Preview: Provincial Towns Cup 1st Round Draw
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This season's first round of the Leinster Towns Cup is set to be a big one: last year's winners Wicklow are away to Kilkenny, who were in the 2015 final.
Both teams go into the match with a bit of history behind them. Kilkenny have made the final twice in the past three years, despite this they haven’t won a final since 1986.
A strong Tullamore side face Longford, who have never made it to the final in the previous one hundred competitions. This match could appear to be one side, with the strength of the Tullamore side over recent years. However Longford have proven in last years campaign that they perform on big occasions.
Skerries 2nd XV will have a tight contest over Roscrea, neither teams have made it to a final of the Leinster towns cup since 1980. However both of them have many titles won and have just been unlucky to find recent form in the past few years.
Mullingar take on Gorey, who have produced many a star in the past fifteen years, they have a strong side with a lot of depth and would be one of our teams to watch over the coming season.
Despite having a bye into the second round, Navan would be another team that we would keep an eye on due to the success of their first team over the past season.
Last years runners up get a bye into the second round a long with Ashbourne.
All Round 1 matches take place on 29 January 2017 at 14:30.
