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I just looked at the CLG Laois Twitter feed to see how the match went. Looks like the lads played a great game. Was the Carlow side mostly new lads or veteran county hurlers?

I saw that Aaron Dunphy was injured. Any info on how he is doing?

I saw that Ronan Murray was the first to rattle the net. I'm not familiar with that name. What club is he from?

I did a quick tally of the players and their clubs across the 3 squads...

Jayz. Lots of Harps! That's great!

Story in LaoisToday:

"Laois GAA's decision to change the name of the Senior 'A' hurling championship to Premier Intermediate has paved the way for area teams to enter the Senior hurling championship."

https://www.laoistoday.ie/2019/12/04/name-change-paves-the-way-for-area-teams-in-laois-senior-hurling-championship/

I just realized there's a match this Sunday! (Still seems strange for early December.)

Any more news on who's in and who's out?

I'm trying to decide whether or not to get up at 5:30 am this Sunday morning, here, to watch the Leinster Club Senior Hurling Final. Will it be a crackin' match or will it be a score of doe-eyed lads running head-long into a buzz saw?

Mossy it will be worth getting up at that time just to see TJ Reid in action

I didn't think about that. You're right!

I'm trying to decide whether or not to get up at 5:30 am this Sunday morning, here, to watch the Leinster Club Senior Hurling Final. Will it be a crackin' match or will it be a score of doe-eyed lads running head-long into a buzz saw?

I hope to see Laois beat Carlow and give a very serious go at Dublin, again.

[Group B Counties:]

Group B Counties:
Laois
Ceatharlach
An Clár
Cill Chainnigh
Loch Garman
Áth Cliath

Round 1
25 January (Saturday)
Laois v Loch Garman, at 19:00

26 January (Sunday)
An Clár v Ceatharlach
Cill Chainnigh v Áth Cliath

Round 2
2 February (Sunday)
Áth Cliath v Laois, at 14:00
Ceatharlach v Cill Chainnigh
Loch Garman v An Clár

Round 3
15 February (Saturday)
Ceatharlach v Áth Cliath

16 February (Sunday)
An Clár v Laois, at 14:00
Loch Garman v Cill Chainnigh

Round 4
22 February (Saturday)
Áth Cliath v Loch Garman
Laois v Ceatharlach, at 19:00

23 February (Sunday)
Cill Chainnigh v An Clár

Round 5
1 March (Sunday)
An Clár v Áth Cliath
Laois v Cill Chainnigh, at 14:00
Loch Garman v Ceatharlach

Quarter Finals
7-8 March (Saturday & Sunday)

Relegation Play-Off
7 or 8 March (Saturday or Sunday)

Semi Finals
14-15 March (Saturday & Sunday)

Final
22 March (Sunday)


Extracted as accurately as I can from the "GAA Master Fixtures Schedule 2020."

Some scrappy match, there. Mark Kavanagh was phenomenal!

What a year of hurling in Laois! 

Great year-end commentary, here. Much appreciated. 

[Round 1]

Here's the schedule from https://leinstergaa.ie/competitions/bord-na-mona-walsh-cup-s-h-2018/

Round 1
8 December 2019, at 2:00 pm   
Dublin v Laois
Westmeath v Carlow

Round 2
15 December 2019, at 2:00 pm             
Westmeath v Dublin
Carlow v Laois

Round 3
5 January 2020, 2:00 pm      
Dublin v Carlow
Laois v Westmeath

Semi-Finals                
12 January 2020      

Final                
19 January 2020

[Start away to Dublin in less than a month!]

Laois in a group with Dublin, Carlow, and Westmeath, with the only home game being against Westmeath on 5th Jan. Start away to Dublin in less than a month!

Jayzus, already?!?!
That'll be a scrappy match, with the Dubs wanting some payback.

The U21s did a fine job against the Scots, 7-11 v 4-2.

So do Provincial semi-finals tend to be televised? And what if they involve non-anointed hurling counties like Laois and Carlow? 

LaoisToday ranks the top 25 hurling clubs:
https://www.laoistoday.ie/2019/11/02/with-the-season-done-and-dusted-we-rank-laoiss-top-25-hurling-teams/