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Replying To Dennis_Maroon95kg:  "The Junior Final should be a great contest. Joseph's will be looking to put the past 2 years behind them but the Downs will be no pushover going by tonight's performance in Kinnegad.

Does anybody know if the Downs were to win the junior do they go up to Intermediate next year? - or would it be Joseph's because it's the Downs second team?"
If The Downs were to win the junior A they would move up to Intermediate, no reason why not. However St Joseph's will represent the county in Leinster regardless.
Kilbeggan will be gutted after such a flat 1st half performance, just never got going.
The Downs starting 15 are fit and young, average age probably 23/24 so no auld lads as such. They lost a few to senior early on but have coped.

BigSur (Westmeath) - Posts: 1265 - 26/09/2026 08:32:42    2695084

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Replying To BigSur:  "If The Downs were to win the junior A they would move up to Intermediate, no reason why not. However St Joseph's will represent the county in Leinster regardless.
Kilbeggan will be gutted after such a flat 1st half performance, just never got going.
The Downs starting 15 are fit and young, average age probably 23/24 so no auld lads as such. They lost a few to senior early on but have coped."
Should be a very good Junior final. I was at Joseph's v Lomans game. Two good sides.
Joseph's blitzed Lomans in first 15 minutes and again in second half where they established 14 point lead. Very similar to The Downs with 11 or 12 starters under 24 years of age. Games between the two clubs have been close in recent years.

Greengrass1 (Westmeath) - Posts: 102 - 26/09/2026 08:57:29    2695085

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Replying To MichaelScott:  "The structure is the structure, whether you like it or not, they are there on merit and it's disrespectful to say they don't deserve to be there regardless of the fact that it is quite likely The Downs will win comfortably"
They weren't there on merit. Today showed what people have said over the last few weeks. Massive difference between Group A and Group B. A joke of championship. To say that was semi final of our county championship.
The Downs won't be overall happy with their performance today either. A lot to improve on for the county final.
Lets be fair after today's showing we should all agree that the format should be back to what it was!
Moate deserved to be in QF. No further.

Temple56 (Westmeath) - Posts: 669 - 26/09/2026 17:50:35    2695117

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Replying To Temple56:  "They weren't there on merit. Today showed what people have said over the last few weeks. Massive difference between Group A and Group B. A joke of championship. To say that was semi final of our county championship.
The Downs won't be overall happy with their performance today either. A lot to improve on for the county final.
Lets be fair after today's showing we should all agree that the format should be back to what it was!
Moate deserved to be in QF. No further."
Totally agree. As a neutral, The Downs were light years ahead of moate today. The county board do really need to have a good look at the format for next year. It was a sad spectacle for a County semi final. That game wouldn't have helped the Downs at all today. The Downs probably need to improve too. I know they were missing a few players too,which if they get those players back will help. But that game today was no contest. Like someone else said on here,moate only played intermediate standard teams in this championship apart from Tubberclair and i would fear for them next year.Hopefully tomorrows game will be better value for money.

RamblingHen (Westmeath) - Posts: 3 - 26/09/2026 19:10:09    2695130

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