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Semi-Final Draw:

Offaly V Carlow
Kilkenny V Dublin

That could be a very tricky match against Carlow.
We were lucky enough to beat them by a point earlier in the championship.
Since then they have beaten Wexford.

Sat 6pm Tullamore v Drumcullen Tellamore
Sat 6pm Coolderry (F) v Kinnitty (U) Coolderry
Sat 7.30pm Ballyskenagh v St. Rynaghs Rynaghs
Sun 3.30pm Birr v Lusmagh (+11pts) Birr

In dilemmas like this, we need The Biff to point out the best solution.
In dilemmas like this, we need The Biff to point out the best solution.

They're all claiming he's injured on the Wastemeath section of hoganstand.
If you believed everything you read on hoganstand, then Shannonbridge would be county champions elect.

Regarding Rynagh's they should be a lot better - last year they were being carried by Flannery and Horan, two minors at the time, while a lot of their senior guys were playing very poorly. It all came to a head in the quarter final against Kinnitty, when the two young lads were their only scorers. ...

I just think that only teams who really have a realistic, however unlikely, chance of winning the county senior championship should be in it. Teams starting the year believing that they can't win and avoiding relegation is an achievement is not good for them. In that case only 3 or 4 clubs should b...

Surely intermediate is the "Buffer" as it were?? If we only have 8 senior teams, then that's all we have. A more competitive intermediate championship that is not dominated by second string teams would surely be a positive step. While you can't create hurlers where none exist, the fact th...

I don't thinks clubs like Clara demanding to be regraded would solve anything. Do they get replaced by an even weaker Intermediate team, or do we hope that 4 or 5 other clubs also drop down to Intermediate with them? Optimistically there are about 8 clubs in Offaly who are anything near what we imag...

So far today, I could be wrong on these:

Kinnitty 2-16
Shamrocks 3-12

Lusmagh 1-11
Belmont 0-8

Coolderry won easily enough.

Shamrocks (U) v Kinnitty (F) Kinnitty
Coolderry (F) v Seir Kieran (U) Coolderry
Birr v Clara (+20pts) Clara by a cricket score!
Lusmagh v Belmont Lusmagh
St. Rynaghs (F) v Tullamore (U) Rynaghs
Shinrone (F) v Drumcullen (U) Shinrone

Looks like we'll be fielding a team comprising mostly of corner forwards.
All we need is a couple of players who can deliver it long into the corners.

I think Offaly's next manager will want to make it his/her business to attend this game.
There might be some real rough diamonds!

Top scorer 33-1: Brian Carroll (Offaly) with Ladbrokes.
If we lose to Wexford, I'd say Carroll will be right up there.

Shamrocks (F) v Gracefield (U) Shamrocks
Tullamore v Ballycumber Tullamore
Rhode (F) v Ferbane (U) Rhode
Clara vs Killavilla Killavilla

Is it time we took measures to cut down on the high score totals we are conceding? Granted we are managing to get scores ourselves, but at the moment it seems like our defence is leaking too many scores. Against Clare we conceded 2-22 and against Tipp it was 2-21. Tipp hit a tonne of bad wides too. ...

Overall I'd have to be positive. We got a good test, in that Tipp played the game at an intensity close to championship levels (unlike Waterford vs. Limerick). Granted they could have beaten us by more with all the bad wides they hits. We did wilt towards the end and made more unforced errors under ...