Originally posted by The Penstir:
De La Salle 3-16Mt Sion 1-13An impressive start to the championship for DLS tonight.They never looked in any danger here and looked well trained by Derek McGrath.Good championship debut for Jack Kennedy here who looks to be a very useful addition to them,his movement and team play was excellent. Others to impress were Liam Daniels at corner back,Kevin Moran at centre back while John Mullane,Jake Dillon and Paudie Nevin looked very sharp up front.They will take some stopping on this performance and with the news tonight that Ballygunner have lost the services of Phillip Mahony for the most of the championship due to a groin operation aswell as Brian O Sullivan after the first two games as he is going to America for the summer working,it's hard to see where a real challenge is going to come from.
For Mt Sion John O Leary started brightly but faded as the game went on.Tony Browne struggled for long periods at centre back and,while i hate to admit it,Ken McGrath is only a shadow of his former self at centre forward.Martin O Neill did impress but was really ploughing a lone furrow in attack for them.In the other game tonight Passage beat Ballyduff Upper in what was a poor game on a scoreline of 1-13 to 15pts

Originally posted by Uisce Fort:
capable of.That's disappointing to hear about Seanie Barry, some joke. So Lismore dropped him for not playing the challenge game so he could stay fresh for the minor championship game, which was a more important match? Crazy.

Originally posted by kieran73:
Its 4 months out for Paudie , he said thats meant to be on the optimistic side of the scale , though it means now either Shanahan or Kelly going to be on the frees come championship .

Originally posted by The Penstir:
Maurice Shanahan was in flying form last night against Dungarvan scoring 1-12 out of 1-20.Kelly seemed to be moving well for Passage aswell on friday night so it will be interesting to see what transpires.Mahony will be a loss for both Senior and u21.

Originally posted by Faugh a Ballagh:
UF that has always been Lismore's problem and their undoing when push comes to shove. Then they wonder why they haven't won a senior in so long. It's always been who you are rather than what you are in there.Bottom line is that they are a group of factions rather than a club and it totally depends on which faction has the power in any given year. I can tell you the crew in charge this year in there take some beating! Put it this way, if you're in Dungarvan on Sunday there is a better chance of entertainmemt on the sideline than on the field. It's terrible to hear of what's happened to Seanie Barry if it's true but unfortunately par for the course with that crowd.

Originally posted by The Dude:
Sion beaten again. Not looking good for them at the moment. Think they have Fourmilewater next and can't see them winning that one.

Originally posted by JohnMcCain:

Dungarvan beat Ballygunner by 2-10 to 0-9