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Paul Rouse

Paul Rouse is an historian, author, broadcaster… and former Offaly football boss. He specialises in sport and Irish culture.

Connacht v Ulster - Allianz GAA Football Interprovincial Championship Final

S Paul Rouse: The positives and negatives of the new football rule changes

On a personal level, at this stage, if pressed to say whether these new rules are good, I can only honestly say: “I don’t know”

Tue, 22 Oct, 2024

Croke Park Prepares for the Allianz GAA Football Interprovincial Championship Series

S Paul Rouse: Whatever about nostalgia we can't travel back in time with football

The interim report of the GAA’s Football Review Committee reveals many people long for the glory days of Gaelic football. But when were they?

Thu, 17 Oct, 2024

Jim Gavin 10/10/2024

S Paul Rouse: The evolution of Gaelic football rule changes

With changes a plenty ready to kick in here is a look down through the years of all the major changes in Gaelic football.

Fri, 11 Oct, 2024

Clare v Waterford - Munster GAA Hurling Senior Championship Round 4

S Paul Rouse: How would Irish rugby look if Michael Cusack stuck with the sport?

In what way would Irish rugby be different if Michael Cusack had stayed a member of the Irish Rugby Football Union and never founded the Gaelic Athletic Association?

Fri, 27 Sep, 2024

Kerry v Cork - TG4 Munster Senior Ladies Football Championship Final

S Paul Rouse: What exactly is the GAA's vision for its stadiums?

Is there a coherent plan for what the Association is trying to do? Or is it just piecemeal and reactive?

Fri, 20 Sep, 2024

Colorado Rockies v Milwaukee Brewers

S Paul Rouse: Milwaukee pitch a nod to baseball's ancient links with hurling

Former Tipperary hurler Vinny Moloney fired the first pitch for the Milwaukee Brewers - with a hurley.

Fri, 13 Sep, 2024

Harold "Red" Grange, Chicago Bears, Half-Length Portrait, National Photo Company, 1925

S Paul Rouse: The Dirty Football Player and a history of the helmet

The violence on display in NFL games has always been a key part of the sport's attaction.

Fri, 06 Sep, 2024

Dublin v Cork - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Quarter-Final

S Paul Rouse: Hey ref, it's not the Fleadh Cheoil!

Recalling the language of a midlands football field in the 1980s and 1990s

Fri, 30 Aug, 2024

David Clifford and Aidan O'Shea 17/2/2024

S Paul Rouse: If there’s no room for pleasure in the GAA, what is the point?

Yes, identity matters. Yes, representing where you’re from matters. Yes, winning matters. But none of this matters like the game itself.

Fri, 23 Aug, 2024

Aston Villa v Sheffield United - Premier League

S Paul Rouse: There is nothing quite like the Premier League

The league's presence extends far beyond mere sport; it's an exercise in entertainment.

Fri, 16 Aug, 2024