McGuinness on edge, Kilkenny dumped by Dubs & Davy Fitz's exit | The GAA weekend
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This is an Irish Independent Podcast. It is well and truly summertime now lads, it's the best time of the year. Sun is shining, the drama is gripping and Championship is in full swing in the football. Two provincial champions were in action this weekend in the All-Ireland Series and both of them beaten, beaten at home both of them as well. Kerry smashed again by Donegal, that's now three times they've lost to him in 2026. Massive result for Donegal but obviously a lot happened in that match outside of results so we'll talk about that A bit later. And Roscommon. Connacht champions. They beat Mayo. They beat Galway. Beaten by Tyrone again. And you don't rule out Tyrone. In Herden. Kilkenny are gone. Tipper already gone.
And Davey Fitzgerald is gone. He ends a tumultuous two years. in Antrim with a whimper. Our GA podcast coverage is sponsored by AIB, proud sponsors of club and county. AIB proudly celebrate the joy, dedication and support that lies at the heart of Gaelic games in every community and player across the nation. We're going to get to Kerry and Donegal and Jim McGuinness and all the slash points there and in Cork. And that's why I've gathered Colm Keyes and Conor McKeown. So we have Colm, Conor and Conor here. Our very own CCC to deliberate over this weekend. And we have to start with Kilkenny because Conor, you were at Parnell Park. The six in a row Leinster champions are out of the whole championship. And you were there to witness Dublin beat them for what?
The second time in 84 years?
Yeah. Yeah. It was one of those days when there's two very big stories there, really. And it was hard to figure out which one was the bigger. Yeah. Like there's no doubt that Kilkenny have have nosedived in the last few years. And the fact that they were even in a position where a defeat. was going to put them out was Cyrus like that summed it all up but Dublin still had to go and do the business and you know Dublin drew it awfully they had their problems putting Wexford away they conceded a lot of goals at the start of the championship and Dublin went in with a fair bit of expectation around them and traditionally this has not suited them they have found it hard to live up to that And there's all sorts of historical and cultural reasons why Dublin teams will never beat a Kilkenny team easily.
And my sense of it yesterday was that Dublin would have to be five or six points better than Kilkenny to win by two. And I think actually in the end of it, they were about 10 or 11 points better than Kilkenny to win by seven. That's kind of how the game went. Dublin had total faith in the way they were trying to hurl. That's the big thing under Neil O'Callaghan's reign. You can tell there's total confidence in their system, the way they move the ball, the way they defend. And whereas Kilkenny were trying to play a game that didn't really suit them. And like bar a couple of honourable mentions, they were miles off it.
Yeah, it was high Dublin. They wore it so lightly, like this big occasion. And it was an arm's length performance. Even when Kilkenny looked like they had a bit of a gallop, Dublin didn't see it.
Yeah, like Owen O'Donnell was out and then Liam Roche pulled up in the warm-up. So they were missing two very important defenders. And like John Bellew came in and scored two points in play. And Conor McHugh came in and he was brilliant. And like that's a huge thing. They played with a sweeper yesterday. Yeah. But like in a weird way it was almost like an offensive play because like once the ball broke down all the Dublin defenders had to do was make the ball hit the ground and Brian Hayes inevitably would swoop in and once you have that extra player and you have possession you now have an overlap you just have to keep you just have to keep changing position as it went up the pitch. And then broadly nullified the extra man, you know, they kind of vacated the 10 and 12 channels and like somehow they managed to play with a sweeper, but also kept three up.
And they used John Hetherton brilliantly in the first half and they used Ronan Hayes brilliantly in the second half.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:01–6:21
2
What are the highlights from Kilkenny's early summer exit from the championship?
6:21–12:23
3
How did Dublin's performance against Kilkenny reflect their current form?
12:23–29:38
4
What are the implications of Kilkenny's exit for their future in GAA?
29:38–1:00:35
Speakers
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