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Wexford Club Hurling 2026

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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 It seems now that they have withdrawn the letter but not until it reached the whole country it would seem.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?"
Like alot of things that happen in the GAA it will gradually get forgotten about.
As regards the whole country, I first heard about it from a Limerick man, and then a Clare man.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 20958 - 09/11/2026 14:26:54    2699858

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Replying To Viking66:  "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."
"Antrim clubs have more all ireland club titles than ours or Limericks."
That's not a fair comparison. Antrim clubs have dominated in Ulster. It's far harder for a Leinster or Munster club to win a provincial championship.

Cockney_Cat (UK) - Posts: 2966 - 09/11/2026 14:55:53    2699867

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Replying To Viking66:  "Like alot of things that happen in the GAA it will gradually get forgotten about.
As regards the whole country, I first heard about it from a Limerick man, and then a Clare man."
However .. and I think this is the important point to make .. Are referees held accountable for their decisions and is there any review process in place in the county? .. I am aware of at least 4 senior clubs after sending in letters to county board questioning performances of referees in this years championship.

MyOhMi (Wexford) - Posts: 395 - 09/11/2026 15:06:20    2699869

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Replying To MyOhMi:  "However .. and I think this is the important point to make .. Are referees held accountable for their decisions and is there any review process in place in the county? .. I am aware of at least 4 senior clubs after sending in letters to county board questioning performances of referees in this years championship."
Referees get their performances assessed throughout every season. Not every individual game though. But "letting the game flow" and spectator enjoyment are not criteria when assessing a referees performance.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 20958 - 09/11/2026 15:30:59    2699873

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Replying To MyOhMi:  "However .. and I think this is the important point to make .. Are referees held accountable for their decisions and is there any review process in place in the county? .. I am aware of at least 4 senior clubs after sending in letters to county board questioning performances of referees in this years championship."
As far as I am aware there is a referees appointments committee which is in charge of the referees. from what I read of the Martins letter they were questioning the appointment of the referee in question - which is ironic as two of the members of that committee are from the Martins. But as to who or how referees get appointed to games thats anyones guess. Seems to be 10 or 12 refs do most of the Senior games anyway. and i wouldnt say they are the best ones in all cases. seems this year some of the better ones were doing lower grade games.
but I dont agree with Clubs objecting to referees - even a poor referee if he is fair is fair for both sides!

indaknownow (Offaly) - Posts: 126 - 09/11/2026 15:35:00    2699874

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Replying To Viking66:  "Referees get their performances assessed throughout every season. Not every individual game though. But "letting the game flow" and spectator enjoyment are not criteria when assessing a referees performance."
Well we definitely don't have that issue in Wexford - 'cos no game is allowed flow :-)

One would also like to question how referees are chosen for respective finals - the county final referee was known even before the county finalist teams were

MyOhMi (Wexford) - Posts: 395 - 09/11/2026 15:35:34    2699875

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Replying To Cockney_Cat:  ""Antrim clubs have more all ireland club titles than ours or Limericks."
That's not a fair comparison. Antrim clubs have dominated in Ulster. It's far harder for a Leinster or Munster club to win a provincial championship."
It is to an extent, although the Down Champions and Derry Champions have been very competitive too, but thats not the point.
The point is that a clubs performance, and the county they are froms performance, are nearly entirely unrelated.
Ballygunner have dominated Munster in recent years, while Waterford havent won a Munster title since 2010, and have never made it out of the round robin.
Limerick have won 6 AIs in the last 9 years, while Tipp have won 2 and Clare one. A Tipp club won Munster in 2019.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 20958 - 09/11/2026 15:38:55    2699877

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