Mod
Surely it will highlight the record defeat for Leinster,-THIS WAS ON THE NEW SATURDAY - MUCH TO MEDIAMANS DISPLEASURE NO DOUBT
the dismal performance overall of the other Hino provinces -WHATS A HINO PROVINCE...SOUND LIKE AN OLD VAN ...OH NO OH YES ANOTHER DEROGATORY TERM!!!!!!
and finally the recurring problem of concussion in Rugby. -THEY DID A WHOLE HOUR PROGRAMME ON IT BACK IN NOVEMBER
http://www.rte.ie/player/ie/show/hidden-impact-rugby-and-concussion-30003555/

Did any of the anti rugby brigade notice that nationwide on friday 22nd had a whole half hour (less ads etc -mediaman has the times) on the GAA abroad, a whole half hour i was amazed coz the way some people go on youd think they never covered it!!! I can only amagine the sense of moral outrage if they did a rugby programme ..this thread would probably meltdown

janesboro (Limerick) - Posts: 1502 - 25/01/2016 19:11:27    1819190

MEdiaman
1. A Glasgow player allegedly punched a Northampton opponent.
2. Another Glasgow player allegedly grabbed the testicles of the Northampton No.9.
3. A Clermont player allegedly pushed the referee.
4. A Saracens player allegedly eye gouged an Ulster player.
5. A Newport player allegedly bit a Castres player.

Incident 1 got a week , 2 and 5 were cleared - so no need for criticism or debate
if you google incidents 3 and 4 you will find plenty of debate - some find the ban for no 3 (which was reported on rte site and aertel) was harsh , the chris ashton incident was debated on bt sport and in various papers - some are of the view it was accidental

you could do with waiting until each player has received due process before posting - of course i dont expect you to actually replay heaven forbid

janesboro (Limerick) - Posts: 1502 - 25/01/2016 19:15:14    1819193

separately back to the gaa (coz this is a gaa forum not an anti rugby one) fine crowd in gaelic grounds sat night -decent game watched by around 5000 which was an amazing crowd and better than most of our league games the last few years - even thought it was only a pre season tournament i was still bloody annoyed to lost it and didnt fancy being reminded of it when wathcing the news, on the good side 4 points from play for barry nash and declan hannon bodes well for later in the year

janesboro (Limerick) - Posts: 1502 - 25/01/2016 19:18:54    1819196

Rte were too busy sending cameras to heineken cup games between french and English teams to cover any of the gaa this weekend. Wouldn't it be hilarious if the rugby bandwagoners and like the so called greatest soccer fans in the world began to support the non pro 12 teams.

sceptical (Cavan) - Posts:353 - 24/01/2016 18:41:13 1818811 RTE don't send cameras to European cup rugby games. They don't have the rights to show games. TG4 have the highlights package for Ireland and they don't send cameras to a significant number of games. RTE simply use the feed of Sky and BT.

ormondbannerman (Clare) - Posts: 13473 - 25/01/2016 20:37:36    1819229

Eight sports covered on this evening's RTE 6.01 News and Sport. Horse Racing. Soccer. Rugby Union. Golf. Football. Hurling. Tennis and Rallying. (In that order) And for the third Sunday in a row the only sports not backed up by video were football and hurling. At least they're consistent.

mediaman (Antrim) - Posts:276 - 24/01/2016 19:07:05 Why should there have to be video coverage of gaelic and hurling pre season games. How many counties are anywhere near full strength in these Games in competitions that are behind all Ireland/provincial championships as well as the league.

ormondbannerman (Clare) - Posts: 13473 - 25/01/2016 20:39:07    1819230

Also failed to stand at attention when reading GAA results, severe lack of respect for national games

seadog54 (Meath) - Posts:426 - 24/01/2016 20:14:13hahaha top class post.

ormondbannerman (Clare) - Posts: 13473 - 25/01/2016 20:39:35    1819231

Ah Madman did you not have the stopwatch ready to see how many seconds it took them to read out the results?

jimski (Kildare) - Posts:191 - 24/01/2016 20:18:54 and its a new record.... 88.88 seconds to read all GAA results ....

ormondbannerman (Clare) - Posts: 13473 - 25/01/2016 20:40:28    1819232

Mod Surely it will highlight the record defeat for Leinster,-THIS WAS ON THE NEW SATURDAY - MUCH TO MEDIAMANS DISPLEASURE NO DOUBT
the dismal performance overall of the other Hino provinces -WHATS A HINO PROVINCE...SOUND LIKE AN OLD VAN ...OH NO OH YES ANOTHER DEROGATORY TERM!!!!!!
and finally the recurring problem of concussion in Rugby. -THEY DID A WHOLE HOUR PROGRAMME ON IT BACK IN NOVEMBER
http://www.rte.ie/player/ie/show/hidden-impact-rugby-and-concussion-30003555/

Did any of the anti rugby brigade notice that nationwide on friday 22nd had a whole half hour (less ads etc -mediaman has the times) on the GAA abroad, a whole half hour i was amazed coz the way some people go on youd think they never covered it!!! I can only amagine the sense of moral outrage if they did a rugby programme ..this thread would probably meltdown

janesboro (Limerick) - Posts:189 - 25/01/2016 19:11:27 Janesboro you don't need to shout!! Capitals!!! Why not use bold/italic font?

ormondbannerman (Clare) - Posts: 13473 - 25/01/2016 20:41:58    1819233

It appears some posters may be suffering from Chronomentrophobia - an irrational fear of watches especially watches which reveal facts they'd rather not face up to.

mediaman (Antrim) - Posts: 355 - 25/01/2016 21:50:29    1819257

Depends on who's reading the watch.

GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 8186 - 26/01/2016 09:49:57    1819276

mediaman (Antrim) - Posts:276 - 24/01/2016 19:07:05 Why should there have to be video coverage of gaelic and hurling pre season games. How many counties are anywhere near full strength in these Games in competitions that are behind all Ireland/provincial championships as well as the league.

ormondbannerman (Clare) - Posts:10769 - 25/01/2016 20:39:07 1819

By "gaelic" I presume you are talking about football?
Simply because the attendances at these games show that their is an interest among the public for them, certainly more so than some of the other events that are receiving equal or more coverage on the news. Over 7,000 at the McKenna Cup final alone, 5,000+ for the hurling league final in Limerick on the same day, the public are interested full strength teams or not.

benched (Tyrone) - Posts: 534 - 26/01/2016 11:01:17    1819304

Did any of the anti rugby brigade notice that nationwide on friday 22nd had a whole half hour (less ads etc -mediaman has the times) on the GAA abroad, a whole half hour i was amazed coz the way some people go on youd think they never covered it!!! I can only amagine the sense of moral outrage if they did a rugby programme ..this thread would probably meltdown
janesboro (Limerick) - Posts:189 - 25/01/2016 19:11:27

What would be newsworthy or of public interest about ex-pats playing rugby abroad? Unless they were setting up their own clubs - old hat stuff a la London Irish - how could you make a programme on that? I missed the programme, did it focus on the actual games, as in highlights of the games, results etc. or did it focus on how the people were using the games as a method for the Irish abroad to come together as both a social and sporting outlet?

benched (Tyrone) - Posts: 534 - 26/01/2016 11:10:58    1819307

26/01/2016 11:01:17 benched (Tyrone) - Posts:207
By "gaelic" I presume you are talking about football?No. Im talking about tiddlywinks.... Why do you have an issue with me calling the sport gaelic football by the term gaelic?
26/01/2016 11:01:17 benched (Tyrone) - Posts:207
Simply because the attendances at these games show that their is an interest among the public for them, certainly more so than some of the other events that are receiving equal or more coverage on the news. Over 7,000 at the McKenna Cup final alone, 5,000+ for the hurling league final in Limerick on the same day, the public are interested full strength teams or not.Attendances are not the be all and end all and these are by and large 4th string competitions for the counties behind all Ireland/provincial championships and the league

ormondbannerman (Clare) - Posts: 13473 - 26/01/2016 11:16:58    1819312

benched (Tyrone) - Posts:207 - 26/01/2016 11:10:58
What would be newsworthy or of public interest about ex-pats playing rugby abroad? Unless they were setting up their own clubs - old hat stuff a la London Irish ,- how could you make a programme on that?

Some people (not me) might argue showing expats playing gaa abroad as being of equally less interest - irish setting up hurling/football clubs is as old as setting up rugby clubs

I missed the programme, did it focus on the actual games, as in highlights of the games, results etc. or did it focus on how the people were using the games as a method for the Irish abroad to come together as both a social and sporting outlet?

first half focused on bit in bold- 2nd half was about GaaGo _ its on the rte player (dont know if you can get it in tyrone) - i enjoyed the programme anyway

janesboro (Limerick) - Posts: 1502 - 26/01/2016 11:37:57    1819320

If there's a high attendance at a game how many of those at the game will need to check RTE afterwards for the score? If RTE show highlights from the Australian Open on 6:01 how many of their target audience would be at the tennis in Australia ?

If there are 82,000 at the All Ireland football final and RTE has full coverage plus analysis of the game watched by the majority of TV viewers in Ireland, why shouldn't RTE on their 6:01 news show highlights of Premier League Soccer or Pro 12 rugby or Tiddlywinks from Taiwan? The clue is in the title 'News' they're informing people about some story they don't know about. They're in it for commercial gain, to increase viewing figures. If a channel wants to show bilge like the X Factor they're probably doing so because there's an audience and they can cash in. RTE has some of the most apalling attempts at comedy ever inflicted on primates. I don't like it, similarl to some of ye not liking rugby or soccer, but I've a yoke called a remote control.

This public broadcaster should have more coverage of our national games line is nothing more than hopeful stuff. They have no mandate to do so that I can see. If they have then please copy a URL showing this. If it bothers you that much go and do something about it. Publicising a list of problems doesn't solve them. As Killer pointed out it's election year. Seems to me your so-called issue is a bit like complaining about politicians but not only will you not do something proactive about it like getting involved in politics, you won't even vote. Bar stool politics, the system is wrong let's feel sorry for ourselves. Everyday this post, whinge, whinge, whinge, nothing proactive about how you might address this heinous grievance . How would anything ever get done with that atitude?

GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 8186 - 26/01/2016 12:18:08    1819332

Ormondo,

"Attendances are not the be all and end all"

Can you describe what a better indicator of public interest might be? And these attendances are hardly promoted by the GAA & even less so by our national broadcaster.

keeper7 (Longford) - Posts: 4088 - 26/01/2016 12:19:12    1819333

By "gaelic" I presume you are talking about football?No. Im talking about tiddlywinks.... Why do you have an issue with me calling the sport gaelic football by the term gaelic?

Who said I had an issue? I was just checking which of the Gaelic games you were referring to, as you name checked hurling I was guessing you were referring to football but I didn't want to be presumptuous. Tiddlywinks by the way is not under the remit of the GAA.

"Fourth string" competition is stretching your point somewhat and I would argue that attendances do show the interest in the country for these matches, attendances which much to the dismay of some on here, show that there is a higher interest in 3rd (or if you want 4th) string football & hurling competitions than for a lot of other sports, which has been highlighted, receive more coverage than these matches do by the national broadcaster.

benched (Tyrone) - Posts: 534 - 26/01/2016 12:36:11    1819344

If there's a high attendance at a game how many of those at the game will need to check RTE afterwards for the score? If RTE show highlights from the Australian Open on 6:01 how many of their target audience would be at the tennis in Australia ?

Do you really believe that only the people who have attended these games are interested in them? Do you think there is more people discussing the Australian open at work over this past week than have been showing an interest in the McGrath/O'Byrne/McKenna cups etc.?
News is not just about informing people about something they didn't previously know, it's about informing people of noteworthy information, under what circumstances can you imagine the Tiddlywinks from Taiwan falling under this definition? Do you think that it would make commercial sense for a station to cover such an event?
X Factor and programmes of that ilk, as bad and all as they are (in my opinion) seems to have, or at least had, a following that would justify a broadcaster showing them. So if you are saying that it is all about viewing figures and the publics interest in events, surely attendances at the matches would be one of the first barometers a broadcaster would look at when deciding which events to cover?

benched (Tyrone) - Posts: 534 - 26/01/2016 12:55:07    1819356

Benched,

You're wasting your time with Ormond. He'd argue the moon was the sun at night, dismiss any evidence to the contrary & back up his claims with nothing. Here's an interesting article (not sure if it's been shown here before):

link

keeper7 (Longford) - Posts: 4088 - 26/01/2016 13:11:25    1819366

Interesting article keeper..... reading that is it any wonder the Tribune is no longer in publication!

benched (Tyrone) - Posts: 534 - 26/01/2016 13:37:31    1819380