AI club hurling 2025/2026

[johnnycool]

8 clubs, 2 groups of 4. Top 2 in each group play a senior / intermediate qualifier. Winners to senior losers go into intermediate final. Bottom 2 in each group play a junior semi final.

With so few teams then probably as good a way of coming up with your intermediate and Junior representatives as any.

[johnnycool]

Poor fare so far.
St John's have parked the bus and are still in it due to poor shooting from Slaughtneil.
St John's will need come out and try to win the feckin thing

[Truthsayer]

As bad a game of hurling... St Johns year a success anyway and Slaughtneil more likely to give All Ireland a rattle. Glad to be on the sofa though...

[johnnycool]

St John's leaving a bit of dirt in on the tackling now....

[Milltown Row2]

You can stay close with defensive set ups, you can hope the other team play poorly and give you an opportunity

But when they don't, what's plan B?

S'neil were rightly favourites and played like it, eventually found their accuracy and pulled away..

Loughrea will play their own game which will benefit S'neil I feel..

McManus for the Johnnies played very well, he showed for the ball and took nearly all his chances

The fitness levels were up there with most teams going into the semifinals

Bit would need to have more in two weeks

[Milltown Row2]

Eire Og doing the defensive thing today also..

But when in trouble their out all of defence is going to a gunner player or a 50/50 attempt high n the air, as a defender that's meat and gravy

Scoring 4 points is abysmal

The passing range from gunner is to be admired, they make so much space to take shots

[Gallybander]

Ballygunner had it handy enough on Sunday. The standard in Clare mustn't have been high this year, as Eire Og didn't look up to much. Maybe they have too many light players for the wet ground.

Aside from that, BG have a big reputation to shake off of not closing the deal. 5 Munster titles and still only one All Ireland.

[johnnycool]

Ballygunner had it handy enough on Sunday. The standard in Clare mustn't have been high this year, as Eire Og didn't look up to much. Maybe they have too many light players for the wet ground.

Aside from that, BG have a big reputation to shake off of not closing the deal. 5 Munster titles and still only one All Ireland.

Eire Og beat Loughmore, so must have been handy enough but maybe better suited to a dryer sod as some did look very young and light.

BG will face either St Martins (who I fancy) or Ballyhale, so for me that's the banana skin they need to get over.

[Milltown Row2]

Stop Dessie and teams will have a chance, but, there are plenty of cracking hurlers on that team to get space to keep the scoreboard ticking over, in the bad weather conditions of their previous games they have managed to do that, take the points build the lead and stay on it.. I haven't seen St Martin's recently so hard to judge but Ballyhale are not their vintage best, but still came through and won Kilkenny and their last game handy enough

[imtommygunn]

Are them O'Connors sons of George?

BH won't be easy beat but definitely aren't as good as they were. The Leinster final should be interesting.

BG are a great team but as someone said they have only won one and tbh they were lucky enough that day. If they'd have got the goal any other time I think BH would have come back but the time they got it was just as good as you can get.

[johnnycool]

Are them O'Connors sons of George?

BH won't be easy beat but definitely aren't as good as they were. The Leinster final should be interesting.

BG are a great team but as someone said they have only won one and tbh they were lucky enough that day. If they'd have got the goal any other time I think BH would have come back but the time they got it was just as good as you can get.

Barry is Georges son and Rory is John's son, both the Da's played when Wexford won the AI in 96.

[SouthOfThe Bann]

Any word where Loughrea v Slughtneil will be?

Kingspan Breffni in Cavan probably the most Central?

[johnnycool]

Any word where Loughrea v Slughtneil will be?

Kingspan Breffni in Cavan probably the most Central?

They might have to ensure they put the 65m lines on the pitch there...

[SouthOfThe Bann]

Any word where Loughrea v Slughtneil will be?

Kingspan Breffni in Cavan probably the most Central?

They might have to ensure they put the 65m lines on the pitch there...

Would be good to play it in a non hurling stronghold though.

Its closer to Loughrea than Sluaghtneil so no Ulster bias there.

[imtommygunn]

Are them O'Connors sons of George?

BH won't be easy beat but definitely aren't as good as they were. The Leinster final should be interesting.

BG are a great team but as someone said they have only won one and tbh they were lucky enough that day. If they'd have got the goal any other time I think BH would have come back but the time they got it was just as good as you can get.

Barry is Georges son and Rory is John's son, both the Da's played when Wexford won the AI in 96.

I mind George but I don't mind John that well. There's a Jack too who is his son.

(Ah on googling no one ever remembers the corner backs  )