Limerick 1-26
Dublin 0-17
AARON GILLANE HIT 1-9 as Limerick accounted for Dublin by 12 points in Division 1B tonight.
The victory guarantees a league quarter-final spot for Limerick and means their game against Galway in the final round will be a straight shootout for promotion.
Tom Morrissey dispatched four points from play for Limerick, while Declan Hannon was in fine form at centre-back.
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Laois 0-27
Antrim 2-16
In the other Division 1B encounter, Ross King hit 0-15 as Laois enjoyed a five-point win over Antrim in O’Moore Park.
The hosts led by 0-13 to 0-8 at half-time and moved into an eight-point lead by 42 minutes, with James Ryan and Paddy Purcell on target after the break.
Eoghan Campbell pounced on a long Neil McManus free to hit the net and give Antrim a lifeline, but King stretched the Laois advantage with a few accurate frees. Nigel Elliot grabbed a late goal from Antrim, but it wasn’t enough for the Saffrons.
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Dublin could be relegated to 2A the way they’re going
@Noel Ryan: do the bottom two teams play off against each other and the looser goes down, does the looser plays the winner of div 2A in promotion/relegation match or is it the bottom team in 1B just gets relegated?
And no Ger Cunningham to blame this year
Limerick could of put 20 plus points if they really wanted
We really need the cuala lads to hit the ground running
@Kroenke Out: they will only be back for the relegation play off!
@Kroenke Out: If Dublin had the Cuala lads and Limerick had the Na Piarsaigh lads, would the score have been that much different???
@Eoghan P O’Leary: im not sure how much of na piarsiagh is on the limerick starting team but we have at least 5 who start for us on cuala and their could be more. That’s if they all play this year. Only a few did last year
@Kroenke Out: well there is 10 na piarsaigh lads on the Limerick panel and barry nash and kyle hayes where also missing tonight
@Aogán Mac Conmara: ye ok fair enough we might have still lost but if you think we didn’t have any of the cuala lads Liam rushe johnny mccaffry eamon Dillon and a couple of others over half of one best 15 weren’t playing today
Can you imagine if Galway, KK or Tipp had a bogball Manager. Carnage
@Seamus McSpud: Kilkenny have a laois footballing man coaching them under Cody for the last decade at least. Mick Dempsey.
Looking bad for Dublin. Looks like rhe Cuala lads are being sorely missed. Division 2 hurling would be a disaster given the great work being done in Dublin with hurling.
@Brian Treacy: underage is very good but problem is all good hurlers are good at football and choose football due to the state of the hurlers. I really think Cormac Costello and others like him should switch. Would also love if con o c switched but unlikely.
@Kroenke Out: Costello may help but where are Ryan, Dillon, McCaffrey Boland Kelly and Dwyer?
@Tim Dawson: and Rushe
@Tim Dawson: Paul ryan mmccaffry and Liam rushe were on the bench last night. Not sure where Ryan o Dwyer is. Possibly injured. Also not sure about eamon dillon. But he is another one that we need
Was a predictable stroll in the park win for Luimneach,Dublin look miles off it tbh, fitness and skill way below what it should be…Conal Keaney is not a hurler either, piss poor!!
@Now or Never: Keaney has five county medals, a national league medal and a Leinster championship medal, that’s quite alot for “not a hurler”
@Noel Ryan: And was playing railway cup hurling for leinster when he was 18.
@Now or Never: in fairness to Conal and Danny they were only ones who put in a good shift The serious issue is we are relying on an 35 year old guy. There is only some much he can do
@Ian O’Reilly: they haven’t said if he’s coming back yet but mark schutte and colm Cronin are badly needed. Con o c would be amazing and as the footballers don’t need him he should move but I think he won’t. Cormac Costello is a fantastic hurler and should also switch. Eric lowndes is another fringe footballer who would do a job in the hurling team. Obviously I don’t know if diarmo will switch but that would be great. Otherwise we are really in trouble for championship
@Noel Ryan: ok maybe a tad harsh on the guy, but in no way should he be in the starting 15 for the championship, squad player at best, offers nothing tbh
@Ian O’Reilly: agree on that. He is a serious operator but he is pushing on. Can’t be easy for him, playing against the youngest team in the championship (on average).