Carlow reps Mount Leinster Rangers are good value to beat Castletown Geog this weekend. A much more experienced side than their Westmeath counterparts who just claimed their first county title in nine years. MLR won the all ireland intermediate in 2011 and competed at this level last year, knocked out at the quarter-final stages by eventual all ireland champions Kilcormac-Killoughey 1-11 to 0-9.

Any opinions?

gaelicgab (USA) - Posts: 878 - 29/10/2013 12:11:58    1506969

Well done to my old teacher Mick Purcell on leading Clara to the Kilkenny championship. This after a few Carlow titles with Mount Leinster Rangers. Great to see him doing well. Good man Mick!!

icehonesty (Wexford) - Posts: 2574 - 29/10/2013 13:54:56    1507026

gaelicgab
County: USA

I would fancy them yes. apparently an excellent team by all standards excellent hurlers & able to compete with the best. i beleive if they could win sunday they have a home semi final BUT a trip to mullingar is never easy and westmeath hurling isnt that bad with the great clonkill team up there the last few years always challeging. For me though Mount Leinster Rangers are a dark horse.

skysports (Carlow) - Posts: 20 - 29/10/2013 14:48:58    1507056

Be no surprise to me if Mount Leinster won the Leinster. An all Ireland might be a big ask though

Brianmac78 (Dublin) - Posts: 1168 - 29/10/2013 17:50:35    1507164

6/5 for MLR is bet of the year. They will easily win that game on Sunday, and as said above do fancy a good crack at winning Leinster this year. Very good side and ran last years AI finalists very close last year.

The Real 1944 (Carlow) - Posts: 1114 - 29/10/2013 19:21:13    1507231

Portumna v Loughgiel final and can see Portumna winning comfortably enough

bumpernut (Antrim) - Posts: 1852 - 30/10/2013 10:36:12    1507322

The Real 1944
Many Mount Leinster Rangers lads on the Carlow U21 team this year?

gaelicgab (USA) - Posts: 878 - 30/10/2013 12:38:00    1507379

I read Clara won the Kilkenny Intermediate championship just last year! So did Mt. Leinster Rangers beat them in Leinster championship???

keeper7 (Longford) - Posts: 4088 - 30/10/2013 12:54:04    1507393

By the way fair play to Slaughneils from Derry on there showing in the Ulster club final. I thought they had it won. They would have given most teams in Ireland a go judging by that performance.

Best wishes to them for the future

Brianmac78 (Dublin) - Posts: 1168 - 30/10/2013 12:59:24    1507395

keeper7
County: Longford
Posts: 1601

1507393 I read Clara won the Kilkenny Intermediate championship just last year! So did Mt. Leinster Rangers beat them in Leinster championship???

no,MLR are in the leinster senior for the last 2 years now, They were close to Kilcormac/Killoughy in the leinster qtr final last year until the last 10 mins also they had 2 sent off.

preddan (Kildare) - Posts: 803 - 30/10/2013 13:04:11    1507397

preddan
Can Celbridge win Leinster this year? Up against Kilkenny's Rower Inistioge, any information on them? Meath champions Kilmessan meet Buffers Alley in the other semi final.

gaelicgab (USA) - Posts: 878 - 30/10/2013 16:50:44    1507519

bumpernut
County: Antrim
Posts: 587

1507322
Portumna v Loughgiel final and can see Portumna winning comfortably enough


Can't see Portumna doing it this year. Too many lads the wrong side of 30 and 3 the wrong side of 35. My money on a Leinster or Munster winner.

gaillimh73 (Galway) - Posts: 669 - 30/10/2013 17:03:16    1507527

Gaelicgab
They probably can but they have basically underachieved in leinster until now.

preddan (Kildare) - Posts: 803 - 30/10/2013 17:51:11    1507545

True Gallimh but they are a very experienced team and probably the most experienced team left in it (Loughgiel the only others that have "been there done that" afaik). I fancied the Tipp champs this year and they are already knocked out! Munster looks quite open and whatever team comes through will be hard beaten. I havent been overly impressed by Portumna this year and in the couple of games I've seen Joe play (including the county final) I thought he was ordinary enough by his standards but if he reaches the heights that he can they will be very hard to stop as well.

PoolSturgeon (Galway) - Posts: 2016 - 30/10/2013 17:58:32    1507548

Castletown Geoghegan have some very good hurlers.
Should be more than capable of beating Carlow champs.

valley84 (Westmeath) - Posts: 1903 - 30/10/2013 19:09:13    1507569

Camross could take kilcormac, the laois champions are always pretty good

flack (Dublin) - Posts: 1054 - 31/10/2013 09:53:00    1507638

Valley84
Very True
Very Little has been said about Castletown Geoghegan in fairness. They have some excellent young players the likes of O`Brien, Clarkes, Glennon, the two Fennells and Varley etc. They could be waiting in the long grass as it were to ambush MLR. I have tipped Mount Leinster Rangers for provincial glory but they have to negotiate this hurdle first, and if Castletown do take their scalp whos to say Castletown wont have a shot of Provincial glory either. The Leinster Championship is very tight, very little between any of the teams in it.

preddan (Kildare) - Posts: 803 - 31/10/2013 10:57:47    1507667

Some of ye are writing Kilcormac off too quickly, they were unlucky to lose the final this year, they will come out of Leinster and have as good a chance as anyone after that.

Barnowl94 (Galway) - Posts: 3150 - 31/10/2013 11:29:46    1507687

totally agree with the previous post and if you check one of my earlier posts I predicted loughgiel v kk and portumna v nap for the semis...

turfcutter (Antrim) - Posts: 277 - 31/10/2013 11:44:39    1507694

I think everyone is writing Oulart off and it is probably a blessing in disguise. Having said that, a vomiting bug up there this week wont help them.

Pinkie (Wexford) - Posts: 4100 - 31/10/2013 14:28:44    1507791