Laois Senior Footballers 2026

[SCFC]

I think we have suffered from the decoupling of minor and adult football. When we were competitive and dominating underage football our best players were all top players with senior and intermediate teams at 16, 17, 18. This gave them an edge.

Now all these players are playing more games (at own age group) but they are not being challenged.

Previously the best players were aiming to play adult at 16. They wanted to be the players brought up first. Now all these players are just lolling along and arriving out of minor largely not ready for adult club football.

I couldn't agree more. And there's talk of moving it up another year to under 18 year olds not being allowed play senior.
I think it's crazy. The quality of our young players has disimproved a lot since the under 17 rule came in.