5 of that U19 team started for Cross v Ballybay and some were arguably Cross's best players this year.Cross will be about for a while yet looking at their under 19’s result yesterday
5 of that U19 team started for Cross v Ballybay and some were arguably Cross's best players this year.Cross will be about for a while yet looking at their under 19’s result yesterday
Yeah saw a few familiar names reading the report. They are doing something right anyway!5 of that U19 team started for Cross v Ballybay and some were arguably Cross's best players this year.
Any potential for that team to do well in the ulster championship? They could have a chance given how well some of the players did in the senior championshipThere will be another 3-4 of that team from yesterday who have ‘star’ potential. And it is a young group as well. 5 of that starting team are from the u17 team and a few of them that played and came on are from ‘good stock’. Fathers, uncles are AI winners. That’s a very strong team coming through and I would suspect 7-8 of them will be regular senior players for the next 10-12 years.
Is there an Ulster u19?Any potential for that team to do well in the ulster championship? They could have a chance given how well some of the players did in the senior championship
Is there an Ulster u19?
As far as I know we are back to group stage championships this year so groups will be determined by league placing in 1A and 1BAnyone know when this years championship draws are?
Shite!As far as I know we are back to group stage championships this year so groups will be determined by league placing in 1A and 1B
august county board meeting. probably few days after the leagues finishWhen's the 2023 championships draw?
Dunno about that. Reverting to the group format doesn’t really lend itself to shocks; and in truth from 2B downwards is Junior standard. I’ll be surprised if anyone outside of Cullyhanna or Culloville wins it (St Paul’s possible darkhorses).Predictions 2023
Senior - Crossmaglen
Intermediate - Cullyhanna
Junior - Collegeland
Think the intermediate will be the most competitive of the lot this year. Junior football has really went backwards though, only 2/3 teams max that can muster a challenge. ONLY 3 junior clubs have their own underage structure, rest are amalgamated and it shows at senior level when they are coming down the stretch and have bare bones, then gas.
There probably will be some tankings in the group stages of intermediate and junior. The group stage championship is a balls. Gives no hope of a dark horse getting a realistic chance of a run. I thought last years club championship was brilliant, knock out all on the line and some great games.Dunno about that. Reverting to the group format doesn’t really lend itself to shocks; and in truth from 2B downwards is Junior standard. I’ll be surprised if anyone outside of Cullyhanna or Culloville wins it (St Paul’s possible darkhorses).
yes but it does give us more matchesThere probably will be some tankings in the group stages of intermediate and junior. The group stage championship is a balls. Gives no hope of a dark horse getting a realistic chance of a run. I thought last years club championship was brilliant, knock out all on the line and some great games.
question.Dunno about that. Reverting to the group format doesn’t really lend itself to shocks; and in truth from 2B downwards is Junior standard. I’ll be surprised if anyone outside of Cullyhanna or Culloville wins it (St Paul’s possible darkhorses).
no no, the championship will consist of the teams in the league divisions. my understanding of the group championship is that the top 4 in 1A/2A/3A will be seeded as top seeds, next 4 (bottom half of 1A/2A/3A) will be second seeds, next 4 (top teams in 1B/2B/3B) will be 3rd seeds and then the next 4 (bottom half of 1B/2B/3B) will be 4th seeds.question.
are the group stages drawn on finishing position in the league?
e.g. cullyhanna are promoted to 1B. So do they go into the senior or intermediate draw ??
This was the format pre-covid. Not very exciting and always favours the stronger teams. That said, I still expect a few banana skins in the senior championship.Senior and intermediate have 16 teams in each, groups of 4/4/4/4, teams play each other once and top 2 teams progress to quarter finals? or will it be like the GAA groups top 4 teams get to quarter final and the 2nd and 3rd teams play in a quarter final preliminary round?
junior slightly different as there are only 14 teams. I believe it will be 4 groups of 3 teams so will be 4/4/3/3