Hooliganism at GAA games

[louis bernard]

There was a dreadful demonstration of hooliganism involving dozens of people at a GAA match in Ulster yesterday. People were injured and all this was witnessed by small children. It was a very frightening episode. Why is it that scenes such as this would just not happen at a rugby match? Is it something in the psyche of some GAA followers that condones violence? Of course not all GAA followers behave like this but there seems to be an uncivilised element in the GAA at club level that would be alien to rugby supporters.

[Cruimh]

discussion in GAA Thread ?

[former wesleyan]

Probably a folk memory of the days of faction fighting.

[ballot stuffer]

I don't know why the media are so shocked at this.

I know of two local teams that have been kicking 7 shades of s**t out of each other on an almost annual basis as long as anyone can remember. Spectators, subs benches the whole lot.

[picador]

There was a dreadful demonstration of hooliganism involving dozens of people at a GAA match in Ulster yesterday. People were injured and all this was witnessed by small children. It was a very frightening episode. Why is it that scenes such as this would just not happen at a rugby match? Is it something in the psyche of some GAA followers that condones violence? Of course not all GAA followers behave like this but there seems to be an uncivilised element in the GAA at club level that would be alien to rugby supporters.

Bloody disgraceful. The GAA seriously needs to get a grip on this type of thing. The criminals responsible needed to be reported to the police and dealt with in the courts. Banning them for a few weeks is not a deterrent.

[Boggle]

There was a dreadful demonstration of hooliganism involving dozens of people at a GAA match in Ulster yesterday. People were injured and all this was witnessed by small children. It was a very frightening episode. Why is it that scenes such as this would just not happen at a rugby match? Is it something in the psyche of some GAA followers that condones violence? Of course not all GAA followers behave like this but there seems to be an uncivilised element in the GAA at club level that would be alien to rugby supporters.

Probably the dumbest thread in the world. You use an incident of alleged hooliganism at a single match and then go on to claim that this makes rugby supporters better?

If you want to make a case about hooliganism in GAA then at least make a decent OP highlighting a few examples and demonstrate that no such thing ever happens in rugby if you are going to compare it to that sport.

[catlaw5819]

As a parent with young children I am only too aware of the thugury at matches. Its no wonder that adults behave in this way as they themselves have seen their parents behave like this at matches, and some of the coaches are no better.

[louis bernard]

Part of the problem seem to be that assaults at Gaa matches on and off the field do not seem to be regarded as serious as an assault somewhere else, outside a night club for instance.

[louis bernard]

Probably the dumbest thread in the world. You use an incident of alleged hooliganism at a single match and then go on to claim that this makes rugby supporters better?

If you want to make a case about hooliganism in GAA then at least make a decent OP highlighting a few examples and demonstrate that no such thing ever happens in rugby if you are going to compare it to that sport.

Give me an instance where the sort of hooliganism I have high lighted took place at a Rugby game.

[walrusgumble]

Probably the dumbest thread in the world. You use an incident of alleged hooliganism at a single match and then go on to claim that this makes rugby supporters better?

If you want to make a case about hooliganism in GAA then at least make a decent OP highlighting a few examples and demonstrate that no such thing ever happens in rugby if you are going to compare it to that sport.

Agree, but this is the second event in Tyrone this year. The last incident was a Ladies match! You could also include the Louth v Meath game last year. Compare that to how the BIFFO's protested in 1998 as the referee mess up.

As for the Rugby Union and Rugby League boys, yes they are well behaved, bar the gouging and stamping . Since it is such a physical and potentially dangerous game, these guys know their limits and need to trust the referee impeccably. Rugby League is no angles (waiting for some socio economic analysis on that)

From what I understand, when Australia and New Zealand play, in Rugby Union, the fans are not too nice to eachother, compared to the Irish and English.
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Our very own Trevor Brennan did a Cantona on Ulster supporter not too long ago. Martin Johnston was certainly no gentleman ON THE FIELD.

Let us just be glad that Rugby Union does behave itself. But for most part, Rugby Union and Gaelic Games are only few supports where crowd separation is not needed. And in most part, people behave themselves. People who are caught do and will be punished.