The RTE Sports Awards 2014

CountyHurler

After the fiasco that was the IFTAs, RTE have decided to have another go at it... So far no sound of delph, and people on their mobiles trying to call a taxi, no Laura Whitemore SHOUTING AT EVERYBODY..... So a good start in all..

Pdoghue

Dec 1 cut-off point? FFS!

Pdoghue

Rory and Drico together.

CountyHurler

Pdoghue wrote: »

Rory and Drico together.

Be some craic if he asked Rory about the missus...

It's amazing that they have got everybody to appear at this... It's not like it's a huge event or anything, but they are ALL there...

efb

So if you win anything in Dec good luck!

Bye Andy Lee!

velo.2010

Wonder if cyclist Dan Martin is nominated? Excellent comeback in the second half of the season after his Giro crash.


The studio director sure is determined to let us know they have Rory McIlroy live in studio!

Pdoghue

At least Dara Moloney is highly unlikely to put his foot in it, unlike Lineker..

efb

velo.2010 wrote: »

Wonder if cyclist Dan Martin is nominated? Excellent comeback in the second half of the season after his Giro crash.


The studio director sure is determined to let us know they have Rory McIlroy live in studio!

Rory will take it

CountyHurler

efb wrote: »

So if you win anything in Dec good luck! Bye Andy Lee!

Yeah it is ridiculous... That was Andy Lee's last chance really and I'm not sure why all the talk was about McGuigan and his adopted son... They seem to get a lot of RTE time, which seems to be driven by McGuigan wanting to promote his man and sell tickets..

I'd love if they gave it to Lewis Hamilton just to p1ss McIlroy off..

velo.2010

CountyHurler wrote: »

I'd love if they gave it to Lewis Hamilton just to p1ss McIlroy off..

If Ryan Tubridy was presenting this then that would not be out of the question.... 'so Lewis, your great great-grandfather was from Tuam'!

CountyHurler

"What about the wedding invites, Rory.... " :pac:

Ah, I like Rory... The mental strength to achieve what he has achieved, especially considering the huge meltdown that he had when leading his first major in Augusta, is something that I find amazing.....

Pdoghue

Des Smyth - legend.

Pdoghue

Rory took long enough to decide to play for Ireland.

Skid X

It's a better format than the BBC SPOTY, some decent interviews rather than the extended profiles of the people you've never heard off, but who got nominated to make the show more politically correct.

dublinman1990

Hiya Guys.

It is a nice settled atmosphere for this awards ceremony tonight.

Pdoghue

Skid X wrote: »

It's a better format than the BBC SPOTY, some decent interviews rather than the extended profiles of the people you've never heard off, but who got nominated to make the show more politically correct.

Agreed.

CountyHurler

Interesting stuff from Coleman there.. He came across well ....

Roy Keane would have been there tonight but he has a book signing tonight.. :pac:

Pdoghue

The memory man looking very shook.

velo.2010

Agree with the comments about the show. A tight format - the Beeb obviously have the budget to go big and put on a show. Daragh Maloney does a good job considering it used to take three presenters to do the same job not long ago.

It helps too that there doesn't seem to be any booze. I remember a glazed over Barry Gerathy a few years ago!

CountyHurler

Have to say, Darragh Moloney is an excellent presenter.... That was an awkward moment with Martin O'Neill there, with some abstract references to Roy keane, where it was difficult to make out what point he was getting at... But Moloney just pushed on with a question about the championship..

Skid X

CountyHurler wrote: »

Have to say, Darragh Moloney is an excellent presenter.... That was an awkward moment with Martin O'Neill there, with some abstract references to Roy keane, where it was difficult to make out what point he was getting at... But Moloney just pushed on with a question about the championship..

I agree about Darragh, although I thought Martin did well, he talked a lot without saying anything controversial about his Assistant. That's all he needed to do.

Skid X

Hon the Drico! Well deserved.

CountyHurler

There's another surprise... The cop that arrested him in the US is here to present the award.. :pac:

dublinman1990

Congrats to BOD. Thoroughly deserved award to have for a person of having this great ability of playing rugby.

It is also nice to see Jonathan Sexton in among the crowd tonight.

Pdoghue

dublinman1990 wrote: »

Congrats to BOD. Thoroughly deserved award to have for a person of having this great ability of playing rugby.

It is also nice to see Jonathan Sexton in among the crowd tonight.

Be interesting to see what Jonny has to say about his concussion..

Pdoghue

There's the memory man again - I thought he'd fallen out with RTE.

Pdoghue

Great piece by Donal Dineen on Kerry..

Strongbow10

Pdoghue wrote: »

Great piece by Donal Dineen on Kerry..

Katie Taylor not in attendance. I'd say her father kept her away due to her not winning, maybe they are at odds with RTE over coverage

efb

Strongbow10 wrote: »

Katie Taylor not in attendance. I'd say her father kept her away due to her not winning, maybe they are at odds with RTE over coverage

Jumping to conclusions?

SaveOurLyric

Strongbow10 wrote: »

Katie Taylor not in attendance. I'd say her father kept her away due to her not winning, maybe they are at odds with RTE over coverage

efb wrote: »

Jumping to conclusions?

He could be right. RTE does over cover Katie Taylor. Its a very minority sport and they do make too big a deal of her.

Skid X

That Martyn Irvine mention looked a bit last minute. They could have had a few words with him.

Warper

A foreigner gets Irish sports manager of the year ???? I wonder what team of the year will be?? Sportsperson has to be Katie

efb

SaveOurLyric wrote: »

He could be right. RTE does over cover Katie Taylor. Its a very minority sport and they do make too big a deal of her.

She is our Olympic Gold medalist - she's a Sky Ambassador anyway

efb

Warper wrote: »

A foreigner gets Irish sports manager of the year ???? I wonder what team of the year will be?? Sportsperson has to be Katie

It will be Rory

homerjay2005

This is turning into a rugby ****fest. If Sexton gets the individual award, it will be some joke

Skid X

Warper wrote: »

A foreigner gets Irish sports manager of the year ???? I wonder what team of the year will be?? Sportsperson has to be Katie

You'll probably lose the rag when another "foreigner" wins

Rory

:rolleyes:

Warper

efb wrote: »

It will be Rory

Youre probably right esp since he is there. It is close no doubt, he should have won the BBC one for sure. Considering the global appeal of golf and what he has achieved this year he is a cert

Warper

Skid X wrote: »

You'll probably lose the rag when another "foreigner" wins

Rory

:rolleyes:

Thats petty in fairness

Strongbow10

Skid X wrote: »

You'll probably lose the rag when another "foreigner" wins

Rory

:rolleyes:

Brendan Rodgers surely deserved a nomination for 2nd place aswell considering some of the people who did get nominated. Coleman got a best sportstar nomination despite winning feck all

Strongbow10

Warper wrote: »

Youre probably right esp since he is there. It is close no doubt, he should have won the BBC one for sure. Considering the global appeal of golf and what he has achieved this year he is a cert

Of course it will be mcilroy he wouldn't be there otherwise

Mr.Prodston

Strongbow10 wrote: »

Brendan Rodgers surely deserved a nomination for 2nd place aswell considering some of the people who did get nominated. Coleman got a best sportstar nomination despite winning feck all

Got into Premier League team of the year ahead of Zabaleta the RB for league champions and world cup runners up and scored 7+ goals from RB

Letree

efb wrote: »

It will be Rory

They said the same at the BBC Awards. I hope it is Rory though he deserves it.

efb

Letree wrote: »

They said the same at the BBC Awards. I hope it is Rory though he deserves it.

That was a public vote, this isn't

velo.2010

Watching this... It does appear some are more equal than others in the eyes of RTE. Every nominee in attendance should be interviewed regardless of how long the video package is. The BBC treated every one of their nominees equally.

Pdoghue

velo.2010 wrote: »

Watching this... It does appear some are more equal than others in the eyes of RTE. Every nominee in attendance should be interviewed regardless of how long the video package is. The BBC treated every one of their nominees equally.

Totally agree - shocking that they wouldn't interview Mark English.

And how Dan Martin was not a nominee is beyond me.

CountyHurler

Did I see Paul O'Connell throwing his (proverbial) hat on the ground...

I think that poll was hijacked like one of Joe Duffy's Liveline polls..

Harry Angstrom

Michael Ring :rolleyes:

Warper

Never saw that one coming, since Katie didnt get it i suppose

HeidiHeidi

I was really hoping the rugby ladies would get the team trophy :mad:

Well, now, there's a surprise - it's Rory!

Skid X

Well deserved. You could probably make a case for Rory being the World Sportsperson of the year too.

Strazdas

CountyHurler wrote: »

Did I see Paul O'Connell throwing his (proverbial) hat on the ground...

I think that poll was hijacked like one of Joe Duffy's Liveline polls..

Yes, they were a very eclectic choice....