Over 50 live games on television and online Exclusive live radio coverage of all games
The Sunday Game returns for a 41st year
Climax of the Allianz National Leagues
Camogie Championship quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals live
In a year like no other, RT Sport will bring fans more live GAA Championship action than ever before, across television, radio and online. Coverage will include 20 games on the Sunday Game Live and 16 games available in Ireland through GAAGO, building to the All Ireland Football Final on December 19, taking place under lights in Croke Park.
RT Sport will bring you action from all four provinces over the next two months, beginning with the return of the Allianz Football League this Saturday as Armagh host Roscommon in the Athletic Grounds on Saturday GAA Live (Saturday 17 October, 5.15pm on RT 2 & RT Player) and then the first of the championship action with the Munster Senior Hurling quarter-final meeting of Clare and Limerick in Thurles (The Sunday Game Live, Sunday 25 October, RT 2 & RT Player). (See notes for full Championship TV schedule.)
RT 's unrivalled GAA football and hurling panels will keep fans informed and entertained, with Cora Staunton, Eamon Fitzmaurice and Miche l Donoghue joining a formidable line-up including Brid Stack, Oisin McConville, Tom s S , Kevin McStay, Denise Masterson, Ciaran Whelan, Valerie Mulcahy, Ursula Jacob, Brendan Cummins, John Mullane, Brian Carroll, Anne Marie Hayes, Shane McGrath, Anthony Daly, Jackie Tyrrell, Donal g Cusack, Henry Shefflin, Colm Cooper, Colm O'Rourke, Pat Spillane, Tom s Mulcahy, Michael Duignan, Derek McGrath, Se n Cavanagh, Bernard Flynn, Eamon O'Hara and Aidan O'Rourke.
Declan McBennett, Group Head of Sport, RT , says: If the public health situation allows, RT Sport will produce more live games this year than ever before, across television, radio and online, in addition to working with our partners in GAAGO to ensure supporters have access to our national games in an exceptional year. Bringing additional games to the public during this uncertain time is core to RT 's public service remit, and we look forward to working with BBC Northern Ireland to ensure the maximum number of games are made available to the audience.
Details include
20 live games on RT One, RT 2 and RT Player
12 live Championship games streamed on GAAGO
4 live games on the RT News channel
All live games also available on-demand on RT Player, alongside additional clips and extras for each game.
RT will once again be providing Irish Language commentary in both football and hurling for this year's Championship, your commentary team of Garry MacDonncha, Dara Cinn ide and Pat Fleury will be bringing you all the action from November onwards.
Exclusive national coverage of every match in both codes on RT Radio 1's Saturday Sport and Sunday Sport
Camogie quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals live on RT 2 and RT Player with Championship highlights on the Sunday Game
16 live Allianz Leagues games streamed on GAAGO
Live TV coverage of the Joe McDonagh Cup final for the first time on the Sunday Game Live
60 live games across football and hurling on RT Raidi na Gaeltachta.
Across its digital platforms, RT Sport will have coverage of every moment of the All-Ireland Football and Hurling Championships, with reporters at every single game
Live updates on every score via rte.ie/sport and the RT News Now app.
Notes to Editors:
RT 2 & RT Player
The Sunday Game Live will see Joanne Cantwell anchoring a comprehensive package of 20 live games in High Definition, across this summer's GAA Championships starting with Clare v Limerick on Sunday 25 October. Des Cahill will return that evening with the first Sunday Game evening highlights show of the year.
RT will once again be providing Irish Language commentary in both football and hurling for this year's Championship, your commentary team of Garry MacDonncha, Dara Cinn ide and Pat Fleury will be bringing you all the action from November onwards.
RT Radio 1 & RT 2FM
RT Radio will this winter offer the very best action in hurling and football with a comprehensive range of commentary and analysis right through the GAA Championships. RT Radio 1 has the full exclusive national coverage of every match in both hurling and football with commentaries featured on Saturday Sport and Sunday Sport which are the two most popular sports programmes on Irish radio (source JNLR).
The action begins this weekend on Saturday Sport and Sunday Sport with Allianz National football and hurling coverage including Monaghan v Kerry, Dublin v Meath, Galway v Mayo and Donegal v Tyrone in football.
Our team of commentators will include Pauric Lodge, Brian Carthy, Ger Canning and Darragh Maloney as well as our GAA correspondents, Marty Morrissey and Brian Carthy who will be around the country in the RT Radio 1 Roadcaster.
In addition to all the live action, Brian Carthy's magazine programme, The Championship, returns to RT Radio 1 on Friday nights at 10pm.
Stay with RT Radio 1 for bulletins throughout the day on Morning Ireland, bulletins on News at One and regular preview material on Drivetime. Each programme will also have all the breaking news as it happens with extensive analysis and debate featuring also on RT 2fm's daily sports programme, Game On.
RT .ie
RT .ie/sport will serve as the digital hub for all Championship coverage. Follow every game via our match trackers and live score service on RT .ie/sport and the RT News App, while keeping up to date on the latest news and staying informed with the best columnists in the business.
RT Player will offer live streaming of all RT 's live and highlights programming and the best of the Sunday Game's expert analysis on the Football, Hu
