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Gaelic Football

Discussion in 'Other Sports' started by giddyup, Sep 2, 2009.

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  1. giddyup

    giddyup Member

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    Has anyone seen this game? It's an odd combination of rugby, soccer and even basketball.

    The ball is round like a soccer ball. They do two kinds of "dribbling"-- once in a while they bounce it off the turf and some other times they kick it to themselves (like dribbling a soccer ball in the air).

    The forward passes seem to have to be thrown underhand, but sometimes they serve it like an underhand volleyball serve. I even saw some backdoor plays.

    They can kick goals like soccer or field goals like football or Australian Rules football.

    Here's a link to some Gaelic football highlights: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDwXzyZtKp0

    Oh, and they seem to call the playing field a "park."
     
    #1 giddyup, Sep 2, 2009
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    obligatory "gaelic" joke
     
    #2 moestavern19, Sep 2, 2009
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    Ye ive watched a little bit of it. At the end of every year the best AFL players play the Irish team in a series. Its always brutal, very violent usually. Its a good game to watch. :)
     
    #3 matty101, Sep 2, 2009
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    Sounds pretty gae.
     
    #4 Baqui99, Sep 2, 2009
  5. SmeggySmeg

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    nice game, but the lack of tackling is just bizarre when compared to our national past time in australia

    Go CROWS
     
    #5 SmeggySmeg, Sep 2, 2009
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    Cleverly disguised mazyar insult.
     
    #6 Fatty FatBastard, Sep 2, 2009
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    A guy on my Ultimate team also plays Gaelic football. He's always getting hurt.
     
    #7 gifford1967, Sep 2, 2009
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    Fixed that up.
     
    #8 BrooksBall, Sep 2, 2009
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