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Replying To StoreysTash: "Plenty of Tipp lads out here Viking just FYI. I know 2 Tipp lads out here who played with Tipp at a high level. Young people want to travel you know. My day for coaching will come. If Tipp have more lads willing to coach than Wexford that's not my problem. Seems an unnecessary jibe but anyway, I'll make no apology for travelling and enjoying life. I did my bit too as a player, more than many. And will do more. Tipp won 4 All-Irelands since we won our last. Population of Wexford is 163,919, population of Tipp is 167,895. We should have as many hurlers as they do. Its no excuse. We're just a mile off the pace at every level." And as regards total population we would have a far higher percentage of our population who arent GAA minded than Tipp does. Soccer is huge in our urban areas relative to theirs, we have a far higher percentage of our population travelling community, and a large proportion of our population growth came from Eastern Europe and Dublin, neither hurling strongholds, to quote Michael O'Muircheartaigh. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 18048 - 18/01/2026 12:36:54 2651575 Link
Replying To Doylerwex: "The short answer is too many sports and not enough people." Wex has a population of 60k bigger than KK, 35k than Clare, same as Tipp. countyman2022 (Wexford) - Posts: 926 - 18/01/2026 15:31:45 2651617 Link
Replying To countyman2022: "Wex has a population of 60k bigger than KK, 35k than Clare, same as Tipp." Yes, but remember there are 11 Senior All Irelands won by Wexford teams to Clares Five. Kilkenny, have a great record, but they won their last Senior Championship game in Football almost a hundred years ago, had their Last Rugby International about 1980 and no Soccer History of note. And remember success breeds success. Cork have probably more Hurlers than the rest of Munster put together and yet are down for two decades. As Mick Mackey once said, when a great group of players come along at the same time, a lot can be avhieved. A good team can be unlucky too, if an exceptional one comes along at the same time Oldtourman (Limerick) - Posts: 4537 - 18/01/2026 15:58:51 2651620 Link
Replying To StoreysTash: "Plenty of Tipp lads out here Viking just FYI. I know 2 Tipp lads out here who played with Tipp at a high level. Young people want to travel you know. My day for coaching will come. If Tipp have more lads willing to coach than Wexford that's not my problem. Seems an unnecessary jibe but anyway, I'll make no apology for travelling and enjoying life. I did my bit too as a player, more than many. And will do more. Tipp won 4 All-Irelands since we won our last. Population of Wexford is 163,919, population of Tipp is 167,895. We should have as many hurlers as they do. Its no excuse. We're just a mile off the pace at every level." Firstly to say we're miles of the pace at every level is just not objectively true. Equally, we're nowhere near I think we can be, or I'd like us to be. Not the point anyway. The point I'm making is that our Sunday league soccer is the largest in the country outside Dublin. We're also a dual county in the true sense, in that pretty much all of our players play both codes which isn't the case for most dual counties nevermind hurling counties. We're also pretty big geographically in terms of where our hurlers are coming from. These things do nothing for hurling in Wexford but that's not an excuse either. We need to get the best out of what we have first, and we're not doing that for a number of reasons, most of which are within our own control. Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 4155 - 18/01/2026 15:59:28 2651621 Link
Replying To countyman2022: "Wex has a population of 60k bigger than KK, 35k than Clare, same as Tipp." They've very little football and almost no soccer, both of which are larger than hurling for participation in Wexford. Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 4155 - 18/01/2026 16:00:20 2651622 Link
Replying To Viking66: "And as regards total population we would have a far higher percentage of our population who arent GAA minded than Tipp does. Soccer is huge in our urban areas relative to theirs, we have a far higher percentage of our population travelling community, and a large proportion of our population growth came from Eastern Europe and Dublin, neither hurling strongholds, to quote Michael O'Muircheartaigh." That is exact the point it was making. Soccer is ruining my own club. Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 4155 - 18/01/2026 16:01:49 2651624 Link
Replying To Doylerwex: "They've very little football and almost no soccer, both of which are larger than hurling for participation in Wexford." Tipp has a lot.of football WEXILE (Wexford) - Posts: 451 - 18/01/2026 16:25:12 2651631 Link
I see Kilkenny beat Kildare by four points in the Walsh Shield Final Don't know how much we should make of that (And what it means for us come Championship if anything) Kildare had 9 of their Joe McDonagh-winning team starting and another three of their subs who came on in the final also started today so looks like they went strong enough Kilkenny had Eoin Murphy, Mikey Carey, Stephen Donnelly, Darragh Corcoran, Jordan Molloy, Cian Kenny, Stephen Donnelly, and Mossy Keoghan starting, they were the only ones starting for them who I say have a good bit of experience, also had younger lads like Killian Doyle, Peter McDonald, and Marty Murphy starting ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 785 - 18/01/2026 16:42:11 2651634 Link
Replying To ElGranSenor: "I see Kilkenny beat Kildare by four points in the Walsh Shield Final Don't know how much we should make of that (And what it means for us come Championship if anything) Kildare had 9 of their Joe McDonagh-winning team starting and another three of their subs who came on in the final also started today so looks like they went strong enough Kilkenny had Eoin Murphy, Mikey Carey, Stephen Donnelly, Darragh Corcoran, Jordan Molloy, Cian Kenny, Stephen Donnelly, and Mossy Keoghan starting, they were the only ones starting for them who I say have a good bit of experience, also had younger lads like Killian Doyle, Peter McDonald, and Marty Murphy starting" 2 strong teams, with likely over 20 lads who played in the game who will play in the Leinster Championship this year. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 18048 - 18/01/2026 17:04:07 2651637 Link
Replying To WEXILE: "Tipp has a lot.of football" They do, especially in South Tipp. But they've way more hurlers than we have, twice as many approximately. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 18048 - 18/01/2026 17:06:53 2651638 Link
Replying To ElGranSenor: "I see Kilkenny beat Kildare by four points in the Walsh Shield Final Don't know how much we should make of that (And what it means for us come Championship if anything) Kildare had 9 of their Joe McDonagh-winning team starting and another three of their subs who came on in the final also started today so looks like they went strong enough Kilkenny had Eoin Murphy, Mikey Carey, Stephen Donnelly, Darragh Corcoran, Jordan Molloy, Cian Kenny, Stephen Donnelly, and Mossy Keoghan starting, they were the only ones starting for them who I say have a good bit of experience, also had younger lads like Killian Doyle, Peter McDonald, and Marty Murphy starting" They bought on Eoin Cody second half made the difference what it means for us is zero heavy pitch dont know what heavy training both teams are at in Summer they will both be different animals but so will we so just have to wait and see. Tiger1 (Wexford) - Posts: 431 - 18/01/2026 17:15:34 2651640 Link
Replying To Viking66: "They do, especially in South Tipp. But they've way more hurlers than we have, twice as many approximately." There's a study on it from 2022. Tipp, Galway, Kilkenny, cork and Dublin all have twice as many hurlers as we do. Oddly enough we're the only one of those counties in which the game of hurling has not grown since 1993 when the same study was done previously. I still stand by my original point that Sunday league soccer in Wexford is a monster for a county of our size. Also I'd argue we're the true dual county in that pretty much all of our players play both codes which is not the case in other parts of the country. Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 4155 - 18/01/2026 18:36:34 2651663 Link
Replying To WEXILE: "Most counties have none" Are we most counties ? Jimbob96 (Wexford) - Posts: 37 - 18/01/2026 19:06:01 2651683 Link
Replying To Jimbob96: "Are we most counties ?" Surely not. We have the 6th most Football AIs and the 5th most hurling AIs. The hard part is adding to those. And thats up to all the people of the county to put the time in. Younger lads practicing to get better, and older lads coaching and encouraging them better. None of it is really rocket science. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 18048 - 18/01/2026 19:54:54 2651704 Link
Replying To Viking66: "2 strong teams, with likely over 20 lads who played in the game who will play in the Leinster Championship this year." I was going to say I'd be surprised if most of that KK were starting come Championship time but I had a look at who they were missing from the All-Ireland SF last year and it looks like a good chunk of those playing today for them will be playing in the summer I don't think they'll be experimenting too much in the league either ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 785 - 18/01/2026 20:17:18 2651715 Link
Replying To ElGranSenor: "I was going to say I'd be surprised if most of that KK were starting come Championship time but I had a look at who they were missing from the All-Ireland SF last year and it looks like a good chunk of those playing today for them will be playing in the summer I don't think they'll be experimenting too much in the league either" They will want to stay up. But at the same time they appointed Lyng to develop/bring on new players, especially the lads he managed at u20. The same thinking we had with Keith Rossiter. Think Rossi has done a better job of that so far. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 18048 - 18/01/2026 20:44:52 2651723 Link
Replying To Afinestick96: "One thing I find dissapointing is we have lads who play for Wexford underage all the way up to under 20 then choose not to commit when it comes to senior ." Agreed, that's disheartening. The lack of success on the horizon arguably plays a part. Tipp had a few that opted out of their panel last year. No doubt there were a few back in 96 even who didn't commit and lost out! Timbertony (Wexford) - Posts: 489 - 18/01/2026 21:07:17 2651727 Link
Replying To Doylerwex: "They've very little football and almost no soccer, both of which are larger than hurling for participation in Wexford." South Tipp and West Clare football folk won't like that post! The towns in Tipp are very strong in soccer, likes of St Michaels would be one of the strongest junior clubs in the country. Every excuse under the sun is made for the lack of success in hurling in Wexford. Timbertony (Wexford) - Posts: 489 - 18/01/2026 21:46:45 2651733 Link
Replying To Viking66: "They will want to stay up. But at the same time they appointed Lyng to develop/bring on new players, especially the lads he managed at u20. The same thinking we had with Keith Rossiter. Think Rossi has done a better job of that so far." I think we have at least as good as talent as they do in the 21-24 age bracket right now (We left an U20 AI behind us in 2022 IMO) and I think some of their players from that team like Drennan have struggled to make the step up Killian Doyle looks good and they also have Marty Murphy although his injury record isn't that encouraging ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 785 - 18/01/2026 21:53:51 2651734 Link
Replying To Jimbob96: "Are we most counties ?" Id say you're just argumentative for the sake of it. If.you know why we only won 6 then why bother ask at all and if you dont know do you think someone on this yoke is gonna tell you exactly why. As if there was one exact answer WEXILE (Wexford) - Posts: 451 - 18/01/2026 23:07:25 2651752 Link