McGrath Cup 2017

Horse Box · November 08, 2016, 07:20:37 PM

Anyone know when the draw is ? Looking forward to seeing what the Tipp Panel will be like , should be a lot stronger . Kearns has been to plenty of Tipp Championship games and says some new Players to be added . Lack of quality Players on the bench during the summer ! Reckon O`Brien will be back also !

tippabu · November 10, 2016, 08:48:16 AM

Last years draw was at the end of november anyway.

Panel looks alot stronger than last year, john meagher and liam mcgrath two big additions, plus the boys who went to america give us alot more depth. Reckon acheson will be back for the championship, o brien im not so sure, he was ment to be very very close to making the 26 against kilkenny, if he does come back it wont be until april or so, he'll stick with the hurlers for most of the league and see what opertunities he gets. Midfield is the only area we are lacking at the minute, can see quinlivan going in there for alot of the league

Horse Box · November 10, 2016, 04:46:11 PM

Rumour has it that Acheson will be back

. Liam Casey in for Midfield also , big strong lad . Liam McGrath got a chance under Creedon around Spring 2013 but I don`t think his heart was in it at the time as he thought he would make the hurling Panel . I reckon he knows now Football is the way forward for him . Thought John Meagher was great in the County Final . Good to see Loughmore lads on the County panel at last . Exciting times ahead !

AZOffaly · November 10, 2016, 04:48:19 PM

Who was that massive lad playing midfield for Clonmel in the county final? We were doing a bit of a coaching course with TT on video analysis last night in Dr. Morris, and we were looking at throw ins. Your man was fecking huge!!

tippabu · November 10, 2016, 05:09:24 PM

Quote from: AZOffaly on November 10, 2016, 04:48:19 PM
Who was that massive lad playing midfield for Clonmel in the county final? We were doing a bit of a coaching course with TT on video analysis last night in Dr. Morris, and we were looking at throw ins. Your man was fecking huge!!

David lyons from dublin. Really progressed as the games went on although loughmore played him very well. Dont think hes up to intercounty level though, hes not mobile enough.

Conor kenny is one ive not seen before, heard he played under 21 football for kildare, hes a real unkown coming into the panel.

Ive not heard anything about buggy o meara, his intercounty hurling seems to be over, was a good under 21, worth a look at if he wanted to.

Jaysus lads, 5 posts solely on tipp football, viva la revolution!!!

Horse Box · November 10, 2016, 05:29:50 PM

Conor Kenny from Borrisoleigh , another lad from North Tipp that doesn`t play Club Football ! If he`s good enough though . Would like to see Buggy if he`s interested ( no Club Football either ) . Lyons got trials for Dublin a couple of years ago , Big unit , right coaching and conditioning could be a good lad to have on the panel !

Tippabu , have you a link to the Tipp panel for 2017 ?

AZOffaly · November 10, 2016, 05:31:44 PM

Conor Kenny was dropped from the hurling last year wasn't he? Missed a sitter v Kilkenny in the league. Big lad alright.

tippabu · November 10, 2016, 06:47:59 PM

This was from the examiner i think last week. John meagher is in too, imagine the likes of ger mulhair will be back after injury, few more too after the 21s the likes of jack kennedy and stephen quirke

Meanwhile, Kearns has drafted his provisional winter training panel - and there are some interesting additions as the Kerry native looks ahead to 2017.
Former senior hurling panellist Conor Kenny has been invited in for training. The Borrisoleigh man played U-21 football with Kildare.
Kenny (24) won Munster and All-Ireland intermediate hurling medals with Tipperary in 2013 and was a member of the senior squad earlier this year, before being released by manager Michael Ryan.
Liam McGrath, Tipp's 2011 All-Ireland minor winning captain, has also been called up after featuring for the senior hurlers in the early stages of 2016.

Liam Treacy, McGrath's club-mate from county senior football champions Loughmore-Castleiney, has also been included in a list of almost 40 players.
Former captain Paddy Codd is back after taking a year out and four players who were in America for the summer - Liam Casey, Jason Lonergan, Kevin Fahey and Ross Mulcahy - will feature too.

Diarmuid Foley's excellent club form for Moyle Rovers has earned him the chance to impress, while Upperchurch duo Colm Stapleton and Paul Shanahan are also involved, as is Emmet Moloney from Drom & Inch.

Kearns is hopeful that Dubai-based Acheson may return for next summer's championship campaign, but he's planning without the Moyle Rovers powerhouse for the Allianz League campaign.

Horse Box · November 11, 2016, 01:22:22 AM

Paddy Codd is a great addition And delighted Foley given a chance , hoped Liam Boland from Moyle Rovers would be there also .

tippabu · November 22, 2016, 08:15:44 PM

Stephen quirke called into the senior hurlers, abit surprised as he wasnt a stand out under age. All the best to him

Horse Box · November 23, 2016, 10:02:53 PM

Well Bies , any word on the draw . Is it the 6 County sides or are the Unis and Colleges allowed enter this year ?

AZOffaly · November 23, 2016, 10:22:48 PM

Quote from: tippabu on November 22, 2016, 08:15:44 PM
Stephen quirke called into the senior hurlers, abit surprised as he wasnt a stand out under age. All the best to him

Sure it'll keep the footballers down, that's the main thing.

Horse Box · November 23, 2016, 11:52:57 PM

Quote from: AZOffaly on November 23, 2016, 10:22:48 PM
Quote from: tippabu on November 22, 2016, 08:15:44 PM
Stephen quirke called into the senior hurlers, abit surprised as he wasnt a stand out under age. All the best to him

Sure it'll keep the footballers down, that's the main thing.

Exactly , same as taking Steven O`Brien last year knowing he hasn`t a hope of being in the Championship game day Panel !

tippabu · November 24, 2016, 05:50:40 PM

Tipp, Cork, Kerry....nice way to kick off the year and get ready for league action

Munster McGrath Cup Football
The McGrath Cup Football competition will be played off in a similar format to 2016 with two groups of three teams. The top team in each group will content the final. Defending McGrath Cup champions Cork have been paired with Kerry and Tipperary in Group A while in Group B, Limerick, Clare and Waterford will fight it out for a place in the final. The competition will begin on Sunday January 8th with fixtures on January 11th and 15th ahead of the 2017 McGrath Cup Final on Sunday January 22nd.

Horse Box · November 24, 2016, 06:19:14 PM

Quote from: tippabu on November 24, 2016, 05:50:40 PM
Tipp, Cork, Kerry....nice way to kick off the year and get ready for league action

Munster McGrath Cup Football
The McGrath Cup Football competition will be played off in a similar format to 2016 with two groups of three teams. The top team in each group will content the final. Defending McGrath Cup champions Cork have been paired with Kerry and Tipperary in Group A while in Group B, Limerick, Clare and Waterford will fight it out for a place in the final. The competition will begin on Sunday January 8th with fixtures on January 11th and 15th ahead of the 2017 McGrath Cup Final on Sunday January 22nd.

Good stuff , strong group ! Beat Cork in the Championship this year for the first time since `44 however we got the Cork monkey of our back in Senior Football 4 years ago in the McGrath when we beat them by 3 points in Pairc Ui Rinn . We can do the same with Kerry in Tralee on the 8th of January ! We have Cork at home , probably Tipp Town .