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mdaclarke wrote: ↑Sun Aug 22, 2021 6:57 pm

highlands wrote: ↑Sun Aug 22, 2021 6:37 pm

mdaclarke wrote: ↑Sun Aug 22, 2021 5:54 pm Watched with interest. Quite entertaining. A few questions

1. Is there a lot of crossover between Hurling and Gaelic Football? Do many players play both?
2. Is there still (or was there) a cultural divide between Rugby and GAA sports. I remember when Ireland played at Croke Park, there had to be a GAA rule change as Rugby was considered an "English Sport"
3. Are the players professional
4. What is the point of the Hurling (and to a lesser extent Gaelic Football) goalkeepers, most of the time the ball is hoofed far above their heads.

At the lower levels alot of players would play both. But unusual at the top level these days as too much commitment required.
The cultural divide isnt as bad as what it use to be. Some private schools will still be all rugby and snobby about it but there is a GAA club in most villages in ireland. The old traditionalists of the GAA would still frown upon any 'foreign' sports being played on gaa grounds, but all that is changing.
They are not professional as in getting paid but pretty much full time training. GAA would never be able to have the facilities they do around the country if it was professional.
Maybe one day. WIth private investment. JP Mcmanus puts alot of money into sport in Limerick.
And as for the goalie! Well if they didnt have one, it would be a goal scored every minute instead of a point! There was a great save in the match today if you were watching it.

Well done limerick. Had them winning by 10 before the game. Class team.

Thanks for that. I must admit that I flicked in and out of it. Watched about 20 mins in total. Only change I would make as a first time viewer would be to get rid of the high posts and make it so the ball has to go in the goal for any points to be scored!

EDIT, hope the player with the knee injury is OK. Never good when a player goes down with no-one challenging him.

Leinster in London wrote: ↑Mon Aug 23, 2021 2:50 pm

mdaclarke wrote: ↑Sun Aug 22, 2021 6:57 pm

highlands wrote: ↑Sun Aug 22, 2021 6:37 pm

mdaclarke wrote: ↑Sun Aug 22, 2021 5:54 pm Watched with interest. Quite entertaining. A few questions

1. Is there a lot of crossover between Hurling and Gaelic Football? Do many players play both?
2. Is there still (or was there) a cultural divide between Rugby and GAA sports. I remember when Ireland played at Croke Park, there had to be a GAA rule change as Rugby was considered an "English Sport"
3. Are the players professional
4. What is the point of the Hurling (and to a lesser extent Gaelic Football) goalkeepers, most of the time the ball is hoofed far above their heads.

At the lower levels alot of players would play both. But unusual at the top level these days as too much commitment required.
The cultural divide isnt as bad as what it use to be. Some private schools will still be all rugby and snobby about it but there is a GAA club in most villages in ireland. The old traditionalists of the GAA would still frown upon any 'foreign' sports being played on gaa grounds, but all that is changing.
They are not professional as in getting paid but pretty much full time training. GAA would never be able to have the facilities they do around the country if it was professional.
Maybe one day. WIth private investment. JP Mcmanus puts alot of money into sport in Limerick.
And as for the goalie! Well if they didnt have one, it would be a goal scored every minute instead of a point! There was a great save in the match today if you were watching it.

Well done limerick. Had them winning by 10 before the game. Class team.

Thanks for that. I must admit that I flicked in and out of it. Watched about 20 mins in total. Only change I would make as a first time viewer would be to get rid of the high posts and make it so the ball has to go in the goal for any points to be scored!

EDIT, hope the player with the knee injury is OK. Never good when a player goes down with no-one challenging him.

20 years ago a goalkeeper would be viewed just as a goalstopper, but more recently the role of re-starting the game has become more important. The goalie was always generally the guy who could hit the ball the furthest. They used to hoof the ball up the field and hope for the best. These days the top level goalies would be playmakers passing straight to a free man. If that lad can then pass to a free forward, you would expect a score 8 times out of 10.

redderneck wrote: ↑Mon Aug 23, 2021 12:11 pm I almost overcame genetics and over fifty years of societal conditioning, but couldn't quite find it within myself to feel sorry for Cark.

I wavered for a few moments though, so next time I'm home, I'm going to go down to the Redemptorists and wrap myself in some barbed wire and throw myself at some pillars.

I stay grounded by reflecting on the state of Limerick rugby...

iarmhiman wrote: ↑Sat Sep 11, 2021 6:59 pm Another Mayo choke. Feel sorry for the fans.

Not the team this time. They had so many chances

Derwyn wrote: ↑Sat Sep 11, 2021 11:49 pm Well done to the British team

Derwyn wrote: ↑Sat Sep 11, 2021 11:49 pm Well done to the British team

Zico wrote: ↑Sat Jul 09, 2022 4:50 pm Congratulations An Iarmhí

The Tailteann Cup has been a good idea from the GAA.

iarmhiman wrote: ↑Sat Jul 09, 2022 6:39 pm

Zico wrote: ↑Sat Jul 09, 2022 4:50 pm Congratulations An Iarmhí

The Tailteann Cup has been a good idea from the GAA.

Was at the game. Enjoyed that

lilyw wrote: ↑Sat Jul 09, 2022 7:54 pm

iarmhiman wrote: ↑Sat Jul 09, 2022 6:39 pm

Zico wrote: ↑Sat Jul 09, 2022 4:50 pm Congratulations An Iarmhí

The Tailteann Cup has been a good idea from the GAA.

Was at the game. Enjoyed that

Congrats to Westmeath. Well deserved.

It's as well that the Tailteann Cup final was enjoyable because Galway/Derry was absolute s***e.