I went to watch the down U-17's play Fermanagh on Saturday and was very impressed with their performance. Played well as a team, tackling and attacking in numbers and at speed. The final score was Fermanagh 0-5 Down 6-12, it has been a long time since Down won a championship match by 25 points.
They play Monaghan on Saturday in Newry, a team they have already beaten earlier in the year, and could have had a good chance of reaching an Ulster semi-final, with a bit of luck.
However it is hard to believe that the county board/CCC have decided that these young players are expected to play a minor league club game tonight and those players that are still under 16 are expected to play another U-16 league club match on Thursday night,38 hours before the Monaghan game.
Most of these young players will have been asked to play three games in a week and some will have been expected to play four, so much for player welfare.
The team that lined out, taken from another forum, was as follows:
J Hazzard, D Fegan, T Gordon, G Fitzsimons, J Lynch, R McEvoy, C Cunningham, R O'Higgins, R McCormick, R Campbell, T Prenter, C McNulty, S Johnston, C O'Rawe, M Carville
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They play Monaghan on Saturday in Newry, a team they have already beaten earlier in the year, and could have had a good chance of reaching an Ulster semi-final, with a bit of luck.
However it is hard to believe that the county board/CCC have decided that these young players are expected to play a minor league club game tonight and those players that are still under 16 are expected to play another U-16 league club match on Thursday night,38 hours before the Monaghan game.
Most of these young players will have been asked to play three games in a week and some will have been expected to play four, so much for player welfare.
The team that lined out, taken from another forum, was as follows:
J Hazzard, D Fegan, T Gordon, G Fitzsimons, J Lynch, R McEvoy, C Cunningham, R O'Higgins, R McCormick, R Campbell, T Prenter, C McNulty, S Johnston, C O'Rawe, M Carville
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