Leinster Senior Championship 2026

Dunneroyal · April 07, 2026, 10:24:49 PM

Quote from: Blowitupref on April 07, 2026, 10:20:29 PMConfirmed tonight Tullamore and Portlaoise will host Leinster SFC semi-finals.

That will be interesting.

Fogarty · April 08, 2026, 10:00:44 AM

Kildare at 14/1 may offer some value.

Armagh18 · April 08, 2026, 10:29:05 AM

Louth probably the best value there, surprised at the Dubs being favourites over Meath.

The distraction with Brennans ban won't be helping Dublin, apparently he's not even meant to be at training if that's upheld?

gallsman · April 08, 2026, 11:01:33 AM

Quote from: Fogarty on April 08, 2026, 10:00:44 AMKildare at 14/1 may offer some value.

Kildare looked absolutely terrible at times in the league. Would be very surprised if they laid a glove on Meath, Dublin or Louth. They'll be very thankful for their Tailteann cup win.

Captain Scarlet · April 08, 2026, 11:18:23 AM

Losing money at 14/1 is still the same end result! I think we will have too much for Laois/ Offaly at home, but Meath were so far ahead of us in the league and will only be better on harder ground. They missed a lot against us in the league.

Louth are a fine streetwise outfit and can't be written off but they are in big bother if Mulroy is not on it or shit down - easier said than done mind.

Meath are big and mobile. Even the elder lads like Keoghan still have some legs and Jack O'Connor is really flying. It's not all just down to one or two men up top.

Wildweasel74 · April 08, 2026, 11:29:12 AM

Them bans where never changed from the calendar change meaning alot of games were missed. Totally self inflicted but under the old Calendar he would seen some pitch time uf Dublin had progressed, now he sees nothing if they not in a semi.

Armagh18 · April 08, 2026, 11:41:34 AM

Quote from: Captain Scarlet on April 08, 2026, 11:18:23 AMLosing money at 14/1 is still the same end result! I think we will have too much for Louth/ Offaly at home, but Meath were so far ahead of us in the league and will only be better on harder ground. They missed a lot against us in the league.

Louth are a fine streetwise outfit and can't be written off but they are in big bother if Mulroy is not on it or shit down - easier said than done mind.

Meath are big and mobile. Even the elder lads like Keoghan still have some legs and Jack O'Connor is really flying. It's not all just down to one or two men up top.

You think Kildare have too much for Louth? Bold enough take there I think. A big ask for Louth to go back to back, but don't see anyone other than Meath or Dublin if they get their shit together beating them. If I was to call it I'd say Louth to come up short in Leinster but make a far better stab at the All Ireland series.

Fogarty · April 08, 2026, 01:34:58 PM

Quote from: Armagh18 on April 08, 2026, 11:41:34 AM
Quote from: Captain Scarlet on April 08, 2026, 11:18:23 AMLosing money at 14/1 is still the same end result! I think we will have too much for Louth/ Offaly at home, but Meath were so far ahead of us in the league and will only be better on harder ground. They missed a lot against us in the league.

Louth are a fine streetwise outfit and can't be written off but they are in big bother if Mulroy is not on it or shit down - easier said than done mind.

Meath are big and mobile. Even the elder lads like Keoghan still have some legs and Jack O'Connor is really flying. It's not all just down to one or two men up top.

You think Kildare have too much for Louth? Bold enough take there I think. A big ask for Louth to go back to back, but don't see anyone other than Meath or Dublin if they get their shit together beating them. If I was to call it I'd say Louth to come up short in Leinster but make a far better stab at the All Ireland series.

I think he meant Laois.
Kildare are not pulling up trees, but I don't think Meath and Louth are on fire either.
There is probably too much hype in Meath as well.

gallsman · April 08, 2026, 03:29:46 PM

I'd say Meath are on fire, relatively speaking. Nobody smart will be predicting them to win the AI but they've backed up last year and kicked on.

Armagh18 · April 08, 2026, 03:46:47 PM

Quote from: Fogarty on April 08, 2026, 01:34:58 PM
Quote from: Armagh18 on April 08, 2026, 11:41:34 AM
Quote from: Captain Scarlet on April 08, 2026, 11:18:23 AMLosing money at 14/1 is still the same end result! I think we will have too much for Louth/ Offaly at home, but Meath were so far ahead of us in the league and will only be better on harder ground. They missed a lot against us in the league.

Louth are a fine streetwise outfit and can't be written off but they are in big bother if Mulroy is not on it or shit down - easier said than done mind.

Meath are big and mobile. Even the elder lads like Keoghan still have some legs and Jack O'Connor is really flying. It's not all just down to one or two men up top.

You think Kildare have too much for Louth? Bold enough take there I think. A big ask for Louth to go back to back, but don't see anyone other than Meath or Dublin if they get their shit together beating them. If I was to call it I'd say Louth to come up short in Leinster but make a far better stab at the All Ireland series.

I think he meant Laois.
Kildare are not pulling up trees, but I don't think Meath and Louth are on fire either.
There is probably too much hype in Meath as well.

I'd say Louth, Meath and Dublin are a good bit ahead in Leinster all 3 definitely capable of winning it. All 3 certainly capable of reaching a quarter final and beyond, Meath you'd say could maybe, maybe reach a final draw dependent, would be interesting to see them meet Donegal or Kerry to see how they'd get on in comparison to the absolute tanking Donegal gave them or if they can get another result against Kerry.

Captain Scarlet · April 08, 2026, 04:26:50 PM

I did mean Laois/ Offaly sorry. But yeah the main three are a good bit ahead.

At least it's a bit more interesting and I think there is a solid kick in the Dubs at some stage. Feck would Fenton anser an SOS?

Dunneroyal · April 08, 2026, 11:15:40 PM

Quote from: Fogarty on April 08, 2026, 01:34:58 PM
Quote from: Armagh18 on April 08, 2026, 11:41:34 AM
Quote from: Captain Scarlet on April 08, 2026, 11:18:23 AMLosing money at 14/1 is still the same end result! I think we will have too much for Louth/ Offaly at home, but Meath were so far ahead of us in the league and will only be better on harder ground. They missed a lot against us in the league.

Louth are a fine streetwise outfit and can't be written off but they are in big bother if Mulroy is not on it or shit down - easier said than done mind.

Meath are big and mobile. Even the elder lads like Keoghan still have some legs and Jack O'Connor is really flying. It's not all just down to one or two men up top.

You think Kildare have too much for Louth? Bold enough take there I think. A big ask for Louth to go back to back, but don't see anyone other than Meath or Dublin if they get their shit together beating them. If I was to call it I'd say Louth to come up short in Leinster but make a far better stab at the All Ireland series.

I think he meant Laois.
Kildare are not pulling up trees, but I don't think Meath and Louth are on fire either.
There is probably too much hype in Meath as well.

Don't think there is any hype in Meath. Actually I'd say there is more nerves than anything else, we on everyone's radar after last year and the league. There's not a cigarette paper between dublin Louth and Meath. Louth are too big of price maybe cause to win it they have to beat both Dublin and Meath. Louth may even have been fav if Meath and Dublin were on opposite side.
Confidence? Yes we will beat I believe the two team we play before final in Westmeath and Kildare. But our problem is we won't have had the test that either Louth or Dublin will have had, and that's a huge negative. I actually believe that Offaly gave a better account of themselves than Kildare did in league at least for 30 minutes, Kildare were hugely disappointing, and there is something seriously wrong there. What I don't know but they have the players to be better than they are.
So hype no, hope yes

Fogarty · April 09, 2026, 01:54:04 PM

We'll see. There are doubts about Meath because they didn't close the deal in the Leinster final last year.
Beating Dublin was the hard part.

Baile Brigín 2 · April 09, 2026, 02:54:18 PM

Quote from: Armagh18 on April 08, 2026, 10:29:05 AMLouth probably the best value there, surprised at the Dubs being favourites over Meath.

The distraction with Brennans ban won't be helping Dublin, apparently he's not even meant to be at training if that's upheld?

Might not be a bad thing. Let Bastik run them ragged for a few weeks.

Ohtoohtobe · April 10, 2026, 05:06:52 AM

Quote from: Dunneroyal on April 08, 2026, 11:15:40 PMBut our problem is we won't have had the test that either Louth or Dublin will have had

I understand Kildare aren't going well but is this side of the draw that much a foregone conclusion?

Louth squeaked past us last year with a bit of extra nous and scoring efficiency. But we dominated a lot of that game. With a bit of luck, the only one who played that day that we'll be missing for the championship is David Hyland.

Offaly would also be a different proposition with a couple key lads back.

Neither county are the favourites but I'm not sure Kildare and Offaly are as irrelevant as some think.