Garryowen.
Anyway, it matters not. Australians have voted with their feet. They care nothing for your pansy sport.
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Struggling ticket sales for the International Rules?
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Garryowen.
Anyway, it matters not. Australians have voted with their feet. They care nothing for your pansy sport.
SlainteO'Hailpin
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That's funny, as I played for Garryowen too.
What's your name?
Were you shit or something or are you lying?
I'd have liked to see you play on Kieran Mohan from Wolfe Tones, he'd have fixed you right up if you called him a pansy.
stupid post: most of us love IR. 35,000 at subi tonight - you now look like and idiot dont you?
- May 10, 2004
- 24,853
- 5,691
- AFL Club
- Geelong
- Other Teams
- Pistons/Hammers/Sri Lanka/The Exers
How? Where is the Sherrin?
- May 10, 2004
- 24,853
- 5,691
- AFL Club
- Geelong
- Other Teams
- Pistons/Hammers/Sri Lanka/The Exers
The standard of the Aussie Rules WC has improved dramatically since the first one. Some of those PNG youngsters look to have real potential. How bout the young fella sealing the title after the siren with an outside banana? Gotta love that
Last night's game started slow but the second half showed passages of IR at its fast, frenetic best. With the warm-up out of the way, the game in Melbourne should be even better, particularly as the wind and weather were factors at Subiaco. In fact given the conditions the skill from both sides was good.
There's been probably over 200 IR matches (maybe many more) over the 51 years that some type of Gaelic-Aussie Rules hybrid has been played - NOT counting the official AFL v GAA Tests. These are mainly between GAA and AFL clubs in a dozen odd countries across Asia, Middle East, Europe, UK, Carribean, USA and Canada and also at club level in Ireland and Australia. Also been women's games, Masters' international Tests, u17 and u19s and tours of Ireland by Australian Amateurs u23 squad.
So when does a sport gain recognition as a sport in its own right? Basketball was created out of previous similar games rather "artificially", American gridiron similarly out of American versions of soccer that were similar to IR and Rugby. And Tom Wills set out Australian Rules from knowledge of the football codes particularly rugby school rules at the time.
Anyway - IR has a niche and can be enjoyed for its own sake, it doesn't threaten the local AFL competition (unlike the World Game) and it doesn't seem to impede the internationalisation of Australian rules football - rather GAA and Aussie Rules clubs have cooperated around team facilities in some parts of the world.
People can be one-eyed about their team and the code they prefer - but why be cynically negative? In the end it is sport (not the global financial system!)
There's been probably over 200 IR matches (maybe many more) over the 51 years that some type of Gaelic-Aussie Rules hybrid has been played - NOT counting the official AFL v GAA Tests. These are mainly between GAA and AFL clubs in a dozen odd countries across Asia, Middle East, Europe, UK, Carribean, USA and Canada and also at club level in Ireland and Australia. Also been women's games, Masters' international Tests, u17 and u19s and tours of Ireland by Australian Amateurs u23 squad.
So when does a sport gain recognition as a sport in its own right? Basketball was created out of previous similar games rather "artificially", American gridiron similarly out of American versions of soccer that were similar to IR and Rugby. And Tom Wills set out Australian Rules from knowledge of the football codes particularly rugby school rules at the time.
Anyway - IR has a niche and can be enjoyed for its own sake, it doesn't threaten the local AFL competition (unlike the World Game) and it doesn't seem to impede the internationalisation of Australian rules football - rather GAA and Aussie Rules clubs have cooperated around team facilities in some parts of the world.
People can be one-eyed about their team and the code they prefer - but why be cynically negative? In the end it is sport (not the global financial system!)
Ha, what a coincidence, one of about two Gaelic football clubs in Melbourne that hasn't folded in the last few years. Good to see the sport growing in Tassie because it not going anywhere here.
You must have got free tickets to the IR series then.
No, I'm not shit but there's no way I'm telling you who I am (I might be Andrew Demitriou for all you care).
I can tell you I'm well over 30 and my back is stuffed but maybe next time I pull on the red and white (probably the upcoming season) if I do.
BTW, I like gaelic football. And while I think it is a pansy sport, it is much easier on the body than footy and I have it partly to thank for helpinf to extend my sporting life. But international rules effectively butchers both codes.
Anyway, I didn't say the players were pansy - just the sport. Mind you I also think that Aussie Rules has become a pansy sport. But I don't think that Barry Hall is a pansy. Though it would be interesting to see him try a bit of rugby union or league and see how he goes
Funny I saw mostly empty seats.
The games were a sell out in Ireland and Subi has sold out for it before.
After all the hype and promotion why the distinct lack of interest ?
SlainteO'Hailpin
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Ha, what a coincidence, one of about two Gaelic football clubs in Melbourne that hasn't folded in the last few years. Good to see the sport growing in Tassie because it not going anywhere here.
You must have got free tickets to the IR series then.
No, I'm not shit but there's no way I'm telling you who I am (I might be Andrew Demitriou for all you care).
I can tell you I'm well over 30 and my back is stuffed but maybe next time I pull on the red and white (probably the upcoming season) if I do.
BTW, I like gaelic football. And while I think it is a pansy sport, it is much easier on the body than footy and I have it partly to thank for helpinf to extend my sporting life. But international rules effectively butchers both codes.
Anyway, I didn't say the players were pansy - just the sport. Mind you I also think that Aussie Rules has become a pansy sport. But I don't think that Barry Hall is a pansy. Though it would be interesting to see him try a bit of rugby union or league and see how he goes
I'll be looking out for the guy with a bad back then
There was actually very little promotion up until the last few days and hardly any hype, and prices were about double ($45 for about 80% of the seats) what they were in past series. Given the weather was awful which would have deterred a lot of walkups, 35,000 was a fantastic turnout.
eagle_4_life
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im still gonna call it testra dome, no matter what
How does 35,000 on a very rainy night equal lack of interest? ... and then you try and support your argument that no one is interested by pointing out the games usually sell out!! LMFAO!!! Well done Homer Simpson, your brain must have worked overtime on that one.
Will be at least 60,000 at the G next week.
10 minutes before the start there was only 20k people there.
thats what happens when you have a stadium right near the CBD, its raining and the game starts at 6:45. People can't get there in time.
By 5 minutes in there was 35K there
Just to put this into context, the Rugby League World Cup game between Australia and the Kiwis attracted even fewer spectators, and that was in Sydney, the games home turf.
Let's face it, whichever way you look at it, this International Series is just a Mickey Mouse game played when we are starved of any other decent footy.
Having given no thought to the next question at all: would an Aussi Rules team based in New Zealand do well? especially if they did the haka before the opening bounce?
Let's face it, whichever way you look at it, this International Series is just a Mickey Mouse game played when we are starved of any other decent footy.
Having given no thought to the next question at all: would an Aussi Rules team based in New Zealand do well? especially if they did the haka before the opening bounce?
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Just to put this into context, the Rugby League World Cup game between Australia and the Kiwis attracted even fewer spectators, and that was in Sydney, the games home turf.
Let's face it, whichever way you look at it, this International Series is just a Mickey Mouse game played when we are starved of any other decent footy.
Having given no thought to the next question at all: would an Aussi Rules team based in New Zealand do well? especially if they did the haka before the opening bounce?
Off topic, but NZ suffers the same issues as Tasmania. Very decentralised population, and lack of decent grounds. Only ground avaliable is the in Wellington (population < 1m). It already has a saturation level sport in Rugby union, and with a pool of population of only 4m, would never realistically challlange Australia in test matches, - meaning they'd lose interest pretty fast.
RU is competitive between the countries because Its No.1 sport in NZ, and only a minor sport (No.3 or No.4) in Australia.
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A more reasonable conclusion is just the opposite. If a International Rules game outdraws a World Cup clash of traditional rivals, doesn't that mean that the International Rules game is significant ? How is the comparison evidence that IR is mickey mouse ?
Monty of the Shire
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rl.34,157what was the attendance for the league? Looked pretty full on the telly?
ir. 35,153
What was the attendance for the league? looked pretty full on the telly?
34,157 in Sydney.
10K or so 'allegedly' in Townsville for the PNG v England WC opener.
Monty of the Shire
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thats not too bad actually, i thought international league was dead in the water
When a player gets a standing ovation from the crowd after getting sent off, you know the crowd don't think too much of the result......
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