Gaelic Games vs Other Sports

Gaelic Games AND THEIR ENGLISH AND AMERICAN EQUIVALENTS GAELIC FOOTBALL RUGBY UNION AMERICAN FOOTBALL VS VS A PLAYING PITCHES American football Gaelic football Rugby Union 13m 20m 22m End Zone 45m E9.1m 18.2m -27.3m 36.4m 45.5m 36.4m E 10m F10m 45m - 22m -27.3m F18.2m 20m -9.1m 13m End Zone Max width: 90m Max width: 70m Width: 49m A THE POSTS AND SCORING Rugby Union Gaelic Football American Football Width: 5.6m Width: 6.5m Width: 6m 12.1 Field goal* i (3pts) Drop goal* i (3pts) 6.4 Conversion** (2pts) Extra point** (1pt) (1pt) 3m 3m 2.5m Try (5pts) Touchdown (6pts) (3pts) Notes: *during play ** following a try/touchdown 6.4m is the minimum height for Rugby Union posts A MATCH DURATION X BALL SIZE Gaelic American Rugby Football Football Union 60 80 2 x 30 min Half-time break, 25 and 45 min breaks Gaelic American Rugby Football Football Union halves 2 x 40 min halves A AVERAGE SALARY A TEAM SIzE Gaelic Football €1,400,000 American Rugby Union Football €95,000 €O Gaelic American Rugby Union Football Football X PROTECTIVE KIT AVERAGE VIEWERS PER GAME Gaelic Rugby Union Gaelic Football American Football Football Mouth guard 17.5 4.6 million million 23k Boots Rugby Union American Football Helmet Mouth guard Chinstrap Neck roll Shoulder pads Headguard Mouth guard Shoulder/Chest underlayer Hip pads Jockstrap & cup Thigh pads Knee pads Boots Boots ROUNDERS VS CRICKET VS BASEBALL X PLAYING PITCHES Rounders Cricket Baseball 1.2m 25m 25m 27m 27m Width: 3m 图 BASES Rounders Cricket Baseball 4 bases - 25m apart 2 wickets - 20m apart 4 bases - 27m apart 1st, 2nd, 3rd bases 38cm 64cm 38cm 64cm 43cm Pitcher 12m from Home base Width: batter 23cm A MATCH DURATION 図 BALL SIze Max Diameter (cm) Rounders Baseball Cricket 8.1 9 innings 7.3 5 innings Each inning Teams continues until 3 outs are made Dependent on format, switch roles ie: 20:20, one day or test mátch for the next half-inning after 3 outs Rounders Cricket Baseball A AVERAGE SALARY A TEAM SIZE €2,400,000 Rounders Cricket Baseball €400,000 Rounders Cricket Baseball A THE BATS Rounders Cricket Baseball Length: 70 and 110 cm Length: 9.7 cm Wooden bat Wooden bat Diameter: Wooden 6.6 cm flat sided 'blade' Max Length: 86 to 106 cm diameter: 7 cm Max'width: 10.8 cm HURLING LACROSSE HOCKEY VS VS X FIELD OF PLAY Hurling Lacrosse Hockey Max width: 90m Width: 55m Width: 55m 8 THE POSTS AND SCORING Hurling Hockey Lacrosse 1pt 2.5m Зpts 1pt 1pt Width: 6.5m Width: 3.7m Width: 1.8m A MATCH DURATION A BALL SIZE Hurling Lacrosse Hockey Max Diameter (cm) 8.0 70 60 70 7.5 6.4/ 2 x 35 min Half-time break, 25 and 45 min breaks 2 x 35 min halves halves Lacrosse Hockey Hurling A AVERAGE SALARY A TEAM SIZE Hurling Lacrosse Hockey €34,000 €13,000 €0 Hurling Lacrosse Hockey A THE STICKS Hurling Lacrosse Нockey Called a Head width: 'Hurley 17 cm Max weight: 737 g Crosse length: 100 to 110 cm Base width: 13 cm Length: 79 to 100 cm No left-handed Length: 80 to 95 cm sticks Long crosse length: 130 to 180 cm Sources http://static.nfl.com/static/content/public/image/rulebook/pdfs/4_2013_Field.pdf http://www.gaa.ie/coaching-and-games-development/rules-and-specifications/rules-of- specifications/ http://www.irblaws.com/index.poroductdownloads/LC14.pdf ://www.ncaapublications. com/p http://www.uslacrosse.org/about-the-sport/equipment/player-equipment.aspx http://www.gaa.ie/coaching-and-games-development/rules-and-specifications/rules-of- hitp://www.fih.ch/files/Sport/Rules/FIH-Rules% 20of% 20Hockey% 202012-interactif.pdf http://mlb.mlb.com/mib/downloads/y2014/official_baseball_rules.pdf http://www.gaarounders.ie/ckeditor_uploads/files/Rulebook% 2020i0% 20-Small.pdf http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/hi/sa/cricket/rules/the_basics/newsid 3795000/37 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket#Pitch. 20_wickets_and_creases http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket_ball JURYS INN BY NC ND Max length: 145m woz :u2bua1 Height: 7m Max length: 145m Height Length: 100m Length: 20m Height: 72cm Height: 2.1m Max length: 144m Length: 91.4m Height: 1.8m Length: 110m