Anyone see or hear results for today? Missed them all.

Burnthehurls (Meath) - Posts: 2 - 28/08/2016 19:44:02    1907097

Dunderry beat Boardsmill well to set up an all or nothing clash with Dunboyne in the last round for the third place quarter-final place.
That's as long as Blackhall beat Boardsmill in their last game.
Which they should do, going by their performance today against Kiltale. They had Kiltale rattled for a lot of todays game, and it was a 2 point game with 4 minutes left. Blackhall missed 1 goal and 2 points at that stage before Kiltale showed why they are the champions that they are, by nailing 1 goal and 3 points in the final 3 minutes to seal the win.
Group A has Killyon heading for the semi-final with Kildalkey looking like picking up one of the quarter final spots and the winners of Kilmessan-Trim taking the last quarter-final place.
Shaping up for some cracking Quarter and Semi Final games.....

GoalanTwo (Meath) - Posts: 6 - 28/08/2016 22:37:30    1907208

Looks like there were a couple of SHC matches decided by refereeing decisions this weekend.
The standard of refereeing in Meath Hurling has always been pretty poor but you have to question the neutrality of a ref when the outcome of a game he's officiating in has an indirect effect on the fortunes of his own club.

Wedgie (Meath) - Posts: 253 - 29/08/2016 08:44:42    1907287

who are you referring to Wedgie?

overthehill72 (Meath) - Posts: 334 - 29/08/2016 09:36:16    1907330

hurlingroyals (Meath) - Posts: 45 - 29/08/2016 09:56:17    1907354

Attended 4 games over the weekend and I thought Nick Fitz was the pick of the refs on show. Really let the game flow, the decision that cost Trim was a line ball that had nothing to do with the referee. It is strange that a Kildalkey man can referee a game that directly influences Kildalkey but don't think that was the losing of the game for Trim, the penalty was a big turning point in the game. The constant bickering from the Trim line is embarrassing at times and certainly doesn't do them any favors when it comes to 50/50 calls.

kilmessan and Kildalkey never really came to life, was a strange atmosphere. The win makes no difference for Kilmessan as they still need to win this weekend to go through. Clynch off injured for kilmessan could be a huge blow.

Two games in PT yesterday. Both were painful to watch. Kiltale and Blackhall could have been a great game but for the amount of frees in it. Referee blew the whistle at every opportunity and the game never got going as a result. Kiltale seemed to underestimate blackhall but had enough in the end. Blackhall could take a big scalp in a quarter final.

Boardmill hit1-3 for an hours hurling in glorious sunshine in PT. Has to be a record for s championship match?

begining (UK) - Posts: 320 - 29/08/2016 10:06:50    1907366

Totally agree with referee being poor was at longwood Navan game yesterday ref was from athboy so his club wud be playing losers he gave 16 freed to longwood in second half which half weren't and Navan had to be killed to get a free!! The standard was that bad I notice a Navan player got two yellow cards and didn't get shown a red I think that somes up the refs

meathman20 (Meath) - Posts: 83 - 29/08/2016 10:17:26    1907376

Think toher made up for the penalty by scoring 1.4 ( 1.3) from play.

hurley1 (Meath) - Posts: 45 - 29/08/2016 10:23:09    1907385

Was at a couple of the games as was said earlier the Kilmessan Kildalkey game never really got going and wasnt a great game to look at but for the last 10 mins both sides will have to and can improve. The Trim Killyon match was a cracker which either side could have won. On the ref situation while it was strange that a kildalkey man was reffing it I taught he did a good job of the game let it flow as much as he could was no handy frees given and whatever anout the sideline decission it was the abuse by the trim player that cost them the match not the sideline decission which was not made by the ref. As for the outcome effecting kildalkey if anything the killyon win was a worst outcome for kildalkey but at the end of the day any result had little effect on kildalkey. Really interesting final round of games with group A wide open still 5 teams in with a chance and no team guaranteed qualifacation yet couldn't be set up any better. In the other group I was surprised by the perfomance of blackhall really put it up to kiltale by all accounts and could have caused a huge shock. Out come of grouup looks all but tied up barring a huge upset by Dunderry.

Flash27 (Meath) - Posts: 55 - 29/08/2016 10:34:38    1907399

Nick Fitzgerald is easily the best in the county refereeing wise in my opinion. he lets the game flow where as other referees (like yesterday in PT) blow for everything and it ruins the game for everyone. I thought fergus smith let a lot go too in Dunganny Thursday.
I can see your point but even if Trim won, it would make no difference to kildalkey if you think about it.
wasn't at the game so cant comment on his performance.

overthehill72 (Meath) - Posts: 334 - 29/08/2016 11:24:25    1907450

Given the relatively small number of hurling clubs, I would guess that it would be hard enough to find a referee from a club which was not affected in some way by the result of a game. That is especially so if you are looking for a top referee to ref a senior championship game - how many refs of that quality do we have in the county? I guess we have to trust in the integrity of the refs.
Given that, would it be an idea to do a "ref swap" with another county e.g. Westmeath so that the top games in each county are reffed by completely neutral refs, whose club has nothing to gain from the result.

anfearbeag (Meath) - Posts: 1134 - 29/08/2016 15:16:01    1907654

Just want to make a quick point about player welfare in this county. Dunderry had a brilliant win on Sunday against boardsmill in the SHC and are expected to play again next Sunday in a battle for a quarter final against dunboyne. Usually this would not be a problem but the fact of the matter is that dunderry have 10 dual players. Those ten players are expected to play on Friday night in the IFC in a make or break game and then are fixed to play again on Sunday. ... this is outrageous in my opinion and the county board need to take a look at themselves in the interstate of player welfare

christy16 (Meath) - Posts: 3 - 29/08/2016 18:55:46    1907778

oldsam_newsam (Meath) - Posts: 638 - 29/08/2016 19:24:45    1907783

Wedgie (Meath) - Posts: 253 - 29/08/2016 20:01:22    1907795

very harsh on Dunderry there.

Kilmessan and Clan na Gael also have football semi finals on the Wednesday, 3 days after must win hurling matches for both teams. Very unfair on the players and clubs.

begining (UK) - Posts: 320 - 30/08/2016 08:52:47    1907918

Any reason why this weekend's hurling fixtures haven't been finalised? They aren't appearing on the Meath GAA site

Belt (Meath) - Posts: 274 - 30/08/2016 10:07:46    1907947

Wedgie (Meath) - Posts: 253 - 30/08/2016 11:14:58    1907998

dickie10 (UK) - Posts: 826 - 01/09/2016 00:30:36    1908921

Fixtures out for the weekend.

All group A games to go ahead as scheduled.
Kilmessan v Trim - Always a great game when these two meet, winner takes all in this one so both teams will give absolutely everything. Kilmessan seem to have momentem, nobody knows what Trim team will show up, Tispin off injured against Kildalkey, if he's fit for this weekend I think Kilmessan will shade it, if not its 50/50. Gonna be loads of action between Chivers and O'Neill on the line, cool heads could prevail.
Longwood v Kildalkey- Not sure who Longwood have available for this one. Longwood need Kilmessan to win and for them to beat Kildalkey which would knock kildalkey out putting them through. If longwood have a full team i expect them to shade it.
Kilyon v O'Mahoneys- Kilyon should win this by a few and send them straight into a semi.

Group B
Kiltale v Athboy - I fear for Athboy in this one, Kiltales intermediates could be out of the championship by the time this throws in so expect Kiltale to give a few lads a run. This game will do them no favors.
Blackhall v Boardsmill - Boardsmill only hit 1-3 against Dunderry, they'll be hammered by a Blackhall team that I fancy to make a semi final.
Dunboyne v Dunderry- 2 day turnaround will be too much for Dunderry, Dunboyne to make the knockouts.

begining (UK) - Posts: 320 - 01/09/2016 10:04:49    1908976

Hurlguest (Meath) - Posts: 3 - 01/09/2016 14:01:18    1909132