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Replying To shaggykev:  "I think having the draw before provincial finals has one major benefit. It gives fans 3-4 weeks notice on next game.

Tickets, planning trips with friends etc.
The six day turnaround is never ideal and hurts prelims and quarter final attendances. Every match should have at least two weeks notice.

Tomorrow is strange but it still gives fans almost two weeks planning whereas after round 2 it's week on week. Round 2A winners know they'll be going to Croke Park two weeks later but don't even know whether it's a Saturday or Sunday.

Going to games is expensive so every bit of foresight is welcome. I think it's one of the biggest reasons Munster hurling is so well attended.

As for provincial finalists not getting benefits, you get home field advantage, know your next opponents afterwards and can treat final for what it is. That cup to be won. I doubt teams will take to final to lose as it will have no impact. It's a stand alone trophy and I think you'll find 3 of the 4 champions really cherished their trophy."
Oh 3 out of 4 and which county did nt cherish their trophy?
1.Kerry wanted to win the Munster cup this year more than any as its a new cup and its called "The Paidi O Se" cup.Motivation was never as high and the win was inmensely cherished.

2.Westmeath.No reply needed !

3.Armagh.They wanted an Ulster title and they deserved one more than any cointy after the heartache of penalty shoot outs and boy did they cherish it.

4.Roscommon. Brilliant scenes afterwards and huge celebrstions.Def cherished their win.

CiarraiMick (Dublin) - Posts: 4159 - 01/06/2026 16:16:49    2677046

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does anyone no if fionn mcdonagh is part of the panel and where did james macloughlin go from moycullen?

gbay (Galway) - Posts: 289 - 01/06/2026 19:12:22    2677103

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Replying To gbay:  "does anyone no if fionn mcdonagh is part of the panel and where did james macloughlin go from moycullen?"
McLaughlin went up to Cill Chartha for the Comórtas Peile on the weekend. He played in their quarter-final loss to Gaoth Dobhair.
He missed a huge amount of football from his latter years underage into his early senior years. He's seems to be getting an injury free run for a while now, so hopefully that continues. He needs plenty more games to continue to develop.

WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2845 - 01/06/2026 20:36:51    2677124

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Replying To CiarraiMick:  "Oh 3 out of 4 and which county did nt cherish their trophy?
1.Kerry wanted to win the Munster cup this year more than any as its a new cup and its called "The Paidi O Se" cup.Motivation was never as high and the win was inmensely cherished.

2.Westmeath.No reply needed !

3.Armagh.They wanted an Ulster title and they deserved one more than any cointy after the heartache of penalty shoot outs and boy did they cherish it.

4.Roscommon. Brilliant scenes afterwards and huge celebrstions.Def cherished their win."
I'd fear with what HQ have done with the provincial championships such scenes could becoming to an end.

Managers was still feeling their way through it this year and now they know what they know will probably act accordingly from next year especially if no extra perks is given to the provincial champion.

Drax_the_destroyer (UK) - Posts: 874 - 01/06/2026 21:09:39    2677134

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Any idea when club championship draw is?

Sportsfanatic90 (Westmeath) - Posts: 245 - 02/06/2026 07:22:03    2677159

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So Youth V Experience in Salthill. Remember the last time we had a visit from Westmeath.

giveitlong (Galway) - Posts: 1321 - 02/06/2026 08:55:40    2677167

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The luck has been with Galway in draws this year. Just needed to beat Leitrim to get a home All-Ireland series round 1 game and to reach the All-Ireland Quarter-finals Kildare and Westmeath to beat in Salthill. No disrespect to Kildare and Westmeath but Joyce and co wouldn't have hand picked better draws.

Drax_the_destroyer (UK) - Posts: 874 - 02/06/2026 09:26:08    2677185

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Westmeath at home.
That game in 2006 was one of the most frustrating evenings out.
The winners were going to play Dublin.
Our selector Ja Fallon who was retired and come out of retirement and got pole axed in the first few months and left the field with a broken collar bone.
That last game we played them in Mullingar was tight too, we needed a gift of a goal after a cross field pass from Ray Connellan went wrong.
From watching the Westmeath Cavan game, the 2 wing backs, Sam McCartan and the corner forward Brandon Kelly will need to be minded.

smallfrank (Galway) - Posts: 596 - 02/06/2026 09:31:10    2677189

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Westmeath, have been putting up some huge scores and are well coached which makes them very dangerous but with home advantage and a near full team available should be getting over the line and into a quarter final.
Relieved about not going up to Donegal

Jonnytest (Galway) - Posts: 27 - 02/06/2026 09:53:57    2677196

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Is there any way to predict if this fixture will be saturday or sunday?

giveitlong (Galway) - Posts: 1321 - 02/06/2026 10:16:17    2677209

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Replying To WanPintWin:  "McLaughlin went up to Cill Chartha for the Comórtas Peile on the weekend. He played in their quarter-final loss to Gaoth Dobhair.
He missed a huge amount of football from his latter years underage into his early senior years. He's seems to be getting an injury free run for a while now, so hopefully that continues. He needs plenty more games to continue to develop."
He had a superb game over the weekend, got most of the midfield ball and scored a few 2 pointers. Can't understand why James McLoughlin and Ger Davoren aren't on the panel now. They were on it when they weren't half as good.

Gearoid1998ffowaed (Galway) - Posts: 219 - 02/06/2026 10:19:10    2677210

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Good draw. The big question now is will the blond lad take out Fitzy, before he gets off with the liverpool lass.

Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4763 - 02/06/2026 10:24:56    2677213

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Replying To smallfrank:  "Westmeath at home.
That game in 2006 was one of the most frustrating evenings out.
The winners were going to play Dublin.
Our selector Ja Fallon who was retired and come out of retirement and got pole axed in the first few months and left the field with a broken collar bone.
That last game we played them in Mullingar was tight too, we needed a gift of a goal after a cross field pass from Ray Connellan went wrong.
From watching the Westmeath Cavan game, the 2 wing backs, Sam McCartan and the corner forward Brandon Kelly will need to be minded."
We were unlucky that day that we didn't goal from throw in, with a better shot that game was over in 30 seconds.
Also missing Kelly & Finnerty that day, fairly sure McDaid didn't play full game either.

Hard to look at that 2024 game without the 2023 game also as we schooled them in 2023 and they had much more work done on us in 2024.
Also one of the more defensive teams under the old rules, and we obviously prefer the new rules.

systematic (Galway) - Posts: 300 - 02/06/2026 11:02:17    2677229

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While happy with the draw,one only has to think back to the Meath match last year and we all know how that ended.Happy though to be avoiding Armagh and Donegal at this stage at least.

Cornetto2 (Galway) - Posts: 179 - 02/06/2026 11:45:14    2677257

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Replying To Cornetto2:  "While happy with the draw,one only has to think back to the Meath match last year and we all know how that ended.Happy though to be avoiding Armagh and Donegal at this stage at least."
Meath did promote to div1 this season, while Westmeath just failed to exit div3. Let's not be bluffing or waffling here, we got the softest draw available by a country mile. If we can't bate a team on our home patch that recently went to extra time v Kildare and Cavan, we won't deserve our qfinal spot. It's interesting that Galway got the softest draws imaginable this season, after drawing a serious 'group of death' a year ago.

Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4763 - 02/06/2026 12:01:26    2677269

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Tyrone v Galway Minor Quarter final set for Saturday 2pm in Ashbourne Meath. Roscommon not happy to be playing Ulster opposition in a Ulster venue and rightly so so at least Galway avoided that.

Drax_the_destroyer (UK) - Posts: 874 - 02/06/2026 12:20:52    2677278

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Replying To Jonnytest:  "Westmeath, have been putting up some huge scores and are well coached which makes them very dangerous but with home advantage and a near full team available should be getting over the line and into a quarter final.
Relieved about not going up to Donegal"
I'd look at that with a pinch of salt since nearly all of those games went to extra time

ColmFlaherty (Galway) - Posts: 80 - 02/06/2026 12:27:46    2677282

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Replying To Drax_the_destroyer:  "Tyrone v Galway Minor Quarter final set for Saturday 2pm in Ashbourne Meath. Roscommon not happy to be playing Ulster opposition in a Ulster venue and rightly so so at least Galway avoided that."
That's a crazy choice of venue and I'd imagine the crowd will be tiny. They could have had it in Cavan with the other game or Carrick, Longford, Sligo

smallfrank (Galway) - Posts: 596 - 02/06/2026 12:58:42    2677295

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Replying To Pope_Benedict:  "Meath did promote to div1 this season, while Westmeath just failed to exit div3. Let's not be bluffing or waffling here, we got the softest draw available by a country mile. If we can't bate a team on our home patch that recently went to extra time v Kildare and Cavan, we won't deserve our qfinal spot. It's interesting that Galway got the softest draws imaginable this season, after drawing a serious 'group of death' a year ago."
Regardless of divisions 1 or 3, Westmeath put a good beating on Meath in this year's championship, which is more relevant. I'd have them as a better team than Meath at the moment, but much of a muchness.
One thing they do have is pace and lots of it. They have direct runners from deep, which is something we haven't coped well with. Kildare did very little of this, so we weren't tested.
I'd prefer us kicking the ball wide than getting turned over, as we could be hit badly on the counter.
Need to put a squeeze on their kickout as much as possible.

WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2845 - 02/06/2026 13:09:46    2677299

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Went is Matty Thompson back?

WonTon5 (Galway) - Posts: 161 - 02/06/2026 13:34:53    2677315

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