Limerick as a city is very poor to support their teams. Limerick fc, Munster, limerick hurlers and the limerick footballers get a very small following for the most part.
The west limerick people are great to support any team be it limerick gaa , Kerry footballers , Munster rugby .
The best supported clubs in limerick city are Young Munster and St Maryâs
Pike Rovers.
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Thereâs a huge bandwagon elements in Limerick across all sports I think. I reckon the Munster rubby support has dwindled and weâre now seeing the real rubby supporters at games which is why the stadium is half empty! Same with GAA. Though I know a few previous season ticket holders with Munster rubby who just lost interest, their reason being itâs too boring to watch these days, and theyâd be right. Rubby is painful to watch most of the time.
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What would the numbers by like for the rubby teams back west? Thereâs a team in NCW isnât there? And a newish one called Estuary RFC or something? I am guessing as gaelic football is popular back there, youâd get lads whoâd easily transition to rubby or soccer. Whatever happened the LoI team in NCW? Just went bust?
Agreed Limerick hurling is the same. Youâve a core support of 4-5k. Come all Ireland semi final then youâll have 30k.
Wasnât it always the case though? Iâd be one of the band wagoners Iâll admit, but wouldnât always get a ticket for said bandwagon, so wouldnât be going out of my way to get on it either.
I knew a few lads who used to give out about the townie element getting on board in the summer!
The real rugby supporters are at club games.
Limerick is a rugby city when Munster are winning games in the European champions cup, a hurling county when the Limerick senior hurlers are winning games in the championship, soccer town if Limerick FC go on a decent run of results in either the league or FAI Cup, but most of all in terms of sport, Limerick is a premiership soccer city and the exact same could be said about the other 31 counties on the island of Ireland. If only these fair-weather fans gave the same financial and moral support domestically as they do to the game cross channel, soccer in this country would all be the better for it.
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Cork city is very good to support its teams imo
Ah pal, would you stop.
The Cork footballers have about 50 people following them most of the time.
Cork City were getting 6k or 7k when they were going for the title, some games this season theyâve got about a third of that.
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Can I get the TV audience of munster rugby Vs the TV audience of league hurling games
Yes
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Limerick in general are much better than Cork to support.
Jerry Flannery and Felix Jones sacked by Munster.
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Incorrect they decided not to renew their contracts.
I see Flannery and Jones have been axed by Munster
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Cop on to fuck. Theyâve been given the road. Surprised (actually, Iâm not really) that youâre fooled by the Munster PR spin.
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They were both offered new contracts. Iâm happy to see Jones gone.