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Think TCG were missing a few starters. Although I think Kiernans still have a couple more to come back also. Can't see past the big three (Kiernans, Fulham & TCG) again for the championship. Potentially NLS could challenge but they have been talked up many times before and don't do alot in the championship.
Inter - Surprised at Brendans struggling. Had a couple of players in Londons starting 15. Have they been involved with the club this year?
Hard one to call between Clarets, Parnells and Harlesden. All with Strong London Born contingents so it's good to see them up there.
Junior - Wandsworth to win it outright with a challenge from Dulwich. Tara and Kiernans both have plenty good young players who are improving year on year and will be happy with reaching the semis.
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Replying To Offtheball10: "Think TCG were missing a few starters. Although I think Kiernans still have a couple more to come back also. Can't see past the big three (Kiernans, Fulham & TCG) again for the championship. Potentially NLS could challenge but they have been talked up many times before and don't do alot in the championship.
Inter - Surprised at Brendans struggling. Had a couple of players in Londons starting 15. Have they been involved with the club this year?
Hard one to call between Clarets, Parnells and Harlesden. All with Strong London Born contingents so it's good to see them up there.
Junior - Wandsworth to win it outright with a challenge from Dulwich. Tara and Kiernans both have plenty good young players who are improving year on year and will be happy with reaching the semis." Heard there was a fall out with one of the 'star' forwards with Brendans and is looking to go to Fulham. By all accounts if the story i heard was true he threw the toys out of the pram after one of their games and hasnt been on the scene since. That, injuries to some key players and the usual students tooing and frowing back to ireland for the summer probably doesnt help, could be just gossip but could go some way to explaining why they have struggled.
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Replying To Silverfox79: "I wouldn't really take anything from the league, no disrespect to Tara but D2 didn't seem to be taken seriously at all by a number of clubs this year. Regarding championship, the step up to senior is indeed massive but this is the case in a lot of counties back home too. Looking at Senior I fancy Fulham to win it this year, St Kiernans have Kevin McCarthy signed up but from what I've heard they don't seem to be back training very well. In relation to inter- Parnells should win this out. Looking very impressive and years of underage work paying dividends. Sad to see Neasden and Eire Og in the shape they are in. Not sure who will win the play off but both are in a sorry state." Intermediate is very competitive, Parnells, Garryowen and Harlesden will fancy their chances. Parnells a club on the up again with a lot of good homegrown players. They could probably survive in senior with the players coming through. The relegation play off sees two clubs who've invested heavily in playing personnel and management in recent years for short term gain rather trying to grow a club, which is normally inevitable for clubs who go that route.
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Replying To Offtheball10: "Think TCG were missing a few starters. Although I think Kiernans still have a couple more to come back also. Can't see past the big three (Kiernans, Fulham & TCG) again for the championship. Potentially NLS could challenge but they have been talked up many times before and don't do alot in the championship.
Inter - Surprised at Brendans struggling. Had a couple of players in Londons starting 15. Have they been involved with the club this year?
Hard one to call between Clarets, Parnells and Harlesden. All with Strong London Born contingents so it's good to see them up there.
Junior - Wandsworth to win it outright with a challenge from Dulwich. Tara and Kiernans both have plenty good young players who are improving year on year and will be happy with reaching the semis." Can't see TCG challenging, they've fallen back a good bit. I think Fulham will win it out with Round Towers as dark horses, they weren't far away last year and should have beaten St Kiernans.
Intermediate looking interesting but I'll take a punt on Garryowen, always seem to come good in championship and always seem to be there and there abouts at the business end of the season.
Junior I'll take a punt on Dulwich, probably have had more competitive games this season and Wandsworth were beat by a very one dimensional TCG team which shows they can easily get turned over.
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Should be a good weekend of football in Ruislip with the Inter and Junior at semi final stage and the start of the senior championship.
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TCG V Joes - Joes are another sorry tale of a team stepping up from intermediate and I have no reason to think any of the current four intermediate semi finalists will fare any better than them in 2023. They'll be glad to get out of Greenford with anything less than a 15 point defeat. TCG will be better than last week's league final.
Towers v McCurtains - hard to know, as both had up and down leagues managing to stay up in Div 1 which will be seen as an achievement in itself. Towers to possibly shade it with a Hickey goal.
Kiernans v KKG - KKG have disappointed in a limited Division 2 this season, and have been hampered by loss of key players since. Going with a Kiernans 8 point win.
Fulham v NLS - Fulham as championship favs will want to start fast against upstarts NLS. NLS always make plenty of noise but flatter to deceive time and again, usually resulting in an internal blow up and their record in reaching the knock out stages is woeful. NLS have to take a scalp of either TCG or Fulham to make a semi final, but don't see this as the one. Fulham by 4.
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Garryowen v Clarets - Garryowen have picked up a few experienced players, and should be 5 points to spare against a solid but limited Clarets side.
Parnells v Harlesden - this could be a cracker, and potential to be ill-tempered. This needs a strong referee. Not sure on this, as it could be potentially a 1 point game or either side also has the ability to potentially win by 10 depending on how the heads keep. I'll stick my neck out and say Parnells by 2. But wouldnt be surprised if this went to ET.
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Dulwich v Tara - I'd say Dulwich will win, but this could be fairly tight. Tara seem to be a bit green in areas but went well in Div 2. But they could be exploited by canny experience. Dulwich by 3.
Wandsworth v Kiernans - Wandsworth have recruited well and gone well in the league albeit Div 3. They will be looking to establish themselves as solid Div 2 team going forwards. Kiernans homegrown have struggled this year, sounds like they have struggled with lads away at uni during the league so could be better prepared now. However Wandsworth are ready to step up to intermediate and their greater experience will see them through with a bit to spare. WW by 8.
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Replying To fancyaride: "Should be a good weekend of football in Ruislip with the Inter and Junior at semi final stage and the start of the senior championship.
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TCG V Joes - Joes are another sorry tale of a team stepping up from intermediate and I have no reason to think any of the current four intermediate semi finalists will fare any better than them in 2023. They'll be glad to get out of Greenford with anything less than a 15 point defeat. TCG will be better than last week's league final.
Towers v McCurtains - hard to know, as both had up and down leagues managing to stay up in Div 1 which will be seen as an achievement in itself. Towers to possibly shade it with a Hickey goal.
Kiernans v KKG - KKG have disappointed in a limited Division 2 this season, and have been hampered by loss of key players since. Going with a Kiernans 8 point win.
Fulham v NLS - Fulham as championship favs will want to start fast against upstarts NLS. NLS always make plenty of noise but flatter to deceive time and again, usually resulting in an internal blow up and their record in reaching the knock out stages is woeful. NLS have to take a scalp of either TCG or Fulham to make a semi final, but don't see this as the one. Fulham by 4.
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Garryowen v Clarets - Garryowen have picked up a few experienced players, and should be 5 points to spare against a solid but limited Clarets side.
Parnells v Harlesden - this could be a cracker, and potential to be ill-tempered. This needs a strong referee. Not sure on this, as it could be potentially a 1 point game or either side also has the ability to potentially win by 10 depending on how the heads keep. I'll stick my neck out and say Parnells by 2. But wouldnt be surprised if this went to ET.
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Dulwich v Tara - I'd say Dulwich will win, but this could be fairly tight. Tara seem to be a bit green in areas but went well in Div 2. But they could be exploited by canny experience. Dulwich by 3.
Wandsworth v Kiernans - Wandsworth have recruited well and gone well in the league albeit Div 3. They will be looking to establish themselves as solid Div 2 team going forwards. Kiernans homegrown have struggled this year, sounds like they have struggled with lads away at uni during the league so could be better prepared now. However Wandsworth are ready to step up to intermediate and their greater experience will see them through with a bit to spare. WW by 8." Senior
TCG V Joes - not sure if its the case of stepping into senior from intermediate, believe they have had a massive turnover of players from their championship winning team last year. Agree with the rest of the analysis however TCG will be a lot better than what they showed last week in the league final. Can see nothing other than a comfortable TCG win.
Towers V TMc's - Towers should have enough to get by. McCurtains fairly poor in the league not to say towers hit any great heights mind you. Towers by 4/5
NLS V Fulham - Fulham comfortably not much more needed said
KKG V Kiernans - Kiernans again comfortably, KKG hit no great heights in Div 2 this year - cant envisage a scenario where they will beat the Div 1 winners.
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Garyowen I hear have done the usual and dipped back into their connections back in Ireland and got a few new players in the door. If the game was played in June Id fancy Clarets but given the few lads Garyowen have signed it makes it a big unknown really. Heard Clarets have a few injuries picked up. I'll go Garyowen just but not really basing that on anything.
Parnells V Harlesden - Tipping Harlesden. They have been to the latter stages of the championship for a few years now and will have a lot of experience. Were desperately unlucky last year and think could be their time to shine. Parnells improved big style this year and are certainly a coming side at this level.
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Replying To fancyaride: "Should be a good weekend of football in Ruislip with the Inter and Junior at semi final stage and the start of the senior championship.
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TCG V Joes - Joes are another sorry tale of a team stepping up from intermediate and I have no reason to think any of the current four intermediate semi finalists will fare any better than them in 2023. They'll be glad to get out of Greenford with anything less than a 15 point defeat. TCG will be better than last week's league final.
Towers v McCurtains - hard to know, as both had up and down leagues managing to stay up in Div 1 which will be seen as an achievement in itself. Towers to possibly shade it with a Hickey goal.
Kiernans v KKG - KKG have disappointed in a limited Division 2 this season, and have been hampered by loss of key players since. Going with a Kiernans 8 point win.
Fulham v NLS - Fulham as championship favs will want to start fast against upstarts NLS. NLS always make plenty of noise but flatter to deceive time and again, usually resulting in an internal blow up and their record in reaching the knock out stages is woeful. NLS have to take a scalp of either TCG or Fulham to make a semi final, but don't see this as the one. Fulham by 4.
Intermediate
Garryowen v Clarets - Garryowen have picked up a few experienced players, and should be 5 points to spare against a solid but limited Clarets side.
Parnells v Harlesden - this could be a cracker, and potential to be ill-tempered. This needs a strong referee. Not sure on this, as it could be potentially a 1 point game or either side also has the ability to potentially win by 10 depending on how the heads keep. I'll stick my neck out and say Parnells by 2. But wouldnt be surprised if this went to ET.
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Dulwich v Tara - I'd say Dulwich will win, but this could be fairly tight. Tara seem to be a bit green in areas but went well in Div 2. But they could be exploited by canny experience. Dulwich by 3.
Wandsworth v Kiernans - Wandsworth have recruited well and gone well in the league albeit Div 3. They will be looking to establish themselves as solid Div 2 team going forwards. Kiernans homegrown have struggled this year, sounds like they have struggled with lads away at uni during the league so could be better prepared now. However Wandsworth are ready to step up to intermediate and their greater experience will see them through with a bit to spare. WW by 8." Almost 100% predictions success last weekend, with Tara's defeating Dulwich the only blot.
Senior
Hard to tell anything from the results, as all went as expected. Perhaps more can be said by looking at the margin of defeat. Joes, McCurtains, KKG all suffered bad losses in terms of scoreline, but still sticking with Joes to go down fairly comfortably once all is done.
Fulham's win could be the most significant, as thought it could have been tighter against NLS with all the hype coming out of NLS.
Intermediate
On paper two even enough games, with Garryowen using a bit more experience to get over the line against Clarets. Was surprised by the margin in the Parnells and Harlesden game, however, Parnells are the new kids on the block and had more energy in their performance. Whilst Harlesden are a decent solid team, the core team has been on the go for a good few years now, yo-yo-ing between Intermediate and Junior, Div 2 to Div 3, and probably playing at the peak of their powers.
Garryowen to win the final by 1-2 points.
Sad case to see Neasden drop in to the Junior ranks with defeat against Eire Og. But not entirely surprising either given the carry-on in the past few years. From Senior favourites in 2019 with Clarke, Mooney, Harrison, the fall from grace has been brutal. Really hope they manage to sort themselves out and not end up like another Moindearg.
Junior
Dulwich were the favourites, but the match followed the league form and Tara's were good value for their win. Wandsworth did just about enough with 14 men to get past Kiernans homegrown team, but could have easily lost it if Kiernans had taken their chances.
I expect Wandsworth to better in the final and to shade it by 1.
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Replying To fancyaride: "Almost 100% predictions success last weekend, with Tara's defeating Dulwich the only blot.
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Hard to tell anything from the results, as all went as expected. Perhaps more can be said by looking at the margin of defeat. Joes, McCurtains, KKG all suffered bad losses in terms of scoreline, but still sticking with Joes to go down fairly comfortably once all is done.
Fulham's win could be the most significant, as thought it could have been tighter against NLS with all the hype coming out of NLS.
Intermediate
On paper two even enough games, with Garryowen using a bit more experience to get over the line against Clarets. Was surprised by the margin in the Parnells and Harlesden game, however, Parnells are the new kids on the block and had more energy in their performance. Whilst Harlesden are a decent solid team, the core team has been on the go for a good few years now, yo-yo-ing between Intermediate and Junior, Div 2 to Div 3, and probably playing at the peak of their powers.
Garryowen to win the final by 1-2 points.
Sad case to see Neasden drop in to the Junior ranks with defeat against Eire Og. But not entirely surprising either given the carry-on in the past few years. From Senior favourites in 2019 with Clarke, Mooney, Harrison, the fall from grace has been brutal. Really hope they manage to sort themselves out and not end up like another Moindearg.
Junior
Dulwich were the favourites, but the match followed the league form and Tara's were good value for their win. Wandsworth did just about enough with 14 men to get past Kiernans homegrown team, but could have easily lost it if Kiernans had taken their chances.
I expect Wandsworth to better in the final and to shade it by 1." Great shout from you in the Junior Final... I think that Wandsworth just about deserved it.
In the intermediate - Tbh not sure what happened Garyowen, seemed like they throw the towel in early doors? really solid display from Parnells - they could take a bit of beating in the All-Britain.
In the Senior - I never got to any of the games... Where TCG missing any of their players? Long grass type stuff with a potential final meeting later in the year? Was a large margin to get beat by...
TMcC's and Joes looking likely to be heading for the relegation play off...
Jaybloggs (UK) - Posts: 37 - 05/09/2022 09:34:50
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There's been some big changes at Wandsworth this year. Definitely looked like a side belonging in in intermediate throughout this season across cup, league and championship.
Feel for Tara. I think they're a bit underrated by a lot of people or have been the last few years.
The intermediate result left me scratching my head a bit. Last final I've seen that one sided was the 2019 Junior final when Dulwich were 10 points up by half time.
WestAwake88 (Galway) - Posts: 115 - 05/09/2022 11:32:55
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Great to see London follow the example of NY. Victory lifts all boats.
https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/gaa/899599/club-limerick-london-to-host-it-s-inaugural-event-in-support-of-the-gaa-on-shannonside.html
foreveryoung (USA) - Posts: 1918 - 05/09/2022 13:13:42
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Replying To Jaybloggs: " Replying To fancyaride: "Almost 100% predictions success last weekend, with Tara's defeating Dulwich the only blot.
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Hard to tell anything from the results, as all went as expected. Perhaps more can be said by looking at the margin of defeat. Joes, McCurtains, KKG all suffered bad losses in terms of scoreline, but still sticking with Joes to go down fairly comfortably once all is done.
Fulham's win could be the most significant, as thought it could have been tighter against NLS with all the hype coming out of NLS.
Intermediate
On paper two even enough games, with Garryowen using a bit more experience to get over the line against Clarets. Was surprised by the margin in the Parnells and Harlesden game, however, Parnells are the new kids on the block and had more energy in their performance. Whilst Harlesden are a decent solid team, the core team has been on the go for a good few years now, yo-yo-ing between Intermediate and Junior, Div 2 to Div 3, and probably playing at the peak of their powers.
Garryowen to win the final by 1-2 points.
Sad case to see Neasden drop in to the Junior ranks with defeat against Eire Og. But not entirely surprising either given the carry-on in the past few years. From Senior favourites in 2019 with Clarke, Mooney, Harrison, the fall from grace has been brutal. Really hope they manage to sort themselves out and not end up like another Moindearg.
Junior
Dulwich were the favourites, but the match followed the league form and Tara's were good value for their win. Wandsworth did just about enough with 14 men to get past Kiernans homegrown team, but could have easily lost it if Kiernans had taken their chances.
I expect Wandsworth to better in the final and to shade it by 1." Great shout from you in the Junior Final... I think that Wandsworth just about deserved it. In the intermediate - Tbh not sure what happened Garyowen, seemed like they throw the towel in early doors? really solid display from Parnells - they could take a bit of beating in the All-Britain. In the Senior - I never got to any of the games... Where TCG missing any of their players? Long grass type stuff with a potential final meeting later in the year? Was a large margin to get beat by... TMcC's and Joes looking likely to be heading for the relegation play off..."
No idea what happened in the Intermediate, Had seen this as an even enough game, and either side winning would not have surprised me. The margin was shocking and suspect Garryowen threw in the towel early on. Whilst all credit to Parnells, some of the calibre of the Garryowen players meant there was no way a big difference between the teams should have happened.
Senior, the big result was the Fulham - TCG game. Fulham look like a team on a mission this season, with a strong balanced team and a strong bench. The remainder of the games went as expected. Towers put a good fight against Kiernan's and only a late goal added gloss to the score line.
Still backing Fulham to win outright, after beating Towers in a semi final comfortably. TCG vs Kiernan's in the other semi final will be tight. TCG have plenty of quality, and expect them to pull themselves together. Kiernan's have looked good so far in their defence but don't have as much as attacking depth as Fulham and TCG, so closely going for a TCG vs Fulham final.
In the relegation, McCurtains will send Joes down, by 1-3 points.
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I thought Garryowen were bringing lads over..?
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Replying To fancyaride: " Replying To Jaybloggs: "[quote=fancyaride: "Almost 100% predictions success last weekend, with Tara's defeating Dulwich the only blot.
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Hard to tell anything from the results, as all went as expected. Perhaps more can be said by looking at the margin of defeat. Joes, McCurtains, KKG all suffered bad losses in terms of scoreline, but still sticking with Joes to go down fairly comfortably once all is done.
Fulham's win could be the most significant, as thought it could have been tighter against NLS with all the hype coming out of NLS.
Intermediate
On paper two even enough games, with Garryowen using a bit more experience to get over the line against Clarets. Was surprised by the margin in the Parnells and Harlesden game, however, Parnells are the new kids on the block and had more energy in their performance. Whilst Harlesden are a decent solid team, the core team has been on the go for a good few years now, yo-yo-ing between Intermediate and Junior, Div 2 to Div 3, and probably playing at the peak of their powers.
Garryowen to win the final by 1-2 points.
Sad case to see Neasden drop in to the Junior ranks with defeat against Eire Og. But not entirely surprising either given the carry-on in the past few years. From Senior favourites in 2019 with Clarke, Mooney, Harrison, the fall from grace has been brutal. Really hope they manage to sort themselves out and not end up like another Moindearg.
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Dulwich were the favourites, but the match followed the league form and Tara's were good value for their win. Wandsworth did just about enough with 14 men to get past Kiernans homegrown team, but could have easily lost it if Kiernans had taken their chances.
I expect Wandsworth to better in the final and to shade it by 1." Great shout from you in the Junior Final... I think that Wandsworth just about deserved it. In the intermediate - Tbh not sure what happened Garyowen, seemed like they throw the towel in early doors? really solid display from Parnells - they could take a bit of beating in the All-Britain. In the Senior - I never got to any of the games... Where TCG missing any of their players? Long grass type stuff with a potential final meeting later in the year? Was a large margin to get beat by... TMcC's and Joes looking likely to be heading for the relegation play off..."
No idea what happened in the Intermediate, Had seen this as an even enough game, and either side winning would not have surprised me. The margin was shocking and suspect Garryowen threw in the towel early on. Whilst all credit to Parnells, some of the calibre of the Garryowen players meant there was no way a big difference between the teams should have happened.
Senior, the big result was the Fulham - TCG game. Fulham look like a team on a mission this season, with a strong balanced team and a strong bench. The remainder of the games went as expected. Towers put a good fight against Kiernan's and only a late goal added gloss to the score line.
Still backing Fulham to win outright, after beating Towers in a semi final comfortably. TCG vs Kiernan's in the other semi final will be tight. TCG have plenty of quality, and expect them to pull themselves together. Kiernan's have looked good so far in their defence but don't have as much as attacking depth as Fulham and TCG, so closely going for a TCG vs Fulham final.
In the relegation, McCurtains will send Joes down, by 1-3 points."]Presumably you arent holding much hope for a NLS shock V TCG in the final group game? For me I think there may be an outside chance for NLS to give TCG a bloodied nose and a scare.
Cant see KKG giving Round Towers much bother... Kiernans and Round Towers well in front in that group.
Is the Intermediate V Junior All Britain Play off next weekend? Cant see Wandsworth giving Parnells much bother.
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Great result for Wandsworth at the weekend, great boost to go up the ranks instead of languishing in junior ranks for the next few years. Parnell won easily and if they can stay up they'll be a force to be reckoned with in 2/3 years. Same for Taras, they were whipping boys at Junior 3/4 years ago so have done well to bring player through in that stage.
At senior it looks like it will be Fulham v Kiernans in the final, stillthink the former will win out despite Kiernans strong recruitment.
LondainEire (UK) - Posts: 40 - 08/09/2022 09:16:49
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Replying To LondainEire: "Great result for Wandsworth at the weekend, great boost to go up the ranks instead of languishing in junior ranks for the next few years. Parnell won easily and if they can stay up they'll be a force to be reckoned with in 2/3 years. Same for Taras, they were whipping boys at Junior 3/4 years ago so have done well to bring player through in that stage.
At senior it looks like it will be Fulham v Kiernans in the final, stillthink the former will win out despite Kiernans strong recruitment." Agreed, it's good to see a fairly new club like Wandsworth making progress, as they have definitely added something to the overall scene in London GAA. I expect them to be comfortable up in Intermediate and establish themselves in the coming seasons.
But disagree on Tara's, it's a disaster they still find themselves in at Junior. Historically one of the biggest clubs who were competing for senior titles only a decade or so ago. And with a big under age structure and a constant flow of young players coming in to their team, playing at junior level is a very poor return. While they were only a point off last week, there is no guarantee they will go up next year either.
fancyaride (Mayo) - Posts: 180 - 08/09/2022 13:38:53
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Any updates on what way things are going in the hurling?
ExtraWrigley (Antrim) - Posts: 2 - 12/09/2022 14:17:34
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Seems Neasden get another chance to avoid relegation to junior. When was there last an intermediate/junior promotion play off?
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I see Treacy's didn't make the jump back up to Senior hurling yesterday.
They seem to have decent hurlers,are they just tight for numbers?
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Parnells must have a decent chance of winning the All Britain?
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Replying To TheBishop: "Parnells must have a decent chance of winning the All Britain?" Wandsworth are in the all Britain they beat Parnells in the play off on Saturday
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