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Replying To janesboro: "The title of the thread is can the GAA survive the rugby onslaught , the answer to quote braveheart is "we can and we will". Rugby will never top the GAA as the No 1,
I played soccer rugby hurling and football all my life,my kids do now and i coach all four. Go to lots of clubs games accross all four codes and all the munster and limerick hurling/football games. Luckily the rugby and gaa dont clash too much. Lived in Dublin years and played all four up there too . I liked Dublin, still do, whe west coast of dublin is stunning. Went to every soccer international rugby international and major GAA game when i lived there. I played in most of the Dublin club rugby and gaa grounds,good lot of soccer places too Even though i am working class have a limerick accent and am from limerick, i never once experienced any of this elitism despite the fact that i had a totally different background, in fact was made feel at home. Got stick from a minority in workplaces about being from limerick eh yer all criminals down there ...stab city and all that tripe (never from anybody who knew limerick!!), but never once in a sports club or field.
Of course i understand most of the rugby in dublin is played in the fee paying schools. Some dublin footballers have that background too. But if any body from Dublin want to play or watch a game they can do so if they want, you wont be barred due to class. You will be made welcome in 2016 i was at young munster games in belvedere,clontarf, marys,terenure, lansdowne and trinity, in all grounds our players and supporters (and we have good support) were made most welcome.
Limerick while soccer is king in the city, football in the west and hurling everywhere else, rugby is well supported. Got around 8 clubs alone in the city as many as gaa. Its massive down here. Its a normal working class game like gaa, the sports get on and we dont diss each others sports. Most people who follow rugby follow hurling and vice versa. Most of my sons pals will have a munster jersey a soccer jersey and a limerick one
The rugby does wonder for the city economically too. The club game is strong too - got garryowen v young munster tomorrow will be at least 2500 there. Both team and supporters will be going full throttle,fire and brimstone at it believe me , Id recommend anybody around limerick tomorrow to go to this one. ill be bag of nerves watchin this
Youd be amazed going around the province of munster the amount of munster jersies and jackets youd see as well as GAA ones. Even in the remote rural areas. Miltown malbay has pubs decked in rugby flags etc in bruff co limerick they have a mural ofJohn Hayes, waterford castle too often has a munster flag, For the quarter final limerick city will be bedecked with munster flags, when the hurling gets going it will be limerick flags
Rugby will never top GAA. Its not as popular as GAA , but that does not means its unpopular, because it well supported, and i know from experience its not an elitist sport anybody who wants to play or watch can go, just like hurling and football, have a look for yourself and you will see,you wont be stopped, you might even like. you wont be forced to choose between rugby soccer and gaa. and it better for kids to have a go at all four of the major team sports too." Where is Dublin's west coast? Milltown Malbay is in West Clare,not in rural Limerick.
thelongridge (Offaly) - Posts: 1741 - 04/02/2017 13:33:46
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Maybe the more pertinent question (for a more suitable platform than a GAA forum) is will Irish rugby ever live up to the media hype?
benched (Tyrone) - Posts: 534 - 04/02/2017 15:10:51
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Losing to perennial minnows Scotland might not help.
keeper7 (Longford) - Posts: 4088 - 04/02/2017 16:20:47
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Where is Dublin's west coast? silly me - i meant east -
Milltown Malbay is in West Clare,not in rural Limerick.
REally , oh my i never knew that , and there was silly me thinking the limerick finally got its boundary extension into county clare , tell us more great prophet
janesboro (Limerick) - Posts: 1502 - 04/02/2017 16:27:05
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Replying To benched: "Maybe the more pertinent question (for a more suitable platform than a GAA forum) is will Irish rugby ever live up to the media hype?" Tomsmith here
I feel that the Ruggers will struggle to live up to the Hype that the pro (Oval ball fellows) ruggers want us to believe this game is all about.
I struggle to like a game that is full of Hype and lack the local parish input.
That is me and in Cavan we have fine example of virtually all Parishes having a GAA team with a collection white collared boys playing other sports
tomsmith (Cavan) - Posts: 3857 - 04/02/2017 16:33:26
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Jaysus the cliche bingo card is fairly full with s**** being posted here
ormondbannerman (Clare) - Posts: 13473 - 04/02/2017 16:56:07
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That is me and in Cavan we have fine example of virtually all Parishes having a GAA team with a collection white collared boys playing other sports
tomsmith (Cavan) - Posts:2886 - 04/02/2017 16:33:26
have ye a county hurling team?
janesboro (Limerick) - Posts: 1502 - 04/02/2017 16:56:21
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Replying To tomsmith: "Tomsmith here
I feel that the Ruggers will struggle to live up to the Hype that the pro (Oval ball fellows) ruggers want us to believe this game is all about.
I struggle to like a game that is full of Hype and lack the local parish input.
That is me and in Cavan we have fine example of virtually all Parishes having a GAA team with a collection white collared boys playing other sports" unfortunately when Ireland lose in Rugby somehow the GAA get blamed by the mainstream media. Not enough playing rugby type blame. GAA not international etc.
Anyway Dublin is booming. Dublin has most of the population and the largest economy of this island. It accounts for half the population and most of the economic output.
Dublin is much much bigger then say Limerick, Dublin is also a GAA stronghold!!!!!!
galwayford (Galway) - Posts: 2519 - 04/02/2017 17:00:04
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GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7345 - 05/02/2017 06:09:40
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Replying To galwayford: "unfortunately when Ireland lose in Rugby somehow the GAA get blamed by the mainstream media. Not enough playing rugby type blame. GAA not international etc.
Anyway Dublin is booming. Dublin has most of the population and the largest economy of this island. It accounts for half the population and most of the economic output.
Dublin is much much bigger then say Limerick, Dublin is also a GAA stronghold!!!!!!" I can see your oint but its only really the Independent that has this Pro Rugby Anti GAA ethos, RTE has some of it also but practically all provincal papers, The Examiner, Irish news have some great GAA coverage, local radio stations too give excellent coverage so whilst the Independent tries to knock the GAA at every opportunity ultimately it will fail.
hurler32 (Limerick) - Posts: 867 - 05/02/2017 10:48:57
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the Gaa will survive the Rugby onslaught,yesterday we had 2 games,160 mins of rugby,we had rte on air for 6 hours,a bit ott on talk and analysis I think
mooncat (Kilkenny) - Posts: 533 - 05/02/2017 13:51:10
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unfortunately when Ireland lose in Rugby somehow the GAA get blamed by the mainstream media. Not enough playing rugby type blame. GAA not international etc.
Anyway Dublin is booming. Dublin has most of the population and the largest economy of this island. It accounts for half the population and most of the economic output.
Dublin is much much bigger then say Limerick, Dublin is also a GAA stronghold!!!!!!
galwayford (Galway) - Posts:879 - 04/02/2017 17:00:04What nonsense is this??
How does the GAA get blamed?
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Replying To ormondbannerman: "unfortunately when Ireland lose in Rugby somehow the GAA get blamed by the mainstream media. Not enough playing rugby type blame. GAA not international etc.
Anyway Dublin is booming. Dublin has most of the population and the largest economy of this island. It accounts for half the population and most of the economic output.
Dublin is much much bigger then say Limerick, Dublin is also a GAA stronghold!!!!!!
galwayford (Galway) - Posts:879 - 04/02/2017 17:00:04What nonsense is this??
How does the GAA get blamed?" Constantly whenever Ireland don't do well in international sport people say "if it wasn't for the GAA having so many people playing their sports we'd have a better chance".That line gets trotted out all the time after an irish failure at some international sporting event.
uibhfhaili1986 (Offaly) - Posts: 1296 - 05/02/2017 16:28:11
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Replying To ormondbannerman: "unfortunately when Ireland lose in Rugby somehow the GAA get blamed by the mainstream media. Not enough playing rugby type blame. GAA not international etc.
Anyway Dublin is booming. Dublin has most of the population and the largest economy of this island. It accounts for half the population and most of the economic output.
Dublin is much much bigger then say Limerick, Dublin is also a GAA stronghold!!!!!!
galwayford (Galway) - Posts:879 - 04/02/2017 17:00:04What nonsense is this??
How does the GAA get blamed?" Ormonde,who gives you the right to question other posters experiences in regards to rugby?You come across as an arrogant and awkward person,to me.Always trying to pick holes in just about every post.Who do you think you are trying to tell posters from Dublin what rugby is like in the capital?We have all grown up here.Your attitude stinks and your a pain in the hole!
cuederocket (Dublin) - Posts: 5084 - 05/02/2017 16:33:02
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Professional Rugby is not really a sport, it's more of an entertainment franchise, a bit like UFC or WWW. Unfortunately the actors (players) are often old private school / college chums of those in control of our media outlets so therefore they tend to get more attention than they deserve. We have at most 4 professional rugby teams in the country that lap up this media attention. The amateur game is almost non existant.
This weekend saw 3 international rugby matches, a quick check on aertel will show that RTE coverage is bang up to date with scores , scorers and results. The equivalent section for the GAA still doesn't even have the final scores for last nights matches let alone anything that happened today.
The problem here is not actually game of rugby itself, because in fairness, the amateur game is hardly going to trouble the GAA anytime soon, but the way it is reported and followed by certain sections of the media who fawn over our handful of pro teams.
optimist (Louth) - Posts: 177 - 05/02/2017 16:49:41
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Replying To janesboro: "That is me and in Cavan we have fine example of virtually all Parishes having a GAA team with a collection white collared boys playing other sports
tomsmith (Cavan) - Posts:2886 - 04/02/2017 16:33:26
have ye a county hurling team?" Ye we do and what of it?
Breffni40 (Cavan) - Posts: 12120 - 06/02/2017 10:24:48
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Replying To Breffni39: "Ye we do and what of it?" have ye a senior team? what competitions do they play in? what type crowds do they get,
janesboro (Limerick) - Posts: 1502 - 06/02/2017 10:58:25
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I can see your oint but its only really the Independent that has this Pro Rugby Anti GAA ethos, RTE has some of it also but practically all provincal papers, The Examiner, Irish news have some great GAA coverage, local radio stations too give excellent coverage so whilst the Independent tries to knock the GAA at every opportunity ultimately it will fail.
hurler32 (Limerick) - Posts:756 - 05/02/2017 10:48:57 195
is this the same independent that has ofeten had columns from eoin liston tomas o se, cyril farrell and john mullane with colm orourke joe brolly and jamsie oconnor on the sunday one ,they seem to have reports of most of the league games on the online version today
Down here limerick leader covers gaa rugby and soccer very well, usually there a 12 page club gaa pull out during the summary
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Replying To janesboro: "have ye a senior team? what competitions do they play in? what type crowds do they get," Like I said yes we do. Lory Meagher. Small crowds.
Breffni40 (Cavan) - Posts: 12120 - 06/02/2017 11:44:37
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http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=263574
one discovers something new every day - great to see ye are back hope ye can compete at that level and grow the game up there ,
-hav ye a team in nhl?
janesboro (Limerick) - Posts: 1502 - 06/02/2017 11:51:30
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