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Lets wait until Offaly win a game, then we'll judge!

Offaly teams even at their peak, had much the same 15 players line out in every game. The lack of depth in a panel from a small county would have an effect, compared to counties with greater playing resources.


Another contributing factor was the rule change in 2000 that upped the subs allowed ...

People seem surprised by the lowish attendance yesterday.
Weather and time of year are factors, but mainly Offaly people don't come out in numbers when they've doubts about the chances of winning or success.
The recent U20s group are a complete outlier...or simply confirmation that success has 25 ...

I don't see a particular defeat that started any decline.
People will remember matches that were lagging indicators - the decline was already in the pipeline, the match confirmed it.

There were some leading indicators too - the canary in the coalmine moments. For me it was the 1995 Leinster minor ...

I wouldn't get too worked up about last Sunday.
In such matches, a big losing margin comes from the opposition's:
A) firepower to run up a big score
B) desire to run up a big score.

Kilkenny were clearly less than Tipp on both counts.
The bad news is that Cork are another team who usually rank ...

Exact same draw as last year, with home/away rotating. Kilkenny and Wexford don't have their usual last day game, which is the main change from a general perspective.


There may have grumblings that by Gameweek 5, Kilkenny are already booked for the Leinster final and Wexford were being ...

In 2025 Offaly led in 3 games with 10 minutes to go, and won one of them.
Home advantage will be an assistance against Wexford and Dublin, but that alone won't swing it. Both those counties will see those tight wins as a warning shot and probably take Offaly more seriously in 2026.

This year it ...

Exact same draw as last year, with home/away rotating. Kilkenny and Wexford don't have their usual last day game, which is the main change from a general perspective.


There may have grumblings that by Gameweek 5, Kilkenny are already booked for the Leinster final and Wexford were being handed a ...

2026 Leinster GAA Senior Hurling Championship


Date Round 1
18th/19th April Galway v Kilkenny Pearse Stadium
Kildare v Wexford Cedral St Conleths Park
Offaly v Dublin Glenisk O'Connor Park

Round 2
25th/26th April Kilkenny v Wexford UPMC Nowlan Park
Galway v Offaly Pearse Stadium
Dublin v ...

There are precedents for and against and Rule 7.5 (n)(ii), where score was incorrectly recorded where it had significant impact on result applies.

Kilkenny Tipp is not relevant and very different as Tipperary won the game by either 2 or 3 points allowing for discrepancy.

If someone is sent ...

There are precedents for and against and Rule 7.5 (n)(ii), where score was incorrectly recorded where it had significant impact on result applies.

Kilkenny Tipp is not relevant and very different as Tipperary won the game by either 2 or 3 points allowing for discrepancy.

If someone is sent off ...

That took some guts from Shane to carve out the half in the Ryder Cup. Him and McIlroy especially had experienced a hostile time from the crowd, so it's the best way to shush the trash talkers.

Had he lost, there is no guarantee that Tyrrell Hatton or Robert MacIntyre would have held on for halves ...

Did Micky Whelan get sacked after that game, I remember Dublin fans booed him off the field at the end?


Yes, Mickey Whelan was sacked after that match. Him and his team got a fairly hostile reception from the home mob that day.
https://www.sportsfile.com/winshare/w540/Library/SF4/003739.jpg ...

Tying in the Jason Sherlock incident which occurred in that match.
A now deceased Dublin official (named Delaney) spat on Sherlock that day in the course of argument.

As mentioned here, a supporter armed with a bottle (presumably not a plastic Linden Village one) was thankfully stopped from ...

If you're talking about me I didn't predict an easy win


Yeah, you were really warning us what a sticky fixture this was going to be.
Canter...


we went out we put in a big performance and we go and do the same next Sunday and brush a very very poor Antrim side out of the way as we should ...