![]() ![]() ![]() On Saturday evening at 7 o’clock, we will have a fair idea where Carlow are at for 2023 and more importantly 2024. “Physically, hurling-wise, speed-wise, they are at a higher level. They are well able to match the top teams in the country. They went toe to toe with Kilkenny and Galway in the championship, beat Wexford. ![]() Dublin have had a very good league campaign. “You have the three weeks, so you have the chance to celebrate and also the chance to set yourself up for the preliminary quarter-final against Dublin on Saturday evening. It is a huge reward, to get to go toe-to-toe with the very best and see where you are at," he said. To say that we played that team is kind of a buzz in itself. “We still talk about in 2018 when we won the Joe McDonagh and six days later, we welcomed Limerick to our front park. Tracey feels the exact same way about this weekend. A chance to check where they are at now and most importantly, where they need to go to ahead of next year’s Leinster championship. He saw a stiff test ahead with Micheál Donoghue’s Dublin coming down the tracks. In the immediate aftermath of their extra-time success, manager Tom Mullally took a moment to peer into the future. They really brought on Carlow to a new level when we first went into those competitions.” “They are brilliant games to get,” explains Tracey. It would be a huge help if you could get to seven or eight senior clubs and a good level of hurling.”Īll the clubs have a connection with the Kilkenny leagues, an effective preseason to their championship. A couple of new clubs are after starting at underage level and hopefully in the next five to 10 years you would hope to see them at adult level. “In a bigger picture at underage there is a lot of hard work going on in Carlow. Bagenalstown Gaels, they won their intermediate and are very strong at senior level and have four or five guys on the senior hurling panel which is fantastic and Naomh Brid have come back up to senior level in the last couple of years. There was four then, two have come back up. “(We’re) pulling from only six senior clubs. y'all it's been a hot min since i've edited a lit vlog this one was a movieeeeee let's be friendssubscribe. Usual stuff, certain players not committing and all those aches. After that the current pulled them under and for a few years it was a struggle to stay afloat. John Meyler came in and kept them competitive. He was first called into the senior setup in 2012 under Kevin Ryan. They arrived back in Carlow after the final at 10.30pm to find the square at Town Hall wedged. The cup has since been on a busy schedule around local clubs and schools. Victory in Croke Park was their target for 2023 and they revelled in reaching it. ![]()
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