Laois SHC 2024

[Spiritof1915]

I was at the match and both sides were giving as good as each other. In saying that it was handbags. Pushing and shoving from both sets of players, subs, mentors. How you single out 3 players from one club is a mystery to me.

[Laois Rising]

No, may not have struck but each time it simmered down it was a Harps mentor, sub or player who reignited things by attempting to grab a headlock, square up and take on an opposing player. Those sort of actions should be dealt with as it is this sort of shite that does escalate things. Thankfully CB didn't take the bait. 

[Spiritof1915]

Fair point but I clearly saw 2 established county men rolling on the ground, now as I said earlier it was tame but clearly instigated by the CB man.

[Laoisred]

I was at the match too and have looked at it since. Yes plenty of handbags but a few of the below breached too.  But it will be tidied up the Laoais way, possibly not in line with the rules.
County Board can apply the rules when they like. For example their rule on Colt-Shanohoe's objection to timimg by the referee in the PIHC which they met on last night. But here they have a chance to apply the rules to both clubs and be firm and it won't be done. 

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Category IV
(i) Striking or attempting to strikewith arm, elbow, hand or knee eitherwith force or
causing injury.
(ii) Striking or attempting to strikewith the head.
(iii) Strikingwith hurley, eitherwith force or causing injury.
(iv) Attempting to strikewith hurley,with force.
(v) Kicking, eitherwith force or causing injury.
(vi) Attempting to kick,with force.
(vii) Stamping.
(viii) Inflicting injury recklesslybymeans otherthan those stated above.
(ix) Any type of assault on an Opposing Team Official.
(x) Abusive language towards a Referee, a Score Umpire, Line Umpire or Sideline Official.
Penalties:
(1) Minimum: A Two Match Suspension in the same Code and at the same Level, applicable
to the next gamesin the same Competition, even ifone orboth games occur(s) in the
following year's competition;
(2) MinimumonRepeatInfraction:AThreeMatch SuspensioninthesameCodeand atthe
same Level, applicable to the next gamesin the same Competition inwhich the Repeat
Infraction occurred, even ifone ormore ofthe games occur(s)in the following year's
competition

[Verbal]

No, may not have struck but each time it simmered down it was a Harps mentor, sub or player who reignited things by attempting to grab a headlock, square up and take on an opposing player. Those sort of actions should be dealt with as it is this sort of shite that does escalate things. Thankfully CB didn't take the bait. 

This doesn't stand up to scrutiny at all.
I'm not going to name names.
But at least 3 C/B players were goading Harps players at times when it had quietened.
A C/B hurl carrier also appeared to reignite things at one stage verbally also.

[Ballygowen]

Any update on who is Tommy Fitzs back room team yet lads? 2 junior A hurling sfinals this week should be 2 close games I believe Cbolla the standout team in this grade with a very experienced team.

heard the weekend that bonner maher and a steaklem lad from moycarkey or holycross is going to be involved.

[Sir Alex7]

Any update on who is Tommy Fitzs back room team yet lads? 2 junior A hurling sfinals this week should be 2 close games I believe Cbolla the standout team in this grade with a very experienced team.

heard the weekend that bonner maher and a steaklem lad from moycarkey or holycross is going to be involved.

heard the same...aidan stakelum was the hurling coach of loughmore last year and is coaching holycross this year...he also was coach of thurles cbs that won the all ireland schools in march...maher is coaching carrig riverstown in offaly this year

[Ballygowen]

Any update on who is Tommy Fitzs back room team yet lads? 2 junior A hurling sfinals this week should be 2 close games I believe Cbolla the standout team in this grade with a very experienced team.

heard the weekend that bonner maher and a steaklem lad from moycarkey or holycross is going to be involved.

heard the same...aidan stakelum was the hurling coach of loughmore last year and is coaching holycross this year...he also was coach of thurles cbs that won the all ireland schools in march...maher is coaching carrig riverstown in offaly this year

Yes that's the fella, Aidan stakelum.

[The infidel in exile]

At first, when the County board changed the Senior Hurling Championship to 10 teams, is was against the concept as I felt that it wouldn't help the Senior Championship, and also degrade the P.I.H.C, But I was wrong, instead of the top Six cantering into quarter finals, All games in Round 5, were must win games.

As an Abbeyleix supporter, I must agree with the contributer that stated that there needs to be a serious debate, about how they threw away certain games that the likes of Camross would never allow to happen.

Abbeyleix have four forwards that would get on every team in the County. How Cormac Byrne is not on the Laois team is Lamentable, Fionan Mahoney and young Fitzpatrick from Ballyroan is a terrier, although I believe football is number one for him, but I think that he won't make a football team due to his size,


I watched all their games on clubber, the first game against The Harps ( Two teams that have been at the top of underage Hurling for at least 8 years) Although Abbeyleix were poor on the night, they threw the game away in the last 7 minutes.   

The were poor again, against an inferior Castletown team ( NO Offence, just true) But the made a brilliant comeback to take the lead, only for Castletown to Draw.

Against B/K, They were the real Abbeyleix team for 45 minutes Cormack, Colin, killian and Sam Quinn were super. They were 11 points to the good, after 39 minutes, with great confidence after beating R/E by 4, the round before, But they made one of the greatest mistakes of the Year by not sticking Mahoney on the Best half forward in Laois (Aaron Dunphy)

He brought B/K back into the game, along with his brother, He was brilliant, although the referee had a part to play by giving B/K Four very soft frees. But it was Their own fault, as they Should have beaten B/K by 4 or 5 points.

If the won that game, the Camross match would have been a non entity as Abbeyleix would have been on 5 points and in a quarter final.

It is inevitable talking about the Camross game, as Abbeyleix have Never beaten Camross in a Championship game, and they will have to carry that cross longer. Personally I would love to see both B/K and Roseanallis go well, but I personally cannot see beyond, Camross or Clough/Ballacolla

[SpeculativeEffort]

It is inevitable talking about the Camross game, as Abbeyleix have Never beaten Camross in a Championship game, and they will have to carry that cross longer. Personally I would love to see both B/K and Roseanallis go well, but I personally cannot see beyond, Camross or Clough/Ballacolla

Did Abbeyleix not beat Camross in 2017 quarter final?? 🤔

[The infidel in exile]

Correct, I'm sorry, but it's clearly a confidence issue with Abbeyleix, They had just beaten the potential champions by 4 points, ans were absolutely giving a lesson to B/K, after 40 minutes (11 points up). All I'm saying is if that was Camross or R/E, even though we had beaten them, they would NEVER HAVE LET B/K BACK INTO THE GAME, Aaron Dunphy or not. Abbeyleix have as good a half forward line as in the County, But our Manager does not rate Fionan Mahoney Cormac and Colin Byrne or Ned Fitzpatrick. Abbeyleix lost a quarter final that night on the line. Now we have finished 8th, in front of Portlaoise and Castletown team

[Laois man]

Maybe Abbeyleix are not as good as they think shocking again borris/kcotton in the second half lucky to get a draw again castletown very poor v camross.

[Galtee1]

The results don't lie, the Fung are where they deserve to be.
I would fancy them and the Harps to get over the line this weekend but the suspensions for Harps may prove costly.

[Laois man]

This weekend will be real winter hurling with the wet and heavy pitches. The fung on there day are a good side but apart from the Byrnes have they alot coming through? When was the time the won a minor or u20 title there in the B at u15 level.

[The infidel in exile]

Maybe they are where they belong, And maybe they aren't as good as I think. But other than Camross who won by 6, every other game came down to one score. I Humbly think that if they made a greater effort and had better coaching they would have went to at least a Semi final, like 23, and 24. I still cannot believe that Cormac Byrne ( who can hurl naturally on either side, along with Fionan Mahoney, are not in or around the starting County fifteen. Anyway we shall see next year. Even though we beat them to win our first Senior Hurling trophy this year, I would like to see Borris kilcotton, go further this year.