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Na fianna playing in rathmolyon is a more unfair advantage i would say.
Lovely venue but how is it getting so many senior matches now?
Anyway , dunboyne look like they will breeze through group b , i watched them last friday , much improved squad and will have far too much for anybody in senior b side.
They will ask questions in a 1/4 final also , as the a side going from first round results has a few teams on the slide.
Na fianna beating kiltale was deserved and look a team on the up who will give most a good rattle.
The ref made a few strange calls in na fianna favour which im surprised wasnt mentioned yet.
Longwood look set to struggle if games fixed in trim or navan , they only ever got results on the tight pitches.
Trim result was expected with the off field issues , they will be fine.
Very hard read into much else just yet , huge margin for error in group a , with teams exiting football champ in next round i would expect some clubs to improve.
hurlit (Meath) - Posts: 425 - 29/08/2021 19:22:37
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Replying To Foley91: "Wouldnt agree with it being a home fixture for killyon as they would play there no more than kilmessan.
would agree with not fielding a team in the the league as being an issue. Where does that leave any relegation. Maybe no relegation from davis cup but still unfair for it to have been allowed." More or less a home fixture for Killyon...probably as they hook up with Longwood regularly at underage and play a lot of games there. Also a tight pitch like Killyon's pitch.
3feetoftimber (Meath) - Posts: 113 - 30/08/2021 08:47:25
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Longwood V Na Fianna - Longwood in freefall mode and in real trouble.
Na Fianna +10
Ratoath V Kildalkey - Should be a great battle. Ratoath should have too much for Kildalkey on the big navan pitch.
Ratoath +5
Kiltale V Trim - Could be the tie of the round. Both teams need a huge response but would think Trim should have enough to edge this one but could end in a draw which would be of no use to either.
Kilmessan V BHG
Hard one to call but BHG get the nod for me here by 3
Dunboyne V Killyon
Think Killyon might pull out a bit of a surprise here.
Wolfe Tones V CNG
The men from athboy should have too much fire power for the notherners
Irish_downunder (Meath) - Posts: 642 - 02/09/2021 10:50:07
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Another round of fixtures and another game in which the venue will have huge say in the result.
Dunboyne + killyon in rathmolyon - in trim or navan its dunboynes game , here its toss of a coin , huge game in this group , killyon should be better with keoghan back.
BHG tipped to beat kilmessan by most , how the mighty have fell , couldnt beat killyon team without keoghan but i still wouldnt rule them out here , will be tight but bhg to win just
ratoath to beat kildalkey easily
na fianna to beat longwood easily
Trim + kiltale is huge , loser under huge pressure after this , cant call it
cng + the tones , loser of this will prob go down , hard to see a tones win here
hurlit (Meath) - Posts: 425 - 02/09/2021 13:39:08
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Senior Hurling
Ratoath V Kildalkey - Ratoath by 3+ seem to have good momentum after the first round. Kildalkey looked sluggish against Lwood.
Kiltale V Trim - really tough top call but giving Trim the nod due to being a younger fitter team, wouldn't be surprised if it was a draw.
Longwood v Na Fianna - NaF by 10+, Lwood are lucky that they are in Senior A otherwise they could be dropping to intermediate.
Tones V Clan na Gael - should be the athboy side comfortably but tones are dogged, CnaG by 5.
Blackhall V Kilmessan - Kilmessan are rebuilding whereas Blackhall are relying on the same few lads for the last 10 or so year. Draw.
Dunboyne V Killyon - Killyon to cause an upset, Dunboyne can be soft at times. Never played a "soft" Killyon team.
Intermediate Hurling
Navan V Rathmoylan - the village have youth on their side but Navan will be hurting after their 1st round loss, Rathmoylan by 2.
Kildalkey V Ratoath - Ratoath only up from junior will give them the nod with momentum.
Kells V Ashbourne - two physical sides but surely Kells will have more hurlers and see this one out.
Trim V Dunderry - should be a good game and Trims team are sprinkled with youth, should have too much running for Dunderry.
Drumree V Boardsmill - big win for the mill in the 1st round, they should be beating Drumree. Might be a tight one.
Killyon V Kil/Moy - Sean Geraghty and Willie McGrath to lead the men from near Oldcastle to victory.
butterfly (Meath) - Posts: 112 - 02/09/2021 15:24:17
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Kells look to be in free fall ? Have they thrown in the towel over there?
hurlit (Meath) - Posts: 425 - 02/09/2021 16:23:17
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Is the loser of Trim/Kiltale really in that much trouble? An automatic SF would be gone alright, but 2 wins would probably be enough to make a QF. Both teams will beat Longwood so would only need to find one more win in the other games to make the QFs.
CastleBravo (Meath) - Posts: 1668 - 04/09/2021 15:22:48
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Replying To butterfly: "Senior Hurling
Ratoath V Kildalkey - Ratoath by 3+ seem to have good momentum after the first round. Kildalkey looked sluggish against Lwood.
Kiltale V Trim - really tough top call but giving Trim the nod due to being a younger fitter team, wouldn't be surprised if it was a draw.
Longwood v Na Fianna - NaF by 10+, Lwood are lucky that they are in Senior A otherwise they could be dropping to intermediate.
Tones V Clan na Gael - should be the athboy side comfortably but tones are dogged, CnaG by 5.
Blackhall V Kilmessan - Kilmessan are rebuilding whereas Blackhall are relying on the same few lads for the last 10 or so year. Draw.
Dunboyne V Killyon - Killyon to cause an upset, Dunboyne can be soft at times. Never played a "soft" Killyon team.
Intermediate Hurling
Navan V Rathmoylan - the village have youth on their side but Navan will be hurting after their 1st round loss, Rathmoylan by 2.
Kildalkey V Ratoath - Ratoath only up from junior will give them the nod with momentum.
Kells V Ashbourne - two physical sides but surely Kells will have more hurlers and see this one out.
Trim V Dunderry - should be a good game and Trims team are sprinkled with youth, should have too much running for Dunderry.
Drumree V Boardsmill - big win for the mill in the 1st round, they should be beating Drumree. Might be a tight one.
Killyon V Kil/Moy - Sean Geraghty and Willie McGrath to lead the men from near Oldcastle to victory." Congrats to the always tough Killyon on being up by 7 points at half time and losing by 7 to the 'soft' Dunboyne. A true mark of a tough team blowing half time leads
LeitrimRoyal99 (Meath) - Posts: 1527 - 05/09/2021 13:14:23
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Replying To LeitrimRoyal99: " Replying To butterfly: "Senior Hurling
Ratoath V Kildalkey - Ratoath by 3+ seem to have good momentum after the first round. Kildalkey looked sluggish against Lwood.
Kiltale V Trim - really tough top call but giving Trim the nod due to being a younger fitter team, wouldn't be surprised if it was a draw.
Longwood v Na Fianna - NaF by 10+, Lwood are lucky that they are in Senior A otherwise they could be dropping to intermediate.
Tones V Clan na Gael - should be the athboy side comfortably but tones are dogged, CnaG by 5.
Blackhall V Kilmessan - Kilmessan are rebuilding whereas Blackhall are relying on the same few lads for the last 10 or so year. Draw.
Dunboyne V Killyon - Killyon to cause an upset, Dunboyne can be soft at times. Never played a "soft" Killyon team.
Intermediate Hurling
Navan V Rathmoylan - the village have youth on their side but Navan will be hurting after their 1st round loss, Rathmoylan by 2.
Kildalkey V Ratoath - Ratoath only up from junior will give them the nod with momentum.
Kells V Ashbourne - two physical sides but surely Kells will have more hurlers and see this one out.
Trim V Dunderry - should be a good game and Trims team are sprinkled with youth, should have too much running for Dunderry.
Drumree V Boardsmill - big win for the mill in the 1st round, they should be beating Drumree. Might be a tight one.
Killyon V Kil/Moy - Sean Geraghty and Willie McGrath to lead the men from near Oldcastle to victory." Congrats to the always tough Killyon on being up by 7 points at half time and losing by 7 to the 'soft' Dunboyne. A true mark of a tough team blowing half time leads"
butterfly (Meath) - Posts: 112 - 05/09/2021 15:17:03
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Longwood V Na Fianna
Na Fianna look solid. Next up for them is Ratoath, interesting.
Ratoath V Kildalkey
Kildalkey could have won this by 10, didnt use any subs which nearly cost them, Ratoath looked very ordinary in the 1st half, massive win for Kildalkey who play Trim next. Ratoath very complacent me thinks.
Kiltale V Trim
Kiltale made Trim look poor, solid performance from Kiltale without setting the world alight. Trim in trouble, lose again and they are possibly out.
Kilmessan V BHG
Great win for Kilmessan, puts them back in the frame, might also plant seeds of doubt in BHG heads.
Dunboyne V Killyon
Big win for Dunboyne who i believe trailed by 7 at one stage, Killyon in trouble now, missing a player for next round aswell after a straight red.
Wolfe Tones V CNG
Huge score by both teams, good win for CNG, Tones heading for the trap door.
StickFan (Meath) - Posts: 217 - 06/09/2021 09:15:59
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What is going on in Longwood?
I know they do struggle every year for numbers but only two subs togged Saturday and hammered by Ma Fianna a team they usually beat, there always competitive but this year they look like a intermediate team.
Slimbob (Meath) - Posts: 26 - 07/09/2021 09:41:44
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Replying To Slimbob: "What is going on in Longwood?
I know they do struggle every year for numbers but only two subs togged Saturday and hammered by Ma Fianna a team they usually beat, there always competitive but this year they look like a intermediate team." Didn't enter the pre championship competition either this year. Lucky they are senior A as they cant be relegated.
butterfly (Meath) - Posts: 112 - 07/09/2021 14:06:00
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Replying To Slimbob: "What is going on in Longwood?
I know they do struggle every year for numbers but only two subs togged Saturday and hammered by Ma Fianna a team they usually beat, there always competitive but this year they look like a intermediate team." I think it's called the age. Were well beaten by Na Fianna last year as well, writing has been on the wall and with a small panel, injuries and loss of form by any player will have a greater effect than where there is a strong panel.
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It would be a shame if they stopped competing because they have turned over some big wins over last decade, but if you take the two Healys out that team a top free taker and the other winning frees and puck outs there a poor intermediate a team
Slimbob (Meath) - Posts: 26 - 07/09/2021 14:52:08
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Replying To MillerX: "I think it's called the age. Were well beaten by Na Fianna last year as well, writing has been on the wall and with a small panel, injuries and loss of form by any player will have a greater effect than where there is a strong panel." I guess the amalgamation between them and killyon was eventually going to show some issue, both clubs have played at underage together for last 10 odd years. Hurling in those 2 parishes is under pressure at the minute all be it i think Longwood could be doing more work with their underage setup, Killyon are producing better players at present but just don't have enough of them, both teams continue to depend on older players and fair play to them for continually answering the call. They will probably eventually join up.
StickFan (Meath) - Posts: 217 - 07/09/2021 14:54:39
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Looking at the intermediate, could Kells slip down to Junior?
butterfly (Meath) - Posts: 112 - 07/09/2021 15:37:57
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Replying To StickFan: "I guess the amalgamation between them and killyon was eventually going to show some issue, both clubs have played at underage together for last 10 odd years. Hurling in those 2 parishes is under pressure at the minute all be it i think Longwood could be doing more work with their underage setup, Killyon are producing better players at present but just don't have enough of them, both teams continue to depend on older players and fair play to them for continually answering the call. They will probably eventually join up." They are actually in the one parish but could never see them joining up
royal1967 (Meath) - Posts: 293 - 07/09/2021 18:15:56
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Lads appear very concerned about killyon and longwood who are 2 senior teams. Would u not be more concerned about large towns like navan and kells only having weak intermediate teams or even no hurling in most of north meath. That to me is huge failing of the county board.
Foley91 (Meath) - Posts: 418 - 07/09/2021 20:05:18
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Replying To Foley91: "Lads appear very concerned about killyon and longwood who are 2 senior teams. Would u not be more concerned about large towns like navan and kells only having weak intermediate teams or even no hurling in most of north meath. That to me is huge failing of the county board." Would have to agree with you. Good to see St Colmcilles/St Pats having an underage team in. Two clubs that have/will have huge populations in the next few years so there really needs to be a hurling footprint
LeitrimRoyal99 (Meath) - Posts: 1527 - 07/09/2021 22:13:35
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Replying To StickFan: "I guess the amalgamation between them and killyon was eventually going to show some issue, both clubs have played at underage together for last 10 odd years. Hurling in those 2 parishes is under pressure at the minute all be it i think Longwood could be doing more work with their underage setup, Killyon are producing better players at present but just don't have enough of them, both teams continue to depend on older players and fair play to them for continually answering the call. They will probably eventually join up." Can't see that happening.
MillerX (Meath) - Posts: 1080 - 08/09/2021 00:01:57
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