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Replying To fathermurphy: "We will meet ye in 2026!" Hopefully :) Bon (Kildare) - Posts: 2223 - 26/03/2025 11:11:09 2598652 Link
Replying To ExiledInWex: "Dead rubber or not, it always boils my urine to hear the "Limerick must have been bad" rhetoric. It has happened since Adam was a boy with Dublin, Even in 2013, beating Kilkenny after a replay was "Kilkenny must be bad". Dead rubber or not, Limerick still fielded a team with plenty of All-Ireland medals. I don't believe Wexford are in Limerick's league but it is green shoots for Rossiter blooding a new Wexford team. Now is when you want these lads putting their hand up. Its a shame for them that the match Galway were there to win because they could have stayed up if they had took care of business that day. But at least they finished the league on a high and the younger players will have learned lots playing 3/4 of Limerick starting team. I never buy the idea that any team deliberately throws a game or does not want to win it. You have 10 max competitive games a year, you go out to win them all. Limerick will be a different beast in a few weeks but still this is a morale boost. Wexford will be ready for Antrim now and this result will have done no harm. I feared you might go down and ship an awful pasting and delighted you didn't. I listened to The Hurling Pod on the way home from work today and there was not one mention of Wexford on it. Not even 1 line! It was all about how Limerick must have been bad. I think once its not on TV they resort to result analysis." Those on the Hurling Pod, Off the Ball, Balls.ie and RTE only love putting the boot into Limerick at every opportunity. The Cork girl on Off the ball couldn't contain her glee saying that Limerick have " definitely lost a couple of yards of pace". They love to comment on matches that they were not even at, and spend their time tearing down Limerick rather giving Wexford Credit where it was due. I was at the match, I though Wexford played well, moved the ball very deliberately into space and snuffed out the Limerick attack (which included five out of the six likely starters come championship). Wexford clearly wanted it more and but for their wayward shooting, should have won by more. It seems a bit unfortunate that injuries earlier in the league have cost them their division one status. I liked what I saw in Clare match and again on Saturday and I think they could make a Leinster Final this year. LimerickandProud (Limerick) - Posts: 120 - 26/03/2025 11:40:04 2598662 Link
Very interesting listening to Jason Ryan on the Wexford Hurling Podcast . It sounds like the set up is in a good place at the moment . One of the main takeaways for me was he said Donohoe is now a real option at midfield . By all accounts he was good there on Saturday. Wouldn't mind seeing him there myself in fairness he has a serious engine along with his clubman Hearne. We have good options at the back now with Jippo back along with Shane Reck, Conor Foley, Cian Molloy , Charlie McGuckin, Damien Reck , Eoin Ryan and Richie Lawlor. At midfield we are looking at Hearne, Dunbar and Donohoe as our most likely starters there. Then in the forwards we have Dunbar ( if not midfield) , Chin, ROC, K Foley, Cian Byrne, J Redmond , Jack O Connor and Seamus Casey as most likely championship starters. The likes of Tucker Kinsella, Mike Kelly , Niall Murphy, Darragh Carley, Conall Clancy & David Codd could well feature at some point too as well as the returning Conor Mac in mid May all going well. If we can keep our main players fit I think we have built good strength in depth over the league and have a team well capable of at least getting to a Leinster final. If we can get back there who knows what can happen! Afinestick96 (Wexford) - Posts: 479 - 26/03/2025 11:49:33 2598664 Link
Replying To Afinestick96: "What is our under 20 team looking like ? I think Simon Roche , Sean Rowley and Cillian Byrne are the only lads with senior experience have we many more lads with big potential on the team?" Sean out for probably the whole Championship. Told that Cillian Byrne broke his finger last week and if that is right will miss most or all of the Championship also. Think Simon still not 100% right with hamstring issues but will definitely start Saturday. Paull (Wexford) - Posts: 193 - 26/03/2025 21:30:39 2598779 Link
Replying To Afinestick96: "Very interesting listening to Jason Ryan on the Wexford Hurling Podcast . It sounds like the set up is in a good place at the moment . One of the main takeaways for me was he said Donohoe is now a real option at midfield . By all accounts he was good there on Saturday. Wouldn't mind seeing him there myself in fairness he has a serious engine along with his clubman Hearne. We have good options at the back now with Jippo back along with Shane Reck, Conor Foley, Cian Molloy , Charlie McGuckin, Damien Reck , Eoin Ryan and Richie Lawlor. At midfield we are looking at Hearne, Dunbar and Donohoe as our most likely starters there. Then in the forwards we have Dunbar ( if not midfield) , Chin, ROC, K Foley, Cian Byrne, J Redmond , Jack O Connor and Seamus Casey as most likely championship starters. The likes of Tucker Kinsella, Mike Kelly , Niall Murphy, Darragh Carley, Conall Clancy & David Codd could well feature at some point too as well as the returning Conor Mac in mid May all going well. If we can keep our main players fit I think we have built good strength in depth over the league and have a team well capable of at least getting to a Leinster final. If we can get back there who knows what can happen!" This time next month we'll be on the way home from Parnell Park, won't be long coming around now. OpenStandWall (Wexford) - Posts: 218 - 26/03/2025 23:06:55 2598801 Link
Replying To Paull: "Sean out for probably the whole Championship. Told that Cillian Byrne broke his finger last week and if that is right will miss most or all of the Championship also. Think Simon still not 100% right with hamstring issues but will definitely start Saturday." Big losses. Hopefully some of the other lads will step up so. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 15232 - 27/03/2025 06:47:17 2598814 Link
Replying To Afinestick96: "Very interesting listening to Jason Ryan on the Wexford Hurling Podcast . It sounds like the set up is in a good place at the moment . One of the main takeaways for me was he said Donohoe is now a real option at midfield . By all accounts he was good there on Saturday. Wouldn't mind seeing him there myself in fairness he has a serious engine along with his clubman Hearne. We have good options at the back now with Jippo back along with Shane Reck, Conor Foley, Cian Molloy , Charlie McGuckin, Damien Reck , Eoin Ryan and Richie Lawlor. At midfield we are looking at Hearne, Dunbar and Donohoe as our most likely starters there. Then in the forwards we have Dunbar ( if not midfield) , Chin, ROC, K Foley, Cian Byrne, J Redmond , Jack O Connor and Seamus Casey as most likely championship starters. The likes of Tucker Kinsella, Mike Kelly , Niall Murphy, Darragh Carley, Conall Clancy & David Codd could well feature at some point too as well as the returning Conor Mac in mid May all going well. If we can keep our main players fit I think we have built good strength in depth over the league and have a team well capable of at least getting to a Leinster final. If we can get back there who knows what can happen!" Conor Hearne has been Wexfords most consistent player this last two years. His engine, link play, fitness levels and score taking on the run from midfield have been excellent. Hearing Jason Ryan saying Liam Ryan is in a very good place should lift Wexford supporters spirits no end. The first two games v Antrim at home and Dublin away are absolutely huge. Maximum points from both games would be a huge starting boost. Past hurler (None) - Posts: 882 - 27/03/2025 10:44:56 2598855 Link
Replying To Past hurler: "Conor Hearne has been Wexfords most consistent player this last two years. His engine, link play, fitness levels and score taking on the run from midfield have been excellent. Hearing Jason Ryan saying Liam Ryan is in a very good place should lift Wexford supporters spirits no end. The first two games v Antrim at home and Dublin away are absolutely huge. Maximum points from both games would be a huge starting boost." Agree 100% about Hearne. Been consistently good every game. Which you can't say about our more well known players. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 15232 - 27/03/2025 11:02:47 2598864 Link
Replying To Past hurler: "Conor Hearne has been Wexfords most consistent player this last two years. His engine, link play, fitness levels and score taking on the run from midfield have been excellent. Hearing Jason Ryan saying Liam Ryan is in a very good place should lift Wexford supporters spirits no end. The first two games v Antrim at home and Dublin away are absolutely huge. Maximum points from both games would be a huge starting boost." Yeah it's brilliant to hear this much positivity given where we were in Jan/Feb Agree on hearne as well. In terms of consistent performance levels he's the best we've had in a long time. You'd compare him to Dee or Paul Morris that way. I don't want to be looking too far ahead but if we managed to get two good results early on it would set us up incredibly well. Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 3461 - 27/03/2025 11:04:36 2598866 Link
No Cillian Byrne or Sean Rowley for the under 20, massive losses, hopefully they can see some action this year. Best of luck to the team tomorrow and the under 19s before hand. hunting (Wexford) - Posts: 1079 - 28/03/2025 19:25:07 2599131 Link
3 matches on Saturday to look foward to. Its off topic but hopefully supporters get behind the footballers its not often wexford are competing for a cup in croke park so it would be a nice finish to the day even if its not my preferred sport. U19 i think is a great competition and gives player a taste of whats after minor or a opportunity for chaps who might be late devolopers..its a very worth while competition and a competition worth going after Two huge losses for the u20 but this is a round robin format where teams could stumble on their best 15 and improve playing matches.I think it might be better play a preliminary quater final then wait for 6 weeks in a semi final stone cold but I know you cant beat winning matches. Looking at the kk team theres certainly no one jumping out at me. As i said a staunch kk man told me theres nothing coming through. He told me their u19 got bet by Westmeath two weeks ago. He also told me this was a weak u20 squad that laois beat these at minor level. I know the two lads are big losses but i see murphy isn't starting for them. Hopefully a good vocal crowd will attend because it could be a great day out supporting your county. Wexford relish playing kk and they know each other well. They will rise their game when the see that jersey.id expect a big performance even without the two lads and a narrow home win. The senior leinster winning wexford team 2019 was backboned by 3 winning u21 teams so need to try get back being successful at this grade. Slowandshortsighted (UK) - Posts: 47 - 28/03/2025 22:58:40 2599163 Link
Replying To hunting: "No Cillian Byrne or Sean Rowley for the under 20, massive losses, hopefully they can see some action this year. Best of luck to the team tomorrow and the under 19s before hand." Awful pity for the two lads . Any hope either will be back for the rest of the Leinster championship ? Such a short season now it's tough on lads who pick up knocks. Best of luck to both hurling teams and the footballers tomorrow Afinestick96 (Wexford) - Posts: 479 - 28/03/2025 23:44:02 2599166 Link
Excited to see both the 19 and 20s today. Best of luck to all involved. Wexford hurling pod interview with Jason Ryan is worth a listen as well. Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 3461 - 29/03/2025 09:58:44 2599182 Link
Won't make the hurling as I'm heading to the football from Limerick, hopefully they get the win, be a tough ask without Byrne and Rowley. Any idea if the Kilkenny team is weakened like they did before in the group stage? OpenStandWall (Wexford) - Posts: 218 - 29/03/2025 10:30:50 2599187 Link
Anyone have score of the under 19? hunting (Wexford) - Posts: 1079 - 29/03/2025 11:49:41 2599205 Link
Replying To hunting: "Anyone have score of the under 19?" Lost by 3 Wexfordgaa (Wexford) - Posts: 349 - 29/03/2025 12:51:59 2599220 Link
Replying To Wexfordgaa: "Lost by 3" One of the worst displays I have ever sent by a wexford team, my god. That management team have alot to answer for as well. hunting (Wexford) - Posts: 1079 - 29/03/2025 13:53:04 2599234 Link
Well deserved victory for Kilkenny in the under 20. Thought we played around with the ball way too much in the middle third given the conditions . In fairness the lads kept battling away even though it always looked like Kilkenny had the upper hand . Hopefully we can get Rowley and Byrne back to strengthen our team although it doesn't sound likely with Rowley Afinestick96 (Wexford) - Posts: 479 - 29/03/2025 13:53:29 2599235 Link
Replying To hunting: "One of the worst displays I have ever sent by a wexford team, my god. That management team have alot to answer for as well." Doesn't sound like the under 20 match was any better tbh Past hurler (None) - Posts: 882 - 29/03/2025 14:01:27 2599237 Link
Replying To hunting: "One of the worst displays I have ever sent by a wexford team, my god. That management team have alot to answer for as well." I presume you are talking about the under 20 not the under 19 ? I can't fathom why the lads weren't instructed to play the ball into the full forward line given the conditions . We lost countless balls trying to play the short passing game around the middle third Afinestick96 (Wexford) - Posts: 479 - 29/03/2025 14:25:22 2599241 Link