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So all our Refs step down

No, they didn't. However, there's a meeting tonight and I believe the referees representatives are rightly very unhappy.

On the matches saw all 4 this weekend, 2 in OMP, 2 on Clubber.
Park a bit hard done by on the margin. Gave it a right go.
Strad v Heath was poor but Strad are a big, strong team who'll give Courtwood plenty of problems.
Graigue are the most frustrating team in the whole county. So much potential and every year they come up with a stinker of a game like today. Fair play to Killeshin. Deserved win.
O'Dempseys were miles better than Arles Killeen. Killeen are an aging team and have almost no pace. Will be relegated either this year or next year.

Killeen club aren't to blame. I'm far from their biggest fan but every club would have done the same.
The hearings committee is there to be used. The problem is the lack of transparency. We don't know how the suspension was overturned. An explanation by the hearings committee would be interesting.

Same as. Watched on Clubber. Great performance from Kilcavan. Fine young team (and Mick Bermingham!). They'll be there or thereabouts. I believe they've never been senior before so wouldn't it be great to see them go up?
Four teams left in the intermediate and to be honest any of them could win it.
Terrible disappointed by Annanough. Never really got going at all. Sone of their better known players never really imposed themselves on the game.

Donie plays v O'Dempseys I believe. Suspension overturned.
Could swing that game!

Senior Hurling Championship
The Harps v Rosenallis - Harps by 3
Ballyfin v Ballinakill Ballinakill by 5
Borris Kilcotton v Camross - Camross by 1
Rathdowney Errill v Portlaoise - R/E by 7
Abbeyleix v Clough Ballacolla - CB by 4

Round 3 
Stradbally v The Heath
Graiguecullen v Killeshin
Arles-Killeen v O'Dempseys
Ballyroan-Abbey v Park-Ratheniska

Some interesting games there. Stradbally should win but the other three are harder to call. O'Dempseys could have Barry and Killeen might not have Donie - that would make it very much advantage O'Ds.
Graigue v Killeshin. Novel fixture there!😂

Clonaslee v The Heath - The Heath by 3
Crettyard v Park Ratheniska - Crettyard by 5
Portarlington v Stradbally - Portarlington by 6
Killeshin v Rosenallis - Killeshin by 1
Arles Killeen v Portlaoise - Portlaoise by 3
Ballyroan Abbey v Courtwood - BA by 4
Emo v O'Dempseys - Emo after extra time by 2
St Joseph's v Graiguecullen - Joes by 4 or 5

Deserves its own thread.
Saw Ballylinan beat Arles last night. Gary Walsh basically the difference between the two teams. Not fit but a class act. Ballylinan picked up a couple of really bad looking injuries including Ryan Brady who was very good. Could cost them in round two.
Could be between between Ballylinan and Mountmellick but the likes of Ballyfin, Kilcavan, Annanough might put a couple of wins together too. Pretty open championship.

When are those "drainage lines" going to be sorted out in OMP? They are like that for over a year now and they look dreadful.

Not too much quality on view over the past few days in the senior football.
Port were obviously comfortable v The Heath but took their time to get going. Very hard to see them being beaten this year.
Courtwood and O'Dempseys was very poor. Courtwood only performed for 15 or 20 minutes and it was enough to beat their neighbours.
Saw second half of Graigue v Emo on Clubber. Big collapse from Emo but Graigue were moving well.
Killeen got quite a test from Park/Ratheniska - again, unlikely either of them will be in contention.
Didn't see the other games. Heard Portlaoise were unimpressive?

Favourite sporting rivalries

Club - Arles Kilcruise v Arles Killeen

County - Laois v Offaly

Other sports - Ali v Frazier

Emo vs Graigue -
Emo after extra time

Killeshin v Stradbally -
Strad narrowly

Courtwood v O'Dempseys -
O'Dempseys

St Joseph's v Crettyard -
 Joseph's easily enough

BA v Rosenallis -
 BA by maybe 7 or 8

Portlaoise v CSM - Portlaoise by 5 or 6

Arles Killeen v Park Ratheniska - Killeen by 5 or 6

Portarlington v The Heath
Port by over 10

Shocker of a game. Galway haven't turned up at all.

ports to lose i think .

Have to agree. Seem to be getting most of their big guns back early this year.
Hard to see Courtwood sustain it. Biggest challenge should come from Josephs. Bally Abbey and Portlaoise will probably both be thereabouts too.
If I had to pick a dark horse I'd say Emo.