship and maybe return mid league .
Why would nt they live their life before life ties them down .
I do think we have good forwards on their day . Backs could be our achilles heel . Lack of physical presence a worry .
Further we go the harder it gets . Not so bad marking big mdn withiut much hurling . Different prospect narking big men who can hurl too . Like Limerick Cork etc
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A lot of talk about the pitch in Newbridge being small etc... Wexford Park is 2 meters wider than Newbridge but the pitch in Newbridge is 3 meters longer. I've played on that pitch and this won't have any bearing on the match... stay between the white lines lads.
logger (Wexford) - Posts: 332 - 16/04/2026 14:29:07
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