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Looks like Mullagh could get a second chance.

Sunday's  Galway county hurling final between Loughrea and Portumna has been postponed in the expectation that Mullagh are going to lodge an appeal against the staging of the semi-final against Loughrea.

It's believed they want the game declared null and void as Miko Ryan who resigned as Galway hurling board chairman last week was suspended when he chaired the fixtures committee which fixed the game between Loughrea and Mullagh.

Four Mullagh players and two officials will appear this eveving before a hearings committee of Galway's hurling board in relation to incidents arising from the game.

In which referee Christy Helebert who took charge of the Galway Hurling semi-final between Mullagh and Loughrea only left the pitch 10 minutes after the final whistle before being escorted by Gardai to his dressing-room. In his match report, he alleges he was assaulted by three Mullagh players.who will face 48 week suspensions if they are found guilty.

The problems arose when Helebert awarded Loughrea a match winning free in the last minute to the disgust of the Mullagh Players who were trying to reach there first County Final since 1966.

Courtesy of http://www.sportsnewsireland.com/

<p>GAA announced today that from 1 January 2010 the wearing of helmets with face-guards will be compulsory. All hurlers except for Seniors have had to wear helmets but from next year all players at all levels will have to keep there Helmets on for the duration of the match.<p>

<p>Head of the GAA Christy Cooney told press :- 'We have seen a reduction in the number of serious facial injuries at these grades thanks to the compulsory use of helmets in games and training and we would hope to see the same trend at senior level too.<p>

<p>'We accept that this change will provide challenges for older players not accustomed to wearing helmets and also to goalkeepers but we are confident that in time the benefits in terms of safety and player welfare will be seen to far outweigh any initial inconvenience presented by use of the helmets.'<p>

<p>There has been no comment from the GPA yet <p>.

Courtesy of http://www.sportsnewsireland.com/

Lets hope they do a good job and get a few wins in the league . I got the names ''Meath man Paddy Kelly will take charge of the hurlers and former Louth player Peter Fitzpatrick will lead county's football team'' from http://www.sportsnewsireland.com/

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Kilkenny   6/4                                    
Galway   2/1      
Tiperary   7/2   
Waterford   4/1
Wexford   20/1
Antrim   33/1

Anyone have a draw for the Q/F

Looks like it should be a walk in the park for Galway.

Two questions will only be answered

(1) Can Galway cover the 19pt handicap.
(2) How much Joe Canning can score on his way to being top scorer in the Hurling Championship.

Great weekend last week with Kildare covering the 3pt handicap with ease.

30 May 2009
   14:00      Down U18 (5/6)      Draw (7)      Cavan U18 (6/5)   
   19:00      Wexford (10/11)      Draw (10)      Offaly (6/5)   Hurling
31 May 2009
   15:30      Laois (20)              Draw (28)      Galway (1/100)   Hurling
   16:00      Tipperary (8/15)      Draw (11)      Cork (15/8)   Hurling

   12:15      Tyrone U18 (13/8)   Draw (7)      Armagh U18 (8/13)   
   14:00      Tyrone (4/7)      Draw (15/2)   Armagh (9/4)   
   15:30      Leitrim (6/4)      Draw (15/2)   Roscommon (8/11)

Any early fancies would be very welcome , I think Roscommon should beat Leitrim.

14:00      Derry (4/6)      Draw (15/2)   Monaghan (7/4)   
14:00      Longford (5/6)   Draw (15/2)   Wicklow (13/8)   
15:00      London (20)   Draw (28)      Galway (1/100)   
15:30      Tipperary (5/4)   Draw (15/2)   Limerick (11/10)   
15:30      Waterford (20)   Draw (28)      Cork (1/100)   
16:00      Kildare (4/9)   Draw (17/2)   Offaly (3)   

Plenty of games to get the GAA fan interested this week with Dublin Championship Minor and Senior County Matches. Some early thoughts would be very much appreciated.

12th May
        19:15      Templeogue (1/2)          Draw (7)            Ballinteer St Johns (2/1)
13 May 2009
   19:00      Cork U18 (2/9)             Draw (10)             Tipperary U18 (7/2)   
   19:00      Kerry U18 (1/5)             Draw (10)             Clare U18 (15/4)   
   19:15      Clontarf (9/4)             Draw (             Round Towers (2/5)   
   19:15      Whitehall (5)             Draw (9)             St Sylvesters (1/6)   
14 May 2009
   19:15      Lucan Sarsfields (2/9)      Draw (10)             St Marks (7/2)   
   20:30      Parnells (11/10)              Draw (7)             Fingal Ravens (5/6)
15 May 2009
   18:45      Na Fianna (11/4)              Draw (7)              St Vincents (4/11)   
   19:15      Erins Isle (4/7)              Draw (15/2)           Naomh Mearnog (13/8)
   19:15      St Peregrines (9/4)           Draw (15/2)      UCD (2/5)   
   20:30      St Oliver Plunketts (2/5)   Draw (7)              St Brigids (5/2
16 May 2009
   18:00      Naomh Olaf (13/5)      Draw (              Trinity Gaels (1/3)   
   18:00      Raheny (4/9)              Draw (15/2)      Fingallians (2)   
   19:00      Galway U18 (1/5)      Draw (10)              Sligo U18 (15/4)   
17 May 2009
   13:45      Fermanagh U18 (5/2)      Draw (15/2)      Down U18 (4/11)   
   15:00      Carlow (5)                      Draw (11)              Louth (2/7)   
   15:30      Fermanagh (6/4)              Draw (7)              Down (5/6)   

Any news from Limerick , any team news ?
Which team will the the three dual play with at the weekend

Fergy O'Donnell seems to have brought a bit of pride back into the jersey for the Roscommon players , there win over Mayo and there loss in extra time to Galway appear decent performances . They have been scoring freely but as usual the defence look very weak .

Gotta say i don't know much about how Offaly are going but there were horrible against Dublin . Anyone know did they play any challenge match last weekend and how did they preform ?

Roscommon 4/6
Draw 8/1
Offaly 6/4

So guys who are the best five or six clubs left , I know Nuig and St Bridgets are gone . Any early fancies for the title

Wexford hurlers are as bad as the footballers but have always done well against waterford in the league and the one time they played in 2003.

Any teams news ?

These two games are so pointless no need for tow seperate treads .

The handicap's on the match are
Waterford   -19  10/11
Antrim   +19           10/11
Handicap Tie          16/1


Galway   -23           10/11
Laois   +23            10/11
Handicap Tie         16/1


Laois's new manager Niall Rigney will have some ordeal facing galway in Salthill . This could be 40pts or have Laois a full squad to pick from for the match .

Antrim were a disgrace last week the way their heads dropped and look like getting another bad beating by waterford, Davy Fitz will surly want to put up a huge score for his first game in charge.

Is this live on any tv station or on the net , I cannot seem to find it in any listings . At worst does any know a radio station that will be covering it .

Looks like this will be a great match but Tipp seem to be unable to beat Cork in Pairc Ui Chaoimh.

Cian O'Connor seems to be the only injured  player the Cork team has at present .
Cork were supposedly very impressive beating Galway by 5pts in the first half of a challenge last week before putting a second team out for the second half .

Tipp had a great league but Hugh Maloney is out with a shoulder injury and Wille Ryan got a dead last week and also may miss out .Not sure how Lar Corbett's hand injury is progressing.

21/20 on Cork at home looks a massive price to me.


21/20 Cork
10/1 Draw
11/10 Tipp

Ive heard Waterford are missing a lot of players , can someone give us a run down please.

Just wondered could people post up what injuries and suspensions there are for this sundays matches , I know meath a missing a few , so i would be obliged with some information.

How badly will dual stars Gary Hurney and Liam Lawlor not being released by the hurling management affect Waterford .

Just looking for some team news , I know Laios beat offaly in the league but Offaly were playing awful and had none of the Birr Players . Still they should give them a game on Sunday .

Handicap on the game is

Offaly - 14pts @ Evens
Tie                @ 14's
Laois  +14pts  @ Evens


Think Laios +14 might be worth a bet