liathroidboy there are 280 members in my rural gaa club,and while Ireland are playing rugby on Sun,I and many south KK GAA people will be in Waterford at the Waterford/Dublin hurling match,now I like watching all sports including Rugby, but if you think the media push what I want to hear about rugby you are sadly mistaken and I think I speak for a lot of GAA people when I say that.

mooncat (Kilkenny) - Posts: 540 - 10/02/2011 17:32:45    864872

Greengrass
County: Louth
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A simple answer to the original question is no. The GAA has 480,000 registered adult players. Rugby has 13,000 registered players. Case closed.


480,000....eh ?

bad.monkey (USA) - Posts: 4655 - 10/02/2011 17:44:43    864896

liathroidboy
County: Mayo
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864767 480,000 registered adult players in the country- ive never laughed as much in my life at a statement line that - thanks for the laugh. THIS IS RUGBY COUNTRY
10/02/2011 16:26:14

Typical witless reply liathroidi. I wouldn't have expected any more from you. Back with you to your fictitious businesses and rugby weekends.

Greengrass (Louth) - Posts: 6182 - 11/02/2011 17:01:32    865596

Do you actually stand that figure greengrass? It ridiculous

bad.monkey (USA) - Posts: 4655 - 11/02/2011 17:44:40    865627

Yes. 200,000 hurlers and 280,000 footballers. I realise as I type this bad.monkey, that there will be a duplication of registrations for dual players. Soccer by the way, on it's own has 400,000 registered adult players.

Greengrass (Louth) - Posts: 6182 - 11/02/2011 17:50:08    865631

No chance and that ad is embarassing. Rugby will never be as popular as GAA despite all the bullsh1t hype. Just ask Tom Humphries

LilySavage (Kildare) - Posts: 114 - 11/02/2011 19:09:08    865702

But there is barely 480,000 people of adult football age (18-35 ish) in the whole country, let alone them all being registered GAA players...


there are around 2500 clubs that would mean each club would need to have around 200+ adults players !

bad.monkey (USA) - Posts: 4655 - 11/02/2011 19:27:43    865717

Fair point bad.monkey. There are around 3,700 clubs in the country. That would still mean very high registration numbers. I oit all of those figures from a debate on a radio programme which was talking about the inroads that rugby had made in this country

Greengrass (Louth) - Posts: 6182 - 11/02/2011 21:01:58    865820

jesus on that reckoning- every single males between the ages of 20 and say 35 would play competitive gaa- that is the funniest think i have evr heard in my life you crack me up you really do :D

I think you should stop smoking that green grass :D

liathroidboy (Mayo) - Posts: 4921 - 11/02/2011 21:07:10    865826

The GAA doesn't have an international team so people look on the rugby team as the national team. No problem, most sports people enjoy both GAA and rugby

bad.monkey (USA) - Posts: 4655 - 11/02/2011 21:45:20    865853

Thought you were supposed to be enjoying yet another rugby weekend liathroidi. Posting at ten past nine would indicate your Walter Mitty tendencies are once again manifesting themselves.

Greengrass (Louth) - Posts: 6182 - 12/02/2011 15:51:10    865988

Come on, how is this debate still going on.Everybody knows the GAA is the biggest attended and played sport in the country. Fair enough most of the media want it to be rugby, wish it was rugby and do there best for it to be rugby but it is and will always be the GAA. How it is even being debated, i honestly don't think i know anybody who has actually been to a rugby game and if i do it would most definately have been an international. I know that is in Louth but i'd reckon the majority of counties are the same bar the obvious few.

Louth Gael (Louth) - Posts: 1227 - 12/02/2011 16:45:16    866019

with the italy result last weak i dont think so

banterladhi (Donegal) - Posts: 502 - 12/02/2011 17:15:53    866043

Funny how's it seems OK to stick the boot into the GAA at various times but rugby never gets questioned about it's middle class clique/cartel and the Unionist/Protestant monopoly of rugby in the North. The 'traditional' rugger crowd are as annoying as hell, a largely stuck up, snobby crowd of D4 and North Down Ya Ya's who hate the thought of the lower orders impinging on 'their' game.

Ulsterman (Antrim) - Posts: 9825 - 12/02/2011 18:46:35    866098

Lets be honest here.
It's a pretty boring sport.
Watched a bit of Wales v Scotland earlier.
Good lord.

Coylers Elbow (Meath) - Posts: 1075 - 12/02/2011 19:31:39    866133

Greengrass
County: Louth
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864287 of course rugby is the national game- both home games in the 6 nations sold out in 2 mins- says it all

How fast did the Autumn Series sell out in liathroidi ? Easy get 110,000 when you only have two competitive matches in the joint all year. By the way the total attendance at the two All-Ireland Finals last year was 164,000

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and dont even mention the huge numbers that went to the quarters and semis. sure didnt the dublin cork one sell out?
and is that actually true about the number of registered players for rugby? shocking low if true

BettystownRoyal (Meath) - Posts: 3353 - 12/02/2011 21:13:43    866230

While rugby isn't the national game, it has grown significantly as a spectator/TV sport in the last decade. No matter what you think about rugby it is very well marketed. Following rugby is fashionable. The GAA could learn a thing or two from other sports about how to promote it's games.

rebel_rebel (Cork) - Posts: 1 - 13/02/2011 13:31:48    866365

It helps if you can hold on to the ball in this game. As last week and today shows Ireland haven't quite mastered that simple aspect of the game just yet.

Ulsterman (Antrim) - Posts: 9825 - 13/02/2011 15:27:47    866431

............and dropping the ball AGAIN loses Ireland a match AGAIN. They just might master the game IF they learn the basics.

Ulsterman (Antrim) - Posts: 9825 - 13/02/2011 16:46:00    866490

can't believe scotland beat "Ireland" at the national game!, saw a clip of the end of it through a shop window.

Tom1916 (Armagh) - Posts: 2001 - 13/02/2011 17:02:52    866512