Joe McDonagh Cup 2025

[G@@]

Laois: Cathal Dunne; Cody Comerford, Lee Cleere, Diarmaid Conway; Tom Cuddy, Padraig Delaney, Ryan Mullaney; Fiachra C Fennell, David Dooley; Aidan Corby, Tomás Keyes, Paddy Purcell; Mark Dowling, Jer Quinlan, Ben Conroy.

Subs: Eoin Fleming, Padraic Dunne, Donnacha Hartnett, Jordan Walshe, John Lennon, James Keyes, Martin Phelan, Aaron Dunphy, James Duggan, PJ Scully, Colin Byrne.

Laois Team named as above. Spot on Karate Kid.

[Laois man]

Folk I will tell ye now both dropped Fennell and Jordan Walsh starting. Why send out a team that's not starting  but best of luck to all.

[Plentymorehurlsontheline]

Fennell is on the team sheet?

[G@@]

Whats with all the games and rumors around the team announcement? If we are not concentrating on the game, that Kildare team will gobble us up for breakfast. Time to cop-da-fook on and go out and hurl a winning score in a national final.

[Voice of tReason]

Whats with all the games and rumors around the team announcement? If we are not concentrating on the game, that Kildare team will gobble us up for breakfast. Time to cop-da-fook on and go out and hurl a winning score in a national final.

Croke Park would have wanted the team by Wednesday afternoon at the latest. There's every chance decisions had to be made around fitness (Dunphy, Dowling, Comerford, Fennell, Walsh) as well as tactical or marginal calls.

I have also heard the same rumours as Laois Man and I suspect we are going to see a number of changes before throw-in.
As I've done all year, I'll back management and whatever players take the field.
We need a strong 15 to start and a different one to finish.

Hopefully everyone sticks together as this is going to be a huge challenge on Sunday.

[Laois man]

Starting 15.Dunne.Conway.Clear Comerford. Fennell. P Delaney. J Walsh. Purcell Dooley. Corby. Mossy. James Keyes. Conroy.   Dowling. Ger Quinlan.

[Joeythelips]

Starting 15.Dunne.Conway.Clear Comerford. Fennell. P Delaney. J Walsh. Purcell Dooley. Corby. Mossy. James Keyes. Conroy.   Dowling. Ger Quinlan.

Surprised Duggan does not get the start but a proper impact sub to have coming off the bench like he did against Carlow. We will need everyone performing at their best to put Kildare to the sword but a final in Croke park is the place to do it. H'on Laois

[The Boy Wonder]

Laois man - it would appear that you are wrong.

The team listed by Karate kid and quoted by G@@ above is same as that on CLGLaois X/Twitter account.

Of course that might not be the starting 15 but you are only confusing people by naming an alternative 15.

[Laois man]

Boy wonder you will see tomorrow at 1.30pm if I am wrong or not.

[The Boy Wonder]

Most of the followers on here are interested in the official team that has been announced.

Of course you might have the inside track but it's quite annoying to see different lineouts posted on here.

We're not naive and we do appreciate that the team listed in the programme is quite often changed before throw-in.

[Blow-in]

Hopefully the changes pay off. Our half back line was destroyed the last day v Kildare. Maybe that's why there is changes if Laois Man has the inside track and is correct.

[Karate kid]

Sorry lads, wasn't claiming to have any inside knowledge, just posted the team that was reported on RTE.

[Verbal]

There are numerous changes I believe & I think what hurling man has posted is fairly close to what it'll be.

Brave management.
If they pin pointed certain areas as a problem v Kildare the last day they can't just ignore that now.

However, it worries me how widespread it seems to be known.
Added to the Rowland/Cha situations, you'd have to wonder if it's a happy camp.
Fellas don't generally talk outside the group when things are happy.
It can also be a factor when games go down to the wire.
A happy camp with everyone pulling in one direction could worth 10-20% when it's a dogfight.
This could be a dogfight.

The amount of talk that's out there worries me more than the changes themselves.

[Voice of tReason]

I've heard nothing negative about the camp; purely the opposite to be honest.

There will, of course, be disappointed individuals but that's the game.

[Verbal]

I've heard nothing negative about the camp; purely the opposite to be honest.

There will, of course, be disappointed individuals but that's the game.

I would have said the same.
But the whole county seems to know who is in and who was dropped.
That's not a good sign.