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Such a pity on the injury front.
Especially this week i think its a game we may of caught Kilkenny on the hop a bit.
Be interesting to see what team lines out plenty of new faces may need to see game time sooner now.

Last time we caught Kilkenny on the hop was 90s!

Div 1 all teams will be targeting 2 points against us and hopefully a chance to throw in a couple of contenders, but Kilkenny are generally ruthless.

Disappointing that both the hurlers and the footballers are struggling with injuries but building panels will hopefully a by pdt of missing players and maybe a few positive results along the way.

Good luck to all involved anyway.

We have some big players missing through injury. I think a solid league campaign would be to avoid any huge beatings and for some of the younger players to kick on. We could still finish with 0 points, but if we were to be there or thereabouts against most teams, I would be quite happy. I don’t think any team will rest players against us out of fear of being drawn into a relegation battle in case we were to pick up some points, which in the long run may benefit us.

“ A Rúnaí, a chara,

I am contacting you to ask for your club's support for the motion which Clontarf GAA club proposed at the Dublin GAA congress in December 2025 and which was passed at this meeting. It will now go to the GAA Annual Congress in February.

1. BACKGROUND
The background here is that a similar motion was on the clár in last year's annual congress, having been passing with an overwhelming majority by Dublin. Below is the text of that motion, the aim of which was to compel players to play a minimum number of league games with their clubs in order to be eligible to play county football or hurling in the same calendar year. The rationale for this motion was based on the following core principles
· it is fundamentally unfair to ask clubs too play all competitive league games without their best players

· a core ethos of the GAA the primacy of the club, a principle that is violated by systematically separating county players from their clubs

· fringe county players often end up playing very little hurling or football with county or club

· it is healthier for players to step outside the artificial inter-county bubble on a regular basis

· the proposal, if passed, would start the process of slowing or stopping the race to professionalism at inter county level. ”

Interesting one doing the rounds today, impossible i would say to apply in Offaly as opposed to Dublin but would certainly put some players in our county under pressure.

ah lethimoutwithit wrote: ↑Thu Jan 22, 2026 4:26 pm Last time we caught Kilkenny on the hop was 90s!

Div 1 all teams will be targeting 2 points against us and hopefully a chance to throw in a couple of contenders, but Kilkenny are generally ruthless.

Disappointing that both the hurlers and the footballers are struggling with injuries but building panels will hopefully a by pdt of missing players and maybe a few positive results along the way.

Good luck to all involved anyway.

wouldn't say we caught kilkenny on the hop in the 90s. beat them 90, 94, 95, 98 all ireland .

Doubt there'll be another team named in 1A this year with 10 under-22s in it. Hope we can be competitive for most of it.

Nothing too wrong with that Offaly team. Eleven of them graduating from the underage setups of recent years, and are no strangers to high standards and performing under pressure. Many are hurling Fitzgibbon too. Taking the next logical step into Senior intercounty hurling.

Kilkenny with two 2026 U20s selected, so they're more or less in the same boat.

I’d imagine there will be a few personnel and positional changes from the team named. It’s an exciting team with a lot of the younger lads playing, hopefully we don’t feel the loss of some our most key players too badly. Kilkenny team is strong, albeit they are missing a few of their key men too. Hopefully a good contest.

Heading into Nolan Park tomorrow. Hope for a competitive performance from our lads. Decent team named, albeit with some big names missing, especially Killian Sampson and Charlie Mitchell. Still looking forward to see how we do against a top team. Dan Bourke to move to centre forward and from there to rove all over the field. Oisin to move to wing forward to win ball and Duignan into full forward. Let’s give it a go and see where it takes us.
Offaly abú

Fairly scrappy stuff in the first half. Kilkenny have hit a lot of wides. Our touch is letting us down a bit, but we are competing well. Liam Hoare’s puckouts (especially short worked ones) are good. Donal Shirley gone off with what looks like a groin injury.
Raining down high balls on Adam Screeney isn’t making much sense!!

A very creditable performance from a very young injury depleted team. Well done to all involved. Something is stirring…..

Liam Hoare a real positive out of today, excellent throughout with puckouts and helping out the full back line, and a super save at the end. Offaly competed well throughout, needed a bit more from the forwards to really threaten.
Didn’t get a whole lot from the ref but in fairness he let a lot go on both sides

Very good from Liam Hoare and the backs.
Could have been well behind at half time, got very very little from the half forward line and couldn’t believe that Ravenhill and Doyle lasted the full 70.
Screeney best I’ve seen him hurl in quite a while.
Dan Bourke was quiet.
Pitch very heavy.
As with Kilcormac and Ballyhale, Eoin Cody the only difference.

Think there was a bit more between the teams than one player. I assume mullen still out injured? Ritchie reid didn't start or tj. Still a good run out for offaly and go into the next game with confidence still intact. But it will get harder.