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Replying To kodak13:  "Look at the state of the senior hurling championship in wicklow in fairness. How would you have a decent county team when you only have 6 teams playing senior. The football is far more ahead in every way"
Correction: There are 8 teams playing senior hurling in Wicklow. That comment goes to show how in tune you are with the hurling scene in Wicklow... A county that has serious potential if the same resources and funding were applied to hurling as football. It wasn't too long ago Wicklow hurlers were rubbing shoulders with Kildare and now they'll be playing in this years Leinster Championship after the investment and development of players was made over the last decade. There's no reason why the same can't be done in Wicklow. You say that Wicklow football is far more ahead but the results say otherwise. The hurlers have achieved promotion and the footballers stay in Division 4 for another year. The club football champions fail to make an impression in the Leinster Club Championship in most years, while the club hurling champions usually give Leinster a decent rattle. It's about time hurling was treated with respect in Wicklow.

TheChampion (Wicklow) - Posts: 27 - 23/03/2026 00:09:16    2662402

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Replying To TheChampion:  "Correction: There are 8 teams playing senior hurling in Wicklow. That comment goes to show how in tune you are with the hurling scene in Wicklow... A county that has serious potential if the same resources and funding were applied to hurling as football. It wasn't too long ago Wicklow hurlers were rubbing shoulders with Kildare and now they'll be playing in this years Leinster Championship after the investment and development of players was made over the last decade. There's no reason why the same can't be done in Wicklow. You say that Wicklow football is far more ahead but the results say otherwise. The hurlers have achieved promotion and the footballers stay in Division 4 for another year. The club football champions fail to make an impression in the Leinster Club Championship in most years, while the club hurling champions usually give Leinster a decent rattle. It's about time hurling was treated with respect in Wicklow."
Very good post.

Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 2169 - 23/03/2026 09:09:15    2662417

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Replying To kodak13:  "Look at the state of the senior hurling championship in wicklow in fairness. How would you have a decent county team when you only have 6 teams playing senior. The football is far more ahead in every way"
Last time I looked, the hurlers were in Division 2, footballers in Division 4.

And also the last time I looked, hurlers played a match against a team that they were expected to beat, and did so.

sponger (Wicklow) - Posts: 2982 - 23/03/2026 12:39:24    2662495

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Replying To sponger:  "Last time I looked, the hurlers were in Division 2, footballers in Division 4.

And also the last time I looked, hurlers played a match against a team that they were expected to beat, and did so."
These guys would have the guts, bravery, pride and heart to defend an 11 pt lead. Footballers are making a virtue of losing leads when their backs are to the wall.

Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 2169 - 23/03/2026 13:44:44    2662526

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How is the final in Aughrim ???

sponger (Wicklow) - Posts: 2982 - 23/03/2026 15:05:07    2662571

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Replying To sponger:  "How is the final in Aughrim ???"
Croke Park disdain for the lower regions of the hurling leagues ?? Again. I understood that was to be in Croker.

Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 2169 - 23/03/2026 15:30:48    2662585

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Replying To sponger:  "How is the final in Aughrim ???"
Croke park disdain for the lower regions of the hurling leagues again ?? I understood a final would be played in Croker - should we make it.

Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 2169 - 23/03/2026 15:32:01    2662588

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Minor hurlers play Kildare in Aughrim straight after at 4pm. They lost to Antrim at the weekend but had a cracking first half. Up.by 7 points at one stage.

liam500 (Wicklow) - Posts: 231 - 23/03/2026 18:31:29    2662661

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Replying To TheChampion:  "Correction: There are 8 teams playing senior hurling in Wicklow. That comment goes to show how in tune you are with the hurling scene in Wicklow... A county that has serious potential if the same resources and funding were applied to hurling as football. It wasn't too long ago Wicklow hurlers were rubbing shoulders with Kildare and now they'll be playing in this years Leinster Championship after the investment and development of players was made over the last decade. There's no reason why the same can't be done in Wicklow. You say that Wicklow football is far more ahead but the results say otherwise. The hurlers have achieved promotion and the footballers stay in Division 4 for another year. The club football champions fail to make an impression in the Leinster Club Championship in most years, while the club hurling champions usually give Leinster a decent rattle. It's about time hurling was treated with respect in Wicklow."
The hurling champions play in the intermediate part of Leinster. The football champions play senior in Leinster! Why is that??

kodak13 (Wicklow) - Posts: 123 - 23/03/2026 19:38:40    2662673

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Replying To Freethinker:  "Well, that's the third game that the lads have let slip when the chips are down. Twice against Limerick last year. First in the league with promotion the prize and then the TC in Croker. Both games in the bag then - zilch. And now today, 10 pts up and lose. That just can't happen in a "must win" game. So, no excuses or hard luck stories. We could fill several books with them. Again it was that old warrior to the fore when the chips were down. Maybe it's just as well. We are not good enough to get out of Div 4 - yet."
What about the Longford match last year or the Westmeath one? Came from behind in both of those. You can't select matches that suit the narrative you want to put out.

TopDrawer (Wicklow) - Posts: 74 - 24/03/2026 09:56:30    2662755

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Replying To TopDrawer:  "What about the Longford match last year or the Westmeath one? Came from behind in both of those. You can't select matches that suit the narrative you want to put out."
There is no narrative or conspiracy here. Just facts. We had a chance at promotion last year in Aughrim v Limerick. We blew it. We had Limerick on the rack in the TC semi and blew it. Same on Sunday when the chips were down. You go back over the last few years and there are many more incidences of where we just hung on after losing leads. This is no "narrative". It's reality. A " narrative" is where someone is trying to spread a story. I am simply stating facts. Whether you want to believe them, that's purely your choice. This team has a problem holding onto a lead. Plain and simple.

Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 2169 - 24/03/2026 10:40:05    2662776

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Replying To TheChampion:  "Correction: There are 8 teams playing senior hurling in Wicklow. That comment goes to show how in tune you are with the hurling scene in Wicklow... A county that has serious potential if the same resources and funding were applied to hurling as football. It wasn't too long ago Wicklow hurlers were rubbing shoulders with Kildare and now they'll be playing in this years Leinster Championship after the investment and development of players was made over the last decade. There's no reason why the same can't be done in Wicklow. You say that Wicklow football is far more ahead but the results say otherwise. The hurlers have achieved promotion and the footballers stay in Division 4 for another year. The club football champions fail to make an impression in the Leinster Club Championship in most years, while the club hurling champions usually give Leinster a decent rattle. It's about time hurling was treated with respect in Wicklow."
Agree with all of this. Have said it on here many times that i'd love to see even half of the funding & focus we put into Football being placed into Hurling as I firmly believe we have significant more potential to progress in the small ball than we do Football. Carlow, Westmeath and now Kildare have shown what can be done with the right approach and, like ourselves , are all counties that would consider themselves 'Football Counties'.

I noticed one of the social media sports outlets (sportsjoe maybe) had a post on the Leinster Football Champ ranking and we are bottom of the pile.

I also see some now familiar comments on the minors along the line of "these are supposed to be a really good group this year.........". If I had a tenner for every time I heard that over the last 15 years. Best of luck of to them and I hope they are a good group but we'll only see if we have a good group or not when we beat one of Dublin, Kildare ,Meath (and you'd have to include Louth in there now too), in a meaningful championship match.

Hawkeye2 (Wicklow) - Posts: 188 - 24/03/2026 13:57:30    2662863

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