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In the city you have Salthill Knocknacarragh and Liam Mellowes and some junior clubs. And Corinthians and Galwegians and OLBC. So approximately the same number. galwayford (Galway) - Posts:825 - 13/12/2016 09:43:55 NUIG rugby club as well. Its an open club and open to non students and 5/6 years ago started fielding underage teams for kids who live close to the university who previously would have had to go over to Corinthians/Wegians to play ormondbannerman (Clare) - Posts: 13473 - 13/12/2016 12:30:21 1939872 Link
Tomsmith here Another week end of relentless hype from rugby brigade What would we ever do without the oval ball brigade tomsmith (Cavan) - Posts: 3857 - 18/12/2016 18:11:00 1940832 Link
How many rugby supporters are like me ！6 internationals and about 10 european games its an event for almost all so call supporters , great drinking weekends ..Can anybody answer this question ？ 1 million people watch the Gaa final , most soccer supporters champions league final. When Irish teams dont make club rugby finals nobody look at the rugby final ,why carlow56 (Carlow) - Posts: 3 - 18/12/2016 21:03:45 1940860 Link
Replying To tomsmith: "Tomsmith here Another week end of relentless hype from rugby brigade What would we ever do without the oval ball brigade" Not a lot of other sports on this weekend Tom. Unless you prefer the Premier League hype? GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7345 - 18/12/2016 22:49:28 1940880 Link
Where's all the media pressure on connacht to replay their game like Meath had with louth over an illegitimate score? ??????? hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 20/12/2016 10:13:26 1941090 Link
Replying To hill16no1man: "Where's all the media pressure on connacht to replay their game like Meath had with louth over an illegitimate score? ???????" The authorities quickly clarified the decision was incorrect and confirmed the result would stand. Both clubs immediately accepted the decision and moved on. If it was GAA you would have a week of the GAA doing absolutely nothing, both counties boards releasing inflammatory statements and interviews. Another few weeks of the GAA doing nothing and then trying to shift the responsibility of offering a replay to the county who through no fault of their benefited from the error. bad.monkey (USA) - Posts: 4624 - 20/12/2016 10:47:29 1941094 Link
Replying To hill16no1man: "Where's all the media pressure on connacht to replay their game like Meath had with louth over an illegitimate score? ???????" very poor sportsmanship alano12 (Dublin) - Posts: 2208 - 20/12/2016 10:49:35 1941097 Link
Replying To hill16no1man: "Where's all the media pressure on connacht to replay their game like Meath had with louth over an illegitimate score? ???????" How was it illegitimate? The officials told them to play on. GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7345 - 20/12/2016 10:53:00 1941099 Link
Why is this thread still going, people seem more obsessed with other sports doing well rather than talk about GAA, I support Rugby and GAA equally rebelfan (Cork) - Posts: 70 - 20/12/2016 11:03:35 1941108 Link
Replying To GreenandRed: "How was it illegitimate? The officials told them to play on." the same as meath though alano12 (Dublin) - Posts: 2208 - 20/12/2016 11:21:33 1941114 Link
Replying To alano12: "the same as meath though" Not illegitimate. GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7345 - 20/12/2016 11:48:07 1941122 Link
Replying To rebelfan: "Why is this thread still going, people seem more obsessed with other sports doing well rather than talk about GAA, I support Rugby and GAA equally" Fair play. You're not a snob, looking down on non-GAA sports. Thankfully there's plenty like you. GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7345 - 20/12/2016 11:50:48 1941123 Link
Replying To GreenandRed: "Not illegitimate." against the rules though...you are extremely quick to defend the rugger again....all hill was doing was highlighting the media backlash with 1 compared to the other for somewhat similar situations alano12 (Dublin) - Posts: 2208 - 20/12/2016 12:02:50 1941127 Link
Replying To bad.monkey: "The authorities quickly clarified the decision was incorrect and confirmed the result would stand. Both clubs immediately accepted the decision and moved on. If it was GAA you would have a week of the GAA doing absolutely nothing, both counties boards releasing inflammatory statements and interviews. Another few weeks of the GAA doing nothing and then trying to shift the responsibility of offering a replay to the county who through no fault of their benefited from the error." why dont you go back to lecturing us how we arent as progressive as you are? alano12 (Dublin) - Posts: 2208 - 20/12/2016 12:03:14 1941128 Link
The point i was making is the stark difference in the media when a sporting error favours a team from Ireland in rugby, if it was the other way around I'm sure they would be playing the poormouth right now like they did over a few tackles in the new Zealand friendly. It was an official error in the Leinster final not Meath but yet they got all the media pressure post game, in complete contrast to what connacht are getting wouldn't you agree? hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 20/12/2016 16:50:56 1941213 Link
Replying To alano12: "against the rules though...you are extremely quick to defend the rugger again....all hill was doing was highlighting the media backlash with 1 compared to the other for somewhat similar situations" You agree it's 'not illegitimate'. I do like rugby and a lot of other sports but don't think I should have to defend myself for that. No matter what some non- GAA sports do some here will pick faults in tgem and rugby is top of most of their list. It is against the rules, correct. Clare v Offaly in 98 is a better comparison. Like Clare, Connacht should offer a replay. They won't. Again rugby are good at putting a positive spin on what some can see was an infringement of the rules. Many years ago a man called Cromwell told some Irish people 'to hell or to Connacht'. On Saturday a Connacht team not only beat a team of (some) Anglo Saxons at home, they did so in a way that really annoyed them because according to the rules they shouldn't have had the chance. Doubly vexing a bunch of Tans. Anyways, whatever sports you like or dislike it'd be boring if we agreed on everything. Happy Christmas to everyone. GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7345 - 20/12/2016 17:51:27 1941237 Link
Replying To GreenandRed: "You agree it's 'not illegitimate'. I do like rugby and a lot of other sports but don't think I should have to defend myself for that. No matter what some non- GAA sports do some here will pick faults in tgem and rugby is top of most of their list. It is against the rules, correct. Clare v Offaly in 98 is a better comparison. Like Clare, Connacht should offer a replay. They won't. Again rugby are good at putting a positive spin on what some can see was an infringement of the rules. Many years ago a man called Cromwell told some Irish people 'to hell or to Connacht'. On Saturday a Connacht team not only beat a team of (some) Anglo Saxons at home, they did so in a way that really annoyed them because according to the rules they shouldn't have had the chance. Doubly vexing a bunch of Tans. Anyways, whatever sports you like or dislike it'd be boring if we agreed on everything. Happy Christmas to everyone." i have no issue with what happened hill is merely referring to the treatment it gets in the media as its a somewhat similar situation..i think most people dont mind rugby at all but have serious issues with the favourable coverage it gets which you consistently ignore alano12 (Dublin) - Posts: 2208 - 20/12/2016 18:09:46 1941242 Link
Replying To GreenandRed: "You agree it's 'not illegitimate'. I do like rugby and a lot of other sports but don't think I should have to defend myself for that. No matter what some non- GAA sports do some here will pick faults in tgem and rugby is top of most of their list. It is against the rules, correct. Clare v Offaly in 98 is a better comparison. Like Clare, Connacht should offer a replay. They won't. Again rugby are good at putting a positive spin on what some can see was an infringement of the rules. Many years ago a man called Cromwell told some Irish people 'to hell or to Connacht'. On Saturday a Connacht team not only beat a team of (some) Anglo Saxons at home, they did so in a way that really annoyed them because according to the rules they shouldn't have had the chance. Doubly vexing a bunch of Tans. Anyways, whatever sports you like or dislike it'd be boring if we agreed on everything. Happy Christmas to everyone." its pretty clear what hill is saying but you go off and accuse people of hating the sport for bringing up a perfectly legitimate point alano12 (Dublin) - Posts: 2208 - 20/12/2016 18:10:53 1941244 Link
Replying To GreenandRed: "You agree it's 'not illegitimate'. I do like rugby and a lot of other sports but don't think I should have to defend myself for that. No matter what some non- GAA sports do some here will pick faults in tgem and rugby is top of most of their list. It is against the rules, correct. Clare v Offaly in 98 is a better comparison. Like Clare, Connacht should offer a replay. They won't. Again rugby are good at putting a positive spin on what some can see was an infringement of the rules. Many years ago a man called Cromwell told some Irish people 'to hell or to Connacht'. On Saturday a Connacht team not only beat a team of (some) Anglo Saxons at home, they did so in a way that really annoyed them because according to the rules they shouldn't have had the chance. Doubly vexing a bunch of Tans. Anyways, whatever sports you like or dislike it'd be boring if we agreed on everything. Happy Christmas to everyone." I expect that historical symbolism is there for a lot of Connacht people alright ( not for me at all though). Somehow I think for the Brits among the Wasp players, there was/is no historical context (no more than there was for the Rep of Ireland soccer players when Billy Bingham was whipping up the crowd and evoking history in that infamous game in Windsor Park many years ago). For the English players it was just an important game they wanted to win and Connacht were just another team that they wanted to beat! PoolSturgeon (Galway) - Posts: 1903 - 20/12/2016 19:46:21 1941282 Link
Replying To alano12: "why dont you go back to lecturing us how we arent as progressive as you are?" Im going to give this post a thumbs up. Good lad bad.monkey (USA) - Posts: 4624 - 20/12/2016 20:00:52 1941284 Link