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Exploring Irish rugby from its roots tg4 9.30

  • 10-11-2010 6:25pm
    #1
    jop
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    New series starts tonight .


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  • #2
    thomond2006
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    Looking forward to this, TG ceathair's documentaries are usually very good.


  • #3
    Rene Shrilling Oak
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    Well? Any use?

    Reckon that would be watchable on the TG4 player on their site? For those outside of Ireland?


  • #4
    Digifriendly
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    Very enjoyable especially if you're interested in the history of the game. Some very old film clips of rugby matches that have possibly not been seen before. Didn't know William Webb Ellis had Irish connections (his father was stationed in Ireland with the army). Didn't know either that Eamon Devalera was both a player and a staunch supporter of the game. Also interesting that the game was seen as both upper class and unionist/protestant in its early days (no sunday games) leading to long split with GAA which only seems to have been healed in recent years.
    Irish side of late 40's and early 50's was obviously one that helped make this a golden era. Great shots of Jack Kyle knifing through defences.


  • #5
    jop
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    Yep was very well made , extremely interesting looking forward to the other episodes


  • #6
    who the fug
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    Digifriendly wrote: »
    Very enjoyable especially if you're interested in the history of the game. Some very old film clips of rugby matches that have possibly not been seen before. Didn't know William Webb Ellis had Irish connections (his father was stationed in Ireland with the army). Didn't know either that Eamon Devalera was both a player and a staunch supporter of the game. Also interesting that the game was seen as both upper class and unionist/protestant in its early days (no sunday games) leading to long split with GAA which only seems to have been healed in recent years.
    Irish side of late 40's and early 50's was obviously one that helped make this a golden era. Great shots of Jack Kyle knifing through defences.




    Interesting one is John Charles when he was head in Blackrock, when the GAA rule came in, nothing was said but every kids locker was opened and all hurley stick removed.


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  • #7
    Digifriendly
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    Saw tail end of this programme last night and while they showed clips of Lions' Tour of S. Africa they didn't show WJ McBride's try on his final appearance in a green jersey. Has RTE lost its recordings or does TG4 not have the rights to show this?


  • #8
    johnny_doyle
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    would like to see this prog but stuck in the UK makes it difficult unless they put it online.

    I have an interest in WW1 and through that know that actor Richard Todd's father played for Ireland just before WW1. One of the early deaths in the Easter Rising was Frank Browning, President of the IRFU, and member of the Irish Rugby Volunteer Training Corps, a sort of Dad's Army civilian outfit.


  • #9
    Worm Tamer
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    johnny_doyle wrote: »
    would like to see this prog but stuck in the UK makes it difficult unless they put it online.

    I have an interest in WW1 and through that know that actor Richard Todd's father played for Ireland just before WW1. One of the early deaths in the Easter Rising was Frank Browning, President of the IRFU, and member of the Irish Rugby Volunteer Training Corps, a sort of Dad's Army civilian outfit.

    mail the production company they may send you a cut of the dvd once it is shown , if they have no plans of reselling it , worth a go.


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