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Wexford Club Hurling 2026

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Good win for Gusserane in the end. Hope Gavin Sheehan is OK.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 20958 - 07/11/2026 17:55:28    2699697

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Some second half performance from Shels, thought they were in trouble at the break and it was going to be a poor day for them, let in some bad goals in the first half and the two in injury time were killers

Made a great start to the second half and then went a man down, LLG's fourth goal was a cracker to be fair and they had another few goal chances that went awry, Shels were doing good hurling but looked like they were going to come up short but they were terrific in the final 10 minutes, showed some amount of dog

Thought Aidan Cash and Delaney in the corner were terrific, Simon Donohoe very good too, Banville and Cian Doyle very good in the forwards as well, that's about as good as I've ever seen Doyle play, has good size and athleticism to him, needs to build on it now because he has a lot of potential

ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 1615 - 08/11/2026 16:57:51    2699766

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That was some game between Naas and kilcornack .
Sheks be up against it in semi final. Away too i think in tullamore . I missed today's game . Well done to shels they dug the result out by sound of it they have nt made any game easy on themselves but the keep winning or hard beat whichever way u see it . Beat of luck in the Semi final . Having a good impact with a stronger panel too . U need a bench and competition fir starting places that's for sure

Formertownie (Wexford) - Posts: 741 - 08/11/2026 17:55:21    2699770

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Replying To Formertownie:  "That was some game between Naas and kilcornack .
Sheks be up against it in semi final. Away too i think in tullamore . I missed today's game . Well done to shels they dug the result out by sound of it they have nt made any game easy on themselves but the keep winning or hard beat whichever way u see it . Beat of luck in the Semi final . Having a good impact with a stronger panel too . U need a bench and competition fir starting places that's for sure"
Conceding 4 goals and scraping home by a point against a Westmeath side doesn't auger well for the rest of the leinster championship.
However shels will realise that a big improvement will be required next time out.
Every game is different so they will know that they will have to be at their best against the KKs.

Magpie2 (Wexford) - Posts: 743 - 08/11/2026 18:12:22    2699772

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Agree however wstmeath as whole may nit great place but castletown and llg are good club sides

Gaaforlife2023 (Longford) - Posts: 1399 - 08/11/2026 18:32:44    2699774

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Replying To Magpie2:  "Conceding 4 goals and scraping home by a point against a Westmeath side doesn't auger well for the rest of the leinster championship.
However shels will realise that a big improvement will be required next time out.
Every game is different so they will know that they will have to be at their best against the KKs."
Tbf, weaker counties can have very good club sides, Naas a good example of that, problem for these counties is they've a small number of clubs so one good club doesn't count for much at county level

Don't think LLG were supposed to be as good as previous Westmeath champions but they put it up to Shels, was always going to be hard for Shels considering they were a man down for about half an hour (And were three points down at that stage too)

ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 1615 - 08/11/2026 18:49:10    2699776

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Replying To ElGranSenor:  "Some second half performance from Shels, thought they were in trouble at the break and it was going to be a poor day for them, let in some bad goals in the first half and the two in injury time were killers

Made a great start to the second half and then went a man down, LLG's fourth goal was a cracker to be fair and they had another few goal chances that went awry, Shels were doing good hurling but looked like they were going to come up short but they were terrific in the final 10 minutes, showed some amount of dog

Thought Aidan Cash and Delaney in the corner were terrific, Simon Donohoe very good too, Banville and Cian Doyle very good in the forwards as well, that's about as good as I've ever seen Doyle play, has good size and athleticism to him, needs to build on it now because he has a lot of potential"
Cian Doyle looked a great prospect at underage, hope he kicks on now. Hopefully they will have Eoghan Nolan back for the SF, hopefully Cian Doyle gets the start too.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 20958 - 08/11/2026 18:50:31    2699777

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Replying To Viking66:  "Cian Doyle looked a great prospect at underage, hope he kicks on now. Hopefully they will have Eoghan Nolan back for the SF, hopefully Cian Doyle gets the start too."
Yeah, knew he had been involved with some under-age sides but can't say I ever saw him stand out for Shels until today, has the physical tools but needs to build on today

I know Shels had Donohoe, Hearne, and Banville with the county team this year, will be interesting to see whether anyone else is brought into the camp when they go back with Wexford

ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 1615 - 08/11/2026 21:03:06    2699785

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Replying To ElGranSenor:  "Yeah, knew he had been involved with some under-age sides but can't say I ever saw him stand out for Shels until today, has the physical tools but needs to build on today

I know Shels had Donohoe, Hearne, and Banville with the county team this year, will be interesting to see whether anyone else is brought into the camp when they go back with Wexford"
Josh Roche was with the u20s this year

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 20958 - 08/11/2026 21:37:52    2699791

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Replying To Magpie2:  "Conceding 4 goals and scraping home by a point against a Westmeath side doesn't auger well for the rest of the leinster championship.
However shels will realise that a big improvement will be required next time out.
Every game is different so they will know that they will have to be at their best against the KKs."
Your piece reminds me of a Wexford people journalist of a few years ago who was horrified a Wexford team lost a Leinster minor championship match to us
For the record Westmeath v Wexfords last 2 Leinster senior hurling championship matches were a 1 point win for Westmeath and a draw.

jobber (Westmeath) - Posts: 2058 - 09/11/2026 01:01:27    2699802

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Replying To Gaaforlife2023:  "Agree however wstmeath as whole may nit great place but castletown and llg are good club sides"
Raharney and Clonkill are good sides too.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 20958 - 09/11/2026 06:44:00    2699805

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Replying To Viking66:  "Josh Roche was with the u20s this year"
Yeah but wasn't with the Seniors

ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 1615 - 09/11/2026 09:13:53    2699810

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Replying To Magpie2:  "Conceding 4 goals and scraping home by a point against a Westmeath side doesn't auger well for the rest of the leinster championship.
However shels will realise that a big improvement will be required next time out.
Every game is different so they will know that they will have to be at their best against the KKs."
Westmeath club hurling has always been strong and this is a good win for Shels - may not been their most impressive but it's different ball game once you get into Leinster Club. The ground is much heavier too. KK & Naas was a very good game but I still think Shels have enough to beat KK if they get their match ups right .. Naas gave Adam Screeney too much space yesterday and he scored a vital times. Having to go to Tullamore is a big disadvantage and its a pity it's not in Wexford Park.

MyOhMi (Wexford) - Posts: 395 - 09/11/2026 09:53:15    2699815

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Replying To ElGranSenor:  "Tbf, weaker counties can have very good club sides, Naas a good example of that, problem for these counties is they've a small number of clubs so one good club doesn't count for much at county level

Don't think LLG were supposed to be as good as previous Westmeath champions but they put it up to Shels, was always going to be hard for Shels considering they were a man down for about half an hour (And were three points down at that stage too)"
Its not too long ago that Wexford would have been happy with a one point win over Westmeath. Nolan was a big loss as it left Kean Carroll as the only big man upfront. Winning it the way they did will suit them just fine I think, nobody will be giving them much of a chance for two weeks time.

zinny (Wexford) - Posts: 2264 - 09/11/2026 10:15:47    2699819

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Anyone watch on clubber and think that the commentator from Wexford was very negative towards the Shels, perhaps he was trying to over do it on the, I can be neutral bit, either way, not much of a pundit. I have to say the Westmeath lad was way better and you would hardly know he was from there except he knew the nicknames of the LL boys.

zinny (Wexford) - Posts: 2264 - 09/11/2026 10:22:47    2699822

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Replying To zinny:  "Its not too long ago that Wexford would have been happy with a one point win over Westmeath. Nolan was a big loss as it left Kean Carroll as the only big man upfront. Winning it the way they did will suit them just fine I think, nobody will be giving them much of a chance for two weeks time."
Doyle is big enough, no? Thought he did a good enough job at winning his own ball

ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 1615 - 09/11/2026 10:37:03    2699824

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Replying To MyOhMi:  "Westmeath club hurling has always been strong and this is a good win for Shels - may not been their most impressive but it's different ball game once you get into Leinster Club. The ground is much heavier too. KK & Naas was a very good game but I still think Shels have enough to beat KK if they get their match ups right .. Naas gave Adam Screeney too much space yesterday and he scored a vital times. Having to go to Tullamore is a big disadvantage and its a pity it's not in Wexford Park."
Last time our champions played theirs was in the Park

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 20958 - 09/11/2026 11:26:23    2699830

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Replying To jobber:  "Your piece reminds me of a Wexford people journalist of a few years ago who was horrified a Wexford team lost a Leinster minor championship match to us
For the record Westmeath v Wexfords last 2 Leinster senior hurling championship matches were a 1 point win for Westmeath and a draw."
Theres still some lads who live in fantasy land down here. Laois have knocked us out of Leinster at both minor and u20 in the last 5 years too. And their Senior club champions have beaten ours in that time too. Both St Mullins snd MLR from Carlow have beaten our champions in the last dozen or so years too.
And in any case club is completely different to county. Antrim clubs have more all ireland club titles than ours or Limericks.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 20958 - 09/11/2026 12:03:30    2699836

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Not a bad weekend overall for the Wexford Clubs in Leinster. I never really expected Cloughbawn to put it up to James Stephens (Who i expect to go far in the intermediate competition) and I thought they were very competitive. Gusseraune were fairly comfortable. and fair play to Shels on getting through a tough away encounter.

On another issue - I only heard (over the weekend)about the letter from St Martins to the County board in the wake of their Semi Final defeat. It seems now that they have withdrawn the letter but not until it reached the whole country it would seem. Having read it it seems like sour grapes from them. regardless of the standard of officiating (in their opinion) the reasons for their defeat lay closer to home. I expect there will be some backlash for them. any thoughts on where this will finish up?

indaknownow (Offaly) - Posts: 127 - 09/11/2026 12:46:30    2699843

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Replying To indaknownow:  "Not a bad weekend overall for the Wexford Clubs in Leinster. I never really expected Cloughbawn to put it up to James Stephens (Who i expect to go far in the intermediate competition) and I thought they were very competitive. Gusseraune were fairly comfortable. and fair play to Shels on getting through a tough away encounter.

On another issue - I only heard (over the weekend)about the letter from St Martins to the County board in the wake of their Semi Final defeat. It seems now that they have withdrawn the letter but not until it reached the whole country it would seem. Having read it it seems like sour grapes from them. regardless of the standard of officiating (in their opinion) the reasons for their defeat lay closer to home. I expect there will be some backlash for them. any thoughts on where this will finish up?"
It ll result in most wexford people thinking . Why are they any different than any other club take defeat on the chin and learn from it . All clubs have been on the wrong end of decisions same as if it's a negative for one it's a positive for another.
They won't get much sympathy outside their own circles more to the point .
Can't see any official sanctions put in place unless it was an orchestrated leak to highlight their plight which would be hard to prove. Surely we all entitled to put in a complaint without being personal or condescending.

Formertownie (Wexford) - Posts: 741 - 09/11/2026 14:00:17    2699854

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