HS Forum: Trim's championship to lose
September 29, 2023
Ratoath's Niall McLarnon with Ger Dwane during the 2022 SHC final at Pairc Tailteann. The Trim full back will be a massive loss to the Jubilee Cup holders on Saturday.
RR (Meath) gave us his predictions of this weekends eagarly awaited Senior and Intermediate hurling championship semi finals along with the Junior decider.
SHC SF:
Trim vs Ratoath - everything I've seen so far from Trim has me convinced it is their Championship to lose. They dealt fairly handily with Ratoath in the last 'dead rubber' of the round robin and I cannot see it being much different this time around. Will need to be wary of the O'Hanrahan's of course, but there's just not enough about Ratoath that says they're able to turn around a seven point loss into a win in the space of three weeks. Trim by five
IHC SFS
Kildalkey vs Kilskyre/Moylagh - I had had doubt about K/M coming out of group B but they were dominant against Drumree and are riding a wave it seems. Kildalkey have bigger fish to fry this weekend - if they were to lose any of their three games, it'd be this one they'd be least upset about I'd say. K/M by four
O'Mahonys vs Donaghmore/Ashbourne - Similar to K/M, Don/Ash have been flying after coming through the 'weaker' group, only have three losses all season, two to Kildalkeys seconds (one in a league final) and one to K/M. NOM were shaky to start the season but have looked fairly solid since they've clicked. You would have to imagine they've been pucking away to prevent rustiness, because if they haven't then Don/Ash will be like a train. Give me Don/Ash AET again by one
SUNDAY
SHC SF
Kildalkey vs Kiltale - like with the other semi final, it's a repeat of a round robin game which was fairly one-sided and I'm going for a similar situation - though I don't think it'll be as wide a gap as the 14 points from a few weeks back. Kildalkey by eight
JHC Final
Kildalkey vs St Pats - Stamullen have been going up and up in the last couple of years and will progress to their probably right level of IHC regardless of what happens here. However, I still think that the idea of a Championship medal - and revenge for what happened last year at JHC2 - will drive them on to an upset win. St Pats by one
