09/12/2010 15:00:18
liathroidboy
County: Mayo
Posts: 862

830209 ill tell you why farmer cause if there is rugby on tv - more people watch it than gaa- all the ratings prove this- this weekend the HC munster game will attract more viewers than all the provincial finals combined- rating dont lie, and i love the way you all gladly gloss over them cause you know its right. the other only logical way of looking at it would be to find out the advertising cost for a 30 second slot at half time in the all ireland final or at a 6n game- you would be surprised and again why is this because more peopel watch rugby than gaa. RATINGS DONT LIE - alas people have a problem with this because it tell the real picture and the gaa gombeens have a problem with the truth- there is no shame in admitting your second best, there is serious shame in denying it though. THIS IS RUGBY COUNTRY! :)

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Its winter time there is nothing else to do
Provinicial final time I'm up to me oxters in silage, hay and turf

Omar.d (Cavan) - Posts: 1141 - 10/12/2010 15:13:49    830858

Seamus ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
u think no one in Limerick and Cork likes Rugby its only south dublin ha ha ha ha ha ha
its the majority sport in terms of viewers and participation at all levels in limerick amd cork ya eejit
ha ha hahahahahah

So in a country with only 5 cities (limerick, dublin, cork, waterford, galway) its the majority game in 2 of them and huge in Dublin also!!!

Mikeynora (Limerick) - Posts: 888 - 10/12/2010 15:20:05    830862

Mikeynora, I'm not trying to be smart but all you need to know to dispel your argument is that liathroidboy is the only one who agrees with you.

Breffni40 (Cavan) - Posts: 12452 - 10/12/2010 15:20:37    830865

Show me the proof (attack a link or something) that rugger is the biggest sport for participation in Cork City. I would be hugely interested in seeing that I must say. And as a student in Limerick, I would also doubt that more kids play rugby than play soccer in the city, then again, I don't really care about Limerick because it is a dump.

Seamus89 (Kilkenny) - Posts: 3848 - 10/12/2010 15:45:49    830883

provincial fianls in the gaa are on this weekend- will there be more in attendance at the rugby or the gaa? why the inferiority complex lads rugby is massive in this country at the moment- the attendances, viewer numbers etc are soaring but keep living in the dreamland if you wish cause its largely irrelavant - if it wasnt for rugby and u2 corke park would only have being filled on finals day. THIS IS RUGBY COUNTRY and deep down we all know it, its a shame the gaa wouldnt get its act together

liathroidboy (Mayo) - Posts: 4921 - 10/12/2010 21:12:37    831120

mikeynora it doesnt matter if crokepark is the onli "state of the art" stadium. it wud still hold more than thomond and aviva put together. and it is filled more often too

gaafarmer (Wexford) - Posts: 280 - 12/12/2010 13:16:24    831529

I would say GAA is still more popular overall especially in rural areas. However rugby is catching up quickly.

bad.monkey (USA) - Posts: 4655 - 12/12/2010 13:29:51    831533

aint much rugby in my part of the world. ALL young lads play GAA, some play a bit of soccer but the gaa and the local club is central to every village in mayo and indeed ireland. its the heartbeat of the community. i dont know what part of mayo liathroidboy is from? - i would love to know

yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11689 - 12/12/2010 16:26:15    831586

Mikeynora
County: Limerick
Posts: 864

829979
Farmer you havent a clue what your on about
Rugby is far and away the biggest sport in Munster bar a few pockets in south kerry and north Tipp.
And even Tipp and Kerry now are producing huge numbers of players to the Munster Squad
Rugby is without doubt THE sport in Munster.

This is wildly untrue. There is no rugby in Waterford, West and North Clare, Cork county outside of the city aside from small pockets. You say that there is no rugy in North Tipp and that it's the main sport in South Tipp? How? In the North we have an AIL senior team in Nenagh Ormond, the south have decent Junior clubs in Clanwilliam and Clonmel. Let's breakdown Munster by regions and look at the major sports.

Waterford- Hurling, some soccer, pockets of football
Cork County- Hurling, Football in the West, pockets of Rugby
Cork City- Hurling, Gaelic football, Rugby in the private schools, soccer and basketball, must be a strong athletics scene too
Kerry- Football is a religion, strong pockets of Basketball and soccer. Excess Gaelic Footballers exported to Rugby and AFL.
Limerick County- Hurling, Rugby, some Gaelic football
Limerick City- This IS Rugby country, also hurling, football, some basketball, soccer, boxing
Clare- Hurling, football and basketball in the west, Rugby has made big in roads here and many GAA people are worried
Tipp North- Hurling dwarfs everything, football, rugby, soccer all frowned upon, except for the purpose of getting fit for hurling.
Tipp South- Strong pockets of Hurling, mainly Gaelic football in the west and around Clonmel, soccer and rugby strong in Clonmel and Tipp Town

Anyone like to add anything or correct me?

roundball (Tipperary) - Posts: 2514 - 12/12/2010 17:44:44    831624

I think the Rugby crowd got a bit of a kick in the arse when their last few matches against international teams were played in a half empty stadium !! There looked to be less than 25 thousand at those games and no atmosphere either !!

Cavan_Slasher (Cavan) - Posts: 10253 - 12/12/2010 18:54:08    831645

There is no way you can compare a HC match to a club final. Provincial Club final generally will have limited appeal unless you are involved or a club from your county is involved, were as the HC is the top competition in Club rugby and. No point in comparing viewer figures between the two but then Id say Ball boy knew that as well.

If you want to compare the two then compare Cork in an All ireland semi to Munster in a Heineken cup semi or a football wc match involving ireland to a Rugby world cup match invoving ireland.

Down and out (Down) - Posts: 65 - 13/12/2010 16:11:58    832069

While asked about Paul O'Connell's red card on the John Murray show this morning Rubberbandit's star Blind Boy said:

"I don't know nothing about rugby kid.

"I don't know nothing about sport.

"The one thing that I give out about is the Dublin media. The Dublin media are awful biased against Limerick because thay make the asumption that we know about rugby.

"I don't know nothing about rugby and I'm from Limerick through and through.

"I'd often battle and go which one is rugby; the one with the round ball or the oval ball".

There ya go Mikey boy, chalk it down kid.

Breffni40 (Cavan) - Posts: 12452 - 14/12/2010 16:04:43    832751

Good man Breffni :) By god did that go over your head!!! Look again!!!

Mikeynora (Limerick) - Posts: 888 - 15/12/2010 09:08:02    833173

Mikeynora
County: Limerick
Posts: 868

833173 Good man Breffni :) By god did that go over your head!!! Look again!!!

Really? Can't see any other possible meaning to it? Explain it to my feeble brain if you like...

PS I'm aware none of it is serious, I'm not being serious btw

Breffni40 (Cavan) - Posts: 12452 - 15/12/2010 10:29:55    833210

Glad to hear it breffni becos with you, i wouldnt be surprised! One of the lads in RB's is in Art College with my sister and lets just say.....the lads arent what they appear!! At all!!!
Gas men!

Mikeynora (Limerick) - Posts: 888 - 15/12/2010 11:23:06    833240

Haha, you don't honestly think I'd say something like "chalk it down kid!", with a straight face?!?!?!

Breffni40 (Cavan) - Posts: 12452 - 15/12/2010 11:57:38    833261

We are crap at our national game

b.mullins (Dublin) - Posts: 1413 - 12/03/2011 18:58:51    887215

my god, we didn't get a score in the second half.

BufordTJustice (USA) - Posts: 669 - 12/03/2011 19:14:38    887222

To think this used to be rugby country...

Seamus89 (Kilkenny) - Posts: 3848 - 12/03/2011 19:28:24    887229

12/12/2010 17:44:44
roundball
County: Tipperary
Posts: 1304

Mikeynora
County: Limerick
Posts: 864

Farmer you havent a clue what your on about
Rugby is far and away the biggest sport in Munster bar a few pockets in south kerry and north Tipp.
And even Tipp and Kerry now are producing huge numbers of players to the Munster Squad
Rugby is without doubt THE sport in Munster.

This is wildly untrue. There is no rugby in Waterford, West and North Clare, Cork county outside of the city aside from small pockets. You say that there is no rugy in North
Tipp and that it's the main sport in South Tipp? How? In the North we have an AIL senior team in Nenagh Ormond, the south have decent Junior clubs in Clanwilliam and Clonmel
and kilfeacle and cashel
Let's breakdown Munster by regions and look at the major sports.

Waterford- Hurling, some soccer, pockets of football,
Cork County- Hurling, Football in the West, pockets of Rugby
Cork City- Hurling, Gaelic football, Rugby in the private schools, soccer and basketball, must be a strong athletics
scene too
Kerry- Football is a religion, strong pockets of Basketball and soccer. Excess Gaelic Footballers exported to Rugby and AFL.
Limerick County- Hurling, Rugby, some Gaelic football
Limerick City- This IS Rugby country, also hurling, football, some basketball, soccer, boxing
Clare- Hurling, football and basketball in the west, Rugby has made big in roads here and many GAA people are worried
Tipp North- Hurling dwarfs everything, football, rugby, soccer all frowned upon, except for the purpose of getting fit for hurling. rugby is getting huge in north tipp
Tipp South- Strong pockets of Hurling, mainly Gaelic football in the west and around Clonmel, soccer and rugby strong in Clonmel and Tipp Town

Anyone like to add anything or correct me?

waterford- rugby in waterpark,waterford city, waterpark college, newtown school, de la salle, dungarvan
cork city - rugby is huge in sundays well, highfield, cork con, dolphin
cork county- bandon,clonakilty,midleton,crosshaven,kanturk and they are only the biggest clubs in the county theres many more
kerry- very little rugby but rugby is making small inroads
limerick and clare- you ae correct
tipp north- rugby is making huge inroads, nenagh very strong thurles are rebuilding after a tough few years
tipp south- rugby is very strong in cashel, clanwilliam, kilfeacle, fethard,clonmel

youghal2011 (Tipperary) - Posts: 2 - 12/03/2011 20:12:15    887255