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Replying To BigBàsMan: "If it was fixed for Sunday I'm sure tg4 would have shown it. The county board would lose a fortune on streaming so they ensured it wouldn't be Sunday." Nonsense when was Galway hurling final last televised that's one for you to figure out jm25 (Galway) - Posts: 1721 - 29/10/2025 17:53:14 2642173 Link
Replying To BigBàsMan: "If it was fixed for Sunday I'm sure tg4 would have shown it. The county board would lose a fortune on streaming so they ensured it wouldn't be Sunday." Even if tg4 wanted to show it your Board could've said no. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 17353 - 29/10/2025 20:41:50 2642192 Link
Replying To John Doe: "Niamh Mallon doesn't play for Sarsfields - that was just a paperwork exercise so she could play for Galway." Couldnt tell you . What i do know is they live in Bullaun. Was sitting beside her husband at a Galway football match .He still plays his club hurling in Antrim but said they were living in Bullaun. Where does she play club? fairplay4ever (Galway) - Posts: 454 - 29/10/2025 23:48:31 2642200 Link
Replying To jm25: "Nonsense when was Galway hurling final last televised that's one for you to figure out" They televised sars Vs castlegar this year. I'm sure they would've televised Loughrea Vs Thomas' 100% IF it was fixed for Sunday. Which it should've been. BigBàsMan (Galway) - Posts: 222 - 30/10/2025 10:47:39 2642219 Link
Replying To BigBàsMan: "They televised sars Vs castlegar this year. I'm sure they would've televised Loughrea Vs Thomas' 100% IF it was fixed for Sunday. Which it should've been." That's not what I asked. The last final I seen TG4 televise was the Jonny Maher final of 2012. They may have shown one in following years cant remember but haven't had coverage of final since 2020 even when in athenry. With that in mind what logic makes you think it would have been shown Sunday over na piarsaigh v ballygunner jm25 (Galway) - Posts: 1721 - 30/10/2025 11:37:01 2642225 Link
Replying To jm25: "That's not what I asked. The last final I seen TG4 televise was the Jonny Maher final of 2012. They may have shown one in following years cant remember but haven't had coverage of final since 2020 even when in athenry. With that in mind what logic makes you think it would have been shown Sunday over na piarsaigh v ballygunner" I think you're right. 2012 might have been the last one live on TG4. Loughrea lost 6 finals in 11 seasons 2003-2013, and it would have been 7 only for the refereeing shenanigans of 2006. No wonder Johnny Maher was losing the rag by 2012. Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4457 - 30/10/2025 12:33:00 2642236 Link
Replying To BigBàsMan: "They televised sars Vs castlegar this year. I'm sure they would've televised Loughrea Vs Thomas' 100% IF it was fixed for Sunday. Which it should've been." No Galway final was televised last year and both were played on a Sunday, each streaming is the equivalent of a spectator in revenue so what do you think the board would do? This years final is difficult to call as both teams know how to win finals from their own recent experiences. backtooldwall (Galway) - Posts: 194 - 30/10/2025 13:07:45 2642244 Link
Replying To BigBàsMan: "They televised sars Vs castlegar this year. I'm sure they would've televised Loughrea Vs Thomas' 100% IF it was fixed for Sunday. Which it should've been." They televised sars v ardrahan last year jm25 (Galway) - Posts: 1721 - 30/10/2025 13:39:34 2642251 Link
County Final tomorrow , biggest day in the club hurling calendar in Galway . No discussion on this forum about the game ……except for location and lights ! Loughrea by + 5/6 is my feeling. All the contributors must be from the Bridge or Turlough as the forum has quietened down considerably since the knock out stages started. LostforWords (Galway) - Posts: 12 - 31/10/2025 21:39:54 2642434 Link
Replying To LostforWords: "County Final tomorrow , biggest day in the club hurling calendar in Galway . No discussion on this forum about the game ……except for location and lights ! Loughrea by + 5/6 is my feeling. All the contributors must be from the Bridge or Turlough as the forum has quietened down considerably since the knock out stages started." I'd say Thomas's by 2 points. Should be a great Final or at least i hope it will be. I respect both teams and i really hope whoever wins it goes on to win the All Ireland. SouthGalway (Galway) - Posts: 91 - 31/10/2025 22:35:41 2642441 Link
Replying To backtooldwall: "No Galway final was televised last year and both were played on a Sunday, each streaming is the equivalent of a spectator in revenue so what do you think the board would do? This years final is difficult to call as both teams know how to win finals from their own recent experiences." The streaming is far too much of a cash cow to Galway GAA for any important club games to be shown on TG4 ever again. I dont know how much revenue it generated last year but I saw the figures published for 2023 and it made 257k euro that year. I expect Sars vs Castlegar got shown on TG4 cos it was just a group game. As for the final I think Loughrea will win it by 2-3 points. PoolSturgeon (Galway) - Posts: 2096 - 31/10/2025 23:16:11 2642446 Link
Loughrea full forward line Vs toms full back line, midfield and discipline, whoever wins those battles wins the game imo. Weather is going to be awful for the game, 20mph wind and heavy rain. No doubt will have an impact on attendance. BigBàsMan (Galway) - Posts: 222 - 01/11/2025 09:52:53 2642457 Link
Replying To PoolSturgeon: "The streaming is far too much of a cash cow to Galway GAA for any important club games to be shown on TG4 ever again. I dont know how much revenue it generated last year but I saw the figures published for 2023 and it made 257k euro that year. I expect Sars vs Castlegar got shown on TG4 cos it was just a group game. As for the final I think Loughrea will win it by 2-3 points." I'm pretty sure football final last year from tuam was live on TG4 jm25 (Galway) - Posts: 1721 - 01/11/2025 10:42:06 2642466 Link
Replying To jm25: "I'm pretty sure football final last year from tuam was live on TG4" Possibly the case. My comment was in relation to hurling which I believe generates more income on the livestream than the football. PoolSturgeon (Galway) - Posts: 2096 - 01/11/2025 14:00:56 2642504 Link
St Thomas to win by 2-3 pts. katser (Galway) - Posts: 2739 - 01/11/2025 14:19:06 2642507 Link
Come on the town. To all the doubters.. including katser. Maybe now the respect will be shown. We missed enough to win it twice. Beat the bridge, Turlough and toms. 2 in a row. Roll on the all ireland BigBàsMan (Galway) - Posts: 222 - 01/11/2025 19:32:35 2642545 Link
Congrats Loughrea... I thought when ye spurned all those goal chances in the first half it might come back to bite ye. Glad it didnt. Fully deserved win. Enjoy the celebrations. Armchairreporter (Galway) - Posts: 133 - 01/11/2025 20:09:18 2642550 Link
Hopefully Loughrea go on and win the all Ireland now, had the hard route to the final and were the outstanding team in the championship and again tonight, should have won by alot bigger margin, was disappointing to see some Thomas players at the end with Liam Gordon. It wasn't a 65, the right call was got there in the end. basillarkin (Galway) - Posts: 70 - 01/11/2025 20:27:45 2642554 Link
Meelick/Eyrecourt and Kiltormer to do the east Galway double tomorrow Galway456 (Galway) - Posts: 149 - 01/11/2025 20:54:52 2642557 Link
Replying To katser: "St Thomas to win by 2-3 pts." Can you repeat that please? foreveryoung (USA) - Posts: 2394 - 01/11/2025 21:34:16 2642562 Link