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Senior Hurling Championship 25

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Replying To trimmer:  "Anyone giving Trim any hope on Sunday?"
I think Trim just have lost too many bodies due to emigration to win here. They are very strong at the back anchored by Toher but far too reliant on Murray up top
Ratoath are not as good as people are making them out to be, I don't even think the kiltale teams of old had championships " handed to them" at this stage.
As for the other semi final, an aging Kiltale team with I would say one last kick to beat an average Kilmessan team who are improving

Meathgaalad (Meath) - Posts: 175 - 02/10/2025 13:43:45    2638255

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Replying To trimmer:  "Anyone giving Trim any hope on Sunday?"
I give Trim every chance. An injury/code decision in there team might be a positive. (Ratoath will punish if they play their usual way)! Match ups important. Write them off at your own ignorance. It will take everyone and luck to beat this talented Ratoath team. Team who come out hungrier will win, not by a lot.

CrookedSticks (Fermanagh) - Posts: 18 - 03/10/2025 22:25:24    2638401

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Went up to Trim for the IHC double headers.

Two deserving winner. Ashbourne will regret not doing more with wind in first half and went too long without scoring and Rathmolyan just picked them off bit by bit unbelievable save by Harnan in goals for them towards the end to snuff out a comeback

The rumours of Tom Shines injury were all waffle in the end, brilliant performance from him and Kilskyre as a whole - if the young lad O'Higgins isnt with the Meath panel next year itll be a mistake

Off todays performances and the groups Id have Kilskyre as slight favourites but will be a cracker either way

RR (Meath) - Posts: 185 - 04/10/2025 18:21:59    2638444

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Massive result for Kilskyre/Moylagh today. Will be great to have a relatively new name at senior next year between them and Rathmolyon.

Ratoath Royal (Meath) - Posts: 1423 - 04/10/2025 18:42:44    2638449

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after today ratoaoth are definitley the real deal, cant see them beaten in final. they will win a few if they keep bringing through players , some power and skill across the field. 5 finals in 6 years is some going

dickie10 (UK) - Posts: 892 - 05/10/2025 23:35:35    2638595

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Very disappointing last 10 mins for Trim. Well in it, perhaps even the slightly better team and then a 2-3 minute phase of two conceded goals and a red card and the game was gone.

trimmer (Meath) - Posts: 561 - 06/10/2025 09:06:32    2638607

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Final score was definitely flattering. We got goals at the most opportune times, the second pulling the game back into our grasp with the third and fourth (along with the red card) pretty much finishing off Trim. Liking the ability of both our hurlers and our footballers to be able to get results from tight games.

Ratoath Royal (Meath) - Posts: 1423 - 06/10/2025 16:00:49    2638701

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Funny game. I feel if Podge O Hanrahans goal didn't go in Trim would have won. Just shows when ratoath fire how strong they are. I don't think Kiltale will get within 10 of them. Hopefully they give Leinster a good rattle, Meath hurling needs it.

Meathgaalad (Meath) - Posts: 175 - 06/10/2025 16:59:53    2638710

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Semi finals went as I thought, Ratoath are streets ahead of the rest at the moment. This happens every so often, Kilmessan, kildalkey and kiltale have all had their periods of dominance and it looks like it's Ratoath turn now.
Trims return of 2 or 3 championships in over 20 years must be hard to take considering they have dominated underage for so long and flying home elder players for games doesn't look good and I'm sure won't go down well with younger players who are training consistently.

Kiltale have a decent team this year and have some good forwards but are very vulnerable in their back six. They have had a good year regardless of the final result but a lot of their players are running out of time with age unfortunately.
Really poor weekend for Kilmessan, first and second teams dumped out of the championships. From talking to a Kilmessan man I think a lot of their problems lie with the guys on the line, lots of unrest there that need to be sorted. New management could possibly get more out of them.
Great senior B final coming up, no love lost between either club so expect a tough game. Gannon has made his yearly return from retirement and could be the difference in this game.
Intermediate final should be good, Rathmolyon have more hurlers than K/M who have 7/8 really average players but you never know with Rathmolyon which team will appear. Expect them to finally win a championship.
Novel pairing in their intermediate B final. No idea who will come out on top but great to see the Tones in a
final. Kildalkey have pretty much replaced the 15 from their win in 2023 with a new 15 which is some going in 2 years but it's the Tones 1st team and they could have too much for Kildalkey's seconds.

Tobefair80 (Meath) - Posts: 93 - 07/10/2025 16:04:34    2638856

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Replying To Tobefair80:  "Semi finals went as I thought, Ratoath are streets ahead of the rest at the moment. This happens every so often, Kilmessan, kildalkey and kiltale have all had their periods of dominance and it looks like it's Ratoath turn now.
Trims return of 2 or 3 championships in over 20 years must be hard to take considering they have dominated underage for so long and flying home elder players for games doesn't look good and I'm sure won't go down well with younger players who are training consistently.

Kiltale have a decent team this year and have some good forwards but are very vulnerable in their back six. They have had a good year regardless of the final result but a lot of their players are running out of time with age unfortunately.
Really poor weekend for Kilmessan, first and second teams dumped out of the championships. From talking to a Kilmessan man I think a lot of their problems lie with the guys on the line, lots of unrest there that need to be sorted. New management could possibly get more out of them.
Great senior B final coming up, no love lost between either club so expect a tough game. Gannon has made his yearly return from retirement and could be the difference in this game.
Intermediate final should be good, Rathmolyon have more hurlers than K/M who have 7/8 really average players but you never know with Rathmolyon which team will appear. Expect them to finally win a championship.
Novel pairing in their intermediate B final. No idea who will come out on top but great to see the Tones in a
final. Kildalkey have pretty much replaced the 15 from their win in 2023 with a new 15 which is some going in 2 years but it's the Tones 1st team and they could have too much for Kildalkey's seconds."
Ratoath are definitely ahead on paper and should beat Kiltale with a good performance but finals can be funny in that regard. Still expect Ratoath forwards to have too much firepower and to get over the line.
Bar Trim, the gulf to the rest is fightening really. Kilmessan have improved in recent years but nowhere near beating the best teams at the business end of championship. Heard of the unrest in the camp also, many different managers have tried to work things out there but seem to come unstuck. Cannot always be the managements fault so perhaps a good look in the mirror might be a start, but at the minute they are in no-mans land.
Can someone remind me how the championship structure is changing for 2026?

hurlingcowboy101 (Meath) - Posts: 38 - 09/10/2025 09:48:15    2639025

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Replying To hurlingcowboy101:  "Ratoath are definitely ahead on paper and should beat Kiltale with a good performance but finals can be funny in that regard. Still expect Ratoath forwards to have too much firepower and to get over the line.
Bar Trim, the gulf to the rest is fightening really. Kilmessan have improved in recent years but nowhere near beating the best teams at the business end of championship. Heard of the unrest in the camp also, many different managers have tried to work things out there but seem to come unstuck. Cannot always be the managements fault so perhaps a good look in the mirror might be a start, but at the minute they are in no-mans land.
Can someone remind me how the championship structure is changing for 2026?"
Whatever senior teams qualified for the 1/4 final this year Kilmessan Kildalkey Trim ratoath Kitale Na Fianna will compete in a standalone Senior A Championship next year. The remaining teams will compete in a Senior B Competiotn with the winner going up to Senior A the following year. Clann na Gael will be Intermediate and the winners of Kilskyre/ Moylagh and Rathmolyon will compete in Senior B next year.

Rickoshay (Meath) - Posts: 47 - 10/10/2025 10:11:48    2639184

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Replying To Rickoshay:  "Whatever senior teams qualified for the 1/4 final this year Kilmessan Kildalkey Trim ratoath Kitale Na Fianna will compete in a standalone Senior A Championship next year. The remaining teams will compete in a Senior B Competiotn with the winner going up to Senior A the following year. Clann na Gael will be Intermediate and the winners of Kilskyre/ Moylagh and Rathmolyon will compete in Senior B next year."
Is this the same for Intermediate?
Senior A - Ratoath, Kiltale, Kilmessan, Trim, Na Fianna & Kildalkey
Senior B - Longwood, Killyon, NOM, Dunderry, BHG and winners of Rathmolyon V Kilskyre/Moylagh

Intermediate A - Rathmolyon or Kilskyre/Moylagh, Don Ash, Dunboyne, Drumree, Gaeil Colmcille, Clan na nGael
Intermediate B - Wolfe Tones, Kildalkey, Kilmessan, Boardsmill, Trim or St Pats & Kiltale

bountyboy22 (USA) - Posts: 49 - 10/10/2025 11:42:24    2639201

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That is a much better championship set up for next year. Reducing the hammering significantly.

Any idea of how the knock outs will work? Tricky with groups of 6.

torres710 (Meath) - Posts: 29 - 10/10/2025 12:27:03    2639211

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Replying To torres710:  "That is a much better championship set up for next year. Reducing the hammering significantly.

Any idea of how the knock outs will work? Tricky with groups of 6."
top 4 into semi finals
bottom team relegated

Islander21 (Meath) - Posts: 32 - 10/10/2025 13:32:16    2639227

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Replying To torres710:  "That is a much better championship set up for next year. Reducing the hammering significantly.

Any idea of how the knock outs will work? Tricky with groups of 6."
Ideally top 2 in the final, but I've a bad feeling we'll end up with top 4 in the semi finals, which will render most of the group games a waste of time.

CastleBravo (Meath) - Posts: 1701 - 10/10/2025 13:42:23    2639229

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Think people very harsh on kilmessan , not far from getting relegated back to intermediate only a few years ago then to rise up and win a brendan davis cup in only a few years is progress , they should be able to compete with the top few teams again soon with more to come through , still a very young team.
Will struggle in senior a next year but should be able to pick up a win to stay up.

hurlit (Meath) - Posts: 437 - 10/10/2025 16:09:19    2639258

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Better option would be top team into final and 2nd and 3rd into a semi final. Bottom 2 to contest a relegation final. This should keep all games competitive. I do fear for Na Fianna next year as they could take some beatings. .

Rickoshay (Meath) - Posts: 47 - 10/10/2025 16:11:12    2639259

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Replying To hurlit:  "Think people very harsh on kilmessan , not far from getting relegated back to intermediate only a few years ago then to rise up and win a brendan davis cup in only a few years is progress , they should be able to compete with the top few teams again soon with more to come through , still a very young team.
Will struggle in senior a next year but should be able to pick up a win to stay up."
groups of 6 will surely add a bit of spice to it. It will benefit stronger teams as there should not be any pastings and more competitive games throughout.
Not sure about very harsh on Kilmessan - their age profile is good and potential there, but should a few in their mid 20s go travelling / working / move on, then their depth is non-existent if reverting back to some of the old guard in the semi is anything to go by. They, like many, were stuck in senior B for years and it did none of those teams any favours. Blackhall, Dunboyne, Longwood, Clann na gael in the same boat where for various reasons, they have gone backwards

hurlingcowboy101 (Meath) - Posts: 38 - 14/10/2025 15:14:40    2639965

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