At the risk of sounding like Trump - sad!

Some great open football in the interpro competition. And a great novelty factor seeing players from normally opposing teams on the same team.

Provincial identity only seems to matter to Ulster GAA and in the rugby. Doesn't seem to matter to GAA people in other 3 provinces?

essmac (Tyrone) - Posts: 1141 - 07/06/2017 12:58:33    1996408

Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 07/06/2017 13:26:35    1996431

Sad indeed, especially as we won the thing for the first time in donkey's years 2 seasons back. Thing is, if the players no longer want it, who are we keeping the thing going for? I've been at Railway Cup games in McHale Park with one man and his dog present. Donnelly got behind the interpros with sponsorship and playing it abroad and still it didn't really arrest its slump. Fitting it into a crowded county and club calendar has proven increasingly difficult, so what's left to be tried in terms of marketing, scheduling etc?

Gleebo (Mayo) - Posts: 2208 - 07/06/2017 13:48:22    1996446

I've never identified as being from Leinster to be honest. It's not a real province in anyways, unlike Munster, Ulster and Connacht which do have identities of sort.

MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13707 - 07/06/2017 13:49:56    1996448

When it was played just prior to the national league, it was a surely a very useful exercise for the Galway hurlers. Strange that both codes have withdrawn.

Passer_By (Carlow) - Posts: 509 - 07/06/2017 13:50:01    1996449

I think its more its more the Culture in Ulster, six counties in particular ,they want to comepete and proud of their identity.

FoolsGold (Cavan) - Posts: 2763 - 07/06/2017 14:01:01    1996455

I expect royaldunne, clondalkindub and hill16no1man to have a field day with this news.

Brace yourselves Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Rocsommon and Sligo posters...

Kildare players won't play for Leinster

:)

if_in_doubt (Kildare) - Posts: 3685 - 07/06/2017 14:27:39    1996478

There is no interest from the public in this competition. Anyone seriously get excited about it?

yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11231 - 07/06/2017 14:36:29    1996490

RoyalBadger (Meath) - Posts: 571 - 07/06/2017 14:57:59    1996503

I think it should be played as part of the compromise rules series. The Aussies can come here and play a few games against the provincial teams and then play the international test series or something.

An awful lot of people hate the compromise rules as well of course. That won't be a runner.

bennybunny (Cork) - Posts: 3917 - 07/06/2017 15:46:39    1996540

Would Connaught without the Galway hurlers be in any way competitive?

liam500 (Wicklow) - Posts: 175 - 07/06/2017 15:50:38    1996543

The_DOC (Galway) - Posts: 706 - 07/06/2017 16:21:22    1996560

cost cutting

I bet the Connacht officials went over to the gig in New York recently though

manfromdelmonte (UK) - Posts: 541 - 07/06/2017 16:31:49    1996563

If the GAA had an ounce of business sense they would ditch the compromise rules, put their full backing behind the interpros, support it and market it properly and very quickly you would have a competition that would rival the likes of the State of Origin no problem.

The best of the best playing each other over the course of two weekends, such an easy sell for any competent marketer and yet instead years of neglect has seen it die a slow death.

Just shows where the priorities are for certain sections of the GAA leadership.

Steve (Fermanagh) - Posts: 293 - 07/06/2017 17:24:55    1996584

Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 07/06/2017 17:54:14    1996595