Carlow hurler critical of Oz trip
November 12, 2018
A view of the Wild Geese Trophy match between Galway and Kilkenny at the Spotless Stadium in Sydney. ©INPHO/David Neilsen.
Carlow hurler Paul Coady believes the money spent on the inaugural Wild Geese Trophy match in Sydney would have been better spent elsewhere.
Coady and other disgruntled hurling followers took to Twitter yesterday to criticise the event which saw Galway and Kilkenny face off at the Spotless Stadium, and the fact that RTE had an hour-long highlights programme last night rather showing highlights from the club championships.
Coady argued that the estimated €200,000 spent on sending the two teams to Australia would be better spent on promoting hurling in the so-called weaker counties.
2 squads of 30+, 10+ management teams, referees, RTÉ panellist, almost 100 ppl say! 2k (flights, hotel) pp say so 200k...
— Paul Coady (@Paul_Coady10) November 11, 2018
Who the fuck funds all this and if they have much cash to spare please send some down so we can try develop hurling in some counties before it's dead!
Beyond crying at this stage, it would just pure depress you 🙄!
— Paul Coady (@Paul_Coady10) November 11, 2018
For those few days in oz you've basically enough to pay 6 development officers wage for a full year 😓!
TweetSo RTE will Spare No Expense and go to the other End of the Earth to show a Mickey Mouse Challenge Game. Surely they'd be better off Showing County and Provensal Action. Or the Joe McDonagh Cup which they completely Ignored all year. Wild Geese Trophy. My Arse 😡
— Buff Egan (@buff_egan) November 11, 2018
