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How Do We Improve Meath Inter County Hurling?

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Replying To RegionalsGuru:  "We should have a regional championship for hurling. Look at the excitement and success the regional football championship has brought to the county. There is no reason why this shouldn't be replicated for the small ball. A bit of winter hurling to harden the lads up. Happy to hear everyones thoughts"
Yeah i like the idea and would be interested in seeing it. Problem i see with it is that i highly doubt you would get buy in from the players. It can be very hit and miss with the footballers and there are far more footballers in the county than hurlers so probably wouldn't work.
Would be interesting though to see what teams are paired up with each other.

Tobefair80 (Meath) - Posts: 81 - 05/03/2025 13:52:52    2594881

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Replying To RegionalsGuru:  "We should have a regional championship for hurling. Look at the excitement and success the regional football championship has brought to the county. There is no reason why this shouldn't be replicated for the small ball. A bit of winter hurling to harden the lads up. Happy to hear everyones thoughts"
Could be interesting but I would much rather see the loikes of the Brendan Davis, Billy Byrne etc (or make a new competition) as a cross borders tournament with Meath, Westmeath and Kildare. Not playing the same teams over and over. Now opposition and would drive on the standard of hurling.

bountyboy22 (USA) - Posts: 44 - 05/03/2025 14:14:31    2594890

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Replying To bountyboy22:  "Could be interesting but I would much rather see the loikes of the Brendan Davis, Billy Byrne etc (or make a new competition) as a cross borders tournament with Meath, Westmeath and Kildare. Not playing the same teams over and over. Now opposition and would drive on the standard of hurling."
Now that's an idea that i like, great shout.

Tobefair80 (Meath) - Posts: 81 - 06/03/2025 09:21:16    2594992

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Replying To bountyboy22:  "Could be interesting but I would much rather see the loikes of the Brendan Davis, Billy Byrne etc (or make a new competition) as a cross borders tournament with Meath, Westmeath and Kildare. Not playing the same teams over and over. Now opposition and would drive on the standard of hurling."
There was a Leinster League a number of years ago with clubs graded fairly evenly but there was a poor take up by Meath clubs. Part of the problem was midweek fixtures. Additional travel after work would be an issue for a lot of players.

MillerX (Meath) - Posts: 1099 - 07/03/2025 19:16:45    2595308

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Replying To MillerX:  "There was a Leinster League a number of years ago with clubs graded fairly evenly but there was a poor take up by Meath clubs. Part of the problem was midweek fixtures. Additional travel after work would be an issue for a lot of players."
That Leinster League is actually still going.

Selwyn (Meath) - Posts: 400 - 07/03/2025 21:52:00    2595329

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Fair play to boyne trim getting to all ireland final, seems to be great support behind them and a lot of fine hurlers. future looking good

Points76 (Meath) - Posts: 32 - 08/03/2025 00:07:26    2595338

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Must say the new rules are working well in the cups , walkovers all round at lower levels.
The donal o loinsigh cup will be won by whoever can field a team.
Unlimited subs for your first team but use that player twice for 5 mins and he cant play second team , who comes up with this ?
Kilmessan entered three teams in the cups , two of those gave walkovers at the weeknd

Also why are St. Pats in the junior cup when they are a intermediate club?

hurlit (Meath) - Posts: 426 - 10/03/2025 13:41:08    2595757

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Replying To hurlit:  "Must say the new rules are working well in the cups , walkovers all round at lower levels.
The donal o loinsigh cup will be won by whoever can field a team.
Unlimited subs for your first team but use that player twice for 5 mins and he cant play second team , who comes up with this ?
Kilmessan entered three teams in the cups , two of those gave walkovers at the weeknd

Also why are St. Pats in the junior cup when they are a intermediate club?"
Pats have a team in the Billy Byrne cup aswell. Fair Play to them fielding two teams. not long ago they were stuggling to get one out.

Islander21 (Meath) - Posts: 24 - 10/03/2025 18:38:41    2595836

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Is there a real chance that the Senior Hurers could be relegated down to Division 3 for next year? Down and Kildare both left while to play. Loads of new faces but not looking to good at the moment. Unlucky in Kerry but could have won in Derry.

bountyboy22 (USA) - Posts: 44 - 11/03/2025 09:55:15    2595899

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Replying To bountyboy22:  "Is there a real chance that the Senior Hurers could be relegated down to Division 3 for next year? Down and Kildare both left while to play. Loads of new faces but not looking to good at the moment. Unlucky in Kerry but could have won in Derry."
One thing in our favour is Down might not care about the game this weekend. They're already promoted.

CastleBravo (Meath) - Posts: 1675 - 12/03/2025 12:11:29    2596062

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Replying To bountyboy22:  "Is there a real chance that the Senior Hurers could be relegated down to Division 3 for next year? Down and Kildare both left while to play. Loads of new faces but not looking to good at the moment. Unlucky in Kerry but could have won in Derry."
Seems to be a bit of a disaster so far, lots of new faces but I'm not sure you will have anything better come championship time. I don't see the current team taking many points in the Christy Ring. Is there any match reports that we can see? I don't ever see anything on the Hoganstand after a game which doesn't really promote the game.

Tobefair80 (Meath) - Posts: 81 - 12/03/2025 12:31:30    2596066

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Replying To Tobefair80:  "Seems to be a bit of a disaster so far, lots of new faces but I'm not sure you will have anything better come championship time. I don't see the current team taking many points in the Christy Ring. Is there any match reports that we can see? I don't ever see anything on the Hoganstand after a game which doesn't really promote the game."
Best match report i find is been at the games.

ParcT (Meath) - Posts: 22 - 13/03/2025 08:07:32    2596179

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Replying To ParcT:  "Best match report i find is been at the games."
Great comment, you obviously don't understand the word report.

Tobefair80 (Meath) - Posts: 81 - 13/03/2025 10:23:28    2596209

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Bizzare how we were talking about being almost destined for Div 3, and then they go and beat Down, and now we're talking about promotion if we beat Kildare. Mad altogether

Selwyn (Meath) - Posts: 400 - 16/03/2025 10:35:06    2596676

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Replying To Tobefair80:  "Great comment, you obviously don't understand the word report."
The reply was flippant but his point is true. It's a bit of a hollow complaint to be demanding that others "promote the game" while saying you never go to the games yourself.

CastleBravo (Meath) - Posts: 1675 - 17/03/2025 14:27:07    2596901

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Replying To CastleBravo:  "The reply was flippant but his point is true. It's a bit of a hollow complaint to be demanding that others "promote the game" while saying you never go to the games yourself."
Where did i say i never go to a game? I would love to be in a position where by i have nothing else to be doing except driving to Kerry and Derry to watch hurling and i would imagine a lot of people are in the same boat as me but i am not at that stage in life just yet.
How is suggesting that a PRO do the job that they are assigned to do demanding anything?

Do you not think that a report of the game should be put up on social media by the PRO so that people and clubs can see how their friends/club mates are getting on??

Tobefair80 (Meath) - Posts: 81 - 18/03/2025 08:57:15    2596977

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Replying To Selwyn:  "Bizzare how we were talking about being almost destined for Div 3, and then they go and beat Down, and now we're talking about promotion if we beat Kildare. Mad altogether"
Might be mad BUT it's great…..just having something to play for on the final round of the League and Kildare will NOT be comfortable coming to Trim needing at least a draw (not an easy matter - to play for a draw in hurling), to advance in a League where they were one of the dominant teams, how things can turn in week?
The return of Damien Healy was a tremendous boost to the team. Went off in the second half and that's worrying but hopefully it was precautionary and that he'll be available on Saturday. Could do with a few more big men as the fore mentioned Damien Healy's aerial power was indispensable last Saturday.
Next Step?
As many as possible get to Trim on Saturday and give our lads a lift.

MillerX (Meath) - Posts: 1099 - 18/03/2025 19:36:04    2597135

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It's a pity the senior game is clashing with the minor game in Birr. You'd imagine both teams will be up against it playing Kildare and Offaly. Anyone know much about the minors?

hedgefund (Meath) - Posts: 16 - 19/03/2025 10:36:30    2597214

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The board need to have a look at how the cups are run next season after some of the shambles this year

In the Brendan Davis: Na Fianna concede one game in A, Longwood concede one in B, Dunderry do the same in C
Billy Byrne: Group C doesn't even see a game played. Kildalkey go through without having played a match
Dónal O Loinsigh: Kildalkey beat Kiltale in first game in A and that's the only game played in that group. Same in C, Pats win their first game and the rest are walkovers. B is only one played fully. Kildalkey go straight to a final ( having only played one game) and St Pats into a semi final to play winner of B. One of Ashbourne, Ratoath or Dunderry will lose out because of the draw.

Whatever about at junior or intermediate, it shouldn't be a case that a senior club has to give a walkover in March.

RR (Meath) - Posts: 166 - 20/03/2025 12:09:41    2597454

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Replying To RR:  "The board need to have a look at how the cups are run next season after some of the shambles this year

In the Brendan Davis: Na Fianna concede one game in A, Longwood concede one in B, Dunderry do the same in C
Billy Byrne: Group C doesn't even see a game played. Kildalkey go through without having played a match
Dónal O Loinsigh: Kildalkey beat Kiltale in first game in A and that's the only game played in that group. Same in C, Pats win their first game and the rest are walkovers. B is only one played fully. Kildalkey go straight to a final ( having only played one game) and St Pats into a semi final to play winner of B. One of Ashbourne, Ratoath or Dunderry will lose out because of the draw.

Whatever about at junior or intermediate, it shouldn't be a case that a senior club has to give a walkover in March."
It's a bit of a dilemma how to grade players for the cup.

The list system is a blatant joke, and just ends up in clubs fielding several teams using the same players on stacked "second" teams.

On the other hand when they tie a player's grade to what team he actually lines out for (like this year) you end up with a lot of walkovers as there's heaps of players away with the county, U20s, schools etc.

Also, Dunderry didn't concede any games in the Davis Cup, there was a game scratched after an ineligible player was played.

CastleBravo (Meath) - Posts: 1675 - 20/03/2025 16:29:22    2597522

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