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Non-Gaa Forum - 3 Like(s)
Replying To Viking66: "Why watch it then? I watched alot less intercounty 1st Division and Sam Maguire Football for a few years for the same reason." Lots of people stopped watching hurling too, since throwing replaced proper handpassing, and since the steps rule is rarely applied, and fellas can usually overcarry for miles. Ground hurling disappeared with the Offaly side of the 90's, we we haven't seen a well executed drop shot since Pa O'Neill retired from KK no6.
Pope_Benedict (National) - 23/11/2025 20:58:38
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Mayo GAA Thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To S1234: "Yes Meath got to a semi and got ansolutely hammered that's nothing to brag about tbh . We lost to Cavan was one of our worst years hence why we have new management. Why do you keep having a pop at mayo ? Maybe you should concentrate on Galway cause you clearly need to !" A semi is nothing to brag about? So the years Mayo made the final in 04 and 06 and got absolutely hockeyed by Kerry, were they not good years because of how they ended? What about 2019 when annihilated in a semi by Dublin?
Meath beat Dublin, Kerry & Galway last year, the 3 most successful counties the game has seen. It was a very good year by any standard, and one Mayo would kill for at the moment
Im mentioning Mayo because they're relevant to the discussion. You keep having pops at Meath for no reason
PressureKick (National) - 23/11/2025 19:57:42
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Anti GAA Agenda - 2 Like(s)
Replying To ThePowerhouse: "If, and its a big if, your assertion is accurate then rowing, athletics and boxing fall into the same category as rugby in terms of children participating. Three other sports where we punch above our weight.
In terms of athletics, I suspect that some posters here will denigrate our recent improvement on that front.
Plenty of rugby clubs around the country that are far removed from the lazy sterotypes perpetuated by people who are clearly insecure and uncomfortable in their own skin.
Trust me, those involved in Irish rugby are just getting on with building their game. The attitude of some self appointed "true Gaels" will be to the detriment of the Gaa." You need to understand that not every comment which isn't flattering about rugby comes from a place of condescension for the game.
Rugby, like every sport has its issues and chief among them in Ireland is trying to broaden the playing base.
I love watching rugby and I've supported Connacht for years and have been to Irish games. I was looking forward to Saturday's match, but I thought it was a poor game for the reasons I've already outlined. That has nothing to do with a chip on the shoulder, just an objective observation of a game which took almost two hours to play and had far too many stoppages.
As I said before, it is an issue that the vast majority of our Irish system produced players come from a private school background, when only a very small fraction of the population actually attend private schools.
This is to the detriment of the Irish rugby team. Pointing it out isn't taking a shot at rugby, it's something that's factual and has been acknowledged by many in the game as a problem.
Plenty work is being done to address it, but it will take a long time.
Fobbing everything off as 'Gaels' with a chip on their shoulder is just as disingenuous as those who seem to take pleasure in having a go at rugby all the time.
WanPintWin (National) - 24/11/2025 13:17:53
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Westmeath Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Bluelake: "I totally agree. Junior team of the year was the same. Just trying to give a few clubs one to try keep them happy. Just looking at the top scorer in games and putting them in the team." All the teams of the year are pretty harmless fun. The guys on the podcast give an opinion. That's all. Re the Junior Football, the breakdown of clubs on it is accurate enough in my view but you could interchange at least half a dozen players in the team for another batch.
Greengrass1 (National) - 24/11/2025 12:34:06
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Anti GAA Agenda - 1 Like(s)
Replying To KillingFields: "Rugby isnt a tiny minority sport" In terms of participation I think we've established that it is.
In terms of children's sport according to sport Ireland's data is as follows:
Gaelic football 30%
Soccer 28%
Swimming 14%
Hurling 8%
Basketball 7%
Camogie 7%
Martial arts 5%
Dancing 5%
Personal training 4%
Gymnastics 4%
Rugby is too small to feature.
For adults according to esri by popularity:
Swimming
Personal exercise
Soccer
Golf
Jogging
Cycling
Gaelic football
Hurling
Dancing
Rugby
I will say for Dublin only rugby moves up past hurling and dancing.
Doylerwex (National) - 24/11/2025 12:17:52
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Anti GAA Agenda - 1 Like(s)
Replying To WanPintWin: "You need to understand that not every comment which isn't flattering about rugby comes from a place of condescension for the game.
Rugby, like every sport has its issues and chief among them in Ireland is trying to broaden the playing base.
I love watching rugby and I've supported Connacht for years and have been to Irish games. I was looking forward to Saturday's match, but I thought it was a poor game for the reasons I've already outlined. That has nothing to do with a chip on the shoulder, just an objective observation of a game which took almost two hours to play and had far too many stoppages.
As I said before, it is an issue that the vast majority of our Irish system produced players come from a private school background, when only a very small fraction of the population actually attend private schools.
This is to the detriment of the Irish rugby team. Pointing it out isn't taking a shot at rugby, it's something that's factual and has been acknowledged by many in the game as a problem.
Plenty work is being done to address it, but it will take a long time.
Fobbing everything off as 'Gaels' with a chip on their shoulder is just as disingenuous as those who seem to take pleasure in having a go at rugby all the time." The title of this particular forum is "Anti GAA Agenda"
Blaming rugby, or any other sport for that matter, for their ills is ridiculous. Does rugby have its issues? Of course it does. Will they try to rectify them? I've no doubt they will. In the same way that Jim Gavin rectified the dross that was called Gaelic football for the past few years.
The IRFU couldn't give two hoots about what the GAA is doing. Why would they?
The "true Gaels" are the problem. Trying to ram it down our throats that there's only one show in town will only drive people away. It doesn't work. There's ample evidence that it doesn't work. The Gaa "Gaels" should stop worrying about other sports and concentrate on fixing their own problems.
ThePowerhouse (National) - 24/11/2025 15:10:17
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To veterngaa: "The issue too is that when David McCague asked JMcQ after the game had he inspected it before the game he said he hadn't. Then you have Michael Geoghegan preaching after the game how experienced he is … but not that experienced how to assess the pitch before.
If it was a dry day I think Scotstown would wipe them easily. Scotstown went man to man on defence and Newbridge had the wind first half. Expect a 5/6 point victory next weekend" Obviously you were sitting on the highstool again or you would have seen the ref inspecting the pitch before the game. Also the pitch was safe to play on at that stage. Again if you were at the game you would have noticed the the incessant rain that fell in the first half making the pitch unsafe to continue on. You, along with the other guys coming on here spoofing about fixtures and split seasons are a laugh. If you want all football played in Summer months then the only answer is for clubs to play without their county players. Good luck with getting that over the line.
ORIELMAN85 (National) - 24/11/2025 14:30:20
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To foreveryoung: "He missed only two, which isn't a lot. I doubt that he left them out deliberately. Neither seems to be a prominent club, so probably easy enough for them to slip the mind." I'm sure the two clubs with 21 senior titles between them would be delighted to hear you don't think they are prominent.
alalalalalum (National) - 24/11/2025 14:29:29
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Viking66: "What struck me about Galway underage teams up to and including minor was how big they were for most if this millennium. For example your minor team of 2019 made ours look like very small chaps. By the time these lads were all u20 they seemed around the same size. Not sure why that is." I wouldn't be sure about that either. Seems unlikely in fact, especially in the absence of any hard 'tale of the tape' metrics in relation to these specific squads that you observed. One likely fact anyway is that the Galway lads are unlikely to be 'growing smaller' between the ages of 17-20. Perhaps the Wexford lads are just strawberrying up to full size in their 17-20 year range.
Pope_Benedict (National) - 24/11/2025 14:07:46
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Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To dgcrusader: "So 2 National league games in Ballyshannon and only one in Letterkenny? Thoughts on that? With O Donnell park able to hold 2/3000 more I thought they would've gotten 2 of the 3 home league games. Maybe our record in ODP is a factor as to why we have picked 2 games for Ballyshannon." Donegal have an excellent record in Ballyshannon ODP has a better stand. But the new pitch in Ballyshannon plays better in all kinds of weather
totalrecall (National) - 24/11/2025 13:53:49
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Bib: "Simply replying to to different posts separately, not sure why that suggests I'm replying using a different username ,
You are correct to suggest it shouldn't take 10 years to adopt modern methods, however you would need the facilities and expertise to do so , not sure they are present in galway at the moment , especially at academy level , it's a common thread through underage teams up to u20 that there is something wrong with the system, it may change this year at u20 level as they have recruited a new S&C team to modernise the approach, but the reality is that over the last number of years at u17/u20 level , opposition teams appear at least to be stronger , faster and fitter , and given that there is no shortage of really talented players in galway ( they have won countless u14/u15/u16 academy competitions over the last few years when S&c isn't as big a differentiator) then that obviously is an issue that needs to be resolved." What struck me about Galway underage teams up to and including minor was how big they were for most if this millennium. For example your minor team of 2019 made ours look like very small chaps. By the time these lads were all u20 they seemed around the same size. Not sure why that is.
Viking66 (National) - 24/11/2025 13:31:52
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Anti GAA Agenda - 1 Like(s)
Replying To ThePowerhouse: "And there's lots playing those other sports that have no place on a rugby pitch. They might have the physical attributes but they lack a key component." Didn't go to private schools?
Bon (National) - 24/11/2025 13:26:01
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Anti GAA Agenda - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Doylerwex: "In terms of participation I think we've established that it is.
In terms of children's sport according to sport Ireland's data is as follows:
Gaelic football 30%
Soccer 28%
Swimming 14%
Hurling 8%
Basketball 7%
Camogie 7%
Martial arts 5%
Dancing 5%
Personal training 4%
Gymnastics 4%
Rugby is too small to feature.
For adults according to esri by popularity:
Swimming
Personal exercise
Soccer
Golf
Jogging
Cycling
Gaelic football
Hurling
Dancing
Rugby
I will say for Dublin only rugby moves up past hurling and dancing." The thing always about those sort of lists is that there's a difference between engaging in an activity that can also be organised as a competitive sport, and actually participating competitively in that activity on an actual competitive basis. If you know what I mean.
Take swimming, for example. I've no doubt that more people regularly go swimming than regularly play rugby. I go for a swim myself somewhere between once a week and once a fortnight, and have never played rugby in my life. But how many actually do these thing as an actual sport? -
- World Rugby in 2023 said 94.067 registered rugby players in Ireland.
- Swim Ireland, in its 2024 annual report, said "membership numbers rising towards 21,000".
I'd put forward that while swimming may be more widespread as a pastime, rugby has by far the greater involvement as an actual sport.
Pikeman96 (National) - 24/11/2025 12:54:16
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Anti GAA Agenda - 1 Like(s)
Replying To supersub15: "S A, the best in the world they say. They took the game on a score line of 24pts to 13 pts. So we were beaten by the best team in the world by only 11 pts.
We were dished out 4 Yellows and a Red, they still only beat us by 11 pts.
We finished the first half with only 12 players on the field, they still only beat us by 11 pts.
We started the second half with only12 players on the field, they still only beat us by 11 pts.
At the second attempt Tommy O' Brien was taken out of the game, no yellow, no red, they still only beat us by 11 pts.
All the small margins over 72 mins went to S A, they still only beat us by 11 pts.
We couldn't keep up as when Snyman ? Was sent to the sin bin but was called back before Grant Williams became the first South African player to receive a yellow card with 1 minute to go.
Of the small margins and privileged discissions all went to SA.???
I'm not totally blaming anyone, but the laws in the book should be crystal clear or at least above doubt." They still only beat us by 11 pts, when's the DVD out?
iarmhi_an_mhaith (National) - 24/11/2025 12:40:12
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Anti GAA Agenda - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Scenicparish: "My God a lot of you have huge chips on your shoulders as regards Rugby.
I support all Ireland Sports Men and Women no matter what Sport they take part in." You can say that again. It's fairly pathetic to be honest.
Square_B (National) - 23/11/2025 19:02:51
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To WanPintWin: "Why are you replying with a different username.
Even if what you are saying was true, and we were applying S&C programs used in 2015, it still doesn't make any sense. It wouldn't take 10 years to change it to more modern methods.
I'd like to ask you for a bit more detail of what we're doing (or not doing) in terms of S&C that has us 10 years behind other counties." Simply replying to to different posts separately, not sure why that suggests I'm replying using a different username ,
You are correct to suggest it shouldn't take 10 years to adopt modern methods, however you would need the facilities and expertise to do so , not sure they are present in galway at the moment , especially at academy level , it's a common thread through underage teams up to u20 that there is something wrong with the system, it may change this year at u20 level as they have recruited a new S&C team to modernise the approach, but the reality is that over the last number of years at u17/u20 level , opposition teams appear at least to be stronger , faster and fitter , and given that there is no shortage of really talented players in galway ( they have won countless u14/u15/u16 academy competitions over the last few years when S&c isn't as big a differentiator) then that obviously is an issue that needs to be resolved.
Bib (National) - 24/11/2025 11:59:49
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Anti GAA Agenda - 1 Like(s)
Replying To supersub15: "S A, the best in the world they say. They took the game on a score line of 24pts to 13 pts. So we were beaten by the best team in the world by only 11 pts.
We were dished out 4 Yellows and a Red, they still only beat us by 11 pts.
We finished the first half with only 12 players on the field, they still only beat us by 11 pts.
We started the second half with only12 players on the field, they still only beat us by 11 pts.
At the second attempt Tommy O' Brien was taken out of the game, no yellow, no red, they still only beat us by 11 pts.
All the small margins over 72 mins went to S A, they still only beat us by 11 pts.
We couldn't keep up as when Snyman ? Was sent to the sin bin but was called back before Grant Williams became the first South African player to receive a yellow card with 1 minute to go.
Of the small margins and privileged discissions all went to SA.???
I'm not totally blaming anyone, but the laws in the book should be crystal clear or at least above doubt." This is very one-eyed silly stuff. Are you saying that all of Ireland's card infringements were not infringements at all? You're ignoring any possibility that Ireland's yellow card infringements cost South Africa points too.
I think our backline needs a fresh infusion of young southern hemisphere talent to replace Bundee, Lowe and JGP, who are all getting on now. I wouldn't go looking in South Africa for backline flair, unless they can unearth a young Brian Habana type........with an Irish granny of course.
Pope_Benedict (National) - 24/11/2025 11:13:07
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To MalsBalls: "what happened yesterday was so GAA...how a pitch is deemed good at the start of a game but not for the final 30 minutes is a bit of a joke...everyone should be rightly angry for the inconvenience caused
i have no doubt that player welfare should have been taken into consideration and its better to make the right decision late rather than never but the right decision was surely to assess the pitch 2-3 hours before kick off...what kind of numpties had a say here. need to name and shame" The biggest issue with this was that a double header was scheduled for Omagh in late November - anyone with an ounce of sense should have known that you couldn't rely on that surface. The 2nd biggest issue was that the decision to call the game off wasn't taken before the game - conditions were bad enough already, for the decision to be made then. As it is, Joe left it til half time when one side has a decent lead and it leaves that side feeling very aggrieved. If the call was made before the game, I'm sure both sets of management would have completely understood
Just incredible levels of ineptitude across the board
patk (National) - 24/11/2025 10:26:45
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Mayo GAA Thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To PressureKick: "A semi is nothing to brag about? So the years Mayo made the final in 04 and 06 and got absolutely hockeyed by Kerry, were they not good years because of how they ended? What about 2019 when annihilated in a semi by Dublin?
Meath beat Dublin, Kerry & Galway last year, the 3 most successful counties the game has seen. It was a very good year by any standard, and one Mayo would kill for at the moment
Im mentioning Mayo because they're relevant to the discussion. You keep having pops at Meath for no reason" I would say its that they are still sore from the 96 final
hontherossie (National) - 23/11/2025 23:50:18
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Anti GAA Agenda - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Overthebar53: "Jesus viking don't know what game you were looking at but how could you encourage any kids to take up that sport. It's just savagery." It's a collision sport. There were no kids playing. But it's a good sport for some kids who are too big and slow to play other sports.
GreenandRed (National) - 23/11/2025 23:39:43
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