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Clashing with Milan San Remo too. Absolutely disgraceful.

You're in the vast vast minority there. The majority of people would like to be able to see both, and have an interest in both. The GAA knew that the rugby match was fixed for today. It's extremely shallow for them to organise the Galway Armagh match at the same time. The Irish rugby players are representing their country, which includes Galway and Armagh. I would definately have watched the Galway Armagh game if the rugby wasn't on. But I'm going out to watch the rugby, so thats not possible now.

Do they not generally have one game on a SAturday, and then the other 3 games on the SUnday. Maybe that has changed recently, but I thought that used to be the way.

Also, do you think it is fair to the Galway and Armagh teams, management etc. that they are denied the possibility of watching what could potentially be a massive occasion for Irish rugby - grand slam etc.

It's impossible to avoid some conflict. There are 3 Gaelic football games televised today and 3 tomorrow. One of them was always going to clash with the Ireland rugby game.

In England, the BBC and ITV regularly try to spoil each others parties. If there is not a rival sporting event available, they will show a blockbuster movie. Today BBC 1 will have Burnley v Man City in the FA Cup on at the same time as ITV are showing England in the Rugby.

People in Ireland will just have to choose between those two and the Gaelic. Or the dozens of other TV and Radio programmes on at the same time. Or like the majority, not be watching any TV. The car parks in shopping centres will probably not be much less crowded than usual.

Na the rugby should have moved. The match is on TnaG I imagine. This week end both hurling and Football are being played. The choice was put the match on at 5.30 to televise it or if it was on at any other time the at h would not be shown on TV.

The match looks very well attended.

Years ago weren't the GAA stubborn during Italy 90 in the soccer. And changed overtime. Ironically many think Dublin v Meath 91' saga 'saved' the GAA.

But jayus, after watching that muck in Navan, these days Dublin v Meath could put people off the GAA.

Personally, sporting clashes that annoy me are when hurling and football clash from the same county. Always seems stupid to me.

Armagh are a strange team. They can be very direct and exciting to watch and then some of their decision making is absolutely woeful.

Meath and Kildare are an embarrassment.

Both languishing in D2, Kildare probably going down to D3, big populations, all their players living and working close to home, plenty of money, but nowhere competitive on or odd the field, ramshackle facilities with all the potential resources at their fingertips.

Embarrassing.

But they don't.

On huge international games like today getting the crowd out is easy to do.

Beyond the 6 nations and the odd European game there is a massive drop off in rugby support.

They fail miserably to "get the crowd out".

ah no come on , munster are fairly fair weather but the evening mayo played galway in castlebar there was 15 ,000 at that game , it was almost a sellout in the sports ground the same night ,munster in thomand have weak support when things are going bad in fairness but ulster connacht and leinster are not in the same bracket

i once attended a Garryowen v cork con game with thousands at it i often wonder where they are now...

What exactly did Lavelle do to earn a red card ?

According to The Independent:

Killian Lavelle chopped Conor Meyler down off the ball and Joe McQuillan raised a straight red.

Irish Times:

Conor McManus came off the bench for the home team and kicked some frees but his team were down to 13 by the 46th minute after an off-the-ball clash between Killian Lavelle and Conor Meyler left the latter in a heap and the former being shown a red card.