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Na Piarsaigh (Limerick) v Ballygunner (Waterford) will start the Munster championship in November. Both have plenty of experience and strong All Ireland ambitions. Should be a cracking start! Only the Tipperary representative is yet to be confirmed. legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 9281 - 20/10/2025 08:34:02 2640721 Link
Ballygunner Loughmore Castleleiney Sarsfields - Cork Na Piarsaigh Eire Og - Clare Munster club SHC Na Piarsaigh (Limerick) v Ballygunner (Waterford), Sunday, 3.30pm Ballygunner are favourites for Munster championship. Na Piarsaigh should be a good test of that in the Gaelic Grounds on Sunday. Has the makings of a cracking opener. The winner will have home advantage against Sarsfields in two weeks time. Eire Og and Loughmore Castleleiney will contest the other semi final in Ennis. legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 9281 - 30/10/2025 18:36:53 2642288 Link
I'd fancy Na Piarsiagh to beat Ballygunner. 9/4 is good value. Overall betting still very odd. 14/1 Sars and 22/1 Na Piarsiagh a bit long compared to Ballygunner at 11/5 which is a bit mad. Leinster very open. BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 3837 - 31/10/2025 10:47:59 2642344 Link
I think the winner of NAP/BG will go on and win Munster and give the AI a serious rattle. I don't know what to think about SARS and have this nagging feeling that BG sleepwalked into that game last year. That said, the other side of Ennis and LC will also present a tough challenge. Re Leinster, I think if Ballyhale really want it, it's there's for the taking. Some serious talent in that team, plus the King is back with a point to prove! bloodandbandage (Cork) - Posts: 461 - 31/10/2025 13:21:10 2642380 Link
Replying To bloodandbandage: "I think the winner of NAP/BG will go on and win Munster and give the AI a serious rattle. I don't know what to think about SARS and have this nagging feeling that BG sleepwalked into that game last year. That said, the other side of Ennis and LC will also present a tough challenge. Re Leinster, I think if Ballyhale really want it, it's there's for the taking. Some serious talent in that team, plus the King is back with a point to prove!" I could see a new champion in Leinster. Martins will give Na Fianna their fill of it in Wexford Park and I wouldn't rule out Kilcormac taking Shamrocks, assuming thats how the draw pans out. Munster is minefield. Cork people seem incredibly dubious of Sars! their defeat of Ballygunner was no fluke and I don't think that BG are either improving or as likely to win either Munster or AI as betting suggests. Na Fianna were lucky last week. Not taking from Lucan who got the match ups right but a few of their big names had bad day out.. They'll be hard beat. Have run up some run of wins. Only two defeats in three years? and one of them a meaningless Dublin group game. BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 3837 - 31/10/2025 14:12:35 2642396 Link
Replying To BarneyGrant: "I'd fancy Na Piarsiagh to beat Ballygunner. 9/4 is good value. Overall betting still very odd. 14/1 Sars and 22/1 Na Piarsiagh a bit long compared to Ballygunner at 11/5 which is a bit mad. Leinster very open." the odds I saw were NaP 13/2 (not great odds since they have to win 3 tough games), BG 5/4 on, and LC 7/2 Clearly the bookies dont think BG are slipping BG are 2/1 on to beat NP who are 3/1. Good odds for NaP IMHO I know BG are used by now to the long break but it has to be a hard for them to get up to speed. NaP had a 2 week gap and are well used to winning county finals. Last year Doon only had a week off and were celebrating their first ever county- and they almost upset BG For a lot of the NaP lads this could be their last try for a second club AI. Dowling, Breen, Downes all well into their thirties. And several other 30+ Yadse (Limerick) - Posts: 213 - 31/10/2025 19:40:32 2642427 Link
Thought Na Piarsaigh would have been the best opportunity for Ballygunner to be knocked out. Ballygunner shooting over the last 4 points, showing what they are all about. A revenge match against Sarsfields next for them. Men on a mission. Dangerous. legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 9281 - 02/11/2025 22:09:10 2642724 Link
Replying To BarneyGrant: "I'd fancy Na Piarsiagh to beat Ballygunner. 9/4 is good value. Overall betting still very odd. 14/1 Sars and 22/1 Na Piarsiagh a bit long compared to Ballygunner at 11/5 which is a bit mad. Leinster very open." the odds I saw were NaP 13/2 (not great odds since they have to win 3 tough games), BG 5/4 on, and LC 7/2 Clearly the bookies dont think BG are slipping BG are 2/1 on to beat NP who are 3/1. Good odds for NaP IMHO I know BG are used by now to the long break but it has to be a hard for them to get up to speed. NaP had a 2 week gap and are well used to winning county finals. Last year Doon only had a week off and were celebrating their first ever county- and they almost upset BG For a lot of the NaP lads this could be their last try for a second club AI. Dowling, Breen, Downes all well into their thirties. And several other 30+ Yadse (Limerick) - Posts: 213 - 03/11/2025 14:18:44 2642823 Link
Replying To BarneyGrant: "I could see a new champion in Leinster. Martins will give Na Fianna their fill of it in Wexford Park and I wouldn't rule out Kilcormac taking Shamrocks, assuming thats how the draw pans out. Munster is minefield. Cork people seem incredibly dubious of Sars! their defeat of Ballygunner was no fluke and I don't think that BG are either improving or as likely to win either Munster or AI as betting suggests. Na Fianna were lucky last week. Not taking from Lucan who got the match ups right but a few of their big names had bad day out.. They'll be hard beat. Have run up some run of wins. Only two defeats in three years? and one of them a meaningless Dublin group game." Ballygunner are way deeper than you think. Without Pauric Mahoney and retirees someone one else steps up. The young guys like Hartley and Fitzgerald are inter county players with another crop waiting in the wings. They may not win it all but anyone who believes they are weaker lives in cuckoo land. Canuck (Waterford) - Posts: 3206 - 04/11/2025 06:04:08 2642908 Link
Leinster club SHC quarter-finals 09.11.2025 1. St Martin's (Wexford) v Na Fianna (Dublin) 2. Mount Leinster Rangers (Carlow) v Naas (Kildare) 3. Ballyhale Shamrocks (Kilkenny) v Kilcormac-Killoughey (Offaly) 4. Clough-Ballacolla (Laois) v Castletown Geoghegan (Westmeath) Naas -1, Castletown Geoghegan -1, Ballyhale -4 and Na Fianna -3 favourites to make Leinster semi finals. (23.11.2025: 1 v 2 and 3 v 4) legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 9281 - 08/11/2025 16:44:37 2643527 Link
Bad scenes at the end of the Ballyhale/KK game. Naas held off MLR after they goaled late. Clough Ballacolla won a tight one too, and won't fear Ballyhale. Level at halftime in the Park, good game too, hopefully the Martins can kick on and win, but it's anyone's game. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 17590 - 09/11/2025 15:46:40 2643651 Link
Replying To Viking66: "Bad scenes at the end of the Ballyhale/KK game. Naas held off MLR after they goaled late. Clough Ballacolla won a tight one too, and won't fear Ballyhale. Level at halftime in the Park, good game too, hopefully the Martins can kick on and win, but it's anyone's game." Ballyhale improve as it goes they will still hard to stop you have to be completely on top for full game or they will get you even if bit ofg Gaaforlife2023 (Longford) - Posts: 1097 - 09/11/2025 16:03:00 2643656 Link
Replying To legendzxix: "Leinster club SHC quarter-finals 09.11.2025 1. St Martin's (Wexford) v Na Fianna (Dublin) 2. Mount Leinster Rangers (Carlow) v Naas (Kildare) 3. Ballyhale Shamrocks (Kilkenny) v Kilcormac-Killoughey (Offaly) 4. Clough-Ballacolla (Laois) v Castletown Geoghegan (Westmeath) Naas -1, Castletown Geoghegan -1, Ballyhale -4 and Na Fianna -3 favourites to make Leinster semi finals. (23.11.2025: 1 v 2 and 3 v 4)" Cloghveere slight as home advantage and goals were difference but hard place to win portloaide as proven Gaaforlife2023 (Longford) - Posts: 1097 - 09/11/2025 16:04:02 2643657 Link
Brilliant result for Wexford club hurling today. Jedobi (Wexford) - Posts: 266 - 09/11/2025 16:24:39 2643661 Link
Replying To Jedobi: "Brilliant result for Wexford club hurling today." Was one of the most exciting games of hurling Ive watched in a long time. Fair play to the Martins, hard luck to na Fianna. And credit the ref for letting it flow! Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 17590 - 09/11/2025 16:33:52 2643667 Link
St Martin's the hurling story of the weekend. A superb win! They have turned the Leinster hurling championship into a proper Leinster championship! Kilcormac-Killoughey were motoring nicely from reports I was getting. I thought they were going to cause an upset. The Leinster championship is up and running with a bang! legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 9281 - 09/11/2025 18:09:11 2643697 Link
Replying To Jedobi: "Brilliant result for Wexford club hurling today." That's what happens when ye get your club championships properly structured and coordinated with the club provincial championship. The previous set up never made sense, leaving your county champions idle for too many weeks before they played a provincial game. Wexford club hurling sides have been underperforming for years at provincial/All Ireland level and I'm convinced your old system was a major factor in that regard. PoolSturgeon (Galway) - Posts: 2103 - 09/11/2025 18:40:14 2643705 Link
Still life in Wexford hurling despite constant post mortems on it. Jedobi (Wexford) - Posts: 266 - 09/11/2025 20:44:10 2643752 Link
Replying To Jedobi: "Still life in Wexford hurling despite constant post mortems on it." Well it is in one club anyway. Bon (Kildare) - Posts: 2603 - 09/11/2025 22:40:39 2643773 Link
Replying To PoolSturgeon: "That's what happens when ye get your club championships properly structured and coordinated with the club provincial championship. The previous set up never made sense, leaving your county champions idle for too many weeks before they played a provincial game. Wexford club hurling sides have been underperforming for years at provincial/All Ireland level and I'm convinced your old system was a major factor in that regard." I think you're right, but just to point out that the "old system" was only in place for four years, and that there wasn't even a provincial club championship for the first of them. Our "split season" of hurling first & football second was introduced because of Covid in 2020. When matches were first allowed to resume that year, there was a very real danger that a further lockdown would see them prohibited again. So the CCC here decided it would be better to run a shortened version of our hurling championship first and then start football afterwards, rather than running the early rounds of both codes first and then maybe ending up having both in limbo for months on end. Same thing in 2021, when we were still living under Covid restrictions. In 2022, clubs voted by a large majority to keep that "split season". People thought it was great to be doing all the hurling in July & August instead of playing on wetter and softer pitches through to end October. For 2023, that majority was down to just a handful of votes, and for 2024, there was a large majority against it. Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 3247 - 10/11/2025 10:23:35 2643809 Link