Laois Hurling.

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Laois U14s sent down two teams to Kilkenny for more challenge games recently...

Laois 1 Team: 7-28 v 1-02 :Kilkenny Central.
Laois 2 Team: 3-11 v 3-12 :Kilkenny North.

[laoislad]

Laois in U21 Leinster Final after beating Carlow in semi final tonight!

[heffo]

Great result for Laois.

Keep it going now and win Leinster.

[laoislad]

Getting a very bad hammering in Portlaoise tonight in Leinster Final.Hopefully some pride can be restored in second half.
HT
Laois 0-06 Kilkenny 3-14

[heffo]

Getting a very bad hammering in Portlaoise tonight in Leinster Final.Hopefully some pride can be restored in second half.
HT
Laois 0-06 Kilkenny 3-14

Much of a crowd at it?

[laoislad]

FT Laois 1-13 Kilkenny 4-24

[laoislad]

So they want us to drop down to the Christy Ring.
I dunno I suppose it is our level and it might be a good thing for a season or two.

[Absent]

Is the new Laois hurling manager in place yet,I may have missed it.

[Bord na Mona man]

Not looking so good:

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Eight players show up for hurling meeting


Published on Tuesday 25 September 2012 15:10

Laois senior hurling took another blow last Monday night after it emerged that only eight senior players attended a meeting to review the 2012 season and plot a way forward for 2013.

Minor hurling manager Seamas Plunkett and former Laois hurler Paul Cuddy had organised the meeting to allow players to air their grievances and suggest ways to improve the setup for next year.

Both men became involved in the process to act as intermediaries when a meeting between a group of six players and County Board officials was adjourned, after both parties failed to find any common ground last month.

The meeting last Monday was open to all players who had been on the 2012 panel, as well as any players who had not made themselves available for selection. In spite of the broad invitation, only eight players showed up to meet Plunkett and Cuddy.

The process of consulting with the players has been revived, however, with Plunkett and Cuddy now meeting with smaller groups of players over the last week, and they are expected to meet more players in the coming days before filing a report to the County Board, who hope to have it this weekend.

Laois GAA Chairman Brian Allen admitted that meeting with smaller groups of players was probably the approach that should have been taken in the first place. "It was disappointing (to have eight players show up), but maybe we should have went with things the other way from the start. There was a lot of players away in college and some other players had been involved in the county semi-finals the day before, so in hindsight, Monday was not a great night to have it."

With such a poor showing at the meeting, however, it will raise the topic of Christy Ring hurling for 2013 after Croke Park wrote to Laois GAA earlier this year to ask if they intended to participate in the competition next year. While that may loom on the horizon, Allen refused to accept that Laois would take up the invitation. "We haven't gotten as far as that yet, we'll wait for the report to come in and see what we're going to do then, going forward."

The timeline for the recovery from this setback will see Plunkett and Cuddy meet with smaller groups of players during the rest of this week, with Allen hoping they are in a position to file their report by this weekend. Once the report has been submitted, it will be discussed by the Laois GAA Executive before action is then taken on what is recommended.

With the senior team still without a manager, the process of filling that void is expected to begin soon afterwards, although Allen hinted that there may be more than one role appointed. "It will be about appointing a management team more so than a manager, a physical trainer, coach and selectors all come in to play when you are appointing a manager."

There will be more scrutiny than ever on the next appointment as Laois look to recover from two disastrous seasons, during which two managers have walked away from the post, Brendan Fennelly and Teddy McCarthy. There have been calls for a Laois man to be appointed next after the relative success enjoyed by Niall Rigney during his term, as well as the improved fortunes of the Laois minor and U-21 hurlers in 2012 under the stewardship of Laois managers.

http://www.leinsterexpress.ie/sport/gaelic-games/eight-players-show-up-for-hurling-meeting-1-4298907

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http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/sport/plunkett-confirmed-as-laois-boss-578205.html

Fair play to him for taking on what seems like a hiding to nothing

Are there any easy solutions?

Why won't the best players make themselves available?

[laoislad]

Is the new Laois hurling manager in place yet,I may have missed it.

Yup.Just last night.

Best of luck to him,it's a thankless job.

Seamas Plunkett was confirmed as the next manager of the Laois senior hurlers at a specially convened meeting of the County Committee on Monday night.

His appointment brings to an end an exhaustive search for a replacement to Teddy McCarthy, which had been spearheaded by Plunkett, along with Paul Cuddy. Cuddy will also be part of the new management team.

Plunkett's appointment left the minor managers job vacant, but Laois GAA moved quickly to fill the void with Pat Critchley set to succeed Plunkett. Tony Doran was set to be confirmed for a second year as U-21 manager last night also.

It follows a whirlwind few days since last Tuesday night's convention, with new chairman Gerry Kavanagh wasting little time in solving the managerial crisis with the senior hurlers. The new setup had been put in place by last Friday night, while Plunkett and Cuddy will now begin the process of finding suitable candidates for their backroom team.

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Good response for Cheddar... 35 at first meeting.

[Bord na Mona man]

Good response for Cheddar... 35 at first meeting.

Cheddar?
It would be a headline writer's dream if he became the big cheese down in Leix.

[laoislad]

Great wins for Laois tonight in the minor against Offaly and Antrim in the senior.

[Milltown Row2]

Great wins for Laois tonight in the minor against Offaly and Antrim in the senior.

Well done, listened to it on radio, sounded like better team won, Antrim were never in control for any part of this match