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A lot of Camross players found out over the weekend,
Dean Delaney -  non existent
Tomas Burke - Nothing
Collier midfield - passenger
and even Joe Phelan - looked poor for a county corner back.

Seemed reluctant to go short with puckouts even though NE had dropped very deep, best performers were Zane and big Lorcan Burke wing back. .. How Conor McDonald was left 1v1 in 20 yards of space for 40 mins is anyones guess.

Just a quick question, with S.Bloom now competing in the Senior "A" rank does this mean the Gaels with Castletown is automatically null and void or does it have to go to a CB vote? Im aware 2 "senior" teams cant be a Gaels but can they appeal it??

Anyone else hear the stories coming out from Camrose that D. Dooley was asked not to hurl in the Leinster by management in the wake of the controversy. Seemingly this has led to a players revolt in a "if he doesn't play we won't either" standoff... Hardly ideal preparation for a Leinster run.

Group A
Abbeyleix
Borris KK
Balyfin Gaels
Ballinakill

Group B
Clough Ballacolla
Rathdowney-Errill
Camross
Castletown-Slieve Bloom

Bit of a lobsided draw?? The mountain men have their work cut out to get a few scalps to make the quarter finals. Anyone have any thoughts on the draw/new format.

Apologies folks I was in Spain the last week! Id like to go on record and say to BallyroanAbu it was only a slight jest at him, whoever said the starstruck thing about Clancy and that whole paragraph was out of order, hes a passionate man at the end of the day and I respect him. Also it seems I may have been right about Sugru or at least my sources were!!

Who does everyone want to get relegated? Portlaoise or Castletown it is a win win for the neutrals and there will certainly be no love lost on the banks or between the white lines .

You have a vendetta against Billy Sheehan Mr. Scully!!

John Sugrue is nailed on for the position it seems, my good mole in CB told me!! Interesting appointment to say the least.

The Heath typically cant put back to back performances in championship. I am delighted they lost as all they did was filter men back (which every team does) but they then didnt break out when in possession. They had so much of the ball around the 45 and D area but not one forward was able to stand up or do something different. Any big team will lick their lips are getting the Heath the next round. To blow a 5 point lead while playing defensive is utterly inexcusable & I am sick of the same failings for this crop. RANT OVER

Colt conceded to the Harps in the Div 1B final tonight. It is very poor form out of them. I think they are complaining about fixture congestion with their junior hurlers playing 2 matches in the last five days and they have one or two in with the Balyroan footballers. I still feel it is terrible form to concede a final and it takes the joy away from the Harps who looked on paper to deserve the title anyways. Anyone shed further light on this??

Clough Ballacolla missing Willie Dunphy & Picky limped off today. Willie Hyland will probably go back into forwards now after spending the league at centre back. Cha also missing for first round as is PJ Scully, a shame that the best forwards in the county are unavilable.

Does anyone know the story with PJ Scully? He hasn't featured at all this year, has he still got the quad injury or what?

I imagine Cheddar will force the Ben Conroy transfer through by saying he is living in Portlaoise. Other transfers put forward are: Kevin Bergin from Clonad to Colt, Conor Quinlan from Kyle to B/K,Martin Scully from B/pickas to Abbeyleix, Rob Foyle from Timahoe to B/kill.