Antrim Hurling

Forever Green · July 09, 2011, 08:14:38 PM

2-14 0-11 Limerick

Forever Green · July 09, 2011, 08:34:34 PM

3-22 0-12 for Limerick

Just Puck It · July 09, 2011, 11:21:21 PM

Quote from: Forever Green on July 09, 2011, 07:37:52 PM
Was Karl Stewart sent off?

Karl Stewart sent off towards end of the first half. He'd won a free for being pulled back, and for some reason put his two feet into the Limerick fella, was always going to walk. Antrim were well able for them at the time and afterwards it all fell to pieces! No idea what was going through his head!

Forever Green · July 10, 2011, 12:04:59 AM

Quote from: Just Puck It on July 09, 2011, 11:21:21 PM
Quote from: Forever Green on July 09, 2011, 07:37:52 PM
Was Karl Stewart sent off?

Karl Stewart sent off towards end of the first half. He'd won a free for being pulled back, and for some reason put his two feet into the Limerick fella, was always going to walk. Antrim were well able for them at the time and afterwards it all fell to pieces! No idea what was going through his head!

FFS. Antrim really need to sort out these discipline problems.

Joxer_man · July 10, 2011, 01:17:08 AM

One things for sure, Karl Stewart knows he did wrong but doesnt need criticism. Possibly been Antrims best and most consistent performer over the past number of years, a stalwart and an example to all hurlers in Antrim. Hopefully he'll be back stronger from this!

north_antrim_hound · July 10, 2011, 01:20:19 AM

Just in from match,as said already antrim led right up to karl Stewart being sent off, real bad tramping leaving the ref no choice. very uncharacteristic of stewart maybe Geary was niggling but no excuse. tried to contain them but some of our stronger players started to run out of steam and limerick started running through us. on the plus side for most of the game MC manus was the best player on the field and limerick tried four different forwards on hippy and he skinned them all, Aron graffin, Niel MC auley can also hold there heads up high but minus MC naughton and Watson from last year we just laboured getting scores. would of been intresting to see what happened if Karl hadn't of walked as we where on top of them to then.

Saffron exile · July 10, 2011, 02:19:02 AM

Just back from the game. Very encouraging start with Antrim bossing Limerick in every department until the sending off though it was 7-7 at that time hwen we should have been leading by more (had been 7-5 for Antrim at one point). Let in a clatter of scores before half time as the heads dropped. came out the the better team in the first ten mins but failure to capitalise on a number of goal chances lead to the lads dropping the heads and Limerick romped home.
Neal McAuley was easily the best hurler out there on either side. Cleared ball after ball throughout.

Team has promise but need to take the chances made. McManus, Shiels, Graffin and Conor McCann hurled well also, as did McCrory at half-back but the six Limerick backs to five Antrim forwards dominated the last 15 when the scores piled up but only then and the last 10 min of first half.
Hope we can keep the team together and that includes Stewart who had an uncharacteristic moment of madness that took the wind out of the Saffron sails.

Minder · July 10, 2011, 10:55:50 AM

To say it is out of character for Karl Stewart to pull a dirty stroke is an understatement, i have never seen him being dirty before. Obviously it was a handicap when he was sent off but i dont think it should just be automatic for Antrim to capitulate to a 19 point defeat.

Seamroga in exile · July 10, 2011, 12:10:54 PM

Maybe the pitch was to blame.

Forever Green · July 10, 2011, 02:59:37 PM

http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=151335

Report from the Hoganstand website. Wonderful reporting. Could i ask who Andy McCloskey and Darren Hamilton are?

Buswhacker · July 10, 2011, 05:27:10 PM

The sad truth is we are no closer to the top teams than we were 30 years ago.A 19 point defeat to a side rated 6th or 7th in the country proves this.We just don't have the skill or physical ability to compete at the highest level.On yesterday's evidence lets hope we don't have to meet Tipperary any time soon.I hate writing this but there is no point in hiding our heads in the sand,it has to be said.

imtommygunn · July 10, 2011, 05:31:20 PM

It's a different game now than 30 years ago though.

The big gap has always been due to speed of the game / speed of thought / intensity etc. The speed of the game has increased tenfold due to the professional approach taken so based on that the gap has to have grown.

We can only compete with decent southern teams with Dinny in charge which suggests to me he's the only one capable of getting us to train as greater intensity / speed etc. 30 years ago we had a great batch of players - now we don't have the same at our disposal but dinny has us competing reasonably well and by all accounts the sending off had a massive impact yesterday.

I also think 30 years ago our minors competing in leinster was a great help.

So I'd say we are further back but I'd also say with Dinny in charge we are definitely going the right direction.

Forever Green · July 10, 2011, 09:41:08 PM

Todays results

Antrim Div 1 Hurling
Team 1 Score Score Team 2 Venue Comment
Ballycran 3-10 2-18 Dunloy Ballycran Round 9
Ballygalget 1-12 1-12 Portaferry Ballygalget Round 9
Glenariffe 0-8 0-12 Cushendall Glenariffe Round 9
St Johns 0-12 1-17 Loughgiel Corrigan Park Round 9

Antrim Reserve Hurling
Team 1 Score Score Team 2 Venue Comment
Ballycran 1-7 0-11 Dunloy Ballycran Round 9
Ballygalget 1-7 2-16 Portaferry Ballygalget Round 9

Antrim Div 2 Hurling
Team 1 Score Score Team 2 Venue Comment
Shane O Neills 0-9 4-11 Tir na Nog Shane ONeills Round 13
Clooney Gaels 2-17 6-16 St Galls Ahoghill Round 13
Lamh Dhearg 0-11 0-14 Ballycastle Lamh Dhearg Round 13

Antrim Div 3 Hurling
Team 1 Score Score Team 2 Venue Comment
St Pauls 0-14 0-17 Glen Rovers Armoy St. Pauls Round 11
Sarsfields 4-21 0-5 Bredagh Sarsfields Round 11
Cushendun 4-7 3-4 Glenravel Cushendun Round 11
Cloughmills 0-13 0-18 Rasharkin Cloughmills Round 11

Antrim Div 4 Hurling
Team 1 Score Score Team 2 Venue Comment
St Galls 0-8 4-16 Creggan St. Galls Round 9
O Donnells 0-4 2-20 Sean Treacys O Donnells Round 9

imtommygunn · July 10, 2011, 10:18:27 PM

The man who put the butt of the hurl into Conor McCann off the ball should have seen red before Stewart and then it would have been 14 14 and a fair match

Last Man · July 10, 2011, 11:25:46 PM

Quote from: Buswhacker on July 10, 2011, 05:27:10 PM
The sad truth is we are no closer to the top teams than we were 30 years ago.A 19 point defeat to a side rated 6th or 7th in the country proves this.We just don't have the skill or physical ability to compete at the highest level.On yesterday's evidence lets hope we don't have to meet Tipperary any time soon.I hate writing this but there is no point in hiding our heads in the sand,it has to be said.

This a total knee jerk comment IMO, we have the best crop of players who WANT to be there at the minute, and Dinny has done a decent job with them thus far, we needed a full deck against Limerick and after losing a man it was a bridgr too far. the score difference is not a true measure. The question is are we as good as we we want to be? How long are we watching Lar Corbett yet we are only now seeing the best hurling of his career due IMO to the collective effort of the team. Theres a gap in sacrafice but not skill,