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[Shane O'Donnell beats Kilkenny goalkeeper Eoin Murphy to score the opening goal for Clare while taking the full force of the Kilkenny keepers bás.]

This is some picture........Thank God for faceguards.


Shane O'Donnell beats Kilkenny goalkeeper Eoin Murphy to score the opening goal for Clare while taking the full force of the Kilkenny keepers bás.

[06/04/2015]

This Weekend's Fixtures:

06/04/2015


12:00 Arles/Killeen v Mountmellick  Arles-Killeen

12:00 Crettyard v Emo  Crettyard 

12:00 Graiguecullen  v Killeshin  Graiguecullen 

12:00 Portarlington v Portlaoise  McCann Park 

12:00 The Heath/An Fraoch Mór v Arles Kilcruise  The Heath GAA Club

12:30 St Joseph's v Stradbally  Tony Byrne Park

[Summary of changes to Playing Rules (Congress 2015) 01/04/2015]

Summary of changes to Playing Rules (Congress 2015)   01/04/2015    
http://laoisgaa.ie/news/356483/Summary_of_changes_to_Playing_Rules_Congress_2015

[It is going to be quite a scramble for survival]

It's all getting very complicated in this division heading into the last games this weekend.



As things stand:

No team in the second tier is certain of what situation they will be in by 4pm on Sunday afternoon.

Not one team is guaranteed a place in the bottom two or the top two going into the final round of fixtures.

Down top the Division on eight points but Roscommon, Meath or Cavan or both (though unlikely) and Galway could go through.

If Down beat Laois in Newry, the second promotion place will almost certainly be decided by points difference.

Meath have a +14 points difference and home advantage against Cavan but if Roscommon beat Westmeath, they will be promoted because they beat  Meath at Dr Hyde Park earlier in the league and the Royals will then be hoping for Laois to beat Down.

If two teams finish level on points, it's decided by the head-to-head result. If three teams are level on points, it reverts to points difference.

In the relegation battle, Westmeath and Kildare must win to have any chance of avoiding the drop.

Westmeath's -22 scoring difference means they will most likely need to beat Roscommon and hope Kildare and Laois are beaten.

Kildare need to beat Galway by at least four points and hope either Laois or Westmeath lose. They could get away with a draw but only if Laois lose by at least seven in Newry.

A draw will be enough for Laois to be safe, while a draw or a defeat to Kildare by three or less will keep Galway in the Division.

It is going to be quite a scramble for survival.

Fixtures (all games to be played at 3pm):

Down v Laois; Galway v Kildare; Meath v Cavan; Westmeath v Roscommon

I saw the Donnie Kingston incident and it probably deserved a yellow if anything. One of our lads was injured on the ground after a bad tackle by two Kildare players, not a dirty tackle but a very hard one. They were standing over him and shouting at him to get up or something and Donnie ran over and with his two hands pushed the Kildare lad away. If he had pushed him in the chest there would have been nothing about it but his hands were shoulder high and might have looked like a punch which it most certainly was not.

It was something that happens in ever game and there's never a thing about it. That ref was very poor all through and I think we only got three frees in scoreable positions in the whole game which says a lot considering the fouls that were committed on our lads going through.

In fairness there was no reaction from the Kildare player to his credit but the Kildare keeper seemed to be egging on the umpire to report it, which he eventually did after a few minutes. A red card was very harsh and there really was no need for it after a hard and fairly fought game by both sides.
All credit to Kildare for the way they fought back after the way their last few games went and I think they will beat Galway next week as they are too good to be playing Div3 football. That would put us into one hell of a battle to stay up.

We have a huge game next week and we have to do what Kildare did and play like our lives depended on it. Meath beat them last Sunday and theres no reason we cant do the same. We have the players to do it but Down will also need a win to insure them of a place in Div.1 next year.

[Laois]

Same team I hear but waiting on colm Begley to pass a fitness test....

Moolick starts alongside Gary white in midfield for them ....I think we can win that battle for certain

Laois

1 Graham Brody

2 Paul Begley
3 Mark Timmons
4 Damien O'Connor

5 Darren Strong
6 Robbie Kehoe
7 Colm Begley

8 Brendan Quigley
9 John O'Loughlin

10 Niall Donoher
11 Conor Boyle
12 Evan O'Carroll

13 Ross Munnelly
14 Donal Kingston
15 Paul Kingston


Kildare

1 Mark Donnellan

2 Ciaran Fitzpatrick
3 Mick O Grady
4 Ollie Lyons

5 Keith Cribbin
6 Fergal Conway
7 Emmet Bolton

8 Gary White
9 Tommy Moolick

10 Daniel Flynn
11 Eoghan O Flaherty
12 Paul Cribbin

13 Fionn Dowling
14 Padraig Fogarty
15 Alan Smith

[Final Score:]

Arles beat O'Dempseys in the final tonight by a point with a late goal the all important score.

Final Score:

Arles-Kilcruise: 1-12
O'Dempsey's: 2-8

Bad injury in the Mountmellick Crettyard game. Hopefully the chap makes a good recovery, it was nasty.

Who got hurt and from which team??

For those who didn't get to Galway last week here are the highlights courtesy of TG4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5tOcQyvBuo

How are they able to manage that?

I heard that when Derek Hayden played with them he was "given" a house in Killeen to live in and provide an address which seemingly made him eligible.
The house belongs to a prominent Killeen clubman and it seems that house could be the key to all this stuff...

[Allianz Leagues GAA Hurling and Football Laois v Aontroim 5pm (Hurling) Laois v Cill Dara 7pm (Football)Ticket Information: Pre-purchase price: Adult: €10 Match Day Price: Adult: €15Juveniles can attend this match free of charge and do not need a ticket. All tickets for this match are UNRESERVED Don't forget if you buy your ticket anytime before Friday evening in any Centra or Super Value store or the Co. Board offices you can get a Five Euro discount off the price of the ticket.]

Lets hope we get a great crowd at this one and show the players that we appreciate the hard word they are putting in. Nice to see decent support at the Galway game especially with the poor support at the Roscommon game at home.
No excuse whatsoever for supporters not to go as the GAA are putting on this double header at the same price as a single game, 10 euro for tickets pre purchased and 15 euro for tickets purchased on the day at the ground.


Allianz Leagues GAA Hurling and Football
Laois v Aontroim 5pm (Hurling)
Laois v Cill Dara 7pm (Football)

Ticket Information: 

Pre-purchase price:
Adult: €10

Match Day Price:
Adult: €15

Juveniles can attend this match free of charge and do not need a ticket.

All tickets for this match are UNRESERVED

Don't forget if you buy your ticket anytime before Friday evening in any Centra or Super Value store or the Co. Board offices you can get a Five Euro discount off the price of the ticket.

[Laois moving along nicely after win against Galway]

Laois moving along nicely after win against Galway
http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/laois-moving-along-nicely-after-win-against-galway-319961.html

Limerick hurlers forced to battle hard against Laois
http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/limerick-hurlers-forced-to-battle-hard-against-laois-319966.html

[Laois stun Galway with brilliant win]

Laois stun Galway with brilliant win
http://www.gaa.ie/gaa-news-and-videos/daily-news/2/2203151633-d2-football-laois-stun-galway-with-brilliant-win/

Laois manager Tomas O'Flatharta spoke to Jack Nolan after their comeback win over Galway
https://soundcloud.com/midlandssport/tomas-oflatharta-post-galway-1

[Laois Shopping Centre ACFL Division 1]

Hear are the results of this weekends games:



Laois Shopping Centre ACFL Division 1

Arles Kilcruise: 0-8
Arles/Killeen: 1-4   

Emo: 0-10    
Graiguecullen: 2-13   

Mountmellick: 3-9
Crettyard: 1-7   

Portlaoise:  3-12   
St Joseph's: 3-7

Stradbally: 0-10   
The Heath/An Fraoch Mór: 2-9

Portarlington v Killeshin postponed due to a bereavement in Killeshin.

[Hurling league format to be reviewed after next year's competition]

Hurling league format to be reviewed after next year's competition
http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/hurling-league-format-to-be-reviewed-after-next-year-s-competition-1.2147693

Small fish fry for siege of Ennis
http://www.thestar.ie/star/small-fish-fry-for-siege-of-ennis-60333/

Pat Spillane 'very interested' in Kingdom U-21 job as Ó Sé quits
http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/pat-spillane-very-interested-in-kingdom-u21-job-as-s-quits-31080995.html

Colm Cooper a step closer to Kerry comeback
http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/colm-cooper-a-step-closer-to-kerry-comeback-319382.html