TV Coverage

They hung on and could have won it, but Dublin should have been out of sight at that stage. Extra time, the break will probably allow Dublin to settle and they'll likely win it by a few points, but they were rattled at the end there. Saved by the bell really.

Only 13 minor teams in Longford apparently, some going to win a Leinster from that pick

Yes great win for Longford. Although against my own county a win like this is extra special for one of the so called minnows of the game who don't have a big pick and this is a great reward for all the hard work put in the county. Congrats to Longford great achievement.

They've won 5 Leinster minors since its inception in 1929. Beat Dublin in first one in 1929 and tonight first one in 14 years. Whats seldom is wonderful.

Picture quality for Tipp vs Clare will probably be unwatchable

You must be very young if you think RTE news is unwatchable. Certainly weren't alive for the days of terrestrial RV connections on 21 inch or less non flat screen TVs.

Especially in the summer when between every play someone had to climb on to the caravan roof to fix the aerial.

The picture quality in those days was better than the standard definition rubbish like News Now and Virgin channels on Saorview.

The reasoning given for having the group draw so early was so that games could be planned, etc. What's the reason now for not planning the 2nd round of games? Esp with a BH weekend, it makes it v difficult for supporters to plan

Very similar quality you would get on the regular Sky Sport SD broadcast many here are calling for, and they were being asked to pay 30E for that.

As mentioned…

It's fine for me (watching yesterdays Ros v Mayo game now), so either there was a problem earlier and they loaded the wrong program, or else there is something weird happening on your PC.

Direct link https://www.rte.ie/player/series/the-saturday-game/SI0000001877?epguid=IH10004821-24-0004

(well, direct after you sit through 27 or whatever ads)

hmmm’ that lad Fitzmaurice name checking the commentator every input coupled with the most boring delivery ever heard on air on National Radio would outdo those two by a lot.

Not strictly GAA coverage related, but RTEs obsession with the oval ball caused a big own goal last night, with live coverage of a run of the mill 'Celtic League' game preferred to live coverage of athletics championships,missing out on live coverage of the relay gold medal.

'Celtic league' ? Are you referring to the URC championship, the one where yesterday, an Italian side came very close to dumping out a South African side playing brilliant open rugby? I didn't see any decendents of Finn McCool or any other Celtic warrior on either team, though there might have been some in the encounter in Thomand Park that you complain about, a two hour broadcast event which you say shouldn't displace a three minute race? No complaints to VM though about the boring England slogfest on VM3, also preffered to the live athletics (which were available on multiple streams if you really wanted). Personally, I would have preferred to watch Shels v Dundalk, but there was no Friday night Soccer either, and I don't have a LOITV subscription, so the Munster match was good entertainment

I don't believe Virgin have the rights to the Athletics, which RTE do, and while they pretend they were interested in the GAA rights, that has been misproven and nobody really believed them I. The first place,so mention of them is moot in this context.

My point was that RTE had rights to both, and prioritized the rugby coverage over the athletics, just illustrates where the editorial priorities are.

My Celtic League comment was slightly facetious, there are also a few South African teams added and the league was rebranded several times in recent years. If people are complaining about meaningless games in the football championship, they ought to see the amount of meaningless games in the URC.

Anyway, my point was about editorial decision making and inherent bias within RTE.