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Replying To Albundy19:  "Ridiculous message."
Possibly not. Happened back in the 70's. Same club.

Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 2295 - 02/07/2026 10:55:22    2683604

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Replying To Dunlavin4Miley:  "You make a fair point, but at the end of the day there's a culture in the club there that needs to be stamped out and clearly Rathnew themselves aren't doing anything about it. County board have been far too soft on these incidents for many many years and they need to show some balls imo"
happens to regularly and really needs at some point of action. Ideally banning players makes more sense as punishing all is not really fair. But its happening far too often at this stage

InterestWicklow (Wicklow) - Posts: 20 - 02/07/2026 12:56:06    2683655

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Replying To ulsterrules:  "Club should be banned from senior competitions, if the true GAA players in that club still want to play let them transfer to Glenealy,newtown,St Pats. This happens far to often with Rathnew. Playing GAA is a privillage not a right.
When the ban is over they can return to their club , atleast then they will have experienced how to behave and they players and supporters who forced them into the ban will not be welcomed back and this will help rathnew clean up it's act.

Or any other team that behaves this way across the country."
Up there with the most absurd messages I have ever read.

heavyheart19 (Wicklow) - Posts: 178 - 03/07/2026 00:16:41    2683806

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Replying To heavyheart19:  "Up there with the most absurd messages I have ever read."
What's your solution? It's an ongoing problem in the club, a culture that's been allowed to fester for decades. A culture that needs to be stamped out, and bans for players clearly are not working

Dunlavin4Miley (Wicklow) - Posts: 44 - 03/07/2026 10:41:32    2683852

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Replying To Dunlavin4Miley:  "What's your solution? It's an ongoing problem in the club, a culture that's been allowed to fester for decades. A culture that needs to be stamped out, and bans for players clearly are not working"
Agreed on above, I would like to hear the alternative as other ways do not work.

InterestWicklow (Wicklow) - Posts: 20 - 03/07/2026 11:31:59    2683877

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Replying To InterestWicklow:  "Agreed on above, I would like to hear the alternative as other ways do not work."
Other than a suspension for those involved, and a stiff fine for the club, it's hard to see how a solution could be found. There is a small section of supporters who can become quite vocal and toxic if things are going wrong. Unfortunately it is tolerated, almost encouraged. This can brush off on players, some of whom don't need much encouragement to engage in the dark arts. Children see this and it becomes almost normalised. I'm not saying it is all the supporters fault, but they can be a factor. So, I don't know where the answer lies. To suspend the adult clubs ?? A drastic action or reaction. But then who mentors the young kids ?? They are a long established and proud club, but these actions have been their Achilles Heel for decades now. You would need the wisdom of Solomon to sort it out, which is probably one reason that the can just gets kicked down the road continually.

Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 2295 - 03/07/2026 16:27:57    2683987

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Replying To heavyheart19:  "Up there with the most absurd messages I have ever read."
100%

Albundy19 (Wicklow) - Posts: 141 - 03/07/2026 17:57:49    2684015

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