Leinster Senior, u20 & Minor Football Championship 2019

[Dinny Breen]

No surprise 

Final put back a week. Well done, common sense prevails.

[Kuwabatake Sanjuro]

Good stuff, with the weather holding up then Aughrim will be a lovely spot for the replay.

[Jinxy]

No surprise 

Final put back a week. Well done, common sense prevails.

I object.

[Hound]

No surprise 

Final put back a week. Well done, common sense prevails.

Yeah, fair play all round. Must have been a great game between Wicklow and Kildare, and would be very unfair to make them play midweek and weekend again.
Given the two semi results, you were bang on about the group disparity. Probably the only team in the other group that Laois might have beaten was Westmeath.

All county allegiances aside, it is great to see a Div4 side like Wicklow produce a minor team as good as any other in Leinster. It would have been great to see them make the All Ireland series (presumably the format is still the same and provincial finalists all make the All Ireland quarters), but usually the favourites prevail in replays. Still great year for them nonetheless.

[Kuwabatake Sanjuro]

Kildare and Wicklow seems to be a nailbiter again, Kildare ahead 2-10 to 1-10 in the last 10 mins. Huge crowd in Aughrim apparently which is good to see.

[Kuwabatake Sanjuro]

Kildare scrape through 2-12 to 1-13. Wicklow GAA twitter handler wasn't happy with the referee. Meath will be big favourites for the final. The winners and losers meet their Ulster counterparts in the AIQF.

[Donnellys Hollow]

Kildare bench made the difference in the end. Great save from the keeper to stop Wicklow from leveling it inside the last ten minutes.

Final next Saturday in Tullamore.

[Dinny Breen]

Heart goes out to Wicklow, would have been a great lift for Wicklow, will be interesting to see how they develop over the next 3 years heading into u20s in 2021.

Guaranteed AI quarter final which is only good for their development and our 5th in 6 years. None of those teams made a final though.

Rumour has it Jinxy, Hardy and TheJuice are already planning the victory parade route. Meath heavy favourites.

[Dinny Breen]

Derry awaits the winners Monaghan the losers. Monaghan won the Ulster tonight 1-9 to 0-9. If underage is different up there.

[Dinny Breen]

  Check out @BillHillWicklow's Tweet: https://twitter.com/BillHillWicklow/status/1018086079696601088?s=09 

Some crowd for a minor game.

They should build a purpose built 25k stadium in Bray. Dublin could use it for league games.

[The Insider]

Longford beat Dublin 1-13 to 0-11, to win the Leinster minor shield .

[Dinny Breen]

Meath up by 8 at half time and deservedly so and that's even allowing for Kildare hitting the post missing a free in front on the posts. Kildare very flat and look poorly prepared. Meath inside line first to every ball and McBride is lording midfield. Kildare respond by taking off the corner forward and the half forward. Kildare have a deceptive wind in the second half. Meath should close this out comfortable enough. Big side.

[Dinny Breen]

Big win for Meath McBride Costello McCormack and Mitchell the picks,  should have ran the bench earlier. Ball for Kildare twice made treble saves some shot stopper. Will take a very good side to beat Meath in the AI. Congrats.

[Jinxy]

Hard luck Dinny, hugely promising win and nice to beat Kildare at u-17 & u-20 in the same year! 
Bringing the likes of McBride in particular through to senior level is the challenge now.

[thejuice]

Keeping the Aussies away from him will be a challenge.

Delighted with some underage silverware. Very promising team so hopefully they can take it a few more steps and land athe big one but nothing is ever a sure bet at this level.