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Replying To Pope_Benedict:  "Sounds like a fairly vacuous motivation 'to be regarded as a great club side'. Lads would want to be getting more enjoyment out of it than that, rather than worrying about who thinks they're great, or whether they're 'great' or not."
Vacuous or not they're certainly regarded as one of the great club sides

Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 2540 - 18/01/2026 15:08:04    2651610

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Replying To BigBàsMan:  "Ah stop will ya lads get hit with hurls in every game of hurling. Ye better stick to football in Westmeath. Why you think the gaa didn't allow the footage? Because there was nothing in it"
It was right call to allow play . No need to be patronisign westmeath have play both codes and should continue

Gaaforlife2023 (Longford) - Posts: 1149 - 18/01/2026 15:17:54    2651613

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Replying To BigBàsMan:  "Ah stop will ya lads get hit with hurls in every game of hurling. Ye better stick to football in Westmeath. Why you think the gaa didn't allow the footage? Because there was nothing in it"
Footage was viewed and there was nothing in it to clear the player. Player got off on a technicality , not because 'there was nothing in it'. Still glad he played so both teams had a fair shot. Bookies had it as a 4 point game. BG won by 6 pulling up. Deserved winners. Loughrea have youth on their side and will be back.

conordee (Galway) - Posts: 461 - 18/01/2026 15:17:59    2651614

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Replying To conordee:  "Footage was viewed and there was nothing in it to clear the player. Player got off on a technicality , not because 'there was nothing in it'. Still glad he played so both teams had a fair shot. Bookies had it as a 4 point game. BG won by 6 pulling up. Deserved winners. Loughrea have youth on their side and will be back."
Yes that is all correct. Ballygunner have youth in the wings also. You wait your time down there. Pauric and Phillip will eventually go. Incidentally Philip one of the most underrated player ever. We had a clown from another county who knows nothing about them saying Ballygunner were on their way out. They have Mark Hartley, Connor Tobin, Ian Cuddihy waiting a chance to be regulars. That is without even talking about Spain, Comford and the players who won minor All-Ireland medals last year. We keep hearing how bad they are for Waterford hurling but they also cruised through Munster and the Leinster champions and now the best from Galway. Ballygunner will be beaten eventually and the best teams can on any given day.

Canuck (Waterford) - Posts: 3235 - 18/01/2026 15:40:26    2651618

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Replying To Canuck:  "Yes that is all correct. Ballygunner have youth in the wings also. You wait your time down there. Pauric and Phillip will eventually go. Incidentally Philip one of the most underrated player ever. We had a clown from another county who knows nothing about them saying Ballygunner were on their way out. They have Mark Hartley, Connor Tobin, Ian Cuddihy waiting a chance to be regulars. That is without even talking about Spain, Comford and the players who won minor All-Ireland medals last year. We keep hearing how bad they are for Waterford hurling but they also cruised through Munster and the Leinster champions and now the best from Galway. Ballygunner will be beaten eventually and the best teams can on any given day."
Great win for Ballygunner, congratulations, hard luck Loughrea.

Oldtourman (Limerick) - Posts: 4537 - 18/01/2026 15:47:03    2651619

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Replying To Canuck:  "Yes that is all correct. Ballygunner have youth in the wings also. You wait your time down there. Pauric and Phillip will eventually go. Incidentally Philip one of the most underrated player ever. We had a clown from another county who knows nothing about them saying Ballygunner were on their way out. They have Mark Hartley, Connor Tobin, Ian Cuddihy waiting a chance to be regulars. That is without even talking about Spain, Comford and the players who won minor All-Ireland medals last year. We keep hearing how bad they are for Waterford hurling but they also cruised through Munster and the Leinster champions and now the best from Galway. Ballygunner will be beaten eventually and the best teams can on any given day."
Ballygunner superb on the day! Well deserved winners! Up to everyone else in Waterford and the rest of the country to up their game and try beat them next year!

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 18048 - 18/01/2026 16:18:26    2651627

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Hard luck to Loughrea, back on the horse soon, try win Galway again, and have another crack at it next year.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 18048 - 18/01/2026 16:23:39    2651630

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Hard Luck to Loughrea, competed well in the first half but Ballygunner showed they were a class above and were cruising near the end. Loughrea will have the hunger in the belly to go again though three in a row will be a big incentive in Galway and back to an all Ireland again they have a few top talents coming through aswell. From a Galway perspective I was very intrigued to see how some of the Loughrea lads performed on the big day with a view of them being potential starters or squad players for Galway, I know it was one game in isolation but not many stood up yesterday unfortunately .

Galway2k17 (Galway) - Posts: 12 - 19/01/2026 06:26:35    2651769

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It was men against boys yesterday with Ballygunner blowing Loughrea away in the physical stakes. Add that to their hurling ability and tactics and there was only going to be one winner.
Loughrea will still be the team to beat in Galway for another few years and I expect them to win the next 2 or 3 county cups.

John Doe (Galway) - Posts: 257 - 19/01/2026 07:38:28    2651770

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1-13 with a forward line with potential Galway panelist's very poor showing

Game went along expected lines just a differenc in class and experience

jm25 (Galway) - Posts: 1884 - 19/01/2026 10:02:09    2651790

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Replying To TanCanRan:  "As a Galway man, I still find it hard to look past Ballygunner here. The reason why is to win an All-Ireland you need a stone-cold killer upfront. Loughrea forwards are missing that ruthlessness and real class to finish teams off. A Conor Cooney, Joe Canning or Eugene Cloonan. They have a lot of forwards chipping in but no real elite intercounty forward and I think it'll finally catch the in the final. That's probably the only thing they're missing. If Conor Cooney (the Thomas' version) played for Loughrea, I think they'd do it. The have everything else."
Stiil stand my points here.

TanCanRan (Galway) - Posts: 318 - 19/01/2026 11:21:15    2651823

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Replying To BigBàsMan:  "This is a very funny post. You'd prefer to have all the scores coming from one player "elite intercounty forward" and not a good spread of scores from all the forwards? Anthony burns has been the best forward in Galway club championship by a mile. He will probably be in the Galway full forward line also. Tiernan Killeen single handedly beat clarinbridge on their own. Cleaned a lot of galways defenders that day too. He's just as good as club level as Conor cooney who was held to 1 point from play in the county final and 1-15 from 6 Galway appearances last year. I'm going with Loughrea to beat ballygunner on the 18th."
It doesn't look so funny now, does it?

Conor Cooney wouldn't have missed that handy free Killeen did to bring it back to a one-score game in a Thomas' jersey at least.

TanCanRan (Galway) - Posts: 318 - 19/01/2026 11:25:06    2651829

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Replying To conordee:  "Footage was viewed and there was nothing in it to clear the player. Player got off on a technicality , not because 'there was nothing in it'. Still glad he played so both teams had a fair shot. Bookies had it as a 4 point game. BG won by 6 pulling up. Deserved winners. Loughrea have youth on their side and will be back."
What was the technicality as a matter of interest ?

John Doe (Galway) - Posts: 257 - 19/01/2026 11:41:32    2651836

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Replying To John Doe:  "What was the technicality as a matter of interest ?"
It's so technical I though I'd better just let you read it.. It is possible of course that the CHC/CAC 'accidentally' left this loophole so the DRA could find it...anyway here it is...
The Tribunal (Mr. Dermot Flanagan SC, Mr. Gareth Robinson BL and Mr. Con Hogan) carefully
considered the submissions of the parties over the course of three hours. The CAC determined at page
2 of its decision that the Central Hearings Committee (CHC) heard the evidence submitted by the
Claimant and reviewed the video and decided that the evidence was not compelling such as to rebut
the Referee's Report. It is clear from the CHC's minutes and its decision that that was not the test that
was applied. The Tribunal determined that there was a misapplication of Rule 7.3 (aa) (1) (vi) T.O. 2025
by the CHC. The Tribunal determined that the CAC erred in not identifying a misapplication of Rule 7.3
(aa) (1) (vi) T.O. 2025.
Pursuant to Rule 7.6 (q) the Tribunal quashed the decision of the Central Appeals Committee (CAC)
dated 15 January 2026. The Tribunal thereafter quashed the decision of the Central Hearings
Committee (CHC) dated 9 January 2026. The Tribunal directs no further action on the part of the
decision maker pursuant to precedent.

conordee (Galway) - Posts: 461 - 19/01/2026 15:22:31    2651916

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