Antrim Hurling

[johnneycool]

Hail glorious saint magic of ballygalget. The big man (and tanned) arrived home this afternoon, came on in the second half to put the ports to the sword, 1-17 to 0-17 in the relegation battle. He'll need to do the same in two weeks time.

[CountyGK]

Was with armagh last year and won in croke!

Jonty took Armagh to Nicky Rackard All Ireland glory this yr!

[Lecale2]

Was it handy enough for Cushendall?

[Minder]

Was it handy enough for Cushendall?

Don't think it was too handy. They won 0-11 to 0-8.

[Milltown Row2]

very low scoring game!!! not the 1/12 favourites the bookies made out, but they are in a final and thats that.

will the winners come from the other draw?

[Milltown Row2]

Loughgiel are now 8/11 favourites to beat Dunloy tonight!!! big money pushed on them late last night i'd imagine.

[Minder]

Shamrocks by 8.

[Milltown Row2]

In all honesty I'm not that surprised. Loughgiel will be favourites for the final.

Cushendall will need to improve on the Ballycastle game. If Loughgiel win the final they may give the All Ireland a good rattle. i always fancied they were well equipped to do well if they were to get past Antrim

[the colonel]

Jesus Milltown your getting way ahead of yourself there. Of course they go in as favourites having beat Dunloy, but its way to early to talk All Irelands!

[jackmckee]

Cant believe anyone could tip the bodies as favourites for a final! Don't make me laugh. How many finals was it in a row? Plus Winker on the scrap heap. If Dunloy had started at all the bodies would have been away home again crying. Have to love how early the Dall are tryin to shift the favourites tag this year! God bless them all! You have to love them. The Dall for the All Ireland!

[Last Man]

That was the longest 60 mins of senior championship hurling I ever watched with the best team getting over the line comfortably in the end. Loughgiel looked in much better physical shape and thankfully for them didn't choke again, but Dunloy were poor and in reality it was over when Ally was carried off in the first half. Considering what I saw tonight and reports from the other semi, the final looks like shaping up to be a fairly dull affair.
BTW, thought Kevin Molloy was excellent tonight, great tackles, blocks right to the final whistle, unfortunately not enough of his calibre available to the Dunloy selectors.

[Milltown Row2]

Jesus Milltown your getting way ahead of yourself there. Of course they go in as favourites having beat Dunloy, but its way to early to talk All Irelands!

getting past Antrim Colonel i said!! thats the difference. look Loughgiel's bench is pretty good. if i'm being honest and no offence colonel, after Cushendalls first 15 they don't really have a player or two who could change the game.

But if Cushendall play to their strengths then they will win.

[thehurler]

Well Dunloy sorted  , dall next which should be easier if sat night anything to go by!
Dunloy posters I await your analysis .......
Regarding the All -Ireland presuming we get past Dall we would have leinster and that would be a tough draw but well who knows things have been very focussed this year so you just never know what this panel is capable of..

[the colonel]

No offense taken MR. We have struggled with injuries for the last while but hopefully they will have cleared up in time for the final.

[Milltown Row2]

Here's the problem for Loughgiel now, they have a few weeks to prepare for the final with the whole village thinking they have it in the bag, the hype and all the other craic that goes on could hinder them.

looking forward to the final, should be in Casement