Hurling Final on BBC2

[Milltown Row2]

I know we all love a pat on the back about how great our games are, but who cares what the English think of it ?

Growth, growing the games with our ex pats in the UK is great, and in the US..

Recently did under 14 feile this year in Ballymena with a team over from England and while their standard wasn't great they had some tasty hurlers on display, and the passion from the sideline was unbridled so while we know the game is unmatched I'd still like to see that others not just the UK public but the world get a chance to watch that final or this season

Netflix missing out on a great chance to give us something similar to the Drive to Survive or Point Break or Full Swing shows they have on, the one they did for Rugby was very good also..

 

[tiempo]

Could take or leave large parts of the coverage. Presenters, guests, commentators, etc. can be like marmite. But here's the thing...

Something has changed, someone has expertly influenced the BBC to put the hurling final on BBC2 and therefore into homes across Britain. This is not normal. Barriers have been broken down, executives have been enlightened. Its very refreshing and we should enjoy the moment, it might not last.

A huge congratulations to whoever set out to achieve this, and I expect it took a few well placed Gaels in various roles inside and outside the BBC to get this over the line.

Now lets all hope Armagh can win on Sunday so we get to hear Tommy Nibs wordsmith a pitch invasion!

Indeed. I would suspect that the channels of BBC NI were bypassed for this. You know them boys would rather show an Irish League soccer match attended by two men and a dog than a GAA match with 82,000 people at it. BBC executives in England would be more open to listen than the ones in Belfast.

Jerome Quinn was probably on to something when he criticised them for being bigots.

I said years ago that the GAA could be pushing on an open door if it wanted to get hurling onto mainstream TV outside of Ireland, and if not then they should be willing to pay to get the games shown. New audiences consistently love the game.

How about the GAA do something to promote hurling instead of relying on the BBC?

Start a process to give every child in every county in Ireland a chance to play hurling.

That'd be a start.

Regale to me the season of Kilkenny footballers there til I get a laugh

Glass houses and stones spring to mind

For every Kilkenny I'll give you Leitrim Cavan Monaghan and the rest who's county's boards are paying lip service to hurling

They literally won an All-Ireland with an Iraqi refugee, he scored in the final at Croke, maybe the opposition players let him as a token gesture or maybe they won on their merits?

If it was a race to the bottom for showing blatant disrespect to national games then Kilkenny's attitude to football takes number 1 spot

[Milltown Row2]

Could take or leave large parts of the coverage. Presenters, guests, commentators, etc. can be like marmite. But here's the thing...

Something has changed, someone has expertly influenced the BBC to put the hurling final on BBC2 and therefore into homes across Britain. This is not normal. Barriers have been broken down, executives have been enlightened. Its very refreshing and we should enjoy the moment, it might not last.

A huge congratulations to whoever set out to achieve this, and I expect it took a few well placed Gaels in various roles inside and outside the BBC to get this over the line.

Now lets all hope Armagh can win on Sunday so we get to hear Tommy Nibs wordsmith a pitch invasion!

Indeed. I would suspect that the channels of BBC NI were bypassed for this. You know them boys would rather show an Irish League soccer match attended by two men and a dog than a GAA match with 82,000 people at it. BBC executives in England would be more open to listen than the ones in Belfast.

Jerome Quinn was probably on to something when he criticised them for being bigots.

I said years ago that the GAA could be pushing on an open door if it wanted to get hurling onto mainstream TV outside of Ireland, and if not then they should be willing to pay to get the games shown. New audiences consistently love the game.

How about the GAA do something to promote hurling instead of relying on the BBC?

Start a process to give every child in every county in Ireland a chance to play hurling.

That'd be a start.

Regale to me the season of Kilkenny footballers there til I get a laugh

Glass houses and stones spring to mind

For every Kilkenny I'll give you Leitrim Cavan Monaghan and the rest who's county's boards are paying lip service to hurling

They literally won an All-Ireland with an Iraqi refugee, he scored in the final at Croke, maybe the opposition players let him as a token gesture or maybe they won on their merits?

If it was a race to the bottom for showing blatant disrespect to national games then Kilkenny's attitude to football takes number 1 spot

It doesn't change my point, these counties and more do little to nothing in promoting hurling in their county. And yes the top hurling counties don't give a stuff as long as they are sitting at the top table

[tiempo]

I know we all love a pat on the back about how great our games are, but who cares what the English think of it ?

A lot of English kids play GAA and what they think matters

Extra time forced a delay to Antiques Roadshow on the most British of institutions, a cohort of committed Gaels have built the necessary bridges to make this happen which is an incredibly positive sign of change in attitudes towards Ireland

[tiempo]

It doesn't change my point, these counties and more do little to nothing in promoting hurling in their county. And yes the top hurling counties don't give a stuff as long as they are sitting at the top table

Will have to agree to disagree, entering a NHL and Championship (a) takes effort for the year in question and (b) is only possible with a base of players brought through from grassroots, which must have come from promoting the game, despite their limitations compared to the top tier they are prepared to go out and have a go

[Saffrongael]

From John Fogarty in todays Irish Examiner

"Only when they view hurling vicariously like this past Sunday is the GAA reminded what a cultural asset is has. It shouldn't need fresh eyes for us to appreciate what we have but there we were on social media on Sunday luxuriating like Sally Field in an Oscar acceptance speech that the Brits love our game, they really love our game.

If we really loved hurling, we wouldn't need such cheap validation. If hurling was truly loved, it wouldn't need development committee after development committee."

[square_ball]

Any official viewer figures from BBC yet?

[Saffrongael]

Any official viewer figures from BBC yet?

Over a million on RTE I read, which I think is a record for a final