GAA on TV: A Royal Rumble and AFLW
February 04, 2021
Colm O'Rourke of Meath and John O'Leary of Dublin after the third replay of the Leinster SFC first round in 1991 ©INPHO
This weekend gives armchair viewers the opportunity to rewatch all the games from the thrilling four match epic between Meath and Dublin in 1991.
TG4 also has coverage from the second round of the AFLW.
Saturday 6 February
TG4
5.10pm: AFL Aussie Rules na mBan
Highlights from the second round of the Women's Australian Football League. AFL Women's is Australia's national semi-professional Australian rules football league for female players and fourteen teams will be participating in the competition. There are many players from Ireland playing in the Women's AFL, including Ladies Gaelic Football players such as Cora Staunton, Sinéad Goldrick, Sarah Rowe, Niamh McEvoy and many more.
TG4
7.15pm: Níos Mó Ná Cluiche - GAA Uladh
A documentary exploring the GAA in Ulster. In the first episode Jarlath Burns explores how the Gaelic games are about more than just sport, and how the GAA first took root in Ulster and survived the upheavals of a partitioned Ireland.
eir Sports 1
7.30pm: Dublin v Meath 1991 Second Replay - The 1991 Leinster SFC Preliminary Round Second Replay took place at Croke Park, two weeks after extra-time had failed to separate Dublin and Meath in their first replay.
eir Sports 1
9.30pm: Dublin v Meath 1991 Third Replay - The 1991 Leinster SFC Preliminary Round Third Replay was the most dramatic game in an enthralling four match series.
Sunday 7 February
eir Sports 2
7pm: Dublin v Meath 1991 First game - The 1991 Leinster SFC Preliminary Round saw Dublin and Meath - who had contested the previous five Leinster Finals - paired together in the opening round at Croke Park.
eir Sports 2
8.30pm: Dublin v Meath 1991 First Replay -The 1991 Leinster SFC Preliminary Round First Replay took place at Croke Park, a week after familiar rivals Dublin and Meath had played out a 1-12 to 1-12 draw.
TG4
8:25pm: Laochra Gael - Laochra Gael (OS & TS)The new series of Laochra Gael continues with the story of Johnny Pilkington. The heartbeat of the mighty Offaly team of the 90s, and one of the game's true characters, Johnny was at the heart of some of hurling's great dramas: from the five-minute final and the infamous '98 sit-in. Tales of Johnny's off-field excesses were many, and sometimes, but not always exaggerated, often by the man himself. The myth that he took the game and his talents for granted couldn't be further from the truth. Hurling has, and always will, had a deep and profound meaning for Johnny P.
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