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| where hurling isnt very popular...cj stander was poached by the irfu to play for ireland offered large sums of money to come here..i.e a mercenary..how much is reidy getting paid?...the term mercenary is lost on some of you clearly as the sole interest is in whataboutery alano12 (Dublin) - Posts: 2208 - 21/02/2017 20:55:13 1959351Link 1 | 
| At least two of them were paid to come up and work for Dublin County Board as games development officers. bad.monkey (USA) - Posts: 4677 - 21/02/2017 21:00:25 1959353Link 1 | 
| and on a side note i am against outsiders being used unless they are living in the county in relation to gaa alano12 (Dublin) - Posts: 2208 - 21/02/2017 21:02:44 1959356Link 0 | 
| so living and working in dublin...what is your opinion on the irfu paying large sums of money  to get lads to come here qualify for ireland instead of focusing on developing irish players? alano12 (Dublin) - Posts: 2208 - 21/02/2017 21:10:36 1959360Link 0 | 
| any suggestions for improving coverage lads? janesboro (Limerick) - Posts: 1502 - 21/02/2017 21:29:00 1959364Link 0 | 
| more coherent schedule, more games, greater coverage of womens gaa, more analysis, less negativity alano12 (Dublin) - Posts: 2208 - 21/02/2017 21:33:08 1959366Link 0 | 
| Actually report on the gaa games with the same level of promotion of good points and criticism of bad points that they judge the other sports by and not over sensationalise any minor bad thing that happens and skip over the fantastic scores that take place week in week out that go unreported. hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 21/02/2017 21:50:21 1959376Link 2 | 
| Is CJ Stander not living and working in Ireland? Whats the difference between the hurlers coming up to Dublin to work for the DCB and play for Dublin bad.monkey (USA) - Posts: 4677 - 21/02/2017 21:51:18 1959377Link 2 | 
| the sums of money involved, he isnt from ireland...they are amateur, he is a professional...continue with the whataboutery instead of actually engaging with the point..should the irfu be paying huge sums of money to foreigners to play for ireland instead of developing their own players?...i didnt realise there was big money in being a games development officer! alano12 (Dublin) - Posts: 2208 - 21/02/2017 21:59:38 1959383Link 0 | 
| So one is a mercenary because he is paid more than the other...hmm right. I personally dont consider either a mercenary but carry on with the rugby bashing. bad.monkey (USA) - Posts: 4677 - 21/02/2017 22:43:02 1959402Link 4 | 
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                    Ah here so we are being subjected by rte  to have to have what effectivly in the irfu eyes is not important competition in the shape of the womens six nations on our screen as they prefer to send there better players off to las vegas to play another game instead, if they don't even value the competition why should the license holders loose out on something better in the prime time slots. hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 22/02/2017 16:59:04 1959614Link 1 | 
| Ah here so we are being subjected by rte to have to have what effectivly in the irfu eyes is not important competition in the shape of the womens six nations on our screen as they prefer to send there better players off to las vegas to play another game instead, if they don't even value the competition why should the license holders loose out on something better in the prime time slots. http://m.independent.ie/sport/rugby/six-nations/irfu-to-pull-three-key-players-from-irelands-team-to-play-france-on-sunday-for-7s-duty-in-las-vegas-35470203.html hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts:11695 - 22/02/2017 16:59:04 how are you being subjected to it - are you being forced to watch it , you do have the option of not watching the game, chances are you will probably be in ballybofey when tis on - and 1245pm on a sunday is not prime time , think myself in a world cup year would be more important for them to play in six nations janesboro (Limerick) - Posts: 1502 - 22/02/2017 17:34:50 1959623Link 0 | 
| hillman - if you aint a rugby fan how come you are reading rugby articles? janesboro (Limerick) - Posts: 1502 - 22/02/2017 17:46:08 1959625Link 0 | 
| You have the option of not reading this thread. Breffni40 (Cavan) - Posts: 12494 - 22/02/2017 17:54:51 1959627Link 1 | 
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                    You have the option of not reading this thread. janesboro (Limerick) - Posts: 1502 - 22/02/2017 18:24:55 1959635Link 0 | 
| Going a bit off topic here but I see the games for the women's world cup will be held at UCD,  Queens University Belfast and Kingspan Belfast. Ireland is a country which supports female sport better than most as shown by the excellent attendances and viewing figures for the big gaelic football and camogie games - surely the women's rugby world cup could be better promoted around the country and should have its final at the biggest rugby stadium available? It's interesting that RTE are very keen to support it but the IRFU almost seem indifferent to it. Soma (UK) - Posts: 2630 - 22/02/2017 18:28:52 1959637Link 0 | 
| Get Joanne Cantwell to present everything. Breffni40 (Cavan) - Posts: 12494 - 22/02/2017 18:34:36 1959639Link 2 | 
| I didn't say I have to watch it and I didn't know the timing of this game either but a couple weeks back there was about 5 hours on the Saturday from 5pm to 10pm where it was under age and women's rugby six nations and as rte force me to buy a tv licence to allow me watch any kind of tv at all I would have gathered they put something worth while to the viewers like a movie that I could have watched. hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 22/02/2017 19:41:40 1959654Link 0 | 
| Simple answer it's one of the main items on the Irish independent sports area of their website which comes up when you click on sports section so no I don't go looking for rugby but I like sports news so it's hard to avoid seeing it when most of the headlines are about rugby so when I was scrolling down it caught my eye and thought it might be topical for this thread. hope that clears it up for you. now stop avoiding the fact you had been championing that very tournament and avoiding the realisation that the rugby bosses are treating it with disdain hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 22/02/2017 19:47:02 1959656Link 0 | 
| How is it anti rugby that's just your way of avoiding some home truths fact is the irfu don't even care about women's six nations or they wouldn't be pulling their players out of the team and sending them to las vegas, because its pointed out don't make it anti rugby it makes it topical for this thread hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 22/02/2017 19:50:53 1959657Link 1 |