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Replying To countyman2022:  "Can you tell me the positives over the last few weeks please?"
There are positives to take from minors and under 20s. The Minors were unlucky not to draw with Dublin, beat Kilkenny and did have a poor showing v Galway. I think the next day we will really know how good this minor team is and how they respond. The 20s have came on a lot through the campaign drawing with Kilkenny and should have really beaten Galway last night some poor wides cost us. We seemed to be coming on a bit too as regards S and C I think too with our underage teams which is a positive.
As regards the seniors I agree there isn't many positives bar young players making their championship debuts . I really hope we can pull something out in the last 2 rounds but the reality is performances havent been up to scratch all season.

Afinestick96 (Wexford) - Posts: 1070 - 14/05/2026 13:00:42    2672949

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Replying To Timbertony:  "Didn't see the game last night but would see taking this Galway team to extra time a net positive in the context of the hiding we got in the first round, result v Galway at Minor and ongoing results/performances at senior level. Forget who Galway brought on or didn't bring on, our lads can only play who is on the field against them. If it was more composure that let us down then that can be worked on. An age old problem if we are honest, recently seen in the Dublin senior league game that cost us promotion.

That baseline you refer to hasn't been consistently seen at senior level for some time. It should be non negotiable. Already a lot of expectation on O'Brien, worry about that a bit to be honest. Not sure it did Mcdonald any favours for example."
Agree on O'Brien, we're so starved of top quality players that we don't half overhype. He's got a great work ethic and obvious talent but when the noise around him is building him up into our saviour it can't be good for the lad.

YellowShadeOfPurple (Wexford) - Posts: 72 - 14/05/2026 13:01:27    2672950

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Was having a look today at schools results over the last few years, Flannan's and the Tipp schools have been good in Munster and then you have Kieran's and Kilkenny CBS as always in Leinster, Galway schools have been decent enough too without actually winning the AI, no real surprise that Clare played Tipp in Munster and now Galway are playing KK in Leinster

Galway would have had Pres (Athenry), St Raphael's (Loughrea), and Clarinbridge make the AI series in recent years, likes of Niland, Rabbitte, Killeen, Leen, Shaughnessy, Counihan, Morgan, and Callanan would've been on those teams if I'm not mistaken (And then the likes of Ponniard and Donoghue on their Minor team this year)

What's interesting about this is that the Clarinbridge team would've been made of up of about three clubs, and then about five clubs would've made up the Athenry and Loughrea teams

Compare this to KK and you'd have about 10 clubs making up the Kieran's teams and then about 7-8 clubs making up Kilkenny CBS, gets even crazier once you realise that both would have lads playing for them from Thomastown, Callan, Castlecomer, and the Rower

Galway schools go a good job at getting the most of what they have when you consider they're not picking from many clubs (Whereas Kieran's and Kilkenny CBS seem to have the pick of nearly the whole of KK), our schools should probably be doing better when you consider the feeder clubs for Peter's and Enniscorthy CBS, they'd probably have more clubs to pick from than any of those Galway schools would (Who have to make do with what they have and do a very good job at that)

ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 1211 - 14/05/2026 13:52:31    2672960

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Replying To Viking66:  "Thats a nonsense post. If you are talking about missing lads we were missing one of our best u20s from last year, probably the best u19 from last year who then started Senior hurling for his club, plus others like Gethings, Rossiter and Wickham who mightve been starters.
I dont think our u20s were badly coached this year, and they definitely showed more fight and dog than most Wexford teams over the last few years. JJ Doyle is over our minors, a good coach and an experienced Leinster and AI winning intercounty manager.
We have other things stacked against us. Aside from a ref who gave them a free that they scored for tripping one of their own players, and a very soft free that led to their equalising point, we were also away again. This year so far our minors, celtic challenge and u20 teams have played 13 games, with only 1 game each at home. Home advantage is huge at underage. Our minors have to travel to Munster to play a Munster team, again. Why can't these games alternate between Munster and Leinster venues? There are always 2 teams from each province at the preliminary QF stage?"
'Home advantage is huge at underage' you say. Galway wouldn't know anything about that.

Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4713 - 14/05/2026 14:01:16    2672964

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Lots of problems in Wexford GAA hurling at the moment. Sad to say.

galwayford (Galway) - Posts: 2750 - 14/05/2026 14:02:13    2672966

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Replying To galwayford:  "Lots of problems in Wexford GAA hurling at the moment. Sad to say."
Did you expect Wexford to win last night?

ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 1211 - 14/05/2026 15:06:04    2672974

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Replying To galwayford:  "Lots of problems in Wexford GAA hurling at the moment. Sad to say."
A lot, And most here pretend all is rosy.

countyman2022 (Wexford) - Posts: 993 - 14/05/2026 15:40:33    2672982

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Replying To countyman2022:  "A lot, And most here pretend all is rosy."
Noones pretending all is rosy here at all. Some are putting a load of time into trying to improve things, while others are freeloading, living off past reputations.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 19566 - 14/05/2026 16:23:23    2672988

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Replying To Pope_Benedict:  "'Home advantage is huge at underage' you say. Galway wouldn't know anything about that."
Agree 100%. Was only talking to a friend up your way about it this morning. Other Leinster counties get to play you at home in underage fixtures. We dont. Its the same with Munster counties. Apart from the odd time in Nowlan Park or Croke Park, the last time apart from 2019 was probably around 10 years ago, our games against them are always in Munster since the qualifiers were done away with. For example what would be wrong with the AI minor preliminary QFs alternating between Semple Stadium and Nowlan Park? There are always 2 teams from each province in them. Last time we beat a Munster team at minor we had to go all the way up there the following weekend to play another Munster county. We have reached a good few AIQFs in the last good few years and they were all played in Munster venues also.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 19566 - 14/05/2026 16:32:00    2672992

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Replying To Pope_Benedict:  "'Home advantage is huge at underage' you say. Galway wouldn't know anything about that."
You must be forgetting how your minors played Wexford in Athenry last year.

Also forgetting how your U20s played Offaly in Ballinasloe.

Also to point out that last night's U20 semi-final was technically and officially a home fixture for Wexford, but because of some new "distance rule" that applies this year and which I don't know the exact details of, Galway to Wexford was deemed too far a trip for Galway to make on a midweek evening, and so Wexford had to go to Portlaoise in order to play at "home".

Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 3604 - 14/05/2026 16:49:14    2672994

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Replying To ElGranSenor:  "Was having a look today at schools results over the last few years, Flannan's and the Tipp schools have been good in Munster and then you have Kieran's and Kilkenny CBS as always in Leinster, Galway schools have been decent enough too without actually winning the AI, no real surprise that Clare played Tipp in Munster and now Galway are playing KK in Leinster

Galway would have had Pres (Athenry), St Raphael's (Loughrea), and Clarinbridge make the AI series in recent years, likes of Niland, Rabbitte, Killeen, Leen, Shaughnessy, Counihan, Morgan, and Callanan would've been on those teams if I'm not mistaken (And then the likes of Ponniard and Donoghue on their Minor team this year)

What's interesting about this is that the Clarinbridge team would've been made of up of about three clubs, and then about five clubs would've made up the Athenry and Loughrea teams

Compare this to KK and you'd have about 10 clubs making up the Kieran's teams and then about 7-8 clubs making up Kilkenny CBS, gets even crazier once you realise that both would have lads playing for them from Thomastown, Callan, Castlecomer, and the Rower

Galway schools go a good job at getting the most of what they have when you consider they're not picking from many clubs (Whereas Kieran's and Kilkenny CBS seem to have the pick of nearly the whole of KK), our schools should probably be doing better when you consider the feeder clubs for Peter's and Enniscorthy CBS, they'd probably have more clubs to pick from than any of those Galway schools would (Who have to make do with what they have and do a very good job at that)"
The Galway schools probably train together more than once a week. Ill try find out.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 19566 - 14/05/2026 16:55:01    2672998

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Replying To countyman2022:  "A lot, And most here pretend all is rosy."
As Viking says above, absolutely nobody here or I daresay in the county at large is pretending everything is rosy.

Difference is, most of us find at least a few reasons to be at least a little positive about some of the efforts being made, that give us at least some hope for the future.

But so far as I can see, the question remains: do you ever have anything positive to say at all?

Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 3604 - 14/05/2026 17:17:33    2673005

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Replying To Viking66:  "We need to get it further up the pitch before driving it long. As it is from watching us this year I dont think we are doing much work on long puckouts in training. We are absolutely woeful at them, we arent even getting players on the quarters for the breaks.
And for a short game to work properly the 1st pass really needs to be at least 45 yards straight into a lads hand as he is running into space. If you only go to the 21 you need too many passes or bringing the ball through contact before you get the ball up to a decent delivery position to hit a hard flat ball inside into space. All opportunities for the opposition to turn you over. And turnovers in your own half invariably lead to scores.
We really dont have any way of retaining our own puckouts except for blind luck, or opponents not defending them properly. And thats really really poor 6 months after the lads getting together for the season."
Good observation Points, they must of only consentrated on short Puckout's, People receiving the Puck Out doesn't have the confidence or Skillset then we break down. It is also very easy for the Opposition to read if they do their homework. The Puckout is like Playing Craps in a Casino, it has to be better than that surely?? Everyone see's it, Crowd roaring at Fanning to hit it long wasn't a cry for doing something different, it was for the Backs to get a break from an onslaught..You are correct it shouldn't be blind luck.

Tox73 (Wexford) - Posts: 194 - 14/05/2026 17:18:36    2673006

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