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Post by hurlingman on Apr 24, 2011 18:13:03 GMT
Ring, Rackard and Meagher Cup round 2 draws
24 April 2011
The draws for the Christy Ring/Nicky Rackard/Lory Meagher Round 2 were made today in Croke Park.
Games will take place on the 30th April 2011, first team listed has home venue, times will be confirmed on Tuesday.
Christy Ring Cup
Round 2A
Kerry v Meath
Wicklow v Derry
Round 2B
Mayo v Kildare
Down v Armagh
The hurlers are at home for the next round and should get trough this one. Hope a big crowd turn out to support them in Tralee
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Post by neilesflynn on Apr 25, 2011 10:46:43 GMT
Kerry have been drawn at home to Meath in the second round draw in the Christy Ring Cup. The game will be played in Austin Stack Park Tralee on Saturday next the 30th April. Time to be confirmed
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Post by hurlingking1 on Apr 27, 2011 21:17:16 GMT
this will be a very one sided a fair game.kerry to win this game very easily i think by at least 10 points.a few players might get a chance aswell if colin harris mike conway and gary o'brien looking like been absent.more than likely eamon fitz,adrain royle and liam boyle look like the 3 that will come in and darren dineen is available for the game the next day v meath as it is the week after he is going away for a week so he wont be missing any christy ring games which is good for kerry.
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Post by hurlingman on Apr 28, 2011 12:54:32 GMT
Kingdom injury concerns for Royals clash
Kerry hurling manager John Meyler
28 April 2011
Kerry hurling manager John Meyler is sweating over the fitness of four key players for the Christy Ring Cup clash against Meath on Saturday afternoon.
Both sides entered the winners' section courtesy of two victories last weekend as Kerry defeated Kildare and Meath beat Armagh. However, Kerry may well be without defenders Colin Harris and Mike Conway, who both are struggling with hamstring injuries as is forward Gary O'Brien, while midfielder Darren Dineen is unavailable for the next couple of weeks.
Kerry will be favourites to take the points against the Royals, especially at home, but Meyler admits he may have to plan without all four players mentioned.
"I spoke to Colin this morning and I'd say he's very doubtful, as well as Conway and O'Brien," said Meyler, who is looking to go one step further than last year when they reached the Christy Ring Cup final only to be defeated by Westmeath.
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Post by northkerrygeezer on Apr 29, 2011 11:00:56 GMT
Any sign of the team for the game tomorrow? Not on the main website yet
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2011 21:42:16 GMT
Any sign of the team for the game tomorrow? Not on the main website yet From what ive heard only one change to the team,Eamon Fitzgerald comes in for Colin Harris,Kerry should be winning tomorrow with plenty to spare |
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Post by gaapunter on Apr 30, 2011 14:01:20 GMT
Christy Ring Cup Round 2A Kerry 0-10 0-09 Meath, Tralee, 2.30pm Wicklow 1-06 1-00 Derry, Aughrim, 2.30pm Christy Ring Cup Round 2B Mayo 0-00 1-04 Kildare, Castlebar, 2.30pm Down 0-00 0-00 Armagh, Ballycran, 2.30pm Nicky Rackard Cup Round 2 Louth 0-00 0-00 London, Dundalk, 5pm Fingal 1-05 0-07 Monaghan, Swords, 2.30pm www.sportsnewsireland.com/gaa-sports/gaa-live-scores/ |
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Post by neilesflynn on Apr 30, 2011 15:40:44 GMT
Christy Ring Cup Round 2A
Kerry 1-20 1-17 Meath, Tralee FT
Wicklow 3-16 2-11 Derry, Aughrim FT
Christy Ring Cup Round 2B
Mayo 2-10 1-20 Kildare, Castlebar FT
Down 1-19 0-06 Armagh, Ballycran FT
A win is a win, meath Vs kerry the last few years have always been a tight afair, Its good to see the forwards butting up big scores again, in fairness they have been scoring a lot all year, The worry is the backs giving up 17 pts agin today is a bit concerning, and now with the conway and colin harris injured and john griffen still out, anybody know if he is close to coming back? with all these defenders out, Is Myler wishing he still had the likes of Aidan Healy or Eamon Corridan to call on?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2011 16:11:30 GMT
Was at the match today and i thought Kerry were very poor again,seems to me that the team has gone backwards from last year,last year they played some lovely hurling and as Meyler keeps going on about this year they were doing the basics right,having two big men at centre forward and full forward is not working and playing John Egan at midfield is also not working,when he was moved in to the full forward line he got a goal and set up a few scores,Shane Nolan is on fire this year but for some reason Kerry stopped playing the ball out his wing after he started well and had the beating of his man,one sub brought on is another joke,there was at least 2 more that should have gone off.
But they got the win anyway but only just,three weeks off now to sort out the problems
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Post by hurlingman on May 1, 2011 9:26:18 GMT
Egan goal enough to see Kingdom reach Ring semi finals
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Christy Ring Cup - Rd 2: Kerry 1-20 Meath 1-17
By Murt Murphy for kerrygaa.ie
Kerry after withstanding initial Meath resistance in the opening half, eventually came good in the second half of this Christy Ring Cup second round game, played at the Austin Stack Park on Saturday afternoon.
It was the result more than the performance that mattered to Kerry and John Meyler but the Kerry boss will want his team to up their performance a couple of notches for the semi final. However one of the positives from yesterday's win, was the fact that Kerry will now have a three week break before they play the semi final, against a team yet to come through the back door and this will give the Kingdom time to put things right.
It should also see the return of a number of key regulars from injury and suspension, including Andrew Keane, Colin Harris, John Griffin and Mike Conway to mention just four.
Kerry's defence was solid enough with the fullback line of James Godley, Tom Murnane and Eamon Fitzgerald outstanding throughout and Murnane and Fitzgerald certainly saved Kerry's bacon late on.
Darran Dineen had a fine game at midfield with his surging runs and point taking while John Egan showed all his artistry when moved to the attack late on, with his 65th minute goal proving to be the crucial score.
However, Kerry failed to collect any worthwhile breaking ball around the middle third of the field, although some of fetching and work rate of Jason Casey at wing back for the Kingdom was magnificent , and was another factor that contributed to this narrow Kerry win.
The Kerry attack never moved with the fluency that it can, but when the red lights were flashing twenty minutes into the second half, the team responded with young James Flaherty showing deft stick work to level the contest at (0-17 apiece) and for the final ten minutes, Kerry blitzed Meath and won have won far more comfortably but for Meath's last minute goal.
Overall, it was very much a case of mission accomplished by Kerry, but John Meyler and his management team will be keen to try and get the side performing consistently for longer periods, but to be in the Christy Ring Cup semi final's without ever having hit top gear, might well mean that the big performance will come on the day that matters most, in the semi final and/or hopefully the final!
Kerry had to make one change before the start when they lost Mike Conway, but Liam Boyle came in to play the pivotal role at number six, and had a fine first half.
Kerry opened brightly and raced 0-7 to 0-3 clear inside the opening twelve minutes, thanks to three points from Shane Nolan and two pointed frees from Darragh O'Connell and one each from the Boyle brothers Aidan and Mikey. In fact Aidan's effort in the 11th minute deserved a goal after a sweeping move started by Jason Casey, saw Gary O'Brien find James Flaherty on his right and Flaherty's inviting low cross was met by Boyle whose goal bound shot was brilliantly deflected over the bar by keeper Shane McCann.
Meath had two points from wing forward Joey Keena and one from free taker Nicky Horan but Kerry after such a bright opening seemed to take their foot of the pedal and Meath got back into the game thanks to contributions from Horan, Keena and Peter Durnin.
The game was tied at 0-10 apiece after twenty minutes and Kerry should have goaled in the 24th minute, when Jason Casey fetched a superb ball in a forest of hurls and played the ball through to Gary O'Brien, who had only the keeper to beat, but he somehow missed the gaping goal, and had to settle for a point instead.
Kerry shot a number of bad wides approaching half time, and Shane Nolan was almost through for a goal on the stroke of half time, but he was hauled down, just missing out on a penalty by a whisker. Darragh O'Connell did try for a goal, his rasping shot was turned over the bar, as Kerry led 0-13 to 0-10 at the interval.
Kerry were forced to regroup for the second half with Adrian Royle coming in for Aidan Boyle and that resulted in Liam Boyle moving from defence to the forty.
Meath were on top in the third quarter as Kerry appeared to be strangely listless and with Horan unerring from frees, Kerry lost their way up front and other than a Darragh O'Connell free, in the opening twenty four minutes of the second half, no other forward scored , with Kerry's other two points coming from midfielder Darren Dineen.
In fact Meath led briefly twice, firstly 0-16 to 0-15 when Peter Durnin pointed and then in the 55th minute when Horan converted a close in free for a foul on himself.
However Kerry upped the tempo for the final fifteen minutes with Eamon Fitzgerald, Tom Murnane and Darran Dineen driving them on and they put the issue beyond doubt with a succession of points from James Flaherty, Shane Nolan, and Darragh O'Connell was followed by a 65th minute goal, set up by a low cross field pass from Mikey Boyle, that John Egan caught and ghosting past a couple of Meath defenders, he clinically finished to the roof of the Meath net for the crucial score from one of Kerry's classiest finishers.
Meath huffed and puffed late on but they could not blow Kerry's house down, with the magnet like hands of Tom Murnane and Eamon Fitzgerald repelling their best efforts and despite a great late save from Bernard Rochford, Michael Cole did score an injury time consolation goal but it was only a consolation!
Kerry now awaits their semi final opponents in three weeks time and still looks the team to beat in the Christy Ring Cup.
Scorers:
Kerry
D O'Connell 0-7 ( 0-6 frees), J Egan 1-1, S Nolan 0-4, D Dineen, M Boyle, J Flaherty 0-2 each, G O'Brien and A Boyle 0-1 each
Meath
N Horan 0-7 ( 0-6 frees, 0-1 '65), M Cole 1-1, J Keena and P Durnin 0-3 each G O'Neill, N Kirby and S O'Donoghue 0-1 each
Man of the Match: Tom Murnane (Kerry)
Teams:
Kerry
B Rochford 7 , J Godley 7 , T Murnane 9 , E Fitzgerald 8 , J Casey 8 , L Boyle 7 , P O'Grady 7 , D Dineen 8 , J Egan 8 , M Boyle 7 , G O'Brien 6 , S Nolan 7 , D O'Connell 6 , A Boyle 6 , J Flaherty 7
Subs; A Royle 7 for A Boyle (h/t), P O'Keeffe 6 for S Nolan inj (52)
Meath
S McCann 7 , D O'Donoghue 6 , E Fitzgerald 7 , W Mahady 7 , M Horan7 , P Fagan 8 , D Kirby7 , P Keogh 6 , G O'Neill 7 , J Keena 8 , N Kirby 6 , M Cole 8 , D Raleigh 5 , N Horan 7 , P Durnin 7
Subs: P Geoghan 7 for D Raleigh (28), S O'Donoghue8 for P Keogh (h/t), E Keogh 6 for G O'Neill (65)
Referee: C Lyons (Cork) 8
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Post by hurlingman on May 1, 2011 9:28:42 GMT
Unless theres huge inprovement a cant see Kerry winning the Christy Ring this year. We're considing way too much 1-17 yesterday and 1-21 last weekend against two Div 3 sides witch is not good
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Post by sullyschoice on May 2, 2011 15:00:03 GMT
I went along on saturday. To be honest it was hard going. First touch was very poor.
However I am putting a couple of pictures up on the Photo Thread later for anyone who wants a look.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2011 15:14:21 GMT
I went along on saturday. To be honest it was hard going. First touch was very poor. However I am putting a couple of pictures up on the Photo Thread later for anyone who wants a look. Cheers for that Sully. |
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