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International Rules - 4 Like(s)
Replying To Seanfan: "How many players do the Aus Rules Clubs "poach" from Ireland annually?
5? 6?.....?
Our dear neighbours to the West have lost Mullin and McDonald.
How many years apart?" Is it even 5-6?
Only 7 Irish players made an AFL appearance last year, with a further 6 being on the AFL team books but playing for development teams.
The number of GAA players signed by AFL teams who are still there at the end of their rookie contract is less than 1 a year on average. Talk of 20 players a year leaving is hysterical nonsense.
CastleBravo (National) - 07/08/2026 12:01:49
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Galway Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To S1234: "Safe to say I was right all along Mayo where never far off it and 100% ahead of Galway ...." Indeed, over the past 15 or 16 years Mayo always had a real chance of winning before a ball was kicked each year. Apart from one year when McLoughlin scored a late point to keep them up, they have comfortable retained division 1 Status. It is is remarkable really that they replaced several generational players, players who put in All Star preformances in every game, without dropping down. Their odds reflected this too, with other division 1 teams like Roscommon and Monaghan given almost no chance by the bookies. One thing sets Mayo apart from almost any other team, in that they give it their all every time. On what we have see this year and last they are well ahead of Galway with the gap likely to increase before it closes again. Galway, Kerry, Donegal and Armagh are aging teams, especially when it comes to their key players. Senior Club Teams in Galway are dependent on players in their late 30s and even 40s to a greater degree than other counties (Gary Sice for 1). And while Galway v Mayo games are often decided by a point or 2 regardless of current form, I think the chance of us beating ye in a must win game is slim. The loss of Kobe is of course huge, but the up and coming youngsters will now have a real belief that too can taste ultimate glory.
giveitlong (National) - 06/08/2026 17:24:25
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International Rules - 2 Like(s)
Replying To FullOfPorter: "If getting an international opportunity organise it in the form of playing other international GAA clubs/regions, not some half baked crossbred game with another sport that is dire to watch." Good luck with getting a competitive game from that. The compromise rules were very enjoyable while they lasted.
ORIELMAN85 (National) - 06/08/2026 17:39:02
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Cork Chairman Pitches New AI SHC Revamp - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Viking66: "Cant push back the finals into August. An attempt was made this year at Congress and the motion got pulled before it was even voted on." Accountants not going to let games interfere with soliciting events.
BarneyGrant (National) - 07/08/2026 11:28:45
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Galway Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To giveitlong: "Indeed, over the past 15 or 16 years Mayo always had a real chance of winning before a ball was kicked each year. Apart from one year when McLoughlin scored a late point to keep them up, they have comfortable retained division 1 Status. It is is remarkable really that they replaced several generational players, players who put in All Star preformances in every game, without dropping down. Their odds reflected this too, with other division 1 teams like Roscommon and Monaghan given almost no chance by the bookies. One thing sets Mayo apart from almost any other team, in that they give it their all every time. On what we have see this year and last they are well ahead of Galway with the gap likely to increase before it closes again. Galway, Kerry, Donegal and Armagh are aging teams, especially when it comes to their key players. Senior Club Teams in Galway are dependent on players in their late 30s and even 40s to a greater degree than other counties (Gary Sice for 1). And while Galway v Mayo games are often decided by a point or 2 regardless of current form, I think the chance of us beating ye in a must win game is slim. The loss of Kobe is of course huge, but the up and coming youngsters will now have a real belief that too can taste ultimate glory." They've come out of nowhere to win an All Ireland and benefitted from a relatively run to get to the final after losing 2 games along the way. They were outstanding in the final and should have won by a lot more.
They had poor championships in 22, 23, 24 & 25, only for Kobe who's now gone to Australia they wouldn't have beaten Meath so I wouldn't get carried away.
Th is Mayo team won't go near winning another All Ireland unless Kobe comes back, they have huge issues from kickouts and teams will find a way to play against their press.
Plenty of people in Mayo worried about their Senior clubs, its 11 years since they won Connacht Senior Club championship.
As for Galway Thompson who looks like a potential player of the year too come back in and the likes of McGlinchey, Coen, Mulhearn & Mulryan all look like they could make an impact at this level. Its far from doom and gloom, we've a lot of top players still in their 20's.
TheBishop (National) - 07/08/2026 09:12:15
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Mayo, Tyrone, Dublin, Kerry, Galway, Donegal Or Armagh - All Ireland Champions 2027? - 1 Like(s)
Settle lads, it's only August..
There will be a lot of changes before the ball gets thrown in for the championship in 8 months time
eoinog (National) - 06/08/2026 23:48:30
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Cork Chairman Pitches New AI SHC Revamp - 1 Like(s)
Replying To BarneyGrant: "Accountants not going to let games interfere with soliciting events." Was more pushback from players and clubs
Viking66 (National) - 07/08/2026 13:26:33
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Football Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To legendzxix: "Not at all. There's external communication and internal communication. Externally - congratulations to Mayo. Internally - the club structure is being discussed. JOC has been consistent about that all year." That's a nice simple binary take on it but one which isn't completely accurate and ignores the elephant in the room. Externally also there is some chat about injuries - that seems to be the only possible explanation for the loss.
The elephant in this case being that Kerry may have believed the 'hype' - with a dash of 'Lads its only Mayo' thrown in - and were overly confident/cocky.
Might that form any part of the internal review?
timmyhogan (National) - 07/08/2026 10:41:34
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Mayo All Ireland Champions 2026! - 1 Like(s)
Looking at it coldly.
Mayo, Galway, Roscommon, Kerry, Armagh, Donegal, Dublin, Tyrone would prioritise All Ireland success over provincial success.
Louth, Meath, Westmeath, Kildare, Cork, Monaghan, Down, Derry, Wicklow, Cavan would be wiser to prioritise a Provincial Championship and use it to build a winning mentality within the squad as well as a consistency of performance (which has been lacking in all of them).
Mayo didn't come from nowhere to win the all Ireland.
They won the league in 2019 and 2023, lost finals in 2022 and 2025. They had a squad used to playing consistently at a high level, which when infused with new management and some new special talents - went all the way.
The 8 All Ireland contenders listed above - all have battle hardened squads that just need a bit of luck, a well timed run and 1 or 2 new players to step up and they wont be far away.
The 10 provincial contenders, need to target either the league or the provincial championship and prove to themselves they can deliver under pressure. Then they can move up to contend for All Irelands.
This idea that Kildare, Louth, Meath, Cork etc will fancy their chances at an All Ireland next year just because Mayo did it, is fantasy stuff. None of them have players in the panel who have played in All Irelands or Div 1 finals.
Beating Dublin or Kerry in the league, or provincial championships in Spring is a very different thing to beating them in an All Ireland final in July.
tirawleybaron (National) - 07/08/2026 10:30:12
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Cork Chairman Pitches New AI SHC Revamp - 1 Like(s)
Replying To tirawleybaron: "Provincial knock out (seeded draws)
6 Munster - Current 5 + Kerry
8 Leinster - Current 6 + Carlow + Laois
top 4 in each province go to All Ireland super 8
Bottom 2 in Munster and 4 in Leinster enter Tier 2 competition
Tier 2 championships - seeded knock out. 3 winners go to New York to play Tier 2 championships with New York
played in May
Leinster B competition - Antrim, Westmeath, Meath, Longford, Louth, Wicklow
Connacht - Roscommon, Mayo, Sligo, London, Leitrim, Lancashire
Ulster - Donegal, Fermanagh, Armagh, Monaghan, Tyrone, Derry, Cavan, Down
Winners of Tier 2 competitions go to NY play off on June bank Holiday
Tier 2 Play offs - End June
5 teams into Lory Meagher + UK winners
6 teams into Nick Rackard
8 into Christy Ring
2 finalists from NY playoffs into Joe McDonagh
So based on current form
Liam McCarthy - Cork, Limerick, Tipp, Clare, Galway, Kilkenny, Offaly, Dublin
Joe McDonagh - Wexford, Laois, Carlow, Kildare, Waterford, Kerry, Antrim, New York
Christ Ring - Wicklow, Roscommon, Donegal, Antrim, Derry, Down, Westmeath, Meath
Nick Rackard - Armagh, Fermanagh, Louth, Sligo, Tyrone, Mayo, London
Lory Meagher - Cavan, Longford, Leitrim, Monaghan, Lancashire, Warickshire
The above competitions split into 2 groups played in late June up to mid July
Semi finals and finals played August Bank Holiday and finals in Mid August." Cant push back the finals into August. An attempt was made this year at Congress and the motion got pulled before it was even voted on.
Viking66 (National) - 07/08/2026 10:29:17
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Mayo, Tyrone, Dublin, Kerry, Galway, Donegal Or Armagh - All Ireland Champions 2027? - 1 Like(s)
Replying To WanPintWin: "Exactly. Galway did all of that, got to a provincial final, got the home draws and handier ones at that and it didn't do us any good. Mayo got beaten early, had 5 weeks to fully reset and change wasn't working.
There's no perfect formula." Mayo learned from their beating - dropped all the older and slower players.
Galway introduced older players as the season went on. Hadn't the legs to beat Dublin. Conroy/Comer/Walsh et al - manager turned to them as season went on - none of them had the legs to impact the game like they used to. Joyce didn't trust his younger players and didn't take a big beating to make him change. Moran's original plan was so exposed by Roscommon that he had to try something completely different - and it worked.
tirawleybaron (National) - 07/08/2026 09:07:40
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"It's Worrying For Hurling!" - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Yadse: "Long range scores are all well and good, but the last thing hurling needs is more incentives for not working the ball into the forwards to make goal scoring opportunities
If they were going to fiddle with scoring the only change I would trial is 4 points for a goal and indirect frees for "technical fouls"
Football had a problem with defending on top, and low scoring, hurling does not have that scoring problem" Exactly. The two-pointer in football was designed to incentivise long-range shooting. Hurling doesn't have that problem.
And I've actually made that point myself before too as regards indirect frees for technical fouls, including in my submission to the Hurling Advisory Committee's rules review survey. In particular, I'd be strict on the handpass, and would penalise any pass where there's not a clear striking motion and/or clear daylight between the palm of the hand and the ball at some stage of the motion.
Bearing in mind that a direct free from even 80 to 100 metres could lead directly to a score, it's probably too much of a penalty for a handpass that might just about have been technically legal in the first place. But if you make it an indirect free instead, I think referees would be much more inclined to blow up for all the dodgy ones, until we get to a stage where every handpass is clearly legal.
Pikeman96 (National) - 06/08/2026 15:36:28
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Mayo, Tyrone, Dublin, Kerry, Galway, Donegal Or Armagh - All Ireland Champions 2027? - 1 Like(s)
Armagh for 2027 AIC Champs.
omahant (National) - 06/08/2026 23:06:00
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Scotstown are clear favourites for championship maybe the biggest favourite in ireland. But imagine if Clontibret parish had all three clubs playing for them.
Clontibret-Doohamlet-Cremartin
Desman (National) - 06/08/2026 22:24:13
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International Rules - 1 Like(s)
Replying To GreenandRed: "Dire to watch for you. Most sports are poor to watch in comparison to new rules Gaelic Football. It has enough support to be a full time professional sport in Australia and has more competition there from other sports. Regardless of how AFL games look, or them recruiting GAA prospects the GAA could take a few tips from the AFL on how they publicise their sport." The GAA seem to want to keep Gaelic games a secret!
Local Tidy Towns Committees are better at publicising things than the GAA.
Seanfan (National) - 06/08/2026 18:50:46
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Matchwatcher: "I assume you are being sarcastic?
Said it before, once they took Jack it ended the Senior Championship as a contest.As long as Rory and Jack are there they'll continue to dominate. Doesn't matter who's managing Scotstown or any other team. Scotstown have too many good players not to win." No I was being serious…… they're performing miracles with such limited resources midboggling achievements……
mick2007 (National) - 06/08/2026 16:54:41
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International Rules - 1 Like(s)
How many players do the Aus Rules Clubs "poach" from Ireland annually?
5? 6?.....?
Our dear neighbours to the West have lost Mullin and McDonald.
How many years apart?
Seanfan (National) - 06/08/2026 15:52:17
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