Three in a row Dublin, Leinster and All lIreland Champs Na Fianna go into the AIB Leinster Club Senior Hurling Championship 2025 where they will face Wexford Champions St.Martins fr the second year in a row in the Quarter-Finals on the 9th of November.
As Wexford Champions St.Martins will obviously represent a serious threat to Na Fianna. The game in Leinster last year was close, with Na Fianna running out winners by only 4 points on 1-16 to 0-15.
Scorers for Na Fianna:
Colin Currie 0-9 (8fs), Sean Ryan 1-0, Gavin King 0-2 (1 sideline), Jack Meagher 0-2, Ciaran Stacey 0-1, AJ Murphy 0-1, Donal Burke 0-1.
Scorers for St Martin's:
Rory O'Connor 0-8 (7fs), David Codd 0-2, Darren Codd 0-1, Jack O'Connor 0-1, Ben Stafford 0-1, Joe O'Connor 0-1, Barry O'Connor 0-1.
Na Fianna: Jonathan Tracey; Conor McHugh, Sean Burke, Paul O'Dea; Kevin Burke, Liam Rushe, Peter Feeney; Brian Ryan, Sean Currie; Jack Meagher, Donal Burke, Ciaran Stacey; Colin Currie, AJ Murphy, Gavin King.
Subs: Donal Ryan for O'Dea h/t, Sean Ryan for Brian Ryan 43, Diarmuid Clerkin for King 46.
St Martin's: Dylan Byrne; Paddy O'Connor, Conor Firman, Eoin O'Leary; Philip Dempsey, Joe Barrett, Daithi Waters; David Codd, Joe O'Connor; Darren Codd, Jack O'Connor, Jack Devereux; Barry O'Connor, Kyle Firman, Rory O'Connor.
Subs: Luke Kavanagh for Devereux 36, Ben Stafford for Kyle Firman 43, Sam Audsley for Paddy O'Connor 54.
Read the full match report here.
Martins topped their group in Wexford this year with a 5-0 record and a +42 point score difference - which is pretty impressive.
In the knockout stages
28 Sep15:15 | St Martin's GAA Club 4-18-1-10 Oulart-The Ballagh
12 Oct16:15| St Martin's GAA Club 1-22-3-9 Ferns St Aidans
26 Oct15:30 | St Martin's GAA Club 2-14-0-16 Rathnure
Which is pretty devastating form, really only the final were they given a game.
Scorers for St. Martin’s in the Final:
Barry O’Connor 1-2, Mikey Coleman 1-1, Jack O’Connor 0-4 (1f), Michael Codd, Darren Codd, Diarmuid O’Leary 0-2 each, Jake Firman 0-1
Read Match Report of the Final
The O'Connors!!!
If Na Fianna progress from that, they will face the winners of Naas v Mount Leinster Rangers in the Semi-Final.
The draw for the competition
Arguably the tie of the Quarter-Finals will be the clash between Offaly's Kilcormac Killoughey and the Kilkenny Champsionhs Ballyhale Shamrocks, should be a mouthwatering clash.
Clubber will be showing most or all of the Leinster Championship games at all grades. Which is a fantasric service.
We'll post the scores from Round 1 here, along with the next fixture details when we have them, we'll update this page for the duration of the competition. If any of your have match reports or team sheets we'd appreciate if you could post them onto the forum - follow the blue button below, and we'll add any details we get here.
Fixtures
Halftime scoreline
Sean Currie with a Crucial goal to pull Na Fianna back into the game. Na Fianna struggled with the Martins' deep HB line in the first half, but got to grips with it in the second quarter.
Hard luck to Na Fianna - very entertaining game and Martins come out on top - a real tough game of winter hurling
Highlights:
Martins go on to meet Naas in the semi-Final
Ballyhale must be firm favourites now
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