Hurling is mediocre and rugby isn’t?
Rugby has lots of skills. There’s even a fellow on the other side of the world who can pick up a bouncing ball with one hand.
Rugby is growing throughout the world mate. Rugby’s traditional growth worldwide came not just from Brittania Ruling the waves, but also from the likes of Irish missionaries. They did the same with hurling in places like Australia but nobody cared there for it. Rugby is now using its competitions that generate hundreds of millions of pounds to grow the sport and are going into new markets for the RWC like Japan. The equivalent in hurling’s growth is Galway entering the Leinster championship.
The height of hurling’s international growth is Joe.ie pointing out tweets from Brits amazed at the zaniness of it.
Domestically it needs countries from other provinces to fill out its only two proncivial championships.
You could say the same about volleyball.
Only nine counties play hurling to any sort of serious standard, actually.
I would say that 13, maybe 14 countries play rugby to any sort of serious standard.
Of course there is some hurling played in the other 23 counties, but then again tennis is also “played in every county”, and rugby is also played across the other 200 odd countries in the world in a similar manner to how hurling is played across these other 23 counties.
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Dalkey are one of the biggest clubs in the country. They beat a rural club with a population of 1,000 in the final. It’s a credit to hurling that two teams with such contrasting backgrounds get to the final. I will accept that a team of Sneachtas and Uactair Reoites winning the club All-Ireland is a blot on the hurling copybook.
Name them
New Zealand
Australia
South Africa
Argentina
England
France
Ireland
Wales
Scotland
Fiji
Samoa
Japan
Italy
Tonga
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You forgot Madagascar mate.
its gas to see lads frothing at the mouth over rubbys popularity, insecure simpletons mostly from a gaa background are usually to the front while you just know if the soccer crowd werent plain fucking useless at it they would also be more vocal.
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… and Repechage
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soccer is the most played sport on the planet but only 10 or 12 countries can play it to any sort of accpetable standard
Stickfighting is taken seriously in about 7 counties. And 3 at most have a chance of winning the All Ireland. Mick the Muldoon frothing at the mouth can’t stand the popularity of rugby
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Rugby isn’t popular, that’s the point we’re trying to get across.
Whatever, mate.
The muck savages on here can’t handle the wall to wall press coverage the Lions tour is getting. They can’t turn on their TVs or radio without hearing the latest news from NZ.
These are the same eejits who got a hard on when they heard Etihad was showing the all-Ireland stick hurling final on some of their flights.
Minnows.
You’re one who crows about a country with 4 and half million being so good at rugby, and what that means for its popularity and skill levels globally, and here you are trumpeting a village of 1,000 being good enough to get to an All Ireland Final.
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The only time croke park is full is for the All Ireland final