@Little_Lord_Fauntleroy being reduced to rehashing boards dot ie is very sad to see
deal with the issue mate, no need for the vile personal attack
every day you seem to be having pops at me - its unbecoming of you
Itâs played in all the proper counties mate.
But boards?
Of all places?
Iâm just disappointed in you. Glad you recognise that it is a vile allegation at least.
Its bizarre isnt it fans of one sport begruding the success of other sports because they mightnt personally like them. I find it fascinating to watch
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How many would go to the camogie final in dublin if a team from the UK and a team from NZ were playing in it I wonder?
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The WRWC final was sold out for a game between two countries playing overseas. It is a growing event. More eyeballs watched the the final than ever before. It is in the Olympics with more and more women playing worldwide.
Womenâs GGA fills a fraction of their grounds and gets terrible TV audiences, despite being pushed for years.
I asked you about overseas GGA events though, addesssing the point, what are the metrics there?
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oooffft
The gga dinosaurs getting a mauling here
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You seem to want to compare the popularity abroad of indigenous Irish sports, which were suppressed for hundreds of years by British occupation (almost to the point of extinction) to the popularity abroad of Rugby which was shoved down the throats of all the countries in the Commonwealth and has managed to stick in about 3 of them.
Maybe if we colonised a few countries and suppressed the natives we could have spread our national games a bit further afield.
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ah here, âthe fairies were playing hurling, 1000âs of years agoâ
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Take it up with Mike Hunt it was he brought rugby into it. A bizarre approach by him
More people attended a camogie final which is held once a year than attended the Womenâs Rugby World Cup Final which occurs every 4 years. Even comparing against a low bar it comes up short.
The Fenway Park Classic this year was 3/4 full. It featured the All Ireland Champions. In the most Irish city in America.
It had the full backing of AIG which postered the city for weeks in fairness, as they did for Ireland v New Zealand in Chicago.
Meanwhile, Ireland and the All Blacks sold out the largest stadium in Chicago. The metrics for rugby football there are all heading upwards. The Ireland England game this year for example will be a showpiece event for NBC on St Patrickâs Day, showing rugby football is being far more successful than the GGA at penetrating this market of Irish expats.
The GGAâs attempts with International Rules have been a disaster, leading them to losing players to the AFL. Australians donât care about it and it shows in the attendances. The GGA was dumped off the television there quick smart.
The high point for the GGA overseas was the Polo Grounds in 1947, all backwards since then.
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the only time the half finished croke park is full is for a U2 concert
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Not true mate, the Irish rugby team sold it out there for a few years not so long back.
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There is a hurling mad fella on here who lives at the other side of the world and he didnt even go 2 miles down the rd to see the best players in the world playing when they were over there alongside him
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Poppycock.
If that were the case then the GGA would have done very well in places like the US and Australia where millions of Irish fled to.
Irish expats have had more impact in exporting rugby football abroad than the GGA. Rugby football in Australia and Argentina for example, owes a lot to Irish priests abroad who coached the game.
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cc @Tim_Riggins
Can you explain the reason why more people attended a camogie final than a Rugby World Cup final?
odd that the period where the British Landlords funded hurling is known as the golden age of hurling then