samipremier

Your statement that rugby can never do anyone any harm is not entirely correct. The last decent minor team louth had (about 4 years ago) were anchored by an outstanding young mid-fielder, who had all the attributes to make it as a serious senior footballer. Rob Kearney will however now feature in croke park playing full back for ireland as opposed to centre field for louth. Smaller counties (without an obvious wealth of excellent footballers) can't afford to lose players like that (his younger brother is also a big loss). Therefore rugby has the potential GAA, morseo on the local scale, than on the national scale.

setanta0 (Louth) - Posts: 112 - 28/01/2009 10:32:29    191767

Hang on, i don't think any of these played GAA when they were at Croke Park: U2, Tina Turner, Garth Brooks, Bon Jovi, Billy Joel, The Police, Celine Dion, Westlife or Neil Diamond, yet i didn't read any complaints on here about them.

Sisco87 (Tipperary) - Posts: 759 - 28/01/2009 10:38:58    191777

27/01/2009 14:52:38
Liamwalkinstown
County: Dublin
Posts: 1260

190865 The venue has to have a 20,000 min
if the GAA approve it I would suggest Pearse Stadium as thge perfect location




I presume this is some sort of inside joke that people will understand. Possibly the worst location in the country to host a bingo bonanza never mind a heineken cup game

johnnos bulls (None) - Posts: 527 - 28/01/2009 10:41:20    191783

Just to back up Patrique the IRFU have also allowed ravenhill to be used by GAA teams to help with the facilities to train.

Look as someone already said if this match was to go ahead imagine the amout of money it will generate not only for the GAA but for ireland itself.

It will be one of the biggest matche of the tournament so far people will come from all over europe to watch it. It will increase tourisim revenue in the dublin area as well as revenue for the pubs around the area.

We need to look past our pld predjuces this was passed in congress a few years ago.

everyone who disagrees with this if someone approched you in the street and gave you 100 euro or 100 pounds would you turn it down?

I know everones annswer so why chould the GAA turn down 2 million

oisinboy (Antrim) - Posts: 335 - 28/01/2009 10:42:39    191787

should be allowed play in croker if both get through would show how good Croker is to Europe !!

paudi (Meath) - Posts: 681 - 28/01/2009 10:54:04    191811

How can the GAA turn down 2 million yo yos - thats the equivalent of FOUR firework displays. Some of the attitudes on here would sicken anyone. Thankfully the GAA - through astute and forward looking leadership has managed to bring the Association into the 21st century where it takes pride of place in both sporting, social and all other terms. If some of the posters here had their way we would have a ramshackle stadium and an organisation still living in the dark ages. There is plentyof room on this island for sports activity for our children other than the GAA. The insularity of some, in 2009, is to be pitied.

Dubinmeath (Dublin) - Posts: 1123 - 28/01/2009 10:55:54    191816

Ah but oisinboy would they get a kick about in your backyard for the ?100 :-)

Sisco87 (Tipperary) - Posts: 759 - 28/01/2009 10:59:09    191819

Hang on, i don't think any of these played GAA when they were at Croke Park: U2, Tina Turner, Garth Brooks, Bon Jovi, Billy Joel, The Police, Celine Dion, Westlife or Neil Diamond, yet i didn't read any complaints on here about them.
Sisco87 , 28/01/2009 at 10:38
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God I don't mind U2, Tina Turner, Garth Brooks, Bon Jovi, Billy Joel, Celine Dion, Westlife or Neil Diamond but .... The Police ... well they are .... well they're not Irish ..... and they're not American. I mean, I mean - who let them play there? They are ... after all, well, you know what I mean, they're, they're .......

JayoCluxton (Dublin) - Posts: 2688 - 28/01/2009 11:01:21    191820

Loyal2theRoyal

You say that the game will never take place take it from me it will take place maybe not at Croke Park but it will tke place

Also what does a Meath person know about the game of Rugby ? let me know

Redhot (Cork) - Posts: 739 - 28/01/2009 11:35:16    191849

Sisco87
County: Tipperary
Posts: 14

191819 Ah but oisinboy would they get a kick about in your backyard for the ?100 :-)

Well there is a beach out the back of my house so you if you fancied if you could.

oisinboy (Antrim) - Posts: 335 - 28/01/2009 11:39:35    191853

us irish love breaking records and showing of our tradition so i think now that our National stadium has been opened why not show it of. if we can let the English play in it why not two irish teams. i would be looking for a ticket for that one

newryview (Down) - Posts: 748 - 28/01/2009 11:56:14    191876

JayoCluxton
County: Dublin
Posts: 2595

191820 Hang on, i don't think any of these played GAA when they were at Croke Park: U2, Tina Turner, Garth Brooks, Bon Jovi, Billy Joel, The Police, Celine Dion, Westlife or Neil Diamond, yet i didn't read any complaints on here about them.
Sisco87 , 28/01/2009 at 10:38
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God I don't mind U2, Tina Turner, Garth Brooks, Bon Jovi, Billy Joel, Celine Dion, Westlife or Neil Diamond but .... The Police ... well they are .... well they're not Irish ..... and they're not American. I mean, I mean - who let them play there? They are ... after all, well, you know what I mean, they're, they're .......


DUNG???

dhorse (Laois) - Posts: 11374 - 28/01/2009 12:42:36    191950

newryview
County: Down
Posts: 249

191876 us irish love breaking records and showing of our tradition so i think now that our National stadium has been opened why not show it of. if we can let the English play in it why not two irish teams. i would be looking for a ticket for that one

WOOOOOAH there boss, its not the national stadium, its the GAA's stadium, the national stadium was going to be Bertie bowl, remember him

dhorse (Laois) - Posts: 11374 - 28/01/2009 12:45:19    191954

I think the Hirearachy of the GAA should make the offer NOW of Croker if the semi is Lein v Mun. In these days of doom and gloom, I think it would be great boost for the country as a whole if the max. amount of fans could attend such a fixture in such a magnificant stadium. The stadium has had good exposure too and a credit to the GAA albeit built with a certain amount of funding from the Tax coffers which the ordinary Joe paid up. So I say forget any narrowmindedness and make the offer now.

By the way REDHOT,"What does a meath man know about rugby". We'll coming from Munster you should now at least 2 as Denis Hurley and Niall Ronan come from the Royal County

Diego (Meath) - Posts: 1205 - 28/01/2009 14:22:06    192117

if munster & leinster get to the semi finals of the HC the game should defo be played in croke park. who would go to the game?? the same people from munster who will be in croke park supporting cork, limerick, waterford etc etc in the hurling championship. and why do people view rugby as a 'foreign sport'?? in munster at lower levels it is played by the same people who play football & hurling during the summer. the same can be said in leinster to a lesser degree, but a large majority of leinsters players come from outside the traditional rugby playing area of south dublin and most have played gaa at some stage. a lot of leinster's support now also comes from these areas and without doubt these people also support their gaa county. the perception that all leinster fans are like ross o carroll kelly is what it is fiction, written in a made up entertaining book! people have to accept that we are a small island and that we don't have a huge playing population for different sports, therefor the players of these sports overlap at every level apart from the elite levels at the top. so if the situation arose that a venue was needed for a munster leinster game and it was refused by the GAA, it means that i can't go to a full croke park to watch it and i'l have to wait a couple of weeks to pray wicklow get to a leinster football semi final so i am 'allowed' to go. play the game in croker for god sake!

happy (Wicklow) - Posts: 42 - 28/01/2009 14:28:19    192129

Redhot
County: Cork
Posts: 148

191849 Loyal2theRoyal

You say that the game will never take place take it from me it will take place maybe not at Croke Park but it will tke place

Also what does a Meath person know about the game of Rugby ? let me know

I know Graham Geraghty was probably the best Irish player to ever play the game when he played with Buccaneers in 2003. Anyway Munster couldn't even beat the All-Blacks when they had more first team All-Black players playing for them than the All-Blacks actually did!!!!!! I'd give Leinster a chance though. Their chance probably depends on what sort of form former Meath minor Shane Horgan is in.

Loyal2TheRoyal (Meath) - Posts: 4522 - 28/01/2009 14:41:26    192156

Me thinks loyal might have the right of it. One chicken, two chickens, ...

RMDrive (Donegal) - Posts: 2202 - 28/01/2009 14:44:27    192172

Go on Loyal. Ur bang on...the misconceptions of Leinster Rugby are mind-boggling (from our neighbours to the South usually). Leinster is not a Dublin team (Shane Horgan-Meath, Rob Kearney-Louth, Bernard Jackman and Sean O'Brien-Carlow, Gordon D'Arcy-Wexford...etc etc etc) so we Leinsterites who are from outside the big schmoke do have as much of an interest as anyone and Rugby as alive and well all over the province and sits side by side with Gaelic football here in my home parish, something which I know is emulated across rural Leinster, so Redhot we know just as much as your average Munster fan...

spudenator (Laois) - Posts: 1052 - 28/01/2009 15:43:53    192241

Why can't it be in Thomond?

TheRevolution (Mayo) - Posts: 487 - 28/01/2009 16:06:49    192273

Loyal2TheRoyal

I did not know that Graham Gerathy played rugby but i also know that Shane Horgan is not a Meath man he is from Louth

Redhot (Cork) - Posts: 739 - 28/01/2009 16:08:28    192276