Iâm referring to GAA , as in Hurling and Football , the same applies in Football counties.
Other sports are not near as important
He played in an FAI junior cup final and could only rustle up 4 people to go along??
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And two (2) hundred go to club games!!
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Iâm wise to your misleading stats Tim and merely pointed out that more people attended the camogie final than the Womenâs World Cup Final. This again proves my point that the GAA are a more capable organisation. The IRFU were unable to sell out a shed for the womenâs World Cup Final yet were outraged when their pitch at hosting the menâs equivalent was found out to be a shambles.
Again, I simply said nearly 3m people watched the Womenâs World Cup final and asked you for a comparable GGA event, international or otherwise. Thereâs nothing misleading there, you brought in something about womenâs stick ball to muddy the waters for some reason.
As regards a sell out, once again I point you to the Guardian article with an actual journalist there who said it was âpacked to the raftersâ. As I pointed out to you, capacities for venues change based on different variables.
The initial point here you made was that the IRFU could learn from the GGA about winning a World Cup bid. The GGAâs international efforts have been an embarrassment. The sport has failed to carry Irish emigrants interest en masses and their growth efforts have been simply awful.
The point Im making is no one really cares.
There is a fair majority of the people of Gortnahoe would rather if Shane Long led them to a mid senior than his pro soccer career.
That doesnât reflect very well on the people of Gortnahoe to be honest mate. Obviously the GAA club is central to rural Ireland but itâs a bit prehistoric to look down on other sports
On the other hand, Gortnabollix would be a big soccer village.
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When it comes to incompetence the IRFU put the GAA in the haâpenny place. You were the one that said womenâs rugby was more popular than menâs GAA. I informed you that more people attended the womenâs GAA finals than the womenâs World Cup final. This reflects badly on the IRFUâs organisational skills and this played out when their pitch for the menâs equivalent was torn to shreds.
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I said that there is no GGA event bigger than the Womenâs RWC. 2.6m watched the final in the UK alone, find me a comparable event.
Youâve yet to demonstrate how the GGA can capably put on international events with any great success.
Weâre not talking about figures in foreign places.
On your argument you could believe cricket is bigger than hurling in Ireland because a billion people in India watch Ireland v India in some ODI played in Dublin in front of 3000 people max
It reflects perfectly well on gortnahoe, or any other village.
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Except heâs making that up.
Tim may as well claim that a billion people watched the world womenâs rugby trophy final.
âRugby Worldâ Cup. Not âWorld Cupâ.
That people are so small minded that theyâd rather a young lad stayed within commuting distance of his rural childhood home rather than leave and become a millionaire international soccer player playing at the top level?
Thatâs quite sad.
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Letâs stick to the point here Tim. The IRFU were responsible for hosting a World Cup in a supposedly global sport. This was an attempt to prove to the rugby âworldâ that âweâ were capable of hosting the menâs equivalent. The final was played in front of 17,155 people. Down the road the GAA organised a final in a much maligned domestic competition that gets only passing comment in the media. The GAA were able to attract 20,438 people. You can throw up all the misleading stats you like but these figures are facts. Given a choice between the IRFU and the GAA to organise, host and promote an event I know who Iâd hire. World Rugby gave the IRFU a wide berth too.
You donât believe that.