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Replying To Onion Breath:  "Down were poor but another very good performance from U-20 hurlers yesterday. Won by 4-29 to 0-10. Really impressive half forward line of Colm Kavanagh, Jake Nolan and Ruairi Murphy - all senior stars of the future with Jake Nolan one who could get a starting place soon if he keeps this improving form up. I saw this team lose badly in their first game against Kerry and they were terrible and by the end of it they had lost discipline which is never a good sign. But two great wins v Westmeath and Down now puts them in a good position to win this Leinster B. Fair play to management for turning this around as they were a write off after the Kerry match, for me anyway.

Minor hurlers took a trimming off Antrim yesterday up in Dublin but in fairness Antrim have been beating most teams by similar and Carlow seemed to rest most of the dual players probably no harm after the tough football match during the week and with the minor football all Ireland starting soon."
Down were very poor but Carlow have improved hugely since that Kerry debacle. Against Kerry we were shocking in every aspect.
Our first touch was terrible but against Down we hardly missed a rise or catch and we hunted Down incessantly. It yielded scores and our point taking and teamwork was excellent. Credit to the players and management for turning things around. Really built on the 2nd half performance against Westmeath
Great to see !

carlowman (Carlow) - Posts: 1901 - 03/05/2026 18:34:59    2670694

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Big weekend ahead for our hurlers and footballers!
After the disappointing championship performance against Wicklow, will our footballers be able to rise to the occasion of Antrim in NCP and will the hurlers be able to put another big performance together against Down in Ballycran ?
Two wins would be exceptional i feel.
Our hurlers will be up against an improving Down who have their 2 wins already in the Joe Mc and in Ballycran will be very hard to beat.
Antrim were not at their best in our league encounter and had a good finish to their league campaign and i think will really put it up to our lads.
Two tough matches !

carlowman (Carlow) - Posts: 1901 - 06/05/2026 10:53:18    2671242

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Replying To carlowman:  "Big weekend ahead for our hurlers and footballers!
After the disappointing championship performance against Wicklow, will our footballers be able to rise to the occasion of Antrim in NCP and will the hurlers be able to put another big performance together against Down in Ballycran ?
Two wins would be exceptional i feel.
Our hurlers will be up against an improving Down who have their 2 wins already in the Joe Mc and in Ballycran will be very hard to beat.
Antrim were not at their best in our league encounter and had a good finish to their league campaign and i think will really put it up to our lads.
Two tough matches !"
Any word on who has dropped from the squad or any injuries we might be missing? Big match to get off to a winning start

CarlowJuniorB (Clare) - Posts: 159 - 06/05/2026 22:21:09    2671384

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Replying To CarlowJuniorB:  "Any word on who has dropped from the squad or any injuries we might be missing? Big match to get off to a winning start"
From what I've heard we're struggling a lot with injuries, going to be a big ask to get a result.

Collio (Carlow) - Posts: 102 - 07/05/2026 11:45:37    2671433

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Replying To CarlowJuniorB:  "Any word on who has dropped from the squad or any injuries we might be missing? Big match to get off to a winning start"
I head Atkinson & Cho Cho gone. Lack of game time apparently. Such a pity as the hard ground would suit Cho Cho well with his burst of pace & strength. Hulton suspended also which doesn't help along with a few injuries. It all seems to be gone very flat after the highs of the league. The hiding we took against Wicklow won't help either. Will be very hard to get a result.
I think the hurlers will just about get it over the line against Down but it won't be easy especially up there

carlo (Carlow) - Posts: 333 - 07/05/2026 13:27:45    2671450

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Replying To Collio:  "From what I've heard we're struggling a lot with injuries, going to be a big ask to get a result."
Lads have we seriously dropped our expectations to rock bottom already, it's Antrim for goodness sake, not Donegal! If we expect to survive at division 3 this should be straightforward.. how can it be gone flat if the TC was our championship target and the BIG plan not Leinster.. ?

Carlowtothecore1 (Carlow) - Posts: 137 - 07/05/2026 17:05:27    2671482

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Replying To carlo:  "I head Atkinson & Cho Cho gone. Lack of game time apparently. Such a pity as the hard ground would suit Cho Cho well with his burst of pace & strength. Hulton suspended also which doesn't help along with a few injuries. It all seems to be gone very flat after the highs of the league. The hiding we took against Wicklow won't help either. Will be very hard to get a result.
I think the hurlers will just about get it over the line against Down but it won't be easy especially up there"
Choo choo going isn't as big of a loss as some think. Unfortunately doesn't have the same pace he once had that used to make up for some rawness in his play, his cameos against London and Longford were quite poor to be honest. Heard a few names were out injured with one big starter but could just be a rumour so no point putting fuel on it.

Footballers could be up against it this weekend massively unfortunately but let's hope Joe can pull something from the panel.

CarlowJuniorB (Clare) - Posts: 159 - 07/05/2026 21:33:59    2671513

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Replying To Carlowtothecore1:  "Lads have we seriously dropped our expectations to rock bottom already, it's Antrim for goodness sake, not Donegal! If we expect to survive at division 3 this should be straightforward.. how can it be gone flat if the TC was our championship target and the BIG plan not Leinster.. ?"
Because going by what I've heard we have lost a few key players and missing one through suspension. Losing this weekend isn't the end obviously.

CarlowJuniorB (Clare) - Posts: 159 - 07/05/2026 22:14:40    2671516

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Replying To CarlowJuniorB:  "Because going by what I've heard we have lost a few key players and missing one through suspension. Losing this weekend isn't the end obviously."
Who have we lost that's key? Tu tu seemed to be only getting a few minutes to Keep him quiet, management had very little faith in him, the other guy mentioned got no game time.. so in reality we're short 1 player due to suspension was wasn't a regular starter?? Please correct me if wrong.

Carlowtothecore1 (Carlow) - Posts: 137 - 08/05/2026 10:15:37    2671558

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Replying To Carlowtothecore1:  "Lads have we seriously dropped our expectations to rock bottom already, it's Antrim for goodness sake, not Donegal! If we expect to survive at division 3 this should be straightforward.. how can it be gone flat if the TC was our championship target and the BIG plan not Leinster.. ?"
Antrim aren't as poor a side as the beginning of their league campaign made out. Finished with 4 wins on the trot. If injury woes are true we will be doing well to get a win, not writing us off but saying it will be a tough task.

Collio (Carlow) - Posts: 102 - 08/05/2026 10:29:39    2671563

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