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Any thoughts on Junior 1 final? Will St Josephs finally get over the line or are The Downs just too strong? Greengrass1 (Westmeath) - Posts: 107 - 19/10/2026 15:58:35 2697915 Link 0 |
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Do Joseph's go up Intermediate automatically as downs are a second team? Im assuming Joseph's will be our representative in Leinster either way...
Highball_Lowball (Westmeath) - Posts: 20 - 19/10/2026 17:04:20 2697925 Link 0 |
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The Downs second team would go up to intermediate if they win, as their first team plays in the senior championship there would be no collision to prevent them from going up. St Joseph's are already confirmed as the Westmeath reps in the Leinster Junior football championship and will play the winners of Curraha (Meath) and Ballymore (Longford) in the quarter final. Ballymore actually lost their junior final but Clonguish B beat them so can't go on and represent in Leinster.
BadgerDog (Westmeath) - Posts: 128 - 19/10/2026 19:28:09 2697946 Link 1 |
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Second teams can't play in Leinster but they can play in Intermediate in Westmeath so The Downs could win Junior 1 and not play in Leinster but still play Intermediate level in 2027
Darragh (Westmeath) - Posts: 386 - 19/10/2026 22:52:36 2697971 Link 1 |
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If Shandoangh win at the weekend, Can Will Scahill play in the Leinster campaign? I have heard he can as some counties allow u18s play to play. Temple56 (Westmeath) - Posts: 672 - 20/10/2026 12:46:14 2698003 Link 0 |
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Yes, as far as I'm aware the rule for Leinster is u18s can play, its only a by law in Westmeath that stops them. Same thing applies if teams enter the Leinster league at the start of the year
WestmeathGael1 (Westmeath) - Posts: 13 - 20/10/2026 14:45:23 2698018 Link 0 |
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Yes he will be allowed play.
BadgerDog (Westmeath) - Posts: 128 - 20/10/2026 14:49:17 2698019 Link 0 |
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PowellJohn3 (Westmeath) - Posts: 112 - 20/10/2026 15:19:09 2698024 Link 0 |
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How does this work ?
A_Chairde (Westmeath) - Posts: 400 - 20/10/2026 16:19:39 2698032 Link 0 |
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No need to worry about it. I cant see them winning.
Meridian (Westmeath) - Posts: 742 - 20/10/2026 16:23:26 2698033 Link 0 |
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Well it matters to Milltown too. I'm sure they'd love to have Eoin Donohue playing.
jamsie (Westmeath) - Posts: 538 - 20/10/2026 16:33:04 2698036 Link 0 |
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The rules for Leinster Gaa club competitions is a player has to have celebrated their 17th birthday before January 1st of that current championship year, so basically on last year of minor (u-18) to be eligible , whereas the rule in Westmeath is a player has to be 18 or over (u-19) to be eligible. I know that Westmeath teams that have entered Leinster competitions as a pre season type thing have been allowed to play 17 year olds but then could not play them in Westmeath competitions later that year. However, I have spoken to someone since earlier and they said that Local County bye laws take precedence in scenarios like this. He is under the impression a player can only play in the provincial campaign if they are legally eligible to play in their own county championship first. But we should really be focusing on the actual final and letting the top table figure these things out if they need to be. BadgerDog (Westmeath) - Posts: 128 - 20/10/2026 16:51:30 2698039 Link 0 |