Gaelic football

[usy]

Gaelic football > NFL/rugby/AFL

I don't know much about the sport, but looks nice to me.

Does anybody here play it?

 

[KBC]

Looks nice. Never heard of it before, but, isn't it too much handy?..

 

[.::Stevo::.]

Gaelics okay, its like a netball version of AFL basically.

 

[shefellover93]

Used to play it. Won a schools medal playing in goal. The All-Ireland semi-finals were on today funnilly enough, my county Cork got beaten by Kerry by 4 points, while Tyrone overcame Wexford by 6 points.

Don't like the game as much as Hurling, it seems the ball is only a side attraction and that the main point of the game is beating the **** out of your marker, Hurling is a far faster, more skillful and more exciting game, there's to much 'biff' as you Auzzies like to say

@ Stevo, it's nothing like that. It's like AFl except it has round ball (Not like a Soccer ball, heavier and harder to strike cleanly) and it has a soccer goal with posts put on it, you get a point for putting the ball between the posts and over the bar (Point), while you get 3 points for kicking the ball into the net (goal)

 

[.::Stevo::.]

@ Stevo, it's nothing like that. It's like AFl except it has round ball (Not like a Soccer ball, heavier and harder to strike cleanly) and it has a soccer goal with posts put on it, you get a point for putting the ball between the posts and over the bar (Point), while you get 3 points for kicking the ball into the net (goal)

Um, i know. Ever heard of the International Rules where Australia plays Ireland. ? I was just saying for illiterate soccer fans so they would have some sort of an idea.

 

[smssia0112]

We've played it a bit at school, most Australians know about it because we play a hybrid game with Ireland.

Basically take soccer, but you can pick up the ball and throw it or punt it, and you can also kick the ball between posts over the net.

 

[Gilly Fan]

@ Stevo, it's nothing like that. It's like AFl except it has round ball (Not like a Soccer ball, heavier and harder to strike cleanly) and it has a soccer goal with posts put on it, you get a point for putting the ball between the posts and over the bar (Point), while you get 3 points for kicking the ball into the net (goal)

I think we'd know what it is, we play you blokes every year in Gaelic, only to smash you.

 

[Will_NA]

Um, i know. Ever heard of the International Rules where Australia plays Ireland. ? I was just saying for illiterate soccer fans so they would have some sort of an idea.

It's only played next door but thank you so much for explaining it to us

 

[punterpupnroy]

Irish footy, the aussies and the irish mix afl and gaelic together and make a game known as international rules. Great series

 

[.::Stevo::.]

It's only played next door but thank you so much for explaining it to us

Oh so you know all about Gaelic and International Rules, ok then...

 

[Will_NA]

There's a difference between knowing the rules and just knowing what it is and seeing as you didn't explain the rules, I fail to see how your above comment is relevant...

 

[.::Stevo::.]

There's a difference between knowing the rules and just knowing what it is and seeing as you didn't explain the rules, I fail to see how your above comment is relevant...

I never said anything about the rules. I simply implied most English people (infact just most people) wouldnt know what Gaelic football is and what International Rules football is. But since its "only just played next door" like you said, cause im obviously a geographic idiot, you obviosuly know what they are then.
.

 

[shefellover93]

I have mixed feelings about the series, I mean we all like a bit of biff, but I think some of the tackles and fights were outrageous, the scenes two years ago were appalling, the Auzzies went out and kicked lumps out of the Irish, the other thing is that all the crap going on off the ball, players bouncing off each other and shouldering each other for no reason has only come in because the Auzzie guys do it, it's macho and retarded, if it's played in the right spirit it can be a flowing and entertaining game, but it's developed to K1 on grass, and that isn't acceptable.

aus5892: You cannot under any circumstances throw the ball in Gaelic, you must either punch it or kick it, that's one of the main rules of GF

 

[Cricketdude]

You know guys theres a reason why they call it GAElic football.

 

[.::Stevo::.]

I have mixed feelings about the series, I mean we all like a bit of biff, but I think some of the tackles and fights were outrageous, the scenes two years ago were appalling, the Auzzies went out and kicked lumps out of the Irish, the other thing is that all the crap going on off the ball, players bouncing off each other and shouldering each other for no reason has only come in because the Auzzie guys do it, it's macho and retarded, if it's played in the right spirit it can be a flowing and entertaining game, but it's developed to K1 on grass, and that isn't acceptable.

aus5892: You cannot under any circumstances throw the ball in Gaelic, you must either punch it or kick it, that's one of the main rules of GF

How can you possibly not like a bit of biff if your either gay, or a soccer fan? Being rough within the rules is a competitive edge against your opponent which can put them on the back foot. Thats why they do it.

But i do agree the fights in the international rules are way over board. Especially that year when Johnson absolutely decked that Irish guy