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Replying To LimerickandProud: "Looking forward to to big matches this weekend.
I have been saying all year that I thought Galway would win Leinster as they were the most improved team in the Country this year, but I have to say Dublin have impressed me no end in the round robin and they look like built up there performances throughout the year. They look like they are primed and have timed their run perfectly. I'm expecting a great contest and either team winning would not be a shock to anyone.
Similar story in Munster, two teams who know each other inside out and upside down. There will be very little between them again and it could go either way. I don't hear any great pronouncements coming form the Cork supporters yet (and if I have learnt anything over the years, its that you should really worry about them when they are quiet). I'm honestly not getting much from Limerick either to be fair. The talk is more about trying to source tickets than anything.
Some of the talk is gas though, one of my pals in Cork is claiming that that the Munster Council are holding back tickets for JP, while the conspiracy theorists in Limerick are saying that Musgraves (as owners of GAA championship sponsors Centra and Supervalu) have got thousands of tickets for the Cork head office staff and their families, and that some of the Centra / Supervalu shop owners in Limerick who would normally get some have been told get lost." Ah yes, a feast of hurling this weekend.
Galway had a great league campaign and a great start to the championship, but as we got deeper into Leinster their performances seemed to wane. The opposite could probably be said of Dublin, and I feel they are starting to peak at the right time, and fancy them to get the job done.
Gillane and Morrisey back for limerick is a huge boost and definitely gives them a slight edge. Obviously, Darragh Fitz is a huge loss for us, but the pace and directness of Dudsey, Walsh, Barrett and Buckley will really test the Limerick defence. Some mouthwatering battles all over the filed and I wouldn't be surprised if this goes to ET and the rest.
There's also the Joe McDonagh final, and this should be another closely fought match between neighbouring counties - very hard to call
bloodandbandage (Cork) - Posts: 573 - 03/06/2026 13:15:09
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Galway v Cork and Clare v Limerick All Ireland Semi Final
Galway v Clare All Ireland Final.
katser (Galway) - Posts: 2855 - 03/06/2026 15:46:26
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Replying To bloodandbandage: "Ah yes, a feast of hurling this weekend.
Galway had a great league campaign and a great start to the championship, but as we got deeper into Leinster their performances seemed to wane. The opposite could probably be said of Dublin, and I feel they are starting to peak at the right time, and fancy them to get the job done.
Gillane and Morrisey back for limerick is a huge boost and definitely gives them a slight edge. Obviously, Darragh Fitz is a huge loss for us, but the pace and directness of Dudsey, Walsh, Barrett and Buckley will really test the Limerick defence. Some mouthwatering battles all over the filed and I wouldn't be surprised if this goes to ET and the rest.
There's also the Joe McDonagh final, and this should be another closely fought match between neighbouring counties - very hard to call" Agree with all of that.
The GAA missed a trick though, with the unlinking of the Joe Mac and Liam McCarthy, why was the Joe Mac run off so quickly?
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 19920 - 03/06/2026 15:54:18
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My predictions- based entirely off gut so don't ask me to stand over them lol
Dublin beat Galway (by 5 points)
Limerick beat Cork (by 7)
Galway beat Clare (by 4)
Cork beat Offaly (by 10)
Cork beat Dublin (by 9)
Limerick beat Galway (by 6)
Cork finally get over the hump and neat Limerick in a surprisinly drab and low scoring final.
From a Galway perspective I fear a couple of things this week, teams are evenly matched imo if we have Mannion and Daithi but we've had a problem performing in croke park for a while now. Also whether anyone cares to admit it or takes offense, a leinster is not as big a deal for us as a proper leinster county. Dublin are on the crest of a wave and I fear they might actually bully us and it might feel like mroe than a 5 point defeat.
We'll then play clare in thurles or Limerick presumeably and I'm starting to doubt if there is a dying kick in clare
Dublin haven't closed the gap enough on Cork, Limerick will strangle the life out of us, and cork with less hype will make the final a miserable games and grind it out.
All in good fun no one attack me
Overdahill (Galway) - Posts: 135 - 03/06/2026 16:07:27
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Replying To Overdahill: "My predictions- based entirely off gut so don't ask me to stand over them lol
Dublin beat Galway (by 5 points)
Limerick beat Cork (by 7)
Galway beat Clare (by 4)
Cork beat Offaly (by 10)
Cork beat Dublin (by 9)
Limerick beat Galway (by 6)
Cork finally get over the hump and neat Limerick in a surprisinly drab and low scoring final.
From a Galway perspective I fear a couple of things this week, teams are evenly matched imo if we have Mannion and Daithi but we've had a problem performing in croke park for a while now. Also whether anyone cares to admit it or takes offense, a leinster is not as big a deal for us as a proper leinster county. Dublin are on the crest of a wave and I fear they might actually bully us and it might feel like mroe than a 5 point defeat.
We'll then play clare in thurles or Limerick presumeably and I'm starting to doubt if there is a dying kick in clare
Dublin haven't closed the gap enough on Cork, Limerick will strangle the life out of us, and cork with less hype will make the final a miserable games and grind it out.
All in good fun no one attack me" Instead of attacking you, I compliment you: a good honest, and in my view, a not too inaccurate assessment of things hurling at the moment.
foreveryoung (USA) - Posts: 2568 - 03/06/2026 16:24:49
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Replying To Overdahill: "My predictions- based entirely off gut so don't ask me to stand over them lol
Dublin beat Galway (by 5 points)
Limerick beat Cork (by 7)
Galway beat Clare (by 4)
Cork beat Offaly (by 10)
Cork beat Dublin (by 9)
Limerick beat Galway (by 6)
Cork finally get over the hump and neat Limerick in a surprisinly drab and low scoring final.
From a Galway perspective I fear a couple of things this week, teams are evenly matched imo if we have Mannion and Daithi but we've had a problem performing in croke park for a while now. Also whether anyone cares to admit it or takes offense, a leinster is not as big a deal for us as a proper leinster county. Dublin are on the crest of a wave and I fear they might actually bully us and it might feel like mroe than a 5 point defeat.
We'll then play clare in thurles or Limerick presumeably and I'm starting to doubt if there is a dying kick in clare
Dublin haven't closed the gap enough on Cork, Limerick will strangle the life out of us, and cork with less hype will make the final a miserable games and grind it out.
All in good fun no one attack me" For me
Galway to win by the margin they were beaten by on Saturday against Dublin (4 points).
Dublin's trajectory of form has been improving across the season this year and will look to properly announce themselves as contenders for the year and the foreseeable with a Leinster title win after getting the Kilkenny monkey off their back in the same year.
For Galway they'll want to settle themselves and get back on track, we started strong with the emphatic win against Kilkenny but quickly learned that it wasn't really what we thought it was at the time. Followed up by 2 disjointed games against Offaly and Kildare. Offaly the accuracy dropped of from where it was the week before then we went to Newbridge with poor 1st half, being down by 10 points at HT to get the score in the 2nd half with 3 - 17 to 4pts.
We faced Dublin then and the first half of the game was a mix of the Offaly game and the 1st half of the Kildare game. The 2nd half then didn't show too much improvement as their was 17 wides recorded.
Then finally Wexford, we're down by 15pts at one stage and pulled it back to 6pts by HT to eventually take control of the 2nd half to win by 8pts.
The deciding factors for me are ultimately how much can we limit the the impact of the Hayes's.
The Munster final I think will be Limerick to win 8pts.
Cork have been in great form in the Championship being the 2nd team ever to go 4 for 4 in the group. They're back line having to deal with players going in and out, yet their hasn't been too much of a dip in standards, however the impact of Darragh Fitzgibbon can't be understated.
For Limerick then they had a mixed bag against Cork in the first game with a good first half and a poor 2nd half with Lynch's red card, poor defending in the full-back line and poor shot selection.
The following 3 games then however have massively improved for them with many players standing out in them.
However the deciding factor here is the Limerick bench to me.
Clare vs Dublin for the 3rd time this year and I think it's 3rd times the charm for Dublin.
Clare's form has been up and down big time in the Championship and for Dublin theirs has been mentioned.
It may depend if Ryan Taylor and Mark Rodgers are available to play as Mark Rodgers in particular as been a shining light for them this year. So I think Dublin would win by 5 points.
Offaly vs Cork quite straightforward with Cork to win by 11pts. Their experience even without Joyce and Fitzgibbon will get them over the line with a bit of comfort.
Then Limerick vs Dublin in the Semi-Final I think Limerick would win by 5. Both teams do look improved this season, however the bench for Limerick once again I think gets them the win.
Galway vs Cork. Unfortunately this is where I see our journey end. We'll hopefully have most of our kinks ironed out however Cork's experience, physicality and level of skill I think will get them the win by 7 points.
Limerick vs Cork in the final then I'd still favour Limerick by half of the margin in the Leinster final, just for the same reason again as the Munster final.
ColmFlaherty (Galway) - Posts: 84 - 03/06/2026 18:45:07
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