Before I write what I'm going to say I should point out I'm not a massive rugby fan or one to complain about gaa matches clashing with other sports (only gaa people do this).
But sometimes you wonder could gaa do things better to promote our own games. This weekend Ireland play England and it will undoubtedly attract a lot of national coverage and large tv audience. On a normal weekend it would be hard to avoid a clash of matches which is fair enough. But surely this weekend was perfect to use St Patrick's Day for games? Especially when the rugby fixtures out a year in advance so plenty of time to plan things. St Patricks Day has traditionally been a huge GAA day and it is sad that we no longer have any high profile games (the schools matches won't register with most people and still could have been played). If they'd played Meath Dublin at 4 tomorrow and Armagh Galway at 6 I'm sure they would have attracted much higher tv audiences (little or no other sport on) and given the games a bit of exposure. Can't really see a reason why not to play games St Patricks Day?
But sometimes you wonder could gaa do things better to promote our own games. This weekend Ireland play England and it will undoubtedly attract a lot of national coverage and large tv audience. On a normal weekend it would be hard to avoid a clash of matches which is fair enough. But surely this weekend was perfect to use St Patrick's Day for games? Especially when the rugby fixtures out a year in advance so plenty of time to plan things. St Patricks Day has traditionally been a huge GAA day and it is sad that we no longer have any high profile games (the schools matches won't register with most people and still could have been played). If they'd played Meath Dublin at 4 tomorrow and Armagh Galway at 6 I'm sure they would have attracted much higher tv audiences (little or no other sport on) and given the games a bit of exposure. Can't really see a reason why not to play games St Patricks Day?