Great achievement from Kiltale. Five in a row and they seemed to have done a Kerry on it and timed their peak to allow them a good shot at Leinster this year. Mark O'Sullivan a big loss though but they have a big squad.

Fair play to Trim as the game was in the melting pot up until the last 12 minutes or so. Especialy after losing James Toher before the game. Even though Trim lead kiltale early in he second half you always felt that Kiltale had another gear which they had.

Kilale will be strong favorites next year but I think that both Trim and Ratoath have the players coming through to challenge them in the next year or so.

oldsam_newsam (Meath) - Posts: 638 - 08/10/2018 08:32:49    2145510

Well done Kiltale. I realised looking at the match program that ye still need one more to break the record for Meath (Drunree also did a 5 in a row in the 1940's). Good luck in Leinster.

bdbuddah (Meath) - Posts: 768 - 08/10/2018 09:27:45    2145517

overthehill72 (Meath) - Posts: 334 - 08/10/2018 09:32:11    2145521

why does all that other match programmes in the senior hurling final have kilmessan down as winning 6 in a row during the 40s yet yesterday, i see Drumree down as having won 5 in a row. to my knowlodge Drumree were never even on a role of honor before yesterday? whats goin on there?

dickie10 (UK) - Posts: 532 - 08/10/2018 10:32:05    2145531

I think the Drumree thing is a mistake, it's kilmessan who won 6 in a row in the 40s

CastleBravo (Meath) - Posts: 1391 - 08/10/2018 16:27:26    2145616

cashelard (Meath) - Posts: 46 - 08/10/2018 16:46:08    2145621

CastleBravo (Meath) - Posts: 1391 - 08/10/2018 20:50:20    2145674

every teacher in the coutry tells u dont reference wiki

dickie10 (UK) - Posts: 532 - 08/10/2018 22:47:53    2145695

Well last weekend was a great weekend of hurling. Went to the junior game on the Saturday also and have to say the entertainment level was brilliant and well worth the £15 euro. Joey Tooles point from the corner of the hospital end was one of the best score's iv ever seen in navan.

The final on the sunday was a lot closer than I think people expected and the score I think flattered kiltale a bit in the end although they deserved the win in the end. Their class shone through in the end and the quality of their bench came through. Their ability to look first with ball in hand was the telling difference as trim on the other hand hit a lot of ball without looking first and hit it straight to kiltale men who were able to take scores from distance or find a free man.

Kiltale should give leinster a good crack but think they are carrying a good few players who are not 100% and are carrying knocks.

The one sour note from the final I must say was the standard of reffing. blatant fouls and some off the ball hits were not picked up and a few men were lucky not to get marching orders. One call was the worst I have ever witnessed on a gaa pitch when a trim player picked a ball and proceeded to make his way out the field to where a kiltale man tried to shoulder him and In a straight 50/50 the trim man came out fair but a free was awarded in. The ref had far to big an impact on the game unfortunately but kiltale would still have come away with the win regardless.


I agree with the other posts above which said ratoath and trim are best placed to have a crack at kiltale in the coming years but I think it will be two or three before this is realistic. The full back for killyon/longwood in the minor game was immense and definitely a future prospect. Trim's hassling and ability to flick the ball away and block was the winning of their game. Look like a real classy outfit.

Irish_downunder (Meath) - Posts: 476 - 10/10/2018 10:31:21    2145901

Well last weekend was a great weekend of hurling. Went to the junior game on the Saturday also and have to say the entertainment level was brilliant and well worth the £15 euro. Joey Tooles point from the corner of the hospital end was one of the best score's iv ever seen in navan.

The final on the sunday was a lot closer than I think people expected and the score I think flattered kiltale a bit in the end although they deserved the win in the end. Their class shone through in the end and the quality of their bench came through. Their ability to look first with ball in hand was the telling difference as trim on the other hand hit a lot of ball without looking first and hit it straight to kiltale men who were able to take scores from distance or find a free man.

Kiltale should give leinster a good crack but think they are carrying a good few players who are not 100% and are carrying knocks.

The one sour note from the final I must say was the standard of reffing. blatant fouls and some off the ball hits were not picked up and a few men were lucky not to get marching orders. One call was the worst I have ever witnessed on a gaa pitch when a trim player picked a ball and proceeded to make his way out the field to where a kiltale man tried to shoulder him and In a straight 50/50 the trim man came out fair but a free was awarded in. The ref had far to big an impact on the game unfortunately but kiltale would still have come away with the win regardless.


I agree with the other posts above which said ratoath and trim are best placed to have a crack at kiltale in the coming years but I think it will be two or three before this is realistic. The full back for killyon/longwood in the minor game was immense and definitely a future prospect. Trim's hassling and ability to flick the ball away and block was the winning of their game. Look like a real classy outfit.

Irish_downunder (Meath) - Posts: 476 - 10/10/2018 10:39:31    2145904

gardentree (Meath) - Posts: 194 - 10/10/2018 12:52:02    2145927

I was very impressed by Trim in the final. I think they can look back on the year and with no regrets, no shame in losing to this great Kiltale team. Toher was a huge loss. Hopefully he can take time and get himself back fully fit. Seems to me like he might over-train.

With the refereeing I think all we want is a bit of consistency. Watching the semi finals compared to the finals it was like a different sport.

Have to say that although we're probably all tired of seeing Kiltale win by now, how they conduct themselves as a club is the benchmark for all clubs in the county. Given the difficult year it's been for all involved I think they just ooze class on and off the pitch. Philip Garveys speech at the end epitomized this.

begining (UK) - Posts: 277 - 11/10/2018 10:57:50    2146048

hurlit (Meath) - Posts: 312 - 11/10/2018 12:09:00    2146062

Two up and two down is essential, like Trim don't go up next year and they could in theory have been Senior Champions. Now don't jump down my throat and say that they were not going to win the final and I did state in the previous sentence "in theory". It can't be changed for next year but should be changed for the 2020 season.

MillerX (Meath) - Posts: 742 - 11/10/2018 12:25:39    2146065

Irish_downunder (Meath) - Posts: 476 - 11/10/2018 14:33:30    2146088

You are forgetting that Kilmessan are also in the B Group next year. They can always, at the least unexpected moment pull a surprise. So that group will be competitive. Na Fianna are also a very young team and if they survive Senior B next year can only improve.

MillerX (Meath) - Posts: 742 - 11/10/2018 19:23:01    2146116

Irish_downunder (Meath) - Posts: 476 - 15/10/2018 08:57:08    2146550

If trim were in senior a this year they would have been relegated
by the time they had big players back it would have been to late

kilmessan are only going one way , going to be a long time before they return to challenge


is there any talk of change the inter and junior grades the same way the senior is done?
there is 3 or 4 teams in inter that have no business in it
some very one sided games again this year
it needs looked at

then there is junior champ where teams are lose on purpose to enter junior 2
but again huge gulf between the like of ratoath / trim and some others

hurlit (Meath) - Posts: 312 - 15/10/2018 11:53:37    2146588

overthehill72 (Meath) - Posts: 334 - 15/10/2018 15:40:50    2146638

theres 1 big difference
kilmessan have no good young players on way up - no good underage teams
all there good players on wrong side of 27 / 28
who was away travelling ?

trim have loads of young lads , and good teams winning at minor etc

hurlit (Meath) - Posts: 312 - 15/10/2018 16:08:11    2146647