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Post by ronanman on Jun 26, 2005 3:33:27 GMT -5
gaelic football-
a fast and exciting sport, which is similar to aussie rules, and the Irish and Austrailians play a 2 match series every year.
Hurling- the fastest outdoor ball sport in the world, you hit a ball (callled a sliothar) into the other net, using a hurley (camman in irish)
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Post by KG on Jun 26, 2005 7:38:48 GMT -5
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Post by andone3626 on Jun 26, 2005 8:19:32 GMT -5
never heard of gaelic football
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Post by ronanman on Jun 26, 2005 8:20:24 GMT -5
yea i love it aswell cuz the IRISH ALWAYS WHOOP THE AUZZIES ASS! and they play auzzie rules aswell lol.
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Post by andone3626 on Jun 26, 2005 17:22:55 GMT -5
but what is it??? is it like rugby?
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Post by KG on Jun 26, 2005 21:03:28 GMT -5
No it's a mix between galic football and Australian Rules Football there is soccer goals and rugby goals if you score it in the soccer golas that's 6 points if inside of the footy goals thats 3 points and they play with a vollyball sorta thing and you have to takle people and stuff it's really hard to explain but its the greatest game its so good on TV and last year I went and saw them play at the Telstra Stadiam (That's where the olympics were in 2000)
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Post by Air J on Jun 27, 2005 13:10:45 GMT -5
well sounds interesting but
That must hurt KG
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Post by andone3626 on Jun 27, 2005 20:40:03 GMT -5
could someone email me a clip of a game or something? my email is uofm2800@yahoo.com
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Post by ronanman on Jun 28, 2005 13:29:19 GMT -5
i think KG is tryin 2 explain the austrailien version,
here is how you really play it:
15 players on each team
1 Goalkeeper
3 full backs (right, left, centre)
3 half backs (right, left, centre)
2 midfielders
3 half forwards (right, left, centre)
3 full forwards (right, left, centre)
you can only have 4 seconds without bouncing or toe-tapping the ball, you cannot bounce the ball twice in a row.
the nets are the same as rugby nets, and if you kick it past the goalkeeper into the net you get 3 points, and if you kick it over the bar you get 1 point.
it is very phisical, and you can push people and grab people alot.
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Post by ronanman on Jun 28, 2005 13:31:14 GMT -5
o yea, and the ball is a circle, size 5, which is the size of a football, except it is heavier and harder.
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Post by 2micmacg on Jul 4, 2005 13:30:16 GMT -5
it is also made of very tough leather, gaelic is a very physical sport but hurling can cause greater injurys, i was watching a hurling match and someone jumped up to catch the sliothar and someone else jumped up with their hurley to hit the ball on, not a pretty site. to make a long story short, the guy that went up for the catch walked off with a broken knuckle.
although in gaelic, someone was getting pushed a lot and they got shouldered one more time, went too fast and his chin bone pierced his skin.
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Post by ronanman on Jul 4, 2005 16:28:40 GMT -5
jesus, i seen one wer the guy hooked his hurley around some other guys face (his mouth) and came away with about 4 teeth left.
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Post by andone3626 on Jul 5, 2005 18:34:42 GMT -5
uggghhhhhhh that must have killed
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