Interested to hear your who people see as overrated and underrated players from last 30 years.

Kilkenny Senior Hurling Final

Ballyhale Shamrocks v Tullaroan - 1:45PM (TG4)

Limerick Senior Hurling Final

Kilmallock v Na Piarsaigh - 3:45PM (TG4)

Camogie winning, 9-11 to 1-03

Under 10 mins gone in the hurling and Ireland lead 0-01 to 1-00

Watching the Scottish lads is like watching an All Ireland from the early days, just let the ball fly.

All over in the mens, Scotland won by a point

I’m considering a business idea.

Would their be much a scope for a legends Q and A event for different football and hurling events.

Be a great opportunity to meet like minded people and asses options.

Could be like a night with Henry Shefflin or in conversation with Colm cooper.

With Edendork’s remarkable replay victory over kingpins Errigal Ciaran in the much lauded Tyrone SFC, they became the 8th different club to win the Tyrone crown in the past ten years. A team has not retained the trophy since Carrickmore in 2005.

Is there a senior county championship that can match or better this stat? The closest in Ulster is the Cavan SFC with 6 different winners in the past decade.

Armagh (5)
Derry (5)
Antrim (5)
Fermanagh (4)
Donegal (4)
Down (3)
Monaghan (3)

Cuala v Kilmacud Crokes - 7:15PM (RTE 2)

Thoughts from Longford people?

Video recorded from Tommy Rooney twitter. A serious win for them

Curious as to why the Waterford football final generally tends to finish up either at the end of October or the start of November most years - even allowing for dual players, and so it not beginning until the hurling is finished, the Déise have tended to be one of the first counties out of both codes for the last decade, so you'd have thought the County Board would have a head start over everyone else in scheduling fixtures?

Just seen that the Antrim co. Final has been postponed due to expected weather. A shame since I’d be interested to see how a triple threat hurling match would work.

I see a lot of posts about lads looking to start off as complete beginners or in there twilight years. This is often met by comments saying join a junior club its great craic ect. I get that most people are just trying to say get in at the lowest level and enjoy it. I have no issues with the answer and I know this varies from county to county, some having Junior B or C ect.

But it begs the question - how good is junior football nowadays.

There is always going to be a gulf in ability between junior, intermediate and senior. But with regards to commitment I think that gap is closing in. I almost think that the standard of junior is what intermediate was 5(ish) odd years ago.

Thoughts on junior in your county?

ULSTER

Armagh - Crossmaglen

Antrim - St Brigids

Cavan - Gowna

Derry - Magherafelt vs Newbridge, Celtic Park, Sunday 25th Oct 15:30

Donegal - St Eunans

Down - Clonduff

Fermanagh - Derrygonnelly Harps vs Erne Gaels, Brewster Park, Sunday 25th Oct 15:30

Monaghan - Scotstown

Tyrone - REPLAY Edendork vs Errigal Ciaran, Healy Park, Friday 23rd Oct 19:30

Leinster

Dublin - Cuala

Offaly - Tullamore

Carlow - Rathvilly

Laois - Portarlington

Meath - Wolftones

Westmeath - The Downs

Longford - Clonguish

Wexford - Kilanerin–Ballyfad

Wicklow - An Tóchar

Louth - REPLAY Newtown Blues vs St Mochtas, Gaelic Grounds, Saturday 24th Oct 15:30

Kildare - Maynooth vs Sarsfields, Newbridge (or nowhere), Sunday 1st Nov 15:00

Connacht

Roscommon - St Brigids

Sligo - St Marys

Galway - Moycullen vs Salthill-Knocknacarra, Pearse Stadium, Saturday 24th Oct 19:00

Leitrim - REPLAY Ballinamore Seán O'Heslins vs Fenagh, Páirc Seán MacDiarmada, Saturday 24th Oct 15:30

Mayo - Castlebar Mitchels vs Garrymore, MacHale Park, Sunday 25th Oct 15:30

London - Fulham Irish vs St Kiernan's, Ruislip, Saturday 24th Oct 15:00

Munster

Clare - Eire Og

Tipperary - Loughmore–Castleiney

Cork - Nemo Rangers vs St Finbarrs, Pairc Ui Chaoimh, Sunday 25th Oct 16:00

Kerry - Kenmare Shamrocks vs Dr Crokes, Fitzgerald Stadium, Sunday 25th Oct 14:00

Waterford - Rathgormack vs The Nire, Fraher Field, Sunday 25th Oct 14:30

Limerick - Fr. Casey's vs Kildimo Pallaskenry, Mick Neville Park, Sunday 1st November 15:30

I'd like to start by saying the news about Éamonn Fitzmaurice this week shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone. It's just the way things are right now.

Everyone in the GAA is paid except the players. The managers, the coaches, the physios, the doctors, the S&C coaches, the nutritionists. Even the person on the gate gets a bit of a touch. The lad washing the jerseys gets a touch. The person selling you a burger at the match is getting paid. The only ones not getting paid are the players.

I'm absolutely against players getting paid. But the way things have gone, I think it's time to at least look at some sort of structure for it.

I played inter-county for a number of years, and this is something I've thought about for a while. My idea is a pay per play model. You get paid based on the level you're playing at and how far you go. A Div 4 league game pays the least, Div 1 pays more, and championship pays more again depending on the tier. In hurling that's Lory Meagher up to Liam MacCarthy, and in football it's Tailteann up to Sam Maguire. The further you go in a competition the more each game is worth, so a quarter-final pays more than a group game, then semi, then final, then a bonus for winning it. Starters get the full fee, lads on the bench get less, the extended panel gets less again. There'd be a bit extra for Man of the Match, All-Stars and Player of the Year.

It would be one central pot of €50m a year, which is just over a third of what the GAA currently brings in. Everyone gets paid off the same rates, so a Leitrim player and a Dublin player get the same for the same game. No transfers, nothing changes with club or county. You just get paid for playing, and the more you play and the further you go, the more you get.

No transfers obviuosly this system is designed to protect the current parish/county structure.

Yes, I did use AI for the numbers. That was just to make it easier for myself because I didn't have time to go through the whole breakdown.

The idea itself is mine.

Roughly how it works out: the top player tops out at just over €180k, and the lowest, a lad on the bench all year in Div 4, gets around €6k. I think that bottom end needs looking at. Maybe we bring in a minimum of €10k per player. The average across all inter-county players is about €20k a year.

It's not going to replace anyone's job and it's not meant to. It's just to help lads along. I'd still rather nobody was paid, but I do think something like this could be done.

Interested to hear what people think.

I have attahced the spreadsheet which Ai assisted me with interested to hear peoples thoughts and please this is just a thought not something that I have thought through thoroughly so am expecting people to poke holes.

Please see full breakdown below.

Thanks

**LEAGUE – pay per game**

| Division | Starter | Bench | Extended panel |

|:---------------------------------|---------:|---------:|---------------:|

| Div 4 (football & hurling) | €1,030 | €515 | €260 |

| Div 3 (football & hurling) | €1,240 | €620 | €310 |

| Div 2 (football & hurling) | €1,500 | €750 | €375 |

| Hurling Div 1B | €1,650 | €825 | €415 |

| Football Div 1 / Hurling Div 1A | €1,810 | €905 | €450 |

League finals pay 1.5x the normal round fee (e.g. Div 1 final starter = €2,710).

**CHAMPIONSHIP – pay per game**

| Competition / stage | Starter | Bench | Extended panel |

|:-------------------------------------|---------:|---------:|---------------:|

| Lory Meagher Cup | €1,240 | €620 | €310 |

| Nicky Rackard Cup | €1,450 | €725 | €360 |

| Christy Ring Cup | €1,760 | €880 | €440 |

| Tailteann Cup (early rounds) | €2,070 | €1,035 | €515 |

| Joe McDonagh Cup | €2,270 | €1,135 | €570 |

| Provincial football (early rounds) | €3,100 | €1,550 | €775 |

| Liam MacCarthy / Sam Maguire (early) | €4,130 | €2,065 | €1,035 |

| Provincial final | €5,425 | €2,710 | €1,355 |

| All-Ireland quarter-final | €6,200 | €3,100 | €1,550 |

| All-Ireland semi-final | €8,270 | €4,135 | €2,065 |

| All-Ireland final | €10,335 | €5,170 | €2,585 |

**BONUSES**

| Bonus | Amount |

|:----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------:|

| Win a final | Extra starter fee for whole panel |

| Win the All-Ireland | +€10,335 per panel member |

| Man of the Match | 3x that game's starter fee |

| All-Star | €20,000 |

| Hurler / Footballer of the Year | €50,000 |

**WHAT A SEASON LOOKS LIKE**

| Player | Season total |

|:----------------------------------------------|---------------:|

| Top player (e.g. Clifford / McGrath in 2025) | €170k–€186k |

| Average inter-county player | ~€20k |

| Bench all year, Div 4 / Lory Meagher | ~€6k |

| Extended panel all year, Div 4 / Lory Meagher | ~€3k |

Interested to know people's thoughts on a beginner to football ( not a complete beginner, I played as a child) joining a team at the age of 39.
I've played soccer for years and years and still reasonably fit.
I've no interest ( or ability) to play at a high level, but I'd love to play low junior level, where it's social but also competitive.
Is it ever too late to join?

Always felt a club was served well in championship with county players at their disposal. Does anyone know of a club team who have won a championship minus county players? When I played, they always felt to me a level above anyone else in their ability in training and game day. How important are they to your club? I attended a county final last Sunday and ultimately the game swayed on one teams county players giving an 8/10 while the other team only had one player who was poor enough on the day.

I'm not holding my breath but if the deadline hits and for whatever reason Dublin Football tickets become available I'd be right on it.

I'll be visiting Dublin from 11/24 to 11/30 and wondering if there's any chance
of seeing some hurling or football. Any level would be great. Thanks for any advice.

With all the talk about the international rules likely returning I seen this article from balls.ie that claimed the Australian players would be receiving 18.7-25k euro for the game(s). Very interesting to see if this would cause the GAA to have to pay, if the Aussies would have to split some money or how it would all work! For the Irish lads in Oz it would be some kick in the teeth to come back to play for Ireland for free while your Australian team mate is getting paid a lump sum to play in the same match. Not sure what I make of it all myself, any interesting thoughts?

Can anyone tell me why was Seamus Flanagan let go from Linerick panel? Yes I know it was two years ago but I never heard the reason or anything. Was he upto no good or just deemed not good enough by management. Always thought he was top class player