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Free Saturday?

On Saturday (June 13) the University of Birmingham [Edgbaston, West Midlands,UK] will host the most competitive test of International Rules Football outside of the official GAA/AFL series.

Conor McKenna, of the University of Birmingham Gaelic Club. writes:

Our men’s Gaelic team has over 40 members and were the first university to field two teams into the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Championship earlier this year. The Gaelic team only has four Irish born players, only two of which had played Gaelic before coming to university. The evnt is one of the biggest sporting events in the academic calendar. Despite a decisive win in the first encounter, the Gaelic team has lost to the Aussie Rules team the last two years in a row….

Gaelic Football VS Aussie Rules, Universaity Of Birmingham (Facebook)

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Radio Newcastle commentator Nick Barnes’ meticulous, colour-coded match notes. To wit:

Despite the hours that Barnes pours into each page, he uses his notes only sparingly during actual gameplay. “They are there purely as a crutch and a point of reference if need be,” he said. “If I was a newspaper reporter, I could keep my match reports, but radio is transient, so my notebook is my personal record of the matches I cover.”

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Um.

Ted writes:

“There seems to be only 3 lonely seats left at the Aviva Lansdowne Road Nua for the EURO 2016 qualifier against Poland on March 29…Full price of course.”

RUN!

Uefa Euro 2016 (Ticketmaster)

Meanwhile, in rugby…

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Bugger.

Anon writes:

Mad shocked at the price differences for 6 Nations tickets…

Viagogo

 

Update:

Pele in ‘stable’ condition after he’s admitted to hospital for the second time this month: Independent.co.uk