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Wexford Hurling Thread - 2 Like(s)
U20s ran out of gas in the end, suppose the fact that Galway only brought on Rabbitte and Killeen early on on in the second half would've stood to them in extra time, meant their best players were only getting going whereas ours were tiring
Game was probably gone from us when O'Brien got sent off but the two yellows were silly from him, wouldn't say anyone should read too much into the final score because we were out on our feet and had pretty much used our entire bench
Hard to know how much to read into the fact we were level at the end of normal time and what it means for us in terms of the quality of this team, neither Niland nor Murphy played for Galway and Rabbitte and Killeen only came on but at the same time, this is probably the best side they've had at this level for a good while
They were just able to get their scores that bit easier than we were and they were that little bit better at winning physical possession too
I think even U20 games are referred differently in Leinster compared to Munster, no real flow to the game, just too many frees
ElGranSenor (National) - 13/05/2026 21:33:15
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Westmeath Hurling thread - 2 Like(s)
Every county player does not have the ability to play to the same level. Hurling is much more complex than that.
And it is not simply an s&c issue.
For a start, if we tried using the ball the way Laois did we wouldn't be anywhere near as concerned about our s&c.
Maroooned (National) - 14/05/2026 00:20:46
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Westmeath Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Westmeath25: "I think anyone who thinks bringing in Heslin as a bad idea is mad. He won't start but think about the reaction from the crowd 20 minutes to go we're bringing on John Heslin and we are still well in the game. The lift this will bring will be immense. Any player who has put in the hard work all year to this point have all been given chances to play. I can't see how anyone who doesn't get game time because Heslin getting in has pushed them out should be upset. We had lads come into the panel 4 weeks ago get game time against Kildare because of injuries I can't see how this is any different." Correct and right Westmeath supporters should be grateful that John is willing to put his body on the line yet again
what a servant owes the Jersey nothing
GCCABU (National) - 14/05/2026 08:12:30
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Leitrim GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Football has been played in Leitrim for centuries...there's your history
Football has one of the highest participation rates per capita in the country in Leitrim...there's your culture
Young boys and girls have plenty of role models playing with Leitrim to look up to e.g. Barry McNulty and the Ladies Connacht intermediate champions.
We don't need any psuedo sociological lessons on footballing matters from outsiders.
ohwow (National) - 14/05/2026 10:46:41
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Donegal GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To ulsterrules: "anyone hear any more on the injury list, how far away do we think langan,thompson are from playing ?" Conor Lafferty might know. He got info well in advance about Langan a couple of weeks ago.
peiledoir20 (National) - 14/05/2026 11:23:52
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Wexford Hurling Thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To countyman2022: "It is getting grimmer and grimmer, After the last 2 senior games, our minors the weekend and unable to beat a Galway team without Niland and Murphy while Rabbitte and Killeen only came on, just hard see where the bottom is, are we close to it? When are they going to look at who is actually coaching our underage teams? So far off it with structures. Bit embarrassing and a plight on those who done good work in the past." Do you ever have anything positive to say?
richiepmurphy (National) - 14/05/2026 11:36:12
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Monaghan GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Credit to all club volunteers across the county who has been sorting tickets this last week/10 days.
A thankless job but someone has to do it. Between taking orders from members, dealing with a smaller allocation from county board, dealing with unhappy club members and then the tedious job of sitting putting each members tickets into envelopes. Maybe 150-200 envelopes to be filled and labeled.
And not to forget sitting now to collect the money for each order when they are being collected.
Might sound like a small job but I would say this last week has been tough on these people so massive thank you to whoever does it for your club.
BRING ON SUNDAY
countymonaghan (National) - 14/05/2026 11:44:30
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Roscommon GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
For some bizzare reason the mods didn't publish my after match comments.
Take two..
A great journey has come to an end against a strong Kerry who will take some beating in the final.
Our fight back from 7 points behind in normal time to bring the game into extra time was once more the pure grit and character of this team on display and but for a last ditch tackle we would have won 0-12 to 0-11
Extra time caught up on our legs and how much the ultra competitive Connacht championship took out of us. Kerry in comparison had two less games and two was strolls past Clare,Waterford.
The manner that we conceded those three goals in 5 minutes was frustrating and Eoghan Carthy off injured during that spell was a huge blow.
Thanks to all the players and management for the time and effort put in and winning Connacht against the odds.
The_analyser (National) - 14/05/2026 12:05:21
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Wexford Hurling Thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Pikeman96: "You must be forgetting how your minors played Wexford in Athenry last year.
Also forgetting how your U20s played Offaly in Ballinasloe.
Also to point out that last night's U20 semi-final was technically and officially a home fixture for Wexford, but because of some new "distance rule" that applies this year and which I don't know the exact details of, Galway to Wexford was deemed too far a trip for Galway to make on a midweek evening, and so Wexford had to go to Portlaoise in order to play at "home"." Tbh, I think the silly part is that Galway had away games and neutral games but no home games
If every game was a neutral game for them, I could understand but it's unfair on them to ask them to play away but not to play at home
ElGranSenor (National) - 14/05/2026 18:39:34
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Hurling Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Crashingwaves: "I'm not speaking for 'Galway' here, whatever that means! Leinster counties? KK wanted Galway to come in and I think you know the reason. When you talk about Leinster, Viking, you mean KK and Wexford, the 'traditional' counties. Offaly shook you out of your slumber in the 80s and 90s. Then after 1998 it was basically all KK. Before Galway were invited in, you blamed all your defeats on KK, now you have Galway as a scapegoat. Nice one!" I blame our defeats on not being good enough to win. And I personally dont have a problem with Galway playing in our Championship.
What I do have a problem with is posters who are like the hungry neighbour you invite round for dinner, who then starts complaining about the food.
As regards Galway being in Leinster there are legitimate arguments put to me by friends about how its been holding Wexford hurling back the last 10 years. As a county a far higher proportion of our hurling population, adult and underage, play football and soccer at a comparable level to the level they hurl at than is the case in any other hurling county. Including the middle tier hurling counties. Whenever we win a Leinster title, there's a noticeable uptick in numbers pucking a ball around, especially in urban areas, towns and villages. In the last 10 years we might have won 3 or 4 more Leinster titles if you hadn't been in Leinster, including a 3 in a row between 2017 and 2019. We would probably have made the 2020 final also. That wouldve been massive for raising hurlings profile down here, and would have encouraged more young lads to take up hurling, more to stay at it, and more parents to get involved in coaching also. With obvious benefits to hurling in the county, at club and county level, on and off the field of play.
The worst thing about it is your lads winning a Leinster title at any level doesn't give the sport any kind of boost up your way, as you arent even from Leinster. It means nothing other than a stepping stone.
Viking66 (National) - 14/05/2026 18:09:12
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Small Anomaly In Sam Maguire Qualification Rules - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Tacaí Liatroma: "Picture the scenario: Dublin, relegated to Division 2 this year, win the All-Ireland this year. But they have a stinker of a league in 2027 and get relegated (happens to good teams more often than you'd think, e.g. Westmeath 2017 and Derry 2018 down to Division 4, Cork 2019 down to Division 3, Dublin 2021 down to Division 2) and don't make the Leinster final. Suddenly they find themselves out of the league places to qualify for the Sam Maguire Cup competition even though they're defending champions! Even the Tailteann Cup winners get in but not them. Think it needs a quick fix in Congress." I think Congress have more important issues then worrying about a scenario with 100000/1 odds of happening now in fairness.
mickosarmy (National) - 14/05/2026 15:03:32
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Croke Park expansion - 1 Like(s)
Replying To tirawleybaron: "I could never understand why Iarnrod Eireann cannot put on a train between Hueston and Drumcondra on match days.
Its absolutely bonkers that its open for commuters but not when there is a big game in Croke park.
Its as if Iarnrod Eireann are instructed to dump everyone off in Hueston so they can be milked for money between Hueston and Drumcondra" I doubt Drumcondra would have the capacity to safely let off, or take on, a full train load though? It's grand for a small city centre stop where a dozen or so might get on or off at one time but I'd say it wouldn't be safe to have hundreds all crowding on or getting on at the one time.
Onion Breath (National) - 14/05/2026 14:12:59
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Wexford Hurling Thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Viking66: "Thats a nonsense post. If you are talking about missing lads we were missing one of our best u20s from last year, probably the best u19 from last year who then started Senior hurling for his club, plus others like Gethings, Rossiter and Wickham who mightve been starters.
I dont think our u20s were badly coached this year, and they definitely showed more fight and dog than most Wexford teams over the last few years. JJ Doyle is over our minors, a good coach and an experienced Leinster and AI winning intercounty manager.
We have other things stacked against us. Aside from a ref who gave them a free that they scored for tripping one of their own players, and a very soft free that led to their equalising point, we were also away again. This year so far our minors, celtic challenge and u20 teams have played 13 games, with only 1 game each at home. Home advantage is huge at underage. Our minors have to travel to Munster to play a Munster team, again. Why can't these games alternate between Munster and Leinster venues? There are always 2 teams from each province at the preliminary QF stage?" 'Home advantage is huge at underage' you say. Galway wouldn't know anything about that.
Pope_Benedict (National) - 14/05/2026 14:01:16
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Hurling Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Might be slightly off topic..another cracking under 20 final last night..
A ref who made numerous mistakes but which helped greatly with the way the game played out..players who gave everything,also made mistakes,but not an ounce of effort or sweat left when it finished..outstanding displays on both sides and a keeper scoring a penalty and then stopping 3 with outstanding saves..it was a pity it had to finish last night and not go to a replay,specially when all Ireland final isn't til end of month..
Huge thanks to tg4 for the coverage been given to all underage competitions..they covered 5 games last night and deserve huge congratulations for it..
CTGAA10 (National) - 14/05/2026 13:56:26
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To iarmhiabu: "I agree with you, Mark McHugh has nailed it again. The revelation of Luke Loughlin's injury before the Kildare game became a massive talking point in the media and among supporters. Instead of "can Westmeath back up the Meath win?" the conversation became "how can they cope without Luke". Good managers know how to control the narrative before a big game and McHugh would have flipped this into motivation to show they are not reliant on Luke. Now the John Heslin story has a similar effect, the potential return of a Westmeath legend after two years dominates the headlines (he has been with them a number of weeks actually). That is all people are talking about in the county and whether he'll play or not, taking the spotlight off the team as you put it but it create a feel good atmosphere around the place too." I'd agree it takes the spotlight off the team but is this a good thing? If I was playing on the team and everybody was talking about someone who is fond of the spotlight and media work rather than focused on the team who has earned their place there I wouldn't be happy. These players deserve the spotlight now. Matty, Ray, Sam should be the names everyone is talking about
CasKD (National) - 14/05/2026 11:08:07
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Roscommon GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
I didn't see either game but just my 2 cents…I believe the GAA have made a balls of both the minor (u17) and u20 championships. They used to be great competitions. Some blame the regrading and it probably has a part to play but it's the schedule for me.
Taking the minor finals out of All Ireland final day and the madness that was yesterday evening. It's all rushers it almost like the GAA don't want them played.
yew_tree (National) - 14/05/2026 10:50:17
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To peiledoir20: "There hasn't been a word about the Westmeath team all week. All the chat is about the Heslin return. Completely takes the pressure and spotlight off the team and panel. The McHughs are known in Donegal for being cute and this could be a masterstroke by Mark." I agree with you, Mark McHugh has nailed it again. The revelation of Luke Loughlin's injury before the Kildare game became a massive talking point in the media and among supporters. Instead of "can Westmeath back up the Meath win?" the conversation became "how can they cope without Luke". Good managers know how to control the narrative before a big game and McHugh would have flipped this into motivation to show they are not reliant on Luke. Now the John Heslin story has a similar effect, the potential return of a Westmeath legend after two years dominates the headlines (he has been with them a number of weeks actually). That is all people are talking about in the county and whether he'll play or not, taking the spotlight off the team as you put it but it create a feel good atmosphere around the place too.
iarmhiabu (National) - 14/05/2026 09:46:51
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
@Commodore - https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2026/0514/1573265-it-spending/
More good money thrown after bad....
Lockjaw (National) - 14/05/2026 08:48:11
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Stool Pigeon: "We'll probably get a dose of it on Saturday and be hard pushed to win.
But then Dublin will go out the following weekend and fill the togs against Kilkenny sure as night follows day.
The mental block there must be off the scale" If we beat Galway we'll be resting lads for final, don't you know.
No more than yourself I have no idea what might happen...
BarneyGrant (National) - 14/05/2026 00:14:27
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Roscommon GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Unfortunately the journey has ended for u20s but they have been brillant. Nobody gave them a chance in connacht and could have won it this evening in the last minute before extra time. Kerry a top quality opponent seemed to manage the conditions better for first 50 minutes. Roscommon eventually got going and pulled back a 7 point lead. I think their legs went at tge end of extra time. Well done to the players cian smith and his management team.
Charliepace (National) - 13/05/2026 23:30:10
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