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Replying To Afinestick96: "Feels like a huge day for us today . Have a feeling it could be season defining for both teams . Match ups will be key would expect Shane Reck will pick up Eoin Cody and wouldn't be surprised to see Jippo or Donohoe start to mark Tj. We need more out of our forwards Lee can't do it all on his own. We need to play real intensity and run at them from the off . I think a win could give this young team huge confidence to push on for the rest of the year . A loss and its do or die against Dublin. Best of luck to the lads today go out and give it your all and good luck to the minors in the earlier game too" I'm like a child at Christmas to be honest. No matter how disappointed I am at the end of a season, or no matter what happens during the winter, a day like this is what it's all about.
Expecting a big Wexford crowd, sunny evening, I think it'll be hell for leather.
If we can weather an inevitable storm in the first 15 minutes I think we've a great chance.
Days like this can be huge for the trajectory of a team. Let's hope it's a good one
Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 4463 - 25/04/2026 09:14:11
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Replying To Pikeman96: "Another bit of reminiscing coming up.
About 20 years ago, I was part of a committee that was set up to try get more publicity for the All County Leagues. Basically, the four of us were assigned a couple of divisions each in hurling & football, and it was our job to get details from each club after each match so that short reports could be cobbled together for the newspapers each week ("The Echo" was still in operation at the time too).
It was a nightmare job. You'd be chasing people until all hours of a Monday night after a weekend's matches, and there were many who you'd never get at all. Some clubs were particularly bad. Even if they gave you details by fax (yes, fax!) or email or over the phone, you couldn't rely on them. For example, a common problem was them saying something like their team scored 2-14, but then when you added up the list of individual scorers they sent, it'd come to something like only 1-12.
Or one club would say that they won by 2-15 to 1-12, but the other club would say that they lost by 2-13 to 1-13.
It's a lovely idea in theory to say "clubs send in details so that they can be published" but the reality is it's far from that simple." Reminds me of an article back in the day in a Dublin newspaper. I was playing full back but told the reporter (I knew his brother) who missed the first half that I had scored 1-2 from full forward but we were being destroyed back the field so they had to move me back. In truth, I never went beyond the 45 in my life.
I put the scores down to a few other players I liked on our team because he had no idea who scored what.
The report in the paper was along the lines of "the surprise springing of Exile to full forward reaped huge dividends as he caused untold trouble for the full back line before helping himself to 1-2 in the opening exchanges". It got a great laugh at training the Tuesday afterwards.
ExiledInWex (Dublin) - Posts: 1632 - 25/04/2026 10:19:52
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This looks like a good wexford minor team. Well balanced with no obvious tail on the team. Downey is a good centre back
richiepmurphy (Kilkenny) - Posts: 72 - 25/04/2026 12:17:13
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Fair performance from the Minors, have to caveat it by acknowledging who they were playing against but at the same time, Laois ran Galway to four points last week, maybe that was because they had a fitness advantage they had from the qualifier games or maybe they were very good against Galway and very poor against us
As for us, we couldn't have done much more, out-scored them by about 6-20 or 6-21 to 1-02 from play (And they got a point from play with the last puck of the game), frees might be a concern for us, Tobin was very good today but I don't think he's really a free taker
Downey, Sludds-Murphy, Kavanagh, Whelan, Tobin, and Kehoe impressed me a lot, good to see GOH with a good lad, we need them to stay producing good hurlers from a Wexford perspective (He was the only player from a town team in the matchday squad, two Harriers lads on the extended panel)
Have a feeling we're playing a lot of 17yos and that our S&C work is very good, it was a bit men against boys out there, we physically dominated them out there and out stickwork was very good and sharp, big improvement from last week, thought our use of the ball was very good too
Can only beat what's in front of you and wouldn't be getting carried away but I liked what I saw
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Minor hurlers could actually be in major trouble to qualify (And that's really down to the nonsensical format)
So we're in a group with Westmeath and Galway
Westmeath lost by 16 to KK at home but beat Dublin by 7 at home
Galway beat Laois by 4 away and KK by 2 away
We lost to Dublin by 3 away and then beat Laois by 28 away
So Galway are on 4 points and then us and Westmeath are on 2 (We have a better score difference by 34 points)
But Westmeath have Laois in their last game and we have Kilkenny
So we need to better whatever result Westmeath get against Laois
Would imagine we'll be at home to KK but don't know if it works like that, think one of Westmeath and Laois will end up getting three home games out of three in the group stages
Tbf, I'd say that Westmeath team are a good side, Coláiste Mhuire are in A competitions all the way up and they were in the Leinster Senior A SF this year, they were two points up againt KK coming into HT last week (KK had a man sent off very early on) but they gave away a black card penalty and then gave a goal away straight from the puck-out and went in four points behind, fell away after that
This isn't to suggest Westmeath aren't good but the format makes no sense, the U20 format is much fairer, this Minor format is asking for trouble
ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 1089 - 25/04/2026 14:35:12
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This is it lads, the nerves are kicking in.
It wasn't too long ago I would be looking at this game with apprehension and just expecting a beating. Dreading the thoughts of Shefflin and he who shalt be named destroying us. I remember Shefflin actually scoring more by himself than we did collectively in a Leinster final one year. We weren't even the bridemaids, we were the flower girls.
But hurling is cyclical, every county goes through its peaks and troughs, and we travel up there today with belief. It reminds me of the 2017 game (albeit away from home this time), I watched it in an Irish pub in Clapham and the pride I felt at the full-time whistle was like nothing I felt before. And we have had good days against them since then, there is certainly no trepidation there anymore. I know we aren't world beaters, but they are far removed from their legendary team too and I can bank on the lads raising their game.
No fear, no regrets. A croi agus lamh.
beano (Wexford) - Posts: 1535 - 25/04/2026 15:12:32
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Replying To ElGranSenor: "Minor hurlers could actually be in major trouble to qualify (And that's really down to the nonsensical format)
So we're in a group with Westmeath and Galway
Westmeath lost by 16 to KK at home but beat Dublin by 7 at home
Galway beat Laois by 4 away and KK by 2 away
We lost to Dublin by 3 away and then beat Laois by 28 away
So Galway are on 4 points and then us and Westmeath are on 2 (We have a better score difference by 34 points)
But Westmeath have Laois in their last game and we have Kilkenny
So we need to better whatever result Westmeath get against Laois
Would imagine we'll be at home to KK but don't know if it works like that, think one of Westmeath and Laois will end up getting three home games out of three in the group stages
Tbf, I'd say that Westmeath team are a good side, Coláiste Mhuire are in A competitions all the way up and they were in the Leinster Senior A SF this year, they were two points up againt KK coming into HT last week (KK had a man sent off very early on) but they gave away a black card penalty and then gave a goal away straight from the puck-out and went in four points behind, fell away after that
This isn't to suggest Westmeath aren't good but the format makes no sense, the U20 format is much fairer, this Minor format is asking for trouble" On the flip side Kilkenny know they are qualified before they play us. And they could well still top their group with 1 win and 2 defeats as Dublin play Galway in their last game.
They are on 2 pts like Dublin and Laois have 0.
And Laois have a minus 30 or so compared to Kilkenny plus 10 or so.
They might throw in a few subs etc especially as there is a chance they might have to play us again in a semi final .
I think its a positive for our team knowing that its basically win or bust.
Paull (Wexford) - Posts: 265 - 25/04/2026 15:35:05
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