TV Coverage

You only need 1 camera team to show a game on 2 channels. Showing 2 games requires 2 camera teams.

Also for the millionth time RTE do not get to pick whatever amount of games they want. They bought a rights package for a certain amount of games from the GAA. A number the GAA picked.

Also the game on RTE News Now was with Irish commentary.

Ah right. It wasn't on Gaaplus either.

So many people seem to think tht the national game and national broadcaster are a single entity and that the GAA don't operate just like every other sport.

As an aside, it's a bit 19th century to refer to it as the 'National' game. It's just another sport, albeit an 'indigenous' sport. It's not even popular in some counties, (Gaelic park was nearly empty for Limerick's outing). It doesn't bear much resemblance to the game it evolved from either, today was my first watch of the new rules version. Seems to be a completely different dynamic, and Jim McGuiness seems to have it figured, with his semi circular passing system, but apologies, this is off topic. Lack of coverage is annoying, yesterday's URC final was TG4 only, which I don't mind even though I was tone deaf to the Irish language in school (my ears being ringing from the boxes from a sadist national school headmaster, another 'national' sport in the 60s).

Juat on the Down game yesterday, and the panel, Cora especially really put the boot into the umpire for the Monaghan goal.

It was a tight/marginal call, with a ball bouncing back and maybe/likely touched on the ground by the attacker. The unpirw called it as a good goal, but the panel, especially Cora, saw fit to show numerous replays - the wording from her was poor I thought, 'the unpirw clearly saw him touch it ont the ground' and it was clearly on the ground.... It wasn't clear at all. The umpire hasn't the luxury of sitting in a studio with editors cutting endless replays to try to prove the point.

Just struck me as bad form; the umpire called it as he saw it I'm sore, and sticking the boot into him achieves nothing. Easy to throw out claims without any repercussions, but it's not rhw first time for Cora I suppose.

Correct, it was not clear and was a split second decision which the umpire had to decide on instantly.

Most unfair on the lad, probably couldn’t enjoy his t-bone later.

Fitzmaurice is the most boring co-com I have ever heard on Gaa matches.

FFs you don't have to name check Canning in every commentary intervention.

Surely RTE can do better.

His monotone vocie is annoying but i think he's the best co comms analyst out there