International Rules 2010/2011

[Rossfan]

  I don't understand the vitriol from so many of you towards this, as others have said, ignore it if you're not interested in it.

Ahh you see Micky "mouth off " Harte doesnt like it so a lot of the "Bies" have to follow like sheep.
I'm off shortly for Croker no matter what the purity police think.

[Jinxy]

The crowd tonight will be bigger than the vast majority of gaa matches played this year so their must be some interest in it. At a time of year when gaa players are usually out of the limelight its good to get a bit of coverage. Hopefully it will be a much improved game tonight. Some people probably won't admit it even if it is.

Well that's the beauty of International 'competition'.
No neutrals.

[longrunsthefox]

The crowd tonight will be bigger than the vast majority of gaa matches played this year so their must be some interest in it. At a time of year when gaa players are usually out of the limelight its good to get a bit of coverage. Hopefully it will be a much improved game tonight. Some people probably won't admit it even if it is.

The crowd tonight will be packed with about 40,000 screaming kids as the GAA poured all the tickets into schools to bump up attendance and justify this nonsense. Listen tonite and you will hear it.

[Rossfan]

Bloody kids eh ?
Keep the likes of them away from Croke Park .
Purists only ,bring back the ban, rule 21, rule 42 etc etc yawnnnnnn 

[laceer]

Did someone say this is being shown on Eurosport?

[Hardy]

The crowd tonight will be bigger than the vast majority of gaa matches played this year so their must be some interest in it. At a time of year when gaa players are usually out of the limelight its good to get a bit of coverage. Hopefully it will be a much improved game tonight. Some people probably won't admit it even if it is.

Well that's the beauty of International 'competition'.
No neutrals.

Indeed. You'd fill Croke Park for monster trucks or wrestling, especially if you billed it as Ireland against some other country. Feck it they even filled the place for Garth Brooks. So, yes, the size of the crowd does indicate the level of interest. But it doesn't say anything about the merit of what they're watching or whether it's the job of the GAA to be acting as a marketing front for an Australian sports-entertainment company.

But I could be wrong, so anyone who wants to present the case for the merits of Garth Brooks, or the case that the more people want to see something, the better it is by definition, fire ahead.

[longrunsthefox]

Bloody kids eh ?
Keep the likes of them away from Croke Park .
Purists only ,bring back the ban, rule 21, rule 42 etc etc yawnnnnnn 

What I'm saying is it's rent a crowd to justify it. No-one mentioned bringing back the ban or Rule 21 or 42... just saying this game is  a contrived heap of dung.

[Jinxy]

Just listen to the cheering when Ireland kick a behind (also known as a wide).

[Maguire01]

Last week Tohill had them playing soccer. Hurling this week.

The Hurling/Shinty combo is actually on before it.

[Maguire01]

Last week Tohill had them playing soccer. Hurling this week.

The Hurling/Shinty combo is actually on before it.

On live now actually.

[Jinxy]

Last week Tohill had them playing soccer. Hurling this week.

The Hurling/Shinty combo is actually on before it.

And very enjoyable it was too.
Tough, skilful and played in a great spirit.

[thejuice]

Are TG4 blocking coverage of the Aussie game to Britain. Or is there a terribly long ad break on right now??

[laceer]

It's on 433 on sky

[tyssam5]

Does anyone have a stream for this caper?

[Jinxy]

Why have they deliberately marked the pitch smaller?
They did it in Limerick too.
How is this supposed to help Ireland?