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Replying To rorysboys:  "How do you know this information is correct."
It was on the scoreboard at the end of the game. Cavan won.

peiledoir20 (Donegal) - Posts: 1070 - 08/01/2025 15:15:49    2585041

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Replying To dgcrusader:  "Fair dues to them, theyre a credit to the county! The team they are playing, Kilmurry, have played in the last 3 Munster Junior club finals, I suppose that's the club system they run in Cork and Kerry but hardly fair in the grand scheme of things! These teams tend to be strongest when it comes to the Junior Club Championship then!"
Just on Kerry first of all, it wouldn't have happened with a Kerry club, as their Junior championship winners would be up in Intermediate the following year.

It's a bit of an unusual situation for Kilmurry in Cork.
In 2022 they won the Cork Junior A championship. That was the competition which qualified them for Munster at the time.
However, in 2023 Cork football championships were restructured. The Premier Junior championship was created, which took the top 8 Junior A teams and bottom 4 Intermediate teams. So Kilmurry ended up there in 2023, instead of going to Intermediate.

In 2023 they actually lost the Premier Junior final to Finbarr's and didn't get promoted. But as Finbarr's weren't a first team for the club (they have a senior team), they weren't allowed to represent Cork in Munster. So Kilmurry did, as they were beaten finalists.

In 2024 Kilmurry went a step better and won the Premier Junior. So now they're representing Cork again.
It's a bit of a quirk, but they'll finally be gone off to Intermediate this year.

WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2220 - 08/01/2025 16:18:17    2585050

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Replying To peiledoir20:  "It was on the scoreboard at the end of the game. Cavan won."
Suppose you were at the game too lol. Any word lad on Mogan and Murphy s injury

rorysboys (Donegal) - Posts: 2571 - 08/01/2025 21:20:34    2585089

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Replying To rorysboys:  "How do you know this information is correct."
I actually heard something similar before the 2020 Ulster final, what I heard was that they were training for Dublin and some players were even left out of the Ulster final squad with that potential next match in mind.

It was a mistake, Cavan were the better team on the day and deserved to be Ulster Champions, I felt Cavan were a talented squad who had seriously underachieved for years following major underage success in Ulster.

Commodore (Donegal) - Posts: 1215 - 09/01/2025 08:02:37    2585115

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Replying To WanPintWin:  "Just on Kerry first of all, it wouldn't have happened with a Kerry club, as their Junior championship winners would be up in Intermediate the following year.

It's a bit of an unusual situation for Kilmurry in Cork.
In 2022 they won the Cork Junior A championship. That was the competition which qualified them for Munster at the time.
However, in 2023 Cork football championships were restructured. The Premier Junior championship was created, which took the top 8 Junior A teams and bottom 4 Intermediate teams. So Kilmurry ended up there in 2023, instead of going to Intermediate.

In 2023 they actually lost the Premier Junior final to Finbarr's and didn't get promoted. But as Finbarr's weren't a first team for the club (they have a senior team), they weren't allowed to represent Cork in Munster. So Kilmurry did, as they were beaten finalists.

In 2024 Kilmurry went a step better and won the Premier Junior. So now they're representing Cork again.
It's a bit of a quirk, but they'll finally be gone off to Intermediate this year."
Yes it was just the way it worked out for them due to the restructuring and the Barr's winning the county that they have been in the last 3 Munster Junior finals.

I wouldn't say that it's unfair in the scheme of things as the poster previous said.
Kilmurry are in effect the 49th ranked club team in Cork club football.

Premier Senior -12 teams + seperate Divisions/Colleges section.
Senior A - 12 teams
Premier Intermediate - 12 teams
Intermediate A - 12 teams
Premier Junior (which Kilmurry won) 12 teams.

Muff would be ranked 29th in Donegal if I'm correct in saying there's 16 senior clubs and 12 intermediate clubs?

So it's the 29th best team playing the 49th best team. Hardly unfair!!

Avondhu86 (Cork) - Posts: 10 - 09/01/2025 08:12:30    2585116

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