Poll
Question:
What is your opinion on this concept?
Option 1: A great way to celebrate two unique football codes
votes: 3
Option 2: I like it, but it should not just be an indigenous side
votes: 10
Option 3: The great players don't play, making it hard to get passionate about it
votes: 10
Option 4: Get rid of it
votes: 2
On Sunday morning our time!
Ireland
Manager: Paul Earley
Captain: Michael Murphy
Vice Captain: Aidan Walsh
Goal keeper: Paddy O'Rourke
Squad: Colm Begley, Colm Boyle, Ciaran Byrne, Sean Cavanagh, Paul Conroy, Paul Flynn, Finian Hanley, Lee Keegan, Ciaran Kilkenny, Patrick McBrearty, Jack McCaffrey, Neil McGee, Chrissy McKaigue, Kevin McLoughlin, Conor McManus, Ross Munnelly, Aidan O'Shea, Ciaran Sheehan, Michael Shiels, Zach Tuohy
Australia
Coach: Michael O'Loughlin
Captain: Daniel Wells
Vice-Captain: Aaron Davey
Goal keeper: TBA
Squad: Eddie Betters, Alwyn Davey, Dominic Barry, Shaun Edwards, Cameron Ellis-Yolmen, Lance Franklin, Jarrod Harbrow, Josh Hill, Leroy Jetta, Lewis Jetta, Nathan Lovett-Murray, Ashley McGrath, Steven Motlop, Jake Neade, Matthew Stokes, Lindsay Thomas, Sharrod Wellingham, Tony Armstrong, Chris Yarran, Patrick Ryder
Is it on free to air TV?
I think I remember seeing/reading somewhere that it's on 7Mate.
Quote from: NigeyS on October 17, 2013, 10:03:11 AM
I think I remember seeing/reading somewhere that it's on 7Mate.
Yep, at 6.30am
Quote from: CrowsFan on October 17, 2013, 10:16:48 AM
Quote from: NigeyS on October 17, 2013, 10:03:11 AM
I think I remember seeing/reading somewhere that it's on 7Mate.
Yep, at 6.30am
No chance of me being up by then haha.
Quote from: CrowsFan on October 17, 2013, 10:50:04 AM
Quote from: NigeyS on October 17, 2013, 10:24:42 AM
Quote from: CrowsFan on October 17, 2013, 10:16:48 AM
Quote from: NigeyS on October 17, 2013, 10:03:11 AM
I think I remember seeing/reading somewhere that it's on 7Mate.
Yep, at 6.30am
No chance of me being up by then haha.
No chance of me caring about the match.
I might have watched it if they had it on at a reasonable hour.
Good luck with ratings.
going to tape it, I legit feel this is the best sport in the world and its my favourtie game to play.
will be a pretty interesting match as both teams this year have alot speedy skill full players.
Carn Ireland.
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I'll be up at 6:30am with baby anyway :P
If we are going to have an indigenous team, why not have have a tri series between non-indigenous Australia, indigenous Australia and Ireland?
Quote from: Ricochet on October 17, 2013, 11:04:30 AM
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lets hope the Australians dont act like idiots again and further disgrace the code. We need to remember that for the Irish they are ametuers and all have other jobs. Unlike AFL players if they get injured they dont get paid and are just doing it for the love of the game.
they dont have tackliong in their game so why there is a need to be rougher than in the AFL i will never know. If you do something stupid in this game you should get suspended in the NAB or something. The worry is it will stop people playing but you cant just go there and hit someone and cop a small fine.
Quote from: ossie85 on October 17, 2013, 11:04:51 AM
I'll be up at 6:30am with baby anyway :P
If we are going to have an indigenous team, why not have have a tri series between non-indigenous Australia, indigenous Australia and Ireland?
can you imagine the backlash if the 2 Australian sides had an all-in brawl :o
Quote from: Holzman on October 17, 2013, 11:09:32 AM
Quote from: Ricochet on October 17, 2013, 11:04:30 AM
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lets hope the Australians dont act like idiots again and further disgrace the code. We need to remember that for the Irish they are ametuers and all have other jobs. Unlike AFL players if they get injured they dont get paid and are just doing it for the love of the game.
they dont have tackliong in their game so why there is a need to be rougher than in the AFL i will never know. If you do something stupid in this game you should get suspended in the NAB or something. The worry is it will stop people playing but you cant just go there and hit someone and cop a small fine.
Totally agree, but the Irish also need to pull their heads in and stop the niggly stuff as well as their habit of kicking opponents
The Aussie squad has a few players who can be volatile. Hope on field leadership is up to it.
Fairly sure Ash McGrath is our keeper btw
This sport has so much potential. I actually like watching it because it so unique, but when we don't play the good players, people don't care about it. Last tour we saw no one good go over and we got smashed. This time we are playing an All-Indigenous side and I expect us to be smashed again.
To give the code any relevance and credibility at all, it needs to have the big names playing every series. More than half the All-Australian side really should be in it.
As people have said, it has nothing to do with them putting only indigenous people in, it's the fact that it's given no credibility with the players they've sent over there.
Quote from: BB67th on October 19, 2013, 06:00:16 PM
This sport has so much potential. I actually like watching it because it so unique, but when we don't play the good players, people don't care about it. Last tour we saw no one good go over and we got smashed. This time we are playing an All-Indigenous side and I expect us to be smashed again.
To give the code any relevance and credibility at all, it needs to have the big names playing every series. More than half the All-Australian side really should be in it.
So you're saying the black players aren't as good as the white?
our indigenous players represent 10% of the AFL population... so statistically speaking, there wouldn't be as many good ones as non- indigenous.
Quote from: Ziplock on October 19, 2013, 08:03:16 PM
our indigenous players represent 10% of the AFL population... so statistically speaking, there wouldn't be as many good ones as non- indigenous.
Haha but realistically that's how it came out. There are more white people in US, but the black population excel in basketball?
you're saying that african americans and indigenous australians should have the same athletic ability, purely based on a similar skin colour? :P
Haha I got nothing against the all indigenous team but a few big "non-indigenous stars" would be good. Pretty much a mixed team. :)
Ryder and Dempsey
Quote from: Ziplock on October 19, 2013, 08:10:48 PM
you're saying that african americans and indigenous australians should have the same athletic ability, purely based on a similar skin colour? :P
No, I'm saying even though they take up 10% of Aus. They still have the equal ability as every other play in the league.
cant find an online stream :'(
Yeah but I didn't want to have to watch it in the loungeroom cause 5 year old nephew will be awake soon :-X
Quote from: kilbluff1985 on October 20, 2013, 06:36:22 AM
Yeah but I didn't want to have to watch it in the loungeroom cause 5 year old nephew will be awake soon :-X
Fair enough :P
He's awake I told him we were Australia the blue team but he wants to be Ireland cause there winning lol
We are useless
Why is Australia so bad?
Quote from: nrich102 on October 20, 2013, 07:25:15 AM
Why is Australia so bad?
We are usually better in the 2nd half after getting use to it
But pretty much they are much more experienced with the round ball and the rules and I think care about it more
Poor skills, poor tactics
Quote from: kilbluff1985 on October 20, 2013, 07:30:04 AM
But pretty much they are much more experienced with the round ball and the rules and I think care about it more
Pretty much. Like, I doubt someone like Buddy would care in the slightest? (He did play or is in the team, right? Didn't watch it.)
Quote from: NigeyS on October 20, 2013, 11:09:01 AM
Quote from: kilbluff1985 on October 20, 2013, 07:30:04 AM
But pretty much they are much more experienced with the round ball and the rules and I think care about it more
Pretty much. Like, I doubt someone like Buddy would care in the slightest? (He did play or is in the team, right? Didn't watch it.)
He did, the side took it relatively seriously but in the end the Irish team were obviously a class above
Is this series on free to air tv?
Quote from: Kellogscrunchynut on October 20, 2013, 01:49:47 PM
Is this series on free to air tv?
It's on 7Mate.
Games are at like 6am over here though.
I really think the round ball would have a lot to do with it.
Quote from: Ziplock on October 20, 2013, 02:14:53 PM
I really think the round ball would have a lot to do with it.
yeah just watched it, they read it in the air much better and we kicked over the top way too much and it just skidded out of bounds
I decided not to wake up at 6 and just watch it at noon on Fox Footy.
Stopped watching after the first quarter. Usually I find those games entertaining but just got so bored.
Why didn't Australia play to their strengths? Just run and gun the ball down the field...
we should play half a game with the round ball and half with an oval :P
We were good in the second half :P
We kind of got used to the round ball and were heaps better with it late in the game. If Motlop didn't miss that goal from like a meter out in the last quarter it would've been back to 2 points. I think we can make up the margin, we'll be better next time.
Quote from: whatlez on October 19, 2013, 08:05:32 PM
Quote from: Ziplock on October 19, 2013, 08:03:16 PM
our indigenous players represent 10% of the AFL population... so statistically speaking, there wouldn't be as many good ones as non- indigenous.
Haha but realistically that's how it came out. There are more white people in US, but the black population excel in basketball?
Are you trying to be a flowering spaz or did it just turn out that way?
They're taking 10% of the AFL population.
Not taking 10% of the Australian population
There might be more whites in America but there's more African Americans playing basketball. Your argument is totally flowering stupid.
Quote from: whatlez on October 19, 2013, 08:05:32 PM
Quote from: Ziplock on October 19, 2013, 08:03:16 PM
our indigenous players represent 10% of the AFL population... so statistically speaking, there wouldn't be as many good ones as non- indigenous.
Haha but realistically that's how it came out. There are more white people in US, but the black population excel in basketball?
I find it hilarious when people are being unintentionally racist :P
I'm not racist, but.....
Quote from: Mailman the 2nd on October 20, 2013, 07:28:19 PM
I'm not racist, but.....
The exact thing you shouldn't say if your racist.
just watched the game pretty enjoyable, i still say its one of if not the best sports in the world looks really fun to play.
the issue with gaelic football is you cant pick the ball off the ground, you cant tackle and marks mean nothing. International rules fixes all that, it really is the best of the two of the greatest sports in the world.
I just wish it was a real sport that i could play.
Hold on Ireland, get some early runs on the board and try and hold out.
they were obviously getting run off their feet towards the end but the skill still stood out.