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Replying To richiepmurphy:  "Fair point but some of the teams who suffered those beatings went on to contest or even won all Irelands a year or 2 later."
They did for sure. Handy for them there was no relegation.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 19430 - 04/05/2026 12:50:47    2670833

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Replying To Viking66:  "They did for sure. Handy for them there was no relegation."
And never will be kid....

Tadhg2020 (Limerick) - Posts: 327 - 04/05/2026 13:50:01    2670855

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Replying To Viking66:  "They did for sure. Handy for them there was no relegation."
Viking, you get caught up in so much stuff that is not rdirectly related to Wexford hurling. Wouldn't 5 teams in each province mean that the Leinster teams have one less round robin to play than is the current situation? In arguing against the 5-team proposal, are you not supporting the retention of an obstacle that makes life that bit more difficult for the Wexford hurlers to achieve success?

You'd be better off on focusing on what is good for Wexford and doing your best to improve the situation there, because when all your 'if's, ands, and buts' are taken out of the equation, Wexford hurling is not in a good place right now. It is not, plain and simple.

foreveryoung (USA) - Posts: 2516 - 04/05/2026 16:34:34    2670925

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Replying To foreveryoung:  "Viking, you get caught up in so much stuff that is not rdirectly related to Wexford hurling. Wouldn't 5 teams in each province mean that the Leinster teams have one less round robin to play than is the current situation? In arguing against the 5-team proposal, are you not supporting the retention of an obstacle that makes life that bit more difficult for the Wexford hurlers to achieve success?

You'd be better off on focusing on what is good for Wexford and doing your best to improve the situation there, because when all your 'if's, ands, and buts' are taken out of the equation, Wexford hurling is not in a good place right now. It is not, plain and simple."
Im not arguing against a 5 team Leinster Championship. If you read back the thread you will see I said it was definitely better for us as a county, and better for the product that is the Leinster championship.
The 6th team was brought in to aid development in the middle tier counties, most of which are in Leinster.
As regards where Wexford hurling is at Ive argued for many years now it needs to start from the bottom up. Changes were made, and are continuing being made, from u6 upwards, especially at club level. Hopefully we will start seeing an improvement in how competitive we are at minor and u20 over the next few years, and then at Senior after that.
Im putting alot of my own time into this, Im not just talking the talk. Im learning as I go along, learning off people all over the country. And sharing information as best I can. It all takes time, and alot of it.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 19430 - 04/05/2026 17:02:48    2670938

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