KERRY AND CORK will face off in the Munster final replay on 18 July at 7pm in Fitzgerald Stadium.
The Munster GAA Council confirmed the fixture details this morning in an official statement.
Kerry and Cork served up the game of the 2015 football championship to date on Sunday but it remains to be seen whether the replay on 18 July will be televised.
Sky Sports have the rights to televise the two All-Ireland Round 3B football qualifiers on Saturday 18 July which will feature Derry/Wexford, Tipperary/Louth, Tyrone/Meath and Armagh/Galway.
In general Sky Sports have opted for 7pm matches and if the Cork-Kerry clash is pencilled in for 7pm, RTÉ may not be able to broadcast the action from Killarney.
An RTÉ spokeperson confirmed to The42 that a decision will be made today on the broadcasting.
RTE can put in a request to change Sky’s game to 3pm. I doubt Sky would deny them if they did.
you really think Sky wulould back down? 7 clocks seems to be their favoured time.
The Sky deal hasn’t gone down well in rural parts of Ireland. It would be a travesty if a senior football provincial final was not on television. I wouldn’t think Sky would want to be the cause of that. It would be a pr disaster.
it won’t be the first time it’s happened. the only reason it’s an issue now is because of Sky.
No way sky will change the schedule for their competitors. This was always going to happen once sky got involved and for that I think the gaa sold out. To have one of their marquee games of the season not being shown on rte is a massive disappointment and a sign of what’s the come.
out of curiosity..suppose premier sports wouldnt get it either because of sky for us UK based people….
Well no surprise here. GAA make a mess of one of the biggest fixtures of the year and could now lose it to Sly Sports !!! Laughing stock…
This issue is known in advance. People are talking about asking Sky to change their timeslot, but why did the Munster council choose this time and date for the replay?
Would imagine in order to fill their own coffers.
Surely they will come to an agreement. Lets be honest, Nobody wins if a Cork v Kerry Munster final is replaced by Derry v Wexford!
This is crap. Sky have the rights to the 3B games. This is a replay that Sky don’t have rights to! So, so what if it clashes, RTE is an independent broadcaster who can surely broadcast whatever it likes at 7pm on Saturday as long as it isn’t the games it sold!!! RTE needs to cut the crap & show the Munster final
The Derry and Wexford supporters might beg to differ. This is what the GAA signed up for when they did the deal with Sky.
Is this OUR NATIONAL game – Are @RTEsport serious that they won’t broadcast a 7pm replay game because the greedy GAA sold rights to other matches to Sky Sports??
was the first game in killarney as well??