Birr v Ballyhale

[midfield]

Where is the match on ?

[Kemo Sabe]

2 o clock sunday week nowlan park kilkenny .

[Rynaghs Biffo]

Why is this so??

Does it not go on a home/away basis??

[Kemo Sabe]

Why is this so??

Does it not go on a home/away basis??

im not sure but can only guess that because birr played the final in tullamore lastyear .

[azoffaly]

Birr have to play them away again this year? That's just fcuking madness.

[birr are magic]

i know birr have to go to nolan park again this year .but we don`t mind
after thurles its the best pitch to play on. tullamore was cut up very bad.a lot of game`s played on it.
and another think birr have never lost in nowlan park. so touch wood it will go on for another year

HOPE A BIG SUPPORT COME`S NEXT SUNDAY smallsupport in parnell park and the last day .
BEST OF LUCK TO RHODE ON SUNDAY .lets make it a double.

[Plain of the Herbs]

Birr on the bottom half of the draw, RB. Ditto Rhode in the football.

Why is this so??

[swiftpost]

Read in the paper sid is out for this, that would be a blow for birr especially down in Nowlan Park if its true. It should be a good game. Best of luck to Birr.

[corner back]

Portumna 5-2 to win all ireland looks serious value to me

[Efan]

After a bad start Birr battled well in the second half and while Ballyhale probably deserved to win but I have seen Birr play worse and come out on top. In the first half the ball was coming back out from the forwards a bit too handy and the backs had to hurl a good lot of ball. Birr missed 2 fairly decent goal chances early in the 2nd half and taking either of those would have seen them but the KK boys under a bit more pressure. I’d describe the second half as gutsy as at half time they were staring down the barrel of a bit of a thumping. Rory had an excellent 2nd half of Shefflin (God Shef can moan with the best of them) and showed again that he has both the physical presence and the hurling skill to give as good as he gets when he man marks one on one with the best hurler in the country. I will be interesting to see Joe Canning throw his hat in the ring for that accolade in the semi final and in the hurling season ahead.

[swiftpost]

Ballyhale were the better side but if Birr had of started better and been a bit wiser on the line they could of won it. By the second part of that I mean the way the 2 ballyhale midfielders dropped deep leaving a lot of space in the birr backline, in contrast birrs forwards were very crowded in the first half and were getting hooked and blocked very easily.
TJ Reid was outstanding for Shamrocks (bit greedy though),
Rory hurled good in 2nd half but was not in first on TJ Reid, JP O Meara was excellent throughout,Paul Molloy hurled well when introduced and Barry W came out on top against Cha, Sid did a few lovely things but wasnt getting any help from the ref.