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Replying To Onion Breath:  "I'm with Carps on this one. It will improve football in the county but only relatively marginally. The setback for hurling will not be marginal. It will be much more significant. How will any hurling only or dual club outside of the south keep numbers hurling when we all know the pressure on players to concentrate on football only will be considerable across most of the county. I'll be interested to see what happens in Bagenalstown. Senior hurling semi finalists last year, senior football semi finalists this year. Either one code will be losers or maybe more likely they'll be got between both and will back in both. That can't be good. Bagenalstown was in doldrums in both codes for long enough. As for Naomh Brid it must be very disheartening. Virtually all their players are football no. 1 priority. Likewise CTHC."
A worrying time for hurling after Thursday nights decision.
A lot of progress in the last few years on the hurling front is now in serious danger of being obliterated.
Carlow Tiwn, Naomh Brid, Ballinkillen, Kildavin, Burren Rangers and Setanta in danger of having far less numbers and fat fewer teams with lower standards.
Why did the reps NOT reverse the order by havijg football FIRST for a 2 or 3 year term. Then look at the figures and experiences of the football and hurling clubs and competitions.
Seriously blinkered decision.
'25 was a good year for football.
Fenagh defeated Tinryland.
Eire Og in relegation final.
Gramge had game after game due to draws.
Tullow won junior c with a late late 2 pointer.
Old Leighlin won with a late winner.
A good year for football.
Hurling has made positive strides but its future is now very bleak.

carlowman (Carlow) - Posts: 1884 - 20/12/2025 11:23:57    2648973

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Replying To carlowman:  "A worrying time for hurling after Thursday nights decision.
A lot of progress in the last few years on the hurling front is now in serious danger of being obliterated.
Carlow Tiwn, Naomh Brid, Ballinkillen, Kildavin, Burren Rangers and Setanta in danger of having far less numbers and fat fewer teams with lower standards.
Why did the reps NOT reverse the order by havijg football FIRST for a 2 or 3 year term. Then look at the figures and experiences of the football and hurling clubs and competitions.
Seriously blinkered decision.
'25 was a good year for football.
Fenagh defeated Tinryland.
Eire Og in relegation final.
Gramge had game after game due to draws.
Tullow won junior c with a late late 2 pointer.
Old Leighlin won with a late winner.
A good year for football.
Hurling has made positive strides but its future is now very bleak."
I honestly don't think there's going to be a compromise that will suit both codes. Hurling needs to be pushed not just within the rest of Carlow outside of the south but nationwide but the problem is football is just more predominant. In the same way MLR and St. Mullins are hurling first at the expense of football, the rest of the county is football first at the expense of hurling. What ever way the vote went, the voice of football first clubs will outweigh the hurling club voices and the football clubs obviously see the standard across the board is down compared to before.

There has to be something done to encourage lads to play hurling from the clubs point of view. The county board can do more but Carlow and Setanta have a catchment area of 27k but field three teams between them and aren't going senior anytime soon. Naomh Brid have three clubs to pull from. Burren rangers are the example for how to grow hurling and should be used as the template to get clubs going.

Hurling is fighting against a stacked deck but more needs to be done at a club level and a county board level outside of having a split championship to grow the sport.

CarlowJuniorB (Clare) - Posts: 61 - 20/12/2025 11:59:22    2648977

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