ALL ROADS LEAD to Thurles on Saturday evening as Kilkenny and Waterford meet again for a place in the All-Ireland final.
Semple Stadium will host the All-Ireland SHC semi-final replay at 6.45pm in six days.
The Cats and the Deise played out a thrilling 1-21 to 0-24 draw at Croke Park this evening and they’ll face a quick turnaround for the replay.
Kilkenny are bidding to win a third All-Ireland in-a-row while Derek McGrath’s Waterford are aiming to win a first title since 1959.
It will be the first meeting between the counties in Thurles since the 2013 All-Ireland hurling qualifier when Kilkenny edged through after extra-time.
It’s possible a triple-header will take place with the All Ireland camogie semi-finals, which are due to take place in Nowlan Park at 1.30pm and 3.15pm on Saturday. Both camogie games are set to be televised live on RTÉ.
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Phew, the big away games aren’t until 2013…..hopefully finances will have recovered from Pokraine by then.
Could be in a really strong qualifying position by then too. Win home, draw away.
it really is a very very difficult group
Would have been a lot easier if the draw took place in December as has always been the norm. They made the draw three months early when we were third seeds. We are second seeds now.
This is one of the hardest qualifying groups that we have had in a long time. Its not going to be easy to get out of that.
We play with our heart and soul….thats what makes us stand up from the rest….is not easy but we will get there…
Will keane,duff,dunne and given retire after euro12 ?, if so i cant see us qualifying…hope im wrong though.
Cork – Amsterdam – Almaty – Astana. €1500 for the flight to kazakhstan, not many takers at that price id say.
With Aer Lingus starting a Cork-Frankfurt route it would only require Cork-Frankfurt-Astana, no?
The agents will charter direct flights…..often cheaper for such destinations.
Trappatoni will try his best to convince the old guard to hang around, to the detriment of the future and current set of young players vying to make the squad. Players like Coleman, McCarthy, Brady, Clifford, Meyler, Rooney will see little to no international action while Trap is in charge. Also worthy players such as Hoolahan, Pilkington, Reid(Steven), Kenny, Garvan, Stokes, Best will not receive any recognition for their efforts.
You need a good mixture of youth and experience. trap has brought a lot of new faces into the fold over the past four years. Happy with where the squad is going into the Euros.
Has a ground been set for the Germany away match?
We are spoiled for quality strikers ATM so we will manage the transition minus Keane. Duff is starting to slow & prone to injury with Seamus Coleman a promising replacement. I don’t see a like for like replacement for Dunne yet, same for Given. I hope all four stay involved for WC qualifiers but it’s time now to start blooding their replacements.
by 2013 the youth will be in the team. no more Keane Duff etc. time for Coleman Clark and the likes to step up to the mark. second place looks likely. but with us you never know. it will be slap bang in middle of a transitional period too.